Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills

9 reviews

mj_86's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

kiytee's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

coraotf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Wow, what a ride!  A lot happened, but it all made the HEA  so satisfying and made you love them both ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Abandonment

kim03's review

1.5

Ugh. Let's break it down.

What i liked:

• IMMs writing style. She's pretty good at making me feel with the characters.

What i did not like:

• The secret keeping.
• The fact that they were dating. I was specifically rooting against them. Because. Secrets.
• His parents are abusive and he's showing aggressive traits too. I don't trust him (yes, I'm the same, but that's different. He's a man.)
• Boring
• Again, secrets. That is one severe stain on a relationship. I wouldn't trust any of u again.
• The sex scenes. Should've left them out, they didn't add anything to the plot except cringiness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

thecajunbookworm's review

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, and Death of parent

ecravens's review

emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

imthatstephanie's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Death of parent

romanceschmomance's review

4.0

Much like the first book, Princess and the Player was "un-put-downable" for me... but book 1 still holds the title as my favorite. Truly enjoyed the erotic side of this romance read as Francesca and Tuck meet at a rather exclusive sex-club. With their identity hidden behind masks, they commit to a night of forgetting and have a one-night stand. However, we all know forgetting isn't quite what happened.

So, there is the pregnancy trope, which I don't mind at all. But it bugged me a bit that Francesca held onto the secret for a while, which felt like it really rushed the ending for me. I definitely wanted more time with them.

Truly loved getting to know Francesca and Tuck, and I can't wait to see what else is in store with the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

marylinaris's review

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Tuck and Francesca meet at a high-scale sex club and, faces hidden behind masks, they have a no strings attached One Night Stand. Both are intent for it to be only one night, as Francesca has recently discovered her fiancé’s cheating ways and Tuck has no plans for a relationship. However it is hard for both of them to forget the other and they end up running into each other and figure out that they live in the same building. 

I flew through the book, it was well written, had an interwoven story and an engaging romance. 

The book started with establishing chapters from Tucks perspective and I really loved that we got his thoughts on their first meeting. And was a great first meeting that was, they hit it off so well - I loved their camaraderie and chemistry! Overall I enjoyed the romance. 

One of my favorite parts of the story were the side characters. The whole cast of them were great and added a lot to the story as they were distinctive and not one of them felt like they could’ve written off without missing a part of the story. 

It would’ve been interesting if Francesca had revealed her pregnancy a little earlier as the ending felt a little to fast and some plotlines didn’t get the proper amount of times to unfold. 

I was provided an ARC by the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship