Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

8 reviews

kyeruhh's review

3.0

Unsure what I expected but it definitely wasn’t Georgian Batman. I liked it well enough, but something abt both MCs just rubbed me the wrong way. It seemed like there was such an obvious solution to their shared issue but they were both just being dense abt it, which really dragged things out. I do plan on picking up the next one in the series, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Classism

smuttymcbookface's review

3.5

Oh boy do I really dislike Maximus. I found him to be childish and cruel to Artemis, never truly thinking of her as a person and instead raising her up to a status of a caged goddess for his own ego to be satisfied. He needed to have a heartfelt grovel at the end, which we did not get at all. Artemis, on the other hand, was wonderful. Cool, collected, and infinitely patient. I honestly wanted much better for her.

The other thing I disliked about this book was I found it lacked the realism (or at least semi-realism) of the other books. It was like a marriage of fairytale and romance book, which can be completely fine, but isn't what draws readers into the Maiden Lane series. Early morning barefoot strolls from a lady's companion desperate to keep her job? The constant Diana references? I just didn't find any of this so plausible nor romantic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

The most Batman-like of the series yet. I loved all of the additional details we got from side characters and the Duke of Wakefield was just as starchy and uptight as I expected. Artemis was a lovely FMC, and I enjoyed how strong willed and defiant she was. 

I really hate mistress proposals and this book has that so. Just know that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

relin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

4.75

A fun romp of Regency Batman?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Outing

trashbinfluencer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dreamfyre's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Classism

Minor: Rape

megloveswords12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Violence

litokeland's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood