Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

87 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have mixed feelings about this book. This is a dark romance about Sara, a firefighter, and Pestilence, a horseman of the apocalypse. Sara is tasked by her squad to stay behind and kill Pestilence to prevent the spread of the Plague. When this fails, Pestilence kidnaps her and keeps her prisoner. The concept of this book is cool. Falling in love with a physical manifestation of a biblical plague? Awesome! The issue is the execution. Sara is a little young for me, their "romance" feels a little forced, and Pestilence knowing nothing about humans feels wrong. It wasn't bad at all just a little off for me. I will probably eventually read War and the sequels but not now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

coachsabin's review

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Sexual content

bunnybaby_hop04's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

Absolutely obsessed with this series! 
Pestilence's development is emotional and thrilling, and emotions are high throughout.
A true enemies to lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

MC tells the 1st hourseman of the apocalypse to pick her over killing everyone. Things get hawt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Rape, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

bookishemmy's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

0.5

DNF at 20%, could not get on with the writing style at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

sioxricky's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual content

haleydeppert's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved every minute of this book. It is a very slow burn type of romance and I loved the realness of the main character. The story itself was also moving in certain parts and it did a great job at displaying the complexity of humanity—in all its good and bad. The spicy 🌶️ scenes were written well and my only complaint in that regard is that I couldn’t get enough! 😝🖤 Five star read for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

book__worm25's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual content

hanschub's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Rape