Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Zodiac Academy 5: Cursed Fates by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham

12 reviews

aubrieanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Death, Torture, and Police brutality

unicornofthesea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

absolutely adored seeing the major character and relationship development that took place throughout this book. much of the book did not focus too much on the actual plot, however i completely did not mind, as it allowed as to get to know and love the characters so intensely. the angst between tory and darius and darcy and lance was just so perfect and emotional to read about, and i am super excited (and a bit scared) to see where the next book takes us in terms of this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Holy. F*cking. Sh*t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, and War

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Kidnapping

charhollyx's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Another annoying asf ending once again! It’s like the sisters enjoy torturing their readers who just want to see the sisters have a win for once🥺
The pacing was a bit strange, the third book span over a week yet this span over 6 months.
The character development was much better in this book. Tory was much more likeable, as well as all the heirs. 
There are a lot of moments where I’m thinking “surely doing this would be much easier than the plan the characters are going ahead with?” 
An unexpected highlight for me was Darcy and Darius’ friendship blossoming over their shared love and fear for Tory and Orion, which I hope will continue into the next books.

I can’t believe Orion went to jail just because that silly bitch testified. Genuinely don’t get it. Surely his sentence wouldn’t have been 25 years bad if he had just shut up?
I love Darius’ love for Tory, even though she pisses me off immensely. 
What I don’t understand is how easily daddy Acrux beat four heirs and two princesses, all of which are much more powerful once their powers combine and assist one another against one dragon and one shadow princess. It kind of felt like an unlikely move to make just to cause more shit to happen. 
Also, I was wrong in betting Diego was a villain, but I KNEW he was a nymph from the very first book!! Called it!!
It’s getting to the point that I’m losing love for the main characters if there’s nothing to root for and no point doing so?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

juliette_95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Violence, and Murder