Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Black Knight by Rina Kent

22 reviews

marygg3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Now we're talking.
I liked it, I totally flew through it and I'm already getting everything prepared for the next one.

This one was a bit more serious though. The difficult aspects of mental health struggles, body image and a toxic relationship with food on one side; alcoholism and toxic coping mechanisms on the other... I liked how Rina Kent went about these issues, never romanticizing them, never skipping over the actual work it takes to heal and always making the character, and not their partner, responsible for their own growth. Xander said it better than me:

I'll heal, like I'm sure you will. I won't fix you and you won't fix me. We’ll just hug each other like we used to do in the past.

And Kim, oh God, my sweet girl is all grown up now. I loved her arc and how much stronger she is now. The importance of asking for help and talking through her feelings was a hard lesson for her, but she made it.

I might be broken, but I’ll pull myself together. I might have fallen, but I’ll get up. There’ll be a day where I look behind and say I survived.

And survive she did, they both did.

Now, the main issue was so convoluted I got really scared for a second there, but everything turned out well and the romance was truly romancing from the get go, so I'm not complaning. Also, it was refreshing to have two main characters that were both virgins; I was starting to get sick of the glorification of FMC virginity.
On to the next one, for I can't wait to see inside our new couple's brains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal death

jessrebound's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

chi__'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Incest, and Infidelity

solaris_wintergale's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Incest

_koreen_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

allory's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Holy damn. I cried my heart out for most of the chapters. This book had me on my kneeeeesssss in tears 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

felyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Pregnancy trope in the second epilogue.

Also, this one is seriously heavy. Heed the content and trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

mrsmonty503's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So raw and so emotional. I knew this one was going to gut me even before I started reading it. While I enjoyed Aiden and Elsa’s story and the books Rina Kent wrote. 

Nothing will compare to Xander and Kimberly. 
I found a lot of myself in Kimberly and she will always be one of my favorite FMC. 

I am excited to continue with the world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Stalking

annica_fourie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. 
Rina Kent did a deep-dive into these characters and made me really love them.
The storyline was interesting while being heartbreaking. It was also lighter in the spice department in the sense of frequency.
Would definitely recommend, BUT CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Violence

loganswifey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt