Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Malice by Coralee June

4 reviews

spooktacularbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

What a heart jerk. It was dark in a murder kind of way. I wouldn't say it was very spicy as there was sex but not a whole crazy lot. It didn't wind me up like some books do, but it did make me emotional. I cried at the ending. I also have an older grandma and am a sucker for sappy grandma stories and her authors note. Ugh heart strings.

I devoured this book in one sitting. It was so good. It was not what I set out to read tonight, but was oh so good. Highly recommend but definitely check trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

its_j's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

findmeinunderland's review

challenging dark tense 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

3.0

It’s good, for something out of my comfort zone.

So personally I wouldn’t have read this if I knew it was a reverse harem, it’s just not something I like reading about or find any interest in, in fact it has ruined stories for me in the past. But, this book was a good read despite being completely out of my comfort zone. I loved Anthony, even if I didn’t necessarily want them together, I truly loved his quirkiness. I love Juliet and nick together and I think that was big reason why I was able to actually finish this book, like I said above I didn’t go into this knowing the story was a reverse harem so I spent most of my time hoping she made the choice to be with malice, I think the dynamic she has with him is most similar to those over other books in this niche genre of mafia romance….I sincerely doubt I’ll read the next books in the series as the reverse harem aspect just shuts down my desire to, I spent most of the book wanting her with one man and knowing the point is that she won’t choose makes it obvious that I’ll leave the next two disappointed. If reverse harem is something you enjoy reading and you have a better appreciation of the dynamics than I do, then I recommend this read…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

mamabanty13's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, and Murder