Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent

69 reviews

linnybear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

 I think the author had a wonderful idea for this novel, I loved how each part is separated by roses representing each rose Lilith gives to Vale, I loved the setting of a plagued human lands and a dangerous forbidden love between human and a vampire but at the same time this book felt way too short to establish any form of connection between two main characters that didn’t feel artificial. Compared to Oraya and Raihn from book one, Lilith and Vale didn’t have that much in common and instead were initially drawn together by a sheer force of fate called ‘the author’s imagination’. I also can’t say I liked them as individual characters, I’ve spent too little time with them to fully understand them and their attraction. I think the entire story as well as their relationship unfortunately lacked that sort of depth we could get in a full length novel (but I guess we had enough time for a whole chapter of smut, right?).

I was also hoping for some insight into human lives away from Obitraes and Nyaxia’s power but didn’t get much of that. I think it’s a lost opportunity to not introduce the whole White Pantheon, show their qualities and sort of compare them to Nyaxia in this installment especially given ‘the plague’ and how it was caused by one of the gods. 

Not disappointed by the writing though, I think Carissa Broadbent has a way to write so much emotions and chemistry into characters even when seemingly there shouldn’t be that much there (seriously there’s one chapter around 50% mark when I suddenly was overwhelmed by Lilith’s words and how beautiful they were, given how one chapter earlier I didn’t feel any of that). I don't think about time with this book as really wasted, to be honest I oddly enjoyed it while acknowledging it didn't hold the standard of the first book at the same time. Definitely skippable piece if you are only interested in the main storyline of the series but short enough to give it a try if you need more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and War

llcardenas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 ⭐️ 

This was a cute lil stand alone. I really like Carissa Broadbent’s writing style! Since it was so short, I didn’t feel as super connected to the characters but I thought it was a lovely little vampire story! Excited to see more of Lilith and Vale in the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

rainbowsandbookshelves's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

selestre's review against another edition

informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sabrinabeschke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

escsmith's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

A sweet novella, related to Broadbent's series in the same world. 
This took a different tone from the Serpent and the Wings of Night, I liked the more cozy feeling to this. 
The main character was curious and full of determination, which I liked. I felt like I didn't know these characters well enough yet to really connect to them and their story, the length of the book makes that difficult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

coveredinivy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and War

takahapa's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Death