Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

21 reviews

elenikin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

4.0

I keep vacillating between stopping or continuing this series, but the endings continue to make me want to continue a little longer. I liked seeing Darcy and Tory learn more of their powers, and also spend more time with Orion and Darius.

I was so stoked when Tory and Darius finally got together (so hot)! The ending was intense...I can't believe Tory. I'm a romantic at heart and have been pulling for her and Darius, even with the bad stuff he did to hurt her, but fuck me, I don't know why she chose to become star crossed. I just hope they can make something positive come out of it in future books...

The writing continues to be juvenile/cringy and I hate finding typos. The world building is also not that strong. I also continue to hate the bullying, but I felt like it's a little bit less in each book, especially since Darcy and Tory are fighting back more. Overall, I'm still enjoying the story enough to continue the series, but it's definitely not the best written books out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Alcohol

Maybe I'm just a silly American, but I feel like there's way too much alcohol use with the students...it makes it feel like they are condoning it, which I don't think is great.

rdaacvhiesl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This cliffhanger is so bad that I literally have nothing that makes me want to keep reading. 
The authors have a bad habit throughout the series of being repetitive with their descriptions. The lack of growth in certain characters really makes me want to drop kick my Kindle.  <Spoiler>There's slow burn and then there's never going any where but leading you on anyway. </Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tiinak's review against another edition

dark

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

1.75

I don't think anybook that I can name over 20 different  content warnings for could be recommended. Also, weird to have condemnation arc for main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Child abuse

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

4.0

I had a lot of emotions reading this book. But overall it was nice to see how the characters have developed whether that be good or bad. Some great spicy scenes and great non-spicy impactful scenes as well. THAT CLIFFHANGER THOUGH

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Self harm, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

selestre's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

meganheartandpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

ziaxx's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.0

So the fae celebrates Christmas?🤨 

I now understand the heavy criticism of this book series. This book is the best example to prove all of the points. And I'm too annoyed to write a polite review.  But one thing tho, Why the author did the twins so dirty? Even the prostitutes in dark romances have better sense of judgement and a spine but these twins.. Hah! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail