Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bad Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

6 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

Listen, I get the terror of reliving your nightmare, but this series is so repetitive, I can't handle it anymore. It's literally the same situation played out over and over. Brex is literally caught in a loop of being kidnapped and thrown in prison over and over again. Only this time she is throw in

the prison created by the fae but run by the humans.

The humans have now become enemy #1. The have been creating a pill to turn humans into super soldiers and have been killing fae to get their essence. They want to rule the world and force fae into hiding or kill them all.

We find out that

Killian is actually alive and survived the explosion. He, suprise suprise, kidnaps Brex again. There is a hint that Caden may be turning against his father and working to try to get help from the other faction of rebels.

The ending did leave us on a crazy cliffhanger, this is probably the only reason I will read the next one.

Brex ends up in the ring with Scorpion and Hanna.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

courtneyb_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My first 5 star of the series. What it lacked in spicy scenes, it made up for with the adventure, humour and character growth.

Brexleys mother coming back was a bit of a cop-out

If it wasn’t for the zoloft this book would have made a mess of my emotions! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and War

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jessicastaylor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Holy crap. Shit got real in this one and I absolutely loved it. The plot took some turns I wasn’t expecting, our characters needed to get their heads out of their asses. Our bad guy needs a swift kick in the butt and I hate him. I can’t wait for the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Grief

deesquared's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Kidnapping, and Grief