Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Touch Of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

6 reviews

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, War, and Drug abuse

violetends's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was fun. I adore mythology retellings and Hades has always been one of my favourite characters. The recreation of mythology in a modern world setting was also fun and potentially what made this story most enjoyable for me. While the chemistry and banter between Hades and Persephone worked great, and their sexual encounters were hot conceptionally, there was something off-putting about the way they were written. Maybe because the author used euphemisms instead of naming specific body parts like genitalia. And that gave these scenes a bit of a silly, prudish vibe. 

Generally, the entire narrative seemed a bit superficial throughout. I think this is mostly due to a lot of "tell don't show" the author did as well as repeated retelling of the same observations or thoughts of Persephone. 

I did enjoy this and especially now, in a very stressfull moment, this is great fun to read in small breaks to get away from all these things. And I will probably continue to read the series. Overall though, it gives me a similar feeling to fast food rather than nourishment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement and Infidelity

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Stalking, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

findingcassandra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Slavery