Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

30 reviews

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Slavery, and Alcohol

kristakp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book was enjoyable but also annoying. An easy read and derivative from other similar books in this genre, but sometimes that hits the spot. I do hate the author's persistence of referring to men and women as "male" and "female," it's pretty terfy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Stalking

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

Personally I didn't enjoy this book. The premise was promising but the execution fell flat. The whole first half felt very much like ACOTAR fanfiction. 

And the ending was not satisfying for me. I guessed a lot of what was going to happen by chapter 10 and almost everything else by chapter 19. 

This felt like the miscommunication trope to the extreme which has never been a favorite. There were so many places where honesty could have made a better story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Deportation

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

katvou'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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: War

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book! Such an incredible fantasy book! I’m excited to read the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

haley49's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was the kind of book with all the twists and turns I wanted with enough setup to guess twists but still find them believable and satisfying. The romance(s) were well-done in that I went back and forth on who I was rooting for. The unreliable/fish out of water narrator helped build tension and suspense. Only real complaint was that some of the characters could have felt more 3-dimensional; there were some moments where some characters felt more like empty tropes without their own flair. Otherwise, an amazing, unputdownable read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Sexism, and Slavery

Manipulation,

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Moral of the story, it's spelled "Man"ipulation for a reason. Brie deserves an Anti-hero arc. I support women's rights, but more importantly I support women's wrongs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and Kidnapping

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Torture