Reviews tagging 'Death'

Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love by Elle Kayson

17 reviews

bookishpixie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mjtheoctopus's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This book was an emotional roller coaster yet sits so close to my heart. As a person whose childhood was very similar to Damien’s, my heart strings were being burned, pulled, painted, and mended while reading this book. It was such an amazing read that it was so hard to put down. There was a scene that  triggered me a little bit but the grit and spunk and hope that the characters showed overshadowed that. The more I read that more I felt little parts of myself heal from the trauma I’ve experienced in my life. This was a very well-written and down to earth book and I cannot wait to read more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, and Terminal illness

sistatv's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Baby.... I thought you heffas was lying AGAIN... a 700+ Page book/dictionary/ENCYCLOPEDIA? Ain't no way, my guy... I just KNEW you heffas was llyyyyiinngggg BUT BAAAAEEEBBBBYYYY. Yall told the truth and we will never be SHAMED THE DEMON... This was a wild, fun fantastic voyage and I enjoyed it all. This book is extremely far from my normal favorite black romance genres and SHAME ON ME for not being open to trying books like this... ESPECIALLY  IF THEY COMING WITH THIS. I have a few very slight complaints  or criticisms but NONE of them are even worth mentioning. Reading fiction books  are for entertainment, enjoyment and escapism and baby this was allofem...
I read fast but Freeeennnnnd I read the whole book in less than a day. I ate it right up... The story caught me RIGHT UP from the beginning. Push through the first 2 chapters and suspend your respectability politics and bourgeois BS and enjoy a great book with lovely vibrant characters, crazy love, suspense, trauma, drama, spice, surprises, healing, family, and LOVE.  I really loved it and I'm sooo glad you heffas were NOT lying about this 700 plus page a** dictionary/encyclopedia of a book...lol @SistaTV loves you and Damien, Dream, Smoke and Bestie, Kam and  everryyybody. 

PS. We need an audiobook with amazing voice actors and a movie slash television series  with doubly amazing actors directors cinematography etc... ASAPTUALLY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

t_ashleyxo's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

agreen901's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

bluebookroad's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

This was such a good book it was so hard to put it down. DEMON is a beast and dream girl was really a gray character flaws and all.

I didn't like that how they bought the little brother in he was just there imo. Definitely love the growth woth each of the characters good and bad. ME personally I wouldn't have forgiven my brother that easily when he started all the mess.

Fav quote " if you ever put your hand on her again. I'ma put mines on yours

thenyamartin's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

I had heard very good things about this book from readers I follow and decided to give it a try. I enjoyed most of the main characters and their growth and the book was gripping most of the way through. I did not like the male lead (Demon/Damien) there were so many things that personally turned me off from him and made it excruciating for me to get through the title character's story. The overall plot was well done but I wish it was paced differently so the parts of the story that weren't about the romance of the characters flowed better. For me, the pacing of the underlying storyline was all over the place and made it difficult for me to really enjoy the story in its entirety. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys dark romances with mafia family vibes and high stakes. There wasn't a trigger warning placed in the book so please review the trigger warnings people put in the reviews.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Trafficking

bibliominx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming and Terminal illness

shanaetheflyest's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.75

I've finally finished the very very dark novel, Demon's Dream and now at the end of the book I'm left feeling like the juice just wasn't worth the squeeze.

There are so many characters in the novel that you have to keep up with, and to be honest, Elle Kayson does a fabulous job at making them all equally entertaining, intriguing, and the events of their lives are interesting...but then there are a million others mentioned at the end of the novel and your head is left spinning as you try to keep up with who's who. I mean, even the FMC, Dream, gets a new name...Baby?

That said, I wish Kayson had bothered to extend the novel by another two or three hundred pages to give us more insight into the lives of the children at then, even if only Kam/Kalylah.

The story fast forwards 10 years, a significant time, and we don't know how the FMC or MMC get along as new parents, newlyweds, or what they do for work - does Demon keep killing? Is Dream still washing drug money?

I'm left with more questions than answers and that's soooo unfulfilling after reading 750+ pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

bibliofritz's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment