Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

18 reviews

marialangworthy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Death of parent

laluz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and Gun violence

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

emotional funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Okay...I accidentally did not save my carefully formulated review..haha...so here are some key notes:

-- "bad-boy" does not have to be asshole (and especially sexist comments don't have to be used to give the mMC "edge")

-- the trope where one male character acts shitty and then grovels gets boring when it is used for almost all male characters in a book and repeatedly 

- I get that the book was already long..but skippin  certain scenes was disappointing 

+ liked wide repertoire of side-characters who did not exist only to bring along this story

+ more show than tell

++ a fMC who is driven, career-oriented and stubborn while also being feminine and in touch with her emotions was really refreshing

++ the portrayal of other relationships or them being formed other that the romantic one

Spice(quantity&quality):
4/5
The tension was gooood. It also felt like the spicy scenes actually added sth to the story and felt "custom-fitted" for the MCs there is also variety and detail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Murder

taylormshipley's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Sexual content

nbitzer's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Violence

dkgreads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Fun hockey romance! I loved that this was tied to the Off Campus Series. I also love Elle Kennedy’s dialogue/banter and the fantastic friend groups in her novels. At this point she’s an auto read for me. A definite go to for a lighthearted, steamy romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Thank you to Bloom Books for providing a physical copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 

No third act breakup, unplanned pregnancy, OR miscommunication tropes?! GOAL!!! This was my first hockey romance and I really enjoyed it. Nothing is worse than reading a romance novel where the characters don’t even mesh, but Gigi and Ryder were so great together. Their overall vibe was “friends first” and I was here for it. Even the side characters had me laughing and smiling. Queue Friends scene “I’m Joey, I’m disgusting.” 😂🤣  I can’t wait to check out the Off-Campus series. Thanks again to Bloom Books because I definitely would have missed this read if it weren’t sent to me; it’s not something I would normally pick up but I’m glad I did. 😊

One more thing…. The spice. 🥵🤪🥰

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

“I have successfully managed to turn Briar’s grumpy, bad-boy hockey cocaptain into a hold-my-purse boyfriend. I’ve won the world.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

livruther's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

4.25

this was really sweet, but i found ryder to be a little bit sexist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual content

bakergirlsbooks1999's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content