Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash

19 reviews

unicorn91's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I really love both of the main characters. I like that its multi pov, and that the series has a happy ending. reason for two stars. this book has actual sexual assault on page to one of the main characters. the two main characters are always getting separated and I felt like lysander could never catch a break. i picked it up because my kindle recommended it after captive prince. in my opinion, the two are nothing alike

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

potatooftheworld's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

The only reason this isn’t 5 stars is because of the amount of questions there are in the narration. It’s so offputting. That and the fact that unfortunately we didn’t see the characters much in the second half of the book interacting and they keep thinking the other is dead. I love this book and although the tw are harsh and there is a lot that is not warned for, it’s a good book. My only comment is some of the narration is odd and a few other elements here and there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

jennybugg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Murder

bluepaladin's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and War

joonjxne's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

napthenknit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Interesting world building, especially in the latter half of the book.

I would have liked more interaction between the two main characters, but I'm sure that will increase in later books.

Mind the content warnings and take them seriously. There are some very dark scenes running through the entire book.

Audiobook: As always, Cornell Collins is spectacular. Lots of different accents done well and he really leans into the dragon growls and snarls. I also love that he doesn't do shrill, squeaky stereotype voices for women characters. They have varied voices just like the men.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, and Xenophobia

Incest:

parent-child incest

raintje's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

wanderlustsleeping's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Ok!!!

All the just misses they had in the latter half of the book were killing me!! But what a strong ending! I can’t wait to see where this goes! I need them reunited!

For anyone worried it’s a bit much, truly only the first third of the book I think was a bit like flat out “ew” sometimes, but do your own searching for content warnings before diving in!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

brim010's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, and Violence

bonriki's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.5

I’m enjoying the slow burn and emphasis on plot and worldbuilding but there was too much sex that slowed events down. The trauma level is also heavy handed, when the setting is already bleak you’re not adding much of value by torturing your characters anew every chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail