Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash

9 reviews

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

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

kiikaridino's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

marissaz25's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This was an incredibly out of the box pick for me. I’m a huge fan of high fantasy but I’m not really into when the characters themselves are a different species. However, this one wasn’t bad. It was palatable, the world building was there, intriguing twists were prominent, smut was definitely explicit. A general, overall rating? This book was okay, I wouldn’t say bad nor good- somewhere in the middle. Basically, enough to read the second book.

For the most part, I was turned off by Lysander’s dialogue and internal thoughts, he’s definitely a character that felt completely his own. This book was kind of borderline incest? But not? Lysander seemed completely sickened by the prospect. His relationship with his mom (?) felt so gross. So just be prepared for that. I will say, despite his obvious flaws, I absolutely adore him. He's so kind hearted and let’s just say I’m rooting for him. The entirety of his "dragon clan" was very, very hard for me to get into. Yet, the politics and intensity of Lysander's world was seen through his time there. It gave a clear picture what corruption the dragon's have instilled into their world.

Eroan is probably my favorite character, he’s intelligent and determined. Some scenes with him felt a little bit redundant, but the chemistry between Eroan and Lysander made up for that. I did love perspective a lot especially when we see him in his own element- the world building from his perspective is really good.

Um, the smut? It was there and not gonna lie, it was a little odd at times. For the most part though, it did its job.

Once this again, this book was okay. Some of the content is definitely questionable and this book is most certainly, not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest

beholder's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

For the amount of content warnings needed, it's surprisingly not that hard to read -- it wasn't a visceral/painful read to me, that is. Of course, YMMV, but I think if you get through chapter 2 or 3 (the first one narrated by Lysander), then you can do the rest. The rest of the book is not as fucked up as those first chapters 😅

And I was expecting a slower burn, but I am not disappointed by the romance 👁️👁️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

holly_n's review

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Incest

livsdirelibrary's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Drug use