Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Cursed by Harper L. Woods

5 reviews

scribesquadrant_sierra's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I personally liked this book better than the first. The dynamic between the two main characters was great but the actual plot points happened all at the end and it felt like the ending scene came a bit out of no where. I did enjoy it, but be aware there are some graphic scenes that weren't for me at all. Be sure to read the content warning.
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zoeyfawn's review against another edition

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

4.0

I liked the book for the most part but it lagged a little. I wish the books was maybe 50 pages shorter because it sometimes felt that the author was told to write more to meet a quota. Is this going to have a third book? It seems so but the cliff hanger isn't exciting so it can end here but there is room to grow the world and story. 

Grey and Willow's relationship is of course, dark and moody but if they both just communicated more about their feelings and plans a lot of their drama would be solved. But that's every single romantasy book through, right. 

I don't know if I am planning on reading this book again soon but it was good while it lasted. 
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courtstrauch13's review against another edition

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

3.0

PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING…

This book wasn’t as good as the first book, but I enjoyed it. I still love how toxic the characters are, not sure what that says about me…. I will say the concept for these two books are really cool, witches and demons. I still have a bit of an issue with the world building, if I thought about it enough I might find something off. This book did go into greater detail regarding the magic system than the first book, and a bit more into the history, however I’m still not satisfied with what we got. 

This book is spicer than the first, would give this one 4/5 🌶️.  This book is a bit kinker than the first, so be prepared for that. 

Overall not bad. I’m not sure if the author is intending to extend the book series, or do a spin off.
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jayessicaa's review against another edition

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

2.0

A shame. Truly. I loved the first book but this one was absolutely a waste of time. Mostly uncomfortable smut that did nothing for me or the plot. The voice cast of the audiobook also was bad on top of it. Barely worth 2 stars. 
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thebooseller's review against another edition

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I enjoyed the first book but this one felt like an unfortunate departure. I'll admit I'm not a dark romance reader but I like to give books a shot when they have good reviews, an interesting plot, and/or morally grey MMCs. But I really could not stomach how abusive this "relationship" is and had to stop.
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