Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux

6 reviews

shaipanda's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

This book was wilddd 
I was tempted not to read cause I really hadn’t liked the first book in this series cause the FMC had really annoyed me off in the first one but I thought this was wayyy better 
The plot is probably even darker than the first one and definitely be aware of what you’re getting into but I am glad I read this one!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Drug use, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

charlottx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Overall I enjoyed the story from a different perspective and I’m excited to read the final book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Torture

sultrytartreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

I'd like to start this review off as saying, I'm pretty sure this low rating was all on me and not the book. I just had a really hard time wanting to pick this story up for some reason. It felt slow to me, but I can't explain why (other than the possibility that I already somewhat knew what would happen from book 1). I now know for a fact that this couples' kinks were not for me...the blood play and the gun play were too far for my tastes and left me feeling nothing during their steamy scenes. Which, honestly, I was shocked by. This hasn't happened to me in a taboo/high steam romance before. I found myself not really connecting with either MC, as well. A small thing, but I also wish the epilogue had been...more? We barely got anything from it and it wasn't very far from when the full storyline took place. So...not very helpful to see the couple coming together in bliss after the fact. 

I still recognize that this book was well written and did lots of things right, I just couldn't click with it for some reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

sexual CW: blood play, use of guns during intimate scenes, pain play

canascorner's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

Checkkkk the TWs. Also this book was far spicier than I was prepared for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Alcoholism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Grief

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Drug use

kinks/fetishes: Knifeplay, gunplay, body modification including piercing and scarification, derogatory language/degradation play, flogging, blood, public play, voyeurism, bondage, primal play.  

mamabanty13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely brilliant! Harley has such an amazing way of bewitching her audience! I loved Raelynn and Leon in Her Soul To Take, but I absolutely fell head over heels for Juniper and Zane 😍 This was such an amazing book and I cannot wait for the final book! I will definitely do a reread of the first two when that one comes out just so I can visit all of these unbelievable characters again. Definitely recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Toxic friendship, and Vomit