Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling

34 reviews

gracegeeks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

bloomingdruid's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

laura007's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

So, this book was not bad. I mean we love a good queer book. The long chapters made the reading quite harder especially in the beginning. I really appreciated the small details

like when the MC gave Morgan flowers in the colors of the bi pride flag, not lying when I tell you I would immediately marry someone who would do this for me

and it was action packed, which I really enjoyed reading. There were some actually decent plot twists

Like when we find out that Benton or what is his name is the Hunter, I actually suspected it in the scene with family portraits, but then I completely forgot about it and I was shocked to be right

. The Sapphic representation was so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

nykolereads's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

theespressoedition's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

So, the story behind reading this book goes a little something like this:
1) I saw the cover for the sequel, loved it, and added it to my TBR (completely unaware that it was a sequel).
2) Upon finding out it was a sequel, I removed it and added the first book in the series to my TBR.
3) It happened to be available on Libby at the start of October, so I checked it out as an audiobook.
4) After listening to it, I was immediately thankful for the fact that I'm not a cover-buyer and that I wait to purchase books after I've read and loved them.
5) As fun as the cover is, I was not the biggest fan of the book itself (and I'm still debating whether or not to read the sequel).

This book wasn't a fun read in the slightest. It featured incredibly toxic characters in even more toxic relationships. It had a huge focus on death and grief that really altered the vibe of the book at a certain point. There were so many dark, heavy moments that it took away from any of the interesting, mysterious plotlines. The entire time I was listening, I kept hoping that it would pick up and things would be more of the typical "YA pep" I was in the mood for, but instead, I felt very melancholy by the end.

This just wasn't for me. I think the writing was good and so I gave it stars for that, but I just didn't enjoy the story much at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyrose_isreading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I surprised myself a bit by how much I enjoyed this book however it helped that I felt that it was almost adjacent to a cozy mystery, with Hannah working in a witch themed shop for tourists and becoming an amateur sleuth almost in order to figure out what was going on. The romance was sweet and felt very realistic (some LGBTQIA+ books make same sex couples 'normal', which would be nice irl but the mild homophobia and having characters in the closet brings the story to life despite the magical elements).
The witchcraft was also worked in nicely in a way that still made the book feel realistic, witches can't do everything with their magic and because they're hiding in plain sight they were just like normal people but with a secret.
This is a novel for teens so they characters felt a bit young at times however I enjoyed it enough that I want to read the sequel and would suggest this to other young adults who don't mind younger characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, and Lesbophobia

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Loved this reading.  Magic and covens with sapphic riddled through out - including not only the MC’s first ex gf but also another budding potential love interest.  

Unexpected villians and betrayals left me shocked and I’m so glad I own the second as ill be reading it asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

malupastafrola's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved the characters, just didn't expect the story to be so intense (check tws!).

Thrilling plot that keeps you guessing until the last few pages.

It was also really nice to just have a book with a main plot (witches) where the mc happens to be queer, without that being the super special catch about the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death