Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hidden Truths by Neva Altaj

8 reviews

condls27's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Came for the hurt/comfort trope and was not disappointed. The rest of it though…meh. I did love the banter between Sergei and Felix/Albert. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent

thefantasybookaddict's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Trafficking

absolutely_court's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, Ableism, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

hellodebbies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping

smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.0

I’ve been curious Sergei for a while so I was happy to finally read his book. He was such an interesting character. I loved the connection that he had with Angelina, but there a lot of amazing secondary characters as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexual content

danicam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

dawnsdiary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

This series keeps getting better and better! Neva’s writing continues to amaze me each time I pick up her books.

Sergei is a member of the bratva and Roman’s half-brother. At 14, he was scouted and trained to become a killer, and because of the missions he went on, he suffers from PTSD. Sergei kills without remorse and therefore, to the people who don’t really know, he can appear unhinged.

Angelina is the daughter of the former leader of the Mexican cartel and arranged to marry the new leader. Angelina, not wanting the marriage or this to be her life, runs away. When Angelina is discovered barely alive by Sergei, Sergei instantly becomes protective of her, taking her back to his home and nursing her back to health.

We get a glimpse of Sergei and Angelina meeting for the first time in the second book and I couldn’t wait to read that scene from Sergei’s perspective and what transpired afterwards.

Sergei is just a normal guy who just reactions to situations differently from everyone else because of his past training and Angelina accepts that. She loves him for who he is and makes him feel like he isn’t the crazy person everyone sees him as. The development of their relationship, though a little fast, was beautiful. I especially loved how Angelina would help Sergei through his episodes instead of sitting back and doing nothing. Angelina doesn’t see him as a crazy person, she sees him as himself.

I also loved the relationship and the banter between Sergei and Felix (Albert) and Sergei and Roman. And also Mimi! Overall really loved this book!

*I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent