Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wild Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

6 reviews

shelbieloo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

amanda_reads13's review

emotional funny 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

After being betrayed by Warwick, Brexley is now in the hands of the Fae King. 

Brexley changed hands so many times in this book that it became a bit difficult to follow at times. Who was she being held by now? What do they want from her? 

Warwick continues to save her after trading her from something. Though we don't really know what he traded her for, we get a glimpse

when Brexley calls for his help and he is with a woman and young boy. She assumes it is his family, yet we do not know.

 

We find out that

the humans are manufacturing a drug to make humans into super soldiers. It works for a while, but after a few days the drug literally melts their brain. This happened to every test subject, except Brexley. So that makes us wonder, why is she so different from the other humans?

At points of this book we get some major info dumps. At one point she

is taken to the resistance by Warwick and finds out her "uncle" is alive and the head of the resistance. We find out that he was secretly in love with a fae and faked his own death to protect everyone. He figured out that the fae weren't the bad guys in this situation and he started the resistance against the humans. We also find out that Link, is actually Ling, his partner.

Later on, we find out that

her father's brother, who is a a fugitive, is the leader of another resistance group and is working with the blue haired deamon she met in prison.

I found the plot line with Ash and the book to be really interesting.

She somehow reached back in time through the book and saved not only Warwick, but Scorpion too.

Here we learn a bit more about their connection. But we are still left with so many unanswered questions. 

Brexley makes a lot of really dumb decisions. As a highly trained soldier, she should be able to protect herself, yet, she always needs Warwick to come and save her. 

Tropes: enemies to lovers, slow burn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.75

If you hate cliff hangers, don’t read the series. That being said I have so many questions, its a good thing I have all of the books on my kindle! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment

thetalesofabookishmom's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

It was ok. I didn’t love it. I see why others do but I don’t like Warwick and his bullshit. I think he’s a controlling asshole. I also personally feel gross when I man over twice the FMC age calls her a child then I thinks about and touches her in a sexual manner. It gives me the ick. So i’m not going to continue this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism

anniemac's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Blood

jessicatpole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Death and Eating disorder