Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

48 reviews

angelicwicked's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

If this doesn’t embody the grumpy/sunshine trope idk what does. This was sooooo good and I loved every second of it. 🥰🥰 The healing journey these two took to come together was beautiful. Like always? This was another beautiful romance. 🥹

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Ok. I know there are mixed feelings about Josie and her actions & reactions towards Haeden. For me, it's the whole not-communicating-leading-to-miscommunication trope, which I seldom enjoy. We get a lot of their respective side of the story, so we are able to understand their actions, but they both fear vulnerability and expressing their thoughts. It's times like this where I think to myself, maybe this is also me in real life to- being so in your own mind and not speaking your feelings and thoughts out of fear of judgement when really, the other person is feeling the same way and would accept you and understand you when you explain.

Josie did remind me a lot of Liz, though not so much a speaker cause of her hotheadedness as it is out of wanting to live for herself finally. She has gone through so much trauma- childhood and with the captor aliens- so it only makes sense that she is more steadfast about not being taken advantage of and looks out for her best interest and happiness now that she has the chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

mrsmishler's review

emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

mbasford's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

tinkerswiftie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

I knew these two would end up together from the first mention of their hate for each other in the first book. 😂 This book also furthers the greater story so it was a lot of find to explore the planet a bit more and let the greater plot take more shape. 🙌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Runaway

smuttymcbookface's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Easily one of my favourites from this series. Grumpy-sunshine is always a wonderful pairing, and mix in the enemies to lovers and the crazy spicy scenes, and it's hard not to love this.

Plus, it's kind of great that Haeden remains a surly Neanderthal when it comes to Josie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

seasonedreadings's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

pbella3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment