Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

10 reviews

ednam0dewannabe's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Blood

bookishbabbles's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

I can’t believe I actually finished this book! This book was so hard to finish because of it’s dark themes. First, this book features Pedophilia!  This book is about grooming and child molestors. I went into it thinking that it would be a traditional age gap but it is not. The characters first meet when the girl was 7!!!! I like dark books but this is just way too much. The male character gets off on the fact that the girl is an underage child. She does all the little girl things such as “sucking on a Lollipop” which is constantly brought up. During sex, the male character calls her “little girl” and that I could not stomach. He is very clear that he’s “loved her since they met” when she was 7! Mind you, when they finally get together the girl is still 17. I don’t shame anyone but I cannot stomach this kind of thing. I couldn’t  think of these scenes as “sexy” they just made my stomach turn. Would not recommend unless you are truly into “Dark and Twisted” romance, not just getting into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Excrement

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

cocpop_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

Zeus Garro and LouLou have my heart. I loved this book the first time I read it, and I love it even more the second time around.

This is taboo romance. Large age gap, and the FMC is 17. So if any of that is too much, I would not read this book.

I loved Lou from the start. I loved that she pushed herself, and chose to do things for herself. My heart broke for the parents she was given, and it really forced her to grow up fast. I can never say a bad thing about her. I think my favorite relationship besides her and Zeus, was her and Mute. They just had a pure connection, and this book broke me.

And ain’t nobody throwing down quite like Zeus. He was very aware of the optics of his relationship with Lou, but you could tell her never did anything to harm her. He loved his girl from the start, and while that may be off putting to some, their connection just made sense.

5/5 on the spicy scale. The mouth on Zeus, and the fact that Lou was just as dirty as him. My favorite scene will forever be her stripping for him. Just because of the confidence on her, and the determination to get what she wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Classism, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Racial slurs

maryyylorraine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

cc0906's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so unassuming yet it totally wrecked me in the best way possible. Absolute perfection 😍 daddy Zeus is my new fictional husband. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Medical trauma, Cancer, and Kidnapping

clairesneverland's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

apolen's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Kidnapping, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Abandonment, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

charm0nix's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Kidnapping

zellapaige's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I had to skip most of the sex scenes. I love a good forbidden romance, but this was too much, like terrifyingly too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy

nini2622's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping