Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair

31 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Probably my favorite of the series so far. Lots of spicy scenes, but mostly just loved how the story progressed and the growth we saw in Persephone. So excited for Game of Gods!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Grief, and Death of parent

mei_mei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

busbycourt's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

Very sexual

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

meh697's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Alcohol

mattiedancer's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.75

Writing: 3.25⭐️/5 

Again, the writing is a bit dry for my tastes. This book had the most spicy scenes so far in the serie – or at least it felt like it – and honestly they started to take away from any other plot. A lot of them didn’t make sense in the story and seemed just thrown in. 

Characters: 3.75⭐️/5

Kind of the same as the other books. Persephone is the most well-developed, and Hades also has very little personality outside of Persephone, as do many of those who Persephone is close to. 

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

The plot definitely took a bit of a different turn than the other books. I enjoyed the overarching plot, but I got a little frustrated that nearly any time Hades and Persephone were alone together, they had sex. It just started getting a bit predictable and repetitive. That being said, the bits with the Demeter plot were really interesting. 

Post-Reading Rating:  4⭐️/5

I’m curious where the story will go next.

Who Should Read This? 

• Those looking for a smutty Persephone-Hades retelling

CW: Sexual abuse, mentions of rape, sexual assault, murder, death 

Final Rating: 3.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

charlieiniso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

seequinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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 assault and Sexual violence

karambit's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Self harm, and War

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Vomit, and Pregnancy