Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent

12 reviews

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Another fantastic read by Clarissa Broadbent! This book is a novella following characters in the Crowns of Nyaxia series. It can be read after book 1, but I read it after book 2 and think that was a good time as I knew the characters well and this novella provided interesting backstory. I love the characters. The main character, Lilith, presents with many neurodivergent traits in a respectful and accurate way. This novella follows her journey as she tries to protect her loved ones from a god's curse that was placed upon her town. She decides she needs some help from the broody vampire who lives outside of town, thus leading her to create a deal with Vale. Vale is 100% book boyfriend vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War and Sexual assault

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Murder

immdanii'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

apolen's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: War

cryosphinx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

What a delightful short story. It felt so well done and fully fleshed out the ti forgot it was a novella and got sad it was already over. In that short time, you really get a good feel for Vale and Lilith, and I'm excited to see how they tie into Book 2 because they are just wonderful. The only bummer is we don't get anymore than those two, and when there's another character it's really brief. I suppose it IS a novella though. But it was still very good and a wonderful concept.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Rape

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Blood

charbookchar's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, Chronic illness, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent