Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Lilacs and Leather by Thora Woods

6 reviews

dezzella's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

This has been on my TBR for a while and I'm glad I finally got around to it.  It has some darker elements, but I really enjoyed the openness and real conversations the characters had. Not to mention how the relationships develop. Fair warning, it ends on a cliffhanger.

Will I be jumping into the next book? Yes, definitely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

lea_talisa's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident

rileyk's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

cassie12_21's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I don’t usually read human omega verse because they r always very rapey; this one was only rapey in past (not the current) relationship though. I’m going to keep reading purely ‘cuz I’m curious about the FF relation to develop. 

The BDSM relationships were surprisingly pretty well written, there was a full discussion about scenes and boundaries before anything happened, it was great. 

I hope Seth and Darren die a slow and painful death in a firey car crash. 

The cliffhanger ending was not the cliffhanger I was expecting, kinda weird, but okay Ig, wasn’t really necessary.

ends in a car crash, I swear to fucking god if Darren or Seth was driving that car and kidnaps her, I am not finishing this series, because I will have kms

🌶️🌶️.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Murder, Outing, and Alcohol

clem2605'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Very good story! I’ve never read an omegaverse story as well written. 

The author plays beautifully with the genre and its tropes while changing or ignoring the more harmful or unbelievable ones.

The author manages to avoid one of my biggest pet-peeve in romance: the timing of the story. There are often inconsistencies, or the love story happens in a week, where the characters barely eat/sleep/work, with little to no consequences (I’m not even talking about the realism of building an entire relationship in a week).

All in all, Thora Woods seems to be a very promising author, and I’ll definitely read the next book in the story, and check her next works! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

grilledcheesd's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

i really enjoyed this book! i'm not usually an omegaverse reader, so the barking/purring thing was a little strange to me, but i'm certainly not here to yuck anyone's yum. i loved the dynamics in the pack - esp how they brought out lydia's feistiness? not quite the word i'm looking for but it'll do.

there were a couple of things that sort of broke my immersion. first, rhett's accent. i totally get what she was trying to do - introduce the accent first, then explain what the accent was. but it just didn't work for me. first i thought he was southern (esp since this was set it georgia), then i thought he was from boston. by the time we settled on irish, i was sorta done with the whole thing. i'm gonna add some direct quotes in spoiler tags here bc it's honestly kinda funny

“I hear tha’ word out your mouth one more time, I will bend you over and turn yer ass red,”

"And, so help me God, I ever cross paths wit tat bottom-feeding scum of a fucking alpha who hurt you, dere won’t be enough of ’im left ta bury.”

those are the only two i marked and tbh i think they're the worst/best. honestly i ended up picturing rhett as brynjolf (YES FROM SKYRIM OH MY GOD)
ANYWAY
the other issue? literally just them calling her uh, juices... cream.
i took psychic damage. every. time.
but yeah good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

all sexual/domestic trauma is in the past, but it's explained in the plot and in flashbacks.