Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Lilacs and Leather by Thora Woods

9 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

frantically's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Devoured this! This is the first Omegaverse novel I've read but as a former kid with no internet restrictions this, of course, isn't my first foray into the Omegaverse world.

The pack dynamics in this are so well developed and you can tell that the author really went beyond "yeah alphas and omegas fuck a lot" and put effort into making this a believable world with laws and customs surrounding A/B/O.

At first, I found Lydia to be a bit too much of a Mary Sue but she really grew on me throughout the book and I loved seeing her different relationships with all the pack members develop.

The angst is deep with this one and I'm sure we'll get a lot of drama in the future and I'm here for it! I wish more RH/poly novels were series instead of standalones, as we can get so much more individuality in their relationships that way. Personally, I'm just here for more Lex content 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Biphobia

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

peruru25's review against another edition

funny relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow J’ai beaucoup aimé, c’est très cozy même si ça aborde des sujets difficiles par moments 

Je suis vraiment dans mon mood RH/WC omegaverse en ce moment hahahaha j’avais un peu de mal à en trouver un que j’aimais autant que Lola and the millionaires, on y arrive presque avec ce livre
J’aime beaucoup le fait qu’il y ait une female alpha, même si elles ont pas vraiment encore exploré leur relation

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Religious bigotry

joxeia's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

okay book! terminó en un cliffy pero no me interesó lo suficiente para leer los otros dos libros. no era lo que esperaba 😅 pero fue un good read como quiera 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Toxic relationship

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

irmingard's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

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