Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Twisted Emotions by Cora Reilly

20 reviews

rileyk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

shinyfox's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

Very emotional. Dark but touching. It was a book that fed a part of my soul that I didn't know was hungry. It was longing and yearning, hopeful and beautiful.

I usually don't review books that I rate highly. It's just like "yup that was good, and on to the next book!", but I really want to remember the emotions this book evoked in me.
Future self: Yeah, it's worth re-reading.

Stealing this from another reviewer beacuse YES, this is why it hit hard for me: "It was mostly a story about overcoming your demons with someone else."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Kidnapping

elleclair's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

smithrachaelynn's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

When I say I am obsessed with the Camorra Chronicles, I want you to believe me. I love all of the books in this series but this one in particular just really gets me. Nino and Kiera have so much trauma and pain in their lives and watching them heal each other is so beautiful. I love this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

threeundertwopnw's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

If you're going to mention 20 times that he takes her pulse with his thumb, you should maybe double- check because that's impossible. The thumb has its own pulse. I rolled my eyes every time. 

Not much plot, just a very slow burn during which she somehow cures his neurodivergence. Nothing believable. Lots of repetition and filler and some very stilted dialog that nobody would actually say. There are some weird sections where none of the characters use contractions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elllzzaa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Suicide attempt

r1vana's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Arranged marriage trope.

When two broken souls meet.

The first 10% was a bit slow but the moment I finished it, I wished there was more of Nino and Kiara.

There are terms that I wish were used differently. 

The one thing I don’t like about this book is how they are degrading women and shaming women… it’s a big ick.

I wasn’t expecting to like Nino and see him understand Kiara, respecting and communicating about their boundaries and such… is nouvelle.

Funnily, seeing Nino being all softy towards Kiara was kinda weird since he was known as a ruthless and heartless man ( doesn’t mean I don’t like it).

The way he always feels her pulse on her wrist to know what Kiara was feeling: nervous; scared; prettified; happy, et cetera.

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"You are too beautiful to lurk in the

shadows."

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The angst tho: whenever Nino tells kisra that he can stimulate  affection/ tenderness/love… something the pains her and doesn’t want to see it:

“Could you love someone who didn't have

emotions? 

Someone who analyzed love as if it were a mathematical problem?

It wasn't a question that needed answering.

I knew the answer.

I loved Nino, even if he could never love me

back.”

But at the end they do have their HEA. Wished there was a epilogue;

"Before you, there was calm. There

was order and logic."

"And now?"

"Now…. Twisted. Nowthere's chaos"

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"I do, with my fucking dead heart. With every fucking fiber of my being.”

"I love you. For real. No simulated affection or love ever again, because with you, I don't need to simulate. You dragged that dead part of me out of the past and revived it. I didn't die fifteen years ago, but I didn't live either... 

until you."

TW: sexual assault; trauma; torture; death; child abuse; gun violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

julieneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vicky_lit's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

krazyreads's review

emotional sad fast-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

5.0

One of my favourite mafia books. The relationship between both characters was so sweet even with their troubled past. I also enjoyed watching the other characters grow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder