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KID by Jescie Hall

22 reviews

debrakrause1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bbygirl21's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

This is a fantastic book. It had very heavy themes/topics, so it took me a bit longer to read than usual. But I absolutely loved it. 

I loved Kid/Kai and Johanna. I was originally frustrated with how Johanna treated Kai. But after she finally revealed what happened with her mom, her behavior is completely understandable. 

As I said this is quite a heavy read, so definitely check the trigger warnings, but I would absolutely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

brooksie03051's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

KID by Jescie Hall is an intense spicy dark romance that is complex, emotionally challenging story about addiction, overcoming loss, and finding the person who puts all the broken shards of your heart back together in the messiest of ways. 

Be sure to look at the trigger warnings of this book before reading. This should be read after Hawke as this story takes place after those events and will help you understand a bit of backstory to other characters in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

keeley996's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, and Grief

ehsquidwardreads12's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

susansantos's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

Kid was the follow up book to the authors “Hawke”. I definitely feel like it rounds out the both of their stories perfectly. Be aware of the triggers for this book, for sure. I thought her writing fit the characters inner monologue beautifully, clearly displaying a funny, loving, addict, making you fall in love with him. At the same time seeing his struggles along with the fmc and love interests struggles as well. Their relationship is raw, weird, and difficult, but somehow beautiful by the end. I definitely liked Kid and Jo’s growth throughout the book that I found inspiring. Definitely read Hawke first, and kid second, it makes more sense that way, and doesn’t give spoilers. Although if I’m honest, i enjoyed Hawke a little more but still enjoyed both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hjs_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

 I read this at a significantly slower rate than I have been lately, partly because I didn’t find as much time in my days to dedicate to reading, but mostly due to the fact this book was a brutally deep and slow cut. This dark romance features two very broken people trying to build love through addiction, grief, and a whole mess of trauma. It was VERY character driven, not much happens plot wise until the rather late third act. 

A few random notes to point out: 1. I loved the Cam and Cole storyline continuation from my previous read by this author (HAWKE) 2. Though a gut wrenching read at times there was still a substantial amount of spicy scenes, and 3. I really appreciated the POV switch for the last chapter, it was a great decision for wrapping things up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

caseadiiia's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This book was dark, tense, even emotional at times and that for me is a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Blood

jesslynn_'s review against another edition

emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide