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Knockout by Sarah MacLean

11 reviews

m_pines_pnw's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Violence

distilledreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

Sarah MacLean is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors which is great, but also not great because I’ve already read through most of her back catalogue. I was so excited for Tommy and Imogen’s story and already I want the fourth Hell’s Belles novel. I adore these ladies and I love the hell they raise, and the men they have by their sides.

Another thing I noticed in this installment was how MacLean describes the colour of everyone’s skin, not just POC, so that white isn’t the “default” colour of someone’s skin. This would be refreshing in any novel, but is especially so in a historical romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

maidmarianlib's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

I always love MacLean's feisty heroines, and the historical context of this one is interesting, note there is content that may not be suitable for all readers.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Police brutality

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

purplepenning's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Ah, Imogen — "a vigilante with a penchant for chemistry and explosives… Perhaps she'd get herself a dog to carry about in her carpetbag. She could call it something delightful. Like Pyroglycerine." 

Love these characters but the story was a little slow, repetitive, and predictable for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Police brutality, Sexism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Death of parent

stitching up wound and

police corruption

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent

carbs666's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

The unbeatable Sarah MacLean does it again. Is there anything better than a chaos demon × control freak pairing? No!!! There is not!! 
The way I've been WAITING for Tommy and Imogen's book for literal ages. They have an undeniable chemistry that MacLean has expertly built over the past two book in the series, and I love how badly these two are crushing on each other. I love how Imogen knows what she wants and gets it, and her unshakable confidence despite never "fitting in" is really refreshing. 
As usual, the internal and external conflict was expertly balanced - the stakes were clear and the cause was noble. I also appreciated that MacLean did the only possible thing you can do when an MC is a cop, which is make him not a cop anymore so he can truly be on the side of justice. Also, the sex was hot fire flames 🔥 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

levesc17's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The best one in the series so far! And, the teaser for the next book had me in a chokehold. Cannot wait. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abortion

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Classism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, and Gun violence