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rbradley923's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Slavery
Minor: Pedophilia, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
littlebit2991's review
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Torture, Slavery, Incest, Sexual assault, and Child abuse
Moderate: Drug use
c0smic_mistak3's review
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*spoiler filled rant*
I'm only on pg. 150. I can't finish. I was so hopeful for this book. I heard so many people say how they devoured this book. this book?! Really??? All this trauma dump????? Kept grinning through all of the dream hunter books in the Dark Hunter series.... all the same..... blah blah blah. McQueen can write okay enough that maybe 5/14 were decent reads.
He just met Artemis (I've always loved the name Artemis/ the actual goddess of the hunt. hell yeah. but this bitch?! in this series? hell no, or hades no, rather)
Ryssa is Ash's saving grace..... kind of. She did actually get him away but not for long enough and could have tried a little harder. She has literally seen a few times how poorly he is treated and still the naivety of thoughts of "how can Acheron do this to himself" What other choice does he have?!?! Also we fucking get it. He's got that aura of "sexual intensity" that even those who are "related" to him feel. Jesus Christ. Stop. Soooo many times Ryssa reminds the reader "I will not take advantage of my brother no matter how much I want to" that.... just... fucking no.
All of this detailed intro of what Ash is going through. Only to have it all negated in Styxx's book. When Styxx is showing no sign of any of what's happening right now. coming off as a spoiled brat. (that ends up as Nikoda's dad and have that whole tie in to CON)
I was interested in Ash's bring up but this is A LOT. I wanted to see what happened between him and Nick. How he can get away from Artemis. Who is the one woman who can heal all that has been done to him but with how everything else is going I don't care enough because with the way it happened in all of the other books..... it wouldn't be as plausible anyways unless it was done right. And I'm going out on a limb saying this but I think I'll be okay..... it won't be done right.
if you enjoyed this book. good for you. I'm taking a loooooong break from Kenyon/McQueen. I need to have my brain scrubbed.
Graphic: Excrement, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Incest, Confinement, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship
siglerbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Addiction, Excrement, Infertility, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Confinement, and Death