Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Barbarian's Prize by Ruby Dixon

7 reviews

mbasford's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Abandonment, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Confinement, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Grief

pbella3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and War

b_png's review

emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.0

This book was a Christmas gift and was way out of my comfort zone. I rarely read books out of order in a series, and I could tell by the writing that the author was very entrenched in her world building and some things that she may have spent time explaining in previous books in the series were just left up to common understanding of people who have been following the series--but I do believe that if you are a follower of this series, the world building and character traits would have been natural for you to understand. The two main characters were likable and had quirks that made them entertaining to read about, however, the structure of the plot devices (the vivid flashbacks to the female MC's s*x trauma directly after intimate scenes with the male MC, the interesting use of the word "titillating", and the constant negative self-talk that the MC worked herself away from) were not to my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Grief

jadedreader13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Rape, and Death of parent

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

I always start my reviews with ‘I really enjoyed this!’ But it’s just honest lol. Reading about her past sexual abuse was difficult and the resulting ptsd but I love how gentle her mate was to her and I love how their love story progressed and I loved this HEA so much and also the couple of Josie POVs setting up for the next book 😃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery