Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

60 reviews

lavdisy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I can't believe this is the same author who wrote my favorite book Stalking Jack the Ripper. This is soooo different in many ways.

I'm not going to write a lot about this. The plot that solves the games should have received more focus, development, and detail instead of being rushed. It disappointed me because this part interested me. Other than that, the characters seem to only lust after each other all the time, everywhere. I also didn't feel any chemistry between them; it was as if these two were just thrown into a room and, a second later, were already hungry for each other. So yeah, the romance was not my favorite at all. This book could have been trimmed by 400 pages and packed with a more necessary and better plot.

Overall, I did not like this one and just wanted to finish it as soon as possible. Thank you so much for that experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore

hazel_oat's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

suuuuper spicy and so much fun. i’m usually not really into graphic smut but this was well done (and lowkey hot? LOL). eagerly awaiting the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual content, Confinement, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Grief

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this. It took me a few days to get through because it's been a busy stretch, but it was always something to look forward to. The elements themselves are fairly standard romantasy but well executed and the story and characters developed well across the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Child death

yolibear's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Deportation, Sexual harassment, Cannibalism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Cursing, and Torture

edilyaaang's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It was enjoyable enought. Though there were times were I got super frustrated on what was happening, especially how the two MLs can never cooperate enought to focus on the game at hand. It made me want to throttle them both from time to time. But other than that, I enjoyed it. Enought to make me curious about the author's other works

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Confinement, Bullying, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

steen19's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this. Pulled me right into the world. It felt like a mix of the best of SJM and Carissa Broadbent. 

I didn’t read the Kingdom of the Wicked seres first. (After reading Stephanie Garber’s Caraval prior to OUABH, when I only was interested in Once, I decided to jump right into the series I was most interested in).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

doahdancer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Grief

kai_drinkcoffeereadbooks's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a prefect book to binge on a flight. Pretty spicy for me. I do like the characters are not teenagers; interesting premise; very cute Bridgeton setting and I had fun reading it. On the other hand, like a lot of Romantasy, the asinine dialogues are somewhat cringy; the pointless misunderstandings to push the plot line along are little annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

elislittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

After discovering Kerri Maniscalco, I've read all of her books, so I knew I'd read this one as well. I enjoyed being back in the world of the seven princes of hell! The book has plot that evolves around a game spiked with riddles. However, in total, this book was more like a romance book with the backdrop of fantasy and said game, which was sometimes used to either get the romance plot moving or create tension between characters. Because I enjoyed the game plot so much, I would've liked to see a lot more of that, but I knew that this was a romance heavy book, so the focus on romance wasn't surprising. While the book is long, it was a pretty quick read.
Also, a shoutout to the first edition hardcover with the beautiful foiling, I was very glad that I got my hands on it!
The book is clearly adult, which can be seen both in writing and in the way the romance progresses. It was well-written, though again, I did wish the game was a larger plot point. My favorite books are still her YA works (Stalking Jack the Ripper), but this was still a good read. Especially if you want an adult romance novel with a little fantasy, this might be a good match!
I know I'll pick up the following book about the next prince of hell once it comes out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Blood