Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

11 reviews

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book would’ve have been so much better if it was shorter. There were parts that were intriguing and parts that bore me. 

Carter Cross is a lunatic and I just couldn’t understand Aria’s love for him. 

I don’t see how his actions can be forgotten. He had her imprisoned and the only reason I see for her staying with him is purely sex. There is just too much trauma he causes her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, and Toxic relationship

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Car accident, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Cancer, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Gore

curlyewe's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Child death, and Cancer

zaesbookshelf's review against another edition

Coercion 👏 is 👏 not 👏 consent 👏
Horrific, a good bit into book two and still zero explanation of why he needed to not only kidnap, but also torture her. Zero explanation of their attraction to each other. She “saved his life” and that means he has to literally torture and starve her? I don’t get it. I love dark romance, but this just ain’t it. There’s no romance and I don’t see myself *ever* rooting for their relationship. Also, this weak woman vibe just ain’t it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape and Misogyny

audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

I finished book 1 and a little bit of book 2. This is marketed as a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling but it’s really just a kidnapper romance with extremely dubious (at best) consent. The FMC, Aria, has an internal monologue that reads like someone in an abusive relationship. The MMC, Carter, is so unlikeable to me that the only ending I would find satisfying at the point is if Aria kills him. Aria has almost no fight or strength to her, which would be fine if we weren’t being told how strong she is.

I will typically forgive a lot of things in a romance if the romance itself is good but this feels so forced and I do not buy their chemistry. There were actually some moments where I thought this could be an interesting thriller but not a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gore, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use

Psychological Torture

jocl1420's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Blood, Confinement, and Slavery

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Gore, and Medical content

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

I don't read very many straight romances, most leave me more annoyed than anything else.  However, I've read this authors work before and this book is probably my favorite so far.

This is a dark romance with nice world building and well written characters.  I was a bit hesitant at times about the romance but in the end I really liked both Aria and Carter and their character development.

Also, the formatting was so pretty, I love seeing pictures/art work in books.  It makes the reading experience so much better.

I do recommend reading the content warnings before picking it up though.

♡ Hurt/Comfort
♡ Dark Romance
♡ Forbidden Romance
♡ Dom/sub Relationship
♡ Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, Stalking, Torture, War, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Abandonment, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

__romancereader__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

-i extremely enjoyed this book all the way from beginning to end it normally takes a couple chapters before i show any interest in a book but this book had me hooked on the first page do know that this book is 4 in one it’s a series and as some people would think thats common sense not for me i was so confused when i flipped the page and the next book showed until i realized this book was 4 book’s combined in 1 this book had me feeling so many different emotions everything the main characters were going through i was going through to 🤣 and it did trigger my anxiety the third book in this one and the last one a little bit i Love how Carter is obsessed with Aria i give this book my all including five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and this book was spicy AF🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Rape, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gore

Not all of the content warnings have to do with the main characters some are the main characters and some come up in the story🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

cxizzybellcx's review

After reading the first book, i have decided to DNF this toxicity. How can this book be compared to beauty and the beast? THERE ARE LITERALLY NO SIMILARITIES!!! At least the beast wasn’t a complete beast to belle in the Disney movie. Carter was your definition of a psychotic and controlling beast of a human! If you can classify that blood thirsty psychopath as a human. Don’t even get me started on aria either. The poor girl was stripped from her basic human rights, but continuing to fawn over Carter’s good looks? Come on now, you are on survival mode!! I really dislike how manipulative and deceiving this book is! AND COMPLETELY DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS WOMEN IN GENERAL! I get it takes place within a mafia setting, but the common decency this book has towards females is no where to be found. 
The fact that Carter makes aria KNEEL TO HIM to have some sort of control. It grinds my gears every time he has to mention Aria was nothing but a possession to him. And literally forces her to be with him, and give her all to him in order for Aria not to be traumatized more! I get Aria did it to survive, but she eventually liked it to the point where she begged him to stay! 
Don’t even get me started on the plot either, but wait? What plot? There was legitimate no plot at all!! It was just mentions of Carter being obsessive and possessive over aria and aria trying to Survive her captures! The storyline would’ve been great had it actually been followed. 
I don’t know…this book itself is beyond toxic. I hope I’m reading the same book as everyone else who gave it more than 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Torture, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Blood, and Toxic relationship

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.0

This is a dark romance. Emphasis on dark. From what I understand All He Ever Was is the author’s way of healing from her own traumas, and I understand the point. I can see some of myself in Aria, but Carter pisses me off in a way that I’m not sure I can explain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Self harm, and War