Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon

1 review

katiekeske's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a dark, monster romance between a genetically modified alien and a human slave. The male love interest, Crulden the Ruiner, is essentially a prisoner whose owner plans to use him as a gladiator. Crulden has no memory of who he is or his past. The same owner has enslaved a human woman to be the janitor of the prison block Crulden is kept in. 

If you have triggers for r@pe, you may be wary of reading this. Read the content warnings at the beginning of the book. Basically, the love interest in this never harms Mina. Her owner has no interest in her sexually either. The main triggering event I would say is

in a video that Mina watches of past Crulden the Ruiner r@ping and killing in the arena during a gladiator match. There is a plot twist that occurs later to help explain things.

I don't normally read dark romances, but this one was well done. The triggering event was pretty upsetting, and I wasn't sure how Mina and Crulden could get through it, but there is a plot twist that helps. 

I liked Mina. She's a strong character that knows what she wants and is clever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Minor: Classism

The rape and sexual violence occurs in a video that the heroine watches.