Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

3 reviews

tinkerswiftie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

I knew these two would end up together from the first mention of their hate for each other in the first book. 😂 This book also furthers the greater story so it was a lot of find to explore the planet a bit more and let the greater plot take more shape. 🙌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping

Runaway

tostita's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

Grumpy Haeden and sunny Josie, the last of the human women, finally resonate, much to everyone’s surprise and Josie’s horror. Josie is determined to reject the resonance, despite its seemingly irresistible force, because she refuses to raise a child amid strife and hostility like her own traumatic childhood. That is not an easy feat, and her quest for a fate of her own choosing leads to plenty of unexpected discoveries. 

This is the first Ice Planet Barbarians book I ever read, so it will always have a special place in my heart. I have no idea how many times I’ve reread it since then. This time, I was preparing for an upcoming book club, and despite reading it many times before I still found new elements and new perspectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gore

now_booking's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

I feel like there’s grumpy and there’s kind of mean and so feel like Haeden was on the kind of mean spectrum of grumpy and that if not for resonating with Josie, he would have continued to be mean and disrespectful to her. I didn’t “buy” the way it was explained as fear and I just wasn’t super convinced by this match.<br /><br />The premise is that endlessly-bickering pair Josie and Haeden find that they experience resonance for one another and Josie, after a childhood of abandonment, neglect and abuse, who has dreamt of a love match, is devastated to find that she’s matched with Haeden, a joyless sort who seems incapable of love.<br /><br />I think this could have been more convincing but I appreciate that the author kept Haeden in character. Even though thinking of Raahuk who was a similar gruff sort, that felt more of a convincing match to me- this one seems like he’s going to eventually silence her because she talks too loud or too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault