Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon

5 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

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Toxic relationship

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

juliette_95's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

ireadinbed's review

adventurous funny tense medium-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

This has been my least fave in the series so far. 

I don't mind an unlikable character but Josie and Haeden are annoying. Like the entire plot is just miscommunication and it wasn't carried by characters I had any sense of good will towards. 

I like both of them in the previous book too, but they became warped exaggerated versions of the previous characters here. 

And almost none of their choices made sense. I honestly would have DNF'd if it wasn't for background plot elements that clearly worked to move the timeline forward and set up future books. 

Setting were details good at least.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking