Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh

4 reviews

rbradley923's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Rape, and Torture

vivivi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I am a sucker for the "childhood friends turned lovers" trope. Let me just start with that. Talin and Clay are super cute together!

This one pulls at the heartstrings, is full of history, misunderstandings, betrayals, and hurt feelings. But it's also interspersed with the characters' strong loving feelings for each other, which balances it out, making the hurt feelings bearable for me. It is not always the case for me with Nalini Singh (one of the Rock Kiss books comes to mind), but in this one, it's sweet, sweet torture. I love that we see the characters from the other books! They're very much still a part of the story. 

We also learn more about the Forgotten, which were only briefly mentioned in the previous book. One thing that I enjoy in this series is that everything is connected somehow, and will come up later if mentioned earlier. It's a great way to keep me reading the next book.

Also, as an aside since Storygraph has a section that asks if the characters are diverse... yes, they are, but you'd never know by the cover, which are almost always of white people. The actual characters are definitely not always white.... So it's verrrrry annoying when the covers don't reflect the actual characters' skin. Clay is supposed to be a "dark" man, by Tali's own description. He has very dark skin...the covers for this book though... Nope. Not even close.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

solacelight's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ruthiedr89's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture