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haley49's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
It’s a solid book but relies on a traumatic miscommunication that they don’t discuss until wayyy too late in the book. I understand the conflict but with the first two books laying the ground work, it was a bit too long. I enjoyed the characters and setting though. The found family aspect was super cute per usual.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse
Minor: Gun violence and Infidelity
soniajoy98's review
emotional
hopeful
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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Cursing, and Violence
Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Gun violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Stalking
livruther's review against another edition
emotional
3.5
i didnt love the end conflict, im not a huge fan of angsty books, i didnt love the two main characters, the reveal took too long imo, and i wanted more interaction between the three brothers. the premise of this wasnt for me, but i read it anyway bc i want to read all of sarah macleans books. i did really enjoy the writing of this, as well as all the moments w devil, felicity, whit, and hattie.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse
readingpenguin's review
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is the third book in the Bareknuckle Bastards trilogy, and you absolutely must read the first two books to fully appreciate this one. Grace and Ewan's story had been teased throughout.
Some tropes and themes included are:
-Childhood loves to enemies to lovers
-Longing, pining, long-lost-love
-Class difference (sort of)
-Morally/legally dubious characters (brothel running, smuggling, pugilism)
-Grovelling, making amends, and redemption
-Found family
The conflict in this book is mostly internal and emotional. For about 80% of the book not a lot happens externally, because so much is happening internally. Grace and Ewan have a difficult and complicated history that they're working out. The author does a good job with the character development and a fantastic job with the relationship development.
On the romance heat scale this is moderately hot: explicit sex on the page, but nothing especially shocking.
Some tropes and themes included are:
-Childhood loves to enemies to lovers
-Longing, pining, long-lost-love
-Class difference (sort of)
-Morally/legally dubious characters (brothel running, smuggling, pugilism)
-Grovelling, making amends, and redemption
-Found family
The conflict in this book is mostly internal and emotional. For about 80% of the book not a lot happens externally, because so much is happening internally. Grace and Ewan have a difficult and complicated history that they're working out. The author does a good job with the character development and a fantastic job with the relationship development.
On the romance heat scale this is moderately hot: explicit sex on the page, but nothing especially shocking.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse and Violence
Minor: Mental illness
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