Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Beztroska by Lauren Roberts

31 reviews

rakoak11's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

5.0

I don't know how many times I've said this, but this is my favorite book/series of all time. The plot is CRAZY. But also not if you figured it out before. It has three pov's. Kai's, Paedyn's, and Kitt's. If you like hunger games, you'll like this series. Because it's almost like the same theme. But obviously completely different.
 
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shellybellc's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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xandy_lx's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Story is like a side plot. Focus is on Pae and Kai mending their relationship. All resistance elements and the hooks from Powerless have still to be explored
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booklover6000's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I don't know where to begin. I liked this book, but not enough to say it was another favorite or something to keep on the shelf. The cons: he was basically chasing her and loving her but hating her at the same time while wanting her throughout the entire book. See where I am going with this? They were running away from each other the whole time; while, having conflicted feelings and intimate scenes, then going back to hating each other. It was a book of Bipolar if I've ever seen one. Another thing was the writing. I felt like it was an easy read, but too easy. The plot was simple, get her back to the King, but it was too character based. Making me feel like the author, Lauren Roberts, lost sight of the plot. The last con is the scenes where Kitt told the story. I felt like there wasn't much giving in his perspective other than his greif for his father. We got it after the fifth time it was explained. The pros: I appreciated the scenes with Kai and Paedyn. They were a sort of intimate that was appropriate but made you feel something. Making me mad at the way the ending landed. Other than that, there was nothing else about the book that made it good. I feel more negatives than positives were riding off this. I am not sure I would recommend this book, though it makes you want to read the unreleased to see what happens between the three.
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thebankofbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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skillyillian's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

That's a whole lotta words for literally nothing to happen. I could've written the same book in just three words: sand and angst. 
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achi1's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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hematthews's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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avialaeleigh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

Once again this author has left me at a cliff hanger that leaves me sad and pissed off and with a slew of questions of what is going to happen next and what dumb shit Kai or Paedyn is goingbto cause. 

I love the way that this was written. It had me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next thing to happen. And when I tell the enemies to lovers in this books was just *chefs kiss* perfect. 

And I cannot believe that Kitt went and "proposed" to Paedyn when he damn well knows that Kai is in love with her and that she very much feels something for Kai even if he isn't for sure that it's love. That is a fucked up thing to do. Especially without speaking to him in private about it first, make sure that he was okay with it. Cause you can hate someone and love them all at the same time, that doesn't mean that you are okay with your brother getting with that person. 

And was Paedyn the one that Kitt and his advisor were talking about in his study or did he come up with this on the fly in his craziness. I could have sworn in the first book that there wasnsomething mentioned about him being promised to someone else. Maybe I am wrong though. 

Also how is Paedyn going to react to this. Is she going to be okay and go along with it to survive? Also will Kitt have her killed if she refuses to marry him? What is his whole game plan for that? Will Pae pretend to go along with it and then try and escape with Kai later? 

I need the next book in my hands right now. 
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enzopudge's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.75

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