Reviews with content warning for Violence - Carnal Urges

If I rate this book based on how good it actually is, I'd give it a generous 2; however if I rate it based on how much fun I had while reading this it'd be a solid 5 stars so I'm settling somewhere in the middle with a 3.

This book is ridiculous in the best possible way! It's out there and outrageous and if I hear of someone going through anything even remotely close to this I'd drag them to a therapist, but in the confines of this book it works somehow.

Carnal Urges (the title is ridiculous tbh) is about a girl Sloane and her <i>kidnapper</i> of all things, who she falls in love with.
Sounds familiar? Yeah it's basically Stockholm Syndrome: The Book.
The thing about this book that made it work though is how annoyingly cheerful the girl is, especially given her circumstances! I've never seen (or read about) anyone who's so unbothered by being kidnapped by a bunch of mafia dudes! Hell she even ends up having them wrapped around her little finger after on interaction!

Overall this is absolutely ridiculous but the funny kind not the I wanna claw my eyeballs out kind and just for that, if you're looking for a good laugh I highly recommend this, hell I might even read the rest of this series at some point.

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andeng's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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threeundertwopnw's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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erinmd156's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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

4.5

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gracescross's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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r1vana's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-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

4.25

"I'm gonna give you everything, baby.

Everything in the whole world.”

Tropes:

Mafia romance?✔️

Captive vs Captor?✔️

Tension?✔️

Duo Pov?✔️

This book is really good. The second book of the series. Follow up about the story from Nat’s bsf, Sloane. She gets kidnapped by an ML, Declan, bcz of a death of a Irish mafia mob.

There were many times that I couldn’t stop smiling bcz Sloane is hilarious and her comebacks are spot one. She loves getting on Declan’s nerves ( but he does get turned on by it; but also think of her as a weird woman who doesn’t cry, scream or even scared of being kidnapped.)

I mean what could be more awful and annoying than a loud chatty, talk-back person and a strong headed woman. A few minutes within her presence is all it takes for the most hazardous men to turn into her allies.

The consistent chat, smart talks, diverting and charming communication between Declan and Sloan, are the quintessence in this book. The erotic and sexual tension and intensity between them is dripping out of this book.

She's tough and nothing seem to faze her. Relatively few individuals would accept being grabbed, and that just disturbs Declan. In any case, he sees through her backtalk. This man was swooning internally.

“You own me, sloane. Every corner of

my worthless black soul. Every piece

of my corrupt black heart. You own it

all, and you always will. I'm your slave,

not the other way around. Never

forget it."

But those feelings are strongly reciprocated:

“he kisses me, and in his lips I taste

forever.”

Their feelings, moments and especially the smut:🔥.

We also get to see a crossover of the characters from Ruthless Creatures : Kage and Nat.

This book does lead to a darker turn, especially when we see the childhood traumas both Solane and Declan had been through.

"Tell me what you're thinking, baby.

"I'm thinking we're a couple of lunatics."

That makes him chuckle. "Aye. But my

crazy matches your crazy. That's why

it works."

W: sc; dom/sub; kidnapping; violence; mentions of rape; attempts of suicide.

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moonlitreading_'s review

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dark funny fast-paced

3.25

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