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elisabethc01's review
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, and Drug use
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, and Alcohol
lacyparrish's review
4.5
The author is upfront with the CW and TW note at the beginning of her book -- read it and proceed well-warned. Eve Martino's twin brother is one of the Ice Gods, but she's never been kissed -- everyone is terrified of being caught by Asher. Beckett Anderson is the beyond-wealthy only son the richest man in town ... and Mrs Martino is their housekeeper. Eve helps her mom out from time to time and has had several run-ins with Beckett. When Mrs Martino reports finding drugs (like a lot of them) in Beckett's room , Eve ends up in Beckett's sights ... Asher is away and he is ready for revenge. Their first time in the bathroom while hiding from robbers at the local pharmacy breaks both of them in very different ways. Beckett is medicating to forget childhood SA from his stepmother that his father won't acknowledge; Eve's dealing with lots of money and health issues with her mom as she gets ready to go off to college. When her room is cancelled, but not her brother's, she ends up with Beckett as a roommate and he can intensify his control over her. They end up in a push/pull relationship, like magnets that cannot stay away from each other. As the semester continues, we get a lot of information about their actual feelings and traumas that they are both processing. This is a pretty classic college romance with the very bleak overlay of bully and control. I appreciated the conflict in this book, because both of them need to deal with and figure out their own stuff, while trying to navigate this uncontrollable attraction. The prolonged grovel was *chef's kiss* and I loved that Eve finally brought Beckett the family that he deserves, including turning his father back around to see what was going on all along.
Full Rating (out of 10 possible): 8.000 (based on a modified CAWPILE system)
Romance level (out of 5 possible): 4 (for on-page, detailed intimacy scenes)
Full Rating (out of 10 possible): 8.000 (based on a modified CAWPILE system)
Romance level (out of 5 possible): 4 (for on-page, detailed intimacy scenes)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent
sistershelves_fasya's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
*banging desk vi0lently* I LOVE IT!!!
I have been waiting impatiently for Beckett and Eve story ever since I tasted the crumbs in Bad Intentions. And I am not disappointed with Dark Delights!
You can call this a modern-day Cinderella retelling. Eve is the daughter of the maid who works in Beckett's mansion and also the twin sister to Asher, Beckett's best friend. They first met when they were 13 and because she was in the wrong time and place, Beckett held a wrath toward Eve ever since. Fast forward to college year and another unfortunate event, Eve had to share a dorm room with Beckett. Things heat up (in a good and 'bad' way) after that 😏
I have been waiting impatiently for Beckett and Eve story ever since I tasted the crumbs in Bad Intentions. And I am not disappointed with Dark Delights!
You can call this a modern-day Cinderella retelling. Eve is the daughter of the maid who works in Beckett's mansion and also the twin sister to Asher, Beckett's best friend. They first met when they were 13 and because she was in the wrong time and place, Beckett held a wrath toward Eve ever since. Fast forward to college year and another unfortunate event, Eve had to share a dorm room with Beckett. Things heat up (in a good and 'bad' way) after that 😏
“𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆,” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕.
𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. “𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕, 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏.”
“𝑨𝒎 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕.
𝒀𝒆𝒔. “𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.
I gotta say I love Beckett "6'5 broken unhinged possessive hockey player billionaire 🚩" Anderson akh!!! He came to be unhappy, angry, lost, and vulnerable at the same time, all because of what happened during his teenage years. The enemies to lovers between Beckett and Eve is immaculate. I love their tension, banters, angst, the longing, etc! I love the chemistry and how they connect to each other! Oh, and the grovel!!! *melt*
Overall 5 dark delightful stars!
Check this book if you wanna read:
🏒 Dark bu11y romance
🏒 Hockey romance
🏒 Rich boy x poor girl
🏒 Brother's best friend
🏒 College setting
🏒 Latina FMC
🏒 Touch her and 💀
🏒 Br33ding k1nk
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent
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