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dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I say this with so much love and affection; this book was a wreck!
This is a duo and my dumb ass only bought the first one.
This book was not for the faint of heart. It gave no trigger warnings!!
However I will say it was captivating as hell. Clay is now in competition with Josh from ‘lights out’ on who is the best book boyfriend/husband. Both have very similar personalities but what Josh lacks is brute force. Animalistic rage. Josh is athletic and into primal play (consensually). Meanwhile clay is an actual killer, he has so much blood on his hands and he won’t hold back if it means keeping fawn safe <3
Maybe I’m just down bad for Clay because I too wish to have someone there to protect me from my assault. Fuck it I’d accept revenge and rage as an acceptable response nowadays.
Fawn, my little deer, you truly deserve more than what you were given in your lifetime. The emotions given to her character were too real. As an avid kid hater (don’t want any of my own) I had no right to be so distraught regarding the miscarriage. I won’t lie, I personally had to put down the book, stop the audiobook, blow my nose, and wipe my eyes 10 times. I ran out of tissues, I thought I was going to have to use a sock from how much snot was running down my face from ugly crying. Then to kick me while I’m down Lee goes and gives Fawn the SD drive so now she has the full truth of what happened to get her pregnant in the first place.
Fawn, sweet baby girl, some times being oblivious is a good thing. I constantly spiral about the things in my life that never got a conclusion and it fucking sucks. My sorrows however have not been this bad. I can definitely place myself in fawns shoes when it comes to the humiliation, mistreatment, and abuse from others (mainly men). That’s what made this so gut wrenching to read.
The vivid memories of being a deer in the headlights, not knowing who or what to trust. The hopelessness of needing steady ground but you’re stranded, left alone to keep yourself a float. The people who you trusted, or in our case the person you trusted abusing their power over your body to ‘take claim’
I will be placing an order for book two immediately when I go to work on Tuesday 😭😭
This is a duo and my dumb ass only bought the first one.
This book was not for the faint of heart. It gave no trigger warnings!!
However I will say it was captivating as hell. Clay is now in competition with Josh from ‘lights out’ on who is the best book boyfriend/husband. Both have very similar personalities but what Josh lacks is brute force. Animalistic rage. Josh is athletic and into primal play (consensually). Meanwhile clay is an actual killer, he has so much blood on his hands and he won’t hold back if it means keeping fawn safe <3
Maybe I’m just down bad for Clay because I too wish to have someone there to protect me from my assault. Fuck it I’d accept revenge and rage as an acceptable response nowadays.
Fawn, my little deer, you truly deserve more than what you were given in your lifetime. The emotions given to her character were too real. As an avid kid hater (don’t want any of my own) I had no right to be so distraught regarding the miscarriage. I won’t lie, I personally had to put down the book, stop the audiobook, blow my nose, and wipe my eyes 10 times. I ran out of tissues, I thought I was going to have to use a sock from how much snot was running down my face from ugly crying. Then to kick me while I’m down Lee goes and gives Fawn the SD drive so now she has the full truth of what happened to get her pregnant in the first place.
Fawn, sweet baby girl, some times being oblivious is a good thing. I constantly spiral about the things in my life that never got a conclusion and it fucking sucks. My sorrows however have not been this bad. I can definitely place myself in fawns shoes when it comes to the humiliation, mistreatment, and abuse from others (mainly men). That’s what made this so gut wrenching to read.
The vivid memories of being a deer in the headlights, not knowing who or what to trust. The hopelessness of needing steady ground but you’re stranded, left alone to keep yourself a float. The people who you trusted, or in our case the person you trusted abusing their power over your body to ‘take claim’
I will be placing an order for book two immediately when I go to work on Tuesday 😭😭
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Incest, Suicide
He infantializes her soooooo much and it is fucky creepy. Shes an object to him and nothing more.
I don't have an issue with age gaps as long as the youngest character is developed enough. The whole thing felt gross
I don't have an issue with age gaps as long as the youngest character is developed enough. The whole thing felt gross
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide
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Easily one of my top Dom/Sub age gap romances! I have gone back to reread so many times! I actually read this and the follow-up (His Pretty Little Queen) before the earlier books in the series and they ended up being the favorites from the series for me! I did have to use some context clues and assume some things since I didn’t read the first three books before this duet but I’m a mood reader who picks up books based of blurbs/tropes that interest me in the moment, so I’m used to that.
The dynamic between Clay and Fawn is captivating and I was enthralled reading as you see Clay slowly realize just truly how in love he is; even as he continues to show little emotion and remain in control and stoic. Fawn’s quick to love and bubbly personality against his is a great combo in my opinion! It's not so much grumpy x sunshine, but emotionless x sunshine.
While I know a lot of readers will see Clay as too emotionless; I saw in his actions and reactions how he loved Fawn. Their natural Dom/Sub relationship was really intriguing to me. Clay fully took control of Fawn’s happiness, calmness, and desires and she was grateful for it as a young girl who never felt loved, wanted, or safe in her life.
Fawn goes through hell again and again but watching her find her voice and her strength in the second duet was great!
Easily one of my top Dom/Sub age gap romances! I have gone back to reread so many times! I actually read this and the follow-up (His Pretty Little Queen) before the earlier books in the series and they ended up being the favorites from the series for me! I did have to use some context clues and assume some things since I didn’t read the first three books before this duet but I’m a mood reader who picks up books based of blurbs/tropes that interest me in the moment, so I’m used to that.
The dynamic between Clay and Fawn is captivating and I was enthralled reading as you see Clay slowly realize just truly how in love he is; even as he continues to show little emotion and remain in control and stoic. Fawn’s quick to love and bubbly personality against his is a great combo in my opinion! It's not so much grumpy x sunshine, but emotionless x sunshine.
While I know a lot of readers will see Clay as too emotionless; I saw in his actions and reactions how he loved Fawn. Their natural Dom/Sub relationship was really intriguing to me. Clay fully took control of Fawn’s happiness, calmness, and desires and she was grateful for it as a young girl who never felt loved, wanted, or safe in her life.
Fawn goes through hell again and again but watching her find her voice and her strength in the second duet was great!
- duet books
- Clay - sir
- Fawn - little deer
- mafia romance (more morally grey than full mafia)
- dominate/submissive (in & out of bedroom)
- c*ck warming
- manipulation
- spanking
- a** play
- preg (not from mmc)
- past sa trauma
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked this book up because of TikTok! I wasn’t expecting much and was somehow still disappointed.
For a dark romance the plot felt clunky and boring. The story centred around Fawn this young abused girl who has had no luck in life, for someone brought up in the system she is still this naive innocent thing that has no clue how the world works, when her foster brother is murdered she hunts down her Mafia father but instead find Clay who is 10 years older than her and instantly becomes obsessed. The spicy scenes felt forced and seemed like they were just used to keep the word count up. It was a poor depiction of an age-gap dark romance.
For a dark romance the plot felt clunky and boring. The story centred around Fawn this young abused girl who has had no luck in life, for someone brought up in the system she is still this naive innocent thing that has no clue how the world works, when her foster brother is murdered she hunts down her Mafia father but instead find Clay who is 10 years older than her and instantly becomes obsessed. The spicy scenes felt forced and seemed like they were just used to keep the word count up. It was a poor depiction of an age-gap dark romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The relationship that unfolds is mostly build on these flaws, and the fact that they are both sex crazed and hot. They solve every single problem by fucking and not talking.
If you are looking for hot and heavy, this is your book. If you are looking for a good story, I recommend skipping this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this was NOT it for me.
clay was weirdly obsessed with her innocence and was weirdly into anything she did that was indicative of… a child??? i think i liked him 15% of the time and couldnt stand him the other 85%.
fawn was just… so childish and naive. i mean she is 18 so its relatively understandable, plus all that stuff she went through, definitely a trauma response. so i was ok with her but she was so cringey.
clay was weirdly obsessed with her innocence and was weirdly into anything she did that was indicative of… a child??? i think i liked him 15% of the time and couldnt stand him the other 85%.
fawn was just… so childish and naive. i mean she is 18 so its relatively understandable, plus all that stuff she went through, definitely a trauma response. so i was ok with her but she was so cringey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault