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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
So, I’m a little late to this party but holy grim and beast! I am wholeheartedly obsessed. This is book one of their duet and let me tell you it does not disappoint. They are two characters you can easily fall in love with. We watch these characters grow to whom we fell in love when we first met them. We watch their struggles, their pain, and their love for one another grow. We know that they get a HEA and I most certainly expected a cliff but the projection of their story was exactly what I needed to understand them and their love. I am beyond thrilled for the last book of them. They are the couple you can’t help but love.
I hoped for more from this book. It’s lucky to get 3 stars. And I don’t have any interest to read the second book.
The story is drawn out. It could have easily been one book.
The story is drawn out. It could have easily been one book.
The story I've been waiting for! Fantastic!!!
I've met Grim and Beast in sooo many of Bea's other books and I've been so eager for their story!!
Omg I'm in love! This book is incredible! The connection between Grim and Beast is
I've met Grim and Beast in sooo many of Bea's other books and I've been so eager for their story!!
Omg I'm in love! This book is incredible! The connection between Grim and Beast is
This is one of those books that sat on my TBR for so long and I am now kicking myself that it did. I am obsessed with these two characters and so invested in their story that I read book 1 in one day and immediately started book 2. The way that Beast loves Grim is just top book boyfriend material. Forbidden Love, Bodyguard, Bosses Daughter. I mean those tropes tho!
Finally!!!! I have been with the hive patiently waiting for the epic story of Grim and Beast and it's finally here. Bea pulled it all out and went so big that the book is now a duet, which I'm loving btw. Having read about these two in the other novels by Bea you know that they love each other fiercely and would do anything for one another. Finally getting to see how that love came to fruition is the icing on a very sexy and steamy cake we have all been salivating for.
Grim and Beasts story (if you’ve read some of her other series, specifically academy of stardom. She does give a recommended order at the beginning of this but it’s not necessary!). She’s almost 18 when the story begins and Beast is 23 (she is 18 by the time anything serious happens between them). Though there is A LOT of flirting and tension and other things. This book was ALL the teasing. I thought I knew where this was going (and I was mostly right) but the end did still manage to surprise me a bit. Good thing this is complete because the ending was brutal.
The slow burn is going to make for an explosive conclusion in book 2!!! I love Beast and Grim so much, ever since I met them in Academy of Stardom and I’m so happy to read their story. This first book takes place before any of the events in Bea’s others books in this world, so we get new insight and information on what is was like for Grim as a teenager. We learn how Grim came to run Tales and her fathers empire and her start of her relationship with Beast. She’s sassy as ever and loves giving Beast a hard time, in more ways than one
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
*As this is a duet, my review is for both books because they are each part of a whole*
Intimacy: In the first book there is only discussion, fantasy, and masturbation. In the second book there is also vaginal penetration and oral
Content Warnings: Morally gray characters, age gap (this is complicated, read on for further expansion), seedy underbelly, gangsters, graphic violence, murder, allusions to child abuse, refers to God as she
The Good: They were fast paced and engaging books. The build and burn between the characters was enjoyable. Author knows the difference between a clip and a magazine.
The Bad: There’s a scene in the second book where he talks about defiling a church. A Catholic church, of course. This isn’t the first book I’ve read recently with similar scenes, they’re super cringe. I don’t think you could get away with scenes about defiling any other religion this way. It’s super gross and completely unnecessary. Also in the second book, they have sex right after a pretty traumatic event. That’s a huge “ick” for me. The second book basically has a sex scene every other scene, maybe making up for the lack of it in the first, I’m not sure. But they become monotonous and I started skimming them to get to the actual storyline.
The Ugly: For the entire first book, she’s 17. Now, he’s billed as 22, and there’s technically no sexual contact. However, this is complicated by the fact that I don’t believe he was originally supposed to be 22. He’s owned a successful shop for years, tried and didn’t end up becoming a professional boxer, and managed to become second in command to a pretty notorious fight club owner, all by 22? Come on, now. I know, I know, it’s fiction. This is further backed by the fact that he also has a hard and fast rule where he doesn’t sleep with people under 20, which seems like a good rule to live by, for someone older. He talks like this has been his rule for years, but HE supposedly hasn’t even been over 20 for that long. I really get the feeling that the author intended the gap to be much more significant and then chickened out because they realized how creepy that is. It’s still creepy because he doesn’t read as 22 at all.
Final Thoughts: They were well written, fast paced, and engaging. However, they weren’t so good that I immediately wanted to run out and read everything the author’s written, or even catch up on this series. I might revisit some of these books at a later date, but they weren’t good enough that I’m in any hurry to do so.
Not going to lie the cover of this book is what hooked me. Love a man with tattoos... I loved the slow burn and how he brought heads to her as a gift...
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes