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readingbetweenthevines's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Lachlan Duke is a little nuts, but I loved him!
I was hooked on Until I Get You from the very beginning. From Lyla James’ indifference to Lachlan falling fast and hard.
This had some heartbreaking moments when Lyla talks about her past, and some heart pounding moments when we get into part two of the book.
Until I Get You has some darker themes and I would recommend checking content warnings before diving in!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Death, and Stalking
raysofrhyme's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-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? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Stalking, Physical abuse, Violence, and Gun violence
cristinreads's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
2.0
I think this book would have been better if the love was less possessive and the spice was less. The general storyline coild have been good in spite of the ridiculous possessive installment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide
sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition
I was trying this book out to see how I would like it so I’m not going to rate it since I’m not an avid dark romance reader. I will share my thoughts below.
It started pretty strong if I’m not lying I was getting into the storyline of this hockey player being obsessed with the woman who will not give him the time of day.
It’s a little weird to me to risk losing your entire career over someone you met 1 time by stalking her and becoming obsessed but at least she knows he’s all in.
Then…. The plot thickened with another psychopath stalker.
We get some sweet and spicy moments I was digging and heartbreak for the couple.
Then bam 💥 3 years later love interest is going to hunt her down and force marriage and wants revenge on the psycho stalker. Okay… then this where I started to get bored at the 80% mark before DNFing.
The MMC is an alpha hole controlling jealous the whole nine yards and freaks if she so much as blinks at another man he wants to murder them and that repeated through the whole book and was annoying. Coupled with her shock of how he would react to finding out all the stuff the psycho stalker man did to her and she thinks that the Alphahole is going to just be like cool cool. Come on….
The love parts became pretty cheesy and I just needed more action, less pages, less repetition and honestly better CW.
Please note there are CW provided by the author but I would add the following: car accident, drugging, death on page, murder, and rape - author had that it was off page but it’s not if you go into detail so please be advised ( of minor in detail recounted and as adult).
I can definitely see the appeal and this book hooked me in the beginning for sure and even when he found her 3 yrs later but I think it should have wrapped up earlier with the side stalker plot-line.
It started pretty strong if I’m not lying I was getting into the storyline of this hockey player being obsessed with the woman who will not give him the time of day.
It’s a little weird to me to risk losing your entire career over someone you met 1 time by stalking her and becoming obsessed but at least she knows he’s all in.
Then…. The plot thickened with another psychopath stalker.
We get some sweet and spicy moments I was digging and heartbreak for the couple.
Then bam 💥 3 years later love interest is going to hunt her down and force marriage and wants revenge on the psycho stalker. Okay… then this where I started to get bored at the 80% mark before DNFing.
The MMC is an alpha hole controlling jealous the whole nine yards and freaks if she so much as blinks at another man he wants to murder them and that repeated through the whole book and was annoying. Coupled with her shock of how he would react to finding out all the stuff the psycho stalker man did to her and she thinks that the Alphahole is going to just be like cool cool. Come on….
The love parts became pretty cheesy and I just needed more action, less pages, less repetition and honestly better CW.
Please note there are CW provided by the author but I would add the following: car accident, drugging, death on page, murder, and rape - author had that it was off page but it’s not if you go into detail so please be advised ( of minor in detail recounted and as adult).
I can definitely see the appeal and this book hooked me in the beginning for sure and even when he found her 3 yrs later but I think it should have wrapped up earlier with the side stalker plot-line.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide
maron123's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4 I want an obsessed slightly unhinged hockey player too stars! I am a sucker for the boy obsessed trope! There was also lots of spice, romance, and, DRAMA. Sign me up!! I do recommend checking trigger warnings as our main character Lyla, went through some very hard things. Glad she got justice in the end (even though I wish he would've gone to jail with his reputation ruined but that's just me). I also really loved all of the side characters and hope we get some more stories from their POV. Prescott/Marissa were so supportive and stuck with our MFC till the end, no matter what. The only reason I deducted a star is that I would've liked a little more banter and less space (heinous I KNOW) but some of the spicer scenes felt forced. Overall though, I will definitely read another book by this author!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
tannerlauren's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual content, and Car accident
_limahz's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
shayalayareads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
sshelbyreadss's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
This was excellent and I had the best time! I loved it. The sports part of this sports romance was pretty minimal - I would have been okay with more, but the plot did great without it!
I usually CANNOT STAND the miscommunication trope, but it was done so well! My justification for hating miscommunication in romance is that usually the reasoning for it is really weak (or flat out silly in some cases), but the strength of the reason really made this trope hold up in this book! I also felt like the possessive trope was really well done. I've read a couple books where the possessive partner came across as really icky (even misogynistic and scary), but I felt possessiveness really worked in this story especially when it was paired with Lyla being stalked by another person. Lockland's possessiveness was a comfort and freedom to her, while in contrast, her stalker's possessiveness was sick and twisted burden.
I love books that surprise me and this book took two tropes that I normally don't like and turned it into a 5 star read for me!
Content warnings: rape on page, stalking, intimidation, and rape by a family friend (not the romantic partner), death of a mother, murder and cover-up of a close friend by stalker, explicit sex.
I usually CANNOT STAND the miscommunication trope, but it was done so well! My justification for hating miscommunication in romance is that usually the reasoning for it is really weak (or flat out silly in some cases), but the strength of the reason really made this trope hold up in this book! I also felt like the possessive trope was really well done. I've read a couple books where the possessive partner came across as really icky (even misogynistic and scary), but I felt possessiveness really worked in this story especially when it was paired with Lyla being stalked by another person. Lockland's possessiveness was a comfort and freedom to her, while in contrast, her stalker's possessiveness was sick and twisted burden.
I love books that surprise me and this book took two tropes that I normally don't like and turned it into a 5 star read for me!
Content warnings: rape on page, stalking, intimidation, and rape by a family friend (not the romantic partner), death of a mother, murder and cover-up of a close friend by stalker, explicit sex.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, and Sexual content
ladylaurenexplorer's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Also, I really did enjoy into what are your physical copy of his book. There are some things that I wish you were a little different.
I want it more of the frustration of him looking for her, and I want it more buildup to the attention of going back to Fairview.
I just felt million that everything was just so fast pace. I didn’t have any time to process in taking the villain of the story and all the stuff that he was doing.
But otherwise this book is really good and I would recommend it, just checked the trigger warnings!
I want it more of the frustration of him looking for her, and I want it more buildup to the attention of going back to Fairview.
I just felt million that everything was just so fast pace. I didn’t have any time to process in taking the villain of the story and all the stuff that he was doing.
But otherwise this book is really good and I would recommend it, just checked the trigger warnings!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Suicide