Reviews

Damaged by Onley James

aubreysmith9412's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

5.0

In Damaged, we see a snippet of the life of Calliope and her son, Dimitri. We know Calliope as the wizard behind the curtain - the woman who can hack any and every system possible. She is a huge part of the success behind Thomas Mulvaney's extracurricular activities. And her son is a psychopath. 

Dimitri and Arlo really are adorable in their own way - as much as they can be when they're trying to get away with murder. But what starts as a life or death situation turns into Dimitri and Arlo establishing their relationship. And that, in turn, leads into what appears to be a snapshot of things to come. 

The rest of this series is going to be a wild ride, and I'm quite excited to see how Dimitri and Arlo fit in with the rest of the rag tag Mulvaney/Navarro vigilante crew. 

wii3rdo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

EVERY STORY IN THIS FUCKING SERIES MAKES IT BETTER AND BETTER ISTG 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cursing, Classism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

kendallkels14's review

5.0

I hope we’re able to see more of Dimitri and Arlo in the future because they were so cute together. Ugh. I just realllllly love this series!

moffymg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jess_theinkspell's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

burnt_out_bookworm's review

fast-paced

3.0

nikinibuya's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

emm_03's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

dolunay29_'s review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

kmdann1999's review against another edition

4.0

This was a good installment to the Necessary Evils series!

In this story you get to know more about behind the scenes tech mother Calliope. This story involved her son Dimitri- a psychopath and his sweet fixation Arlo. Although the story was short it was very interesting. I enjoyed the plot- and I enjoyed Holden being bashed with a brick even more. They deserved their HEA and I can’t wait to see this couple in Headcase

The appearance from our Mulvaney boys was a nice touch- an added bonus. August is for sure one of my favorites.