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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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🌶️🌶️🌶️
I absolutely loved the premise of this book. I love dark romance, love a why choose trope and morally grey MMC so this book ticked a load of boxes. And then add in the circus where the performers are alerted to victims who need their help and rescue them and I really am smitten. I loved the magic of the premise and the way it’s embedded throughout out. I would have loved to read more about the circus and the card reading as I loved it.
The characters in the story are great. My favourite was the FMC Ember aka the Queen. We meet her first as a child interested in the circus and enjoying her trip there, we then meet her as a victim of domestic violence who calls the circus and then as the Queen of the circus. She is strong, she is resilient and she is powerful. She is the absolute star of the show.
The MMCs - Diamond, Spade, Club and Heart are great supporting characters (adding a healthy dose of 🌶️). I would have liked to have a little more detail about them, we learn their backstory but I just wanted a little more detail about them and where this all started.
Although there were bits I wanted more of, I really enjoyed this book and would love it if there was a follow on. It’s totally different and it’s interesting. It’s dark but not too dark, plenty of trigger warnings but if that’s your vibe (and it is mine) then I recommend.
🌶️🌶️🌶️
I absolutely loved the premise of this book. I love dark romance, love a why choose trope and morally grey MMC so this book ticked a load of boxes. And then add in the circus where the performers are alerted to victims who need their help and rescue them and I really am smitten. I loved the magic of the premise and the way it’s embedded throughout out. I would have loved to read more about the circus and the card reading as I loved it.
The characters in the story are great. My favourite was the FMC Ember aka the Queen. We meet her first as a child interested in the circus and enjoying her trip there, we then meet her as a victim of domestic violence who calls the circus and then as the Queen of the circus. She is strong, she is resilient and she is powerful. She is the absolute star of the show.
The MMCs - Diamond, Spade, Club and Heart are great supporting characters (adding a healthy dose of 🌶️). I would have liked to have a little more detail about them, we learn their backstory but I just wanted a little more detail about them and where this all started.
Although there were bits I wanted more of, I really enjoyed this book and would love it if there was a follow on. It’s totally different and it’s interesting. It’s dark but not too dark, plenty of trigger warnings but if that’s your vibe (and it is mine) then I recommend.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Touch him/her & d!e
Revenge Plot
Found Family
Serial Killer Romance
Psycho Love Interests
Why Choose Romance
okay, this book.. wow.
i was not expecting to enjoy it as much as i did, but i loved the entire aspect of this. the plot has me on the edge of my seat. the characters all have something unique about them and the love they all have for one another was so much.
Unhinged and deliciously spicy was how i would describe with book, with some self discovery/healing which Ember and the guys all had.
Revenge Plot
Found Family
Serial Killer Romance
Psycho Love Interests
Why Choose Romance
okay, this book.. wow.
i was not expecting to enjoy it as much as i did, but i loved the entire aspect of this. the plot has me on the edge of my seat. the characters all have something unique about them and the love they all have for one another was so much.
Unhinged and deliciously spicy was how i would describe with book, with some self discovery/healing which Ember and the guys all had.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Yes
There was a lot to love in this dark romance, I definitely enjoyed the read overall. I did think that the moving around made the setting outside of the Cirque seem repetitive, though that could be intentional due to some themes of the Cirque vs Everyone Else. I did really wish some of the higher action parts and descriptive emotional scenes were expanded upon later in the book. I felt that as the action picked up it became difficult to flow emotionally between everything, if that makes sense? I really loved a lot of the points made in the narrative, and though it does get very dark on page, I appreciate the lack of hesitancy to embrace all of it, even some finer things were given recognition on page which I always appreciate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
Read your warnings
dark
emotional
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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:
Yes
Ember (Queen) and Club, Spade, Heart and Diamond.
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