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thewenzl's review
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Violence
abigailadams's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness, Body horror, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Stalking
adriso's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Blood, Stalking, Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Medical trauma
birbpal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
AHHHHHHH! I am LOSING my mind over this book. The FMC Isabella and MMC Roman deserve each other is all I can say. Their combined stupidity and insanity are a match made in hell.🔥
Let me start off first by saying I'm not a typical consumer of dark romances. I usually can't get past a lot of the themes and dubious acts, but something about this book caught my eye. The beginning was actual fire. I consumed the first few chapters like a starved woman; they were so good. I especially liked the chapters focusing on Roman and Isabella's childhood.
But then we get past the initial murdering of Isa's foster family, and everything falls apart.
Roman had SO many opportunities to prove his story to Isabella as to why he disappeared three years ago, but he is a manic narcissistic ass who is dead set on making her love him again in a roundabout, difficult way. The ridiculous thing is that in the end—in the second to last chapter— Isabella finds the letters he wrote to her from prison that finally makes Isabella fully love him again. The letters that ROMAN HAD THE ENTIRE TIME but didn't want to show her FOR SOME REASON‼️
But that's not the most offensive thing Roman does. Roman is legitimately a dumbass along with just being an asshole. His impulsive control is zero, and as a result, he puts Isabella in danger multiple times along with genuinely making her life more miserable.
But Isa isn't any better tbh. She made it her life mission to be one of the most unlikable characters I have ever had the displeasure of reading about. In the beginning, I understood why she was so abrasive and combative. She had ever right to be difficult! But as the story progressed, she continued to be a bitch to Roman even when she saw some proof of his reason why he was forced to leave her (tiny spoiler, he got shot too and there is an actual bullet scar on his chest to show he wasn't lying, which she saw.) Like I said above, it took more than 90% of the book to fully forgive Roman and confess her love to him. I. Want. To. Die.
Final complaints? The book felt like a mashup of tropes, tied loosely together by a plot with bad pacing. AKA, a bad wattpad novel. The characters were unlikable. I loved the chapter when they were children because it was obvious to me how devoted they were to each other. As adults, they were insufferable.
The reason why I gave it so high if a rating was I managed to finish it, so yeah, there's that. I also enjoyed some small parts of their relationship, and Roman was at least entertaining.🤷♀️
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Stalking, Bullying, Gore, Confinement, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Death of parent
bookameme's review
- 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
5.0
Crazy Hot & Completely Disturbed
If you break, I’ll put you back together. If you run, I’m running right behind you. If you burn, I’ll burn with you.
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood