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Skin of a Sinner

Avina St. Graves

3.52 AVERAGE

seraphicstrwbfrosting's review

3.75
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

basic plot BUT i lowkey ate it up..it definitely had me hooked
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charadelle's review

2.75
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Having the first entire 50% of the book as back story is honestly wild, in my opinion. While at the start I felt like it had great potential to be a 4 or 5 star it quickly just gave me this ick at times. Roman Riviera gave me golden retriever vibes, and I just don't see how that is supposed to make him dark enough for a dark romance. I felt that every disagreement was summed up far too quickly, and maybe that's because of how much back story we got. It did end up feeling like a chore to push through, but I have read far worse.

Hat mir an sich gut gefallen, aber ich habe nicht so ganz den roten Faden in der Geschichte gesehen.
Es bringt vieles an Dark Romance Elementen mit sich.  Nur auf was die Geschichte oder das Ende aus ist, war hier so gar nicht klar gewesen. An sich dümpelt man so mit.

nattieice's review

4.5
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Roman, Ares, Mickey- I'll call him whatever he wants. 🥵🥵🌶️🌶️🔪🔪

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Oh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Hey Mickey
Now when you take me by the hooves, who's ever gonna know
And every time you move I let a little more show
There's something you can use, so don't say no Mickey

So come on and give it to me anyway you can
Anyway you want to do it, I'll take it like a man
But please baby, please don't leave me in the damp Mickey.
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she_devil2025's review

2.75
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Este libro es bueno, aunque tiene una trama algo enrevesada y en ocasiones cuesta un poco ubicarse. A pesar de eso, cumple con su propósito. La relación entre los protagonistas es complicada, y, aunque entiendo que todo suceda rápido, me habría gustado un poco más de diálogo entre ellos al principio. La forma en que él se "encarga" de toda la familia es, sinceramente, top (y no acepto críticas), aunque reconozco que puede resultar un poco abrumadora.

Por otro lado, aunque sentí que todo avanzaba un poco apresurado y a veces el trasfondo emocional no se profundizaba tanto, las cartas son lo que realmente te llegan al corazón. Mientras las leía, necesité cambiar la funda de la almohada por lo mucho que lloré. Esas cartas son, de verdad, lo que hacen que este libro merezca la pena. Te metes tanto en los pies de los personajes que quema la idea de que esas cartas nunca fueron recibidas hasta ese momento. Y la forma en la que él las lleva a todas partes, aunque dolorosa, es tierna como pocas.
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mksndrp's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny tense
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wollte es gar nicht weglegen!

i would give it 3.5 but it’s not enough for 4. it was a little too stalkerish and possessive for me. some parts i really really loved then i would be like mmm this is weird.

nerida182's review

1.0
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional medium-paced