136 reviews for:

Heartless Game

Jo Brenner

4.16 AVERAGE

klb1021's review

3.5

medium-paced

tayhuereads's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense

goodlittlelibrarymouse's review against another edition

5.0

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First, I must note that Jo Brenner is a wonderful writer and has a twisted mind worth reading if you like bully-to-lovers, dub-con, stories.
This book is an interconnected standalone, and I'm grateful that it gave readers more insight into Vice and Vixen.
Now, as for Isaac and Tovah: I loved their soulmate status, especially as it contrasted to the dark romance elements.
All this to say, Read the Trigger Warnings if needed.
Lastly, I seriously enjoyed that we got a Jewish mafia, since there are tons of books centered on the Italians, Irish, and Russians already out there.

Received ARC in exchange for honest review.

kelseycavender's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brikayem's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rileyandersonreed's review

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

skull_queen's review

4.25

dark sad medium-paced

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There is a lot smut. Like true smut. The story is amazing. Sad and sweet all at once. The bullying in the beginning was rough.

eil_96's review

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Probably would have been 4 stars if it hadn't started to drag quite a bit towards the end.

Otherwise, it was an easy, enjoyable read, although it did start to feel quite repetitive at parts. 

k8t_reads's review

4.5

dark emotional

ratherbereading_romance's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No