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Under Your Scars

Ariel N. Anderson

4.29 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Please check the trigger warnings! This one is a little extra traumatizing.

I had an idea of what to expect coming into this book because of spoilers on TikTok. It was still absolutely worth the read.

I wish the author would’ve mentioned the MMC‘s wealth a little bit less just because it got repetitive, but apart from that, 10/10. Will probably read again at some point and re-traumatize myself.

Not an HEA, I repeat, not an HEA! Do not read if you don’t want your heart ripped out and trampled on!

I knew this would ruin me. 
I. Am. Unwell. 
Infinity stars.

This is a beautifully tragic and heartbreaking story.  And even though I knew it would be, I still felt unprepared for it. I was absolutely sobbing at the end, but I think this book will be on my mind for a while. 

Check your TW before reading this because it is dark and there is no HEA. 

This audiobook is duet narration performed by Lee Daniels and Joe Arden - they both did an amazing job and I couldn’t stop listening to this.  They really embodied the characters and made it so much more intense! 

You did not have to break my heart like this.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

What can I say about this book other than, WOW. Heavy trigger warnings, this one's hard. If you're a fan of Haunting Adeline, Still Beating, or even The Violent Kingdom trilogy by Lili St Germain; than you will absolutely love Under Your Scars. My heart hurts, I ugly sobbed, I enjoyed the ride even if it took a piece of my heart along the way. These characters I will think about for a while. Is the book a little cliche in its tropes? yeah, but I loved it. That being said the amount of Batman jokes I made reading this book made me happy as a Batman girlie, so if you dont like Batman maybe dont read this one? lol
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My jaw was on the floor for the last couple chapters of this book. I have still not recovered. This book completely wrecked me!!! **Super trigger warning. This book discusses a lot of triggering topics

This book left me staring at the wall once I finished it. Under Your Scars is a book that will rip you apart. It’s not a happy ending and leaves you wanting more for the characters in the end. I do not recommend this dark romance for everyone. It’s extremely dark and has disturbing content that was hard to read at times. Check trigger warnings before reading.