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Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Stalking
Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Car accident
Killian is exactly the kind of morally gray, chaotic character I love to read about. He’s terrifying, magnetic, and entirely unpredictable. His backstory added some much-needed depth and gave a glimpse into the madness that drives him.
Glyndon herself is a bit of a mixed bag. She has an interesting emotional foundation—depression, insecurity, and an existential crisis—but those themes are barely scratched. It’s like all of that disappears once Killian enters the picture and gives her a reason to feel brave. I wish her development had gone a bit deeper.
There’s something deeply broken in both of them, and instead of fixing it, they just… fall in love. Somehow, it works.
The emotional tension was strong throughout, though the dramatic moments sometimes leaned into over-the-top territory. Personally, I prefer subtler, one-on-one scenes over full-blown emotional showdowns—but that’s just taste.
Despite a few overly dramatic moments, I flew through the story. It's dark, messy, and full of obsessive, morally questionable romance. And honestly? It delivers exactly what it promises.
Content warnings: Violence, dark themes, emotional and physical abuse, manipulation, and other mature content. Definitely 18+ and not for every reader.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Alcohol
For both the first book of hers I've read and the first book in the series, it wasn't too bad! Obviously there are flaws in the book that had me rethinking my choices, especially in the early chapters (iykyk) but overall I thought that the plot would be more dark - it's more centered around the trope of a dark romance than the whole book being a dark themed - so I was a little disappointed that the book didn't take it a little further.
Unfortunately I just couldn't get myself to like the FL Glyndon King, I think maybe I've read too many romances or the character was just generic, I can't make up my mind on which one it is - she's just too predictable with her character to literally nearly everything she says in every chapter, I mean even the love interest Killian calls her a broken record multiple times.
Not sure if I'll come back to this novel soon, but I'm hoping the second book in the series will be a little better!
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault
Minor: Death, Car accident
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail