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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
[I received a digital arc for an honest review]
Psycho by Onley James is the second book in the Necessary Evils series. August Mulvaney lives two lives, the absent minded yet brilliant professor and the skilled torturing vigilante and most violent Mulvaney brother. He is content in his existence as long as his secrets are kept under wraps. But a legitimate run in with a new professor at the university throws August’s entire life off kilter. Lucas Blackwood is the laughing stock of the FBI when his psychometry is found out and no one believes him, instead they commit him and he is almost killed. He has decided to take a teaching job to get away from it all. But murder and mayhem run directly into him when he collides with August. Instead of running away from a serial killer he finds himself being drawn into August’s arms. But how can Lucas, who is supposed to stop killers find himself falling one and how can August trust the one man who can destroy all the Mulvaney’s have built.
August Mulvaney is amazing. He is the perfect combination of oblivious sweet weirdo and absolutely savage killer. What can I say besides these morally gray Mulvaneys have my number. His obsession with Lucas shouldn’t be okay but for some reason I can’t help but accept his need to keep Lucas safe from everyone, even himself. Their chemistry is incredible and the kink they explore is safe and well discussed. Watching August try to comprehend how to be in a relationship and utilizing his brothers (well mostly Noah since the rest have no comprehension of feelings) just made him even better.
“August flounced back onto the bed. ‘I can’t kiss you or touch you or take you to breakfast? You’re taking all the fun out of this sleepover.’ Lucas chuckled. ‘Then go break into another man’s home.’ August reappeared. ‘There’s no other man. Just you.”
Lucas Blackwell knows he’s in over his head with August and finds himself just not caring. With a serial killer from his past with the FBI hot on his trail he doesn’t think he has to worry about August hurting him since he probably doesn’t have much time left. Lucas is even more surprised to find that instead of ever even considering hurting him, August just wants to keep him safe and happy. He finds himself being welcomed into the craziness that is the Mulvaneys and being accepted for the first time for his psychometry.
“August’s intense gaze didn’t waver. ‘I believe in you.’
‘You can’t say things like that,’ Lucas whispered, swaying forward to brush their lips together.
‘Why not?’ August answered, pupils dilating.
Lucas snagged the back of August’s head and dragged him forward to slant their mouth together, letting his tongue explore before saying, ‘Because it makes me want to do dirty things to you.”
When a Mulvaney falls in love, watch out, there is going to be blood, mayhem and bad men taken out. There will also be a psychopath learning to love in his own way and another man finding that even a psycho deserves to be loved and cared for. Within the sweetness of August and Lucas falling in love you have a brutal series of killing and a glimpse into the depravity of the dark web and it’s content. I do believe these books can be read as standalones but you appreciate Noah’s insight into his induction in the Mulvaney family and how there are ways to love a psychopath. Also take the trigger warnings to heart as this crime is not for the faint of heart and the people that Mulvaneys stop are the worst of humankind. Don’t ask me why I can overlook this absolute instant love story but hey when it works it just works.
5 stars for August and Lucas falling in love and the chaos they bring.
Psycho by Onley James is the second book in the Necessary Evils series. August Mulvaney lives two lives, the absent minded yet brilliant professor and the skilled torturing vigilante and most violent Mulvaney brother. He is content in his existence as long as his secrets are kept under wraps. But a legitimate run in with a new professor at the university throws August’s entire life off kilter. Lucas Blackwood is the laughing stock of the FBI when his psychometry is found out and no one believes him, instead they commit him and he is almost killed. He has decided to take a teaching job to get away from it all. But murder and mayhem run directly into him when he collides with August. Instead of running away from a serial killer he finds himself being drawn into August’s arms. But how can Lucas, who is supposed to stop killers find himself falling one and how can August trust the one man who can destroy all the Mulvaney’s have built.
August Mulvaney is amazing. He is the perfect combination of oblivious sweet weirdo and absolutely savage killer. What can I say besides these morally gray Mulvaneys have my number. His obsession with Lucas shouldn’t be okay but for some reason I can’t help but accept his need to keep Lucas safe from everyone, even himself. Their chemistry is incredible and the kink they explore is safe and well discussed. Watching August try to comprehend how to be in a relationship and utilizing his brothers (well mostly Noah since the rest have no comprehension of feelings) just made him even better.
“August flounced back onto the bed. ‘I can’t kiss you or touch you or take you to breakfast? You’re taking all the fun out of this sleepover.’ Lucas chuckled. ‘Then go break into another man’s home.’ August reappeared. ‘There’s no other man. Just you.”
Lucas Blackwell knows he’s in over his head with August and finds himself just not caring. With a serial killer from his past with the FBI hot on his trail he doesn’t think he has to worry about August hurting him since he probably doesn’t have much time left. Lucas is even more surprised to find that instead of ever even considering hurting him, August just wants to keep him safe and happy. He finds himself being welcomed into the craziness that is the Mulvaneys and being accepted for the first time for his psychometry.
“August’s intense gaze didn’t waver. ‘I believe in you.’
‘You can’t say things like that,’ Lucas whispered, swaying forward to brush their lips together.
‘Why not?’ August answered, pupils dilating.
Lucas snagged the back of August’s head and dragged him forward to slant their mouth together, letting his tongue explore before saying, ‘Because it makes me want to do dirty things to you.”
When a Mulvaney falls in love, watch out, there is going to be blood, mayhem and bad men taken out. There will also be a psychopath learning to love in his own way and another man finding that even a psycho deserves to be loved and cared for. Within the sweetness of August and Lucas falling in love you have a brutal series of killing and a glimpse into the depravity of the dark web and it’s content. I do believe these books can be read as standalones but you appreciate Noah’s insight into his induction in the Mulvaney family and how there are ways to love a psychopath. Also take the trigger warnings to heart as this crime is not for the faint of heart and the people that Mulvaneys stop are the worst of humankind. Don’t ask me why I can overlook this absolute instant love story but hey when it works it just works.
5 stars for August and Lucas falling in love and the chaos they bring.
2.5 stars
I know I read the first one in this series before I decided I actually had to keep track of my KU reads. My memory was that the family of serial killers was a fun concept, but that the romance part lacked. That holds true for this one. This was complete instalove but I never really bought the relationship. But it did keep me entertained while the power was out, so there's that.
I know I read the first one in this series before I decided I actually had to keep track of my KU reads. My memory was that the family of serial killers was a fun concept, but that the romance part lacked. That holds true for this one. This was complete instalove but I never really bought the relationship. But it did keep me entertained while the power was out, so there's that.
This was really cute and really steamy. It also had more violence than the last one (but still not enough imo) which is what I wanted. I'm so glad that I got read about August, he was so funny in book 1 and it didn't stop in book 2. His bluntness really made the story and Lucas compliments him well. I thought his plotline was interesting, I get why ppl say it's similar to criminal minds. I also really loved the Adam and Noah cameos and the callbacks to book 1, they are my loves! I will be taking a break from the series considering I've been reading a bunch of dark/taboo stuff and this book was a little repetitive so ima take a break but I will be back soon to see the story of Atticus (and that dog lol)
update: the bonus epilogue was mad cute!! lucas and august are so sweet omg
update: the bonus epilogue was mad cute!! lucas and august are so sweet omg
5 “I don’t care that we barely know each other. It’s just you. You’re the one for me, and if I can’t have you, I’d rather not exist anymore” stars
“What you are is mine. It’s my job to make you happy. I lack the capacity to do so on my own. I can’t love. I can’t feel guilt or empathy or remorse, any of the things that might help me understand what you need. All I have is research and context clues, which I’m not very good at interpreting. But I can give you what you need. I’ll do whatever it takes. But I can’t do it without help. Testing my theories is all I know.”
Look at this point i’m pretty sure that the day I give a new Onley James book less than 4 stars will be the day you can start worrying about my health. Everything about these books work for me. I love the set up. I love the characters. And I love the plot points. This book was almost guaranteed to work for me. Yet, I loved this book so much that I was shocked by how much I loved it. There wasn’t a second I spent reading this book where I wasn’t enjoying the reading experience.
I have said it before and I will say it again, the psychiarist who trained seven psychopath children into killers to bring justice to society is just such a clever idea and I love how each and every character is different and acts in different ways, even if they are all psychopaths, they are all different.
First things first, August is described as looking like Daniel Radcliffe. Which gave me a very hot visual of August while I was reading the book and I was very happy about it.
Brief Summary
August is a tenure professor at an university (and a psychopath). There is a new professor at the school, Lucas, who used to work for the FBI but lost his job. Lucas has psychometry (he touches things and he gets visions). August and Lucas bump into each other and when they touch Lucas gets visions of August being a killer. Lucas wants nothing to do with August because he knows that August is a murderer. August becomes obsessed with Lucas and decides that he needs to have him. They fall in obsession.
First, I just adored August, so much. He’s a psychopath and he’s on the autism spectrum. He doesn’t enjoy human interactions, he always lives in his head and doesn’t like to learn too many things because it overwhelms him. He remembers everything anyone ever said to him so he chooses to be absent minded so he isn’t overwhelmed by all the reminders. The only time he feels at peace is when he listens to music. He’s also very possesive. And he actually enjoys the act of killing people. And he has no filter, he says anything that’s on his mind even if he went through years of training to appear like everyone else and not like a psychopath, he just doesn’t seem to be able to follow the training. He’s the member of the family who seems the least like everyone else, he doesn’t know how to blend in with everyone else. And he has a killing people playlist full of Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Celine Dion. I loved his caracterization, so much. It really was lovely to read about him and I loved how he was complex and had many different layers.
Second, I also really loved Lucas as a character. Lucas was living in misery at the start of the book, he had lost his career and had nightmares filled of visions of someone murdering other people and nothing he did kept them away. I liked how despite all that he was so strong and kept fighting, he was just a lovely character.
Third, I absolutely adored how obsessed and possesive August was. He saw Lucas and that was it, he knew he wanted to spend his life with him and didn’t stop at anything to get his wish. Normally pushy characters annoy me, but thats part of August because he is a psychopath and they tend to focus on one thing and become very obsessed with that thing, so I loved it here because it fit so well with August’ character. As an example, August has know Lucas for a day and he needs to see him and he doesn’t have Lucas’ number so he breaks into Lucas’ house and watches Lucas sleep.
Fourth, I loved these two together. I loved how August was being himself and doing a lot of things that would be red flags to most people (for example he stalked Lucas and broke into his house to learn more about him) but Lucas took it all in strides and was alone for the ride no matter what August did. Lucas was really gentle and understanding with August and I loved that so much. Also I loved how Lucas was scared of being with August at first because August likes to murder people and Lucas was trained to stop murders, but it seemed to matter less and less to Lucas the more he interacted with August, it was a very nice touch and made sense with who the characters are. Look, these two won’t win a price for the healthiest relationship any time soon, but it worked for them and thats all that matters to me.
Side note I love how August has no clue how to have a relationship but he wanted one with Lucas so he asked his family for dating advices. And I love how he read books on relationships too. I loved how he was ready to do everything in his power to be with Lucas, even if it took work and he was very hopeless at it.
Fifth, there is a side plot in this and I quite enjoyed it. Lucas get visions of one of his ex-coworker, Kohn, who is a serial killer who brutalizes, rapes and kills women. Kohn is after Lucas because Lucas tried to tell the world what Kohn does. I really enjoyed reading the side plot, it never overshadowed the romance and it never dragged. I like how the side plot was linked to the main characters and their lives, it made the side plot feel important.
Sixth, my one complain about the first book in this series was how there wasn’t enough violence for my taste. So I really enjoyed how August actually was into killing people. I loved how August had graphic murder fantasies about anyone who dared hurt Lucas. I loved how there was long and graphic scenes showing the main characters torture and kill people. The amount of violence in this book was so much more my taste and I loved it, very much.
Seventh, the sex scenes were scorching hot, which I have come to expect with any Onley James book. But I really loved them in this book, they complimented the characters perfectly and they felt really animalistic and it was lovely to read about. Also I loved how their power exchange changed depending on the context, both of them were in control at different moments. Also I adore when characters are switches so I was very happy that both of these guys were switches. Also the one knife play scene was really fucking hot and I want way more of that in further books, please and thank you.
Eight, I love dark and snarky humour and god did I love it in this book. The humour was very self depricated and I really loved that, I felt like it fit the tone and the vibe of of the book perfectly.
Ninth, I do have one thing to say. I didn’t enjoy how the book refered to Lucas as crazy because it always seem to be linked to his mental health (Lucas always called himself crazy because he had a mental breakdown before). I just don’t like the use of the word crazy to describe someone’s mental health, but thats probably just a me thing.
I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am for the next book in this series (Atticus’ book), it’s two killers getting together and I need it so badly. Plus I love what we’ve seen of Atticus so far, he’s such a lovely and complex character to read about.
I had such a good time reading this book and it was everything I wanted it to be and way more.
I received an ARC of this book, and this is my honest review.
“What you are is mine. It’s my job to make you happy. I lack the capacity to do so on my own. I can’t love. I can’t feel guilt or empathy or remorse, any of the things that might help me understand what you need. All I have is research and context clues, which I’m not very good at interpreting. But I can give you what you need. I’ll do whatever it takes. But I can’t do it without help. Testing my theories is all I know.”
Look at this point i’m pretty sure that the day I give a new Onley James book less than 4 stars will be the day you can start worrying about my health. Everything about these books work for me. I love the set up. I love the characters. And I love the plot points. This book was almost guaranteed to work for me. Yet, I loved this book so much that I was shocked by how much I loved it. There wasn’t a second I spent reading this book where I wasn’t enjoying the reading experience.
I have said it before and I will say it again, the psychiarist who trained seven psychopath children into killers to bring justice to society is just such a clever idea and I love how each and every character is different and acts in different ways, even if they are all psychopaths, they are all different.
First things first, August is described as looking like Daniel Radcliffe. Which gave me a very hot visual of August while I was reading the book and I was very happy about it.
Brief Summary
August is a tenure professor at an university (and a psychopath). There is a new professor at the school, Lucas, who used to work for the FBI but lost his job. Lucas has psychometry (he touches things and he gets visions). August and Lucas bump into each other and when they touch Lucas gets visions of August being a killer. Lucas wants nothing to do with August because he knows that August is a murderer. August becomes obsessed with Lucas and decides that he needs to have him. They fall in obsession.
First, I just adored August, so much. He’s a psychopath and he’s on the autism spectrum. He doesn’t enjoy human interactions, he always lives in his head and doesn’t like to learn too many things because it overwhelms him. He remembers everything anyone ever said to him so he chooses to be absent minded so he isn’t overwhelmed by all the reminders. The only time he feels at peace is when he listens to music. He’s also very possesive. And he actually enjoys the act of killing people. And he has no filter, he says anything that’s on his mind even if he went through years of training to appear like everyone else and not like a psychopath, he just doesn’t seem to be able to follow the training. He’s the member of the family who seems the least like everyone else, he doesn’t know how to blend in with everyone else. And he has a killing people playlist full of Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Celine Dion. I loved his caracterization, so much. It really was lovely to read about him and I loved how he was complex and had many different layers.
Second, I also really loved Lucas as a character. Lucas was living in misery at the start of the book, he had lost his career and had nightmares filled of visions of someone murdering other people and nothing he did kept them away. I liked how despite all that he was so strong and kept fighting, he was just a lovely character.
Third, I absolutely adored how obsessed and possesive August was. He saw Lucas and that was it, he knew he wanted to spend his life with him and didn’t stop at anything to get his wish. Normally pushy characters annoy me, but thats part of August because he is a psychopath and they tend to focus on one thing and become very obsessed with that thing, so I loved it here because it fit so well with August’ character. As an example, August has know Lucas for a day and he needs to see him and he doesn’t have Lucas’ number so he breaks into Lucas’ house and watches Lucas sleep.
Fourth, I loved these two together. I loved how August was being himself and doing a lot of things that would be red flags to most people (for example he stalked Lucas and broke into his house to learn more about him) but Lucas took it all in strides and was alone for the ride no matter what August did. Lucas was really gentle and understanding with August and I loved that so much. Also I loved how Lucas was scared of being with August at first because August likes to murder people and Lucas was trained to stop murders, but it seemed to matter less and less to Lucas the more he interacted with August, it was a very nice touch and made sense with who the characters are. Look, these two won’t win a price for the healthiest relationship any time soon, but it worked for them and thats all that matters to me.
Side note I love how August has no clue how to have a relationship but he wanted one with Lucas so he asked his family for dating advices. And I love how he read books on relationships too. I loved how he was ready to do everything in his power to be with Lucas, even if it took work and he was very hopeless at it.
Fifth, there is a side plot in this and I quite enjoyed it. Lucas get visions of one of his ex-coworker, Kohn, who is a serial killer who brutalizes, rapes and kills women. Kohn is after Lucas because Lucas tried to tell the world what Kohn does. I really enjoyed reading the side plot, it never overshadowed the romance and it never dragged. I like how the side plot was linked to the main characters and their lives, it made the side plot feel important.
Sixth, my one complain about the first book in this series was how there wasn’t enough violence for my taste. So I really enjoyed how August actually was into killing people. I loved how August had graphic murder fantasies about anyone who dared hurt Lucas. I loved how there was long and graphic scenes showing the main characters torture and kill people. The amount of violence in this book was so much more my taste and I loved it, very much.
Seventh, the sex scenes were scorching hot, which I have come to expect with any Onley James book. But I really loved them in this book, they complimented the characters perfectly and they felt really animalistic and it was lovely to read about. Also I loved how their power exchange changed depending on the context, both of them were in control at different moments. Also I adore when characters are switches so I was very happy that both of these guys were switches. Also the one knife play scene was really fucking hot and I want way more of that in further books, please and thank you.
Eight, I love dark and snarky humour and god did I love it in this book. The humour was very self depricated and I really loved that, I felt like it fit the tone and the vibe of of the book perfectly.
Ninth, I do have one thing to say. I didn’t enjoy how the book refered to Lucas as crazy because it always seem to be linked to his mental health (Lucas always called himself crazy because he had a mental breakdown before). I just don’t like the use of the word crazy to describe someone’s mental health, but thats probably just a me thing.
I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am for the next book in this series (Atticus’ book), it’s two killers getting together and I need it so badly. Plus I love what we’ve seen of Atticus so far, he’s such a lovely and complex character to read about.
I had such a good time reading this book and it was everything I wanted it to be and way more.
I received an ARC of this book, and this is my honest review.
at first I was concerned with the reason as to why I’m liking these books so much but then I remembered I used to be obsessed with Arrow/Oliver Queen and, like, it’s basically the same thing. So yeah, this was good and that’s that
Enjoyed this book as much as the first. There is something endearing about these books. Like the first book I really enjoyed the banter and the family in this book. The romance really is interesting. I love how fast paced these books are and I cannot wait for the next one.
I think amma just leave .... aaaa ... Yeah , bye..
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The story started off pretty nice and strong , fucked up but still entertaining in its own element ... But then ... Ehhhhh .. .. it just became more fucked up than entertaining.
On the sunny side, the book is still very entertaining
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The story started off pretty nice and strong , fucked up but still entertaining in its own element ... But then ... Ehhhhh .. .. it just became more fucked up than entertaining.
On the sunny side, the book is still very entertaining
August and Lucas are ✨Psycho✨ for each other and kinda in general. Lucas is our traumatized ex FBI profiler lost his prestigious position when he accused a fellow agent of being a murdered. Which can you really blame the FBI when the reason Lucas has is that he can see things when he touches objects. August is the incredibly intelligent son of billionaire Thomas Mulvaney by day and murderer with a pop diva playlist by night until he literally bumps into Lucas. August imprinting on Lucas like a baby duck is equal parts adorable and deeply concerning, however, his commitment to ensuring he meets Lucas’ needs is so incredibly endearing. These two get up to some even kinkier sex than Adam and Noah.
August escucha música pop mientras mata gente, así de sencillo fue convencerme.
Me gusto más que el primer libro, no porque sea mejor, sino que ya estaba más preparada para lo que venía y dije adiós feminismo.
Antes que nada vamos a aclarar que en esta relación está todo mal y con la cantidad de red flags que tiene puedo empapelar un estadio. Además de que la historia es prácticamente igual que la del primer libro.
August me re gusta, me hace cagar de risa y me asusta en partes iguales. Entre sus pros está que le gusta lady gaga. Sus contras, resumiendo, serían que es probablemente el hermano más turbio y preocupante de todos. Lucas necesita salir rajando de ahí, pero como no tengo un novio psicópata no opino.
Pero tampoco voy a mentir, cada vez la historia de los vengadores gays me engancha cada vez más y CLARAMENTE me voy a leer los otros.
Me gusto más que el primer libro, no porque sea mejor, sino que ya estaba más preparada para lo que venía y dije adiós feminismo.
Antes que nada vamos a aclarar que en esta relación está todo mal y con la cantidad de red flags que tiene puedo empapelar un estadio. Además de que la historia es prácticamente igual que la del primer libro.
August me re gusta, me hace cagar de risa y me asusta en partes iguales. Entre sus pros está que le gusta lady gaga. Sus contras, resumiendo, serían que es probablemente el hermano más turbio y preocupante de todos. Lucas necesita salir rajando de ahí, pero como no tengo un novio psicópata no opino.
Pero tampoco voy a mentir, cada vez la historia de los vengadores gays me engancha cada vez más y CLARAMENTE me voy a leer los otros.