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Little Stranger

Leigh Rivers

3.61 AVERAGE

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

Rating is not for the taboo content. I knew what the book would include, that wasn’t the issue. It was just…not great.
The ending felt too easy:
Olivia let off the hook of her “duty” by her parents too easily.
I hoped there would be more story into their background and childhood trauma.
Their adoptive family being so “powerful” was never elaborated on and super unrealistic because of it. Your mom is a judge. She’s not important enough to need to human traffic you into a marriage.
It just wasn’t compelling and the first half felt like it took forever while the second felt over in a flash.
Not enough story to make the spice worth it, more like just an excuse of a story to write those spice scenes. Weak plot that made my interest wane.
Genuinely got tired of all the libido on every other page, it was exhausting. Happy with the ending, though.
The Tearsmith is a much better version of this book (though not spicy like this) so read that instead.
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No


“No. You were mine when we were kids, and you’re mine now. You’ll always be mine.”

What a damn ride.

In true Leigh Rivers fashion, this book is so so good. 

Twisted and wild and dark and obviously not for everyone. But my gosh, is it * Chef's Kiss *



it was so bad i want to give it a zero, but that's not possible so i give it a one...
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
dark emotional tense

It's the step-sibling trope, so I was curious, and I was not disappointed. It's spicy and good! I gave it four stars because it was not as edited well as it should've been. I wish the author was more invested in it too. Otherwise, it was a good read.

fakt że tłumaczka posłużyła się przekładem piosenki ze strony przedszkola w kamiennej górze stwarza absurdalny komizm sytuacyjny