Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Death's Obsession

This is definitely a dark read but its good and fast too. Its definitely not a book to read too far into but its cute and delivers exactly what it promises: dark smut with a hint of plot.

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bangiebangs's review

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

2.5*
Spice: 4/5 (but somewhat infrequent)

Not sure whether I didn't like this much because it is a stalker romance or because the writing was just a bit meh for me.

I don't usually read stalker romance because it's just not my jive, something I can't quite find romantic or desirable in any way. At least not when it's so on the nose. The story also doesn't really work for me. Lilith has lost her family, Death is obsessed with her. Why, and what is it with that backstory

like, why doesn't she remember, what's the reason for that? Makes no sense to me. Why does she have to remember? No idea. Does she join him as a reaper in the end? How, why, what is the system of things here? idk.

In terms of writing, the story was fine. It's POV narration, and I think the way that grief has pulled Lilith under and put her into depression was done well. The MMC is just "this is mine, I want it so I take it".

The idea here was obviously to make him a villain-who-helps-the-woman-he-loves-heal type, but while I get some of it, the way it is done feels too simple, and we don't get enough information about motivation imo

. I find that a bit boring.

So overall, I'm on the fence on this one. Wouldn't recommend as I'm pretty sure there must be better stalker romances out there if that's your thing. There is also better smut out there, and more interesting shadow daddies (though this one has a nice twist to that). So... yeah. I read it, but I don't think you have to.

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anreha's review

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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ladybanecourt's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

✨4/5✨
Did I come for the spice? Yes. Did I stay for the character development? Also yes. Loved Letum and how kind he was to Lilith, and I absolutely loved the ending. The world building was simple, though there certainly could have been more—this story has a lot of potential I think that was just untapped but the writing was very, very lovely. It's a sweet, short read I'd probably come back to in the future.

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shanlovestoread's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed this book if you're in the mood for something smutty I definitely recommend this 🤭. The author dives into the topics of PTSD, Depression, physical and mental abuse ( this is not in regards to the relationship with MMC), etc. I couldn't really understand the last chapter until I read it a few more time. Other than that it's a pretty good book, do read the trigger warnings 😅

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twinklepuff's review

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dark emotional 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

3.0

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