280 reviews for:

Tarnished Embers

Rosa Lee

3.43 AVERAGE

freckles1853's review

3.0
dark emotional 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
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paigexadaway's review

5.0
challenging dark 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: Yes

Well well well, this might just be the smuttiest book I’ve ever read 🥵😮‍💨 what a fuck fest!!
I thought I was going to hate those sexy stepbrothers but I absolutely loved them. The way they looked after Ember, how protective they were, how obsessed they all were. I just loved it. The passion and heat between them all was next level.
It was fast paced and had me hooked from the start. I wish I picked it up sooner. 
Do read the trigger warnings as there’s a lot of trauma in this book, but they all helped each other to heal which was beautiful in its own way.
So many WTF moments, great twists and turns, so much spice and pain. But it was also heartfelt in way with lots of passion and love!
Obviously not everyone’s cup of tea, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely be reading more of Rosa Lee’s books 🙌🏼 
If you like taboo reads, reverse harem, forced proximity, romantic step sibling spice then I definitely recommend. I can’t stop thinking about it! 

leannejh's review

1.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was meh! I don’t get the hype. The plot was mediocre, the characters have no character. I was expecting a lot more angst and drama based on the trigger warnings. It just fell very flat. 
• 4 ‘hot’ tattooed men, who all blend together! Who are they???
• How old are they? Why couldn’t they have been older! 
• No one was suspicious after the 2nd husband died, 3rd times the charm I guess! 
• squirting with only the tip in! 🙄
security are just going to allow someone to be raped??????

• apparently Prince only subs for Kit,  how did that come about? Guess we will never know. Blowjob doesn’t = subbing!!!!!
•the over use of pet names. ‘Pretty thing’ 🤮
I wish I had something nice to say about this book. 😕

hannahellis99's review

3.25
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

smvu42's review

3.0
dark 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

I read the forward for the trigger warnings, and almost DNF'd right there due to usage of the wrong homophone (people bite their tongues to keep the PEACE, not piece ... unless they've ripped someone's throat out); I've read other books where something like that has kicked me right out of the story.

I'm glad I gave this one a chance.

Make no mistake, it's smut that borders on outright-porn, along with a LONG list of content warnings - but had surprisingly more plot than I was expecting, which was a pleasant surprise.

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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ilsita's review

3.5
dark emotional tense medium-paced

Booktok made me do it. Read this for the smut and it delivered. Fair warning it is a why choose? x step-siblings. Just so you know what you’re getting into.

As the title suggests it has themes from Cinderella rich girl, evil step mom, dead dad, step-siblings (morally grey brothers, instead of evil step-sisters). But it was definitely a secondary storyline to the smut lol

lucielu's review

3.0
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jamiesteglich's review

3.0

This was a very interesting read. I enjoyed the plot and storyline, I wish it was played out differently though. I wish that there was more build-up in the beginning rather than just jumping straight into it like it did. I also did not like how Ember was constantly stuttering, I found it kind of annoying. I also thought that the step siblings jumped into to sexual things too quickly, and there was no time for any tension. Overall this was a decent read, and I did enjoy it.
Rating: 3.5/5
Spice: 4.75/5