Reviews

Brutal Obsession by S. Massery

romance_book_obsessed's review against another edition

4.0

After everyone recommended this one to me, I had to check it out!

Greyson is one interesting hockey player lol
After an accident keeps violet from her dance career, she starts to be bullied by Greyson. In the turn of events, he was the one who took her dream. Now, the lines between love and hate blur. There’s knife stuff, blood play, some questionable consent, but I love an obsessed hockey boy!

The suspense in the last 15% was great.

Might pick up the next one soon!

ashbear0113's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

mommammeyer's review against another edition

3.0

This was recommended from TT and I was intrigued by the summary. The TW are legit so make sure to check those which include breath play and knife play. Overall it was an ok read. The character development felt so rushed with Grayson and Violet meeting and automatically hating each other to obsessed. He also made her do several things that I don’t think he came close to redeeming himself for (ie scene with Steele) I also thought the build up lead to a very anticlimactic ending that didn’t make a ton of sense. My favorite part was Violet and her BF Willow’s “ride or die” friendship. There are tons of good reviews so it is still worth a read if you like sports, college, enemies to lovers, dark romance with lots of kink.

lucysaints's review against another edition

3.0

Is this book "realistic"? No, but that is not why I read these kinds of books.
Is Greyson an asshole who is completely delulu, and do I wish I could have punched him in the face a lot of times? YES!
Do I still kind of moon over him? YES!
Violet is not meek and scared, I like that about her.
So yes, there is a lot of drama going on at the same time, but being the "Sparkling Drama-Lama" that I am, I ate it all up like it was popcorn.

klorenzen's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

need_to_read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

sarahferlaino's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

readers_fantasy_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

suslibros_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

clairey95's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely devoured this book! Perfect blend of plot and smut! Grayson at the start was definitely unhinged though, glad he turned softer through the book