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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
if you're reading this after reading Nocticadia then this book may come as a disappointment.
Wow. This book made me realize I need more therapy. It literally has everything. I don’t how I will recover from the hangover it has left me with. Recommended by my friend, owner of Sam’s Creative Cure.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Do not skip the trigger warnings. There are tough subjects discussed.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read the trigger warnings. It’s a pretty sexually explicit, trauma heavy book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting
3.5 Stars
I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this book at the moment. It's dark. It's twisted. It's intense. It was well written and definitely intriguing. I think this is a book you're either going to love it you're going to hate....
I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this book at the moment. It's dark. It's twisted. It's intense. It was well written and definitely intriguing. I think this is a book you're either going to love it you're going to hate....
If you are looking for a gothic, dark romance with a dash of psychological thriller, look no further. This was a beautiful, dark read and I know my review will do it zero justice...but here I go anyways.
Trauma in any sense (sexual/physical/verbal etc.) stays with you forever. No matter how it is that you carry it, there it will always be. Sometimes it's tucked away sealed up in a box all the way in the back...And sometimes you can feel it all over your skin like bugs running up and down and all over. Now take two such broken people and put them together and you'll get one of two things....more destruction or salvation.
Isadora Quinn has heard all of the rumors about Lucian Blackthorne. The Mad Son. The Devil of Bonesalt. The Monster of Tempest Cove. She also doesn't believe any of them since she was raised in the same small fishing town and knows exactly how true the rumors about her are. So when a job opportunity shows up at his castle she takes it. She needs the money to get the hell away from the rumors, the trauma, the memories and just try and start somewhere new. She is about to get more then she ever imagined.
The story is told in dual POVs. I loved the pacing of the book which was pretty steady throughout (until maybe the last 20 percent where shit got wild for a hot second). There are triggers and this book is absolutely not for everyone. But I found it to be haunting, sad and beautiful. And now off I go to look up more of Keri Lake's books.
Trauma in any sense (sexual/physical/verbal etc.) stays with you forever. No matter how it is that you carry it, there it will always be. Sometimes it's tucked away sealed up in a box all the way in the back...And sometimes you can feel it all over your skin like bugs running up and down and all over. Now take two such broken people and put them together and you'll get one of two things....more destruction or salvation.
Isadora Quinn has heard all of the rumors about Lucian Blackthorne. The Mad Son. The Devil of Bonesalt. The Monster of Tempest Cove. She also doesn't believe any of them since she was raised in the same small fishing town and knows exactly how true the rumors about her are. So when a job opportunity shows up at his castle she takes it. She needs the money to get the hell away from the rumors, the trauma, the memories and just try and start somewhere new. She is about to get more then she ever imagined.
The story is told in dual POVs. I loved the pacing of the book which was pretty steady throughout (until maybe the last 20 percent where shit got wild for a hot second). There are triggers and this book is absolutely not for everyone. But I found it to be haunting, sad and beautiful. And now off I go to look up more of Keri Lake's books.
dark
emotional
Girl takes a new job hanging out with a rich old lady in a creepy castle. Despite being warned not to take it, she gets dragged into the mysterious world of her son and finds out something about herself.
I don't know how I feel about this book. If I could give it a 2.5 stars I would, but it doesn't reach a 3 for me. I kinda liked the characters, but found them both annoying at times too. I realise that our FMC was intended to be obtuse and spunky, but sometimes she just came across as rude.
There were also big patches where the plot had no real drive (one point at which the author seems to note this, but I can't tell if its a joke or a fourth wall thing). She gets the job.....and........nothing. Where is this going? I also don't really understand why they both like each other, beyond mutual hotness.
I don't know how I feel about this book. If I could give it a 2.5 stars I would, but it doesn't reach a 3 for me. I kinda liked the characters, but found them both annoying at times too. I realise that our FMC was intended to be obtuse and spunky, but sometimes she just came across as rude.
There were also big patches where the plot had no real drive (one point at which the author seems to note this, but I can't tell if its a joke or a fourth wall thing). She gets the job.....and........nothing. Where is this going? I also don't really understand why they both like each other, beyond mutual hotness.
Well-written with interesting characters but too dark/violent for me!
(Sadistic violence, self-harm, BDSM)
(Sadistic violence, self-harm, BDSM)