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redchellex's review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
nlapean's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
lucyyyy_'s review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
awww eli i love you so so much ahh he’s so cute i just wanna protect him from the whole world. The bond between eli and phoenix is amazing im obsessed with them two especially. and the scenes with eli phoenix and brooke were my favourites their little trio gets me every time. kade is growing on me at the moment but i don’t love him love him yet. and hudson is still a dickhead in most scenes but his caring personality underneath is SLOWLY shining through, hoping to see more of his character development in next book🤞
they way they teamed togther to give her their clothes because she barely had any made my heart melt 🥺
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
mia_js02's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
littlespookysmut's review against another edition
5.0
OOO THAT ENDING THO. This book is so good!! I really enjoyed the spicy scenes but I think my favorite thing was the story and everyone's back story. This book deals with some really heavy stuff so read the trigger warnings pls! Thank god for a strong female lead for once!
courtney_saba's review against another edition
1.0
Jeeeeeeeesus, this was bad. 1.25 stars, and 0.25 was for Eli and the blood play (barely). RTC.
erikabra's review against another edition
4.0
4*
A different style of dark romance for me. It was a good found family of misfits broken people. I enjoy the writing style, the story and the fmc is like nothing ive ever read, She is suicidal and i find that part so well written, the way her mental health is pictured was perfect. This book is less dark then i thought, wich surprise me, i think the author just has a Nice way to bring the heavy topics in her writing so it wasnt too « horific » but it is still a very traumatic book.
There are some part of MM spice wich i usually avoid but there werent too much of it and i think it worked well. Since this is a RH i find that its only logical at some point. That being said, there is something im grateful in the book wich is that we get a description of the characters but they are not depicted all so hot and with perfect body etc. This is SO refreshing and i love some realism with the physical apparence of the people in a book. Even more if they are all mentally unstable, like crazy people dont take time to be pretty and are not in their best physical shape.
Now this book has some medium spice in it but is doesnt overpower the story, wich im glad and now search that in my reading. Smut can be nice but im the kind of person who think this is often use too much and downgrade the story at some point. The romance was very passion at first sight, i love more slowburn but it was okay.
This first book is very centered on Brook and her demons and i wish we would have more answers with the institute but i guess i’ll have to read the second book to know. I wouldve like a Little more suspense/actions, but it was good anyway.
A different style of dark romance for me. It was a good found family of misfits broken people. I enjoy the writing style, the story and the fmc is like nothing ive ever read, She is suicidal and i find that part so well written, the way her mental health is pictured was perfect. This book is less dark then i thought, wich surprise me, i think the author just has a Nice way to bring the heavy topics in her writing so it wasnt too « horific » but it is still a very traumatic book.
There are some part of MM spice wich i usually avoid but there werent too much of it and i think it worked well. Since this is a RH i find that its only logical at some point. That being said, there is something im grateful in the book wich is that we get a description of the characters but they are not depicted all so hot and with perfect body etc. This is SO refreshing and i love some realism with the physical apparence of the people in a book. Even more if they are all mentally unstable, like crazy people dont take time to be pretty and are not in their best physical shape.
Now this book has some medium spice in it but is doesnt overpower the story, wich im glad and now search that in my reading. Smut can be nice but im the kind of person who think this is often use too much and downgrade the story at some point. The romance was very passion at first sight, i love more slowburn but it was okay.
This first book is very centered on Brook and her demons and i wish we would have more answers with the institute but i guess i’ll have to read the second book to know. I wouldve like a Little more suspense/actions, but it was good anyway.
nika_positive's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75