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7th Circle

Tate James

4.25 AVERAGE


“Madison Kate must be a fucking saint to willingly commit her life to three meathead men; I'd probably rather become a celibate nun than inflict self-torture like that”

I honestly wasn’t even sure I was going to read this series, but I am so glad I started.
Hades is a bad ass bitch who takes no shit. She is a strong, independent, businesswoman and will do anything to protect her sister.
I already know this series is going to be full of suspense and drama and I can’t wait.
It’s great seeing more of MK and the boys, an I’ve been obsessed with Cass since he protected MK.
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
adventurous medium-paced


genre: Dark Romance
tropes: Gang Wars, ruthless FMC, reverse harem, traumatic past, dark triggers
pages: 380
writing: single POV
rating: ★★★★★ [5/5]
spice: explicit

Oh Tate, you got me good.

You fooled me by writing an entire series about airhead MK to lure me into a false sense of dread only to present me with the most savage of all dark angels: Hades.

THIS is the kind of FMC I was looking for. I do not want to read about a damsel in distress so imagine how relieved I was to see the gender roles totally flipped in this series:

Hades - boss lady owner of the Copper Wolf corporation by day, ruthless angel of vengeance of the Timberwolves gang by night

Lucas - resident golden retriever, totally helpless and in-puppy-love with Hades at first sight, also stacked like Adonis and apparently a natural at the pole and in bed (beginner's luck? lol)

Zed - Hades' second in command, bit of a man whore, can use me to blow off steam any time of the day

Cassiel - grumpy leader of the Reapers, often referred to as grandpa as he's the only one above 30 in this group, can angry-kiss me whenever Zed is not available to fill in


I'm also glad we're no longer doing this anonymous stalker romance bullshit and actually know who the villain is fairly early on, but damn, that cliffhanger sure hit deep and meant I'm now in a downward spiral to binge this series

Some quotes:
Mentally, I wrote a quick eulogy for my panties because they'd officially drowned.

I loved her. I really did. I'd killed for her many times over and would continue to do so forever... but fuck me, sometimes I wanted to smother her with a pillow.
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

I am here for Hayden all day! She's strong, but has a personality beyond that. She has struggles and positive/negative traits and three lovely love interests, yes to them too (although Cass has the potentail to get annoying). I liked the pacing of the book and the politics. I found some of the background information is awkwardly dumped in, but maybe thats because it was revealed in the other series so it's more like a reminder? (I'm guessing, I haven't read the MK series). Very excited to be starting this series!

DNF ~50%
I wasn’t feeling the storyline or the characters and then went ahead and read enough spoilers for the rest of the series that just reaffirmed my instincts that this one isn’t for me.