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Deviant Hearts

Jagger Cole

3.71 AVERAGE

dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

I have no words that can accurately describe how this book made me feel.

2.5⭐️

berthiel's review

4.0

4.75 actually!!

Okay I sooooo wasn’t ready for ready for the plot twist. I never saw it coming or was never suspicious of that man! This was my first Jagger Cole, and I’m ready for the second one.

sabs_bookrecs's review


DNF 30% in. Too insta love

pretty_bookish's review

5.0

I have no words that can accurately describe how this book made me feel.

bookgramsaga_'s review

4.0

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''Enemies who become family''

Safety warnings:
- H 31 / h 24
- No cheating
- No OM drama
- Stupid OW drama
- Kidnapping
- Captivity
- Violence/d*ath
- S*xual assault
- Trauma
- HEA

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Sadly, this will not be a long review as I read this almost a month ago and I completely forgot to write anything down. I did like it though and despite my busy schedule at the time I was able to finish it pretty quickly!

Neve and Ares are arranged to be married to end a long-standing feud between two opposing families and the best part of it is that Neve has been ogling him through her apartment window as he is her neighbor (unbeknownst to her of course) so when it’s revealed that her new husband is actually the guy she has been checking out naked like a peeper it gets pretty funny since he knows who she is and how she has been spying on him.

They start off hating each other - well hate is a strong world as they have massive sexual tension between each other, and it blurs the lines of love and hate.

There is also something massive plaguing Neve, well actually there are two things. One of which is that when she was 19 she was sexually assaulted by two guys after a night out and they took photos of her and blackmailed her, the other one though? That one is something that is part of the subplot and is the reason so much of her past haunts her.

Seamus O’Connor is the main villain in this story, and he is this religious nutbag who kills and harms anyone who he thinks is a sinner. He kidnapped Neve when she was younger and kept her captive for a while until her uncle Cillian saved her.

The thing that happened though is that Seamus was handed over to the FBI and placed in prison which he btw breaks out of not once but twice and he wants to get to Neve to kill her.

Ares and Neve along the way become something more and fall in love with each other. The enemy becomes family as the quote stated.

Ares's brothers all seem like interesting characters, and I am intrigued to read more about them but next is Cillian's book (Neve's uncle).
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gayapapaya's review

3.0

3.5 stars

This book was everything! I'd rate more than 5 stars if I could!

This is a spicy enemy-to-lovers forced marriage novel that hit all the right notes and then some!

This is the first in the series and is a mafia romance. It's wonderfully written and is full of banter, suspense, action, violence, spice and romance, and twists upon twists! This story is impossible to put down and will absolutely be devoured!

The main characters are a unexpectedly morally grey FMC with deep scars and an unexpectedly tender MMC alphahole that you just won't get enough of. The development of the characters and their stories is amazing and will leave you wanting more.

This is an explosive series debut and I'm already eagerly awaiting the next installment of this series.

I was fortunate enough to join the ARC team for this book in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.

amberloverful's review

3.0

- the fact that I laughed in the first chapter? I’m very intrigued. Hope this is good
- she reminds me of Aida from brutal prince. Ummm I did not like Aida
- I don’t like Owen….
- i don’t dislike this. But not much other than sex happening. Although spice is good
- I wanna know more about cillian
- Elsa is interesting. I want her book.
- um, I know it’s his severed arm but they can’t really believe Seamus is gone? It doesn’t make sense. I immediately think he’s staging it up get them to lower their guard.
- wtf would you hide that you’re being extorted from your husband that ALREADY knows about the photos???
- yup knew it. Seamus is obviously alive and Owen is bad
- Ngl the desperation in the hospital scene where he goes to her was good. I love that sort of drama
- ok I definitely want hades and Elsa book
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