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spookyevilghost's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
kaosnudle's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I thoroughly enjoyed the story. However, the book needs a fair amount more editing for grammar and repetativeness (of words and statements). Sometimes the grammar issues and superfluous repetitious words took me out of the story.
⚠ Trigger warning for SA
⚠ Trigger warning for SA
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, and Child abuse
danni_taylor's review against another edition
4.0
⭐ 4 Stars ⭐
Fairly good dark romance read, looking forward to the rest of the series.
~~RTC~~
Fairly good dark romance read, looking forward to the rest of the series.
~~RTC~~
sandraray_health's review against another edition
5.0
I wasn’t originally sure if I’d love this book but let me tell you, it’s dark in a delicious way! The lead character Lola aka “The Night Slayer” frequently goes to bars/clubs and kills men who prey on women who are weak and vulnerable. She kills the youngest brother in a mafia family who in turn finds her and gives her a choice- work for them taking out other mafia families or die right then and there. Since she’s completely bat shit crazy she decides killing more people would be more fun and goes that route.
The Luciano family hates her and decides they’ll kill her as soon as she’s no longer of use to them. But as she gets closer to Viper, Maddox, and Sylvester feelings get murky and things start to change. They all start to feel things. At the end of the book she reveals what happened to her to fuck her up so bad and it changes how the guys see her.
Mike and Tony were nice to her but were not intimate with her. It’ll be interesting to see if that changes or stays the same in book 2.
On to book 2....
The Luciano family hates her and decides they’ll kill her as soon as she’s no longer of use to them. But as she gets closer to Viper, Maddox, and Sylvester feelings get murky and things start to change. They all start to feel things. At the end of the book she reveals what happened to her to fuck her up so bad and it changes how the guys see her.
Mike and Tony were nice to her but were not intimate with her. It’ll be interesting to see if that changes or stays the same in book 2.
On to book 2....
smcharf's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
apelsinas's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-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? It's complicated
2.75
thedailykaylee's review against another edition
5.0
-RH
-psycho h and H's
-triggers present- sexual abuse, murder, knife play, attempted suicide, suicidal thoughts
-steamy
-book 1 or 3, cliffhanger
-multi POV
-laugh out loud parts
Y'all, this book was AMAZING, and I don't say that lightly. Great character development (at least for our heroine so far). Relationship building was pretty quick, I would definitely say it's leaning towards insta-love, at least on a few of the "heroes" parts, but this surprisingly didn't bother me because these characters are all nuts lol so, let's get into my review.
As usual, my review will contain some spoilers but I always try to leave out the truly big spoilers. So stop reading if you don't want any at all.
Let's start with Lola, our Harley Quinn style heroine, The Night Slayer. I absolutely love her. She's a psycho serial killer, no other way to put it. Our girl has been through some major trauma throughout her childhood. You get little hints at it throughout the book, especially when you know the types of men she murders, and you get the big reveal of her story at the end of this book. She's dead inside, or at least she thinks she is because she has buried her feelings so deep inside that she's constantly having to find ways to make herself feel alive, which usually comes in the form of murdering disgusting men. She doesn't fear death, she knows it's only a matter of time with her lifestyle. So when she is kidnapped by the family of one of her victims, she doesn't fear death at their hands, or fear being their "chained killer" so to speak. She has this madwoman vibe to her, definitely reminds me of Harley Quinn with her manic smiles and laughter at danger, that just makes her fit in with this family of criminals so well, if only they hadn't met because she killed their son/brother. Because that can't be forgiven in their family, no matter how much these men come to care for her or how much they love her body, she killed their brother, and the head of their family, their father, will never let that slide. All sex is consensual with these men.
This girl had me on a roller coaster of emotions, no lie. I FELT for her. Being in her mind and watching her go from someone with no cares who is just out there with a death wish, to listening to her wonder what it would have been like to have someone that cared for her, hearing her say she knows that people like her weren't BORN for happy endings, that even from a child she was destined to never be happy, hearing her talk about how much she hated herself because the life she had made her realise that her bodily perfection is a flaw in itself because of disgusting men, y'all, it got to me. And then hearing her story... what she went through... I want her to kill every disgusting man in this world. And it makes you understand the state of her mind, how she came to be the way she is, and it makes you love her even more.
As for the guys, we do get some background info on them. We see them become obsessed with our Lola, even if they hate that they care for her because of what she did to their brother. I will say that the relationship building is a little lacking. While Lola talks about how much she enjoys being around them because they all fit together so well with how crazy they are, she knows there's not going to be a happy ending for her, but one of the guys talks about her as if he already loves her. Which to me, kind of seemed pretty quick, BUT I will say it didn't turn me off from the book because they aren't throwing out I Love You's or anything yet. I'm hoping that now that we have a foundation for these characters and the guys know her history, we're going to see more relationship building in the next book. We're hopefully going to get some clarification on who her actual harem will be, because I know she's been with 3 of the 5 men in this book so far, and she mentions the other two, but they aren't as present in the book as the 3 she is actually sleeping with, so I guess we will see how it unfolds.
This truly was a great book just because of Lola herself. Don't get me wrong, the guys are hot and crazy, my fave, but the main focal point in the character development department of this book was definitely Lola. You realllllllyy get to explore her mind in this book.
Here I go, RUNNING to the next book.
-psycho h and H's
-triggers present- sexual abuse, murder, knife play, attempted suicide, suicidal thoughts
-steamy
-book 1 or 3, cliffhanger
-multi POV
-laugh out loud parts
Y'all, this book was AMAZING, and I don't say that lightly. Great character development (at least for our heroine so far). Relationship building was pretty quick, I would definitely say it's leaning towards insta-love, at least on a few of the "heroes" parts, but this surprisingly didn't bother me because these characters are all nuts lol so, let's get into my review.
As usual, my review will contain some spoilers but I always try to leave out the truly big spoilers. So stop reading if you don't want any at all.
Let's start with Lola, our Harley Quinn style heroine, The Night Slayer. I absolutely love her. She's a psycho serial killer, no other way to put it. Our girl has been through some major trauma throughout her childhood. You get little hints at it throughout the book, especially when you know the types of men she murders, and you get the big reveal of her story at the end of this book. She's dead inside, or at least she thinks she is because she has buried her feelings so deep inside that she's constantly having to find ways to make herself feel alive, which usually comes in the form of murdering disgusting men. She doesn't fear death, she knows it's only a matter of time with her lifestyle. So when she is kidnapped by the family of one of her victims, she doesn't fear death at their hands, or fear being their "chained killer" so to speak. She has this madwoman vibe to her, definitely reminds me of Harley Quinn with her manic smiles and laughter at danger, that just makes her fit in with this family of criminals so well, if only they hadn't met because she killed their son/brother. Because that can't be forgiven in their family, no matter how much these men come to care for her or how much they love her body, she killed their brother, and the head of their family, their father, will never let that slide. All sex is consensual with these men.
This girl had me on a roller coaster of emotions, no lie. I FELT for her. Being in her mind and watching her go from someone with no cares who is just out there with a death wish, to listening to her wonder what it would have been like to have someone that cared for her, hearing her say she knows that people like her weren't BORN for happy endings, that even from a child she was destined to never be happy, hearing her talk about how much she hated herself because the life she had made her realise that her bodily perfection is a flaw in itself because of disgusting men, y'all, it got to me. And then hearing her story... what she went through... I want her to kill every disgusting man in this world. And it makes you understand the state of her mind, how she came to be the way she is, and it makes you love her even more.
As for the guys, we do get some background info on them. We see them become obsessed with our Lola, even if they hate that they care for her because of what she did to their brother. I will say that the relationship building is a little lacking. While Lola talks about how much she enjoys being around them because they all fit together so well with how crazy they are, she knows there's not going to be a happy ending for her, but one of the guys talks about her as if he already loves her. Which to me, kind of seemed pretty quick, BUT I will say it didn't turn me off from the book because they aren't throwing out I Love You's or anything yet. I'm hoping that now that we have a foundation for these characters and the guys know her history, we're going to see more relationship building in the next book. We're hopefully going to get some clarification on who her actual harem will be, because I know she's been with 3 of the 5 men in this book so far, and she mentions the other two, but they aren't as present in the book as the 3 she is actually sleeping with, so I guess we will see how it unfolds.
This truly was a great book just because of Lola herself. Don't get me wrong, the guys are hot and crazy, my fave, but the main focal point in the character development department of this book was definitely Lola. You realllllllyy get to explore her mind in this book.
Here I go, RUNNING to the next book.