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The Ritual

Shantel Tessier

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you haven’t picked up this book, then what the hell are you doing with your life?

This book pulled me from a major reading slump and I loved it. Is it dark, deranged, and borderline creepy? Yes, absolutely. But did I f***ing love EVERY second? Also, YES.

I love Ryatt with every fiber of my being even though he gives every red flag known to man.
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Ritual was yummy, a great mid level dark romance intense, twisted, and dripping with obsession. Ryat is the perfect mix of toxic and irresistible, and his dynamic with Blakely kept me hooked. Their chemistry is off the charts, and the whole push-and-pull between love, obsession, and power was addicting to read.

The secret society backdrop added an extra layer of intrigue(I need more hopefully from future books), and the spice absolutely delivered it’s dark, kinky, and bold in ways that make this book stand out. That said, I did feel like Blakely fell a little flat at times. I wanted just a bit more depth and personality from her to match Ryat’s intensity, which would have made their relationship feel even stronger.

Dark, steamy, and addictive Shantel gave me exactly what I wanted with this one.
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No