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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
DNF at 20 minutes
The narrator sounds like a young child sounding out words for the first time. Her male voice is terrible
The narrator sounds like a young child sounding out words for the first time. Her male voice is terrible
More please!
I do love me a good Natalie Bennett series and this one appears as though it won’t disappoint! I need to know what the heck is going on, so will definitely be continuing on!
I do love me a good Natalie Bennett series and this one appears as though it won’t disappoint! I need to know what the heck is going on, so will definitely be continuing on!
WTF?!?!?!?
I knew it was going to be good because this book is rec'd religiously but damn it had me going in one sitting and left me with a plenty of questions!!! I need answers so this is me moving right into Book #2!!!
Natalie never disappoints in bring the dark and dirty to us.
I knew it was going to be good because this book is rec'd religiously but damn it had me going in one sitting and left me with a plenty of questions!!! I need answers so this is me moving right into Book #2!!!
Natalie never disappoints in bring the dark and dirty to us.
This book was a curiosity read for me. I generally enjoy horror, and I had never read a dark romance before, so I was curious about what classified a book as "dark." On that front, this book didn't disappoint. It was, in fact, very dark. The character development was really well done. Both main characters were pretty twisted and definitely not your typical hero and heroine, but I understood their madness to a point because of their very well developed backstories. I even empathized with them in some of the more horrific scenes.
I learned from this book, though, that I'm not a huge fan of dark romance. The mixture of horror and sex was a bit much for me, but that's not at all why I rated the book so low. I understand that there are a lot of people out there who are into that, and I absolutely don't judge. The reason for my rating is because there are some fundamental problems with the book as a whole.
First of all, there was so much potential with regard to world building in a novel like this. I wanted more description. I wanted to see more of the world and understand how it came to be this way. Instead, the author chose to fill the space with repetitive sex scenes. Very disappointing.
More importantly, though, I think there's an expectation, and I would argue even a responsibility, for an author to learn and master certain things before publishing a book, things like plot structure. This author has certainly not done that. The result here is that the book feels like a series of bloody sex scenes strung together with no real rhyme or reason. A purpose is hinted at in the beginning (both main characters want to find this cult leader, David, for revenge), but no real progress is made toward that goal until the very end, where the book then stops abruptly, literally in the middle of a scene. I closed my kindle app furious after that because I felt cheated. This was in no way a complete story, and I am absolutely not going to spend money for the second book in a very long and drawn out series just to find out how the story ends, something I should've been given in the 1st book. I hate this new trend of authors writing half a book and tossing it out there with the expectation that readers will want to know how it ends badly enough to buy a second book. It's lazy and it's disingenuous.
I learned from this book, though, that I'm not a huge fan of dark romance. The mixture of horror and sex was a bit much for me, but that's not at all why I rated the book so low. I understand that there are a lot of people out there who are into that, and I absolutely don't judge. The reason for my rating is because there are some fundamental problems with the book as a whole.
First of all, there was so much potential with regard to world building in a novel like this. I wanted more description. I wanted to see more of the world and understand how it came to be this way. Instead, the author chose to fill the space with repetitive sex scenes. Very disappointing.
More importantly, though, I think there's an expectation, and I would argue even a responsibility, for an author to learn and master certain things before publishing a book, things like plot structure. This author has certainly not done that. The result here is that the book feels like a series of bloody sex scenes strung together with no real rhyme or reason. A purpose is hinted at in the beginning (both main characters want to find this cult leader, David, for revenge), but no real progress is made toward that goal until the very end, where the book then stops abruptly, literally in the middle of a scene. I closed my kindle app furious after that because I felt cheated. This was in no way a complete story, and I am absolutely not going to spend money for the second book in a very long and drawn out series just to find out how the story ends, something I should've been given in the 1st book. I hate this new trend of authors writing half a book and tossing it out there with the expectation that readers will want to know how it ends badly enough to buy a second book. It's lazy and it's disingenuous.
Natalie is the queen of the macabre.
Unlike many others, I didn't start with the Badlands, but I enjoyed Natalie's other stories (esp the Dahlia ones), that I ended up here. I'm not surprised to know why this is the flagship for her and for so many fans- this book is the perfect manifestation of everything we love about Natalie books.
We have a dark, alpha, aggressive and violent lead in Romero- someone who will do anything, no matter how dark and depraved, to orchestrate the reality for himself and those important to him. We have a heroine who has experienced dark and depraved things- who has been physically and emotionally traumatized, a victim of this post-apocalyptic word over and over again...yet, she's a survivor, and devious and twisted, herself. And, we have an intriguing alternate reality- a world that's bones isn't that radically different from our own but represents what COULD become as the result of both the changes in environment and the dominance of the darker, baser, depraved aspects of humanity taking the reigns.
I loved this story, and I loved this couple. We've got much still to learn about what Romero's master plan is and we have a slew of other interesting characters who clearly need their own stories, but I am HERE FOR IT.
Like all of Natalie's books- this is not your feel good romance. We have characters who love each other and care for each other- but they do very bad things, mostly to others, but sometimes to each other. Darkness and triggers abound!
Unlike many others, I didn't start with the Badlands, but I enjoyed Natalie's other stories (esp the Dahlia ones), that I ended up here. I'm not surprised to know why this is the flagship for her and for so many fans- this book is the perfect manifestation of everything we love about Natalie books.
We have a dark, alpha, aggressive and violent lead in Romero- someone who will do anything, no matter how dark and depraved, to orchestrate the reality for himself and those important to him. We have a heroine who has experienced dark and depraved things- who has been physically and emotionally traumatized, a victim of this post-apocalyptic word over and over again...yet, she's a survivor, and devious and twisted, herself. And, we have an intriguing alternate reality- a world that's bones isn't that radically different from our own but represents what COULD become as the result of both the changes in environment and the dominance of the darker, baser, depraved aspects of humanity taking the reigns.
I loved this story, and I loved this couple. We've got much still to learn about what Romero's master plan is and we have a slew of other interesting characters who clearly need their own stories, but I am HERE FOR IT.
Like all of Natalie's books- this is not your feel good romance. We have characters who love each other and care for each other- but they do very bad things, mostly to others, but sometimes to each other. Darkness and triggers abound!
4.5 FANTASTIC STARS!!!!
I'm totally mind-blown right now! I've never read Natalie Bennett before and Savages was offered to bloggers recently so I decided why not? The cover and the Blurb were intriguing and I enjoy dark romance so I signed up. WOW! What rock did I just crawl out from under?!!?!? Natalie Bennett seriously knows how to write DARK and twisty romance. I absolutely loved this book. I can see why its got a warning for readers because it's definitely a mind f**k. I no sooner finished this book then I started book #2 in the series. The story was very well written. It was set to a faster pace but it worked really well for the plot. The twists and turns that Natalie Bennett takes readers on is nothing short of a rollarcoaster ride of thrills! And the sex?! Off the charts HAWT!!! I am dying to get my hands on more by this author and if you're into dark, twisty and completely unpredictable then you have got to read this book!!!!
I'm totally mind-blown right now! I've never read Natalie Bennett before and Savages was offered to bloggers recently so I decided why not? The cover and the Blurb were intriguing and I enjoy dark romance so I signed up. WOW! What rock did I just crawl out from under?!!?!? Natalie Bennett seriously knows how to write DARK and twisty romance. I absolutely loved this book. I can see why its got a warning for readers because it's definitely a mind f**k. I no sooner finished this book then I started book #2 in the series. The story was very well written. It was set to a faster pace but it worked really well for the plot. The twists and turns that Natalie Bennett takes readers on is nothing short of a rollarcoaster ride of thrills! And the sex?! Off the charts HAWT!!! I am dying to get my hands on more by this author and if you're into dark, twisty and completely unpredictable then you have got to read this book!!!!
I feel like the only things I can say about this are mean.
One heck of a ride! The chemistry is off the charts here. Between the main characters and some sizzling side ones too. But as most have said, it’s not for the faint of heart! Deep, dark, apocalyptic shenanigans going on.