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Dark Desires by Rachel Leigh
3.0

The Society, BCA, The Lawless, Blue Bloods, ranking games with rooks and Aces make for a very intriguing story. After reading this prequel into Scarlet’s origin story I kinda wanna know more. However, not for the characters, but for the world building and plot. The characters did not move me.

Pet-peeve:
We know they’re step siblings with no blood relation, every other paragraph they were calling each other step this and step that, Luna even thought it. Which kept taking me out of the story because if you think it like it’s wrong then it’s wrong and you should stop. It’s like the author felt the need to keep reminding us that they were step siblings. We know! You can’t forget that part.

Tropes:
Forbidden love
Secret societies
Alpha male dominant

Trigger warning ⚠️:
“Step-sibling” smut