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Psycho
by Onley James
“The rabbit in you attracts the wolf in me. I can’t help that. It’s instinctive.”
3.5 stars. I liked this more than the first book in the series (which I did like a lot!) but it's still not quite there for me. I keep thinking about how these books come so close to hitting all my buttons, because I really do love reading about obsession, and romances where the couple is kind of co-dependent in a not very healthy way. I just think I'd prefer a bit more realism, where these books are kinda over the top.
Anywho. August is a college professor but also a psychopath who loves torturing bad guys and killing them. Lucas is a disgraced FBI profiler turned professor but also a psychic (???? run with it I guess) who has a deranged killer after him. Just like in the first book, August becomes immediately obsessed with Lucas, and the lightning fast speed of their connection is baked into the book, and it's supposed to be that way. I just don't like it! Give me all of this, the unhinged romance and obsession, August seeing Lucas as a treasure he needs to protect, but give it to me over the span of a couple months, at least. They did have good chemistry, and I liked seeing Lucas come to terms with the fact that August has pretty much imprinted on him and there's no getting rid of him, and then reconcile with the fact that he returns those feelings. And like the first book, this is really sexy. But while I liked the romance, I just didn't feel satisfied with it.
It was interesting getting to see more of the Mulvaney clan though. The couple from the first book made appearances, and I still really really liked them. I'm super interested in the other brothers and what their romances will be like. (I'm especially intrigued about Aiden, I hope I'm right about his love interest.) I loved the banter and bickering between the brothers, and I got those found family vibes I wanted. In a fucked up way, because they're all murderers, but that's part of the weird charm.
Listened to the audiobook as read by Liam DiCosimo, and IDK how much I really liked it. His reading wasn't my favourite, nor were the voices he gave the characters. I continued with it because it was convenient, but IDK if I'll bother with the audiobooks for the rest of the series if the narrator is the same. I'm intrigued by Atticus, so I'm excited for his romance. Even though these books aren't my favourite, they're very very readable.
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