A review by suedas_books
Der Verlorene by L.J. Shen

4.0

(Somehow I feel like 3.8 stars for this book is appropriate but I just didn’t wanna see three stars in my rating soooo…)


I think nothing is harder than rating L.J. Shens books.

They sometimes give off weird vibes or the scene seems a bit off but then the next one kinda balances that out completely. I’ve never seen any kind of character development like Vaugn Spencers‘. The way both protagonists grew from their pain and with the help of each other makes this a really special couple in my eyes.
They often got really annoying especially on Vaughns‘ side but I still somehow absolutely fell in love with their love.

I don’t know what exactly I should say about this book. If you like dark academia, slightly kinky Wattpad romances with a dark twist this is 100% your book to read. (Then again I’ve never read a dark academia book but they are going to school in an old castle in England so that seems pretty close right?)