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A review by kaitrenwick
Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
5 beautiful stars
at first i did NOT expect this to be a 5 star read but the next thing i know i’m sobbing because i sympathize with damon and because i fell in love with his and winter’s relationship
”I’d changed her forever. I’d bent and twisted and broken everything that made her the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me.”
“‘You taught me how to survive that day,” he said. “You taught me how to be strong and how to get to the next minute.”
”And instead of sticking to the plan and making her hate that she wanted me, I hated that I still wanted her. None of it was a lie, except my name. It was real, and I wanted it again. I fucking loved her.”
TW: sexual abuse (2 flashbacks), thoughts of suicide, self harm, assault, pedophilia, incest
DAMON TORRENCE
let me tell you... i fucking hated this man up until this book. and once i hate a character its very hard for me to like them again or believe in their redemption; p douglas you fucking did it girl. i absolutely fell in love with damon. he is so broken and thinks that he doesn’t deserve anything good in this world and that just broke my heart. whenever he was in danger or someone said something hurtful to him i was literally fuming i mean don’t get me wrong, what he did in the last two books was god awful and it would take a long time for someone to forgive him for what he did, but must reading everything that was going on in his head was truly heartbreaking and it made me want the absolute best for him. i love love love how he didn’t inherit any of his fathers money and he started his own building and design company; like what.... THE DEVELOPMENT!!!! is he a new book boyfriend????? no. but damon’s character has some of the best character development i have ever seen, and he will always hold a special place in my heart EDIT damon is now my ultimate book boyfriend, even months later i find myself thinking about him and anytime i see a man with dark hair i immediately fancast them as d, so idk wtf i was thinkin when i said he wasnt a new book boyfriend
THE ROMANCE
winter girl, lets be besties. so idk if i wasn’t paying that much attention but we readers fine out that winter is blind around the 15% mark and i was like holy shit, i have never read a book with a blind character this is going to be very intriguing and it really was! i’m not blind but i think p douglas did a very good job describing the struggles and how winter has to adapt after she became blind. it was so beautiful and quite eye opening. i was just thinking like she hasn’t seen what damon looks like since she was 8 years old, and some people might say damon has an ugly personality and this girl still fell in love with him after everything he put her through. it was all basically just damon not communicating his feelings. it honestly felt like he didn’t want the world to know who he really was, and how he could love a woman and not treat her like total garbage. this romance is now very high on my list of favorite book ships. these two are just fkn adorable. im writing this after reading Conclave so i already read about them and their son and lemme just say i was shedding some tears because damon is going to be the best dad. ANYWAY um yeah this romance is beautiful. winter and damon have my heart and deserve the world.
omg the ✨threesome✨ scene i forgot about it; yeah i was like cringing and making disgusted faced bc i was quite scared. winter, damon and will; aka lets have will join bc he is traumatized from almost drowning... again and he needs to get warm and feel better. NO NO NO NO, never ever didni expect damon to be okay with SHARING winter but then again he did jack will off in the beginning of the book so anything is expected from damon
OVERALL
first 5 star read snd favorite for me in 2021 and i am so happy. this book brought me so much sadness but happiness at the same time??? it’s a rollercoaster of emotions ya’ll. i also wanted to mention that i loved the side characters in the book (they all have their own books as well; minus alex) they all played an important and relevant part in this book and i just really enjoyed that. we also see Misha and Ryen from Punk 57 in this book!! this series is LOADED with darkness but if you’re into dark romance i definitely recommend! corrupt (michael & rika) is my least fav so far and hideaway (kai & banks) was super good!! go pick these up!
at first i did NOT expect this to be a 5 star read but the next thing i know i’m sobbing because i sympathize with damon and because i fell in love with his and winter’s relationship
”I’d changed her forever. I’d bent and twisted and broken everything that made her the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me.”
“‘You taught me how to survive that day,” he said. “You taught me how to be strong and how to get to the next minute.”
”And instead of sticking to the plan and making her hate that she wanted me, I hated that I still wanted her. None of it was a lie, except my name. It was real, and I wanted it again. I fucking loved her.”
TW: sexual abuse (2 flashbacks), thoughts of suicide, self harm, assault, pedophilia, incest
DAMON TORRENCE
let me tell you... i fucking hated this man up until this book. and once i hate a character its very hard for me to like them again or believe in their redemption; p douglas you fucking did it girl. i absolutely fell in love with damon. he is so broken and thinks that he doesn’t deserve anything good in this world and that just broke my heart. whenever he was in danger or someone said something hurtful to him i was literally fuming i mean don’t get me wrong, what he did in the last two books was god awful and it would take a long time for someone to forgive him for what he did, but must reading everything that was going on in his head was truly heartbreaking and it made me want the absolute best for him. i love love love how he didn’t inherit any of his fathers money and he started his own building and design company; like what.... THE DEVELOPMENT!!!! is he a new book boyfriend????? no. but damon’s character has some of the best character development i have ever seen, and he will always hold a special place in my heart EDIT damon is now my ultimate book boyfriend, even months later i find myself thinking about him and anytime i see a man with dark hair i immediately fancast them as d, so idk wtf i was thinkin when i said he wasnt a new book boyfriend
THE ROMANCE
winter girl, lets be besties. so idk if i wasn’t paying that much attention but we readers fine out that winter is blind around the 15% mark and i was like holy shit, i have never read a book with a blind character this is going to be very intriguing and it really was! i’m not blind but i think p douglas did a very good job describing the struggles and how winter has to adapt after she became blind. it was so beautiful and quite eye opening. i was just thinking like she hasn’t seen what damon looks like since she was 8 years old, and some people might say damon has an ugly personality and this girl still fell in love with him after everything he put her through. it was all basically just damon not communicating his feelings. it honestly felt like he didn’t want the world to know who he really was, and how he could love a woman and not treat her like total garbage. this romance is now very high on my list of favorite book ships. these two are just fkn adorable. im writing this after reading Conclave so i already read about them and their son and lemme just say i was shedding some tears because damon is going to be the best dad. ANYWAY um yeah this romance is beautiful. winter and damon have my heart and deserve the world.
omg the ✨threesome✨ scene i forgot about it; yeah i was like cringing and making disgusted faced bc i was quite scared. winter, damon and will; aka lets have will join bc he is traumatized from almost drowning... again and he needs to get warm and feel better. NO NO NO NO, never ever didni expect damon to be okay with SHARING winter but then again he did jack will off in the beginning of the book so anything is expected from damon
OVERALL
first 5 star read snd favorite for me in 2021 and i am so happy. this book brought me so much sadness but happiness at the same time??? it’s a rollercoaster of emotions ya’ll. i also wanted to mention that i loved the side characters in the book (they all have their own books as well; minus alex) they all played an important and relevant part in this book and i just really enjoyed that. we also see Misha and Ryen from Punk 57 in this book!! this series is LOADED with darkness but if you’re into dark romance i definitely recommend! corrupt (michael & rika) is my least fav so far and hideaway (kai & banks) was super good!! go pick these up!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence