A review by tarrareads
Until I Get You by Claire Contreras

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.25

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶

——————

"𝙄𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧."

Ok, I went into this book completely blind. All I knew was that it was dark, a hockey romance and had a shopping list of trigger warnings. Tick, tick and a big ol’ tick!! This book was fantastic. I truly felt all of the emotions from the characters. It did feel like a bit of a puzzle at times, trying to piece together what happened. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because…

SPOILER ALERT
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

Lachlan found Lyla aka De-lil-ah way too easy. I feel like the angst of that scenario could have been prolonged and we could have delved a little deeper into the past as well as into the three years she was MIA but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨
✨️ Hockey Romance
✨️ Dark Romance
✨️ Possessive MMC
✨️ He Falls First
✨️ Revenge
✨️ Anti Hero
✨️ Reformed Playboy
✨️ Touch Her and D!e

Expand filter menu Content Warnings