A review by romancingthereader
Wristlocked: A Dark College Sports Romance by AK Blythe

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn't know I needed dark, smutty circus love triangle romance in my life... but now that I have it, I need more.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Wristlocked by AK Blythe

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Tortured Boys of the Cirque series. Book 1.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book ARC on Kindle. 🆓️ on KU 

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲:  Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: College, sports romance (acrobatics), love triangle, why choose, bi-awakening, MMF, all the feels.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Gia and Lyot head to one of Vegas's premiere circus school, prepared to take on the world. But they're both drawn to the mysterious Gale, who is a powerhouse performer and a key to their success.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I want to preface this with the fact that I had absolutely  no clue what I was getting into with this book. I understand gymnastics, but not acrobatics very well, so I went in completely blind and pretty subject-dumb. And I read the blurb, but it was as mysterious as the book.

What I ended up with was a wonderfully dark love story with so much solid spice. I usually steer clear of college romance, but this felt more mature since it was set in the cirque world. I also learned an absolute ton about the circus and performing straps. What I am going to do with that knowledge, I don't know... but it was intriguing nonetheless.

If you loved Losers or any of Tate James' work, this one is for you. I'm shocked this is AK Blythe's first book. Of course there were little things that could have made it better, but overall I was locked in from the start and can't wait to read more from her in the future.

 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 4/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶

𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘.