A review by bibliophilewithbluehair
Atlas by DJ Krimmer

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

🔥ARC Review 🔥

Atlas by DJ Krimmer
Release Date: May 13, 2024

Hel’s Ink series
🌀Fox
🌀Atlas
🌀Ash
🌀Derek
🌀Stevie

⚠️Content Warning⚠️
Please check content warnings BEFORE reading.

Format:📱

What to Expect:
🖤Abuse
💙Assault
🖤Black Cat/Golden Retriever
💙Car S3x
🖤Death
💙Dirty Talk
🖤Disability Rep
💙Drug Addiction
🖤Forced Proximity
💙Friends-to-Lovers
🖤Marriage of Convienece 
💙MF
🖤Piercings
💙Plus Size FMC
🖤Roommates-to-Lovers
💙Slow Burn
🖤Squirting
💙Tattoo Artist
🖤Tattoos

Book Description:
Atlas-
Lauren Locklear.
She has no idea that I would do anything for her. She doesn’t understand the mountains I would climb just to keep her safe.
That’s okay though, I’ll make sure she does.
She thinks she’s weak, and given the lack of love and support from those closest to her, I can understand why. That changes now, I will make her see the strong woman I see when I look at her.
I’ve pined for her in secret, wanting nothing more than to show her what she could have. But with my past still haunting me, I knew it would be best to stay back.
That is, until she needs access to health insurance and I see a solution to both her problem and my dilemma. All she has to do is say yes.

Ren-
I’ve done something stupid.
Something reckless.
Something everyone will judge me for and I’m risking everything.
My family. My career. Myself.
I’m always too much to handle and the men I’ve allowed into my life have always reminded me of my shortcomings, even when it’s their fists doing the reminding.
No one has ever truly cared for me, loved me.
And then Atlas Hart asks me to marry him in order to save my life.
This isn’t love. It’s barely a friendship, or so I thought. But as the days go by and I see what he so selflessly risks for me, I cannot help but think that maybe… this could be more.

Ratings:
FMC: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
MMC: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

BWBH Review:
When Atlas finds out his friend Lauren is in an abusive relationship, he takes matters into his own hands. After a stint in jail for beating up Lauren’s abuser, Atlas reconnects with her to find out how she is doing. She’s been fired from her job and has lost her health insurance. Atlas jumps into action, offering to marry Lauren so she has access to insurance and her insulin. What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly turns into a “my wife” situation.

I adored Atlas and Ren as individuals and as a couple. I found Ren’s inability to see past what years of abuse had instilled in her and Atlas’s need to help her see her true self comforting. I see myself in Ren and my husband in Atlas (minus the tattoos and piercings).

Atlas is perfect for readers who enjoy a cinnamon roll tattoo artist with a heart of gold, an FNC who is stronger because of her support system, and an MMC who excels at dirty talk. 

Thank you to DJ Krimmer for the ARC. I look forward to reading Ash next!