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The Psycho
by Nikki J. Summers
The H is a stalker and with a title like The Psycho, I was never going to resist this one. However, it missed the mark for me. It’s not bad, it fell more along of the lines of ‘this is fine’ for me, personally.
Here’s what I did like:
I liked the H,he was a bit broody but I liked his intensity and his instant obsession with Olivia. The cover here is absolutely fire and I 100% pictured the cover model as H.
I enjoyed the scenes with h and her brothers. I liked that she was strong and not a complete pushover.
Here’s where it fell short for me:
This is my first read by this author. This is identified as a standalone. I don’t dispute that the story works as a standalone BUT these characters, especially Olivia, are clearly from a related series that this series has spun off from.
Olivia’s friends, Emily and Effy are the h’s from the original series and they have a clear bond and friendship. The issue I had personally was it felt very foreign to me to have continuous reminders of the relationship they had with each other and the many references to their own unusual and special romances.
Adam and his friends are some sort of mercenary group that are lethal and badass. Some of their interactions didn’t ring true for lethal, badass mercenaries - I can’t imagine guys like that do a lot of chatting about relationships and helping each other land their special ladies.
I actually really enjoy a kind of resistant h that gets pursued by a determined H but her resistance went on too long for me. It’s almost 70% before she’s on board with trying a relationship with him.
He was Mr. Obsessed Stalker but she knew he was stalking her. He didn’t exactly make a secret of it and they texted each other with him trying to woo her while she insulted and discouraged him. I didn’t understand why he didn’t just go for it because eventually he does but it wasn’t clear to me why he was holding back.
Story 3/5, Heat 2/5, Darkness 2/5, Angst 1.5/5
Slower medium burn, they get it on at 64%, I consider anything past 65% a slow burn. Even after they bang she goes all girly insecure and runs away telling him “he got what he wanted and to now leave her alone”. He does go after her though - after his friends tell him to do it. There are about 5-6 sexy scenes once they are together.
No condoms, no virgins, I don’t think he was a manwhore, they use a safe word but the sex was fairly vanilla overall, no OW drama, insignificant OM drama, massive push away from h, no breakups or separation once together (minus her initial post-sex freak out that was probably less than an hour), no cheating, no sharing, no cliffhanger and HEA with epilogue.
Safety - there is an OW we meet briefly in the beginning of book - she hits on H, we’re told she frequently hits on him. He blows her off. No interest in her.
H is very jealous/possessive. After they officially get together h is surprised set up with a guy at a picnic her friends invite her to. It’s awkward. She’s not into it. H is a stalker and sees. They have bathroom sex.
This book does have gruesome, graphic violence, torture and murder. There are mentions of pedophilia as the H and his buddies get kicks out of torturing and murdering those sickos.
Here’s what I did like:
I liked the H,he was a bit broody but I liked his intensity and his instant obsession with Olivia. The cover here is absolutely fire and I 100% pictured the cover model as H.
I enjoyed the scenes with h and her brothers. I liked that she was strong and not a complete pushover.
Here’s where it fell short for me:
This is my first read by this author. This is identified as a standalone. I don’t dispute that the story works as a standalone BUT these characters, especially Olivia, are clearly from a related series that this series has spun off from.
Olivia’s friends, Emily and Effy are the h’s from the original series and they have a clear bond and friendship. The issue I had personally was it felt very foreign to me to have continuous reminders of the relationship they had with each other and the many references to their own unusual and special romances.
Adam and his friends are some sort of mercenary group that are lethal and badass. Some of their interactions didn’t ring true for lethal, badass mercenaries - I can’t imagine guys like that do a lot of chatting about relationships and helping each other land their special ladies.
I actually really enjoy a kind of resistant h that gets pursued by a determined H but her resistance went on too long for me. It’s almost 70% before she’s on board with trying a relationship with him.
He was Mr. Obsessed Stalker but she knew he was stalking her. He didn’t exactly make a secret of it and they texted each other with him trying to woo her while she insulted and discouraged him. I didn’t understand why he didn’t just go for it because eventually he does but it wasn’t clear to me why he was holding back.
Story 3/5, Heat 2/5, Darkness 2/5, Angst 1.5/5
Slower medium burn, they get it on at 64%, I consider anything past 65% a slow burn. Even after they bang she goes all girly insecure and runs away telling him “he got what he wanted and to now leave her alone”. He does go after her though - after his friends tell him to do it. There are about 5-6 sexy scenes once they are together.
No condoms, no virgins, I don’t think he was a manwhore, they use a safe word but the sex was fairly vanilla overall, no OW drama, insignificant OM drama, massive push away from h, no breakups or separation once together (minus her initial post-sex freak out that was probably less than an hour), no cheating, no sharing, no cliffhanger and HEA with epilogue.
Safety - there is an OW we meet briefly in the beginning of book - she hits on H, we’re told she frequently hits on him. He blows her off. No interest in her.
H is very jealous/possessive. After they officially get together h is surprised set up with a guy at a picnic her friends invite her to. It’s awkward. She’s not into it. H is a stalker and sees. They have bathroom sex.
This book does have gruesome, graphic violence, torture and murder. There are mentions of pedophilia as the H and his buddies get kicks out of torturing and murdering those sickos.