A review by pam_h
Dark Space by Lisa Henry

3.0

3.5 stars

First, the giant **trigger warning** I didn't see anywhere else:

Spoiler

non-con, dub-con -- not between the MCs but does involve the MCs

The first 75% of this was magical, steamy perfection verging on 5 stars. This happened to be when I put the book down to go do real world stuff, and said real world stuff put me in a stupid bad mood, so I was thrilled to pick this awesome book back up to fix that god-awful mood I was in. Unfortunately this was also the point in the book when things went to shit for the MCs -- there was grief, anxiety, fear, horror, heartbreak and rage. 

And then, that trigger-y stuff that had been confined to past memories/nightmares -- already hovering just on the edge of being a problem for me -- came roaring into the present and is the only reason this is three stars instead of four. I truly have no idea if I would have knocked it down a star if RL hadn't gotten in the way... But probably, because Kai-Ren made my skin crawl to a sickening degree and that final

Spoiler

master-pet scene with Cam

at the end was too much for me.

This particular trigger is a non-starter for me, so I really wish I had known about it, but I loved the rest of it so much I picked up the next book hoping for some quality Cam/Brady HEA time before shit hits the fan again... and that is not how that book goes either!! Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. In retrospect it's kinda funny how quickly and surely this whole experience turned on me... but it wasn't funny last night :(