A review by naniisbookcorner
Cruel Intentions by Cora Kent

4.0

BOOK TITLE ➵ Cruel Intentions (Blackmore University #1)
AUTHOR ➵ Cora Kent
STAR RATING ➵ ★★★★☆

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓 ↴
💀 Dub-Con
💀 Step Siblings
🥀 Phone Tracking
💀 Sex On A Grave
🥀 Enemies to Lovers
💀 Surprise Pregnancy

𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 ↴
Oh lord, I don’t know what I was expecting when I got into this book. Xavier is one sick individual but his father, uff. And to think I was on his side when I read the prequel, I thought for sure he no longer wanted his wife because of her attitude but turns out that man was worse than I thought. Kaye got on my nerves when she was defending her mother, acting like her mother wasn’t to blame for a wrecked home, like she didn’t know that the man was married. I’m glad to see the growth in Xavier though, he realized his father wasn’t as good as he thought he was and owned up to his issues and mistakes when it came to Kaye’s mother and his hatred towards her. This book does have the surprise pregnancy trope (surprise to the FMC not so much to the MMC) but it is more towards the end of the book. If you want a book that will have you questioning your morals and saying “wtf did I just read?” a couple times throughout the book, then this is it.

𝐓𝐖 ↴ Stalking, blackmail, some violence. Mention of spousal and child abuse, references to rape, dubious consent, knife play, choking, somnophilia, primal play and breeding.

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑 ↴
As always, although this is an E-ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to Cora Kent and Book Sprout for the ARC opportunity.

☽ 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 💚

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