Review by kyras_reads - Irreversible

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Irreversible by Chelley St Clair, Jennifer Hartmann

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Love is Blind but make it dark romance. 🤣

These two had me hooked from the moment they met. I’m not sure I’ve read a book that had me thinking so many times that the hero and heroine might not make it out alive. Honestly, my heart was racing at the end of the book thinking something bad might happen. I was SO relieved that they finally got the happy ending they both deserved. The both lost a person they cared for deeply at the hands of the madman who abducted them and both carry trauma, but they were able to find solace in one another and find a way to open themselves to another person again.

This book gave me so many of the same feelings that Still Beating did in that it was so packed with anticipation and angst when so many dark things were happening to the MC’s but then there was tenderness and emotional depth too.

For a while, I felt like this almost went off the rails a bit because I was expecting a sweet reunion and a romantic love to take place once they found each other outside of that place. Instead, after the angst and buildup, they had a passionate and raw reunion that blossomed into a relationship. The relationship wasn’t a typical one but it was what they needed. Two people who fully accepted one another and their flaws or shortcomings. It may not have been what I expected but I ended up loving it all the more because of that.

I think I may just love stories with screwed up storylines of serial killers and characters that have to fight tooth and nail to get out of their grasps and overcome trauma. It may be dark but tell me why it’s SO GOOD.

Tropes:

Slow Burn

Captives/Kidnapped

Forced Proximity

Trauma Bonding

Grumpy x Sunshine

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Content Warnings