cemerson007 's review for:

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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🕸️ʟıṭṭʟє ṡṭяѧṅɢєя🕸️

  𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴

"𝘙𝘶𝘯, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳"

Give me a tabøø romance and I’ll eat it up, but you add in an unhinged possessive sociopathic MMC, a chase scene through the woods, & some sømnø and I will be salivating. 

"𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵."

You gave me a possessive mute MMC and a kinky FMC both with childhood traumas and to top it off they become foster siblings. Instant adoration. They have this instant comfortability around one another and the whole world wants to tear them apart. These fractured characters are trapped in a universe all of their own creation, where everything is silent when they have each other, everything is okay and beautiful, until the world outside becomes too loud to ignore. 

Leigh, miss girl, I don’t know what substances you infused in this book, but I 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 put it down! I felt more love and sympathy for the morally black character than anyone else. You also managed to make a villain out of their mother, my god she was the WORST. 

𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲 𝓥𝓲𝔃𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽.

🕷️ᗰᗩᒪᗩᑕᕼI: I’ve known since the moment I saw Olivia that I wanted her smiles, her laugh, her everything. She’s mine… but tsk tsk she betrayed me. Now she must pay before we can be together I will have my revenge. 

"𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦."

💋σℓινια: I think I may be sick. The thoughts I have about my brother, foster or not, are wrong aren’t they? My sexual fantasies are wild enough, but I can’t help but wonder how he feels, tastes, how rough he would be… one time can’t hurt or could it?

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦"

⛓️Run, don’t walk.⛓️ 

‼️This is book is absolutely worth a read. That being said it’s tabøø and touches on dark themes, if you are hoping for a fluffy bunny romance…. THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. However, if you have a dark and twisted soul that dances in the moonlight, I think this will be right up your alley you gorgeous depraved goddess. 

✨Tropes: tabøø romance, foster siblings, touch her and ☠️ (literally), OTT Morally Black MMC, Obsessive/possessive, revenge plot, us against the world, Bratty FMC 

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Slow burn: 🔥🔥

Vibes: ☺️😏😈😢😱😳😜🥵😍

😈Kinks:

-Degradation

-Light BD$M

-Use of a 🕷️during 

-Humiliation

-Voyeurism

-🩸play

-Exhibitionism

-CNC

-Nøncøn

-Dubcøn 

-use of a 🪛 

-Masked Man

-💦smearing

-Sømnøphilia 

-Primal Play

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence