A review by bibliomxniac
Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

2.0

This was a hot mess y'all. Ridiculous, over the top, unhinged and unnecessarily violent. Like why? Just why??? I'm not even gonna go into certain details because they felt weird to me. The writing was very poor and overall, there was no substance to this book. The 2 stars are for the premise and what it could have been. Also why is there a second book? Wasn't the ending of this one a HEA? I'm so confused but imma still read it. There's just something entertaining about reading a trainwreck of a book lmao.

safety squad:
- minor OW drama (H goes out on a date with OW after getting jealous but doesn't touch/kiss/fuck her. OW lies and tells everybody that they're fucking. h gets mad and fights with the H over it)
- minor OM drama (h's mom paid a guy to take her V card, h is arranged to go on dates and marry either of the two OM. H gets jealous over that)
- no cheating sharing
- mute virgin MMC
- foster siblings
- OTT J/P H
- ex-con H
- revenge
- somnophilia, knife play, spider play (nasty fucker puts his spider on the h while fucking her despite her being afraid of spider), screwdriver play (this psycho also fucks her ass with a screwdriver), bondage/chains (H ties her up, her clit gets stuck between the chains and starts bleeding and H gets off on it - this was a bit much for me), mask play, etc
- violence + gore
- ASPD H
- book 1 in a duet