Scan barcode
A review by booksafety
Unhinged by Onley James
5.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.
Noah fell back onto his forearms. “Are you here to kill me?” Adam moved closer, head cocked like a German Shepherd. “No.” Disappointment settled inside Noah.
Figured it was time to review this after reading it and listening to the audiobook twice. I probably don’t have any original thoughts on it, I just love it. Onley James has a way to hit that perfect blend of action and romance for me.
Adam placed his foot on the dead man’s chest, grabbing the handle of the blade, which was embedded in the man’s head, pulling with all his might. “What the fuck is this thing? Excalibur?”
My favorite parts of the book are probably whenever Adam seeks help from other people on how to help/be better for Noah, because he doesn’t quite understand it on his own. Psychopath or not, you can’t fault the commitment here. Noah is just a perfect little freckle-faced man who’s a tiny bit broken (for good reason), and he fits so well with the Mulvaney family. Their dynamic of Noah being the boss outside of the bedroom while the stone cold psychopathic killer who looks at him like his mafia queen (Simon from Gentlemen Prefer Villains, anyone?), is the boss in the bedroom, is the cutest thing. I love them both.
He seemed to be this strange mixture of brute force and childlike possessiveness, like Noah was his new favorite toy and he’d smash it before he’d let anybody else play with it. That shouldn’t have been hot… but it was. Noah had never been anybody’s favorite anything.
I’ve finally started the second book in this series, and I’m so happy about Adam and Noah showing up in that as well.
Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Possessive
Psychopath MC
Found family
Past trauma
Cinnamon roll murder baby
‘Vigilante’ family
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Drug use (one time, party drug)
Murder
Graphic violence
Past child abuse (sexual, off-page)
Mentions of child pornography
Child kidnapping
Vomiting
Mild pain kink
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Hallmark didn’t make ‘sorry your dad was a piece of shit’ cards. Though, given the prevalence of shit dads out there, maybe they were really missing out on something.
“No circus animals. No permanent damage. You can’t pee on me.” Adam barked out a laugh. “What?” “It’s a thing. Oh, and no spitting in my mouth. That’s a hard limit.” Adam was starting to think he and Noah watched entirely different porn. “Noted.”
“Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend?” Adam frowned. “Because telling her that you’re the son of one of my murder victims and we’re together because I happened to get off with you this morning sounded like a mouthful.”
He was one big trauma response wrapped in a blanket of kinks and insecurities.
Noah fell back onto his forearms. “Are you here to kill me?” Adam moved closer, head cocked like a German Shepherd. “No.” Disappointment settled inside Noah.
Figured it was time to review this after reading it and listening to the audiobook twice. I probably don’t have any original thoughts on it, I just love it. Onley James has a way to hit that perfect blend of action and romance for me.
Adam placed his foot on the dead man’s chest, grabbing the handle of the blade, which was embedded in the man’s head, pulling with all his might. “What the fuck is this thing? Excalibur?”
My favorite parts of the book are probably whenever Adam seeks help from other people on how to help/be better for Noah, because he doesn’t quite understand it on his own. Psychopath or not, you can’t fault the commitment here. Noah is just a perfect little freckle-faced man who’s a tiny bit broken (for good reason), and he fits so well with the Mulvaney family. Their dynamic of Noah being the boss outside of the bedroom while the stone cold psychopathic killer who looks at him like his mafia queen (Simon from Gentlemen Prefer Villains, anyone?), is the boss in the bedroom, is the cutest thing. I love them both.
He seemed to be this strange mixture of brute force and childlike possessiveness, like Noah was his new favorite toy and he’d smash it before he’d let anybody else play with it. That shouldn’t have been hot… but it was. Noah had never been anybody’s favorite anything.
I’ve finally started the second book in this series, and I’m so happy about Adam and Noah showing up in that as well.
Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Possessive
Psychopath MC
Found family
Past trauma
Cinnamon roll murder baby
‘Vigilante’ family
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Drug use (one time, party drug)
Murder
Graphic violence
Past child abuse (sexual, off-page)
Mentions of child pornography
Child kidnapping
Vomiting
Mild pain kink
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Hallmark didn’t make ‘sorry your dad was a piece of shit’ cards. Though, given the prevalence of shit dads out there, maybe they were really missing out on something.
“No circus animals. No permanent damage. You can’t pee on me.” Adam barked out a laugh. “What?” “It’s a thing. Oh, and no spitting in my mouth. That’s a hard limit.” Adam was starting to think he and Noah watched entirely different porn. “Noted.”
“Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend?” Adam frowned. “Because telling her that you’re the son of one of my murder victims and we’re together because I happened to get off with you this morning sounded like a mouthful.”
He was one big trauma response wrapped in a blanket of kinks and insecurities.