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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 but since Goodreads only has whole stars we are deopping to a 3. I thought it would be darker. It had all the work up to be more morally gray and just overall "darker". The MMC was morally gray but never embraced it, was just light gray IMO. He had the depth and character development there just didn't actually have / didn't really do anything. The FMC was the same. I kept waiting for them to do something truly bad. lol And I can't believe I'm saying this, but other than 1 and .5 ish spicy scenes, there were a lot of fade to black type scenes. They had soooooo much chemistry and heat, but very little played out on the page. The Dark Verse series is one of my all-time favorites. This one sadly didn't live up to that amazingness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail