A review by highladyofdelulu
Shallow River by H.D. Carlton

5.0

Ok I seriously needed to come back to add that 5th star bc this book was like a cruel but effective unwanted therapy session I very much needed and I can’t stop thinking about it.
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”When Mako Fitzgerald turns all of his attention to me, I come alive.”

My song for Shallow River: Dancing On My Own by Calum Scott


Whenever I read a book by H.D. Carlton, I seem to be learning a truth about me or my life I hadn’t wanted to see before. Honestly, it’s no surprise considering the dark depths of human psychology she unravels.

Shallow Rivers is no less dark than her later works, yet it has an almost softer approach in regards to our deepest desires and how they can manifest.
(But let’s be honest, the Knife Play did not disappoint and felt a little like foreshadowing for where the next books venture