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lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am still loving this so far. I just wish we got more of Fuyutsuki, like actual personality. I love everybody else though immensely and this is so cute and fluffy, it was a nice reprieve after catching up on JJK ๐
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I honestly did not like Corrupt much, the fmc was annoying and whiny and the mmc was so bland and boring. But I love Pen so much and the majority of her books, I just had to try the second book before making my mind up on this series and omg, this book, this one right here, redeemed the series so far for me.
This one follows Kai mainly and starts off a year after the events of the first book. Kai is ๐ฅต and Banks, the female lead, is also ๐ฅต. Seriously, I love women, Banks has solidified that even further, I would do anything for that woman, ANYTHING. ๐
Anyways, this book was amazing, and on top of everything I love about this book, I also understand Damon so much more and I actually feel for him now. I cannot wait to read his story and I really hope that man can get some peace finally.
So basically, this book is so much better than the first, the characters are much better (I even liked Michael and Rika in this book), the plot was insane and I loved every second of it, and the love story was soooooooo good ๐ซ . I get the hype now and I will be starting Killswitch soon.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
This one follows Kai mainly and starts off a year after the events of the first book. Kai is ๐ฅต and Banks, the female lead, is also ๐ฅต. Seriously, I love women, Banks has solidified that even further, I would do anything for that woman, ANYTHING. ๐
Anyways, this book was amazing, and on top of everything I love about this book, I also understand Damon so much more and I actually feel for him now. I cannot wait to read his story and I really hope that man can get some peace finally.
So basically, this book is so much better than the first, the characters are much better (I even liked Michael and Rika in this book), the plot was insane and I loved every second of it, and the love story was soooooooo good ๐ซ . I get the hype now and I will be starting Killswitch soon.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is such a sweet and wholesome manga. I am loving it so far. And all of the spirits are so cute. I loved the new characters, the friendships, and the romance blooming between a few people. And the carnival chapter? Ahhhh my heart. ๐
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.25/5โญ
I came for the viral Cello scene. ๐ฅต
I stayed ... well ... because of the cello scene. ๐
Julie Soto does not miss when it comes to writing broody book boyfriends. Xander is broody asf, and a perfectionist, and good with his hands apparently. . . I'm talking about the Cello, omg, you're nasty.
Psst - I was also talking about the other thing. ๐ซ
Okay, being serious now. I adored this book. I loved Gwen and how important the found family trope is in this book. I get she went back and forth on decisions a lot, and was kind of stagnant due to other people's influences, but I understood why once we learned her back story.
Xander was beyond complicated, but again, all due to outside influences and people's manipulations on him.
This book was beautiful, well written, and deep. And I loved Gwen and Xander's dynamic, they were so intense with each other and they both deserve what they found. โค๏ธ
Read this book if you love the found family trope, obsess over broody men, like well written characters with complicated back stories, and a love story that you will fall head over heels for.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
I came for the viral Cello scene. ๐ฅต
I stayed ... well ... because of the cello scene. ๐
Julie Soto does not miss when it comes to writing broody book boyfriends. Xander is broody asf, and a perfectionist, and good with his hands apparently. . . I'm talking about the Cello, omg, you're nasty.
Psst - I was also talking about the other thing. ๐ซ
Okay, being serious now. I adored this book. I loved Gwen and how important the found family trope is in this book. I get she went back and forth on decisions a lot, and was kind of stagnant due to other people's influences, but I understood why once we learned her back story.
Xander was beyond complicated, but again, all due to outside influences and people's manipulations on him.
This book was beautiful, well written, and deep. And I loved Gwen and Xander's dynamic, they were so intense with each other and they both deserve what they found. โค๏ธ
Read this book if you love the found family trope, obsess over broody men, like well written characters with complicated back stories, and a love story that you will fall head over heels for.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just wanted a cute little romance so I could continue riding the high A Sign of Affection gave me and this definitely delivered. It is adorable. I do wish we knew more about the main characters back stories though but this was only the first volume so hopefully soon? Iโm definitely continuing this manga.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
SHANTEL coming in hot with this one. omg ๐คญ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ.โ
- ๐ฅต
Tyson is still my favorite though. But this book, these men, a very close second. This book is Saint's story and Ashtyn's. And we also learn more about Haidyn, Kashton, and Adam, all of the men of Carnage. A secret society within a secret society. This one is DARK, read trigger warnings! I loved every second of this book, the plot was plottin, the men were drool worthy, the fmc was a tad bit unhinged herself and I love that for her, and the ending was jaw dropping as per usual. Definitely do not sleep on this series if you love dark romance. I cannot wait for Madness to come out in a few days, I am about to go absolutely FERAL for Haidyn ๐
โ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
Main points:
โ๏ธ1st person pov
โ๏ธdual pov (Saint and Ashtyn)
โ๏ธdark revenge romance
โ๏ธsecret society
โ๏ธpossessive mmc
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐โ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ."
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ.โ
- ๐ฅต
Tyson is still my favorite though. But this book, these men, a very close second. This book is Saint's story and Ashtyn's. And we also learn more about Haidyn, Kashton, and Adam, all of the men of Carnage. A secret society within a secret society. This one is DARK, read trigger warnings! I loved every second of this book, the plot was plottin, the men were drool worthy, the fmc was a tad bit unhinged herself and I love that for her, and the ending was jaw dropping as per usual. Definitely do not sleep on this series if you love dark romance. I cannot wait for Madness to come out in a few days, I am about to go absolutely FERAL for Haidyn ๐
โ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
Main points:
โ๏ธ1st person pov
โ๏ธdual pov (Saint and Ashtyn)
โ๏ธdark revenge romance
โ๏ธsecret society
โ๏ธpossessive mmc
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐โ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ."
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you told me a year ago that I would read and love a manga about a girl who sweats a lot and a guy who loves to sniff her. I would have laughed and laughed and laughed.
But here we areโฆ
But here we areโฆ
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The artwork is ๐
But I was bored the majority of this volume.
But I was bored the majority of this volume.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.5 โญ๏ธ - Well, it was a book, with words. ๐
Maybe I am just getting drained from subpar books and putting them off as โvibe readsโ. Idk, maybe I need a break from dark romantasies because lately they all seem the same to me.
This was 100% just a vibe read, the world building and lore was practically non existent. And there were a few times where the โloreโ changed just a tad bit, but enough that it was noticeable if you were paying attention. The spice was mid, the romance was non existent. It was mainly lust. Which I read dark romance and LOVE it and can deal with just lust. But the writing for those scenes was so juvenile.
But it was entertaining to a point and I did like the FMC and that she didnโt just fall to her knees for our boring mmc. And omg he was so boring, wood has more character than that man.
Okay Iโm gonna stop now ๐
If you like this book, do not take offense to my review, these are just my OPINIONS and my feelings. It is a fun and quick read and if you loved this book, Iโm happy for you. I really wanted to like it especially because I had the special edition preordered and itโs so pretty. ๐ญ but I have cancelled that now lol and I wonโt be bothering with the second book.
Happy reading babes. ๐ซถ๐ป
Maybe I am just getting drained from subpar books and putting them off as โvibe readsโ. Idk, maybe I need a break from dark romantasies because lately they all seem the same to me.
This was 100% just a vibe read, the world building and lore was practically non existent. And there were a few times where the โloreโ changed just a tad bit, but enough that it was noticeable if you were paying attention. The spice was mid, the romance was non existent. It was mainly lust. Which I read dark romance and LOVE it and can deal with just lust. But the writing for those scenes was so juvenile.
But it was entertaining to a point and I did like the FMC and that she didnโt just fall to her knees for our boring mmc. And omg he was so boring, wood has more character than that man.
Okay Iโm gonna stop now ๐
If you like this book, do not take offense to my review, these are just my OPINIONS and my feelings. It is a fun and quick read and if you loved this book, Iโm happy for you. I really wanted to like it especially because I had the special edition preordered and itโs so pretty. ๐ญ but I have cancelled that now lol and I wonโt be bothering with the second book.
Happy reading babes. ๐ซถ๐ป
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked it, it was definitely enjoyable, but I think I expected more because of all the hype? Idk.
So it started slow, then it got really good, then it slowed down again, and then it got predictable. It is not a bad book though, the pacing was just weird. But it does have a unique magic system based on when this book was written. And the characters were intriguing enough. The premise of the book was also good and well thought out, but again it did get predictable. I called the ending 50% of the way in.
But I did love the characters and their stories and the rebellion was epic. So I will be continuing on to read book 2 as I do want to give the series a fair shot. A lot of the times the first book does drag due to world building and lore and plot build up. So I have high hopes that the second book will be even better.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ๐ป
So it started slow, then it got really good, then it slowed down again, and then it got predictable. It is not a bad book though, the pacing was just weird. But it does have a unique magic system based on when this book was written. And the characters were intriguing enough. The premise of the book was also good and well thought out, but again it did get predictable. I called the ending 50% of the way in.
But I did love the characters and their stories and the rebellion was epic. So I will be continuing on to read book 2 as I do want to give the series a fair shot. A lot of the times the first book does drag due to world building and lore and plot build up. So I have high hopes that the second book will be even better.
Happy reading babes ๐ซถ๐ป