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Destroying My Ex by Jordan Silver
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Again, I didn’t expect to thoroughly enjoy cheating romance that was not our main character cheating.
This revenge was very crazy very unrealistic, but it’s fiction. The only reason I haven’t given it a five is because I wish she was more graphic with the intimate scenes and a little bit longer with explanations of how things were happening.
But overall GOOD!!
This revenge was very crazy very unrealistic, but it’s fiction. The only reason I haven’t given it a five is because I wish she was more graphic with the intimate scenes and a little bit longer with explanations of how things were happening.
But overall GOOD!!
Drowning in Lies: A Psychological Suspense Novel by E.K. Hart
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
For how short this was and how cringe the blur was, I thought this was going to be a very quick and bad read.
I was pleasantly surprised when I was really enthralled with what was going on in the story.
By no means is it believable in reality, but I was trying to figure out what was going to happen next and why certain things were happening.
Also having the romance be the back burner of the story was really good for me and it wasn’t a traditional happy ever after.
It did make sense with what the FMC was going through and how she felt after everything, but I am glad that she got her happy ever after.
I was pleasantly surprised when I was really enthralled with what was going on in the story.
By no means is it believable in reality, but I was trying to figure out what was going to happen next and why certain things were happening.
Also having the romance be the back burner of the story was really good for me and it wasn’t a traditional happy ever after.
It did make sense with what the FMC was going through and how she felt after everything, but I am glad that she got her happy ever after.
Oleander: A Great Expectations Retelling by Scarlett Drake
emotional
inspiring
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
* I definitely don’t want to ruin anything for anyone especially this early, but if you want to read a great romance. That in stages leads more and more desperate for some kind of happy ending. Yet you have to go through this grueling emotional angst filled journey. Come the end of it, you realize that they chose you and has been choosing you since they subconsciously realize that they loved you.*
I was really happy to receive this ARC. I had been in almost a month long reading slump. This is so angst filled. You get invested in the character’s fill in the emotions that sometimes you’ll just end up tearing up or crying without realizing that it’s happening.
Jude has made me feel so much through my reading journey with him that when he was feeling the heartbreak was feeling it and crying.
I never expected the I don’t even know what to call it. If you should call it the twist in the end, but I didn’t expect how everything played out. The ‘Why would you?’..and ‘How could you?’…just kept coming up.
You definitely need to check the trigger warnings because as a story progresses, you start seeing things that suggest certain situations, but doesn’t outright say things until it does. I haven’t felt this way since reading, Darling Venom, for various other reasons that aren’t the TW of the book. But the very visceral emotion that I had as the FMC character developed.
My first paragraph might seem a bit dramatic, but I think that’s what this book has still in me because I want you to understand that this is going to hurt, but by the end of it, I hope, you’ll love it just as much as I did. So please read it!!!
I was really happy to receive this ARC. I had been in almost a month long reading slump. This is so angst filled. You get invested in the character’s fill in the emotions that sometimes you’ll just end up tearing up or crying without realizing that it’s happening.
Jude has made me feel so much through my reading journey with him that when he was feeling the heartbreak was feeling it and crying.
I never expected the I don’t even know what to call it. If you should call it the twist in the end, but I didn’t expect how everything played out. The ‘Why would you?’..and ‘How could you?’…just kept coming up.
You definitely need to check the trigger warnings because as a story progresses, you start seeing things that suggest certain situations, but doesn’t outright say things until it does. I haven’t felt this way since reading, Darling Venom, for various other reasons that aren’t the TW of the book. But the very visceral emotion that I had as the FMC character developed.
My first paragraph might seem a bit dramatic, but I think that’s what this book has still in me because I want you to understand that this is going to hurt, but by the end of it, I hope, you’ll love it just as much as I did. So please read it!!!
Knot Here For You: A Second Chance Omegaverse Novel by Tana Rose
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
Will finish at a later date
Lessons from the Depraved by Kinsley Kincaid
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Although this was short, it did take me three days to read it because of how outrageously the plot is.
I kept falling out of the story, because of some of the things that were being done to the FMC and her reactions to it.
But I am glad I read it!
I kept falling out of the story, because of some of the things that were being done to the FMC and her reactions to it.
But I am glad I read it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Her Drag Barbarian: An Obsessive Stalker Romance by Kate Raven, Kate Raven
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Catcher by Kate Raven
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I said what I said, and I don’t know why this was just good for me, but it was just good.
I like a very toxic relationship, and this gave me all that and more I just wish it was longer and kind of more plotted out.
I like a very toxic relationship, and this gave me all that and more I just wish it was longer and kind of more plotted out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Emotional abuse
Bloodshed by Molly Doyle
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was just a meh for me, not a bad one just not anything to write home about.
I literally think it’s because I’ve read the prequel, and the story is supposed to go after this story, so then having to read the in between storyline, just wasn’t as appealing as I thought it would be, at least for me.
I literally think it’s because I’ve read the prequel, and the story is supposed to go after this story, so then having to read the in between storyline, just wasn’t as appealing as I thought it would be, at least for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Murder