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The Finisher by RuNyx

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It honestly was not bad, mara the 3rd person narration was a bit confusing.

Zypher I loved xem ๐Ÿซต๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜† focused queen. Even though She broke her own heart sometimes.

The book was not as exciting as it should considering all the twists and turns, this entire series honestly.

Loved Seeing the girls getting to know each other mara Zenith hle ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ



Hector being the killer was not as shocking as I wanted it to be, what annoyes me is I was Shipping him with Zenith๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ™„

Who I'm tired now, I want to know that they found Luna โ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ™„

we didn't even know what Alpha wanted to show zypher When they were 18 and he left her there,
The Predator by RuNyx

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

hai๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ I've never rolled my eyes so much reading a book , not as much as while I was reading the ritual by Shantel Tessier ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚. Heck, I've read fanfics better than this.

The author over explains more than just telling us the story๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšฎ, and she /he has this thing where she/he uses the same expressions/ phrases or repeats the same sentences again and again, like let it rest bestie we get It, the boys always and will never hurt children and women๐Ÿ’€

Not much is really going on, honestly, especially after the codes go missing. Like guys, what plan are y'all working on to get that person who has the codes, SHOW USโ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ.

Another thing that vexes me is the author saying how dangerous this Tristen is over and over๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ Like rest, we get it. he is dangerous. SHOW US ke or SHUT IT hawu ๐Ÿซต๐Ÿพ๐Ÿšฎ.

And then we come to the reason they hate each other,๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„, 74% in to the book and I still don't know why๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ˜ค, Ke-ENGโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธโ‰๏ธ like Spill already yho.

And the girl,  hai, I don't believe the genius claims on herโœ‹๐Ÿพโ€ผ๏ธ cause her actions nje are giving mabena๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšฎ

Like, what do you mean You don't have a backup plan, an exit plan for when you are finally fed up with your dad, worse you are computer genius๐Ÿ™„โœ‹๐Ÿพ, like don't you have like a secret apartment somewhere, Stolen money, boma off shore acount, I mean you Clearly have the brains๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ Like a  USB stick that has all your father's dirty secrets that you can use to blackmail him.

my sister, the minute he let you fall down the stairs was the time you should have stepped in your villain era. Actually, the time he started pimping you out was the time you should have started plotting his death and all the old rubbish man who touched you!

Kamo wena moana, you decided to tail tristen to that casino. Firstly, that was very stupid because you didn't come up with a backup plan. Should he find out that you followed him. 

Secondly, what was the actual reason for following him. I get you were trying to find dirty information to blackmail him into telling you about the alliance so you will know why he hates you, mara that plan was not well thought out cause you didn't get any useful info.

 Also, you were under prepared cause what the heck were those
 questions you asked in the meeting? they were fairly not specific.๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšฎ Ande kamo, I don't see movement on the codes๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ™„ and that is the only reason im still reading.

I feel like the author didn't balance Moand out, like she tried making her an independent Smart girl mara. She missed the mark, hai

The book ended, and we still don't know who is behind the codes getting stolen, we still don't know the ndabas of the alliance, kuri nje hai
The Reaper by RuNyx

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Tortured myself through Book 1 to get to book 2 cause of those damn codesโœ‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ฉโ€ผ๏ธ

Honestly, the writer could have split this book in half and gave that half to the 1st book cause there were a lot of things happening that were climaxes that didn't quite hit.

" Whiskey and Sin " I never want to see these again๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’€, the way she abused them yho๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšฎ

the found family aspect saved it, honestly. Dante and morana, having a sibling relationship, warmed my heart. The same goes for Amara and her mom. The way they accepted mara njeโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿฅบ

I won't lie. tristan grew on me, him not being like too, Verbal. I didn't mind. The tattoo ring on his finger was sweet๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธ

I really hope we find Luna hle ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

- that plot .twist about morana's real father๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜ญunfortunately it didn't land like a punch that it should have๐Ÿ˜ฉ, I don't know if it's the writing style of the author or what, rise the dramatic plot twists were n't dramatic as they Should .
The Emperor by RuNyx

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challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.5

Did I enjoy this one? Yes considering the other ones I endured.
This one, the booktok girlies were not lying, it Served๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿฅบ, the writing on this one is beautiful, the metaphors are so profound๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅบ


-LUNA๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’” Book 3, and we still have not found her๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
Dante and Amara have my heart hIe๐Ÿฅบ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ”ฅโ€ผ๏ธ  I'm convinced this One is not written by the same person who wrote the Ist two, has never, the difference is night and day๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚โœ‹๐Ÿพ
kuningi, and it keeps getting Kuningi - er Is theme of this book๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ.

- the friendship between Amara and morana hle ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅบโ™ฅ๏ธ ๐Ÿคฉ 

- Amara my Sister was not Catching a break from jump๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜ญ First it was having the one sided crush when she was young, Then she gets kidnapped ,Torched, tortured and raped, She gets Scars and her voice changes, Self esteem plummets, She gets exiled from the compound and is all alone in a new city, She can't make friends so she's, alone, the scars make worse,

 jiki Jiki dante Is dead and She is preggas, mind you she Still has PTSD and now has panic attacks, Dante comes back from the dead to her only for them to be both kidnapped and Suprise taken to that place where she was first tortured,

 fast forward turns out the person who ordered her kidnapping is her own father She just found out about, the same person who hada hand In the death of Dante's mother, her mother-in-law ,

 Same guy who was working with her half sister to keep tabs on her, Who turns out is jealous of her and tries to kill her who ends up causing her to miscarry one of her babies๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜ญโœ‹๐Ÿพyhoo ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

_ The Story's good, Tristan taking up that kid just warmed my heart๐Ÿฅบโ™ฅ๏ธ, that part where dante says Amara is the healer had me sobbing and is my favorite ๐Ÿ˜ 

- Dante isa green flag Pleaseโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜ญ the way he helped Amara on her healing, the dance classes, him checking up on her everyday after she was discharged, the cat, him learning her and picking up on her panic attacks, 

I'm definitely reading this again๐Ÿ˜โ™ฅ๏ธ

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

No. Just no. Tessier managed to get me rolling my eyes to everything that I normally love in a dark romance ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ, the you are mine๐Ÿ˜ญโœ‹๐Ÿพโ€ผ๏ธ , smut,  the secret society mysterious nature of it, nje hai, just a big nooooo.

Blake or whatever her name is nje annoyed me cause she says she hates the nature of her life that her step mom wanted for her and then she proceeds to still run head in๐Ÿ™„, like what, and then she stops going to school and her career is now no  existent๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ, like she seemed like she had a bit of ambition at the beginning kanti yena and her friend are just di bimbo blondes๐Ÿ™„, nix in the head, just sex, party sex until until.๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ 

Kamo, this whole "chosen one" thing is honestly a ruse for these graduates to sleep with each other's  future wives, like I don't get the whole notion nje๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšฎ, "give yourself" RUBBISH ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธโ€ผ๏ธโœ‹๐Ÿพ

The way females were dicpicted here just annoyed me, I honestly thought it would get better, mara hai๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™„โ€ผ๏ธ
For the Fans by Nyla K.

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emotional funny 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

3.0

It took me so long to finish cause i kept putting down and then later convincing myself to pick it up again, also I really don't like the Step brother trope.

Also I felt like the book was long for no reason, like we could have called it quits after guys goes to the NFL๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™„โ€ผ๏ธ But it just kept going on and Oh hai, did'nt finish the epilogues.

But the spice i really enjoyed๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
Hateful Love by T. Ashleigh, Addison Beck

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

_ giving it a 4 stars because the "I'll kill for you " energy I didn't believe cause they are high schoolers pleaseโ€ผ๏ธโœ‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™„.

_ Also, that whole saga of silas taking the fall for Blaine was so unessarsary ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ like you guys had kent's phone, but I understand it was for the story to reach an end.

- That whole Imma protect you Stay with me part dusted me๐Ÿ˜‚โœ‹๐Ÿพ Boy bye โ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚ you know very well you live in a trailer matter of fact you Sleeping on the sofa, where you gonna get the liver to offer up nonexistant Space๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ but they did make it work.

- The poverty really shook me in this one๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ I'm so used to mafia billionare vibes so them buying burgers cause they the cheapest really throw me off cause what do you mean, your thief dad didn't have a stack of money hidden somewhere?๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ like you guys are poor poor๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฃ.

I loved the book, though. They reminded me of nikobran, the poor version๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ. the book was easy to follow and was cute in some parts. Loved it, though the spice was lacking, and I appreciated it cause they were high schoolers after all.

silas is the place where Blaine does not have to pretend, and Blaine is the place where Silas can be, just Si. not white trash, a thug etc. It is my favorite thing about this book. my My favorite scene was when Blaine walked into the shop, and Silas talked Him through his panic attacks๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ
The Tragedy of Felix and Jake by J. Daniels

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emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

3.0

- Hai them tiktok and being dramatic in their reviews๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜คโ€ผ๏ธ I went in thinking something massive was gonna happen cause of the way everyone in the comment section was busy yepping about how this book wretched them Kanti its just 2 addicts that relapse ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ.

And the title nje made me think hori ya we gonna get something heartbreaking like death kanti dololo๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’€.

I didn't like how they were willing to give up their Sobriety for the other person so easily, like I feel like staying clean should be a priority over anything๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ

- Also the hair thing I didn't fully get, I kept thinking later on the significance will be revealed with how frequent they were bringing it up Kanti dololo, I mean I get that they were trying to show hol felix was in Secure neh, mara they brought it up way too much.

- The only thing I enjoyed about this book was felix's delulu and that duo ya hector le miguel๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚, that power bottom, foursome scene is my favourite๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ and felix's daydreams of him and Jake and their 2 children๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚.

- that said, felix really broke my heart yho๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’” Kuri boy was not catching a break from birth nje๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’€, am happy he finally gota family in the end, Cause wow, my boy was proper lonely yho๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”.

I also felt for CJ. felt like he was the parent instead of a brother. He was constantly worrying for Jake and honestly Is living a mirsable life cause he can't fully relax cause his brother might relapse๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™„ and he Is gonna be the one to run around trying to make sure little bro Is okay. yho hai Riley is an understanding wife ke sana.

- The book is basically about 2 junkies that decide to break the rules tsa AA and start dating when they shouldn't and then they relapse and try again this sobriety thing while trying to be each others family. Nothing much really happens.

Also, what happened to felix after all those years excluding being sober? Like Jake got clean, fixed his relationship with his family, got friends, and became a fire fighter while felix became a proper ophan and got a dog? like, didn't he have dreams past being alive in 4 years?
The spice is honestly a 1 ๐ŸŒถ, nothing to rave about.
felix Stealing the delivery truck was funny ๐Ÿ˜‚

_ I didn't really feel their love I'm sorry, I felt they were lying to each other, cause tell we Why would you go overdose when you just told the other person you gonna Stay clean and alive for them cause they make you wanna live , and I get they are fighting addiction neh mara my thing is don't be making statements like that cause y'all know chances are you not gonna keep them. 

and all that "I'm gonna fuck you so badly" parts were so much that when they finally did the deed, It was meh...๐Ÿซค, also it's giving I'm so horny๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ

- Jake baking was Cute. Wish We had a bit more Riley- Jake baking interaction.

- That hospital Scene was heartbreaking cause I understood both the brothers.
God of Fury by Rina Kent

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

I'm definitely reading this again๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ (Read it 3 times already๐Ÿ˜ฉ).
_ their love was healing, It was grounding, forthe both of them, It was restorative๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
-Towards the end of chapter 30๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜ญ, yho I loved this book.
I loved how they got a happy ending
Loved how they were both the "remedy" for each other๐Ÿ˜ญ
- Ari my lotus flower hle ๐ŸŒบ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

- The violence in the beginning I didn't get. As well as all the other characters (the siblings/ cousins), maybe I was not paying attention to them.

- That grace lady deserved more painโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿšฎ๐Ÿ™„, the amount of damage she did, She stole his confidence, the sibling relationship between the twins, She even took a bit of his art but I'm happy It has all been restored.

Nikolai is so much of a unhinged comical psycho I loved himโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

He really wore that boy down until he gave in๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

- yho brandon broke my heart๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ญ all that self-hate, him questioning how niko could possibly love him๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”
_ Niko telling him how many eyelashes he has, the beauty spots he has, him telling Levi all the reasons why he loves Brandon, the time he started noticing all the cuts and him checking on his wrists time and time again Ohooo modimo๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ญโ€ผ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

- loved how possessive they both were of each other๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
_ when Niko was jealous of that baby girl please that killed me๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚Nikolai's internal monoIogue were comedy gold๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜‚ the texts on brandon's insta, kuri boyza was talking to himself like they were already in a relationship.

- loved Brandon's growth from him finally accepting he might be queer to him learning more about his sexuality to the point he could tell his friends about it, to slowly letting Nikolai in๐Ÿ˜ฉโ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿฅบ

- The part where told nikolai all the things he noticed about him I liked๐Ÿฅบ he explained niko in terms of his passion that being art. I think that is around the time he started to draw and paint eyes, humans again.

The only reason I'm not 5 ๐ŸŒŸ is the violence between the sokolovs and kings annoyed me, and I felt We were going in circles around the same thing in some chapters, eg. Brandon's running away, Niko 's beef with Lan, etc.
Loved Brandon's Possessiveness๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

I finally listened to the audio book, and I just realized Something. whenever Brandon was with Niko and he would say Niko is destroying him, he is pulling him apart and he should stay away from him cause he sees this as a bad thing, what was actually happening was that Brandon was being himself, Niko was slowing unpeeling and letting the real Brandon surface๐Ÿ˜ญโ™ฅ๏ธin
On Guard by J.R. Gray, Andi Jaxon

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3.0

It was fine. cookie cutter to the max. Like its all the famous, popular tropes everyone likes put together as one book. Billionaire, You are mine, poor boy saved by rich man, accepting parents... the parent acceptance was so unrealistic. I appreciated that the sport of choice was not hockey for a change.