5⭐️ Holy unhinged Batman. This dark Batman reimagining is deranged, ultra-spicy, emotional, and so entertaining.
The audiobook performance is top-notc5⭐️ Holy unhinged Batman. This dark Batman reimagining is deranged, ultra-spicy, emotional, and so entertaining.
The audiobook performance is top-notch. Joe Arden captures the toxic love story and the Silencer’s obsession with Elena and his descent into madness beautifully. Oscar-worthy.
I can’t say much else without spoilers. But I highly recommend if you like thrillers, have no triggers, and have no qualms about having your heart ripped out by a work of fiction. This is a romantic tragedy and there is no HEA for Christian and Elena.
The author’s note at the end made me cry. Not to be skipped. I’ll read anything this woman writes....more
4⭐️ Exciting psychological thriller with twists that kept me on the edge of my seat. This was gruesome at times. You need a strong stomach for some of4⭐️ Exciting psychological thriller with twists that kept me on the edge of my seat. This was gruesome at times. You need a strong stomach for some of these scenes, but I just couldn’t put it down. The romance was the slowest slowburn as we’re inundated with mysteries and more questions at every turn, but I appreciated that the romance itself was not as dark as the overall plot. Lillia and Devryk were quite sweet and hot together. My only qualm was that their relationship seemed very much hinged on lust and attraction instead of a deep emotional connection. But this is common with forbidden romance tropes.
I would recommend this if you’re looking for an intriguing, dark thriller with spice....more
4.5⭐️ This book had me in a chokehold from start to finish. It’s so unique and the romance is so incredibly sweet with the perfect amount of toxic, je4.5⭐️ This book had me in a chokehold from start to finish. It’s so unique and the romance is so incredibly sweet with the perfect amount of toxic, jealous, obsessive/possessive tendencies to really stir shit up. I loved both Atticus and Reid, for very different reasons. There were definitely quite a few red flags between them but it all somehow came together and worked. Just a whirlwind of a book that keeps you on your toes with all the feels.
5⭐️ Loved it. Great plot and hilarious, I laughed out loud many times. Misery is such a likable heroine. Her banter and jokes, and the way she hates (5⭐️ Loved it. Great plot and hilarious, I laughed out loud many times. Misery is such a likable heroine. Her banter and jokes, and the way she hates (and adores) the cat and the kid, is just so damn funny. And Lowe’s devotion to her is swoon-worthy. I love a good mate story. The spice is hotter than it has any right to be. Such a lovely surprise because I honestly didn’t like The Love Hypothesis. I hope the author writes more PNR....more
3.5⭐️ This was a very sweet, quick read. I like the fated mate trope but I hate MPreg so this one was great because it had all the gooey instalove, po3.5⭐️ This was a very sweet, quick read. I like the fated mate trope but I hate MPreg so this one was great because it had all the gooey instalove, possessive, claiming parts of alpha/omega romance without any mention of MPreg. I liked that it was character-centric and there wasn’t any unnecessary world-building. The spice was good and the plot was interesting....more
5⭐️ Absolutely adored this story. Marshall and Valentine had the best chemistry. The spice kicks off with a bang right from the start, and as the stor5⭐️ Absolutely adored this story. Marshall and Valentine had the best chemistry. The spice kicks off with a bang right from the start, and as the story progresses, NR Walker hits you with all the feels. Valentine is just so sad and broken and feels unworthy and scared of love, but Marshall is exactly the person who V needs.
5⭐️ I’m shocked by how much I loved this. I usually find the jealous/possessive trope too over the top but this was so well-written and emotional. I f5⭐️ I’m shocked by how much I loved this. I usually find the jealous/possessive trope too over the top but this was so well-written and emotional. I felt so bad for both Xavi and Nate. I loved their back and forth, their struggles, and their endless need for one another despite the demons of their past. So much angst and swoon. Definitely a top read....more
4.5⭐️ great ending to an intensely emotional story. I’m so happy Carter and Travis were able to work through their trauma and find their happily ever 4.5⭐️ great ending to an intensely emotional story. I’m so happy Carter and Travis were able to work through their trauma and find their happily ever after. This story will stick with me for a long time....more
5⭐️ Amazing follow-up to book one. Suspenseful, angsty, action-packed, heart-wrenching, and emotional. The truth is out, Carter knows about the operati5⭐️ Amazing follow-up to book one. Suspenseful, angsty, action-packed, heart-wrenching, and emotional. The truth is out, Carter knows about the operation that will save thousands of trafficked slaves, and he knows that his brother and Nathan have been lying to him all along. He is gutted and devastated. But he doesn’t even have time to really come to terms with those feelings of betrayal because they still have a dangerous mission to complete.
The trust and relationship between Carter and Nathan (Travis) is broken and feels irreparable. But I love how the author still gives us hope that things will eventually work out between them. I cannot wait to read the final book. I am so attached to these characters, I’m going to miss them when I’m finished. ...more
3.5⭐️ I really loved the premise and I liked the characters but the execution wasn’t really there. Some parts didn’t really make sense to me. I was in3.5⭐️ I really loved the premise and I liked the characters but the execution wasn’t really there. Some parts didn’t really make sense to me. I was interested to read a story about a recovering sex addict but Rayne wasn’t really addicted to sex, he was addicted to conning men out of money by having sex with them. So it didn’t really make sense that he had to abstain from masturbation while in recovery.
I really loved Mike’s possessiveness when it came to Rayne. This felt very damsel in distress, swoon-worthy in the first half but the second half dragged and the drama felt too convenient and over the top. This would have been much better if the last 100 pages didn’t exist....more
4.5⭐️ Beautiful and angsty hurt/comfort. Wood is fresh out of prison and staying with Trent who is just coming to terms with his sexuality. They hated4.5⭐️ Beautiful and angsty hurt/comfort. Wood is fresh out of prison and staying with Trent who is just coming to terms with his sexuality. They hated each other at first but their ire quickly turned into flirtatious banter. I love a good hate to love story. Wood’s story was devastating and my heart broke for him. There is a lot of drama, jealousy, misunderstandings here, but it wasn’t too over the top. I can’t wait to read Mike’s story....more
4.5⭐️ Daniel May’s writing is always fantastic and I love how each one of his books is vastly different from the rest. This story was unlike any I’ve r4.5⭐️ Daniel May’s writing is always fantastic and I love how each one of his books is vastly different from the rest. This story was unlike any I’ve read. On the surface it’s a second-chance/forced-proximity romance between two centuries-old vampires who drifted apart long ago but are now brought back together, trapped in the underground catacombs, hunted by an unknown dangerous force.
Their personal story and renewed romance slowly unfolds in a very bizarre, dream-like way, shrouded in the horror of their surroundings with monsters and creatures.
I loved the constant push and pull of their anger/resentment toward one another mashed with their obvious underlying love that never truly went away. Just a beautiful, hauntingly-creepy story.
“As we walked — ascending from the narrow, cobbled avenues of the old market to the brutal face of the city proper, the blare of modern streets assailing us — I was as much thankful for Bonifacio’s presence as I yearned to fling him into traffic.”
“As far as my other options, well, I supposed there was loneliness, suicide, or imprisoning Cassio in an oversized birdcage and begging him to take me back until the seas rose, the sun burst, and hell froze over, for I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that no force on earth could compel my Cassiodorus to do that which he did not perform of his own volition. Damn him… What if I bought him a pony?”...more
DNF at 50% I wasn’t vibing with the characters or the plot here. I usually love the themes here— jealous/possessive/instalove/obsession/protection —buDNF at 50% I wasn’t vibing with the characters or the plot here. I usually love the themes here— jealous/possessive/instalove/obsession/protection —but this just had that over-the-top meathead masculine, ‘70s Miami Vice feel that is not attractive to me. And the murder mystery where the perps were assumed to be a man-hating feminist group felt borderline misogynistic. I LOATHE when MM books portray women in a bad light just to bolster the male MC relationship. You don’t have to bash women to uplift gay love. ...more
5⭐️ This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read. Daniel May brings this strange, dark, and at times desperate world to life with beautiful, introspect5⭐️ This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read. Daniel May brings this strange, dark, and at times desperate world to life with beautiful, introspective writing. One of my favorite reads of the year.
Nerva and Pascal, sons of rival mob bosses, were married young in secret before horrific events separated them. Now, ten years later they’re reunited under less than ideal circumstances, both hardened and destroyed by what they have endured. This story slowly unravels their history as they struggle to find their lost humanity and the love they thought they lost forever. There is so much plot here—action, violence, dark humor, horror, betrayal, forgiveness, death—but there is also a subtle romance that is heartbreakingly beautiful.
Definitely read Blood Sports first to get the full picture of the world these men live in, and Nerva’s background. The writing is… a lot. There’s no other way to describe it. You have to love intricate plots to appreciate this series. It’s complicated and dark, but emotional, brilliant, and never boring.
4.5⭐️ This book is like a guilty pleasure. It has everything I crave in a dark romance. Over-the-top jealous, possessive, obsessed MC. Instalust/instal4.5⭐️ This book is like a guilty pleasure. It has everything I crave in a dark romance. Over-the-top jealous, possessive, obsessed MC. Instalust/instalove. “I hate everyone but you.” “Touch him and I’ll kill you.”
5⭐️ Most intensely emotional book I’ve ever read. The intensity just never lets up and I lost count of how many times I cried. The author just whips y5⭐️ Most intensely emotional book I’ve ever read. The intensity just never lets up and I lost count of how many times I cried. The author just whips you back and forth between anxiety, revulsion, and sweet tenderness and hot lust. I don’t know how she managed to make such a dark story sweetly romantic but she succeeded. It’s genius how she slowly warms you up to the depravity so that you don’t even realize you’re in a vat of boiling hot brutality… but cannot stop reading.
Carter is a 22 yr old student, kidnapped and sold into sex slavery by a sadistic group of human traffickers.
Nathan is a major kingpin in the sex slave trade. But he’s also an undercover agent for an elite government agency trying to dismantle the trade! And Carter just happens to be another agent’s little brother. He has no choice but to buy Carter as his personal sex slave in order to save him, but he has to make it look realistic— public rape, degradation, torture, and domination for weeks/months on end and Carter cannot know who he truly is. And OMG, Nathan LOATHES himself for it. Nathan, a sweet man at his core, has made himself into a monster and you truly feel for him.
The story is told in dual POV so you get both sides of these broken, traumatized men. As difficult as this was to read, it was expertly written and I absolutely loved it. A top read of the year for sure. It ends in a cliffhanger and I am jumping into book 2 immediately.
“This is the confusing man who buys sex slaves but treats them kindly. This is the sad boy so starved for touch he just might beg the man for more of it.”
“Dipping sauce? Did his rapist just ask him if he’d like dipping sauce with his chicken nuggets from fucking McDonalds?”
“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”...more
4.5⭐️ I love NR Walker and this was no exception. Exciting, suspenseful, and so damn sweet. This was my favorite type of story—Action adventure/suspen4.5⭐️ I love NR Walker and this was no exception. Exciting, suspenseful, and so damn sweet. This was my favorite type of story—Action adventure/suspense mixed with spicy and adorable romance. Two rival assassins thrown together and on the run from their corrupt government. I loved Harry and Asher’s transition from enemies to frenemies to lovers to sweethearts. Their chemistry and banter was so good. The hurt/comfort vibes were off the charts. I only wish it was a bit longer. I needed more. But that’s always the true sign of a great story....more
4⭐️ If you love jealous, possessive psychopaths, this is for you. I honestly think Kade is more of a psycho than any of the Mulvaney brothers in the N4⭐️ If you love jealous, possessive psychopaths, this is for you. I honestly think Kade is more of a psycho than any of the Mulvaney brothers in the Necessary Evils series. He is fully unhinged and I loved it.
I think one of the true hallmarks of a great story is how memorable it is. This book certainly keeps you on your toes and has a shocking ending that will stick with you. Dramatic as hell and a bit over the top but definitely a fun story....more
5⭐️ This was fantastic!! So much tension and pining, hilarious banter, and hot, intimate moments. Ian and Miro are everything I look for in a romance.5⭐️ This was fantastic!! So much tension and pining, hilarious banter, and hot, intimate moments. Ian and Miro are everything I look for in a romance. Truly the best law-enforcement partner romance I’ve ever read. I loved how the relationship took center stage and the action/suspense plot just enhanced their romance.
I put off reading this for a long time, which was so dumb. Don’t be like me. You need Miro and Ian in your life. This can be read as a standalone if you don’t like the commitment of a long series. I’m definitely going to continue though because I need more of them. ...more