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All I Want for Christmas Is Revenge by K.A. Merikan
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I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did but okay????

Saint is a hired hitman who carries out his clients revenge but he is oh so lonely and the holidays make it even more so. He longs for a companion/lover who he doesn't have to hide his work from. One day he bumps into Rowan after Rowan is leaving his therapists office. Rowan has suffered a traumatic loss of losing his parents and grandmother in a home invasion. He was tasked by his therapist to write all his anger out in a letter as a form of letting go and moving on. His letter details a gory revenge plot for those who killed his family that his therapist couldn't even stomach. In his anger he throws the letter out...but it is picked up by Saint who is enamored at the first line "Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is revenge..."

Saints recognizes himself in Rowan's rage and plots to gain Rowan as at minimum a friend. Someone he can help successfully get his revenge, but also someone he can confide in and perhaps not feel so lonely. Saint gains Rowan's trust and two become closer. One thing leads to another and soon we have ourselves a pair of murder boyfriends <3

I was surprised with how much more of a holiday romance this was than an actual revenge story? Don't get me wrong there was tons of revenge and gore and casualness with murder but it was also wholesome cookie baking and romantic gestures.

The possessive "he is mine" vibes were off the charts. Age gap and size difference + first times? Yes, please - those are all my kryptonite tropes. Rowan and Saint just worked??? I loved how despite Saint's, well, everything about him he was Rowan's protector and someone Rowan felt safe with. Rowan was dealing with a lot of PTSD from his experience + having a physical disability because of it, and his solace was in Saint. This kind of romance is not for everyone but I binge read Rowan and Saint's story in a day and I enjoyed it a lot.

Def recommend to anyone who likes the vibes of the Necessary Evils series by Onley James but with a bit more Christmas spirit.
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Reading Progress

December 9, 2023 – Started Reading
December 9, 2023 – Shelved
December 10, 2023 – Shelved as: age-gap
December 10, 2023 – Shelved as: holiday-romance
December 10, 2023 – Shelved as: opposites-attract
December 10, 2023 – Shelved as: disability-rep
December 10, 2023 – Finished Reading
October 14, 2024 – Shelved as: all-time-favorites

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