A huge thank you to the author, NetGalley, and the publisher for providing this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

If you’re in the mood for a dark romantic thriller, with some hints of supernatural elements thrown in, this is a good book to read.

I was surprised how wholesome the romance in this book was between Cain and Mercy - yes there’s some elements of the dark romance, but as a whole there wasn’t really much concerning about their relationship. (I will admit that at times I was almost hoping for the romance to become more/actually toxic, but they both seemed determined to somehow be pure and sweet despite being surrounded by so much death and bloodshed. I have to hand it to them, I wasn’t honestly expecting that.) Cain does have some stalkerish tendencies towards Mercy, but up until the events of this book he seemed able to stay away from her anyway. And with their almost supernatural connection between them, I’ll give him a pass for it since it’s almost like he didn’t have the ability to not be obsessed with her. (And in Cain’s defense, he was almost forced into kidnapping Mercy, it’s not like he went to her planning on doing so.)

Learning about Cain’s strange powers through connecting with blood was interesting - and I also thought it was kind of amusing that everyone just seemed to accept it. The idea of the FBI being okay with someone smearing blood all over his face as a profiling technique, and then suddenly having knowledge about the crime scene that no one else was able to discern - it’s interesting, but also I kind of found it almost hilarious. I liked it - don’t get me wrong - but just thinking about it in a real world scenario instead of in this book occasionally made me laugh. In the same way, at the end with them offering Mercy a job from her using her own powers was also a little funny. Other than their almost supernatural abilities, this book is very grounded in reality.

I did think it was interesting how the serial killer father was the one that set into motion Mercy and Cain’s connection with each other - and that he did it on purpose. Throughout the novel I wondered if he too had some kind of supernatural ability, and that’s how his actions gave both Cain and Mercy their powers.

This book is very fast-paced with a insta-love romance, along with all the thriller elements happening extremely quickly. If you were looking for a more slow-burn dark romance this might not be the book for you.

With this being a dark romance thriller, I know I’m going to miss adding all the trigger warnings. I would include anything to do with: death, murder, knives, guns, blood, child abuse, medical torture/abuse, doctor/patient abuse, mental illness, sexual abuse/assault/rape (nothing explicit but heavily implied at some points), fighting, violence. I’m definitely missing a lot, but if it fits in the themes of the ones I’ve mentioned I’d maybe assume it’ll probably be there to be safe.