Caution: Contents Under Pressure.

That’s what The Watch is. A whole bunch of psychopaths, their neurodivergent handlers, and their amped-up instructors all forced into intense forced proximity with one another. Some can go with the flow. Waylon Boone and Payton Skinner? Well, neither one was made to stay put. Not without a little incentive anyway. 

The Sin Eater pretty much picks up right where The Bone Collector left off, and you will have to read that book to even understand this book at all. In an attempt to get things back on track and engage the students in something interesting, a timely lesson in disinformation and propaganda is taught. While useful, it doesn’t seem too consequential until the next morning when a deep fake video of one of Payton’s fellow Watch members is shown school-wide, starting a cascade of events that not only take up this book but will lead into the next one. 

The plot’s interesting, but in reality it doesn’t affect Payton too badly until later in the book. Mostly it serves as a vehicle not only for Boone and Payton to work closely and spend more time together, but also for Boone to examine what exactly his job is at The Watch and what his priorities in life are and for Payton to think about where he came from, who he is now, who’s in his life, and what he can’t do without should something horrible happen. Payton has a lot of secrets he’s holding onto, and while Boone knows all of them, no one else does. 

If you think the spice in this book is hot, then you wouldn’t be wrong. The Watch books so far seem to be kinkier and spicier than Jericho’s Boys. I’d venture to say the spice in The Watch is kinkier than the spice in Necessary Evils but there isn’t more spice, if that makes sense. It’s just that the spice that’s happening is more…deviant. I love that. I love the forbidden aspect of the relationship dynamics in these books. The daddy kink in this book combined with a little professor/student roleplay? I mean, say less. A generous sprinkle of pain play? Oh yes. As always, Onley shows us a good time and we come back begging for more. 5⭐️

🩶What to Expect🩶

🍒 Age Gap (10+ years)

💣 Graduate school of hormonal psychopaths

🍒 Forbidden romance

💣 Headmaster/student roleplay

🍒 Daddy kink
💣 Androgynous Payton kink

🍒 Extremism/terrorism discussion

💣 Disinformation/propaganda discussion

🍒 Deep fakes/AI discussion

💣 Forced proximity

🍒 The call is coming from inside the house

I was provided a copy of this title by the author. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. Thank you.

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