3.5 stars, rounded up.

Oof. What a ride.

I’ll admit, I was expecting more morally grey characters. That is not this story. This is the love story between two people who take pleasure in killing. As such, I’m not entirely sure I was the right audience for this. That being said, I did enjoy the ride, fucked up as it was. The characters were solidly built. The plot line was slow in places, and could have benefitted a lot by having the lead up to the final conclusion more drawn out throughout the book, rather than just taking place almost entirely in the last 30% of the book. Even so, this was … disturbing, which is exactly what it was going for.

CWs/TWs:

Spoiler

Bloodplay, multiple on page murders, on page violence, on page torture (just one scene, it’s relatively short, FWIW), gore, homophobia and homophobic slurs, references to sexual and physical abuse of children, domestic abuse, I’m sure there is more

Thanks to Gay Romance Reviews for an ARC of this book.