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adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I know I should look away, but I don’t. I can’t. My mouth practically waters at the sight of her soft stomach and full breasts."
The best part of this book is the end.... And by end I mean literally the whole book because I devoured it so fast. The WHOLE book is spicy. 5 peppers spicy. I LOVE how Emily writes a nervous but strong FMC and a believable act of love (being vague here so I can post with no spoilers) while also writing her as a relatable plus size character.
Second Read because it released on Audiobook!!!!
Jack Hesperus and Kingsley Rose are great! I adore them both and love how they bring the characters to life.
The best part of this book is the end.... And by end I mean literally the whole book because I devoured it so fast. The WHOLE book is spicy. 5 peppers spicy. I LOVE how Emily writes a nervous but strong FMC and a believable act of love (being vague here so I can post with no spoilers) while also writing her as a relatable plus size character.
Second Read because it released on Audiobook!!!!
Jack Hesperus and Kingsley Rose are great! I adore them both and love how they bring the characters to life.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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👀Tropes: Dark Romance (really dark) with revenge, sex with interesting objects, and much much more.
☠️CW: Straight from author's website - Warning: This is a dark romance that contains rape, graphic violence and sexual assault, explicit sexual situations, strong language, human trafficking, PTSD, and kinks such as degradation, knife play, blood play, and somnophilia.
📚Read Method: Physical book, Kindle eBook, Audible
📕Review: Beginning of book notes... "everything hurts". Every time I read this, I just hurt, even though I know the ending. HD Carlton has a way of writing heartbreak that I will never understand. She throws in these little nibbles of happiness/humor when all things are going to shit. Like chapter 13 Mama T and Z sitting eating chocolate chip cookies when he meets the Basilisk Brothers. It's a small win when this book can make me smile when it's so sad.
Beware of Chapter 18. It will literally break you. and Chapter 22 will tape you back together.
💖Quotes:
"You keep threatening me to marry you, shouldn't I know your last name?"
"My birthday is September 7th" "Doesn't surprise me you're a virgo, next"
"Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows. "Yours. Don't get ahead of yourself, your going to have to beg"
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
👀Tropes: Dark Romance (really dark) with revenge, sex with interesting objects, and much much more.
☠️CW: Straight from author's website - Warning: This is a dark romance that contains rape, graphic violence and sexual assault, explicit sexual situations, strong language, human trafficking, PTSD, and kinks such as degradation, knife play, blood play, and somnophilia.
📚Read Method: Physical book, Kindle eBook, Audible
📕Review: Beginning of book notes... "everything hurts". Every time I read this, I just hurt, even though I know the ending. HD Carlton has a way of writing heartbreak that I will never understand. She throws in these little nibbles of happiness/humor when all things are going to shit. Like chapter 13
Beware of Chapter
💖Quotes:
"You keep threatening me to marry you, shouldn't I know your last name?"
"My birthday is September 7th" "Doesn't surprise me you're a virgo, next"
"Meadows, baby. Our last name is Meadows. "Yours. Don't get ahead of yourself, your going to have to beg"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident
This fractured fairy tale is the first one I have read of this genre. I have read many 18+ novels, but this one... wooooo... I literally couldn't put it down. I stayed up way past my bedtime and finished this in two days. There are happy moments, sad moments, angry moments. I loved how many character names I recognized, but had to figure out their story in this world and how they related to the original fairy tale. I can't wait to read more by Emily McIntire and more fractured fairy tales.
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