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A review by rjordan19
Gutted by Layla Fae
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 (We do get a bit more background about them and their history in this novel)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡ (There’s a lot of fucking and there has been a lot of fucking in this series, so not as much tension, but there was still some for me in regards to the emerging relationships between all the characters)
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (I like the way her scenes are written – I feel like it’s a good mix of explicitness and emotional pull for me)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: not much
Perspective: first person from the heroes (Jack, Caden, and Silas) and the heroine Harlow
More character focused or plot focused? it’s kind of hard to say...character??
How did the speed of the story feel? meidum
When mains are first on page together: Pretty much immediately (this is a continuation of book 2, where they are together in a scene)
Cliffhanger: This ends with a happy for now for all characters (there is an epilogue that makes it feel more complete)
Epilogue: Yes, 2 years later
Format: I read the combined Ghosts of Halloween book on Kindle Unlimited
Why I chose this book: Because the lovely @imromanticallyinvolved sent it to me on instagram!
Should I read in order?
Yes, this story picks up immediately after book 2 ends, so definitely read in order.
Basic plot:
Caden, Silas, Jack and Harlow’s last night together comes to a close
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance – this is the culmination of the series and ends with a happy for now for everyone (there is also an extended Christmas epilogue)
- brother’s best friend
- disability rep (heroine has a prosthetic arm
- pierced heroes
- M/M, M/F, and MMMF scenes
- praise
- higher steam – 6ish full scenes
Ages:
- Harlow is about 22, Jack is 28, Caden is 41 and I didn’t catch Silas
First line:
I struggled against Silas, grunting from effort, but he lies on top of me, pinning me to the ground with his full body weight.
My thoughts:
Overall I liked this one – I liked getting to know a bit more about the characters background and the history of what drove all these actions.
The sex was a bit hotter to me because they were all opening up to each other (heh heh) and it just felt more emotional to me. But it also got pretty dark towards the end, and I’m never really that eager to read graphic murder scenes.
The whole ending was a bit weird to me! I’m not sure how I feel about it….but overall I still liked the ending result of this story.
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 4
Average rating: 4.5 stars
Favorite book: Jacked
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- panic attacks on page
- remembered rape
- murder on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex: Yes???
Hows the consent? This whole series is noncon/dubcon with revenge plotline so if you need consent in your books I would maybe bypass this one – it’s darker. But at this point (book 3 in the series) it’s consensual between them)
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) No children or pregnancy. They use protection when needed (the heroine doesn’t want unprotected sex)
Chapter 40 (this is in the box set) – 🔥 Silas fucks Caden
Chapter 42 – scene with Jack and Harlow (memory)
Chapter 43 – 🔥 wall sex between Jack and Harlow
Chapter 45 - 🔥 Harlow gives Caden a BJ while Silas fucks Caden and Jack fucks Harlow
Chapter 50 - 🔥 Jack goes down on Harlow in front of their victims
Chapter 55 – 🔥 Jack fucks Harlow while she’s sleeping and Silas praises him
Chapter 56 – 🔥 foursome sex
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 (We do get a bit more background about them and their history in this novel)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡ (There’s a lot of fucking and there has been a lot of fucking in this series, so not as much tension, but there was still some for me in regards to the emerging relationships between all the characters)
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (I like the way her scenes are written – I feel like it’s a good mix of explicitness and emotional pull for me)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: not much
Perspective: first person from the heroes (Jack, Caden, and Silas) and the heroine Harlow
More character focused or plot focused? it’s kind of hard to say...character??
How did the speed of the story feel? meidum
When mains are first on page together: Pretty much immediately (this is a continuation of book 2, where they are together in a scene)
Cliffhanger: This ends with a happy for now for all characters (there is an epilogue that makes it feel more complete)
Epilogue: Yes, 2 years later
Format: I read the combined Ghosts of Halloween book on Kindle Unlimited
Why I chose this book: Because the lovely @imromanticallyinvolved sent it to me on instagram!
Should I read in order?
Yes, this story picks up immediately after book 2 ends, so definitely read in order.
Basic plot:
Caden, Silas, Jack and Harlow’s last night together comes to a close
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance – this is the culmination of the series and ends with a happy for now for everyone (there is also an extended Christmas epilogue)
- brother’s best friend
- disability rep (heroine has a prosthetic arm
- pierced heroes
- M/M, M/F, and MMMF scenes
- praise
- higher steam – 6ish full scenes
Ages:
- Harlow is about 22, Jack is 28, Caden is 41 and I didn’t catch Silas
First line:
I struggled against Silas, grunting from effort, but he lies on top of me, pinning me to the ground with his full body weight.
My thoughts:
Overall I liked this one – I liked getting to know a bit more about the characters background and the history of what drove all these actions.
The sex was a bit hotter to me because they were all opening up to each other (heh heh) and it just felt more emotional to me. But it also got pretty dark towards the end, and I’m never really that eager to read graphic murder scenes.
The whole ending was a bit weird to me! I’m not sure how I feel about it….but overall I still liked the ending result of this story.
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 4
Average rating: 4.5 stars
Favorite book: Jacked
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- panic attacks on page
- remembered rape
- murder on page
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex:
Hows the consent?
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!)
Chapter 40 (this is in the box set) – 🔥 Silas fucks Caden
Chapter 42 – scene with Jack and Harlow (memory)
Chapter 43 – 🔥 wall sex between Jack and Harlow
Chapter 45 - 🔥 Harlow gives Caden a BJ while Silas fucks Caden and Jack fucks Harlow
Chapter 50 - 🔥 Jack goes down on Harlow in front of their victims
Chapter 55 – 🔥 Jack fucks Harlow while she’s sleeping and Silas praises him
Chapter 56 – 🔥 foursome sex