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Damaged by Onley James
5.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.
Arlo didn’t have time for the breakdown he truly deserved. He had to get away with murder first.
I’ve had this novella sitting on my kindle for aaaages. I don’t really know why I didn’t read it sooner, but it was a nice, short and entertaining addition to the Necessary Evils series. Arlo and Dimitri were really cute together, and I liked that the book only spanned about 24 hours. It was like we could feel the time crunch they were on to get away with murder while at the same time finally getting together.
They had both been pining after each other for years. Arlo was stuck in a bad habit of one bad and abusive relationship after another, and Dimitri was being a good little psychopath, waiting his turn and not meddling.
“Chop-chop, young lovers. There’s fuckery afoot.”
It was a lot of fun to see more of Calliope (Dimitri’s mom) and that entire dynamic, which was equally funny and sweet. I wish we got even more of it. Tons of protective and obsessive vibes, a couple hot smutty scenes, some action and some gore. Perfect as per usual.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Novella
Psychopath MC
Past trauma
Pining
College
Obsession
Twink MC
Size difference
Protective MC
Murder coverup
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
On-page murder
Mentions of past child abuse (off page)
Domestic abuse (physical and verbal, off page)
Mentions of love bombing and manipulation
Brief references to past psychiatric hospital stay
Vague mentions of past sexual assault/abuse
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: Arlo’s ex is problematic and then he dies. A girl wants in Dimitri’s pants. He couldn’t care less about her.
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: Assumed 22 and 22
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: No
Pages: 115
“Holden was a real shitbag.” “Well, hopefully, that means nobody will miss him.” “His family is going to miss him,” Arlo swore, swallowing the sudden lump of fear in his throat. “He’s rich. Rockefeller rich. And his dad is a federal judge.” Once more, there was a slight delay, and then Dimitri’s mom exploded. “You’ve got to be kidding me. What the fuck, Dimitri? The president wasn’t available to assassinate? There wasn’t a royal in town you could publicly guillotine?”
“Listen, if you’re about to go all Avengers on me, we really need to talk in depth about target selection and preparation. Lesson one: you cannot kill the kid of a goddamn federal judge. Not on a whim, anyway.” “Mom… You said we’re on the clock.” “Yeah, yeah,” she muttered. “Fuckin’ fuck, Dimitri. You’re lucky I love you.”
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Arlo didn’t have time for the breakdown he truly deserved. He had to get away with murder first.
I’ve had this novella sitting on my kindle for aaaages. I don’t really know why I didn’t read it sooner, but it was a nice, short and entertaining addition to the Necessary Evils series. Arlo and Dimitri were really cute together, and I liked that the book only spanned about 24 hours. It was like we could feel the time crunch they were on to get away with murder while at the same time finally getting together.
They had both been pining after each other for years. Arlo was stuck in a bad habit of one bad and abusive relationship after another, and Dimitri was being a good little psychopath, waiting his turn and not meddling.
“Chop-chop, young lovers. There’s fuckery afoot.”
It was a lot of fun to see more of Calliope (Dimitri’s mom) and that entire dynamic, which was equally funny and sweet. I wish we got even more of it. Tons of protective and obsessive vibes, a couple hot smutty scenes, some action and some gore. Perfect as per usual.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Novella
Psychopath MC
Past trauma
Pining
College
Obsession
Twink MC
Size difference
Protective MC
Murder coverup
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
On-page murder
Mentions of past child abuse (off page)
Domestic abuse (physical and verbal, off page)
Mentions of love bombing and manipulation
Brief references to past psychiatric hospital stay
Vague mentions of past sexual assault/abuse
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: Arlo’s ex is problematic and then he dies. A girl wants in Dimitri’s pants. He couldn’t care less about her.
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: Assumed 22 and 22
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: No
Pages: 115
“Holden was a real shitbag.” “Well, hopefully, that means nobody will miss him.” “His family is going to miss him,” Arlo swore, swallowing the sudden lump of fear in his throat. “He’s rich. Rockefeller rich. And his dad is a federal judge.” Once more, there was a slight delay, and then Dimitri’s mom exploded. “You’ve got to be kidding me. What the fuck, Dimitri? The president wasn’t available to assassinate? There wasn’t a royal in town you could publicly guillotine?”
“Listen, if you’re about to go all Avengers on me, we really need to talk in depth about target selection and preparation. Lesson one: you cannot kill the kid of a goddamn federal judge. Not on a whim, anyway.” “Mom… You said we’re on the clock.” “Yeah, yeah,” she muttered. “Fuckin’ fuck, Dimitri. You’re lucky I love you.”
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?igsh=MWZ3azhkdDc2Y2ludg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr