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A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

Too many perspectives to really get into the story.

Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight

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challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

This is my first time reading a mafialike book so that maybe be why I feel like this but I feel like Roxy accepted her fate too quickly. Yeah she was fighting back in the beginning but really? A few orgasms and she’s fine with it all? Like it took literally a week. And the guys being like “she’s the hottest thing to walk the planet better not let my dick take over my heart” really didn’t work for me.
I love the “who did this to you” trope but this was stupid.
I get that Diesel was crazy, but it made him out to be more childlike. Yes yes it came from trauma, but crazy can be written better. And yeah torture porn is a thing but like chill out dude.
I normally love banter and quips but there was too much of it and so many things got repeated constantly. This book could have been a lot shorter by taking out half of the rewritten banter.
Oh and the ending….. like after

getting Garrett back and everyone healing up and having another three sex scenes

I was really expecting the book to end. I understand the scene of

finding her father and killing him

but maybe should have done that earlier. And the

new bars she made in honor of Rich

was nice and sentimental but it just dragged it on. And what was the point of the

five way marriage

? I mean

tying up the judge made me laugh

but if the point was to have her

have their name legally

they own the city and call the shots, plus have said repeatedly that

she’s one of them, she’s part of the family, she’s a viper

so I feel like that was unnecessary and basically filler to an already long book.
Needless to say, I was hooked and read through this very fast. The sex scenes were very well detailed (even if I didn’t like all of them).

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The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was insane in the best way. It was like reading an even cooler Neon Genesis Evangelion.
I support women’s rights. But more importantly….. I support women’s wrongs.

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