★★★★★ 5
Fun, Smutty, and Just A Little Bloody
Format: Kindle
Thoughts: 💡
This book was exactly what I expected it to be, and I rather liked that. It was twisted and the characters are tormented, more towards the dark end of morally gray. The story eased into the spice, but I would still say that half of the story was smut and some of it was kinky. 😈
I read the series Boys of Briar Hall, so there were some secrets that I already knew and others that I could guess. My enjoyment came from reading about how the characters dealt with their secrets.
Coming into the series I knew that Becca would have an attitude and flaws and I really liked that Lawson stayed true to them. Becca’s development felt like it was earned. This wasn’t a dark novel where a billionaire sweeps in and all the FMCs worldly woes float away. She honestly had to learn to work and balance real issues and build some inner strength.
I don’t know yet if these characters will have the same sort of immortality that was prevalent in Boys of Briar Hall, so far they don’t and I’m hoping it stays that way.
Overall I can’t complain about the mechanics or grammar in the book. There were a few awkwardly stated phrases but I think it’s because they’re colloquially phrases so I let those slide.
We do get three other POVs in the story and I think that both Kaleb and Hardin were well developed. The final POV was a bit of a surprise and I still don’t know what Lawson intends for the character so I’m excited to see what happens in her next book.
Fun Bits:
⚜️ Riches to Rags
⚜️ Dark Secretes
⚜️ Kinky Smut
⚜️ Great Character Development
Spice Scale: 4 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Character Dev: 5 💙💙💙💙💙/5
Contemporary Romance: Gang, Enemies to lovers, Dark, RH 📘
POV: Multi 👩❤️👨
CW: Violence, Abuse, DubCon ⚠️
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Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023