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Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton

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brilaney26's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Wasn’t my cup of tea.  Ended up skipping spicy scenes to get through the story. It became repetitive to the point there was no build up to the story just β€œshocking” sex scenes 
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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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eenaah's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

πŸ’—πŸŒŠ 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’š 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 π’Žπ’†, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂, 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 π’Šπ’• 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕?” πŸŒŠπŸ’—

HD Carlton Never disappoints🫰🏻
I am just mad at myself for not reading it sooner. Everything was just so perfect, plot, romance, smut, characters, writing; perfect.

𝙀𝙣𝙯𝙀 π™‘π™žπ™©π™–π™‘π™š πŸ› on my knees for himπŸ§ŽπŸ»β€β™€οΈ
This is how you write dark romance MMC's- unhinged, hot as hell, kills for her, loves her like his life depends on it. Ready to worship her like this man was whipped, i mean he kissed her feet like wow!😭😭

β₯ β€œπ‘°π’‡ π’˜π’π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– π’Šπ’” π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– π’‚π’”π’Œ, 𝑰’𝒅 𝒃𝒆 π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’š π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒐𝒏 π’Žπ’š π’Œπ’π’†π’†π’”β€

 β₯ β€œπ‘Ύπ’π’–π’π’… π’šπ’π’– π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’“π’‚π’˜π’ 𝒕𝒐 π’šπ’π’–, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂?” β€œπ‘©π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒕 π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… 𝒂 π’‰π’π’Žπ’† 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 π’šπ’π’–? 𝑢𝒓 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’šπ’π’– π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’π’Šπ’Žπ’ƒ 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’š π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ, π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝑰 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’• 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’‡π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’†π’“?”

β₯ β€œπ‘¨π’π’… 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’Šπ’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’•. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’π’ˆπ’†π’“ 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’–π’„π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 π’†π’π’“π’‚π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’Žπ’†β€”π’•π’‰π’‚π’• 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰ π’‘π’π’˜π’†π’“, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’”π’–π’„π’Œ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’™π’šπ’ˆπ’†π’ π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’Žπ’š π’ƒπ’π’…π’š π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’Šπ’•β€™π’” 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 π’˜π’Šπ’†π’π’….”
Where do i find a guy like ENZO! This is how he described her curls :
β₯ β€œπ‘―π’†π’“ 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’… 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, π’‡π’‚π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‰π’†π’‚π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 π’“π’†π’Žπ’Šπ’π’…π’” π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝒂 π’˜π’‚π’—π’† π’ƒπ’“π’†π’‚π’Œπ’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 π’”π’•π’“π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’π’š 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‰π’‚π’Šπ’“, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’Šπ’—π’† π’ƒπ’†π’•π’˜π’†π’†π’ 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆. ”

And Sawyer! She's such badass πŸ› I just want to hug her πŸ«‚πŸ’“
My fav scene tbh was where he confessed and kissed her and it was cute, got me giggling:

β€œI don’t hate you,” I say. Another kiss.
β€œAnd you deserve to have a life. A real one.” Kiss.
β€œCome back with me, bella.” Kiss. β™‘
Smut was great, like on my knees greatπŸ§ŽπŸ»β€β™€οΈ

✩ β€œπ‘«π’“π’π’‘ 𝒕𝒐 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Œπ’π’†π’†π’”, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’šπ’π’– π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’–β€™π’—π’† 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’‘π’“π’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒓.”  

✩ β€œπ‘­π’–π’„π’Œ π’Žπ’† 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, π’ˆπ’π’π’… π’ˆπ’Šπ’“π’.”  

✩ β€œπ‘©π’†π’„π’‚π’–π’”π’† 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’π’š π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘π’” π’šπ’π’– 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜π’π’”. β€œπ‘¨π’π’… π’Šπ’‡ π’‚π’π’šπ’π’π’† π’Šπ’” π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 π’šπ’π’–, π’Šπ’•β€™π’” π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’†.”

✩ β€œπ‘»π’Š π’Žπ’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’“π’†π’Š.” 
β€œπ‘Ύπ’‰π’‚π’• 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’†π’‚π’?” 𝑰 π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’”π’‘π’†π’“. 
β€œπ‘°π’• π’Žπ’†π’‚π’π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒕 π’šπ’π’–,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔.  

I loved how they both fell in love and despite everything that happened, they choose each other πŸ’“
βœ―β€œπ‘Ίπ’‰π’π’˜ π’Žπ’†, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔. β€œπ‘Ίπ’‰π’π’˜ π’Žπ’† π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 π’Œπ’π’π’˜ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’π’”π’•.”

✯ β€œπ‘«π’Šπ’…π’β€™π’• 𝑰 π’”π’‚π’š π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 π’ˆπ’†π’• π’‚π’˜π’‚π’š π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’Žπ’†? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’†π’‚π’π’” π’Šπ’ 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂.”

✯ β€œπ‘΅π’†π’—π’†π’“ 𝒍𝒆𝒕 π’Žπ’† π’ˆπ’. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 π’…π’Šπ’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 π’˜π’“π’‚π’‘π’‘π’†π’… 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕.”

βœ―β€œπ’€π’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’† π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’ π’šπ’π’– π’…π’“π’‚π’˜ π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, π‘Ίπ’‚π’˜π’šπ’†π’“. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’• π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’š 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, π’Šπ’π’•π’“π’π’…π’–π’„π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.” 

βœ―β€œπ’€π’π’–β€™π’“π’† 𝒂 π’ˆπ’π’…π’…π’‚π’Žπ’ π’”π’Šπ’“π’†π’, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘°β€™π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍 π’˜π’‰π’ π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’ˆπ’π’‚π’…π’π’š π’…π’“π’π’˜π’ 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’†π’• 𝒂 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’–. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’†π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’π’š π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π‘°β€™π’Ž π’‰π’–π’π’ˆπ’“π’š 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Šπ’” π’šπ’π’–β€

βœ―β€œπ‘»π’‰π’†π’“π’†β€™π’” 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑, π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’π’† π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’• 𝒐𝒇 π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’Šπ’•. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 π’π’π’π’ˆ, 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 π’Žπ’†π’• π’šπ’π’–, π’šπ’π’– π’π’Šπ’‡π’•π’†π’… π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’…π’‚π’“π’Œπ’π’†π’”π’”, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’• π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‡π’Šπ’“π’”π’• π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝑰 π’„π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’‚π’Šπ’“. 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’† π’Žπ’š π’π’™π’šπ’ˆπ’†π’, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐 π’π’π’π’ˆπ’†π’“ 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• π’šπ’π’–.”

βœ―β€œπ‘° π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’π’Šπ’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒔 π’†π’‚π’”π’Šπ’π’š 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’šπ’π’–. 𝑰𝒇 π’šπ’π’– π’ˆπ’†π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’† π’“π’†π’’π’–π’Šπ’“π’†π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’π’… π’ˆπ’†π’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’π’“π’”π’• 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’†, π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’π’π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’ π’π’Šπ’‡π’†, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂.”  

βœ―β€œπ‘»π’– π’”π’†π’Š π’Žπ’Šπ’‚- 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†β€

βœ―β€œπ‘»π’Š 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐 π’π’ˆπ’π’Š 𝒐𝒓𝒂, π’π’ˆπ’π’Š π’Žπ’Šπ’π’–π’•π’, π’π’ˆπ’π’Š 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐. 𝑡𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆- 𝑰 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’– π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓, π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š π’Žπ’Šπ’π’–π’•π’†, π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š π’ˆπ’π’…π’…π’‚π’Žπ’ 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’Œπ’π’π’˜ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕”

I really liked the plot, it was different. And the writing didn't disappoint, HD Carlton writes beautifully 🀌🏻

βœΏβ€œBut what is surviving without living, and what is death
without pain?”

βœΏβ€œThere’s an ocean of violence in my bones”

βœΏβ€œLove is funny that way. It persists even when you’ve done
everything in your power to banish it. It demands its own
voice and refuses to be a slave to anyone but its own desires.
And despite the power of it, those selfish desires are what
make love so weak. It’s accepting the apologies of a cheating lover.
It’s returning to a raised hand, over and over, until that hand
becomes lethal, and home is in the afterlife.”
"It’s clinging to a mother who never wanted you and hoping
she will one day show up on those church steps."
"It’s grabbing ahold of a hand that belongs to both a father
and an abuser, wailing as they slowly slip away.
It’s falling in love with a liar, a thief, and praying they
never hurt you again.”

 β β™‘β™‘


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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Does it Hurt was not as dark as I expected.  Some elements yes, but more gruffy dude.  My favorite part was the revenge F; very original for sure although dumb.  Book was more emotional than I expected also.  Some sensitive topics so if you check your triggers.  Book had lots of spice with and edge, that came out of nowhere at times.  Book was also way too long for what it was.  I did enjoy the story, but kept waiting for paranormal elements.  Now I dont' care it if this is a spoiler or not, but this is not a paranormal story.  I will leave it at that. 
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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Very dark erotica. When the author says to check your sanity before reading her books, she means it.
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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.75

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