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Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe

13 reviews

bethjuliette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a recommendation from booktok for me - a snippet of just one of the first sexually tense scenes. They failed to mention the ritual sacrifices and incredible depth into philosophy, but my GOD that made this all the more incredible for me,

I like reading crime novels, I often find myself figuring them out as I go but this one had me doubting myself and distracting me with Kallum’s character just as he was distracting Halen and manipulating her. The author almost had me thinking I had been wrong…

until that last chapter revealed what I’d suspected.

I’ll say no more, but as a lover of dark fiction this is absolutely a must read - I’ll be reading that sequel ASAP! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

In the real world some scenes would be considered to be extremely dubious consent

annacash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It’s okay. I wish we would see more cat and mouse game with them instead of cut and dried. We first got the hate/enemies part of it real fast. Instead of seeing things of how we got here first we slowly go back. Kallum is also edgy, try hard dude I feel like. To be fair, I’m deep in the Hannibal(the tv show) fandom so at the start I was comparing a lot and my cousin compared it to it when recommending it to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Mental illness, and Body horror

tianabooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is for the criminal minds girlies. In fact, this is for the girlies who wanted to read something with tension and interactions like the cat/spencer scenes but a bit more unhinged. 😇

Definitely check your trigger/content warnings before going into this if you know there are things that might make you uncomfortable or put you in a vulnerable position. At least in terms of violence and gory descriptions, there are several ones on page.

"I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"You are the bad thing."
"And you are the loveliest bad thing."

There is not a single green flag in sight. Nothing at all lmao. 

And I guess that's the whole point, morally at least it's challenging and HIGHLY questionable but it somehow works?? The relationship and interactions between Halen and Kallum are what made the story interesting. They don't trust each other, they're trying to outsmart one another, and you can't tell half of the time (if not all the time) if it's attraction or vengeance that drives their actions. Which works here very well. You don't know who's reliable and who isn't.

This book can at times be heavy on the pagan/occult lore and elements as they're part of the plot and it's Kallum's area of expertise. So I'd also say be mindful of that before going into this. I personally didn't mind this aspect but that might not work for everyone. 

I don't know how to feel about the ending yet. Lots of twists and turns and lots of revelations but I think I'd like to read the second book and then come back and revisit my feelings on this! It’s not a bad ending and it definitely insinuates that there’s a continuation to the story. 

I'll say though: I was reading this on my kindle AND listening to the audiobook at the same time and it was the best experience honestly. Lucy Rivers and Joe Arden narrate this and LET ME TELL YOU. I'd heard both of them before in your usual contemporary romance but never in a dark romance and they both did such a good job. I am now a changed person. 😮‍💨🫠 also the narration fits the atmosphere perfectly! 

Oh and definitely leave your moral compass behind going into this lmao. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Blood

severelyhopefulcloud's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization

curlyewe's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical trauma and Miscarriage

scully_wannabe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I think how much I enjoyed this book should be considered a red flag. This book is a fast paced serial killer romance that has you obsessed with the two main characters and the tension between the two. With a crime scene investigator potentially hiding a dark secret and a serial killer whose object of obsession is the the very person who helped put him away, you’re immediately drawn into this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Torture

booksandcurlz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Miscarriage

pettie's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Animal death, Blood, and Death

lexrae33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

From the first chapter I was intrigued. By the second I was enraptured, and by at least the 5th I was fully obsessed. I started the book this morning and I’ve already finished it. I was sucked so deep into this world that I didn’t even notice the time pass by. I’m absolutely obsessed with this book. Everything from the characters to the setting and plot draws you in and keeps you there. Absolutely love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death and Addiction

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

kermjordan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident