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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

31 reviews

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

ashleygreenslibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

After everything we learn about Damon in the previous books, I was so ready for him to have his own story, redemption, love. I had no idea how Penelope would do it but she knocked this one out of the park. Damon and Winter are now one of my favorite couples ever.

Everything that Damon went through growing up, all the terrible things he’d done, to get to see how he felt about Winter the whole time and how she was always a place of peace for him.

Ugh. Even aside from them, the action and the story just keeps getting better with every book, I don’t know how she does it.

My ONLY gripe is I hate that at the end Winter’s dog Mikhail is never mentioned again in the wrap up/epilogue 🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Physical abuse

krishnaoo3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Violence

meghanperkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pedophilia, and Car accident

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Buckle up, buttercup, because this one’s got a SH*T TON of baggage to unpack. Definitely look at the content warnings before reading. It’s definitely the most emotional book of the series so far. I didn’t think we’d get quite the close up on Damon’s past as we did, but it definitely explains why he is the way he is. Having Winter be blind was a choice. I got annoyed pretty quickly at the amount of times her not being able to see was used as a terror tactic. And I was really curious how the two of them were going to have a happy ending, all things considered. Overall, I liked it more than the second book, but not quite as much as the first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Blood, Death, Bullying, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Alcohol

lindslikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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 story. This book. If you are looking for something to make you feel things, this is the one. It’s dark and twisted and had my heart on the floor. This is an intermediate level of dark romance for sure. 

The character development in this entire series, let alone this book, is spectacular. There was one weird but of dialogue in the book where one character called another character “gay” but as an insult and I did not feel it was appropriate or needed at all. Probably should have been cut.  

The dual narration was beautiful. I adored Tatiana’s portrayal of Winter. She was truly voice acting. And Jeremy York was impeccable at bringing Damon’s dark, tortured person to life. BEAUTIFUL! 🎧


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Tropes: enemies to lovers, second chance, age gap, forbidden
TW: major! Check authors note for full list

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual content

siffpedersen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

arwenaardbeienstruik's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Violence

fevalente's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Incest, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcoholism

camipuchta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness