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Angels in the Dark by Shannon Elliot

6 reviews

boundlessbookbumblebee's review

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adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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gellyreads's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

2.5

What I enjoyed about this book: The spice! The dominant women! The representation!!
What I didn't enjoy about this book: That everyone loves the MC. That the MC doesn't seem to commit. That supposedly a skinny man's clothes would fit her?? (As a plus sized woman...yeah, I wish fam. You didn't give me enough info to believe that and that took me out tbh). That everyone had to call the MC gorgeous. There were too many POV characters. That cliff hanger though...

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maddy9877's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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chilivanilli28's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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gnm125's review

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dark emotional 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? No

4.0

Things I loved:
When the author says diverse and representative, she really means it. Every one of our main characters is LGBTQ+ in some way. Our FMC is a beautiful plus size woman who has come to view herself in a confident manner and the author does a great job with plus size representation. Also really liked the dynamic the characters all had with each other. She also does a great job showing how survivors can dissociate during trauma.

Things I didn't like as much:
Personally, first person POV is really hard for me to get into. It's not my cup of tea, but the author does a great job giving everyone their own individuality. There were some aspects of the romance that felt a little insta-love, especially between Griffin and Julianna.

Overall impression is that this was an enjoyable read, but definitely check content and trigger warnings before reading as this is very dark. Loved the muffin recipe being included. This is a great book to add to your TBR for this month.

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coffeebooksnao3's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

⚠️Update at the end!!⚠️
Uhm.....Perfection?! I don't have enough words to describe how much I love this book!!

The characters are everything I've come to love from dark romance but so much more fleshed out than usual and so much more real!! All of them are absolutely precious to me and I want to burrow into the book and hug them and kiss them and cuddle them and just love them.
The representation in this book is so beautifully interwoven with the story, I am in awe. The rep is loud yet subtle making it so effortless to accept it being there without it being the main focus of the plot. I was masterfully done.
I loved how much diversity there is in these characters and how different people and dynamics are portrayed in this book. I was just *chef's kiss*
I'm also in love with all of them? For different reasons about each but I'm so in love with them!! When I get my hands on a kindle edition I'm going to release the highlights and you'll know what I mean. But they're just perfect😍 I do have a fave tho bc Griffin going from "who tf is this?" to whipped in 0.1 seconds had me hooked immediately. Though admittedly Ms Have my hand as a NECKLACE comes as a very close second along with Mr Touch her and I'll KILL you. Julianna is obviously my queen and the fact

that she has the strength to pick up the pieces and try to find herself again is absolutely awe inspiring

. Ember and Cy are my emotional support mercenaries and I will not be accepting anything negative about either of them. Kieran is a precious bean that I love with everything I am

and if that waste of space Arrick touches one hair on his precious little head I'll reign hellfire upon him.

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In my opinion the ending can be summarised as this spoiler gif:

and I'm absolutely THRILLED about it. I can't wait for the next one!!!

The only reason it took me this long to finish it is because I wanted to have the least amount of time possible between finishing it and reading the sequel. I basically forced myself to stop reading, it's that good.

Also a sneak peak into a scene I am obsessed with:

“I am going to come and sit behind you.” I move slowly, giving her time to stop everything if she needs it. When I settle behind her, I start. “I’m going to wrap my arms around you, and you’re going to wear my hand like your personal necklace.”
I am ✨unwell✨. Where's MY personal necklace?

A massive thank you to the author, Shannon Elliot for providing me with an ARC in return for an honest review!❤
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The Audiobook is absolutely out of this world. I am OBSESSED . I knew it'd be good because of the source material and because of the teaser but I was not prepared for how amazing it would be. 10/5 stars, I.....*incoherent happy screaming*.
Anyway please go hear/read it!!!

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