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mk_meow's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
4.5🌶️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood
lexisreadingagain's review
4.0
Gabriel Black is literally everything to me!!! Dante and Alistair WHO? I'm not sure what the heck I was thinking when I said I was in love with the other two in Toxic Love and Devious Vow respectively, because after this final installment, I'm 3000% on my knees and forever in a chokehold over Gabriel lmao. this was darker, kinkier, and more depraved in all the right ways.
Gabriel & Fumi's relationship was perfect from the very beginning. their tension and banter was immediately explosive. I'm a sucker for an arranged marriage & Fumi's determination to stand out in the "auditions" to become his wife (to further how own agenda, you go girl!) was both crafty and a power move. she seizes her future by the reigns, or as much as a woman in her position and this cutthroat world can, and I appreciate her fighting spirit. she's such a perfect match for Gabriel's darker nature! she has a sinister side, a "monster" within herself that she's kept leashed forever. and we get to watch him coax it out of Fumi, allowing her darkness to mingle and play his own. and don't even get me started on his nickname for her. kitten? SCREAMING. I love it.
while I typically find a hidden identity trope hit or miss, the way that Jagger Cole sets it up for our characters had me blushing tremendously, rather than cringing like I often find myself wanting to. their physical attraction and chemistry is undeniable and irresistible. the primal play. the base animal lust and instinct they toy with. the feral need that these two indulge in. it is intense and so hot. yet again, a completely captivating and steamy story from this author! I'm sad to say goodbye to these characters, but so happy to see them all thriving.
Thank you to Jagger Cole and Valentine PR for providing an ARC of this book for me to give an honest review.
Gabriel & Fumi's relationship was perfect from the very beginning. their tension and banter was immediately explosive. I'm a sucker for an arranged marriage & Fumi's determination to stand out in the "auditions" to become his wife (to further how own agenda, you go girl!) was both crafty and a power move. she seizes her future by the reigns, or as much as a woman in her position and this cutthroat world can, and I appreciate her fighting spirit. she's such a perfect match for Gabriel's darker nature! she has a sinister side, a "monster" within herself that she's kept leashed forever. and we get to watch him coax it out of Fumi, allowing her darkness to mingle and play his own. and don't even get me started on his nickname for her. kitten? SCREAMING. I love it.
while I typically find a hidden identity trope hit or miss, the way that Jagger Cole sets it up for our characters had me blushing tremendously, rather than cringing like I often find myself wanting to. their physical attraction and chemistry is undeniable and irresistible. the primal play. the base animal lust and instinct they toy with. the feral need that these two indulge in. it is intense and so hot. yet again, a completely captivating and steamy story from this author! I'm sad to say goodbye to these characters, but so happy to see them all thriving.
Thank you to Jagger Cole and Valentine PR for providing an ARC of this book for me to give an honest review.
minahil_fatima's review against another edition
2.0
soap opera levels of drama and I ate it right up.
2.5 stars though cause was so not my cup of tea
2.5 stars though cause was so not my cup of tea
xaaam_o's review
3.75
3.75⭐️
I didn’t like that he told her she couldn’t see anyone else, but he still goes to the club and spends time with another woman (even though it’s Fumi, because he’s not supposed to know it’s her).
Future me: I WROTE THIS WITHOUT MY NOTES AS A REMINDER, BUT HE KNEW IT WAS HER ALL ALONG. (At the start of the book, I suspected he knew it was her, but I thought that was impossible, so I stopped believing it. In the end, I was right.)
I didn’t like that he told her she couldn’t see anyone else, but he still goes to the club and spends time with another woman (even though it’s Fumi, because he’s not supposed to know it’s her).
Future me: I WROTE THIS WITHOUT MY NOTES AS A REMINDER, BUT HE KNEW IT WAS HER ALL ALONG. (At the start of the book, I suspected he knew it was her, but I thought that was impossible, so I stopped believing it. In the end, I was right.)
jackies_journal's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
3.25
justavoraciousreader's review
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? It's complicated
4.0
pretzelee's review
5.0
to preface, I’m a huge Jagger Cole fan. auto-buy, auto-read. Coincidentally I haven’t rated any of his books under 5 stars.
THIS BOOK, however, makes me want to go rate anything i’ve ever given 5 stars a 4 star rating because nothing compares to this. This book absolutely gave me everything I wanted and needed.
THIS BOOK, however, makes me want to go rate anything i’ve ever given 5 stars a 4 star rating because nothing compares to this. This book absolutely gave me everything I wanted and needed.