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sarahchampion's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma
alanabeth's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder
elkfr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
jkmama83's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
amerrierplace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Please leave the sharks out of this, my boys didn’t consent to this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content
luna_98's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
i’m so torn with the rating for this one.
did i finish it and was entertained while reading? yes.
would i recommend or read again? most likely no.
for the spice, i felt like for a dark romance there was a good balance of smut and plot. the spice had potential to be hot, and sometimes it was! other times, it came across assault-y/rape-y which i can’t get behind.
the main characters were both layered and complicated. there was some trauma-bonding for sure.i feel like there was potential for them to both grow but lowkey they didn’t? sawyer didn’t really learn her lesson and was never given justice?? yes she was a victim (and that shit was horrible like incest and assault? damn she needs therapy) but that doesn’t justify also being a criminal and she got away with it. enzo didn’t grow either, he was still a domineering asshole who assaulted her as well! okay he ends up loving her but i don’t feel like he understood the gravity of what he’d done.
the horror aspects were wild but felt rushed and glossed over in a lot of ways. i wish we had learned more about the crazy family.
idk if the HEA was earned and/or was wrapped up so quickly that it surprised me.
there was a few editing errors in my copy but overall the writing was good and super readable.
i don’t regret reading it but i'm feeling like this type of dark romance isn’t my thing.
did i finish it and was entertained while reading? yes.
would i recommend or read again? most likely no.
for the spice, i felt like for a dark romance there was a good balance of smut and plot. the spice had potential to be hot, and sometimes it was! other times, it came across assault-y/rape-y which i can’t get behind.
the main characters were both layered and complicated. there was some trauma-bonding for sure.
the horror aspects were wild but felt rushed and glossed over in a lot of ways. i wish we had learned more about the crazy family.
idk if the HEA was earned and/or was wrapped up so quickly that it surprised me.
there was a few editing errors in my copy but overall the writing was good and super readable.
i don’t regret reading it but i'm feeling like this type of dark romance isn’t my thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment
mookayla's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Spooky lighthouse? ✔
Creepy lighthouse keeper? ✔
Scary sharks? ✔
Shocking Twists & Turns? ✔
True Enemies-to-Lovers? ✔
This book was such a delight! It had everything I could possibly want and more. I honestly think it's my favorite by H.D. Carlton so far (with only 1 book left that I have not read). My only complaint is that I just want more of this book specifically 🥺😭 Give me more creepy lighthouses, give me more enemies-to-lovers that would have me crying if a man spoke to me that way, give me more of whatever-the-heck that shark scene was- I want it all!! 👏🏻
Creepy lighthouse keeper? ✔
Scary sharks? ✔
Shocking Twists & Turns? ✔
True Enemies-to-Lovers? ✔
This book was such a delight! It had everything I could possibly want and more. I honestly think it's my favorite by H.D. Carlton so far (with only 1 book left that I have not read). My only complaint is that I just want more of this book specifically 🥺😭 Give me more creepy lighthouses, give me more enemies-to-lovers that would have me crying if a man spoke to me that way, give me more of whatever-the-heck that shark scene was- I want it all!! 👏🏻
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
guzmanmg01's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence
krista_timm's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? N/A
4.5
It was a little slow around the middle, but the plot was really great. Again, H.D. Carlton always knows what to give her readers!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
eenaah's review against another edition
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
💗🌊 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂, 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕?” 🌊💗
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.
𝙀𝙣𝙯𝙤 𝙑𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚 🛐 on my knees for him🧎🏻♀️
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!😭😭
❥ “𝑰𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌, 𝑰’𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔”
❥ “𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂?” “𝑩𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑶𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓?”
❥ “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆—𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒙𝒚𝒈𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅.”
Where do i find a guy like ENZO! This is how he described her curls :
❥ “𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆. ”
And Sawyer! She's such badass 🛐 I just want to hug her 🫂💓
My fav scene tbh was where he confessed and kissed her and it was cute, got me giggling:
“I don’t hate you,” I say. Another kiss.
“And you deserve to have a life. A real one.” Kiss.
“Come back with me, bella.” Kiss. ♡
Smut was great, like on my knees great🧎🏻♀️
✩ “𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓.”
✩ “𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍.”
✩ “𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒔. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒆.”
✩ “𝑻𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊.”
“𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏?” 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓.
“𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔.
I loved how they both fell in love and despite everything that happened, they choose each other 💓
✯“𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔. “𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕.”
✯ “𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂.”
✯ “𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒐. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕.”
✯“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑺𝒂𝒘𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.”
✯“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰’𝒎 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖”
✯“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒙𝒚𝒈𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”
✯“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂.”
✯“𝑻𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒂- 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆”
✯“𝑻𝒊 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒐𝒓𝒂, 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒐, 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐. 𝑵𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆- 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕”
I really liked the plot, it was different. And the writing didn't disappoint, HD Carlton writes beautifully 🤌🏻
✿“But what is surviving without living, and what is death
without pain?”
✿“There’s an ocean of violence in my bones”
✿“Love 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.”
♡♡
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.
𝙀𝙣𝙯𝙤 𝙑𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚 🛐 on my knees for him🧎🏻♀️
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!😭😭
❥ “𝑰𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌, 𝑰’𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔”
❥ “𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂?” “𝑩𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑶𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓?”
❥ “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆—𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒙𝒚𝒈𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅.”
Where do i find a guy like ENZO! This is how he described her curls :
❥ “𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆. ”
And Sawyer! She's such badass 🛐 I just want to hug her 🫂💓
My fav scene tbh was where he confessed and kissed her and it was cute, got me giggling:
“I don’t hate you,” I say. Another kiss.
“And you deserve to have a life. A real one.” Kiss.
“Come back with me, bella.” Kiss. ♡
Smut was great, like on my knees great🧎🏻♀️
✩ “𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓.”
✩ “𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍.”
✩ “𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒔. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒆.”
✩ “𝑻𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊.”
“𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏?” 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓.
“𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔.
I loved how they both fell in love and despite everything that happened, they choose each other 💓
✯“𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔. “𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕.”
✯ “𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂.”
✯ “𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒐. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕.”
✯“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑺𝒂𝒘𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.”
✯“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰’𝒎 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖”
✯“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒙𝒚𝒈𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”
✯“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂.”
✯“𝑻𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒂- 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆”
✯“𝑻𝒊 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒐𝒓𝒂, 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒐, 𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐. 𝑵𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆- 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕”
I really liked the plot, it was different. And the writing didn't disappoint, HD Carlton writes beautifully 🤌🏻
✿“But what is surviving without living, and what is death
without pain?”
✿“There’s an ocean of violence in my bones”
✿“Love 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.”
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Sexual assault