meileen36's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked this book for what it was, a quick, easy, steamy read. The story was a bit weak but I assumed that when I decided to read this book, I just wanted an entertaining book to spend the day reading. Overall, it wasn’t a horrible read but also not the best thing I have read, just an enjoyable quick read.
swanocean's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.0
Has a good plot really but it is too dark for my taste.
dgrachel's review against another edition
dark
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
4.5
I still haven’t reached a point where dark romances stop relying scandalous or almost shameful, like I don’t want to be caught reading them. However, if you pull out the sex scenes, you are still left with a engrossing, addictive story and I didn’t want to put it down. Elena’s age and Kal’s history with her family did give me pause and were uncomfortable, but I loved everything else about this dark romance novel and am looking forward to the next one.
michelemybell's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
3.0
there were parts where i was bored and it drug a bit, but then there were parts where i was like flipping pages… didn’t hate it, wasn’t in love
gidgettm's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to like this book more than I did. I felt like it was missing something. I'll probably still read the next one to see if it was just this book that I didn't love or if it is the author.
rita_costa's review against another edition
4.0
*4,5 stars*
I loved this book. Gosh, I really did. I loved how the "villain" was so perfectly hatable to the point where there was no redemption possible because she was just, simply, a really bad person. It's weird to like something like this, - I notice that when I write it down, believe me - but sometimes it's satisfying to me whenever a "villain" is not forgiven by the main character, and their bad actions aren't just swept under the rug like they were nothing because they had a good enough personal reason.
I didn't give it 5 stars for a reason that matches many other people's:. But, overall, I do have to admit it's an amazing and beautiful dark romance, in my eyes, and I highlighted way too many sentences and whole paragraphs throughout the whole reading process to call it anything less than that. I would understand people's disliking over the book due to the reason I just mentioned, but, to me, it didn't really ruin too much of the story, it was just hard to read and process the situation without cringing and complaining out loud sometimes. I was enough to take off that 0,5 of my rating but I really did love this book [extra points for the smut, ngl, it's hard to not mention that here] .
I loved this book. Gosh, I really did. I loved how the "villain" was so perfectly hatable to the point where there was no redemption possible because she was just, simply, a really bad person. It's weird to like something like this, - I notice that when I write it down, believe me - but sometimes it's satisfying to me whenever a "villain" is not forgiven by the main character, and their bad actions aren't just swept under the rug like they were nothing because they had a good enough personal reason.
I didn't give it 5 stars for a reason that matches many other people's:
Spoiler
the whole past crush and relationship that Kal has had on/with Elena's mom, because, it really was the sole reason why it took me a whole week to finish this bookbookstakim's review against another edition
4.0
Kal Anderson!!!
I freaking loved him so much, I can see the slight odes to Hades and Persephone. But I loved that it wasn’t full a story about them!
This book was a good quick read, I surprisingly really liked it! I wasn’t too sure I was going to but I did!
The smut in this book was soooo good!
I freaking loved him so much, I can see the slight odes to Hades and Persephone. But I loved that it wasn’t full a story about them!
This book was a good quick read, I surprisingly really liked it! I wasn’t too sure I was going to but I did!
The smut in this book was soooo good!
giraffeinabookstore's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
linep's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5