A review by hannaslibrary
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

4.0

Be warned that this is literally just 600 pages of smut. And if you’re someone who needs trigger warnings please please check them!

Have you ever read a book and thought “wow there must be something wrong with me for enjoying this”? This is that book for me. (no there’s not actually any problem with liking this type of thing but it does make you question yourself sometimes). It was such a wild ride and I loved every second of it.

Dark secret society, morally grey characters, murder, dirty kinky smut, what more could you want?

Ryat is HOT. I wanted to hate him so bad for using Blake in the beginning but I never could. He never made her feel bad about what she was into and always protected her. And the way he calls her “little one” literally made me MELT.

Matt can ROT. I was 2 seconds away from killing him myself. I kinda wished Blake or Ryat did it though instead of Ty. Slightly anticlimactic.

I don’t know if I can in good conscience give this 5 stars….but I kinda want to. I’m taking 0.5 off because of the pregnancy trope tho