A review by originalbooknerd
Pretty Poisoned by Elle Mitchell

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

🎸𝔓𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔶 𝔓𝔬𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔡 - 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔬𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔇𝔲𝔢𝔱 𝔅𝔬𝔬𝔨 1 - ℜ𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔴🎸 

 

Author: Elle Mitchell 

 

Couple: Teagan Townsend with Declan and Luca De Rossi 

 

Tropes: why choose, dark romance, rockstar romance, mystery/suspense, hidden secrets, taboo romance, enemy to lovers, forced proximity, wild FMC 

 

Review: Pretty Poisoned…wow Elle Mitchell has done it again with this dark rockstar duet and this first part blew my mind! Teagan Townsend is a wild child with a passion for true crime and she character led the way in this book from the beginning. I found Teagan to be one of my favorite FMCs by Elle and loved her throughout. Elle was really able to capture the ups and downs she went through in this book and I found that Teagan was a storm of chaos all on her own! 

 

Teagan’s story is DARK. This first half of the story was a whirlwind of tragedy, lust and taboo as she sets off to discover secrets of a dark rocker group. Her innate curiosity was a part that I found to be enthralling and also damaging since she was never able to let anything go. Elle was able to craft the deviousness her character had and I found her story to be unique yet also cunning in ways that elevated her story. 

 

Teagan’s relationship with Declan and Luca was FIRE. From the meet cute you knew that there was a dark brother and a light brother but man…was I wring about who was which. Luca and Declan were 100 levels of HEAT that also kept the danger going and I cannot wait to see what happens in part 2. The differences between the brothers added a ton of tension to the book while also allowing us to see the evolving and devolving of their characters as Teagan broke down their walls. 

 

As with all of Elle’s books, this one is full of triggers and content warnings that need to be checked before reading but also brought the mystery to the story. These characters are NOT nice MCs and are full of brokenness, darkness and deceit. The way she ended this first book was gut clenching and I cannot wait to continue the duet! 

 

Rating: 5/5; a thrilling and darkly delicious rockstar romance guaranteed to keep you enthralled from the first page until the huge cliffhanger at the end! 

 

Thank you to Elle for sending me this eARC!