this book was such an easy read and flowed very nicely, but honestly became a little too predictable and cliché for my liking. i felt like i was startthis book was such an easy read and flowed very nicely, but honestly became a little too predictable and cliché for my liking. i felt like i was starting to predict exactly what was going to happen every time i flipped the page. i also think that the characters were written with good back stories to further the plot, but still somehow felt so surface level, especially all of the side characters. overall though, good read:) 3.5/5...more
**spoiler alert** can't even blame ms. carlton for this one, the warnings were very apparent. i love the character development through this book, but **spoiler alert** can't even blame ms. carlton for this one, the warnings were very apparent. i love the character development through this book, but lost a star because of how quickly adeline changes her mind on every opinion she seems to have. goes from wanting zaddy dead to literally fucking him in the span of 5 seconds. again, gotta give this 4 stars just for my mans. ...more
it took me so incredibly long to get over the writing style used. it felt like in the first 100 pages that the author just learned what a cuss word wait took me so incredibly long to get over the writing style used. it felt like in the first 100 pages that the author just learned what a cuss word was and had to use it or else her house would set on fire. other than that, 4 stars alone for zaddy. ...more
i think this is the first book that i whole-heartedly did not see any of the plot twists coming. i was so entrapped in the story and the characters, ai think this is the first book that i whole-heartedly did not see any of the plot twists coming. i was so entrapped in the story and the characters, and it felt like they were so fleshed out and given an appropriate amount of details according to the role they played, that i could not stop thinking about them when i wasnt reading. it was one of those books that starts dropping little hints at the twists from the very beginning, and when it all finally pieced together at the end, it made me want to immediately reread it with my newfound knowledge. 5.5/5 stars....more
**spoiler alert** as much as i love dark romance, this wasn't even that. this was 600 pages of pure erotica that wasn't even written well. i have read**spoiler alert** as much as i love dark romance, this wasn't even that. this was 600 pages of pure erotica that wasn't even written well. i have read 5sos fanfics on wattpad that were written better than this book, and don't even get me started on the terrible inner monologues. every time those damn italics came up, i had to stare at a wall and contemplate even continuing on with reading. the characters were completely bland, and there were about a million plot points that ran for 3 pages and then were finished, so none of them were truly even fleshed out. sure, we got the stalker ex-boyfriend trope, but you're telling me that ryat survived 4 gunshot wounds to the chest, and somehow was fully conscious like a week later and saving blakely from the guy who dealt the damage? and matt fr believed that tyson would help him and hurt blakely after proving his loyalty to ryat a million times? absolutely not.
i wish i could give this book 0 stars alone for the whole "i am your mother. you ungrateful little bitch" and then literally half a page down saying "good thing i'm not your mom" like cmon man, wtf is this writing. ...more
this book was soooo easy to binge read! the writing style i think is perfect for what was needed, and while it was still incredibly predictable, i thithis book was soooo easy to binge read! the writing style i think is perfect for what was needed, and while it was still incredibly predictable, i think the journey towards the predictability made it worth finishing and continuing the series...more