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3 stars

first of all, im just grateful that there's an asian male lead because they are being slept on in the romance genre!!! like... why tho? asian men are literally so hot??

�� here's a list of asian men that have blessed my eyes:

- // i mean look at those tattoos tho yummm
- // this dude is in greys anatomy and oh boyy when i saw him i was about to call 911 cuz my heart stopped and i wanted him to revive it 🥴
- // can we talk about this mans glow up???
- and // these two could be Kai because... yes
- and finally, every kpop star ever // every. single. one. of. them.

ok ANYWAYS. enough thirsting on beautiful asian men and time to talk about the book.

i gotta be honest, since i did read Corrupt very recently and that horrible scene is still fresh in my mind, it ruined the reading experience for me. im so sorry but i really can't get over the threesome scene with Kai (H), Michael and Rika. i'll just share y'all my trauma with this scene // SPOILERS:

“Jesus, you feel so good. I can’t believe I went without this for so long.��
Sweat made his body shine, and I sucked his bottom lip between my teeth. “You’re so deep. Make me come again, Kai.��
He tightened his fist in my hair. “You don’t even have to ask, baby.��

DO YOU SEE WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH. i- i am not okay.



i really can't get over it. i'll forever be traumatized knowing the fact that Kai enjoyed eating Rika out or that she felt so good or how he "fucked hard and fast like he was possessed" or that having sex with her was "better than anything he remembers". like why even do this tho? of course there's gonna be consequences from that threesome and that consequence would most likely be bad.

pro tip : don't read Corrupt a day before reading this because of reasons above.

�� characters
to be honest, i don't know how i feel about KAI MORI (H). he's actually very nice and waaay less toxic than Michael and he's very considerate and sweet to Banks after he was being mean and i really appreciated that but ehh i find Damon more interesting. and as for BANKS (h) welll... once she bitch slapped Rika let's just say i fell in love at first sight. she does give in a little easy with Kai but i didn't mind it because at least he's not planning on ruining her life.

�� romance
going back to the threesome in Corrupt, that ruined the romance here but that's not the only reason. i didn't feel the chemistry between Kai and Banks in the present time because everything was all over the place and i guess there was also a bit of less showing, more telling. Kai tells us that Banks makes him hungry or some shit like that but like, when? 6 years has gone by the last time y'all saw each other and once you see each other again, there's barely any chemistry?

although this was the case, there were some scenes where i lived for the wholesome content and the emotional bonding (spoilers) like the shower scene where they were talking about stargazing, them eating steak and Kai opening up, and Banks saving and bringing in 9 dogs and her cook and basically adopting them and Kai was just like that's my girlll but like in a sly way. it was really cute.

�� OW/OM drama (spoilers)
okaaay time to mention the stupid threesome scene from the first book again. so we all know there's obviously gonna be blowback from that stupid shit and Banks knew about this so she despised Rika at first and that's understandable. so, yes, uhh there was girl fight here where Banks and Rika were legit fighting each other with fists and such and... well, i was highkey cheering on Banks. im sorry but i just don't like books 1 and 2 Rika. she was the most annoying character in this series with her entitlement when it comes to the boys like please girl stay in your own lane.

but that isn't the worst part. another scene comes up where another out-of-character shit happens where Banks and Rika make out in front of Kai and Michael because apparently Banks and Kai need to be equal and since he had Rika, it was now her turn...



let's forget that Banks is shy and all of her other characteristics for the sake of smut 🙄. also, the two couples had sex in the same room and it gave me The Punk and the Plaything vibes and (spoilers) i hated the group sex in that book.

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one thing i learned from this book is that Damon could seriously be a spy or something because im honestly so impressed with his stealth skills. he could quite literally be batman if he wants to.

also, knowing more stuff about Damon in this book suddenly made me blind about the shit he put Rika through in the first book. what did he do again?? i really can't remember? oh he kidnapped and hurt and- oops. there goes my memory being erased again. oh weellll.

Devil's Night series
#1: corrupt �� 1.75 stars
#2: hideaway �� 3 stars
#3: kill switch �� 4 stars
#3.5: conclave �� 2.5 stars
#4: nightfall �� 1.75 stars
#4.5: fire night �� 3 stars