To be honest, I did not know what I was getting into with this book. I had read dark romances before but apparently, they were on the lighter side of dark.

At first, I found it difficult to get into. I did not see any trigger warnings for the book when I downloaded the audiobook. I have reread the description and still do not see any. I would have been more prepared if there had been some. I found a lot of it disturbing and depressing. I am not sure if I would have chosen to listen to this book if there had been appropriate trigger warnings.

That said, after I finally got into it, I really got into it. Can someone tell me why these broken, damaged, usually cruel, and domineering men are so attractive in these tales? At first, I was put off by the main male character but, by the time someone’s tongue was being cut out in the story, I was hooked. He is a possessive, controlling, and jealous individual. It works well in this story.

The main female character is interesting to me. Her personality was a bit dark and sarcastic, which I love. She was young and the author wrote her as a bit mature for her age but not unbelievably so. I found many of her actions to be something that someone with her background and personality would believably choose to do. If that makes sense.

I read a review that said this is a disgusting story. I didn’t think so. It has graphic sex scenes and some non-vanilla scenes. If that makes it disgusting to someone, then they shouldn’t be reading dark romance!

All in all, I enjoyed the book. It had triggering events and made me tear up a time or two. I found myself rooting for the relationship, even if the main male character is a bit of an a**h*le. There was enough action and twists that it kept me interested all the way to the end.

Would I recommend it? Only to those who enjoy a bit of depravity and darkness in their romances. Oh, and lewd language and graphic sex scenes! To people who enjoy books like that, I definitely recommend this. To those that don’t, I would say stay away or read it knowing what you are getting into and not leave bad reviews because it isn’t the type of book you enjoy. That’s just silly.