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So good

Reviewed: 06-18-25

If you enjoy @delilahsdawson & @johannavanveen1997 , this author is for you!

A coming of age tale about a daughter and her mother, strays, cannibalism, love, and grief.

This was beautifully and emotionally written, and totally gave me Hansel and Gretel vibes.
The relationship disintegration between Margot and Mama had me completely entrapped.

I can’t get over how well this was done, @lucyrosecreates left nothing out when she created this horrifically traumatizing tale.

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Surprisingly good

Reviewed: 03-25-25

» This is was a pretty good camp setting thriller, I was actually impressed! A story about friendship, tension of the truth, the power of money and dual timelines.

» Perfect if you’re looking for YA summer vibes, campy mysteries and

» The first half was a bit of a slow burn, but not boring, and the last 1/4 of the book really amped things up for me!

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Yikes

Reviewed: 02-14-25

» If I had a dollar for every. single. time.
Tornado Killer was said, I’d own an island.
A coming of age, chosen fate, forced pregnancy, magical realism.

» This is a fever dream, in the most mediocre way. This author bit off way more than they could chew, and it shows.

» While the concept of this book could work for a certain audience- this left me confused and drained trying to make sense of this story. This isn’t rememberable in the slightest bit and gave me a headache.

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Meh

Reviewed: 02-08-25

» There was, a lot going on?
A stalking, antihero, obsessed MC, an author FMC figuring out her great grandmas murder mystery, journal entries, a carnival (I understand the tie in with Satan’s Affair now!), a secret society, FBI raid.

» I didn’t mind the characters- but I wasn’t a fan of everyyythinngg else that went out. The last half of the story was best for me I found. But I wasn’t WOW’d by Zade’s finale of his story. But I did enjoy Addie’s portion of figuring out her Gigi’s murder.

» The spice in this spiced, but this wasn’t amazing.
This involved children, and that’s not what I want entangled in my dark romance books.

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No disappointment

Reviewed: 02-04-25

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖🎧
🌶️🌶️🌶️

» Just like the first book, this was just heart engulfing.
I was invested. Obsessed. And I just down right adored this story.

» Weston is such a gentle✨man✨, and Skylar is just the sweetest being just trying to unlearn her damage.
I loved the humor and the chemistry.

» I loved the consideration Skylar had for West’s kids, and the respect and strength they both had to form their relationship.
So heartfelt beyond the spice.
And Cherry the parrot was just such a good insert.

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This was solid.

Reviewed: 02-01-25

⭐️⭐️⭐️📖🎧
🌶️🌶️🌶️

» I couldn’t get past the Peter Pan comparison. I felt myself struggling to think outside that realm and solely focus on the story. But that’s just a personal struggle for this.

» This was spicy, I enjoyed the growth between James and Wendy🥵
I also loved the twist this book brings… like what?! This author did a phenomenal job at creating tension in scenes and making each chapter binge worthy.

» the last half of this really picked up for me, and I just couldn’t stop turning pages.
This honestly would have been a 4 or 5⭐️, but again- I couldn’t get past the character references.

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I wasn’t obsessed with this story, sadly.

Reviewed: 01-17-25

⭐️⭐️🎧
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» I found myself bored with this 20% in.
It was basic, kinda cringy like a teenager wrote this, and I feel like other Dark Roms have been done like this and executed way better. This was just so calculated and left nothing to the imagination.

»I also felt like this took a different direction around chapter 30, felt like it got off track to turn into something more- Sopranos like. Which I did enjoy the last half of the book more than the first half.

» Now that I’ve read this, I can check it off the list. But wouldn’t hold my breath on me reading any more of this series.
This won’t be memorable.

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Loved.

Reviewed: 01-09-25

» Clay has done it again.
In all its bizarreness, paranoia; and in its own way relatable to reality- this was a banger!

» Cringe worthy and comical at moments.
I was instantly entangled in this insane story that follows the revolving obsession with ‘Fax News’ (get it?) that’s brainwashing society. Social media- brainwashing society.

» The audio to this was 🤌🏻✨
I found that with the format of this book, the audio helped tie everything together for me.
Truly, enjoyed this!

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Transgressive af

Reviewed: 01-08-25

Idk what it was, but this just made me feel super invested in the atmosphere of this story.

I was curious, about Jake, the Caller, the farm; the school.

This was a fast, slow burn. And I kind of loved it? I loved the mental strain this story gave, the change in narration towards the end. I didn’t expect the story to take a complete turn; no spoilers.

Now for me to watch it on Netflix and compare!

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“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”

Reviewed: 11-15-24

For the ones that are infatuated with bone articulation- this was fabulous.

𝘈𝘷𝘢- 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱, 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.

𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬.

𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. This author put together a crisp, raspy story that kept me eager for more after every chapter. I figured out the protagonist early on- but that didn’t spoil the story for me.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝- there was so much poured into this, so much supporting information that was nailed on the head. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺

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