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Once upon a time there lived three men bonded by darkness and pain. Each fighting a past that wants to drown them. All of them damaged and broken. None of them complete. Until her.

She is the glue that holds their mangled pieces together. The key to their salvation. For her they would burn the world.

*This is a dark romance meant for experienced dark romance listeners*

5 pages, Audible Audio

Published September 13, 2024

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Profile Image for Morgan.
29 reviews1 follower
January 31, 2023
eh

There was a lot of shock for shocks value, not enough detail to build the scene together. I had no trust in their bond except for the words telling me to believe it. It felt like a lot of tropes and kinks thrown in there that it was messy to read.
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364 reviews6 followers
February 4, 2023
I hated this book more than words can describe. Literally no plot. Just a bunch of mentally ill dudes chasing after a girl. So you mean to tell me you were drugged at a party, taken home by 3 guys and then accept your fate and rail them all the second your eyes open after knowing they toyed with you while you were drugged? BYE 🤚🏻 This was stupid.
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801 reviews9,304 followers
May 26, 2023
Lorne Miller is tasked with keeping an eye on his soon-to-be stepsister, Noelle White. What starts as a job on behalf of Edward White, a Syndicate leader, quickly becomes an obsession. And not just for Lorne, but his “brothers,” Caspian and Declan as well.

Seeing the grip each man’s tragic past had on him was heartbreaking. Declan, in particular, suffered unspeakable trauma and had a difficult time living in the present. Noelle was able to seamlessly fit into their lives and balance their darkness with her light.

That said, the progression of their relationship went well beyond instalove. To be clear, I have no issue with instalove. However, the pacing felt very rushed with very little development. I’m really waffling on my rating because this was frustrating, but their story held my attention and was enjoyable in other aspects. So, this one benefits from my round up.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Multiple}

🗂 Genre: Dark Romance

✨ Tropes: Antihero, College, Curvy Woman, Why Choose

💋 Kinks: All 🕳️ Filled, 🍑, Angel Wings, Biting/Marking, Breath Play, Daddy (Mild), Degradation, Dirty Talk, Discipline/Punishment, Domination, DVP, Finger Licking Good, Impact Play (Belt), 🔪 Play, 🏳️‍🌈, Pierced 🍆, Primal Play, Red Wings, Snowballing, Somnophilia, Spit, ⚔️,

⚠️ Warning: It’s definitely NSFW or with a kiddo by your side. In fact, I would highly recommend you read this one after dark to avoid side eye or awkward conversations.

🚩 Safety Squad: Attempted SA (Not by H), Drugged (Not by H), DubCon, Sacrilege, UnaIiving, VioIençe, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📣 Type: The Hunt is part of the Darkly Ever After series, but can be read as a standalone.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
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900 reviews38 followers
April 30, 2023
Not a single scrap of dialogue made sense to me in this book. They were giving whole religious sermons in the middle of sex that had me confused and absolutely terrified.

I grip the back of his neck and tilt his head back. His mouth opens wide, and I spit my cum inside, admiring how it rests on his tongue. “Give it back to me, Dec. Fuck the blood of Christ. This is the sacrament.”

Um *laughs nervously as years of religious trauma comes flooding back*

He moves his body on top of mine, his hard c*** moving closer to my mouth. “You want a communion, Lorne. I’ll make you drown with the heavenly father’s love.”

🥲 I see that we have a theme going on here and I really want to support you but you sound like you're about to scoop out my eyes in some weird cult ceremony.

Rage builds within me as my fingers push against Lorne's throat. “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests, but the Son of God has no place to lay his head. But your mouth is a good place for his c***.”

What the FUCK is going on??? That just doesn't even make sense. Declan - DECLAN, comprehension is key and that was a monstrosity of sentences.

“The great Lorne Miller. Nothing but my little fuck toy. What would happen if you died right now? What would you say to your maker? Would you beg forgiveness or demand to burn in hell? “

I'm pretty sure that if Lorne Miller died from this and saw God, they would both sit in awkward silence for at least an hour. And you know what? He has a right to give you some sort of side eye after this.

The spicy scenes were really hard for me to follow along with. There's a lot of moving pieces since there was...four or five of them? But I had a really hard time keeping track of what everyone was doing and saying. At some point, it just turned into a dark room of men yelling things like: CUM IN MY MOUTH AND THEN REPENT, SLUT or JESUS WOULD WANT YOU TO GAG ON THIS DICK YOU DIRTY LITTLE RACCOON.

It terrified me honestly 😂
Profile Image for Darlene I read WAY to many books.
3,676 reviews2,434 followers
March 16, 2023
Dead!! MILAAA BROUGHT ME TO LIFE AND KILLED ME WITH THIS ONE!!

There's one thing she does is create these obessed, crazy Heros I want to toss my panties at and run away from because how crazy they are. Do you know how many times I went "fuck is this a kink I wanna try?" 😳

Let's start Lorne and Cas are the first to obess over Noelle they stalk her from afar and make there move when she's at a party since someone tries to drug her and take SA her, not on there watch and they bring along Delcan who is heavy on religion and his sins and my man can't really fuck with other woman since he was abused in the past but being around Noelle sparks something in him and boy the scenes with all of them is hot and heavy and emotional.

But we get some separation because Delcan makes Noelle run from them, but it doesn't take the men long to find her and claim her and they happy ever after. I can't wait to read the besties story!!

Tiny om drama, no cheating, slight secondary character, drama, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶🌶

Slowinsta
MF MMMF MMM MM
Primal play
Dubcon
Degradation
Praise kink
Cnc
Seperation 3 months
Pubishments
Fear play
Angel wings
Torture
Self harm
Truama
Mentions of CSA/child abuse/child neglect
Knife play
Blood play
Dp/TVP/DVP
Impact play
Snowballing
Religious
Breath play
Somnophilia
Anal play
Violence
No condom
Hea
Epilogue
Profile Image for Bex (Beckie Bookworm).
2,518 reviews1,595 followers
May 17, 2023
DNF 51%
There’s not a whole lot to this book it’s a novella of decent length and is a dark and dirty contemporary retelling of Snow White. It’s also reverse harem and comes with a massive list of triggers. On paper this definitely should have been right up my street but unfortunately there was absolutely zero plot and I didn’t feel any connection to any of the characters involved.

It wasn’t the content here that was the issue that I had no problem with and this definitely had some dark depraved stuff but I just felt like it was mostly there for the shock value.

Also I know this is fiction so i do hold it to a different standard and try to suspend my disbelief but Noelle’s behaviour was just so unrealistic and didn’t make a lick of sense to me. She basically awakens restrained and naked and she’s all gung-ho about these three total psycho’s who are practically strangers railing her into the middle of next week.

All of the religious scripture was also doing my nut in and I’d basically had enough I wasn’t enjoying myself and I was over half way through so I couldn’t see that changing so this one’s unfortunately going to be a DNF. If you do want to give it a go be aware it’s a total smutfest.
Profile Image for Natalie Meagan.
Author 1 book861 followers
January 1, 2026
1.5 and absolute unhinged filth on top of typos, weird sentences, etc. and I’m devastated this is my first read of 2026.
Profile Image for Sammie Reads.
1,138 reviews183 followers
dnf
July 14, 2023
Another DNF?! This was weird, started in the middle of the story, confusing, no point of reference, just a big ol’ mess.
Profile Image for Isa Centeno.
300 reviews51 followers
May 27, 2023
Fue mucho sexo y blah blah blah. Todos los personajes tienen un aura oscura y la chica es una luz inocente, pero para ser sincera no creo que aquí entre el instalove cuando tienes que aceptar quedarte con tres tipos que están bastante jodidos. En general es una historia entretenida, me hubiese gustado que profundizaran más en cada historia en vez de ponerla a ella como un Ángel Salvador que los une a todos.

Definitivamente no lo consideraría como un retelling, no vi suficientes elementos.

¿La recomiendo? Pues si, supongo que para la gente que le gusta el sexo torcido está bien. Porque eso es lo que más hay en este libro: Sexo y más sexo.
Profile Image for ♡Cel.
421 reviews30 followers
February 2, 2023
Unfortunately this author is now an immediate DNR for me.

Objectively terrible. If I could give 0.09 star I would. The writing is awful and characters are wildly underdeveloped.

The story is all over the place, occasionally feigning depth and darkness with unbearable pretense. I just…no, immediately no.

Don’t read this without taking the TWs into consideration and/or if you want to read a well developed story.

Do read this if you like horror erotica, violent erotica, and/or want to rip your hair out in frustration for what could’ve been a good story but ultimately fell about a mile short.
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742 reviews254 followers
June 4, 2025
Jesus lol. Anytime I’m like.. “this is the spiciest book I’ve read or the craziest”..mila somehow finds the creativity and will power to out do herself.

That was a lot. Hot as hell but a lot lol.

Make sure you read the TW/CW. The main one I think may be a lot for people is the self harm & religious trauma.

Aside from that.. seriously.. the spicy scenes were 🔥 lots of fluids lol

4/5 ⭐️
5/5 🌶️
Profile Image for Mikayla.
124 reviews245 followers
February 6, 2023
this is a whole lot of fucked up. And aren’t we all here for that? LOL I know I fucking am. Each one of these three men are ✨fucked✨ in the head hahah. like each have their very own DARK demons chasing them…
& my girl… A CURVY QUEEEEN. yall know how i feel about that. love love love.
this was such a quick read for me, but I almost wanted it to be like three times the length it was. I feel like I started it and was getting into it and then all of a sudden it was fucking over. How dare? Lol I’m being dramatic, but seriously this is a quick binge read, full of smut, full of dysfunction, full of sexy.

this book also help me get out of my book slump, so if you’re also in a slump like I am and you love, dark romance this is it. Also, please read the trigger warnings and the kinks 😂🖤
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112 reviews
February 18, 2023
This is a super quick read because it literally has 0 plot.

There’s a long list of triggers at the beginning of the book, so read at your own risk. Triggers not listed: gr*pe and CNC. (I try not to DNF that’s the only reason I forced myself to finish)

Every single chapter is just 3 feral men, each having a fuck ton of issues chasing over 1 female.

Let’s point out the only thing I semi-liked of this book.

Declan and his struggle with religion. I feel like his storyline was the most decent. And the author did ok with his kinks. Adding in the scripture was a nice touch.

Anyways, this book is dark, and DOES NOT represent these kinks well, and is not dark romance. It’s just one long porn scene gone wrong in so many ways.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Jac K.
2,517 reviews490 followers
September 29, 2024
A disturbingly dark somewhat retelling of Snow White. First, if you are triggered by anything, then skip because this has them all. (except cheating—there is none of that)
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194 reviews25 followers
April 30, 2024
No estoy segura de qué acabo de leer ¿?
No es tan malo como para dejarlo como DNF, pero en definitiva no es bueno.
Tiene muchos aspectos que considero complicados y, aunque el sexo como tal no me molesta y comparto muchos kinks, lo que lo hizo un poco más disfrutable, siento que no es claro el cómo se desarrolla. Quizás es una cuestión con la cantidad de narradores y que, fuera de sus traumas, no hay una voz que los diferencie. Quiero decir, sabía que Declan estaba en pantalla porque se la pasaba rezando, jajaja, era lo único que sentía que le diferenciaba, porque, a la larga, sabemos tan poco de ellos que no hay forma de hacerse mejores ideas sobre sus personalidades, ambiciones, aspiraciones, ningún aspecto de lo que les forma en la actualidad.
Y ese es en realidad el problema que tengo con la historia. Que no se teman el tiempo para desarrollar absolutamente nada.
Es sexo.
La autora pretende decir que hay una conexión espiritual ahí debajo, pero solo se demuestra con palabras, nunca acciones. Una sencilla forma de arreglar esto hubiera sido mostrar cómo se comportaban ellos con Noelle y viceversa fuera del sexo.
Además, todos estos traumas son tratados como si pudieran desaparecer por el amor de una mujer. O no desaparecer, porque siguen estando allí, pero sí como si ella fuera la salvación, lo único puro y casto. Y, en realidad, no hay diferencia entre ella y ninguna otra mujer. Se obsesionan con ella solo viéndola y de repente ella es sol, sin haber hecho nada más que respirar. Ah.
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109 reviews19 followers
July 5, 2023
oh. my. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.5 ⭐️⭐️

so i went in blind and didnt bother reading the trigger warnings and lets just say when i got to the point they saved daria from getting r*ped AND DID IT THEMSELVES i was BAMBOOZLED, SHOCKED and then was like okay damn

i ate every second of this book up, theres not much plot hence the rating but its good smut hahah
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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1,312 reviews128 followers
May 18, 2025
omg omg !!

This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster. This was raw, carnal and wicked. If you don’t care for the dark and I mean dark then maybe you should read the warning. Now hear me out go get yourself a little juice to getcha loose and pick this right back up!! This was goood !!
Profile Image for Juliana.
240 reviews114 followers
May 4, 2023
DNF 53%

MY FIRST DNF OF THE YEAR. WOW.

This shit up until 53% was TERRIBLE. I can only imagine how much worse it’s gonna get.

The writing? Terrible. The dialogue was so cringe it was dnf-able way before 53%.

The plot? Nonexistent.

The first chapters open with the MMCs watching the FMC and being obsessed and not even talking to the woman. And then storming up to her when she is seen talking to a man and going all possessive on her..LIKE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HER. PUH LEASE.

The FMC’s weight is so heavily focused on it felt very unnecessary.

The FMC is seemingly drugged at a party and the guys find her and one of them takes care of the offender while the other two stay behind. And the two that stay behind fuck while one eats the girl out (who is unconscious - now there was a TW for somno but this seems borderline non con which is all fine and dandy if it was properly listed in the triggers) and then the one mmc finishes on her 🐱 and they clean up the mess. I reiterate they barely know the girl.

And now the fmc wakes up naked, bound, tape over her mouth with one of the mmcs finishing on her face. And the other two going at it? Idk that was unclear. The two leave and leaves Lorne and her to have a conversation about their obsession with her. And she’s like OKAY. Like ??? That doesn’t make any sense. She’s only been with one guy and the author puts so much unnecessary emphasis on how she’s the good girl and doesn’t do anything like this. So it doesn’t make sense for her to be so willing.

And then they explain their kinks and one of them is blood play and she’s all about it? It’s turning her on?? I’m sorry but just how in the hell does that make any bit of logical sense ??? It’s never written that she’s into the darker stuff so the fact that she’s the good girl and been with one guy doesn’t track with her being so turned on by the darker stuff with no rhyme or reason. Like she doesn’t even question why that’s making her hot and bothered.

Also not to mention one of the mmcs loses it and fuxks her hard and the first thought she has and I quote “he’s an anaconda or a shapeshifting horse”. WHO WRITES LIKE THIS?? I’m sorry but people who write like this deserve JAIL TIME.

Also nothing is worse than a fmc does some dumb shit and then says “ugh I’m so dumb” or “I’m so naive” and then DOES SOME DUMB SHIT AGAIN and says the same shit again…like girl. YOURE RIGHT. YOU ARE DUMB.

Everything is so wildly underdeveloped it’s quite literally insane. And the religious trauma felt like it was doing too much. Hated that.

ANYWAY. I truly think this was WORTHY of being my first DNF of the year. now that’s the only way this book deserves a gold medal 🥇
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423 reviews700 followers
May 28, 2023
If I give up on the genre that's dark romance, this book is why 💀
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88 reviews2 followers
August 31, 2025
this is definitely a very dark romance, so if you're not into that, dont read it! Also you should know that there are multiple somnophilia scenes, which isnt mentioned in the trigger warnings.

The book is mainly smut and barely any plot, which I personally dont have a problem with, but the existing plot was so bad and full of holes.
Additionally, i just don't get how a girl whos existing experience in sex is pretty bad and therefore doesnt see the appeal in it would randomly agree to be the sex toy of three guys she barely knows.
I still might've given it 3 stars if it werent for the amount of times "fuck" of "fucking" were used over the book, it was just so annoying at some point.
Still 2 stars because the smut was actually pretty good if you like it dark!
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109 reviews16 followers
February 3, 2023
My rating was: 2/5 🌟
Spice wise was a solid 4/5 🌶

• Reverse harem
• MMMF and also includes MM scenes

Just wasn’t a comfortable read for me cause they way they use so many christian references which made me 👁👄👁 apakah everytime

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599 reviews13 followers
February 26, 2023
DNF 70%
The best thing about this book is that it's super short
There's no actual story here, it's more or less just smut with some majorly fucked up characters and the shit they're into.

Definately check out the trigger warnings or other reviews before jumping in blindly likely I did.
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749 reviews43 followers
November 14, 2024
I’m gonna say this book was just full of spice, MM, MF, MMMF, MMM, you name it they tried it 🤣 All the MMCs have suffered from abuse in their childhoods which affects their ability to have a serious relationship with a female, that is until Noelle, aka Snow, Sunshine and Little Eve yep! Each has a nickname for her. They kidnap her, each guy giving her a little of themselves until she runs away. She manages three months without them but when they find her, she has missed them too. Tbh I struggled to find any similarities to Snow White 🤷🏻‍♀️

Basically, there’s not much if any plot so to speak, some violence, self flagellation, kn!fe play, dominance, and a story full of smut.
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360 reviews87 followers
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February 24, 2023
𝑬𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒆𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒂ñ𝒐. 𝑨𝒄é𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒅���� 𝒚 𝒕𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓á𝒔. 𝑵𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓á𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑫. 𝑪𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑺𝒖 𝑺𝒐𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒂 𝒉𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒐.
𝑳𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒂. 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒛𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒐. 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒂𝒔í 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒂 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒛𝒂.
𝑬𝒗𝒂, 𝒍𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒋𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝑨𝒅á𝒏 𝒂𝒎ó 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒏ó 𝒂 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒛. 𝑳𝒂 𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒐 𝑬𝒗𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒐 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒔ó𝒍𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂
Profile Image for Shernell Joseph.
904 reviews15 followers
December 31, 2023
This is an erotica that I thought I would like because of all the guys doing it as well

I started off very interesting but then they never dated never hold hands go to dinner. They just do it over and over. it was so explicit, different. I enjoyed it but nothing really happened and she fell in love but they're too messed up so I did not connect but I did love the things all the guys did together
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272 reviews37 followers
November 4, 2024
This is the first Mila Crawford book I have ever read and holy Batman was there a lot of spice in this book!! I love a good mmmf book and I very much enjoyed reading this book! It was well written and it had a lot of spice to keep the story going!! I would definitely recommend this book especially if you are looking for a lot of spice and good mmmf book!
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624 reviews15 followers
April 17, 2025
2.5 stars. This was so chaotic with really no back story. IMO, if there had been a short Prologue of some sort or smething to explain the relationship between the males, that would have helped me.

Some of the dialogue was so disjointed that it made my head spin at a few points.
Profile Image for Paige IRB.
518 reviews
January 31, 2023
amazing opener to the series

Thissss is amazing. These dark retellings are erotica but with a soul. Idk how that happens. I connected so much to the characters. I felt sooo slumpy afterwards. It is a dark why choose with MM so if that isn’t for you… it’s truly your loss bc this book is ahhhmazing. Read the triggers please. It gets deep and dark in this one.
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