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The Chronicles of Anna Monroe and Boston Marks #1
Never Far: The Foundation of Boston Marks
I wasn’t a good person. Even amnesia couldn’t erase the fact that deep inside, there was a darkness I couldn’t deny. Flashes of strangers—of blood and torture—heightened a mystery impossible to unravel. The man I called my best friend landed an ax in my head trying to save himself.
He says I’m a murderer.
He may be right.
Until memories return, I don't care. There's only one person familiar to me. His sister, Lucy. She's the only thing that matters now. Where I once kept myself at a distance, this new world I've awoken to revolves solely around her. Lucy is mine. She’s always been mine. No one is standing in the way of that.
It is believed, the loss of one’s memory can be a fresh start. What they don’t tell you is not all beginnings are derived from good things.
*****WARNING***** This book contains EXTREMELY disturbing situations and EXCEEDS the dark genre. May contain triggers for some. Read at your own risk!!
MAD GIRL PUBLISHING'S
PITCH BLACK ⌧
STATIC WHITE
OBLIVION
He says I’m a murderer.
He may be right.
Until memories return, I don't care. There's only one person familiar to me. His sister, Lucy. She's the only thing that matters now. Where I once kept myself at a distance, this new world I've awoken to revolves solely around her. Lucy is mine. She’s always been mine. No one is standing in the way of that.
It is believed, the loss of one’s memory can be a fresh start. What they don’t tell you is not all beginnings are derived from good things.
*****WARNING***** This book contains EXTREMELY disturbing situations and EXCEEDS the dark genre. May contain triggers for some. Read at your own risk!!
MAD GIRL PUBLISHING'S
PITCH BLACK ⌧
STATIC WHITE
OBLIVION
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2017
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July 19, 2017
WHAT. THE. FUCK. DID. I. JUST. READ?
This is by far the most disturbing shit i have read this year. Honestly, Boston was bat shit crazy. and i was so mad at lucy for not seeing him for who he truly was. A MONSTER.
June 28, 2019
5 WTF DID I JUST READ STARS
Sooo...I love my OTT alpha heroes that can also be at times more dark and more the anti hero but what I just read does trully push my limits. If you think this is a sweet story where little boy meets little girl and they bloom together into their adult lives, you would be so mistaken. It's true they are each others firsts but holly smoks! The hero isn't really a hero, not even your usual anti hero. Nope, he's a straight up psychopath and that's saying something. He enjoys in his killings and we are made aware in detail how and what he does to his victims. But as love goes, you can't choose whom you fall in love with. I'm so glad we get both main characters POV, since beeing in his head answered so many questions and you could better understand his actions and feelings. And I cannot believe what I'm about to say, but I actually grew to like him. I know, weird, but honestly when you see the way he loves her and and how much he loves her, it's just (dark) magic. He would do anything and I mean really anything to keep her and that's what he in the end also does. All I'm saying is that there will be blood, gore and more blood. And I strangely loved it. Nuff said...
Sooo...I love my OTT alpha heroes that can also be at times more dark and more the anti hero but what I just read does trully push my limits. If you think this is a sweet story where little boy meets little girl and they bloom together into their adult lives, you would be so mistaken. It's true they are each others firsts but holly smoks! The hero isn't really a hero, not even your usual anti hero. Nope, he's a straight up psychopath and that's saying something. He enjoys in his killings and we are made aware in detail how and what he does to his victims. But as love goes, you can't choose whom you fall in love with. I'm so glad we get both main characters POV, since beeing in his head answered so many questions and you could better understand his actions and feelings. And I cannot believe what I'm about to say, but I actually grew to like him. I know, weird, but honestly when you see the way he loves her and and how much he loves her, it's just (dark) magic. He would do anything and I mean really anything to keep her and that's what he in the end also does. All I'm saying is that there will be blood, gore and more blood. And I strangely loved it. Nuff said...
September 1, 2019
The most psychotic hero ever, obsessed with the h. Fun to read (if forget for a minute what he does for the sake of "love")
March 13, 2020
DNF @ 66%
I like dark stories but not this kind of darkness, it's like madness...
I like dark stories but not this kind of darkness, it's like madness...
avoid
October 17, 2022Self note avoid.
The h from this book gets killed in another book, and this H ends up with ow.🙄
avoid this author.
The h from this book gets killed in another book, and this H ends up with ow.🙄
avoid this author.
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October 22, 2019
La sinopsis de Never Far me parecio tan intrigante y diferente que me falto tiempo para empezar a leerlo, no es ninguna novedad encontrar libros en los que algunos de los capitulos estan narrados por el villano, pero toda una novela narrada desde el punto de vista de un asesino psicopata?? eso no es tan comun.
Con esta historia tengo sentimientos contradictorios, por un lado, fue una lectura muy diferente a lo que acostumbro ( como pense ) pero por otro lado, tengo la sensacion de que la autora podia haberle sacado mucho mas partido a la trama y al personaje principal, aunque quizas eso se deba a que veremos mas de estos personajes en MasterMind, y ahi sera donde descubramos completamente la oscura cara de Boston.
Resumiendo, Never Far fue una novela interesante, poco frecuente y retorcida que me entretuvo de maravilla, practicamente en cada pagina hay alguna revelacion que te dejara boquiabierta, y admito que ese aspecto fue uno de mis preferidos de este libro.
3 Estrellas!
June 6, 2017
OMG!!!!
A must read for darkies. You'll squeal with uncomfortable glee. I promise. This one is going on my 2017 favorites list! OMG! These are the books that make dark romance my favorite genre. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK! I can't give much away in fear of spoilers. So bear with me.
Okay, this is so totally different from your average dark romance. It's not kidnapping or non-con. It's completely and utterly twisted. It's my favorite type of love. Haha! I can't keep the smile off my face as I type this. Boston Marks is one of a kind. He's sinfully sinister, he checks all my boxes. There's nothing more sexy than a man obsessed. He takes the cake. Actually, he bakes, and frosts, and eats the damn cake, then he licks his fingers. He's creepy deliciousness.
The story is a total mind-fuck. You'll be chewing on your fingernails throughout. I'm like, wait a minute, did he or didn't he. What the eff really happened. I was enthralled, I needed answers, but I was too wrapped up in loving Boston Marks to even care. Memories are given in little flashbacks, leaving you completely flabbergasted. There was one flashback in particular that made me laugh with uncertainty… It takes something completely out of the norm to make me uncomfortable. Yet, I laughed and clapped my hands. Yep, I'm just as sick as the characters, apparently.
You'll have to pick this one up and thank me later. It's twisted manipulation at its best. It's, you won't know what hit you. It's, you'll love every dark bit.
Trust me.
A must read for darkies. You'll squeal with uncomfortable glee. I promise. This one is going on my 2017 favorites list! OMG! These are the books that make dark romance my favorite genre. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK! I can't give much away in fear of spoilers. So bear with me.
Okay, this is so totally different from your average dark romance. It's not kidnapping or non-con. It's completely and utterly twisted. It's my favorite type of love. Haha! I can't keep the smile off my face as I type this. Boston Marks is one of a kind. He's sinfully sinister, he checks all my boxes. There's nothing more sexy than a man obsessed. He takes the cake. Actually, he bakes, and frosts, and eats the damn cake, then he licks his fingers. He's creepy deliciousness.
The story is a total mind-fuck. You'll be chewing on your fingernails throughout. I'm like, wait a minute, did he or didn't he. What the eff really happened. I was enthralled, I needed answers, but I was too wrapped up in loving Boston Marks to even care. Memories are given in little flashbacks, leaving you completely flabbergasted. There was one flashback in particular that made me laugh with uncertainty… It takes something completely out of the norm to make me uncomfortable. Yet, I laughed and clapped my hands. Yep, I'm just as sick as the characters, apparently.
You'll have to pick this one up and thank me later. It's twisted manipulation at its best. It's, you won't know what hit you. It's, you'll love every dark bit.
Trust me.
June 8, 2017
This was a fast pace, dark, sinister novella. Carrying all the bells and whistles of deep seated suspense, romance and intrigue. I loved every heart stopping moment! It was like watching a mini horror, yes there was some blood and gore okay...more than a little.
Within minutes, vomit trickled from her mouth as her body convulsed violently next to me. Gurgling played the loveliest duet of death. I did smile then. She was choking. Asphyxiating next to me as she began to swipe her fingers down her throat.
June 11, 2017
This book will not appeal to many people. But wow. Alaska Angelini I will be reading your books (as long as they're safe.)
I've never read about a hero/psychopath as unhinged or deranged or terrifying. He's fixated on the heroine, has been since she was young, as her brother's best friend. It's morbid, and perverse. I loved it. I actually LOVED it.
He's a depraved killer. He skins, he chops, he has no empathy. I felt serious Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris vibes from the hero and heroines brother.
If you watch the trailer from the Boy Next Door on YouTube, the hero is Ryan Guzman but manipulative, and faithful, and he's desperate and absorbed his entire life with the heroine. It's just her.
Everything was jilted, one chapter moved freakishly into the other with these gaps and spaces, and absurd behaviour.
I'll let the quotations do the real talking:
“The only thing I knew was if she wasn’t close to me soon, I’d butcher anyone who got in my way of finding her.”
***
“She loves me. Lucy loves me. She fucking loves me, and I love her, and that’s the end of it.”
***
“My cock swelled and flashes came as my cum shot deep into her. Another doctor. A different one. A procedure planned long before so I’d never have to share her with anyone else. Not even a child. A vasectomy.”
***
“Even weeks out of a coma, manipulation came naturally”
***
“There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you, Lucy. Nothing.”
***
“I wasn’t even a person; I was a vessel of obsession made just for her”
***
“My loyalty has always been to you. Always. There’s never been anyone else. There never will be.”
***
“Love was poisonous when paired with pain. It turned toxic. Into mad love. Obsessive love.”
I've never read about a hero/psychopath as unhinged or deranged or terrifying. He's fixated on the heroine, has been since she was young, as her brother's best friend. It's morbid, and perverse. I loved it. I actually LOVED it.
He's a depraved killer. He skins, he chops, he has no empathy. I felt serious Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris vibes from the hero and heroines brother.
If you watch the trailer from the Boy Next Door on YouTube, the hero is Ryan Guzman but manipulative, and faithful, and he's desperate and absorbed his entire life with the heroine. It's just her.
Everything was jilted, one chapter moved freakishly into the other with these gaps and spaces, and absurd behaviour.
I'll let the quotations do the real talking:
“The only thing I knew was if she wasn’t close to me soon, I’d butcher anyone who got in my way of finding her.”
***
“She loves me. Lucy loves me. She fucking loves me, and I love her, and that’s the end of it.”
***
“My cock swelled and flashes came as my cum shot deep into her. Another doctor. A different one. A procedure planned long before so I’d never have to share her with anyone else. Not even a child. A vasectomy.”
***
“Even weeks out of a coma, manipulation came naturally”
***
“There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you, Lucy. Nothing.”
***
“I wasn’t even a person; I was a vessel of obsession made just for her”
***
“My loyalty has always been to you. Always. There’s never been anyone else. There never will be.”
***
“Love was poisonous when paired with pain. It turned toxic. Into mad love. Obsessive love.”
October 21, 2017
Well. That was interesting. And disturbing. I loved it!
Our H can't even be described as a anti hero anymore, because he is so much worse, it was awesome. He was fucked-up, sociopathic and entirely inhuman. It was great reading about such a sich character. He is absolutely creepy-stalker-obsessed with Lucy and fuck that shit is weird. But at the same time quite entertaining.
Unfortunately my mind can only give 3.75 stars, because I saw a lot of lost potential. Quite a lot of story parts were too unfinished. Sometimes it works great for suspense when you get only hints and bits and pieces, but it wasn't working here. The story should have been way longer and better built IMO. Also lacking was the character building, especially Lucy was absolutely bland for me. Especially since we get to read some things in her point of view. And as a character driven person, I would have loved to learn more about the different relationships, to the parents of both, Jeff, the doctor etc. etc.
It would have been great to learn more about Boston, his sessions with his therapists, his manipulative and plotting thinking - the last only comes up for a short time with Lucy, way too little. Since this talent. Would forever bind her to him and keep him protected, that she doesn't find out who he really is. The part were he killed other men, because they were hitting women and how he choose to torture Jeff, a few scenes more would have been great.
Although is a really bad person one nevertheless kinda roots for him to get the girl and they both get their HEA, as unhealthy as it may be.
And lastly - and this is not a point in my rating, since it is only my preference - I love it when a couple is equally fucked up. If she went mad at the end of the book and they are crazy together, that would have been my HEA^^
Our H can't even be described as a anti hero anymore, because he is so much worse, it was awesome. He was fucked-up, sociopathic and entirely inhuman. It was great reading about such a sich character. He is absolutely creepy-stalker-obsessed with Lucy and fuck that shit is weird. But at the same time quite entertaining.
Unfortunately my mind can only give 3.75 stars, because I saw a lot of lost potential. Quite a lot of story parts were too unfinished. Sometimes it works great for suspense when you get only hints and bits and pieces, but it wasn't working here. The story should have been way longer and better built IMO. Also lacking was the character building, especially Lucy was absolutely bland for me. Especially since we get to read some things in her point of view. And as a character driven person, I would have loved to learn more about the different relationships, to the parents of both, Jeff, the doctor etc. etc.
It would have been great to learn more about Boston, his sessions with his therapists, his manipulative and plotting thinking - the last only comes up for a short time with Lucy, way too little. Since this talent. Would forever bind her to him and keep him protected, that she doesn't find out who he really is. The part were he killed other men, because they were hitting women and how he choose to torture Jeff, a few scenes more would have been great.
Although is a really bad person one nevertheless kinda roots for him to get the girl and they both get their HEA, as unhealthy as it may be.
And lastly - and this is not a point in my rating, since it is only my preference - I love it when a couple is equally fucked up. If she went mad at the end of the book and they are crazy together, that would have been my HEA^^
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 26, 2017
So the Hero was a virgin right? Right? 😂
I dunno how i reaally feel about this. Lol poor little lucy
Boston... fuck i don't to want to meet him irl for sure. Thank god this was only fiction.
So psychopath heroes are
the norm now? COOL 👍😂😂😂
I dunno how i reaally feel about this. Lol poor little lucy
Boston... fuck i don't to want to meet him irl for sure. Thank god this was only fiction.
So psychopath heroes are
the norm now? COOL 👍😂😂😂
May 28, 2017
I said it once, I'll say it a gazillion times, it's always a pleasure to read a book that lives up to the hype!
Boston is....well Boston is PERFECT! He is dark, dangerous, a complete psychopath! He has an overwhelmingly dark obsession. He can't function without his obsession. The journey through his dark mind, to witness the actions he can't seem to control related to his obsession are epic!
This novella is NOT for everyone. There are readers who tinkle in the dark. This story is not for those readers. You're not gonna like it. You're gonna complain and write a bad review even though you've made the CONSCIOUS DECISION to read it. Skip it. Heed the warning. This novella is for the lovers of pitch black. This novella is exactly what perfection is in the dark genre world!
My review is MY opinion of the novella. I absolutely love this story!
Five pitch black stars!
Boston is....well Boston is PERFECT! He is dark, dangerous, a complete psychopath! He has an overwhelmingly dark obsession. He can't function without his obsession. The journey through his dark mind, to witness the actions he can't seem to control related to his obsession are epic!
This novella is NOT for everyone. There are readers who tinkle in the dark. This story is not for those readers. You're not gonna like it. You're gonna complain and write a bad review even though you've made the CONSCIOUS DECISION to read it. Skip it. Heed the warning. This novella is for the lovers of pitch black. This novella is exactly what perfection is in the dark genre world!
My review is MY opinion of the novella. I absolutely love this story!
Five pitch black stars!
October 12, 2017
I hate giving this author a bad rating, but I hate even more being frustrated by a book!
I didn't buy the love story or the HEA, the male MC didn't deserve it at all. I found it was a short story of a psychopath's obssession with no possibility for the reader to feel sympathy towards him. What disturbed me the most was .
I prefer Karma playing a role in a conclusion, even if it's a HEA.
I didn't buy the love story or the HEA, the male MC didn't deserve it at all. I found it was a short story of a psychopath's obssession with no possibility for the reader to feel sympathy towards him. What disturbed me the most was .
I prefer Karma playing a role in a conclusion, even if it's a HEA.
June 25, 2017
Serial killer hero obsessed with the heroine finds happy ever after with her.
Never Far is more the hero's story to hea than the heroine's. I never felt his love for her and the chemistry between the heroine and hero was mild however the hero's obsession for the heroine was intensely homicidal.
Just an ok read due to the clunky storytelling.
Never Far is more the hero's story to hea than the heroine's. I never felt his love for her and the chemistry between the heroine and hero was mild however the hero's obsession for the heroine was intensely homicidal.
Just an ok read due to the clunky storytelling.
June 8, 2017
This was a strange dark book. The hero is totally obsessed with the heroine which is really great to read but there are so many questions that I wanted answered after the book.
Where was his dad?
Did his mom know about him?
I know the therapist did but was he groomed for this killer role or was he always like it?
Does heroine ever find out about him?
How did he explain her brothers murder?
Why didn't his mom originally want heroine near him.
So many questions... good read though.
Where was his dad?
Did his mom know about him?
I know the therapist did but was he groomed for this killer role or was he always like it?
Does heroine ever find out about him?
How did he explain her brothers murder?
Why didn't his mom originally want heroine near him.
So many questions... good read though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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November 10, 2021I finished reading this book with pleasure. but after .... and then I found out that there is a continuation. where everything is very sad.
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December 30, 2021Believe the blurb that this isn’t an antihero… ie bad man who does bad shit for understandable reasoning. No. This fucker is straight up serial killer with a soft spot for ONE human, and by soft spot… I mean she’s the only person he doesn’t want to kill. Think Woody in Natural Born Killers meets Alicia in Clueless.
What’s The What?
I have no f’ing clue WTF is happening, but when a man wakes up remembering NOTHING but you and says this….
“There are no ‘buts’ where you and I are concerned. It’s black or white. Yes or no. Always or never…and you said always. You can’t take that back. I refuse to let you.”
…. Well, does it matter that he may be a psychopath?
At that ^ moment, no. As this shit progresses, ah, yeah. It matters a hella lot. We will get to that in a minute.
Until the first on-page murder, this author is magic. At 40%, I still have no f’ing clue wtf is going on, and I’m wager verses frustrated. No clue. Read the blurb, and that’s still no more than I know. Yet, I’m satiated as I devour every word. The reader wants to know what makes this dude tick. What happened in the woods? How the hell did he wind up getting bashed in the head with an axe? What did her loved ones do to Lucy that was so bad for a psycho to want to protect her.
Lucy’s voice is pure innocence. She’s as clueless as I am as a reader. Not TSTL or weak… it’s more like a little bird transfixed by the cozy interior that it beats itself against the glass barrier keeping it out and pays no mind that said interior is teeming with lions. She’s the epitome of head in the sand. Her character NEVER grows, though. She’s the same at start to finish other than sexually, and even that doesn’t change other than going from virgin to screwed. Flat character doesn’t even begin to label it.
Boston… sweet baby biscuits in butter. He’s pure seduction…. AT FIRST.
So where does this book go wrong? STOP READING IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS
The first turn to shitsville is that the MMC kills the FMC’s mom for no fucking reason. She wasn’t a bad mom. Hell, she wasn’t even really interfering in their relationship. He just didn’t want to share the FMC.
Second is the killing of some random woman that the MMC forced someone else to do. The plot leads you to assume he kills “men” who hurt women. It’s his MO. So, it’s completely off for him to force the brutal murder of some innocent woman. That’s not dark… it’s like trying to romanticize Bundy simply because he proclaimed he loved and wouldn’t hurt his girlfriend.
I won’t even get into the MMC killing her brother because it was too convoluted to GAF.
^^ The first two acts take the MMC from pitch black to ash. He’s burned for anyone who doesn’t fantasize about sending love letters to Bundy. The MMC goes on and on about his love for her, but let’s just be clear that this isn’t love … this is pure obsession and narcissistic need to fulfill his own desire.
Lastly is that a teenage MMC thinks it’s okay to touch, smell, and look at a CHILD’s private parts while she’s asleep. SHE IS SIX YEARS YOUNGER. So at his 17… she’s 11. The FMC finds out some of that, and she sweeps it under the rug. Bam. It disappears from the storyline like it doesn’t matter.
Darkness Is Not The Only Problem….
He gets chopped in the head with an axe… learns to walk again within a week and was running sprints and shit by the next week? Ah, okay.
A vasectomy “years ago” and this dude hasn’t even finished college and was a virgin until now.
How does he get money… so mommy and daddy are what… giving him an allowance in his mid-twenties?
Why are he and his father estranged? Why hasn’t he killed his own parents?
Why did he kill all the men? Will he continue this serial killer bit now that he has his HEA?
Does his mom know he’s a fucking serial killer? Does the creepy therapist know and wtf was all the training?
Her father has another family… and the point was? I dont know?
There’s this big buildup of mystery surrounding the murdered girl at the cabin. Did it happen? Who did it? Why? The explanation never made sense. The FMC’s brother was “mean” to her and “hurt” her… or so we are told. Yet, beyond some bitching about babysitting her and pushing her down as a child…. We get NOTHING. No revelation of abuse. The FMC doesn’t hate him. The brother does his damn best to save her multiple times and never by force or coercion. If the brother was supposed to be painted as a villain for anything other than being forced to rape and kill some random chick, the author failed.
Almost every single facet ends up failing like that. It’s like dangling carrots in front of the reader and yanking them away to pretend they never existed. MASSIVE chunks of this story are MIA. The author hints to shit and then never follows it through or gives it purpose and meaning. That’s not mystery. That’s a fucking outline of a story without filling in the gaps.
Bam. Just like that we cut to a HEA out of nowhere. It’s like the author just got tired of writing and said fuck it. The FMC never learns of anything he’s done and thinks she’s won the boyfriend lottery. Clueless.
Overall…
This book had something addictive that held you in place. Something that made you turn the pages to finish it. Maybe, it was hope that all the puzzle pieces would fit together for some justification. Sadly, it was nothing but a Catfish. Painted bits and pieces that led nowhere. What little did get exposed was simply too ugly and vile for anything to justify, redeem, or even quantify it. The HEA was more smoke and mirrors, leaving you to wonder if he will kill her, abuse her, or just smoother her until she wishes she was dead - draw your own conclusion.
I won’t rate the darkness of this book because the author warning was suffice for me to go in with open eyes that this wasn’t just an antihero dark. What I will rate is that this story had too many rabbit holes leading nowhere. The writing itself … texture and fluidity of it was superb -four stars. The overall low rating is because it was all for nothing. A story that told me little more than I began knowing - one star.
Queen Val… I hope you read this. Love or hate… I need to see you review this mofo lol.
What’s The What?
I have no f’ing clue WTF is happening, but when a man wakes up remembering NOTHING but you and says this….
“There are no ‘buts’ where you and I are concerned. It’s black or white. Yes or no. Always or never…and you said always. You can’t take that back. I refuse to let you.”
…. Well, does it matter that he may be a psychopath?
At that ^ moment, no. As this shit progresses, ah, yeah. It matters a hella lot. We will get to that in a minute.
Until the first on-page murder, this author is magic. At 40%, I still have no f’ing clue wtf is going on, and I’m wager verses frustrated. No clue. Read the blurb, and that’s still no more than I know. Yet, I’m satiated as I devour every word. The reader wants to know what makes this dude tick. What happened in the woods? How the hell did he wind up getting bashed in the head with an axe? What did her loved ones do to Lucy that was so bad for a psycho to want to protect her.
Lucy’s voice is pure innocence. She’s as clueless as I am as a reader. Not TSTL or weak… it’s more like a little bird transfixed by the cozy interior that it beats itself against the glass barrier keeping it out and pays no mind that said interior is teeming with lions. She’s the epitome of head in the sand. Her character NEVER grows, though. She’s the same at start to finish other than sexually, and even that doesn’t change other than going from virgin to screwed. Flat character doesn’t even begin to label it.
Boston… sweet baby biscuits in butter. He’s pure seduction…. AT FIRST.
So where does this book go wrong? STOP READING IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS
The first turn to shitsville is that the MMC kills the FMC’s mom for no fucking reason. She wasn’t a bad mom. Hell, she wasn’t even really interfering in their relationship. He just didn’t want to share the FMC.
Second is the killing of some random woman that the MMC forced someone else to do. The plot leads you to assume he kills “men” who hurt women. It’s his MO. So, it’s completely off for him to force the brutal murder of some innocent woman. That’s not dark… it’s like trying to romanticize Bundy simply because he proclaimed he loved and wouldn’t hurt his girlfriend.
I won’t even get into the MMC killing her brother because it was too convoluted to GAF.
^^ The first two acts take the MMC from pitch black to ash. He’s burned for anyone who doesn’t fantasize about sending love letters to Bundy. The MMC goes on and on about his love for her, but let’s just be clear that this isn’t love … this is pure obsession and narcissistic need to fulfill his own desire.
Lastly is that a teenage MMC thinks it’s okay to touch, smell, and look at a CHILD’s private parts while she’s asleep. SHE IS SIX YEARS YOUNGER. So at his 17… she’s 11. The FMC finds out some of that, and she sweeps it under the rug. Bam. It disappears from the storyline like it doesn’t matter.
Darkness Is Not The Only Problem….
He gets chopped in the head with an axe… learns to walk again within a week and was running sprints and shit by the next week? Ah, okay.
A vasectomy “years ago” and this dude hasn’t even finished college and was a virgin until now.
How does he get money… so mommy and daddy are what… giving him an allowance in his mid-twenties?
Why are he and his father estranged? Why hasn’t he killed his own parents?
Why did he kill all the men? Will he continue this serial killer bit now that he has his HEA?
Does his mom know he’s a fucking serial killer? Does the creepy therapist know and wtf was all the training?
Her father has another family… and the point was? I dont know?
There’s this big buildup of mystery surrounding the murdered girl at the cabin. Did it happen? Who did it? Why? The explanation never made sense. The FMC’s brother was “mean” to her and “hurt” her… or so we are told. Yet, beyond some bitching about babysitting her and pushing her down as a child…. We get NOTHING. No revelation of abuse. The FMC doesn’t hate him. The brother does his damn best to save her multiple times and never by force or coercion. If the brother was supposed to be painted as a villain for anything other than being forced to rape and kill some random chick, the author failed.
Almost every single facet ends up failing like that. It’s like dangling carrots in front of the reader and yanking them away to pretend they never existed. MASSIVE chunks of this story are MIA. The author hints to shit and then never follows it through or gives it purpose and meaning. That’s not mystery. That’s a fucking outline of a story without filling in the gaps.
Bam. Just like that we cut to a HEA out of nowhere. It’s like the author just got tired of writing and said fuck it. The FMC never learns of anything he’s done and thinks she’s won the boyfriend lottery. Clueless.
Overall…
This book had something addictive that held you in place. Something that made you turn the pages to finish it. Maybe, it was hope that all the puzzle pieces would fit together for some justification. Sadly, it was nothing but a Catfish. Painted bits and pieces that led nowhere. What little did get exposed was simply too ugly and vile for anything to justify, redeem, or even quantify it. The HEA was more smoke and mirrors, leaving you to wonder if he will kill her, abuse her, or just smoother her until she wishes she was dead - draw your own conclusion.
I won’t rate the darkness of this book because the author warning was suffice for me to go in with open eyes that this wasn’t just an antihero dark. What I will rate is that this story had too many rabbit holes leading nowhere. The writing itself … texture and fluidity of it was superb -four stars. The overall low rating is because it was all for nothing. A story that told me little more than I began knowing - one star.
Queen Val… I hope you read this. Love or hate… I need to see you review this mofo lol.
December 28, 2021
Genre: Erotic Horror
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:
After an accident, Boston Marks was no longer the man he used to be. While he struggled to recall his past, one thing he knew for certain was that Lucy Adam belonged to him.
I was intrigued by this book considering it’s marked as pitch black. I liked the story overall, but there were missing chunks of info that could have made the story more relevant. I felt like Lucy was just an accessory in the story. Being the psycho that he is, of course, I liked Boston. He is the kind of “hero” I want to see more of in dark books.
Never Far is a story of obsessive love. It would appeal to readers who prefer a story of unconventional Romance.
➕🌷➕ . . . (F)BR With Twinsie CC . . . ➕🌷➕
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Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:
After an accident, Boston Marks was no longer the man he used to be. While he struggled to recall his past, one thing he knew for certain was that Lucy Adam belonged to him.
Without Lucy, I didn’t exist. I didn’t want to. It was her or nothing. No price was too high to keep it that way.
I was intrigued by this book considering it’s marked as pitch black. I liked the story overall, but there were missing chunks of info that could have made the story more relevant. I felt like Lucy was just an accessory in the story. Being the psycho that he is, of course, I liked Boston. He is the kind of “hero” I want to see more of in dark books.
Never Far is a story of obsessive love. It would appeal to readers who prefer a story of unconventional Romance.
➕🌷➕ . . . (F)BR With Twinsie CC . . . ➕🌷➕
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October 16, 2022
Edit: I just found out that the author ruined this couple in future books, the h gets killed and the H ends up with OW, I'm so mad right now cause I really enjoyed this story as fucked up as it was but I'm going to have to change my rating from 3 stars to 0 stars 😠 fuck this shit.
°Each other's first and only
°Switching POVs
°She's 18 and he's almost 24 when they get together (he's been obsessed with her since he met her when she was 5)
°Annoying heroine
°The male lead was a psycho, I wouldn't even call him an anti-hero, I mean he killed people who deserved it, but he also killed innocent people so... he was just not a good man, he was very manipulative even with the h but he never hurt her, he was so obsessed and in love with her that he killed her family so he would be the only person she could depend on, even before they got together he got a vasectomy so he would never have to share her with anyone else
°No cheating or scenes with OP
°TW: the hero made the h's brother rape and kill an innocent girl (descriptive); he forced the h's mom to swallow a bunch of pills to make it look like a suicide (descriptive); he beat the h's brother to death (descriptive)...
°Disappointing ending: they're happily together but there's no epilogue so there were a lot of unanswered questions
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 11, 2017
This was a surprisingly good read. It was a twisted story about a deranged H who would kill so the h had no one but him. He was insanely psycho obsessed with her. The story was very well written and I enjoyed the mystery and suspense.
October 17, 2022
cw: gore, rape (off page), murder, violence, injury, blood, forced drugging, forced suicide
So I had no idea that this book is part of a universe that this author has created. A universe in which our couple here get an HFN in this book, but don’t really due to a future book killing off one of them. It’s listed as a standalone and the author’s note did not mention anything about it!
I never would’ve known this had I not been about to buy this book off of Amazon and seeing it listed with a series name mentioning this “Anna” character. There is no “Anna” in this book, so I thought it was a listing mistake… haha nope, not a mistake.
As far as I know, I’m the only reviewer that knows about this here in this book’s page. I made an effort to look at other reviews and none mentioned this. I’m really hoping that others see my review and are warned in case this is something that would bother them. I really would’ve appreciated a warning so as not to have wasted my time.
So I had no idea that this book is part of a universe that this author has created. A universe in which our couple here get an HFN in this book, but don’t really due to a future book killing off one of them. It’s listed as a standalone and the author’s note did not mention anything about it!
I never would’ve known this had I not been about to buy this book off of Amazon and seeing it listed with a series name mentioning this “Anna” character. There is no “Anna” in this book, so I thought it was a listing mistake… haha nope, not a mistake.
As far as I know, I’m the only reviewer that knows about this here in this book’s page. I made an effort to look at other reviews and none mentioned this. I’m really hoping that others see my review and are warned in case this is something that would bother them. I really would’ve appreciated a warning so as not to have wasted my time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2017
My dark side loved this story. I sat and read it in one sitting.
Boston is a psychopath. After weakening up with amnesia Boston is over the top obsessed with Lucy and will do anything he can to keep her.
If you love your reads dark and twisted then I highly recommend this story. Set the time aside to read as you won't wanna put it down. Looking forward to seeing what else this author writes.
Boston is a psychopath. After weakening up with amnesia Boston is over the top obsessed with Lucy and will do anything he can to keep her.
If you love your reads dark and twisted then I highly recommend this story. Set the time aside to read as you won't wanna put it down. Looking forward to seeing what else this author writes.
January 9, 2023
Wow, who put this series on my radar? I want to thank you. It’s splatterpunk meets dark romance. It's been years since I have read a book with a snuff film. Not going to lie; I found it original and not recycled; kudos to the author. It’s my first and far from my last from the author.
Boston Marks is not your obsessive hero. He takes his obsession to a whole new level and is very charming to Lucy and conniving with everyone else around him.
It’s not the darkest book I have read, but I feel as this series continues, it most certainly will come in darker waves. Okay, time for me to binge-read this series.
Boston Marks is not your obsessive hero. He takes his obsession to a whole new level and is very charming to Lucy and conniving with everyone else around him.
It’s not the darkest book I have read, but I feel as this series continues, it most certainly will come in darker waves. Okay, time for me to binge-read this series.
June 6, 2017
I probably have reached my limit but where do I find a man like Boston Mark? Honestly, a bad boy with obsessive love towards a girl he'd do anything to keep and protect her? Count me the eff in sisters.
The only downside is that it is only a novella. I am still in need of their story, though it could be twisted as eff I would still loving my Boston.
Honestly, give this man some trophies in fucking liars award dude.
The only downside is that it is only a novella. I am still in need of their story, though it could be twisted as eff I would still loving my Boston.
Honestly, give this man some trophies in fucking liars award dude.
June 2, 2017
Review pending
December 29, 2021
3.5 ★
Before the accident that left him with amnesia, Boston Marks harbored certain tendencies, but now there is one obsession that seems to sate his most shadowy desires and he will stop at nothing to ensure Lucy Adams remains his.
Narrated in dual POV, the story seemingly unfolds with two unreliable main characters. Boston’s intermittent flashbacks slowly reveal glimpses into the extent of his inner darkness. With Lucy’s unyielding acceptance, it reinforces Boston’s fixation no matter the consequences.
In starting this book, I expected a dark journey and it delivered on that element with Boston’s unapologetic manipulation and bankrupt morality. However, there were many questions that were left unanswered, especially when it came to Boston’s past. Also, Lucy’s naiveté seemed to undermine Boston’s level of skill, in my opinion. Though I did feel sorry for Jeff, I was rooting for Boston the whole time.
Never Far is about a menacingly obsessive driven hero. This book would appeal to those seeking a dark romance with horror elements.
*This was a (F)BR with Hawkey!*
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Before the accident that left him with amnesia, Boston Marks harbored certain tendencies, but now there is one obsession that seems to sate his most shadowy desires and he will stop at nothing to ensure Lucy Adams remains his.
“I wasn’t even a person; I was a vessel of obsession made just for her.”
Narrated in dual POV, the story seemingly unfolds with two unreliable main characters. Boston’s intermittent flashbacks slowly reveal glimpses into the extent of his inner darkness. With Lucy’s unyielding acceptance, it reinforces Boston’s fixation no matter the consequences.
In starting this book, I expected a dark journey and it delivered on that element with Boston’s unapologetic manipulation and bankrupt morality. However, there were many questions that were left unanswered, especially when it came to Boston’s past. Also, Lucy’s naiveté seemed to undermine Boston’s level of skill, in my opinion. Though I did feel sorry for Jeff, I was rooting for Boston the whole time.
Never Far is about a menacingly obsessive driven hero. This book would appeal to those seeking a dark romance with horror elements.
*This was a (F)BR with Hawkey!*
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May 10, 2022
This man is the epitome of possessiveness and obsession. He had a vasectomy just because he doesn't want to share his girl with anyone (including his possible children, you see).
Anyway, it's dark. It started so unassuming but then, your jaw dropped. Completely my type of dark romance .
Anyway, it's dark. It started so unassuming but then, your jaw dropped. Completely my type of dark romance .
November 17, 2018
🍅 🍅
Lucy is smitten with Boston. He’s her brother’s BFF and six years older than her. She’s young, innocent, and much too willing to please. Dare I say, on the verge of being TSTL. For years, he hides his interest in her, but on the inside he’s a completely obsessed creeper. One day, an accident happens causing Boston to lose his memories.
This book had lots of hype, good reviews, and I was looking forward to a juicy psychological read, but that wasn’t what I got. I literally had no feelings for any of the characters. Zip. Nadda. Zilch. That’s an accomplished writer. (Sarcasm) I didn’t even hate Boston for being a monster. I was ambivalent. I could have been reading the manual for my washer for all I cared.
If Lucy and Boston had chemistry, I didn’t feel it. The author chose the brilliant approach, tell don’t show, and it irked me. I found myself wanting to dissect the writing and add the needed feels, it was that obvious.
Safety: There’s no other men or women drama whatsoever. She was too innocent, and he was too possessive.
Lucy is smitten with Boston. He’s her brother’s BFF and six years older than her. She’s young, innocent, and much too willing to please. Dare I say, on the verge of being TSTL. For years, he hides his interest in her, but on the inside he’s a completely obsessed creeper. One day, an accident happens causing Boston to lose his memories.
This book had lots of hype, good reviews, and I was looking forward to a juicy psychological read, but that wasn’t what I got. I literally had no feelings for any of the characters. Zip. Nadda. Zilch. That’s an accomplished writer. (Sarcasm) I didn’t even hate Boston for being a monster. I was ambivalent. I could have been reading the manual for my washer for all I cared.
If Lucy and Boston had chemistry, I didn’t feel it. The author chose the brilliant approach, tell don’t show, and it irked me. I found myself wanting to dissect the writing and add the needed feels, it was that obvious.
Safety: There’s no other men or women drama whatsoever. She was too innocent, and he was too possessive.
June 11, 2017
This was not a comfortable read, but it was engrossing in a dark and demented manner. I didn't really like any of the characters very much and their lives seemed bizarre to me, but that could have just been the nature of the story, too. There are some major questions I have that are left unanswered, but again, I think that's kind of the point to this story. Even as it captured and held my attention all the way to the end, I was left wanting more closure.
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