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Then, Earth Swallowed Ocean
Then, Earth Swallowed Ocean is an intensely dark romance and erotic horror set in post WW2 Appalachia.
After a violent tragedy, Sadie makes a deal with the Devil: if she exchanges an evil soul for her own within a month, she can have a second chance at life. Deeply empathetic and jarred by her experience, she makes her way through Appalachia with only her father’s truck and a coffee tin of dollar bills.
But she doesn’t need to travel very far to find evil. In fact, he greets her at an isolated gas station off of a rural state highway. Ridge is as beautiful as he is deadly, and Sadie has stumbled into his hunting grounds. Soon they begin a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse (or wolf-and-human) that turns them both feral for one another. When Sadie seeks shelter with none other than Ridge’s veteran older brother Wright, tensions escalate towards explosion. And, frankly, demonic levels of horniness.
In this multi-POV story of revenge, lust, family ties, and sacrifice, three characters are pushed to walk the knife’s edge of humanity and hell, of saviors and sinners, of fated and fatal love.
After a violent tragedy, Sadie makes a deal with the Devil: if she exchanges an evil soul for her own within a month, she can have a second chance at life. Deeply empathetic and jarred by her experience, she makes her way through Appalachia with only her father’s truck and a coffee tin of dollar bills.
But she doesn’t need to travel very far to find evil. In fact, he greets her at an isolated gas station off of a rural state highway. Ridge is as beautiful as he is deadly, and Sadie has stumbled into his hunting grounds. Soon they begin a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse (or wolf-and-human) that turns them both feral for one another. When Sadie seeks shelter with none other than Ridge’s veteran older brother Wright, tensions escalate towards explosion. And, frankly, demonic levels of horniness.
In this multi-POV story of revenge, lust, family ties, and sacrifice, three characters are pushed to walk the knife’s edge of humanity and hell, of saviors and sinners, of fated and fatal love.
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First published October 31, 2022
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March 17, 2024
Wow this was bad. Like, FUBAR* bad.
Like, not the freaky deeky sex (with lots of blood) or the cannibalism or the self-cannibalism, but just bad. I was expecting freaky deeky sex and self-cannibalism and cannibalism. I was prepared for that. I was not expecting...the rest.
The writing was bad—and horribly over poetic—and it was just too damn long. Why is this so long?
If he cared about anything more than himself and the girl with the sweet voice and scent of brown butter on her skin
So Sadie herself is a nothing character, characterized by the men around her and not herself. She's 23 (wut) and a virgin (but of course) with little history of her life besides living with her pa who was drunk and then killed her (or not?) and wants nothing more than to see the ocean until she meets Ridge and wants to fuck him instead. Anyhow, Ridge and Wright both mention, ad nauseum, about how sweet she is. How good. How smol. (Oh yeah, this is a tol/smol book. Surprise!)
Her pussy is so fucking slick, tasting like sugar cookies dipped in ocean water and salted watermelon
Girly pop, you have a yeast infection.
Also, Sadie Price is a girl with hazel eyes who squirts buckets on her first time. I'm not gonna lie, the copious squirting on the first time was where I wasn't quite able to suspend my disbelief.
The werewolves left me with a fuck more questions than answers.
We're not even going to discuss the ridiculousness of their names. Wright? Ridge? What? (or the name so of the potential children: Zion and Ajax, and if you're thinking this sounds real biblical then sister, you have a lot of things coming with this story because I could not for the life of me tell if it was heretical or religious but there is a whole lot of bible shit in these pages).
The werewolves. Apparently, Wright and Ridge belong to a separate species who mate for life and then breed them babies as fast and often as possible while they can, which is apparently forever because when they mate they stop aging. But only other wolves and old age can kill them? But there aren't any other wolves around despite all this mating and baby-making? And you'd think with this much death SOMEONE would have said SOMETHING but oh no we're in the South and it's the early 50s and people are oblivious idiots.
And where are the female werewolves? I wanna know.
Also, the wolves can taste with their fingertips. I WISH I WAS MAKING THAT UP.
They've been making love at least six times a day, each day, taking advantage of her youth and his virility
I just. Huh. Ow.
Also, Ridge just casually fists her with his massive, humongous large-ass hand and I have questions Shiloh Sloane. Have you ever been fisted?** Without lube? I don't care how magical werewolf spit is, some things are just going to HURT when it's that big.
Speaking of big.
Ridge can screw a woman (it's only a woman; this book is tragically heterosexual) from across a 4-lane highway, his peen is so big. It can be seen from space. It has its own postal code. Did I mention how big it was?
Also, be prepared for some unexpected daddy play? That was just...there?
So it must not be too different from the girl with hazel eyes who tastes like honey mixed with ocean salt
I have so many questions. Among them, and many, many others, is the weird taste profiles in this book.
Also, if you're up for reading this, then I highly recommend starting a drinking game every time (pick one):
A. Sadie's hazel eyes or freckles are mentioned
B. Ridge's cock is described
C. Blood is spilled (maybe choose another letter because you might get alcohol poisoning by page 10)
D. Someone says "ain't"
E. We're reminded that Wright was a soldier who fought BAD PEOPLE
*FUBAR means Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, and we learn that several times because did you know that Wright was a SOLDIER?
**Also I think fisting with massive ham-hock fists is worse than knotting because with knotting I imagine that it swells once you're already *in* and that makes it a good deal more manageable. With fisting...you gotta get the knuckles through and uh, godspeed. And YES this book made me think about SEX LOGISTICS and I hate myself more than you ever could hate me.
Like, not the freaky deeky sex (with lots of blood) or the cannibalism or the self-cannibalism, but just bad. I was expecting freaky deeky sex and self-cannibalism and cannibalism. I was prepared for that. I was not expecting...the rest.
The writing was bad—and horribly over poetic—and it was just too damn long. Why is this so long?
If he cared about anything more than himself and the girl with the sweet voice and scent of brown butter on her skin
So Sadie herself is a nothing character, characterized by the men around her and not herself. She's 23 (wut) and a virgin (but of course) with little history of her life besides living with her pa who was drunk and then killed her (or not?) and wants nothing more than to see the ocean until she meets Ridge and wants to fuck him instead. Anyhow, Ridge and Wright both mention, ad nauseum, about how sweet she is. How good. How smol. (Oh yeah, this is a tol/smol book. Surprise!)
Her pussy is so fucking slick, tasting like sugar cookies dipped in ocean water and salted watermelon
Girly pop, you have a yeast infection.
Also, Sadie Price is a girl with hazel eyes who squirts buckets on her first time. I'm not gonna lie, the copious squirting on the first time was where I wasn't quite able to suspend my disbelief.
The werewolves left me with a fuck more questions than answers.
We're not even going to discuss the ridiculousness of their names. Wright? Ridge? What? (or the name so of the potential children: Zion and Ajax, and if you're thinking this sounds real biblical then sister, you have a lot of things coming with this story because I could not for the life of me tell if it was heretical or religious but there is a whole lot of bible shit in these pages).
The werewolves. Apparently, Wright and Ridge belong to a separate species who mate for life and then breed them babies as fast and often as possible while they can, which is apparently forever because when they mate they stop aging. But only other wolves and old age can kill them? But there aren't any other wolves around despite all this mating and baby-making? And you'd think with this much death SOMEONE would have said SOMETHING but oh no we're in the South and it's the early 50s and people are oblivious idiots.
And where are the female werewolves? I wanna know.
Also, the wolves can taste with their fingertips. I WISH I WAS MAKING THAT UP.
They've been making love at least six times a day, each day, taking advantage of her youth and his virility
I just. Huh. Ow.
Also, Ridge just casually fists her with his massive, humongous large-ass hand and I have questions Shiloh Sloane. Have you ever been fisted?** Without lube? I don't care how magical werewolf spit is, some things are just going to HURT when it's that big.
Speaking of big.
Ridge can screw a woman (it's only a woman; this book is tragically heterosexual) from across a 4-lane highway, his peen is so big. It can be seen from space. It has its own postal code. Did I mention how big it was?
Also, be prepared for some unexpected daddy play? That was just...there?
So it must not be too different from the girl with hazel eyes who tastes like honey mixed with ocean salt
I have so many questions. Among them, and many, many others, is the weird taste profiles in this book.
Also, if you're up for reading this, then I highly recommend starting a drinking game every time (pick one):
A. Sadie's hazel eyes or freckles are mentioned
B. Ridge's cock is described
C. Blood is spilled (maybe choose another letter because you might get alcohol poisoning by page 10)
D. Someone says "ain't"
E. We're reminded that Wright was a soldier who fought BAD PEOPLE
*FUBAR means Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, and we learn that several times because did you know that Wright was a SOLDIER?
**Also I think fisting with massive ham-hock fists is worse than knotting because with knotting I imagine that it swells once you're already *in* and that makes it a good deal more manageable. With fisting...you gotta get the knuckles through and uh, godspeed. And YES this book made me think about SEX LOGISTICS and I hate myself more than you ever could hate me.
July 10, 2023
DNF @ 60%
I jumped into a BR with Nenia but I'm throwing in the towel. It's been quite some time and I don't want to pick this up. Every time I see it on my Kindle I'm looking at it like this:
There, there. It's just a book. It can't hurt you.
This reminded me of a werewolf version of Die by the Drop. Which was a frankly ridiculous book that I enjoyed but probably won't read again. The similarities lie in sex, lots of it, with death looming and blood and some unsavory descriptions (i.e. words I don't like to see in sex scenes).
I actually don't think Sloane is a bad writer, nor is this a bad book per se. It's just... a lot. The synopsis promises "demonic levels of horniness" and by god does this book deliver. But it's proving too dense and intense for me to get into. I do not need characters to be CONSTANTLY horny for each other. I need them to take breaks, good lord. This book is too long for that nonsense. I also read the TWs but I didn't think the cannibalism was going to be directed AT THE HEROINE. BY THE HERO. It's not sexy when you eat chunks of your love interest's thigh. Who do you think you are, Armie Hammer? And if I feel like the heroine might really be in danger of the hero killing her, I'm not going to have fun. I need something more along the lines of "she's running from him for her life because he wants to kill her but oops, he got a boner so now he won't." Then I can be happy! I can have a fun, sexy, and even dark time!
Whatever is going on with Wright and his dead wife/the devil, I don't want it. Make it stopppp.
Finally, I did not sign up for knotting. GET IT AWAY FROM ME.
I jumped into a BR with Nenia but I'm throwing in the towel. It's been quite some time and I don't want to pick this up. Every time I see it on my Kindle I'm looking at it like this:
There, there. It's just a book. It can't hurt you.
This reminded me of a werewolf version of Die by the Drop. Which was a frankly ridiculous book that I enjoyed but probably won't read again. The similarities lie in sex, lots of it, with death looming and blood and some unsavory descriptions (i.e. words I don't like to see in sex scenes).
I actually don't think Sloane is a bad writer, nor is this a bad book per se. It's just... a lot. The synopsis promises "demonic levels of horniness" and by god does this book deliver. But it's proving too dense and intense for me to get into. I do not need characters to be CONSTANTLY horny for each other. I need them to take breaks, good lord. This book is too long for that nonsense. I also read the TWs but I didn't think the cannibalism was going to be directed AT THE HEROINE. BY THE HERO. It's not sexy when you eat chunks of your love interest's thigh. Who do you think you are, Armie Hammer? And if I feel like the heroine might really be in danger of the hero killing her, I'm not going to have fun. I need something more along the lines of "she's running from him for her life because he wants to kill her but oops, he got a boner so now he won't." Then I can be happy! I can have a fun, sexy, and even dark time!
Whatever is going on with Wright and his dead wife/the devil, I don't want it. Make it stopppp.
Finally, I did not sign up for knotting. GET IT AWAY FROM ME.
July 29, 2023
I don't read a lot of horror erotica or shifter romances, but when I do, this is the type of story I am looking for. Then, Earth Swallowed Ocean by Shiloh Sloane is a dark, paranormal, enemies-to-lovers romance. It's a lyrical, gritty and haunting story about two werewolves hiding in plain sight in post-WW2 Appalachia .. and how a deal between the devil and a human girl catapults her right into their path.
Potential triggers: suicide, abuse, neglect, blood and gore, murder, grief and loss, non-con between love interests.
While reading I couldn't help but think that this story is like a cross between Hemlock Grove and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which both happen to be favourites of mine in their respective genres.
Werewolves are illustrated to perfection in this story, in my opinion. Ridge and Wright are more animal than human whether they want to admit it or not. Ridge especially, having given into this animalistic side of him, is a primal beast with zero moral compass and an insatiable hunger for human flesh. And Sadie? Well, she's the perfect prey.
This book won't be for everyone. Not only is it incredibly dark, there are also some elements to the story that can be frustrating for romance readers. For me, this was the perfect mix of unhinged, evocative and original with the most delectable prose I could ask for. I went in blind and was surprised quite a few times with the direction... but in a good way! Sloane did not hold back in her writing and I give her major props for that. She is incredibly talented and has a unique writer's voice that I love — I'm already feral for the next book in this series and cannot wait to see what else she writes!
All three characters tugged at my heart and as their backstories unraveled, I fell harder and harder.
The blurb promises "demonic levels of horniness" and that would be correct. There is tons of sex in this book.. more than I anticipated but welcomed all the same. It's unhinged werewolf erotica at its finest, and I loved every second of it.
I don't know what else to say about this story other than it was an experience, and that I'm still chewing on it. I would recommend this to any dark paranormal romance readers that want something a little outside-the-box, appreciate true enemies to lovers, rich and evocative writing and creative storytelling.
Potential triggers: suicide, abuse, neglect, blood and gore, murder, grief and loss, non-con between love interests.
While reading I couldn't help but think that this story is like a cross between Hemlock Grove and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which both happen to be favourites of mine in their respective genres.
"He hears most people like they’re yelling but her voice is perfect. Like waves in the ocean. He’s been landlocked for years."
Werewolves are illustrated to perfection in this story, in my opinion. Ridge and Wright are more animal than human whether they want to admit it or not. Ridge especially, having given into this animalistic side of him, is a primal beast with zero moral compass and an insatiable hunger for human flesh. And Sadie? Well, she's the perfect prey.
This book won't be for everyone. Not only is it incredibly dark, there are also some elements to the story that can be frustrating for romance readers. For me, this was the perfect mix of unhinged, evocative and original with the most delectable prose I could ask for. I went in blind and was surprised quite a few times with the direction... but in a good way! Sloane did not hold back in her writing and I give her major props for that. She is incredibly talented and has a unique writer's voice that I love — I'm already feral for the next book in this series and cannot wait to see what else she writes!
All three characters tugged at my heart and as their backstories unraveled, I fell harder and harder.
"How cruel is the Devil, that he’d send evil after her and she’d fall in love with him?"
The blurb promises "demonic levels of horniness" and that would be correct. There is tons of sex in this book.. more than I anticipated but welcomed all the same. It's unhinged werewolf erotica at its finest, and I loved every second of it.
I don't know what else to say about this story other than it was an experience, and that I'm still chewing on it. I would recommend this to any dark paranormal romance readers that want something a little outside-the-box, appreciate true enemies to lovers, rich and evocative writing and creative storytelling.
December 2, 2023
3.5 STARS
In all fairness, I struggled a ton with my rating. I sat on it for days after finishing and truth be told, I'm still slightly on the struggle bus. On the one hand, the story is beautifully written with the most amazing prose. It reads like a movie reel behind your eyes and I fell in love with the unique setting of the Appalachian mountains set in post WW2 time.
I'm a sucker for a good shifter/werewolf romance and it's rare to read one that's unique enough to stand out. And this one definitely stood out. We get introduced to the Lindal; Ridge, who's given up on his humanity and welcomed his feral side and Wright, who struggles on the cusp of his nature. The story is beautifully crafted and phenomenally written. I absolutely adored Sloane's voice and writing style. Having said that, there were multiple things that kept me from fully loving it.
1. Sadie. I wanted to love her but she was one of the most blandest FMCs. There was nothing unique or memorable about her. She was written in an almost too pure, virginal ingenue and I struggled to connect with her. Unfortunately I just never did. She read very one dimensional and truthfully I struggle to recall one detail about her.
2. The romance is an MF but the way it's constructed, it gives off MFM vibes. So much so that I found myself really disappointed in the direction it took in the last 20%. While I can understand what happened to happen once, when it happened twice, it ruined the vibe of the MF romance. I didn't understand what it added to the book or the romance. And the weird about-face that Sadie had was strange too.
3. The open ended feeling of the book. I'm a reader that doesn't mind having some parts of the book being left to interpretation or open ended, but this left me with more questions than answers that left to a highly dissatisfactory feeling when I finished. Did Wright after understand what happened to his family? Why did it happen? What was "the devil"? What really happened to Sadie and her father? There was just too many open ended things that made it feel like plot holes than anything else.
The steam is high in this book but at times it was almost too much because it began to distract from the story and felt like sex for the sake of sex.
I fell head over heels for both Ridge and Wright and I'll definitely be reading Wright's book next. My quibbles aside, I still devoured this book. Pun intended. And I'd recommend it for any shifter romance lover out there. This author has such a unique voice that I can't wait for her to write more.
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How cruel is the Devil, that he’d send evil after her and she’d fall in love with him?
In all fairness, I struggled a ton with my rating. I sat on it for days after finishing and truth be told, I'm still slightly on the struggle bus. On the one hand, the story is beautifully written with the most amazing prose. It reads like a movie reel behind your eyes and I fell in love with the unique setting of the Appalachian mountains set in post WW2 time.
I'm a sucker for a good shifter/werewolf romance and it's rare to read one that's unique enough to stand out. And this one definitely stood out. We get introduced to the Lindal; Ridge, who's given up on his humanity and welcomed his feral side and Wright, who struggles on the cusp of his nature. The story is beautifully crafted and phenomenally written. I absolutely adored Sloane's voice and writing style. Having said that, there were multiple things that kept me from fully loving it.
1. Sadie. I wanted to love her but she was one of the most blandest FMCs. There was nothing unique or memorable about her. She was written in an almost too pure, virginal ingenue and I struggled to connect with her. Unfortunately I just never did. She read very one dimensional and truthfully I struggle to recall one detail about her.
2. The romance is an MF but the way it's constructed, it gives off MFM vibes. So much so that I found myself really disappointed in the direction it took in the last 20%. While I can understand what happened to happen once, when it happened twice, it ruined the vibe of the MF romance. I didn't understand what it added to the book or the romance. And the weird about-face that Sadie had was strange too.
3. The open ended feeling of the book. I'm a reader that doesn't mind having some parts of the book being left to interpretation or open ended, but this left me with more questions than answers that left to a highly dissatisfactory feeling when I finished. Did Wright after understand what happened to his family? Why did it happen? What was "the devil"? What really happened to Sadie and her father? There was just too many open ended things that made it feel like plot holes than anything else.
The steam is high in this book but at times it was almost too much because it began to distract from the story and felt like sex for the sake of sex.
I fell head over heels for both Ridge and Wright and I'll definitely be reading Wright's book next. My quibbles aside, I still devoured this book. Pun intended. And I'd recommend it for any shifter romance lover out there. This author has such a unique voice that I can't wait for her to write more.
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October 31, 2022
There hasn't been a day that's gone by since reading that this book hasn't crossed my mind. I haven't ever read anything like it. I have so many thoughts and things I want to say about this beautiful and devastating story Shiloh has written but it’s hard, this made me feel so much.
The characters, the FEAR, the scents, the passion, the lust, the rage, the blood, and ultimately the love and sacrifice are all so palpable that you feel like you're right there with them and experiencing everything.
Sadie comes face to face with the Devil. (THIS SCENE!! CHILLSSS) She's asked to do the unthinkable in order to save herself. After she leaves home she comes face to face with something even more frightening, Ridge. He's wild and all consuming. Ridge tastes her and then all hell breaks loose. He claims her. Sadie puts up one hell of a fight though but there's no stopping him, merely delaying the inevitable. Even when she gets help from Wright, Ridge's brother.
The tension is THICK. Wright is protecting Sadie while dealing with his feral brother and his inner demons. He’s drawn to her. I loved Wright but his story absolutely destroyed me. He's been through so much but still cares so deeply for his brother and ultimately Sadie. This man will break your heart.
"I'm going to eat you bite by bite, little fawn."
But, Ridge. Oh boy. He's something else. His love for Sadie is depraved, bloody, and out right terrifying but I loved it all. I'm so torn and I want more, so much more!! I can't wait to see what Shiloh gives us next.
The characters, the FEAR, the scents, the passion, the lust, the rage, the blood, and ultimately the love and sacrifice are all so palpable that you feel like you're right there with them and experiencing everything.
Sadie comes face to face with the Devil. (THIS SCENE!! CHILLSSS) She's asked to do the unthinkable in order to save herself. After she leaves home she comes face to face with something even more frightening, Ridge. He's wild and all consuming. Ridge tastes her and then all hell breaks loose. He claims her. Sadie puts up one hell of a fight though but there's no stopping him, merely delaying the inevitable. Even when she gets help from Wright, Ridge's brother.
The tension is THICK. Wright is protecting Sadie while dealing with his feral brother and his inner demons. He’s drawn to her. I loved Wright but his story absolutely destroyed me. He's been through so much but still cares so deeply for his brother and ultimately Sadie. This man will break your heart.
"I'm going to eat you bite by bite, little fawn."
But, Ridge. Oh boy. He's something else. His love for Sadie is depraved, bloody, and out right terrifying but I loved it all. I'm so torn and I want more, so much more!! I can't wait to see what Shiloh gives us next.
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December 21, 2022A DNF, but I won't rate it, since it's a me broblem, not the book. I couldn't connect with the FMC, she was too bland, too passive. Maybe she changed (I only read till 30%), but I wasn't invested enough to want to find out.
August 8, 2023
Ok, first of all:
A couple friends had started/read this book and after sharing their thoughts with me, I dropped everything and dove in. This book is going to be for all the weird humans that love gore, goth, horror, savage brutality, oddities, morbid humor, and ultimately a story that is so bizarre and authentic that you fall head over heels obsessed with it.
Without giving too much away, I will do my best to recap my experience with this book. It's a bloody, I repeat, bloody
story starting off with a skin prickling beginning. Sadie, FMC, awakes to find out something tragic has befallen her. A mysterious stranger shatters her small world with a few sentences. Then, she's off to fulfill what, she doesn't know quite yet. Enter Ridge Lindal...
Ridge Lindal, I'll probably be thanking my friends for a long time coming for bringing him into my life. And evermore grateful to Shiloh Sloane for writing this pyschotic male. He is everything that I love reading about with some of my MMC's, brutal, confident, unapologetic, vicious, primal, and I could go on and on. I'll just say that Shiloh absolutely nailed carving out this wolf. When he comes barreling into Sadies path, everything changes. For both Sadie and Ridge. This story unfolds in such an addicting way. It really felt like bingeing a tv series. Every chapter outdid the previous one. Plus, the church scene! My god....I would become a religious woman for Ridge Lindal and worship him if all THAT would be considered his form of worship I'll just say!
There's mystery, gore, shifters, southern goth aesthetic, primal spice, and touches of horror throughout. I do have to mention that the only thing I was probably not the biggest fan of, was a particular chapter between Sadie and Wright. I still struggle to chew it over. I understand it but, Ridge has stolen-or more like bitten off a piece of my heart for himself and everyone else right now just can not even be a contender for my attention.
A couple friends had started/read this book and after sharing their thoughts with me, I dropped everything and dove in. This book is going to be for all the weird humans that love gore, goth, horror, savage brutality, oddities, morbid humor, and ultimately a story that is so bizarre and authentic that you fall head over heels obsessed with it.
Without giving too much away, I will do my best to recap my experience with this book. It's a bloody, I repeat, bloody
story starting off with a skin prickling beginning. Sadie, FMC, awakes to find out something tragic has befallen her. A mysterious stranger shatters her small world with a few sentences. Then, she's off to fulfill what, she doesn't know quite yet. Enter Ridge Lindal...Ridge Lindal, I'll probably be thanking my friends for a long time coming for bringing him into my life. And evermore grateful to Shiloh Sloane for writing this pyschotic male. He is everything that I love reading about with some of my MMC's, brutal, confident, unapologetic, vicious, primal, and I could go on and on. I'll just say that Shiloh absolutely nailed carving out this wolf. When he comes barreling into Sadies path, everything changes. For both Sadie and Ridge. This story unfolds in such an addicting way. It really felt like bingeing a tv series. Every chapter outdid the previous one. Plus, the church scene! My god....I would become a religious woman for Ridge Lindal and worship him if all THAT would be considered his form of worship I'll just say!
There's mystery, gore, shifters, southern goth aesthetic, primal spice, and touches of horror throughout. I do have to mention that the only thing I was probably not the biggest fan of, was a particular chapter between Sadie and Wright. I still struggle to chew it over. I understand it but, Ridge has stolen-or more like bitten off a piece of my heart for himself and everyone else right now just can not even be a contender for my attention.
December 24, 2023
i kinda liked it more when he was actively trying to eat her idk maybe that's just a me thing
September 18, 2022
To call this book “good” would be a high class felony. This book is daring. This book is possessive. This book rocks your socks right off, dips them in ice water and then slaps you in the face with them.
Without giving spoilers, I very much enjoyed the mysterious storyline packed full of myth, romance, horror and a healthy dose of smut. There are scenes depicted within these pages that would make a veteran adult film star blush while simultaneously keeping a lifetime love story addict eagerly eating up chapters until the very end.
10/10 would recommend and simply cannot wait to devour more from this author! Their level of creativity is top notch!
Without giving spoilers, I very much enjoyed the mysterious storyline packed full of myth, romance, horror and a healthy dose of smut. There are scenes depicted within these pages that would make a veteran adult film star blush while simultaneously keeping a lifetime love story addict eagerly eating up chapters until the very end.
10/10 would recommend and simply cannot wait to devour more from this author! Their level of creativity is top notch!
June 4, 2023
I honestly could have highlighted this entire book. The imagery and prose was haunting, I could feel entire scenes and experience their desperation. Gorgeously written and overwrought with emotion, I found it decadent-- one of my favourite reads of the year by far.
“Kiss it clean, little fawn,” he tells her. “Lick the rope of your noose.”
“Kiss it clean, little fawn,” he tells her. “Lick the rope of your noose.”
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September 11, 2023DNF 33%
After some reviews that made me doubt the direction of the book, I decided to spoil myself by looking for certain elements in it.
I would have liked to know some of the tropes before I got into the story.
(warning SPOILERS)
Although the book is sold as M/F, in reality it's almost an M/F/M couple.
The heroine has a rather ambiguous relationship with the hero's brother and feelings develop between them.
The heroine cheats on the hero with his brother, and the hero, who is supposed to be extremely violent and super possessive, is strangely pretty chill about it.
In the end, the heroine admits to loving both of them, although she ends up with only one, and I imagine the hero's brother will be the main character in the next book.
After some reviews that made me doubt the direction of the book, I decided to spoil myself by looking for certain elements in it.
I would have liked to know some of the tropes before I got into the story.
(warning SPOILERS)
Although the book is sold as M/F, in reality it's almost an M/F/M couple.
The heroine has a rather ambiguous relationship with the hero's brother and feelings develop between them.
The heroine cheats on the hero with his brother, and the hero, who is supposed to be extremely violent and super possessive, is strangely pretty chill about it.
In the end, the heroine admits to loving both of them, although she ends up with only one, and I imagine the hero's brother will be the main character in the next book.
September 14, 2025
DNF @ 45%.
The FMC in this is such a sad, played out stereotype. She is so oblivious and naive it's hard to believe she's 24.
I don't like a story where the FMC is supposed to be so kind and then makes excuses for a mate that is despicable, just because that's her mate. Ridge has r*ped, killed, and eaten hundreds of innocent women and the FMC has hearts in her eyes. Smh.
Honestly, I was wanting the FMC to end up with Wright because they had a connection and a relationship built, plus there was some delicious sexual tension between the two. I don't see anything with Ridge but creepy threats, cannibalism, and lust.
Also, why are so many female authors writing MMCs that threaten to or do eat parts of the FMC? Who is this supposed to titillate?
The FMC in this is such a sad, played out stereotype. She is so oblivious and naive it's hard to believe she's 24.
I don't like a story where the FMC is supposed to be so kind and then makes excuses for a mate that is despicable, just because that's her mate. Ridge has r*ped, killed, and eaten hundreds of innocent women and the FMC has hearts in her eyes. Smh.
Honestly, I was wanting the FMC to end up with Wright because they had a connection and a relationship built, plus there was some delicious sexual tension between the two. I don't see anything with Ridge but creepy threats, cannibalism, and lust.
Also, why are so many female authors writing MMCs that threaten to or do eat parts of the FMC? Who is this supposed to titillate?
July 18, 2025
1st read, July 2024: ♾️⭐️
2nd read, July 2025: ♾️⭐️
The most criminally underrated author in the entire dark romance space. Somehow this was even better the 2nd time. I love these characters so much, and no one can craft such complex and real characters like Shiloh can. The angst, the longing, the emotions, the SPIIIIICE, perfection. This will always be a god tier book for me, a truly DNA altering series. God bless Shiloh Sloane for giving us the Lindal men.
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I have no idea what the hell I just read but I loved every second of it.
2nd read, July 2025: ♾️⭐️
The most criminally underrated author in the entire dark romance space. Somehow this was even better the 2nd time. I love these characters so much, and no one can craft such complex and real characters like Shiloh can. The angst, the longing, the emotions, the SPIIIIICE, perfection. This will always be a god tier book for me, a truly DNA altering series. God bless Shiloh Sloane for giving us the Lindal men.
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I have no idea what the hell I just read but I loved every second of it.
September 30, 2022
Spice: 5/5
Plot: 3/5
Spoilers in review- do not continue if you haven’t read the book!
I want to start by saying overall this is a pretty good read and I would recommend it to anyone who reads for spice first and plot second.
It’s a multiple POV story and you can’t help but get wrapped into each character. Throughout the book there were flashbacks and you learned a little more about the characters but if anything I would have liked to see even more character development.
The author put a note at the beginning of the book that says “this story might fuck you up”. Now I don’t know about all that because I was probably fucked up before the book (which is why I was desperate to get the ARC) but man oh man this this story really is fucked up! Some themes included: cannibalism, abuse, addiction, suicidal ideations, gore/violence, and others. When I say check the trigger warnings, I mean it!
Spicy scenes could be gruesome due to the context given (extremely gory scenes) but god were they intensely hot!
Storyline could be simplified. The part where Wright can randomly see ghosts/people who aren’t even born yet??? It was a little too much and not necessary to the story line and honesty seemed like it was randomly thrown in to make one scene possible. I think it could have been left to just the “devil” and still had the same effect (e.g., could still have the little boy scene at Sadie’s old house but just made it part of the “devil’s vision” instead of a “ghost”).
Some of the chapter’s lengths were insane. One was over an hour and could have easily been split up. It might just be me but when I saw on the screen “1 hour 21 mins left in chapter” I stopped reading and put it down for awhile. I don’t always have that kind of time to sit down and commit to a book. If it was split up I would have progressed through it quicker. Now again this might just be a “me problem” because I can’t stop reading in the middle of a chapter.
When I say the descriptive writing was ON POINT! I felt like I was at the farm or the gas station or in the water watching the critters swim! A+ on making it immersive with your words alone!
I also think the relationship with Wright needs explained more. It’s obviously a huge factor in the book and the outcome and then just doesn’t really get answered. Also feel like we could have used another scene between ridge and Wright afterwards because ridge was way too chill about it when the whole book hypes up his aggression and need to kill. The refusing to turn scene was amazing but would have loved to see an after the fact convo take place!
Honestly the Hiroshima line could just be left out— might not be appreciated by all readers.
Overall a decent read and would suggest to friends (at least the ones that are as equally fucked up as me haha).
Plot: 3/5
Spoilers in review- do not continue if you haven’t read the book!
I want to start by saying overall this is a pretty good read and I would recommend it to anyone who reads for spice first and plot second.
It’s a multiple POV story and you can’t help but get wrapped into each character. Throughout the book there were flashbacks and you learned a little more about the characters but if anything I would have liked to see even more character development.
The author put a note at the beginning of the book that says “this story might fuck you up”. Now I don’t know about all that because I was probably fucked up before the book (which is why I was desperate to get the ARC) but man oh man this this story really is fucked up! Some themes included: cannibalism, abuse, addiction, suicidal ideations, gore/violence, and others. When I say check the trigger warnings, I mean it!
Spicy scenes could be gruesome due to the context given (extremely gory scenes) but god were they intensely hot!
Storyline could be simplified. The part where Wright can randomly see ghosts/people who aren’t even born yet??? It was a little too much and not necessary to the story line and honesty seemed like it was randomly thrown in to make one scene possible. I think it could have been left to just the “devil” and still had the same effect (e.g., could still have the little boy scene at Sadie’s old house but just made it part of the “devil’s vision” instead of a “ghost”).
Some of the chapter’s lengths were insane. One was over an hour and could have easily been split up. It might just be me but when I saw on the screen “1 hour 21 mins left in chapter” I stopped reading and put it down for awhile. I don’t always have that kind of time to sit down and commit to a book. If it was split up I would have progressed through it quicker. Now again this might just be a “me problem” because I can’t stop reading in the middle of a chapter.
When I say the descriptive writing was ON POINT! I felt like I was at the farm or the gas station or in the water watching the critters swim! A+ on making it immersive with your words alone!
I also think the relationship with Wright needs explained more. It’s obviously a huge factor in the book and the outcome and then just doesn’t really get answered. Also feel like we could have used another scene between ridge and Wright afterwards because ridge was way too chill about it when the whole book hypes up his aggression and need to kill. The refusing to turn scene was amazing but would have loved to see an after the fact convo take place!
Honestly the Hiroshima line could just be left out— might not be appreciated by all readers.
Overall a decent read and would suggest to friends (at least the ones that are as equally fucked up as me haha).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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July 3, 2024I can’t take it anymore, 50% DNF
I’m not rating this since it’s clearly not for me, but I’m truly bummed out cuz I had such high hopes for this book. I’m not that into shifter romances but this one reeled me in (in the beginning at least). I loved the animalistic and feral take on the genre, it was refreshing and had none of that wolf/ puppy clan bullshit. Alas, that’s where my compliments end.
Despite loving how the author portrayed werewolves/ shifters, I felt like this book had all the elements of an omegaverse without being omegaverse if that makes sense. Naturally, insta-lust & insta-love would follow so there was no true chemistry imo, nothing to base their relationship on but scents & lust & weird chompy sex (how was she moaning when he was literally eating parts of her thighs???? I’m tempted to rate it one star just for that). Chemistry aside, the FMC had zero personality. Basically a placeholder for the reader to project on. I got real sick of reading the Lindal men recite how she’s oh so sweet and innocent and kind. And hey I don’t mind sweet and kind, but all homegirl does is cream while getting mauled by Ridge and occasionally sweep Wright’s floors?? and speaking of Wright, I didn’t even finish the book but why was he so hung up on her and her brown butter scent. Didn’t he have a mate…
Now for the pacing and world building. There are weird disjointed mini time-skips that I couldn’t get my head around. Like she’d escape death by her sexy rawr XD mate, then all of a sudden we’re at the table negotiating how he can’t be a bad boy! not allowed to eat her no more mr wolf!! ya hear!? and she’s just sitting across him no problem (nvm the fact he just tried to kill her), practically oozing fluids from every pore, and no doubt he can *smell* her.
World building’s got a paranormal vibe going on but I’m assuming she was a normal girl before all this. How does she just accept demons, werewolves, and god knows what else so easily?
Lastly, I know a lot of people compliment the author’s writing and FOR THE GENRE it’s comparatively well written but imo it was too flowery and/ or edgy and definitely repetitive. I will say the prologue was nice, but everything went downhill from there.
I’m not rating this since it’s clearly not for me, but I’m truly bummed out cuz I had such high hopes for this book. I’m not that into shifter romances but this one reeled me in (in the beginning at least). I loved the animalistic and feral take on the genre, it was refreshing and had none of that wolf/ puppy clan bullshit. Alas, that’s where my compliments end.
Despite loving how the author portrayed werewolves/ shifters, I felt like this book had all the elements of an omegaverse without being omegaverse if that makes sense. Naturally, insta-lust & insta-love would follow so there was no true chemistry imo, nothing to base their relationship on but scents & lust & weird chompy sex (how was she moaning when he was literally eating parts of her thighs???? I’m tempted to rate it one star just for that). Chemistry aside, the FMC had zero personality. Basically a placeholder for the reader to project on. I got real sick of reading the Lindal men recite how she’s oh so sweet and innocent and kind. And hey I don’t mind sweet and kind, but all homegirl does is cream while getting mauled by Ridge and occasionally sweep Wright’s floors?? and speaking of Wright, I didn’t even finish the book but why was he so hung up on her and her brown butter scent. Didn’t he have a mate…
Now for the pacing and world building. There are weird disjointed mini time-skips that I couldn’t get my head around. Like she’d escape death by her sexy rawr XD mate, then all of a sudden we’re at the table negotiating how he can’t be a bad boy! not allowed to eat her no more mr wolf!! ya hear!? and she’s just sitting across him no problem (nvm the fact he just tried to kill her), practically oozing fluids from every pore, and no doubt he can *smell* her.
World building’s got a paranormal vibe going on but I’m assuming she was a normal girl before all this. How does she just accept demons, werewolves, and god knows what else so easily?
Lastly, I know a lot of people compliment the author’s writing and FOR THE GENRE it’s comparatively well written but imo it was too flowery and/ or edgy and definitely repetitive. I will say the prologue was nice, but everything went downhill from there.
December 8, 2023
My horror-whore heart fell hard for this one. You gotta be down for some flesh-eating (I'm all over it) with all the horny body-fluid swapping you can imagine (sign me up). But it's the originality that sold me. This is right up there with the queen of erotic horror, R Lee Smith. The writing is absolutely delightful, grabbing all the senses and building a compelling post-WWII world. If you're here for the romance, it's as savage and delicious as you would expect from a family of hungry, territorial wolves. This is a top read for me this year. I highly recommend it to dark romance lovers.
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August 21, 2023heather said there is knotting, that's why i added it to my tbr
August 23, 2025
All over the place dark smut.
I liked it, but it was hard to track what the author was trying to do.
I liked it, but it was hard to track what the author was trying to do.
May 27, 2024
“How cruel is the Devil, that he’d send evil after her and she’d fall in love with him?”
This book was so unlike anything I’ve ever read.. in the absolute best way. It was dark, smutty, sadistic, and truly twisted. An erotic horror novel filled with beautiful, poetic prose and a dreamlike depiction of a love so brutal & obsessive. The devil comes to Sadie Price one day after a horrific tragedy and strikes a bargain with her. This bargain leads her into the arms of Ridge Lindal🥵 I loved how psychotic and unhinged this man was & I especially loved his older brother, Wright, who we get a lot of backstory on. These characters all have such tragic backgrounds and it made me all the more emotionally invested. Overall, I really enjoyed this dark and mysterious story. It was so atmospheric and all-consuming. I need more!!🖤
This book was so unlike anything I’ve ever read.. in the absolute best way. It was dark, smutty, sadistic, and truly twisted. An erotic horror novel filled with beautiful, poetic prose and a dreamlike depiction of a love so brutal & obsessive. The devil comes to Sadie Price one day after a horrific tragedy and strikes a bargain with her. This bargain leads her into the arms of Ridge Lindal🥵 I loved how psychotic and unhinged this man was & I especially loved his older brother, Wright, who we get a lot of backstory on. These characters all have such tragic backgrounds and it made me all the more emotionally invested. Overall, I really enjoyed this dark and mysterious story. It was so atmospheric and all-consuming. I need more!!🖤
January 19, 2024
One star for Wright, who seemed like the only well-developed characters in the book. Thoughtful, solemn, kind. Man’s got demons in his mind and it makes sense why.
1/2 star for the writing style, which suits the romantic thriller genre very well. It has a certain omniscience reminiscent of folk-style storytelling that settles in your bones
1/2 star for the incredibly original take on werewolf lore. It was enough to keep me reading even when I wanted to chuck my kindle at the wall everytime Ridge opened his mouth.
A man is hanging there, except for he isn’t a man. All her life, he’s been more God than anyone she hears about in church. He brought her into this world in the living room, guided her out of her mother’s womb. Her blood is half his, the sparkling part, the part that feels restless when sitting still and the part that makes stories in her mind for all the places she’ll go. But his hands, the same that brought her crying into the light twenty-three years ago, now build prisons and darken skin. He has made a hell for her, so he is not a man.
NOW, why I removed stars:
- minus 100 ⭐️ for Ridge. That man’s a DOG!!!!!!! He rapes Sadie upon meeting her, constantly fantasizes about EATING HER FLESH cause he eats people. You know what? UNDERSTANDABLE! He is a sociopathic killer drowned by his urges. Then he mates with Sadie and all of a sudden he’s been beat over the head by the love bug.
But no siree don’t let this book fool you that there’s any kind of love in this book. Nah, the only time you see Ridge and Sadie in a room, they are having violent sex. They don’t have conversations— they just have sex on everything, everywhere, anytime.
Sadie lacks any kind of spine and it seems almost pitiful the way Ridge treats her. When she suggests having conversations, he dismisses her claiming he knows everything he needs to know of her.
- minus 1000 ⭐️ for the NONSTOP MINDLESS SEX I repeat, Ridge and Sadie did NOT have conversations. They had brutal, meangingless, repetitive sex. From 40% of the book onwards, nearly every single chapter. There’s a lot of gory, brutal blood play, knives, blades, fluids. Skipped through a lot of scenes.
He hunts for her (body) , and hungers for her (body), and weeps when he loses her (body), when she runs away.
That’s part of why Ridge seemed not human. He seemed like an actual animal with the way he saw Sadie and just fucked her on the spot.
Bees are considered robots because they don’t consciously perform actions. They just respond to stimuli.
Ridge seemed the same way.
Psycho killer—> Mates with Sadie —-> becomes doting psycho killer
Sees Sadie—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie walks—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie quiet ——> fucks Sadie
Sadie lost —-> find Sadie, then fuck Sadie
I could not distinguish a single conscious thought in his brain beyond fucking Sadie.
But they said he READS✨
WHERE? I don’t think I’ve heard him talk about ANYTHING except mating with Sadie, babies with Sadie, eating Sadie, or sleeping with Sadie. He doesn’t seem strategic or thoughtful or tactical either — just a dumb horny man breaking through walls to get his Sadie.
L
- minus 10000⭐️ for having Ridge when there was a WRIGHT right there (lol) Wright, Ridge’s brother, had a genuine, thoughtful relationship with Sadie. They bonded over their grief, they helped each other heal and their relationship was based on a genuine emotional connection first. Wright and Sadie. Forbidden love because Sadie was his brother’s mate.
Where Wright speaks about Sadie’s resilience, kindness and sweetness, Ridge just weeps over losing Sadie’s sweet thighs.
Where Wright talks about freedom and choice, Ridge brutally bites and rapes Sadie.
Wright, who tries to sacrifice himself for Sadie, while Ridge denies Sadie’s life is in danger.
WHY COULDNT WRIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE STORY?
“You ain’t hearin’ me,” Wright says. “Can’t make that woman do something she don’t want to do. That ain’t lovin’ her proper.”
Ridge scoffs.
Ridge 🤢
- minus 50 ⭐️ for thé plot which kind of seemed roughly thrown together The evil priests + the random devil/not-devil seemed a light poorly placed. Had the author just knocked off sex scenes, we could’ve had a better explanation for the devil.
Final thoughts:
My problem with this book isn’t that it’s an erotica or that it’s a dark, dark fucked-up romance with a serial killer MMC. I appreciate good fucked-up erotica. My problem is that it doesn’t feel like the love story it claims to be. Ridge and Sadie being “fated” mates feels like a cheap way to forgo any genuine initial connection and have the go at it like bunnies right from when they meet till the end. The lack of genuine connection, of depth to their relationship made it feel superficial and borderline just sexual fulfillment. It was a like very trope-y ‘villain gets the girl’ situation that could’ve just been a short story. I don’t expect Ridge to change. I just expected him to have a little more depth.
1/2 star for the writing style, which suits the romantic thriller genre very well. It has a certain omniscience reminiscent of folk-style storytelling that settles in your bones
1/2 star for the incredibly original take on werewolf lore. It was enough to keep me reading even when I wanted to chuck my kindle at the wall everytime Ridge opened his mouth.
A man is hanging there, except for he isn’t a man. All her life, he’s been more God than anyone she hears about in church. He brought her into this world in the living room, guided her out of her mother’s womb. Her blood is half his, the sparkling part, the part that feels restless when sitting still and the part that makes stories in her mind for all the places she’ll go. But his hands, the same that brought her crying into the light twenty-three years ago, now build prisons and darken skin. He has made a hell for her, so he is not a man.
NOW, why I removed stars:
- minus 100 ⭐️ for Ridge. That man’s a DOG!!!!!!! He rapes Sadie upon meeting her, constantly fantasizes about EATING HER FLESH cause he eats people. You know what? UNDERSTANDABLE! He is a sociopathic killer drowned by his urges. Then he mates with Sadie and all of a sudden he’s been beat over the head by the love bug.
But no siree don’t let this book fool you that there’s any kind of love in this book. Nah, the only time you see Ridge and Sadie in a room, they are having violent sex. They don’t have conversations— they just have sex on everything, everywhere, anytime.
Sadie lacks any kind of spine and it seems almost pitiful the way Ridge treats her. When she suggests having conversations, he dismisses her claiming he knows everything he needs to know of her.
- minus 1000 ⭐️ for the NONSTOP MINDLESS SEX I repeat, Ridge and Sadie did NOT have conversations. They had brutal, meangingless, repetitive sex. From 40% of the book onwards, nearly every single chapter. There’s a lot of gory, brutal blood play, knives, blades, fluids. Skipped through a lot of scenes.
He hunts for her (body) , and hungers for her (body), and weeps when he loses her (body), when she runs away.
That’s part of why Ridge seemed not human. He seemed like an actual animal with the way he saw Sadie and just fucked her on the spot.
Bees are considered robots because they don’t consciously perform actions. They just respond to stimuli.
Ridge seemed the same way.
Psycho killer—> Mates with Sadie —-> becomes doting psycho killer
Sees Sadie—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie walks—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie quiet ——> fucks Sadie
Sadie lost —-> find Sadie, then fuck Sadie
I could not distinguish a single conscious thought in his brain beyond fucking Sadie.
But they said he READS✨
WHERE? I don’t think I’ve heard him talk about ANYTHING except mating with Sadie, babies with Sadie, eating Sadie, or sleeping with Sadie. He doesn’t seem strategic or thoughtful or tactical either — just a dumb horny man breaking through walls to get his Sadie.
L
- minus 10000⭐️ for having Ridge when there was a WRIGHT right there (lol) Wright, Ridge’s brother, had a genuine, thoughtful relationship with Sadie. They bonded over their grief, they helped each other heal and their relationship was based on a genuine emotional connection first. Wright and Sadie. Forbidden love because Sadie was his brother’s mate.
Where Wright speaks about Sadie’s resilience, kindness and sweetness, Ridge just weeps over losing Sadie’s sweet thighs.
Where Wright talks about freedom and choice, Ridge brutally bites and rapes Sadie.
Wright, who tries to sacrifice himself for Sadie, while Ridge denies Sadie’s life is in danger.
WHY COULDNT WRIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE STORY?
“You ain’t hearin’ me,” Wright says. “Can’t make that woman do something she don’t want to do. That ain’t lovin’ her proper.”
Ridge scoffs.
Ridge 🤢
- minus 50 ⭐️ for thé plot which kind of seemed roughly thrown together The evil priests + the random devil/not-devil seemed a light poorly placed. Had the author just knocked off sex scenes, we could’ve had a better explanation for the devil.
Final thoughts:
My problem with this book isn’t that it’s an erotica or that it’s a dark, dark fucked-up romance with a serial killer MMC. I appreciate good fucked-up erotica. My problem is that it doesn’t feel like the love story it claims to be. Ridge and Sadie being “fated” mates feels like a cheap way to forgo any genuine initial connection and have the go at it like bunnies right from when they meet till the end. The lack of genuine connection, of depth to their relationship made it feel superficial and borderline just sexual fulfillment. It was a like very trope-y ‘villain gets the girl’ situation that could’ve just been a short story. I don’t expect Ridge to change. I just expected him to have a little more depth.
October 31, 2024
Um. Hmm.
So…
Ok - look - I
What?!
Yeah … ya know?
✨sighs✨
What the hell did I just read and why was it so addictive?
Horror romance - like gory. Werewolves that EAT people.
Morally black MMC
Brothers
Deals with the devil
And honestly too much smut. There comes a point where it’s just words on a page ya know?
Check the tws
Yeah I’ll be reading wrights story because reasons ok.
So…
Ok - look - I
What?!
Yeah … ya know?
✨sighs✨
What the hell did I just read and why was it so addictive?
Horror romance - like gory. Werewolves that EAT people.
Morally black MMC
Brothers
Deals with the devil
And honestly too much smut. There comes a point where it’s just words on a page ya know?
Check the tws
Yeah I’ll be reading wrights story because reasons ok.
September 20, 2022
Now this is a dark romance with a ton of spice so please, check the trigger warnings before reading. Shiloh Sloane has written an unbelievable story that left me sobbing in bed at some points. Highly recommend this book!
Then, Earth Swallowed Ocean follows Sadie, who after making a deal with the devil to save her soul must offer another soul in return. She meets the Lindal brothers, Wright the former soldier carrying deep scars and Ridge the younger brother who lost himself when his brother was deployed and has become a nothing more than a beast. Now everything she ever dreamed of is within her reach but now she doesn’t know if she can bring herself to kill an innocent just to save herself.
September 21, 2022
This book is what I want when I say dark romance. I could NOT stop reading. Sadie, Ridge and Wright were so well thought out and the story between them was addicting. The need displayed between the characters was so consuming and primal.
I have read plenty of werewolf/wolf books and this was nothing like I have read before.
Then,Earth Swallowed Ocean is detailed and well written. I will be adding this on my list of books that I want to re-read.
I have read plenty of werewolf/wolf books and this was nothing like I have read before.
Then,Earth Swallowed Ocean is detailed and well written. I will be adding this on my list of books that I want to re-read.
September 21, 2022
I received an arc for this book, and I’m so glad that I did. The story was really good, and very different from the normal werewolf romances. There were some parts that were downright dirty, so if you’re looking for a sweet romance, this is not it. I loved how the author shaped the characters. The writing was wonderful and so descriptive. I was able to build a mental picture the whole time I was reading this. Definitely can’t wait for more from this author!!
January 16, 2023
I thought I would love this book and I was loving it until the last part. In short I hate everyone but Ridge and this book makes me angry. The betrayal was too much for me. She cheated plain and simple and her being in love with Wright too??? Wtf??? Like it was also emotional cheating. Ridge baby imma get you outta this mess
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 9, 2024
Authors take note - this is how a shifter romance should be written! This completely took over my life for the past couple of days!! Why is this book not talked about more? I was really hesitant to read it as I’ve never really enjoyed a shifter romance but after many friends insisted this was different, I finally decided to take the plunge and I’m grateful that I did.
First off, setting. Perfection. I couldn’t think of anywhere better than the wild Appalachian landscapes for this dark shifter romance to take place.
The characters absolutely won me over and I’m still not sure who I even prefer out of Ridge and Wright. I adore them both in their own ways.
I didn’t see the horror elements coming and I loved how they were woven in. Parts made my skin crawl and felt incredibly unsettling.
This story is such a mash up of dark romance, horror that will pull at your heart strings. All topped off with beautiful writing. I just couldn’t get enough.
I need more of Shiloh Sloane’s writing!
First off, setting. Perfection. I couldn’t think of anywhere better than the wild Appalachian landscapes for this dark shifter romance to take place.
The characters absolutely won me over and I’m still not sure who I even prefer out of Ridge and Wright. I adore them both in their own ways.
I didn’t see the horror elements coming and I loved how they were woven in. Parts made my skin crawl and felt incredibly unsettling.
This story is such a mash up of dark romance, horror that will pull at your heart strings. All topped off with beautiful writing. I just couldn’t get enough.
I need more of Shiloh Sloane’s writing!
August 19, 2025
Absolutely amazing except Sadie you need to stop being annoying and kill if u must girl
July 17, 2023
Where exactly do I start???
I mean, first, tell me how do I NOT pick up a book that's labeled an erotic horror werewolf dark romance, with double digit TWs - one of those being cannibalism ??? Go ahead, I'll wait...
Anyways, this book is kinda beautiful, like, even when he's chomping on her I was swooning whilst gagging. So, we have a deal with the Devil, a murder pact, daddy issues, backwoods Appalachia, werewolves that don't need a moon or to be bitten, feral brother, WWII, dead family, creepy religious fanatics, framed for murder, changelings, and believe it or not - my most hated trope, which I only slightly cringed due to the context...cheating 😒
ALSO, ISTG this author even threw in a lil omegaverse/rh/why choose teaser, I mean she put it on the table and snatched it back quick.
Loved it. You should read it if you have a steady stomach.
I mean, first, tell me how do I NOT pick up a book that's labeled an erotic horror werewolf dark romance, with double digit TWs - one of those being cannibalism ??? Go ahead, I'll wait...
Anyways, this book is kinda beautiful, like, even when he's chomping on her I was swooning whilst gagging. So, we have a deal with the Devil, a murder pact, daddy issues, backwoods Appalachia, werewolves that don't need a moon or to be bitten, feral brother, WWII, dead family, creepy religious fanatics, framed for murder, changelings, and believe it or not - my most hated trope, which I only slightly cringed due to the context...cheating 😒
ALSO, ISTG this author even threw in a lil omegaverse/rh/why choose teaser, I mean she put it on the table and snatched it back quick.
Loved it. You should read it if you have a steady stomach.
December 28, 2024
I immediately need to read everything else by Shiloh 😳
This is one of those times I kick myself for not picking this book up sooner. What is Bred into these Lindals? 🥵 I have never read anything like this. It’s unique. It’s feral. It’s bloody. It’s messy. It’s SEXY.
I love finding new authors that I immediately fall in love with. Shiloh’s writing is original and like a breath of fresh air. Her thoughts are deep. The metaphors were poetic and thought invoking. Her descriptions are vivid. I fell in love with her writing. There is something truly beautiful about it. I am so excited to continue the story of the Lindals and I’m dying to read all of Shilohs work 🩶
-touch her and die
-burn the world for her
-fated mates
-the most feral unhinged alpha wolves 🥵
-1950s North Carolina
-deals with the devil
This is one of those times I kick myself for not picking this book up sooner. What is Bred into these Lindals? 🥵 I have never read anything like this. It’s unique. It’s feral. It’s bloody. It’s messy. It’s SEXY.
I love finding new authors that I immediately fall in love with. Shiloh’s writing is original and like a breath of fresh air. Her thoughts are deep. The metaphors were poetic and thought invoking. Her descriptions are vivid. I fell in love with her writing. There is something truly beautiful about it. I am so excited to continue the story of the Lindals and I’m dying to read all of Shilohs work 🩶
-touch her and die
-burn the world for her
-fated mates
-the most feral unhinged alpha wolves 🥵
-1950s North Carolina
-deals with the devil
December 16, 2022
This book was definitely…something. I’m not much for gore, so many of the sex scenes didn’t do a lot for me, but I dug how dark and feral the Hero was. Even when he fell in love with the heroine, it was a love with teeth.
The prose was a bit heavy handed at times, but that’s a personal opinion and could very well be another’s favorite style.
Overall 3.5 stars. The story was a bit odd at times, but not in a bad way.
The prose was a bit heavy handed at times, but that’s a personal opinion and could very well be another’s favorite style.
Overall 3.5 stars. The story was a bit odd at times, but not in a bad way.
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