One of the worst possible books I've read this year. The story and the blurb were good and that's why I started reading it but the writing style felt too immature - kind of like reading fanfiction by someone who just started with creative writing ( )

At the beginning of this story, the author gives a statement something along the lines of this book is overdramatized on purpose, the reader isn't suppose to dissect each action and focus on if they believe a person would actually do what the characters do. I took that in and kept it in mind while reading.

I love him in a way that's toxic. I know it because no matter how much my heart screams at me that something isn't right, I can't stay away. Marcus is hard, he's broody, he's not soft and he's not gentle but when he's inside me, deep inside, I feel him. I feel everything he refuses to let me see. And it's amazing. It's also how he got under my skin and stayed there.

This book is angsty in that you know bad times are coming. You don't know when the bottom is going to drop, but you know it will. The story flips between current times and past. This allowed for both mystery and a sort of connecting of the dots of certain events.

Marcus and Katia's relationship is like a ticking bomb. There are factors coming in from all sides to destroy it, including within. Katia completely worships Marcus. Marcus is a business machine for the most part. Family and friends come in to play. Everyone seems to be interconnected somehow. Since it is an unfinished story, I cannot give too many details because facts are meant to be learned a drop at a time while reading. Several points are made, but it keeps coming back to love and deceit.

"I'm asking you—no, I'm begging you—don't make me your toy. Pick someone else. Anyone else."

I found this entertaining, and I will read book 2 for sure.
FYI: Marcus has an off-the-charts hotness factor...


***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***





toni





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I loved this book! It's dark, its sexy, alpha male, and secrets upon secrets.

Katia comes across as a naive girl when it comes to Marcus. He is like krytonite even when she is mad she can't stay mad long. Marcus's secrets catch up to him at the end and leaves a major cliff hanger. ( )

I finished reading this and had no words. There is just no way to describe the what I was feeling when I finished this book.

I so wanted to hate Marcus while reading this, yet at the same time I keep reading to see if he would become more human and loving, even just a little bit.

Katia, I felt so sorry for her. I was wondering how she could stay with a man like Marcus. But then love makes you do crazy things. The things that he does to her, the way she doubts herself, all for a man who may or may not love her. God it was so frustrating, in a good way.

Things were just starting to look good for Katia and Marcus and I was like 'yes this could finally be changing' and then bam 'so did not see that coming'

Bella Jewel has written an incredible book that has kept me glued to the pages. Vol 2 cannot come soon enough for me ( )

I finished reading this and had no words. There is just no way to describe the what I was feeling when I finished this book.

I so wanted to hate Marcus while reading this, yet at the same time I keep reading to see if he would become more human and loving, even just a little bit.

Katia, I felt so sorry for her. I was wondering how she could stay with a man like Marcus. But then love makes you do crazy things. The things that he does to her, the way she doubts herself, all for a man who may or may not love her. God it was so frustrating, in a good way.

Things were just starting to look good for Katia and Marcus and I was like 'yes this could finally be changing' and then bam 'so did not see that coming'

Bella Jewel has written an incredible book that has kept me glued to the pages. Vol 2 cannot come soon enough for me ( )