Sweet holy hell. I first discovered this author from her book I Dare You. I thought that the book was dark and twisted. It had nothing on that book. NOTHING. This book was like going straight to Anal without any foreplay, preparation, and sandy lube. There are triggers. A LOT of them. This is definitely not for the faint of heart. Yet, The author depicts a tale that had me riveted. The characters were well developed. The players in the story (the good and bad) all had a purpose and set the foundation of the story to one filled with suspense, horror, and even love. As a reader, I never knew who I could trust and who I couldn't. It was a constant guessing game trying to figure out how all these pieces fit together and ultimately what the outcome would be.

Presleigh. Sweet lord. The things that this woman went through. She is a testament to the strength of women though because I would have either have drunk myself to death or overdosed because there would be no amount of mind-altering substances that could have made me numb enough. Hell, I am not sure that even the weather in Antartica could have truly gotten me to the point of numbness that would be needed to overcome what she went through. Avery. This guy. Half the time I hated him. The other half the time I wanted to marry him. He is not your typical dream man. He isn't even a good guy for the most part. Yet, I found myself drawn to him like a moth to the flame. Once I started unraveling the pieces of this story and started figuring things out then I was okay in knowing that I had developed a mad crush on him. I was debating on upping my therapy to weekly instead of monthly. The steamy times in this book are brutal. They are gritty, hardcore, and brutal. Yet, it works in this story because this is not your typical love story and sugary sweet wouldn't fit for these characters.

I thank my lucky stars that I discovered this amazing author and that she decided to spread her wings and come to the Darkside. I cannot wait to see what she has in store for her readers in the future. I will just make sure that I have plenty of wine on hand for the next one though because she has me hooked. This book is in my top favorite reads of 2018. Also, I just have to commend the author on this cover. The look on the model's face is 100% how I picture Avery in my head (smug/.cocky bastage). ( )