Community Reviews
(Thank you Valentine PR & Literary Management and the author Bella Jewel for the eARC in exchange for a honest, spoiler free review)
Thoughts
This is my first book from Bella and to my understanding this is a series previously written by her under the name of Bec Botefuhr.
I loved the cover; it looks pretty and I like the mystery vibes it gives. Also dark romance means it’s an auto request from me.
Captive tropes in books are hard to find and that being a major plotline in this book is something I had no choice but to like. Willow had a bad beginning to life and throughout she was fighting for herself and never backed down. Johnny aka Jagger wasn’t that easy to like because he gave whiplash towards Willow but the plotline of mmc-using-fmc-to-get-revenge never gets boring so I liked that aspect. The book ended on a cliff hanger but that is understandable as it is part of a series.
One thing I couldn’t connect with was their relationship dynamics, it didn’t feel as genuine to me. I couldn’t understand why they fell for each other. I also had to go back and re-read pages because the flow wasn’t as smooth though re-reading did help me to understand a little better.
For a first book of the series it was good enough.
Thoughts
This is my first book from Bella and to my understanding this is a series previously written by her under the name of Bec Botefuhr.
I loved the cover; it looks pretty and I like the mystery vibes it gives. Also dark romance means it’s an auto request from me.
Captive tropes in books are hard to find and that being a major plotline in this book is something I had no choice but to like. Willow had a bad beginning to life and throughout she was fighting for herself and never backed down. Johnny aka Jagger wasn’t that easy to like because he gave whiplash towards Willow but the plotline of mmc-using-fmc-to-get-revenge never gets boring so I liked that aspect. The book ended on a cliff hanger but that is understandable as it is part of a series.
One thing I couldn’t connect with was their relationship dynamics, it didn’t feel as genuine to me. I couldn’t understand why they fell for each other. I also had to go back and re-read pages because the flow wasn’t as smooth though re-reading did help me to understand a little better.
For a first book of the series it was good enough.
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