He Sees You When You're Sleeping: A Dark and Steamy Holiday Romance of Obsession and Secrets—Where Desire Meets Danger in the Heart of NYC (Naughty or Nice Book 1)

i don’t think i’ve ever read anything more spicy and explicit. loved this book for me. At least there was a lot of comfortable silence (lol)

6 ⭐️ I usually enjoy a dark stalker romance. This one fell flat. It felt like a SHEIN version of lights out with a bow slapped on it. The story line is even similar The stalking was creepy, and I think it made it creepier that the guy is a “good guy”. In some of the stalking romances I have read, the fmc knows she’s being stalked, Chloe has no idea until the end. Jack is also a firefighter and plays this good guy narrative but he has a “dark” side. I wish he would have been more morally ambiguous, it might have made it less creepy. There wasn’t much banter, no giggling or kicking my feet. The smut was just okay and really mild for being “kinky”, some spanking and blindfolds. The characters were also kind of flat, I didn’t get attached to either of them, and was judging Chloe a bit for one, not asking more questions and two, forgiving him so quickly. Personally wasn’t my cup of tea, but I like my book boyfriends a bit more edgier

Well… this opened my eyes to the world of stalker kinks. I know there’s something for everyone, but I just hadn’t even considered it. The plot was 6/10 but the spice was around an 8. I was a bit annoyed with the female protagonist for being so incredibly dense sometimes, but that’s how to get that plot to work. I’ll be closing my bedroom blinds tonight, though… just in case.