The Ritual: A Dark College Romance

It isn’t that I didn’t like this book, I actually ended up getting very hooked but similar to other extra spicy books I’ve read, I was hoping for more plot. The book is primarily spicy scenes and the ones that aren’t, are just violent and reference sex. If you’re into dark romances this is perfect but if that’s not your thing, stay away. About halfway through I started seeing a twisty mystery coming into play and that’s when it really hooked me, I actually very much enjoyed our main characters, Ryat and Blakely, and was really rooting for them to grow into deeper characters. Ultimately, this is an acquired take. This is the first book in a standalone series so I might find my way back into the world of the Lords at some point again.

Have you ever read a book that talks about an “embarrassing” kink you have, or a kink you didn’t think others had? Welp this book did that for me.

This book is not only a dark romance, sexy, smutty, etc but it talks about kinks, CONSENT, and non-consensual acts in ways that makes it feel like the author actually has feelings for her readers.

Ryat Archer is a hot ass mf who made me absolutely FERAL and can we talk about his consent & how mf hot he was?!

Quite slow at times, you have to be in the mood to read it otherwise it'll take ages to get through it

4 ⭐️ 4.75 spice

Overall it’s a good read for dark romance lovers. Very spicy scenes and great chemistry between the leads, but I do wish there was a bit more depth between them and their growing relationship. Would have been nice to see them converse more rather than alwaaaaayyysssss have hot kinky sex. Villain was good though and it kept me on my toes wanting to find out what’s gonna happen next. We’ll see if I read the other LORD books!