Haunting Adeline
⭐⭐⭐⭐(4/5) Pushed my boundaries

Yep, so this one pushed me farther than I'd been before in the dark romance genre. The pewpew scene, IYKYK.

There was some fun supernaturalness to it that I enjoyed, and a little mystery plot on the side that was fun to accompany all the stalking.

It's sort of hilarious that the MMC is involved in hunting down human trafficking rings and freeing the women, and then goes on to stalk and dubcon abuse the girl he's obsessed with.

Whatever, very spicy and fun. Enjoyed.

Hunting Adeline
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) PUSHED MY BOUNDARIES AGAIN...

Yep, so this one pushed things even farther. On screen, detailed, graphic r*pe of the FMC because she's become human trafficked... good thing her stalker boyfriend hunts these fuckers for a living, right?

I listened to this on audio and was just curled up on my side crying for about 30% of it.

The healing journey that takes place afterwards was really powerful though, and I loved it.

Priest
⭐⭐⭐✨ (3.75/5) Catholic Erotica...

Yeah so a hot rich girl escapes her hot rich life and gets wet for buff priest boy.

There's no story other than that. They have lots of secks all over the church, using church stuff sometimes...

There's a third act breakup that went on for WAY too long and upset me, so...yeah.

Neon Gods
⭐⭐⭐✨ (3.75/5) Started so strong

This book started off as a 5 star read. I loved it. It hinted at deep world building and an interesting contemporary twist on Greek gods, but then did not deliver.

We got to Act 2 and things started heading down hill. By the back half of Act 2, it was so slow and boring I was very sad.

The resolution with the mini-villain was a huge let down and so anticlimactic...

Sad.

When She Unravels
⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) Another strong starter that fizzled out.

This book had such a great start, fast paced, powerful FMC who's taking charge of her life and not taking anymore shit.

We hit the serious spice at the 50% mark and the story falls apart. When it comes time for the characters to make hard decisions at the latter half of the second act, they wimp out and the plot falls totally on its face.

Another sad.