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I was consumed by dark desires and twisted fantasies. From the moment she came into this world and our eyes met she captivated me. She was the embodiment of temptation and she became my ultimate obsession.

Halloween night set the stage for our twisted dance. The moon hung high, casting an eerie glow, as I watched her from the shadows. She was a magnet, drawing me closer with every beat of her heart. I yearned to possess her, to explore the depths of her soul, even if it meant breaking her.

My world revolved around her, my thoughts consumed by the need to make her mine.

Halloween night would forever be etched in our souls, intertwining our fates in a twisted tale of passion and darkness that neither of us could escape.

Enjoy Atlas and Sage.... if you dare.

210 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2022

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801 reviews9,295 followers
December 6, 2022
11/26/22 ETA: Re-read full length re-release. I can confirm that, as promised, Rory and Tate “took Atlas and made him … Atlas-ier.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


10/6/22
Atlas McKenna is unrepentant, a little unhinged and 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵.

So there’s that… 😈

PSA: I do not condone this pairing in real life.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶
Range of Emotions: 🥺😳🫣🥵😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

🗂 Genre: Dark TÄBÓÒ Romance

✨ Tropes: TÄBÓÒ, College, MINE!, StäIkėrish, Touch-Her-and-💀

🫦 Kinks: TÄBÓÒ {🩸}, Blood Play, Domination

⛔️ Warning: It’s definitely NSFW or with a kiddo by your side. In fact, I would highly recommend you read this one after dark to avoid side eye or awkward conversations.

⚠️ Safety Squad: TÄBÓÒ {🩸}, VîoIencė, UnäIivîng, Non-Con and other triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📣 Type: Pandemonium is a standalone.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
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3,675 reviews2,430 followers
October 7, 2022
3.5 ⭐️
Now before reading reminder this book isn't for everyone this is very TABOOO! this is sibling romance not step Blood siblings. Now you have been warned. Also this was free from the author.

Sage and Atlas are 2 fucked up ppls they know they are fucked up. They know what they feel is taboo to one another and get annoyed when others flirt, touch or anything with eachothers. And right now Atlas is mad at Sags before they go to a Halloween huant since she is going on a date.
Things take a dark turn when Atlas loses it and kills one of there "friends" and a Halloween scarier

He's going to teach his sister a lesson and boy it was taught. Making her believed someone took her against her will. It was darkish and some tension between them. Lord but it ended with some HFN.

Ow/om drama (the friends), drama, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend-Maybe
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶🌶

Slowish burn
Extreme Non Con
Push/pull from both
Murder
Blood Play
Incest
Hea
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970 reviews992 followers
November 29, 2022


Four Hot Diggity Damn Stars

.. This is your warning. Pandemonium is very taboo. It's a story between blood siblings. It’s a work of fiction. After this, if you still want to read it, start by reading all the trigger warnings. It’s dark. Ya’ll. I never read them, And I have zero triggers. So please take my warning seriously. This book is not for everyone, and that is okay.

Atlas is a psychopath that is batshit crazy. He has a borderline obsession with a touch of love for his sister, Sage. The two have an intense connection.

Sage and Atlas have a yearly tradition with their childhood friends to the haunted house pandemonium. That is in an abandoned asylum.

First, I was giddy as a schoolgirl for a haunted house in an abandoned asylum. Darkness lurks in the empty hallways. It’s dark, devious, and damn right delicious. It’s spicy AF and questioned my morals.

I have been looking for the following taboo authors, and I have found them. I was worried the writing would be mediocre; rest assured, it was far from it and had an original plot. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
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409 reviews104 followers
October 25, 2022
this story is the literal definition of 50 shades of fucked up but i can proudly say, i loved, devoured and enjoyed every second of it.
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1,550 reviews2,236 followers
May 30, 2024
Genre: Dark Romance
Type: Short story
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:


Sage and Atlas always had each other's back. A Halloween tradition by the siblings turned into the perfect opportunity to unleash the demons inside and redefine their connections.

I’m just as fucked up as my dear brother, and I think that will always be the tether that holds us together.


Conceptually, this story would sate any dark and taboo needs. Unfortunately, it was sold short by the execution. I was attracted to the darkness level, but I found it hard to feel much for the scenes that were supposed to invoke something due to the lack of intensity in the story and the characters. Yes, this is just a free short story but I felt it was a lost opportunity to make an impression.



◼️❌️◼️. . . (F)BR with Twinsie CC . . .◼️❌️◼️



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667 reviews65 followers
February 4, 2023
Let’s get the trigger warnings out of the way first:

🔴 Blood Relations aka Incest (Brother/Sister)
🔴 Extreme NonCon / Rape
🔴 Violence
🔴 Blood Play
🔴 Mask Play
🔴 Marking (w/ knife)
🔴 Slight Primal Play

Atlas is psychotic. Sage is psychotic. These siblings are really meant for each other cause who the hell else would be able to handle them?? This book is basically the purest form of toxicity between two people. I mean just look at the trigger warnings.

Now this isn’t a huge book - it took me around three hours to read, so the details of each scene aren’t as detailed as I thought they’d be. It’s fast paced, but you still get the craziness of it all handed to you on a platter.

✨ ✨ ✨
“I fucking hate you! I was tempted to bite your dick off.”
“Don’t tempt me with a good time. I’d love to see you try. I’d squeeze the life out of you until your last breath blew across my balls and then I’d finish off into your throat. Wouldn’t even need to worry about your gag reflex at that point. Sounds more appealing the more I think about it, Sage. How about it? Wanna quite literally choke to death and let me use your body as my own personal come dumpster? Well at least until the rigor mortis sets in. I’m not trying to fuck a hard body.” I smirk at her because this little banter edges me like no other, and I would absolutely fuck her corpse.
✨ ✨ ✨

The most romantic story of all time, right? 😍
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824 reviews97 followers
December 4, 2023
"Welcome to Pandemonium...Once you enter, you'll never be the same."

Read trigger warnings as this book definitely isn't for everyone. A very taboo story between blood siblings.

- Taboo- Blood Siblings
- Knife Play
- Breath Play
- Touch her and you die
- Touch him and you die
- Look at her you die
- Chainsaw play
- Murder
- Violence
- Mask Play
- Rape/ Non con
- Primal Play
- Good Girl

A yearly tradition between Sage, Atlas and a couple of old school friends. On Halloween they all travel up to spent the night at a haunted asylum. This is a year that they won't forget in a hurry.

Atlas is a psycho and is very protective of his younger sister. When she decides to go on a date on Halloween, Atlas's true colours show and decides to teach Sage a lesson she won't forget in a hurry.

A quick read with a good pacing. If you like dark taboo story with Halloween feels, this is for you.
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130 reviews146 followers
October 21, 2022
Well … this was cute. Joking! This was wild, spicy, and definitely TABOO.

I usually don’t check tws, but gladly I did this time. You should certainly check them for this one. As much as I love the step-siblings trope, I usually avoid like the plague anything with blood siblings or generally blood relationships, BUT this story was thrilling and so good.
It was a short, shocking but scorching hot story between two extremely toxic, psychotic characters and their equally toxic relationship. Although, the taboo part of the pair, their chemistry and obsession were portrayed incredibly well.

If you like very dark and taboo romances, don’t miss this story. The authors did a hell of a job.
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221 reviews12 followers
January 9, 2023
Pandemonium by Rory Ireland & Tate Monroe
- Violence
- Forbidden
- Knife Play
- Non-con
- Mask play
- Marking Kink

This story is forbidden AF, dark and spicy.

Atlas is a very obssesive, twisted and blunt alphahole...and he simply does not give AF. I really enjoyed that about him throughout this read, it made me want to read even more of him.

Atlas had no problems getting rid of anyone who was in his way or who went anywhere near what was his (Sage).

Sage is a strong women who was also a little twisted and im here for it. It made the story so much more interesting.

It's as if Sage and Atlas were made for eachother. Their chemistry was just 🔥🔥🔥

I can't wait for more Rory Ireland & Tate Monroe collabs 😊
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360 reviews86 followers
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February 8, 2023
𝑳𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒔𝒊 𝒕𝒆𝒏í𝒂 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍, 𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒅í 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐.
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311 reviews17 followers
August 14, 2023
I went in partially blind but absolutely devoured this book.
Love their brand of crazy.
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1,255 reviews730 followers
October 15, 2022
3.5★

Atlas and Sage have been living without acting on what they’ve felt for a while, but when Atlas decides to change the pace, the point of return is no longer an option.

“This is how I want you always. My pretty filthy whore, covered in fluids and unashamedly mine.”

Going into this story, I was expecting all the depravity that was forthcoming. One of the main scenes made the book for me, but I was hoping for a little more development once a certain threshold was crossed. Interestingly, for two deviants, it was quite humorous about the their father.

Pandemonium is about pushing boundaries beyond norms. This book would appeal to those seeking an extremely taboo story with horror elements.


*This was a (F)BR with Twinsie Hawkey*


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300 reviews10 followers
July 7, 2023
The words that come to mind when I think of Atlas McKenna are no filter, unstable, unapologetic, rough, psychotic, and sociopath. He’s also moody, cocky, and quite literally gives no F’s. He was unhinged and I loved it! Rory warned me about Atlas, but to be honest, that only made me want to read his book all the more, and I did get the Billy Loomis (Scream) vibes from him. Best villain ever!

“𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”

Atlas has an obsession with his younger sister, Sage. Obsession is probably an understatement though. With his psychotic self it was only a matter of time before he snapped and took what he wanted. Nothing and no one will get in his way now. Sage is no good girl though. She has her demons as well. When Altas’ jealousy turns lethal a little bit of unaliving ensues followed by another unaliving to cover up the first unaliving. Atlas and Sage were playing a dangerous game.

“𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮.” 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨, “𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚?” “𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡.”

**Sidenote, how did such a sweet naive man (Mr. McKenna) raise such depraved kids? I see a recurring theme in the Banned Baddies books with all the young adults for whatever reason being motherless. Is that the problem? Or is there something in the water in this book world? Either way, I hope it doesn’t change, because it is most definitely intriguing.

I can not say enough how much I love Rory and Tate’s unhinged and moody characters. Even in the most F’ed up situations I have to laugh at their inappropriate thoughts and banter. I eat this sh!t up. It’s an addiction at this point.
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2,144 reviews107 followers
December 12, 2023
Pandemonium by Tate Monroe & Rory Ireland is a dark taboo romance novella.

This book is an extreme taboo romance I would highly recommend reading the warnings before jumping in. This book is not for everyone.

I love Tate and Rory's dirty minds and just can't help but devour their books. I was so excited to see this free book offered in their Facebook group.

The blurb for book "To all the depraved little heathens.... we see you and we are you. Welcome to Pandemonium." How can you not just want to jump into this book?!?

I don't want to give anything away since it is a short novella. I will just say if you're looking for a quick steamy taboo romance. This book is for you.

Merged review:

Pandemonium by Rory Ireland and Tate Monroe is a dark taboo romance.

I love Tate and Rory's dirty minds and just can't help but devour their books. This book is an extreme taboo romance I would highly recommend reading the warnings before jumping in. This book is not for everyone.

I originally read the book when it was released as a novella for Halloween and was so excited when they announced they would be expanding the story. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint. The relationship between Atlas and Sage is messy and toxic but oh so HOT!

I would highly recommend this book if you like taboo romances, dark romances, and anti-heroes!
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620 reviews35 followers
January 29, 2023
... sin palabras, gracias a dios que es corto
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153 reviews12 followers
December 5, 2022
I waited so long to read this book ..bcz blood related siblings -not my kink 🥴..so I was confused whether I should read this or not ..but I read it anyway.. can I say I didn’t liked this ..it’s very short ..
Brother rapes his own sister and she enjoys it 🤐..
the reason I didn’t liked this bcz I love reading long books ..novellas are not my thing bcz they are very small..there’s no proper story and nothing makes any sense 😒.. u don’t know when it will start and when it will be over 😆.. this book was not hot either 🥲..No hate to the author.. I think I m the only one who’s bitching about this novella 🤣..
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780 reviews53 followers
October 11, 2022
Sí, sin explicaciones, sí.
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251 reviews22 followers
January 9, 2024
I have read two other Tate Monroe and Rory Ireland's book but I didn't get much attached to this book. I like it but I love Harbinger and Brother's beauty.

* Please read Trigger Warning!!!

Book review:
What happens when you and your friends visit Pandemonium for Halloween as a childhood tradition? What happens when your brother is possessive of you and everyone knows that but still your Sage (The sister) loves to tease her brother? What happens when your brother warned you not to go on a date but you still called your date over to join them for halloween? What happens when your brother loses his shit when your date lands his hand on your @ss? What do you think would have happened because everyone knows he is a psycho? What happens when you reach Pandemonium and one of your childhood friend starts commenting about your sister and how good she must be in bed and crazy talk? What happens when your brother is already on the verge of losing his shit after the date thing and now your childhood friend is talking nonsense?

Do you think he'll let him be or do you think your brother will finally lose his shit? What do you think will happen afterwards?

Tropes:
>> Taboo romance (Brother/Sister)
>> Dark romance
>> Blood Play
>> Carves his name
>> M@sk Play
>> An@l Play
>> Degr@dation
>> Knife Play
>> Murder
>> Halloween
>> NonCon/ R@pe
>> Violence

If you don't mind these tropes then do enjoy this twisted Dark Taboo romance book.
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313 reviews127 followers
July 20, 2023
Halloween means one thing…time for a little Pandemonium. The only difference this year is that blood will be shed and obsessive desire will finally be sated. In true Baddies fashion, Pandemonium delivers readers a sick and twisted tale of extreme taboo love, a journey we know we shouldn’t embark on, but we just can’t help ourselves, can we?!

I’ll just get down to the nitty gritty…Atlas McKenna is an unhinged deviant, who chokes first and asks questions later. He’s been fighting his urges for far too long, and the time has come to give into the demons that beckon. And he does so the only way he knows…he mercilessly takes, possesses, breaks and puts back together. It’s so wrong it’s right.

Sage is no saint herself…she has harbored feelings for Atlas for as long as she can remember, and willingly submits to his demands of depravity without question. They’re a match made in hell, and they each tease out the darkness that lies within the other. Hand in hand, they’re not afraid to leave a trail of bodies in their wake as they fight for what they want.

What ensues is FILTHY. And BLOODY. And DELICIOUS.

Pandemonium is a book that will most likely violently heave you outside your comfort zone, so make sure to read all those TWs before you dig in. Another killer story from Rory Ireland and Tate Monroe…I’ll just be sitting here (im)patiently waiting for more.
603 reviews116 followers
December 7, 2023
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Taboo Blood Relations ⚠️⚠️⚠️

If that’s not your thing, move on now instead of leaving a low review!

~ 🩸Brother/Sister
~ OTT JP
~ Little Bit Psycho
~ kinks: pain, knife, blood

⚠️ non con 🍇
⚠️ H & h kill people

My twisted heart loved it. It was so over the top but the spice was so, so, good. Atlas is now one of my favorite book boyfriends. He’s completely unhinged, don’t expect an ounce of remorse for anything he does. His sister is equally as unhinged. Perfect pair.


Spoilers Ahead:

I couldn’t understand why Atlas killed Chad for touching his sister when he’s allowed her to have bfs in the past. I think maybe he just snapped and decided to stop fighting his attraction?
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105 reviews10 followers
October 15, 2025
This book is crazy. I skimmed some parts.

Atlas and Sage are siblings. Atlas is a psychopath with an obsession for his sister and he’s luring her to the dark side. Every year they go to an abandoned asylum with their old time friends. This year, Atlas snaps, killing one of the Halloween actors and putting on his costume, then killing one of his old friends and then forcing himself on his sister. Atlas eventually reveals to his sister that it was him; Sage admits she wanted it to be him. They begin their consensual relationship. Eventually they move out of home so that they can be together without having to worry about their dad being around.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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1,214 reviews35 followers
May 12, 2024
I didn't like this.
Sage and Atlas are insufferable, the story is short yet repetitive, and VERY boring, also, did I mention I disliked Sage and Atlas?
Talk about one-dimensional characters; only concerned with each other and killed for no good reason. It's the fact that Atlas threatened to kill their father because he wants to be able to fuck Sage whenever, and Sage has no qualms about it, that pissed me off to no end. Like dafuq?! Never mind they also ruined the life of an innocent person, I don't see anything appealing about this book.
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354 reviews10 followers
September 30, 2025
5⭐️
2/5🖤
3/5🌶

Whew boy. Atlas is really something else. He is filthy and depraved and it is hot 🔥 Please be aware that their first time together is really unconventional and will probably make people who don't read sexual assault and non-con uncomfortable.

Tropes:
Over the top possessive
Asshole behavior
Filthy talk
🩸 relation (siblings)
"Little sister / big brother" nicknames
🗡play / marking
Mask wearing
"I'll kill you and then myself if I can't have you" vibes
Chase scenes

Content Warnings:
Sexual assault / non-con
Murder
Bullying
Blood
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284 reviews12 followers
May 26, 2024
humilhação não é sexy.
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