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Kings of Blackwater #1

Alluring Darkness

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The deadliest man on campus is out for blood. And I have just painted a giant target on my back.

Hitman. Assassin. Contract killer. Hired murderers have many names. And Blackwater University trains them all.

My brother is the last chance my family has to restore our name after a devastating failure. He was on track to become one of the best hitmen of his year, but he made a mistake. He crossed Eli Hunter. The most dangerous student on the entire campus.

So I made a desperate choice. I enrolled in Blackwater University to take my brother’s place as Eli's target. Every wicked and depraved act he was going to inflict on my brother, I will endure instead.

Eli Hunter is going to do everything he can to drag me into the depths of hell. But little does he know that hell is about to become my own personal playground.

337 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2023

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Raven Wood

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Raven Wood is an author of dark bully romance books. She loves writing beautifully messed-up relationships between dominant possessive men and strong intelligent women who refuse to back down from a fight. She is a firm believer in delicious spice and happily ever afters. To find out more, visit: www.authorravenwood.com

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Profile Image for Gry ☾.
249 reviews1,000 followers
September 23, 2024
4.25 ★s
YOU DON'T UNDERSTANDDDDD. I AM SO OBSESSED.😩

“He might think that he is dangerous and unhinged, but he’s got nothing on me.”

If you're sick of dark romances with weak, innocent and demure fmcs, look no further. Raina Smith is the baddest bitch on the planet. Completely unhinged, reckless, confident and a tad bit insane. She heard brat summer and took it literally.
This book is the definition of bi panic for me, because I am so completely in love with both of them. They match each other's vibe so damn well.

“Raina is the worst assassin-in-training at this entire fucking university. So why the hell is she still the most dangerous person I’ve ever met?”

The vibes of this are immaculate. Imagine sort of a 'Mr & Mrs Smith' vibe, combined with a 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' vibe in a dark romance university setting. It makes for a lethal and surprisingly funny story. How they're both challenging each other, trying to assert dominance, trying to get the other person to break. Raina's lines had me straight up cackling sometimes.

“She saw all the violent and vicious and downright fucking monstrous parts of me, and she just grinned like a goddess of death and met me on the same level.”

The writing isn't my favourite. It's a bit too on the nose at times, simplistic language and over explaining things that don't really need it, when it would be better for the actions to do the talking. The subplot with the underlying mystique didn't feel fully fleshed out either.
So is it the perfect book? No, but the general vibe, as well as Raina and Eli were able to erase all those issues with their chemistry, so on the whole I didn't mind it much.

“I will burn the fucking world down before I ever let this girl go.”

All in all, I had the best fucking time and I won't sleep until all my dark romance besties on here reads this.🙂‍↕️
Do not read this if you're a minor though<3 As it is a dark romance I can also recommend checking TW's ahead of time.(If you've read Rina Kent, you should be fine though).

King of Blackwater #1 - Alluring Darkness Review
King of Blackwater #2 - Inescapable Darkness Review
King of Blackwater #3 - Enduring Darkness (TBR)
King of Blackwater #4 - Irresistable Darkness (TBR)
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⌞Pre-read:⌝

Babygirl Iqra is once again influencing my reads. I'm ready to fall in love with more unhinged people.🙂‍↕️
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336 reviews2,033 followers
September 2, 2024
3.5 stars

This book was absolutely ridiculous ffs. It was proper cliché (tho Raina pointed them 💅🏻), and some scenes had me cringing. Honestly, I was questioning myself, how did i ever enjoy these bullying scenes? 💀 But ykw? This book was FUNNY 😭

⌞ Raina Smith & Eli Hunter ⌝
21-22

The back & forth of lethal tricks, threats, and poisonings between them were funny 😭 Raina’s actions were completely out of the blue. When she first wrote “SMALL DICK ENERGY” and gave the IDGAF attitude to the brothers, I was impressed 💅🏻 If you’ve read Rina Kent’s books, then you wouldn’t even bat an eyelash fr! There are two humiliating scenes (status updates), and I was literally like… whatever? 🤷🏻‍♀️ besides insta-obsessed if i say so.

“Well then, princess. What do you say?”
“Choke me harder, Daddy.”
Utter shock pulses across his features, and he jerks back in stunned surprise. Yanking my hand up, I slam my fist into his jaw”


“Tread carefully.”
Reaching up, I grab the front of his shirt and pull his face down closer to mine. “Funny. I was just about to say the same thing to you.”


Their fights were the real entertainment. She’s literally insane, never feels a drop of fear and stays totally chill. gun pointed at her? Cool. 'dig your own grave', Nah, I’m not into manual labor. 🤨

“What did you do to her?”
“I handcuffed her, tied her up with a rope around her neck, and then fucked her with a gun.”


“She makes me crazy. But at the same time, she makes the craziness go away”


6th mmc who fucked the girl with a gun
Eli is pretty cliché, but a little bit cute. It was funny how he was surprised that someone actually challenged him rather than cowering. I kinda felt pity for him most of the time because if this were a Rina Kent mmc, they would've gotten their way, but Raina had him on a leash. his traumas or whatever were told told and i didnt even care.😭

She ignored him for a week, so his brothers tied her to his bed. He ignored her for a week, so she poisoned him and made his brothers beg. He told her to dig her own grave and fake-shot (is that even a word?) her brother. 💀🤌🏻

⌞ BROTHERS ⌝

“I know that there is something wrong with me, and with Eli too, but I’m pretty sure that the most unhinged one of all is actually Kaden.”


Kaden Hunter—you PSYCHO. Damn, i wasn’t even that focused on the mains, I was more interested in him. I only stuck with this series because of this maniac *had to read in order, obviously 🤷🏻‍♀️*. He’s always spinning his knives, and that is so hot? Besides, i swear, there’s something off about him. If it weren’t for Eli, he’d have either killed or slept with Raina, and THE SEXUAL TENSION WAS THERE. He has beef with the Petrovs, and I guess his girl will be their sister? 😭 UGHHHH I’M EXCITED.

Jace & Rico are normal cuties but i know they're gonna be freaky 😈. One is peacemaker while the other DEFINITELY has a BAT kink. and Kaden has a stash of umm *cough* yk *cough* toys 🧸

⌞ ratings ⌝

Inescapable Darkness [RicoIsabella]- 2.5 stars
Enduring Darkness [KadenAlina] - 2 stars
Irresistible Darkness [JaceKayla] - 3.75 stars
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706 reviews6,175 followers
September 19, 2024
I ate upp then took the crumbs to go 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ This book was phenomenal it gave me everything I was looking for in an fmc of this genre. The characters, the setting, the story everything was so 👩‍🍳💋

If u wanna find the cure for ur hangover from those other series (listed at the bottom of the review) then this series is IT. New obsession unlocked iktr🫦

Also it’s vvvv trigger heavy so I’d suggest reading the triggers before starting instead of getting mad when you can’t handle something that is in an explicit list made for u to utilise and protect urself. Remember ur solely responsible for the media u consume (considering ur 18+ and if ur not get outta here) Xx

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Devils night x LoG x the hollow boys??? An academy for killers hello?? Cannot wait to eat this upppp.
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471 reviews64.9k followers
September 8, 2024
It was trash but like I fear I ate it up. There’s just something about a dark college romance series where each book follows a different unhinged morally grey man in a friend group….. oh and make it mafia?! This book was so binge worthy despite cringing on multiple occasions and feeling like I’m a teenager discovering wattpad for the first time.

Raina our FMC was also morally grey and just the right amount of bat shit crazy. I love her. Our MMC Eli was okay?? I liked him but Raina absolutely carried.

The plot was average at best, and left me personally wanting a bit more which is why I couldn’t rate this higher but like at the end of the day I was THOROUGHLY entertained and had a fun time. I’ll most likely continue this series when im in need of turning my brain off and giggling and kicking my feet.
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2,623 reviews10.9k followers
January 16, 2024
pizap-7 MY REVIEW AND OTHERS can also be found on my blog:
╰┈➤ KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS

❀ 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 ❀ Is the first full length romance book within the (kings of Blackwater) series by new to me author Raven Wood. Spoken in dual POV's.

Someone on my friends list in here is reading this which is the only reason it was brought to my attention, the cover doesn't scream to my cover hoe eyes so I would've bypassed it, But thank god for the blurb because that's what grabbed me.

As soon as my happy little heart had gotten it off Amazon I sat down and couldn't believe how quickly I was pulled into the storyline so effortlessly. Jumping into this I didn't have any preconceived expectations, not looking at reviews I didn't really know what to expect, I haven't loved a female character like I loved Raina Smith.

God she was so out of her depth at Blackwater University, she stood out like a sore thumb, an assassin she was not, and it showed. But god she was tough in other ways. She gave poor Eli Hunter a run for his money, he's one of the Hunter boys, these boys you don't mess with, you don't even look them in the eyes because you could become their next target. They are feared, bowed down to, no one crosses them..

Until her..

She was out for blood, no one messes with her brother and gets away with it, and she just put a target on with back with a smile on her face whilst doing it. She went for the jugular and marred his prized possession.

Nothing could prepare him for her, no matter what he threw at her, she never broke, she never bowed down, the push and pull these had was hilarious.

I lost count how many times this had me giggling, I loved her sass, I loved how she pushed his buttons.

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72 reviews38 followers
September 3, 2024
“If I hadn’t been blindfolded, I would’ve rolled my eyes.”

I wish I was blindfolded while reading this.

There are so many things wrong with this book. It is so cringy, cliché, and outrageous that it is downright embarrassing how entertained I was. This book is what made me realize that I am very easily entertained and I need to get some standards.

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ Characters . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

Raina: Babe please stop giving out “insane grins” I swear I’m about to lose my mind. She had her moments, I’ll admit. She’s funny, and isn’t afraid to speak her mind. Well, she isn’t afraid of anything, really. But oh my god she reminded me of Harley Quinn. Not even in a good way, but like a “I’m so quirky and crazy” way. You know what, I apologize to Harley Quinn. You don’t deserve being compared to someone like this.

Eli: I thought Raina was bad until I got to his pov. Wow, he is sick in the head. And then you get his backstory and you’re like “Oh, I get it now”. Do I feel bad for him? Absolutely. But was I also reading the words on the pages in disbelief? You know it. The look on my face while reading some of these chapters was so concerning my mom had to ask me what I was reading. His character has some… interesting thought processes, to say the least. His “punishments” were just assault. But of course, Raina being our quirky psycho, was having a blast.

I’m too tired to even comment on the rest of the characters, but I like his brothers. That’s all I have to say about that.

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

This book was very easy to read, and I wasn’t bored for a second. Raina and Eli actually complement each other very well. They’re literally perfect for each other. As long they’re happy, who am I to judge I guess. Overall, this was a quick and easy read, albeit VERY excruciating at times.
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657 reviews247 followers
May 4, 2024
»Dig.«
» If you want a grave, dig it yourself. In case you didn't know, I'm not a fan of manual labor.«

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

❥ 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂
She was fucking insane! Like nothing could scare her and that was sometimes so funny to see Eli’s reaction. A strong, independent woman who has no fear of violence or death - she was a legend.

❥ 𝑬𝒍𝒊
He‘s perfect for Raina and I loved him. He is big, bad and dangerous with a little bit of craziness but that was hot.

✥ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌
What an excellent and unique read! Wow.
This book was so good like I can‘t describe it.
To protect her brother Raina enrolls at a college for criminals and trains to be an assassin. This idea is quit unique and the setting was well described. I liked the worldbuilding and the whole „we all train to become killers“-vibe.
Eli was dangerous and crazy but I adored him. He is so obsessed with Raina and does everything to keep her safe. I enjoyed their tension and battles, it was entertaining and very well written.
Eli’s brothers were nice characters too and we get to know each of them, they are a big part of this book.
Raina is just the perfect girl for Eli and I loved that she got her own will and fights back.
This book was another great dark bully-romance by the author and I will definitely continue reading this series! Can‘t wait to dive into Ricos book.
Please only read this book if you’re aware that this is a bully (!) romance and sometimes very dark with a lot of violence.

»My heart does not belong to you.You are my heart.«


𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟓
plot: 5/5
spice: 3/5
humor: 4/5
couple/tension: 5/5
world building: 5/5
happy end?: yes

𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬
forced proximity, poor x rich, college, bully, dark, enemies to lovers, betrayal, possessive and protective hero and heroine, insane heroine, school for criminals, mafia, psycho x psycho

𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲
ages: 21 (Raina) and 22 (Eli)
cheating: no
sharing: no
kinks: breathplay, dominance, edging, light bdsm

𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬
God of Malice - Rina Kent
Beautiful Desperation - Raven Wood
Destroy Me - Michelle Heard


𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
#1 Alluring Darkness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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#3 Enduring Darkness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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#4 Irresistible Darkness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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154 reviews5 followers
November 30, 2023
4 overall rating, really??
That's what we have come to.
Consider this review as an option to tell me how you think this is a good novel.

For people who are thinking whether to read it or not, it's a big NO.

This novel is about a guy forcing himself on a girl repeatedly while his brothers hold her down. I am at page 59 and it has already happened twice. And mind it, these are the only two interactions they have.

The first time he meets her, he makes his brothers hold her while he "punishes" her by making her give him a blowjob.

The next time he spanks her in front of the entire cafeteria.

How these things are allowed to be published is beyond me
Profile Image for Olivia ❦.
214 reviews16 followers
October 7, 2024
★5/5! unhinged men? NO GIVE ME UNHINGED POSSESSIVE WOMEN. you don’t understand the love i have for Raina. SHES EVERYTHING humbling everyone left and right. 5 stars purely for her! GUN TO THE HEAD FROM BOTH OF THEM HELL FUCKING YES and some sexy time with a gun ( • ̀ω•́ )
update: was 5 stars but changed it to 4.5… changed it back to 5/5 since Raina deserved them

“A ruthless hitman and an unhinged chemist.” just my type

I LOVE THE SIBLING BONDS SO MUCH, they truly will do anything for each other. HUNTER BROTHERS AND RAINACONNER (•̀ᴗ•́)و KadenRaina best duo ever though

“She looks like a fucking goddess of death.
My personal goddess of death, come to exact vengeance on me.” REAL ENEMIES TO LOVERS WHEN THEY TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER! when threatening each other/other people turns them on>>

“Part of me wants to crack her skull wide open just so that I can see what the fuck is actually in there.” I love my crazy couples™️ ELIRAINA ARE MINE

“Her eyebrows crease slightly. “But you sleep when you’re with me.”
“Yeah.” I heave a deep sigh and caress her hip with my thumb again. “I do.”
“Why?”
“Because, for some reason, when I’m with you I feel… safe.” bring the tissues, normalise men saying they feel safe with their girl

“But mostly, I just want to break her.” kinky (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ )

𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨/𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙫 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨! (𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙩)

“Excellent.” I give Rico a brisk pat on the cheek. “But it is adorable when you all act like mother hens.” if someone told these psycho boys a week ago that someone wasn’t scared of them they would have laughed in their face, Raina is too iconic

“You’re not crazy. You’re insane,” he repeats. “There’s a difference.” “There is?”
“Yes. Being crazy means that you’re a nutjob who needs to be locked up. Being insane just means that you don’t play by the same rules as everyone else.”
My mouth drops open slightly, and I stare at him.
“And I would rather have someone insane in my corner than some boring fucking normal person.” His dark golden eyes sear into my soul. “Every fucking day of the week.” they own me

“He tightens his fingers slightly around my throat as he cocks his head. “Tread carefully.”
Reaching up, I grab the front of his shirt and pull his face down closer to mine. “Funny. I was just about to say the same thing to you.” threesome please ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ

“Careful with that tongue,” Kaden says, his voice seemingly devoid of all emotion. “Or someone might decide to cut it out.”
“Careful with those threats.” I let a smile tinted with insanity spread across my lips. “Or someone might slip poison into your coffee one morning.”

^Kaden will be my undoing you don’t understand how bad i need this man’s book holyy this would have ate as a why choose! KaidenRaina tho hehehe author was scared of their potential

“You’re not messed-up in the head.”
“Most of the world would disagree with you.”
“I don’t care. Because I know you’re not.” RainaConnor I love them 🙏🏼 Connor better get a book at some point

SPOILERS!
WHEN RAINA POISONED ELI AND MADE THE BROTHERS BEG FUCKING ICON

“Lying there in the trunk of a car, gagged, blindfolded, and hogtied, I can’t help but feel that this is a bit overkill. I don’t know what he’s so upset about. It was just a little poison. Just a tiny little murder attempt. He is clearly overreacting.” how can you not love herr!
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853 reviews129 followers
August 19, 2024
Listen, if it’s not reserve harem, the bullying and torturing better be done by the MMC and the MMC only. Anything else just grates on my phucking nerves which this book did quite a lot 🙄

I did however love the FMC. She was funny, sassy and takes no prisoners. She’d had me cackling the entire book.

This was an easy read and I devoured it in no time. On to the next book in the series

3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
3 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Profile Image for shania  (hiatus).
145 reviews477 followers
August 18, 2024
3.5? this book honestly deserves less but i devoured it in a day and i haven't done that in a while
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437 reviews34 followers
April 29, 2024
Why is this so highly rated
This is like the poor version between god of malice and hollow boys
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286 reviews64 followers
October 25, 2023
Wow! That was unbelievable! Where do I even begin?!?

Eli & Raina we’re absolutely insane and honestly they were correct in saying they were a match made in hell. I was so surprised to see an FMC that was just as unhinged as these morally grey boys, and she was amazing. I loved everything about them. They did a great job with the back and forth enemies to lovers banter. Their spicy time was so aggressive and amazing and I loved how fiercely they protected and “owned” one another. There was the perfect balance of her being an independent crazy woman while also being a partner in crime to her man. There wasn’t over the top spice every chapter which made it that much sexier when it happened. My favorite thing about Ravens characters is she lets them be wild the entire time. They don’t have a 3rd act breakup where they try to become better people they’re just insane the whole time and I can’t get enough.
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60 reviews1 follower
May 2, 2024
The worst book I’ve read in a long time.
The worst ML ever . The worst FL ever.
The number of times he humiliated her was uncountable yet she still returned to him as if nothing happened.
The scene where she begged and kissed his brothers’ feet 💀 then she went back to him the next day apologizing and groveling AAAAAAAAAAAAA I WANT TO SCREAM. I’m done I’m so done. I don’t know why I keep falling for these kinds of books.
The TikToker who recommend this book and had the audacity to compare it to LEGACY OF GODS 💀girl I wish you well in hell cause you wasted my time, my energy, my sleep and my money. Sincerely F U.
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631 reviews1,055 followers
January 8, 2024
This was probably one of the darkest books I’ve ever read 💀 and it was absolutely fantastic!

Can I just say that the *cafeteria spanking* scene + *tied to the bed* + *chasing through the woods* and the *gun* scene had me SCREAMING 🙀🥵

🖤primal play
🖤 🔫 play
🖤 dub-con
🖤 enemies-to-lovers
🖤degradation + praise

Can dark romance readers please read this ASAP and freak out with me?
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473 reviews73 followers
August 30, 2024
3★
this was really entertaining and kinda cringey but i finished in one sitting!
raina had me giggling + kicking my feet. she carried this whole book on her back. i love strong, intelligent women.
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29 reviews
April 24, 2024
felt like shitty wattpad fanfiction written by a 12 year who doesn’t know how to give characters a genuine personality instead of copy and paste of the same guy
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317 reviews16 followers
July 25, 2025
Ay uzun zamandır listemde yatan ve merak ettiğim bir kitabı daha geride bıraktım. Paspas, kırık, yaralı ceylan kadın karakterlerden sıkılanlar için yazılmış (biraz yer yer cringe olsa da) çoğu yerde yok artık olduğum ama güzel vakit geçirdiğim bir hikaye oldu.

Seri John Wick evreni tarzında bir yerde geçiyor çok sorgulamıyoruz çünkü öyle, işte 20-22 yaşlar arasında suikastçi okulu gibi bir şey var, bunu aile işi olarak gören öğrencilerimiz var.

Eli abimiz bu suikastçi ailelerinin ennnn önde gelen ennn zengin ennn başarılı olanının en büyük oğlu, Raina ' da önde gelen bir suikastçı ailesinden geliyor ama elim olaylar neticesinde fakir ama gururlu ve bu ortamlardan uzak kalmış. İşte gel zaman git zaman bir şekilde bu okula giden Raina' nın abisi ile Eli arasında bi husumet çıkıyor Raina ' da dikkatleri kendi üzerime çekersem abimden uzak durur bu diyerekten sen de cahil cesareti ben diyim deli cesareti bir şekilde okula kaydoluyor falan ve olaylar gelişiyor. Ama bir şeyi unuttu hahahaha çok yeteneksiz 😅😅

Her fırsatta birbirlerini zorbalamaları, Eli' nin bir yaptığına Raina nın iki şeklinde cevabı, restine rest gardaş hareketleri falan bazı yerlerde saçma gelse de çoğu yerde aşırı sevimliydi.

Serideki Kaden harici diğer kardeşleri de pek merak etmedim açıkçası seriye ileride devam edebilirim tam tadında bir okuma oldu.

Kitabın özeti: Deli deliden, imam ölüden hoşlanır 😘😘
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735 reviews38 followers
December 27, 2023
This book was fantastic from start to finish. Raven knows how to do a bully book right and what I loved loved loved with all my black little 🖤 is that she did it in one book 🙌.

Eli and Raina were absolute matches. Insane matches .. but still perfect for each other. In fact … imo …. Raina gave better than she got because she was all on her own where Eli had his 3 brothers backing him up and helping him out.

The background setting for this book series is so good .. a college for hitmen and the hunger games type setup for the climax of the story was awesome. I somehow think there will be more coming out in regards to Raina and Connors dad, I really hope we get that.

And it gets even better because Rico’s book is out tomorrow and I can dive right in.
16 reviews
September 6, 2025
Gerçek bir dark romance..

Tamamen kendi kategorisinde değerlendirilmeli.

Suikast okulunun en popüler ve nüfuzlusu olan Eli,
Kardeşini Eli’nin radarından çekmek için tehlikeye atlayan Raina.

İki karakter de kafadan kontak o yüzden çekişmelerini okumak çok keyifli. Kitap ciddi şekilde BDSM içeriyor. Evet işlenen şeyler rahatsız edici ama kız karakter boyun eğmediği için çekişmeli bir rekabet oluyor🫶🏻

İkisi de birbirinin altında kalmıyor👍🏻
İlk defa bu kadar dişli bir kadın karakter görüyorum.
Kısacası iki manyağın hikayesi🖤
Profile Image for Ceacea.
218 reviews25 followers
June 20, 2025
You know what.. Hell yeah!

Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
⭐️ 4/5
🌶 3/5
🧠 2/10
Noteworthy: Hitman academy setting. Book 1 Interconnected standalone. Not too dark. No major on page trauma. Check trigger warnings. Quick and easy read.

What a pleasant surprise this book was. It's kinda nice to have a darker book without a ton of trauma. It's just a fun push and pull between two slightly insane characters who would literally do anything to protect their families.

Raina the FMC gave as good as she got, and I was here for her Harley Quinn-esk energy. Eli the MMC was your typical cocky bad boy who doesn't play by the rules because, for him, there are no rules.

This is a great starter teir dark romance for anyone who is just getting into the genre or anyone who needs a quick palette cleanser.
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22 reviews
September 6, 2024
3.5⭐️ Raina Smith carried the book. she is fucking insane and i love her. she’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment
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28 reviews
February 21, 2025
Spoilers free thirsty reader 😇🤗

Fucking God
That was..
Okey
That was something
Well not something, that was fucking everything

I loved every part, every chapter, every scene in this book
It wasn't just sex (which besides the context was on fucking point) but GOD just reading the first chapter I've already known that this book is going to take my heart to heaven.
As I read many books, authors tend to write too much sometimes (I mean long descriptions, unnecessary shit talk and all that stuff). Here on the other hand, as I said, from chapter 1 I already knew that it wouldn't be the case here.

GUYS AHHHH ELI HUNTER!!!
ELI FUCKING HUNTER
No words from me here, he took my breath, I'm mesmerised by him and I'll stay mesmerised till I forget about this book (which might take me a while considering how good it was)
I know okey, he is a psycho that loves crazy (not crazy tho, you'll know when you read it) games and other shit but hear me out:
HE IS PERFECT
I'm telling you if you're considering reading this book and have any doubts then he should make these doubts disappear because this guy is... well... you know already

RAINA MY BABY
AHHHH I FUCKING LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING
Yo if anyone thinks she is crazy, than come to my house for a little chit chat about this statement of yours, okey?
Perfect soul, protective of her family, obsessive, and damnn smart like fucking hell
Just what else do you need? I can't even find more words to describe this heavenly creature (stop it, I'm not exaggerating)

3 "brothers"
No bc I desperately need separate novel focusing on Kaden
Actually nope
All separate novels focusing on three of these guys.

Mann Jace baby, idk if it's just me but he seems so fricking cute
Like I want to eat him like a cupcake, you know (maybe scenes describing him might not confirm my statement)
But I'm seriously curious about this dick gossip tho.

Kaden
God I want him to hold one of his knifes at me
(don't look at me like that)
But he is just portrayd as the craziest one and I'm all for it

We can't forget my baby Riko
Ahhh the sweetest thing ever honestly.
I can't picture him doing dirty stuff guys (well I'll find out in this next novel tho)
He is just so GOOD and SWEET (yo my standards are lowered after this book okey?)

But yeah anyways
Fucking read this pretty please
It was very good book and I very much recommend it to everyone out there who is sitting on their asses thinking about books to read (yes, I'm talking to you)

Sincerely,
Bogna
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22 reviews1 follower
January 25, 2024
I discovered this book from the TikTok the author made where it only stated that the MC ignored the FC for a week so she poisons him to get even. And man was that scene a ✨chefs kiss✨ the rest of the book? Double chefs kiss. Keeps you very interested making for a fast read. And who doesn’t love an unhinged assassin version of Bonnie and Clyde?

Side note, Jace and his bats better be getting book 4 cause otherwise I’ll cry for an eternity.
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549 reviews34 followers
February 9, 2024
You know when you read a bully romance where the girl acts tough but really isn’t, and the bullying part is just like making fun of her and pushing her around a bit?

Yeah this isn’t that. This is everything those books wished they were. Savage doesn’t describe Raina and Eli…they are both beautifully insane and this was such a fun read!
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