Twisted Ink

Beauty In The Ink #1

by A.M. McCoy

Being a romance writer means drawing inspiration from many things, and when I met Dallin, I knew I had the perfect muse.
He was everything women read about— tall, tattooed, and irresistibly delicious. Oh, did I mention successful too? He swept me off my feet and right into his bedroom where he awakened things in me, I had only ever wrote about.
He was the bad boy who rode a motorcycle, I was the good girl next door, yet together we were perfect.
Or so I thought.
When he invites his childhood best friends, Trey, and Parker, to stay with us, I realize right away there is more than meets the eye to their lifelong relationship.
Dallin wants to share me. Amongst all three of them.
But there’s more than that, because it turns out they like to share each other too.

Genres: Why Choose, Dark Romance, Romance, M M Romance, M M F, Smut, BDSM

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2023

Reviews

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just a bunch of smut with four people who don’t need to be in a poly relationship together. But at least I was very entertained.

[Icegaze · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t rate this low because it was poorly written. I rated this poorly only because I am not the target audience.

BDSM, dubcon, primal play, none of that float my boat and while that is not the fault of the author it effected my rating.

The MMMF I was here for, the emotions, the angst, yes please.

The manipulation to get her into a poly relationship? Didn’t like that. The lies by omission which negates how dedicated he claims to be to her, the fact that he chose his ex over her the first time the shit hits the fan even though he said he would always choose her, the fact that she gets yelled at and punished for setting a boundary and defending it, didn’t like any of that.

It’s not a bad story, the character’s personalities were stated and followed so you saw the drama coming but it didn’t keep me from getting frustrated.

[Jess After Dark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Smut smut and only smut 🤭

[Skylar Henderson · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 77%. Trey is a toxic POS and not in any kind of redeemable way. D brings his lovers into their home under false pretenses and makes Reyna two promises: it’s him & her forever, and Trey isn’t allowed to treat her poorly. Well surprise, surprise—all Trey does is treat her poorly and then Dallin chooses Trey over Reyna when Try has YET ANOTHER shit fit. Then when they finally decide to come home, does he see Reyna first? Nope. He’s gotta go fuck Parker first. D never wanted Reyna. He was just sick of moving around and then moved her in with him and finally called his boys when he got bored of Rey. But instead of breaking things off, he drags her into this toxic af mess and then lets her be treated badly and tells her it’s her fault. Gross. This book is so infuriating

Edit: Forced myself to finish because I hate DNFing a book. The rest still stands. Reyna deserves better. This why choose is more like “why would anyone ever choose Dallin or Trey???”

[Victoria Coburn · Rating 2 out of 5]

The spice was definitely the best part about this book. The main guy wanted his cake and eat it too. He told the girl “he would never” and went and did exactly what he said he wouldn’t do. I don’t like the way Dallin treated the girl at all, very one way and all for himself. She should of left with Parker and left Dallin with Trey like he wanted to be anyway.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're looking for a fun spicy time, this is the book for you 🔥🌶
All spice, no plot, so keep that in mind.
I mainly read it so I could read the second book without being clueless. But later found out that wasn't necessary.
I still had a fun time with this one though.

[Kaili Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a Wattpad fever dream. This will take you back to long nights under the covers reading After (Anna Todd) until you felt a brain bleed coming on. This is just smut and 4 people trying to be polyamorous that shouldn’t be poly in the first place. This is the equivalent of what 50 Shades of Gray did for the BDSM Community and it was nothing good. I want to be able to write a full review but I can only write one up to 50% of the book so here it is.

First the names, maybe I’m more of a judgmental bitch that I thought but in my option they’re all stereotypical names for the “biker, bad boy, tattoo artist” trope we have going on here. I hate the choice of names, for ALL parties involved. Secondly, the “oh so innocent” thing Reyna is doing irks me. I hate when authors write a smutty book and the female character is ABSOLUTELY OBLIVIOUS about all things sexual. But my main issue with this whole book is how this portrays a “healthy” relationship when the whole situation is beyond twisted. He called his not ex, ex boyfriends and invited them into his new relationship with a WOMAN and basically peer pressured her into fucking all three of them. The “he might not want her now but he WILL” mindset he has for Trey is again, just extremely toxic.

Lies by omission, manipulation, and toxic relationship would all be added to the trigger warning list. The writing was not bad, that is not why i rated this so low. It was the plot and the energy of all of the characters. Dallin lies and manipulates them all so much. Nobody really seems to have a choice in the matter because what Dallin wants, Dallin gets. The whole time you can tell that he would choose Parker and Trey over her in a heartbeat, AFTER telling her she was it for him.

I think Polyamory is one of those topics you should not really write about unless you have done research and asked all the right questions. Like I said, I read the first half of the book and that is where I decided I have had enough. Do I think the book is inherently BAD? No. Does the book have to be pretty fucking bad for me to not even finish? Yes.

I think the characters were poorly built, I think the plot is weird, and I think this book has almost no potential. I think the book could have been better if there was actual sustenance, but there isn’t and because of that, 1 star.

This book is legitimate brain rot.

[Arielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was totally on board with this book and along for the ride through the first like 70% of it even with the many editing issues. However, at that point the characters pulled some ridiculously frustrating moves that were blatantly against what they had continuously been spelled out to act like and then there was no talking about or resolution for it all it just became an orgy and the story was forgotten. Super disappointing.

[Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy mother of ⚔️⚔️⚔️!! If you're looking for smut just for the sake of smut this is the book for you. It goes from 0-100 in the first few pages and doesn't stop.

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh...I didn't like this. When there is a sex scene in the first 2 pages, I just knew this was going to be a book with only sex and literally nothing else, and yep, that's exactly what it was. It got boring, predictable, and I couldn't wait for it to be over.

Don't get me wrong. I love my smut in books, but for the love of all that's holy, I still need there to be MORE than just that.

Not to mention, this just needed to be an M/M/M book. Because at the end of the day Dallin really wanted Trey and Parker back in his life. He just didn't want to give up his cake too. But ultimately, at one point, he chose them over her (which HELLO, we all saw that coming).

I have zero desire to read the next book in this series after this one.

[Steph (semi-hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

(the rating is VERY generous.)

I too would like three boyfriends who are also boyfriends.

[smutreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5
Never thought i could say this, but there is such a thing as too much sex scenes.

[Lexorcist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Welllllll this was definitely something! Trey absolutely ruined this book for me, that man child drove me crazy. & this book is straight up just p0rn, which go off. I’m always down for that but not 400 pages of it, ya know?

[Samantha Smahaj · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this more.

I truly wanted to love this. I’ve seen so many good things about it but there was just so much that frustrated me into not wanting to read it. I struggled to get through with this one, but I will admit the ending was a bit better than I expected.

Dallin frustrated my soul. He broke a promise to Reyna and she was actually really hurt by that and NOTHING was ever spoken about it to him. They kinda just used sex as a fix all and I’m glad that worked for them but that entire situation really had me fuming. Also the fact she got punished or blamed for wanting reassurance from Trey, needing to know she at least meant something to him. I’m glad in the end he held himself accountable but like she was still told that she was to blame and I just scoffed that.

It felt like Dallin wanted to be with Parker and Trey more than anything and I could be reading that wrong but that’s just what it felt like to me. She was just there for him. Which frustrated me. I get she wanted to please her boyfriend but I definitely think he took advantage of that. I’m not saying she didn’t enjoy it all but he definitely knew she would just go with whatever he wanted and never really took her feelings into consideration. There wasn’t plot at all really, just smut. If you like plot with your smut this is not the book for you.

[SJ Meares · Rating 2 out of 5]

Smutty

I dnf'd ar 79%. It just wasn't for me. All smut not even a little plot. The spice was through roof for sure but some of it felt a bit anatomically exaggerated to a point of not really hitting the mark. Reyna went from being called "vanilla" repeatedly in chapter 1 to level 100 in mere paragraphs. It just didn't seem to fit right for me. There was also a lot of smirking. Everyone smirked about everything all the time. Surely there was another facial expression they could have made? Often it didn't make sense for them to smirk and it got a bit annoying. Led to skimming on several occasions. Plenty of spicy steam for all the smut only ladies though. It'll hit that mark for sure. 18+

[Leona T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spicy!!!! I’ve read a couple of RH, but this one takes the cake! Most reviews that I’ve read seem to complain about Trey, but I loved seeing him evolve and open up throughout this story. Dallin is the ideal mate, and Parker is the romantic. How could you possibly say no to loving all three of these men?!

[Christina ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ rounded down
i wish there was more story line rather than just straight 🌽

[Kait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy mother of god 🥵

All smut, no plot. Devoured every single page in under 4 hours.

[Keri M · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for sweet romance, look somewhere else: this book is hella spicy. Dallin and Reyna’s relationship soars to new levels when Dallin’s long time friend come back into his life. The four of them together, yea it gets steamy.

[Moon · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @29%

I usually like RHs even with the MMCs loving each other but I can't get pass how messy the characterization are.

The heroine was actually interesting but as the story progress it's all just full cringe with her sex-crazed comments. The premise was like she was a good girl this and that but suddenly she so open to everything thrown at her with no build up.

Dallin is so eugh idk he is just kinda red flag that I can't seem to like despite me usually being a pole. I feel like he is just using Reyna at this point, I don't see the part where he "will always choose Reyna" and put her as his priority.

Parker character is the one that I can't seem understand and Trey? Well I DNF before I can see anything past his grumpy cold broken self (I'm sorry but he is kind of childish at some point)

The chemistry were just not there, it felt empty and just full of lust with no actual romance building between any of the MMCs with FMC

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars. This book was 5% plot and 95% smut. Normally it would have only taken half a day to read this, but it was filled with so much smut I had to take breaks. Because there was no real plot, a lot of the story just didn’t flow right, there was no character growth or any type of actual feelings that they felt for each other. I think this also shed poly relationships in a horrible light, with a focus that poly relationships are strictly a sexual thing which couldn’t be further from the truth. And don’t get me started on Trey and how he went from a complete ass to a simp in the matter of one night. It just felt so unnatural. BUT if you are looking for fluff 5 stars lol, it just wasn’t for me.

[Catherine · Rating 2 out of 5]

2⭐️
4🔥

Okay so i’m not going to lie, the characters all annoyed me, there was no plot, the ending was rushed and the rest was boring.

The spice was good… but did there really need to be that much of it?

Why was the book that long? It could have been 200 pages.

I think parker was the only character that didn’t massively annoy me, but even he wasn’t my favourite.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY. MOTHER. OF GOD. I.. I just.. my brain is broken in the most delicious way. Holy fucking shit. This book is what romance novels dream of being. This book is probably my actual favorite. At minimum top 5 - likely top 3 of all time. Girl. I need a cold shower and a stiff drink. 🥵🥵🥵

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’m so upset i finished this book. i could’ve read this forever. there is absolutely no plot 🙂

[tiffany dai jel 🐝✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twisted Ink

Easily a 6 star read… Sadly I can only give it 5.
This was my introduction to A.M McCoy and now I can confirm I am a fan. No, I’m obsessed (maybe that’s overk*ll) I identify as a STAN.

star rating: 6
spice rating: 5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Reyna Delacruz… I am obsessed with her. I love a wallflower who blossoms under the right sunlight. And that was Dallin did. He helped Reyna face the fear of truly getting to know her self in a safe and loving environment. When Parker and Trey entered that environment and love just expanded. But of course there were some weeds the needed plucking.
(Side note: I have NO IDEA how this turned into a gardening analogy but I’ll continue on)

We’re forewarned that there’s a lot of spice and I can confirm this with a smile, I’ve never been afraid of some peaches and eggplants. But there’s so much love and other amazing emotions in this book. I feel like it goes hand and hand.

[Faith (twistedlotusreads on IG) · Rating 2 out of 5]

A Dive into the Deep End of Desire

Twisted Ink is less a conventional romance and more an electrifying, high-wire act of sexual and emotional exploration. It's a book that dives headfirst into the often, taboo world of a why choose reverse harem romance.

Reyna is the "good girl next door" romance author, who has found the love of her life in Dallin, the tall, tattooed, alpha male tattoo artist. Their two-year relationship is solid, satisfying, and perfect... until Dallin's two childhood best friends, Trey and Parker, arrive at their home. Suddenly, Reyna's world erupts to reveal the intense, shared history, love and desire that has always existed between the three men—a history Dallin wants to now introduce Reyna into.

This story focuses on the messiness of polyamory's introduction. This isn't a story where everyone instantly clicks and holds hands into the sunset. The friction is palpable, the emotions are raw, and the journey is deeply controversial. You'll find yourself contemplating on the characters' choices—Dallin's lies by omission, Trey's initial hostility and reluctance, and Reyna's struggle to maintain her boundaries in the face of overwhelming desire. It presents a much more realistic, frustrating, portrayal of building a complex, multi-partner relationship from the ground up, complete with jealousy, communication breakdowns, and the occasional feeling that someone is being forced into a dynamic they aren't ready for. It's a story that manages to be simultaneously high-heat and emotionally jarring.

Let's be perfectly clear: this book is fiery hot—an absolute 5/5 on the spice scale. The explicit scenes start from the very first chapter and are plentiful! . Prepare yourself for themes that border on toxic relationships, particularly early on with the intense push-and-pull between Reyna and the men, especially Trey. For some, the emotional turmoil may feel like an unnecessary hurdle to the happy-ever-after; for others, it's the very grit that makes the eventual connection feel earned.

If you crave a romance that pushes limits, doesn't shy away from complex, flawed characters, and offers a searing amount of explicit content with a "why choose" structure, Twisted Ink is your next read. It's a book that invites you to be a fly on the wall for an incredibly private, and at times difficult, transformation of intimacy. Just be prepared for the emotional rollercoaster to be as intense as the heat.

[Spax · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book just made me angry. Reyna deserves better, f*ck all the MMCs. F*ck Dallin for lying to Reyna, breaking her boundaries AND not making her a priority despite the countless of promises that she is his priority. All just a bunch of words without any actions to back it up. F*ck Trey for being an asshole to Reyna. F*ck Parker for enabling them and not standing up for Reyna. And f*ck them all for not properly asking for forgiveness.

[Francesca Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

Smut from page 1 to 400 - So good. Easy read

[H · Rating 2 out of 5]

I prefer a plot with my smut 🫣 meh 😐

[makayla ❀ · Rating 3 out of 5]

don’t go into this book expecting any kind of plot. it’s all smut. and yes i still gave it 3 stars.