this was kind of a rollercoaster for me, at some points in the book i’d feel as if it wasn’t worth it while during the others i was head over heels about the main couple by the end of it though i ended up liking it a lot, i think a reason for it feeling like a rollercoaster is that their history is scattered across the book instead of being listed together somewhere so you don’t really know whats happening till pretty far off in the book📈📉📈
they were pretty fucked together but somehow also fit beautifully😫🤷♀️
spoilers and safety at the end
We’re on even ground.
Eve and The Serpent.
second chance romance💍👩🦰🐍
JP hero😤
h was a mastermind🫶🏼
the h was no damsel in distress and always got out of her messes on her own🗡️💅
dirty talking H and h (the h one was a first for me)🤌🏻🤌🏻
“You’re so damn handsome, all enthralled like that inside my cunt…”
H was whipped for the fl🎀
both the mcs were wild🔥🔥
lots of will they, won’t they vibes✨
spicee🌶️🌶️🥵
a sexually active h with a spine who didn’t suffer from the “my body betrayed me syndrome”🤩🤩
hate sex✨
really supportive H💗
who was ready to wait as long as it took the h to forgive him😭💍💍💍
protective H😫
the best part was where vincent tells morrigan that he never left her side and always kept tabs on her and tells her how jealous he was of every om she was with 🦋🦋🦋
”I had no choice, Morrigan… But I never actually left. I kept tabs, knew how your life was going, how smart you were becoming and how strong.
Through gritted teeth and a broken heart, I was forced to watch you meet others, and eventually Holt… but I wanted to kill them all.”
I fucking wanted to rip them apart, into small pieces, then drop them on her doorstep to show her what happens to the men that touch her. I wanted to fuck her in a sea of their broken limbs, desecrate their goddamn remains with our ecstasy.
I still do. Only Holt can fucking die whilst watching her take me on his future motherfucking grave.🤌🏻🫀🙇♀️
now another thing was that the h owned a sex club, where she sometimes pole danced (under a mask) which btw slay queen😂🤷♀️🤌🏻
so, one day, a few weeks before the present time line the H sees her there and feels drawn towards her and ends up fingering her, he later feels guilty for wanting her bc his one and only was actually his eve (morrigan) but for some reason couldn’t stop thinking about her, the second time they meet when morrigan/eve is under disguise, he recognises her and figures out that they’re the same person, the h realised (though she figures it out before the H) that it was vincent who finger fucked her that night as well!
safety
- the h was a virgin when they first dated as teenagers, she saved herself for him
- the H was a little older than the h
- 8/9 year separation
- h fucks around and gets into relationships, and even falls into love with om (but the love she feels for the om doesn’t compare to what she felt for the H)
- not much is given about the H’s past but he is not celibate either
- no ow drama
- om drama: the guy the h falls for, at first he seems fine but then turns out to become an obsessive, abusive asshole who wants to control the h, who even announces their engagement without even telling or proposing the h
- om drama 2: morrigan at one point wished she had fucked the H’s friend/brother Maddox just to take revenge on vincent
- while the mcs are talking about “fantasies”, the H edges the h and forces the fact that she has had fantasies about maddox out of her, the H replies by telling her he always knew and was secure enough to be okay with it, the h ofc tells him that though she was felt sexually attracted to maddox, she’s never wanted him or loved him.
- the H being okay with all of this and being secure enough in their relationship is big surprise to the h who’s usually all her life been controlled or tried to have her freedom taken away and sees this as him seeing her a person and not an object to possess
I’m not entirely sure how to respond to all of this, but all I can say is that this man never ceases to amaze me. This kind of freedom is so fucking refreshing.
honestly this was pretty refreshing and real and made me like the H even more
- sharing there is a threesome scene with maddox, eve and vincent which btw is smokinggg 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
- no cheating
the past
spoilers ahead
8-9 years ago as teenagers vincent and morrigan after a lot of time of mutual pinning get together and fall in love though this love only lasts for a couple of months as the H suddenly leaves her without any proper explanation whatsoever which shatters the h’s heart
now obviously like in every second chance romance he has a reason for it
the reason being the h’s father who blackmailed the H to either leave morrigan or he’d send his friend/brother (maddox) to jail for life
both the mcs try to forget each other by telling themselves that it was just a teenage fling, too young and fragile to even be called “love”
we are told during this time the h goes through a lot of men and eventually even falls for one (the toxic af “fiance”)
there is no major info given about the hero’s past but it is clear that he was not celibate either
an important thing i almost forgot is that the H was actually building his empire when he and the fl were together and now that he’s powerful enough he’s back for his girl✨
now they meet again 6-7 months before the present timeline thats going on in the book,
though both of them lived in the same city they usually ignored each other and made sure their paths didn’t cross, now months ago the h saw vincent attending her mother’s birthday party and well, she stabs him in the chest
we love a violent h💅💅
the reason why he suddenly came to the party which is given much later in the book, is because the H had taken care of the evidence and the police officer, things that would’ve led to his brother’s ruination
so now he was ready to fight for the h
but she didn’t really want anything to do with him and even though she loved him, she made him work for it😌🫶🏼🥹
some of my fav quotes💌💌
(might contain spoilers)
I have no right to be protective of her; she doesn’t belong to me, and I’ve been repeating this to myself too many times in the last few months, but I can’t seem to be convincing enough. She was mine once, and I’ve been telling myself she was too young to count it as real… we weren’t deep enough to warrant what lingered after. Either way, it doesn’t make this right, forced marriage or whatever the fuck this is!
She was always there, always.
My little obsession.
The one I was forced to let go of all those years ago… I had to move on. I convinced myself that she was too young for this life anyway, even though it was bullshit.
“Don’t fucking play with me, Serpent. Fuck me or get down on your knees, either way… make me come!”
“Oh, you’ve got a filthy mouth on you, Little Eve. Is this what you want?” I slam into her, balls deep, her body hitting the wall with a loud thud, knocking the air out of her. As I slide out slowly, her pussy grips every single inch of me. “Or this?” I slam harder and she yelps.
We call each other everything but who we are, because our names on our lips carry a weight of a love that never was, they carry promises and shattered dreams, and… they sound like hope. And the hardest fucking thing in this world is allowing hope to brush your soul.
Yet here I am…
There’s no shame, no inhibition, no restraint as she gets herself off on me, and Christ if that’s not enough to push me over the edge.
Using me for her own pleasure and I’m a willing participant at the cusp of begging her for more.
Her soft body on top of mine, skin against skin, our hearts beating too fast, too hard, too loud… fuck. This is it for me, isn’t it?