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Sabotage
COLTON
Raylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my blood boil.
She’s vindictive, a lot of crazy, and absolutely stunning.
I hate everything about her except for when she’s on her knees begging me to use her as my own personal toy.
We’ve been playing a game of cat and mouse for far too long. We have used each other for our own sick pleasure.
I’ve ruined every relationship my little princess has ever had. A sure way that she’ll come crawling back to me, begging me for what only I can give her when another man fails her.
But I’m tired of watching others get a piece of what is mine. So, I did what any rational man would do—I staked my claim, showed the world that she belonged to me, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to make her believe it too.
RAYLEE
Colton Remington Knox is a man I despise but can’t say no to.
He’s what any girl would call a walking red flag. But I’ve never claimed to be a smart woman when it comes to men. Why should he be any different?
I’ve always managed to hold my own against him. But this time, he’s gone too far. Posting a video of me on my knees for him, for what? To brag? Embarrass me? He’s acting like he doesn’t know me very well.
Colt wants to play a game? I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure I win. No matter what it costs me.
People already think I have no dignity, so why let them down now?
Things to know about Sabotage
It is MF with an MFMM scene (no MM interaction. They are focused on her)
TW (Please see the WARNING/author's note posted at the beginning of the book. If you have no triggers and want to go in blind, please skip to the prologue.)
OTT (over the top) H
J/P (jealous & possessive) H
A dark college/stepbrother romance
Told in multiple POV's
Raylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my blood boil.
She’s vindictive, a lot of crazy, and absolutely stunning.
I hate everything about her except for when she’s on her knees begging me to use her as my own personal toy.
We’ve been playing a game of cat and mouse for far too long. We have used each other for our own sick pleasure.
I’ve ruined every relationship my little princess has ever had. A sure way that she’ll come crawling back to me, begging me for what only I can give her when another man fails her.
But I’m tired of watching others get a piece of what is mine. So, I did what any rational man would do—I staked my claim, showed the world that she belonged to me, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to make her believe it too.
RAYLEE
Colton Remington Knox is a man I despise but can’t say no to.
He’s what any girl would call a walking red flag. But I’ve never claimed to be a smart woman when it comes to men. Why should he be any different?
I’ve always managed to hold my own against him. But this time, he’s gone too far. Posting a video of me on my knees for him, for what? To brag? Embarrass me? He’s acting like he doesn’t know me very well.
Colt wants to play a game? I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure I win. No matter what it costs me.
People already think I have no dignity, so why let them down now?
Things to know about Sabotage
It is MF with an MFMM scene (no MM interaction. They are focused on her)
TW (Please see the WARNING/author's note posted at the beginning of the book. If you have no triggers and want to go in blind, please skip to the prologue.)
OTT (over the top) H
J/P (jealous & possessive) H
A dark college/stepbrother romance
Told in multiple POV's
226 pages, Paperback
First published March 18, 2022
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Shantel Tessier
66 books33.2k followersShantel is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author. She lives in Oklahoma with her high school sweetheart, who is a wonderful, supportive husband and their two daughters. She loves to spend time cuddled up on the couch with a good book. Although she has a passion to write, her family is most important to her.
Email her at: Shanteltessierassistant@gmail.com
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March 17, 2022Did I read the same book as everyone else? Where are all these glowing reviews coming from? Like I'm genuinely curious. I was so excited for this book and it's been a hot minute since I've read this author, but there was no story. No plot line. No angst. No chemistry. No love. It was all sex, and that would have been fine if I had just felt SOMETHING for these characters, but there was nothing there. Colt was a borderline psycho with daddy issues, who thought he was God's gift to women. And Raylee.. well, I did actually like her view that women shouldn't be called sluts & whores just because we dare to like sex as much as men, but that's where my feelings stopped for her.
And I'm not dogging on their kinks, especially since we all like what we like, but the degradation kink got old fast. Add to the fact that he degraded her every second he got when they were actually clothed (which wasn't much) it just didn't work for me. And the fact that they were both fucking around with others -- I just couldn't do it. There was nothing romantic about this book.
And I'm not dogging on their kinks, especially since we all like what we like, but the degradation kink got old fast. Add to the fact that he degraded her every second he got when they were actually clothed (which wasn't much) it just didn't work for me. And the fact that they were both fucking around with others -- I just couldn't do it. There was nothing romantic about this book.
don-t-bother
March 11, 2022You can't be JP and still share the heroine with others- just saying. That's a contradiction. But thanks to the author for letting us readers know instead of throwing it at us blindly 😅
March 17, 2022
If he can't have her nobody can..And so a love/hate relationship of some sorts starts.. Straight away your pulled into a scene from the likes of #pornhub It’s beyond hot and definitely sets the stage for what’s to come.
This will test your boundaries so be aware of that before you dive into this, depending on your triggers it doesn’t sugar coat things.
These two pushed and pulled until one of them broke and combusted over a leaked tape which was the catalyst of where it all really kicked started things off in this story. It was hard to connect with these two (this is my opinion) mainly because I felt it focused more on their sexual awakening than their actual connection which is where it lost a few stars for me. I didn't get why they hated each other as much as they did? And that alone made it really hard for me to connect with them. Even when she went through a life changing event I still in that moment never found that connection I was hoping for.
March 24, 2022
Shantel drops a new book that should be titled “dickmatized.”
March 23, 2022
1 Star
word count:
Slut - 68
Whore - 22
The fact that this book literally starts off with a group sex scene…… I thought the H was supposed to be possessive/Jealous, over the top H so I was a little bit surprised knowing that they have been fucking for YEARS and he lets his friends touch her…….
“You are to please them. Only I please you. Understand?” They know how much I hate her, and they also know I’d kill them if they ever touched her behind my back. What can I say? I’m a complicated man.
Yes you are a very complicated man indeed.
He does admit that he hates her being with other men but he doesn’t want her to know.
I’ve never let them have a piece of her before. If I’m being honest with myself, I hate the fact that she fucks other men. But I can’t let her know that about me. And this is about my control over her right now, not the other way around.
Personally for me, when I think of a ”possessive, over the too H”, I think of Christian from the maddest obsession, who literally killed a man just because the woman he was obsessed with said she would sleep with him.
So I didn’t like how the book started off, years of physical/emotional relationship that was just mentioned in the passing. The hate and lust, I wanted to read how it started and that journey to the moment they become obsessed with each other, that no matter what Raylee always came back to Colt for more and vice verse.
Another thing, the reason Colt releases the sex tape is because Raylee starts dating a guy named Nate and he doesn’t like it and now decides to make her his “slut” forever. But then still proceeds to have sex with OW 🤔
Now I’m just horny, and Amy wasn’t doing it for me. But the moment I saw Raylee standing at my door, I knew exactly who would. I didn’t even finish. Once Amy came, I was done with her. Raylee has ruined me for any other woman. They’re boring.
I did like how Raylee retaliated by burning down Colts car, that was cool 😂
Any woman can allow a man to make her go insane. The point is to stand out—be remembered and feared for your toxicity—but look fuckable while you’re doing it.
That was the only cool thing she did, she was so up Colt’s ass that she could never stand up to him and say no.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous of him. But I’ll never admit that to her. He’ll be gone soon enough. Once he sees that video, he won’t stick around. No. He’ll judge her like all the rest. She’s my slut, my fucking bitch to use, and if I have to carve my name into her skin to prove that to any man who wants her, I will.
After her boyfriends gets to know, calls her a whore and breaks up with her, I felt bad and I was really hoping she wouldn’t let Colt get his way anymore.
Why am I the whore? Colt was literally fucking Amy just minutes before he was screwing me in the shower, so why am I the only one who is in the wrong? How do I know that Nate hasn’t been sleeping with other women? Colt turns to face me. “Prin—”
I slap him across the face, my teeth grinding at the sting on my palm from connecting with his cheek. He takes in a deep breath, his nostrils flaring, and I hate that tears start to burn my eyes. Instead of yelling or begging—for I don’t know what—I exit the kitchen and head up to my room, needing to get away from them. I don’t give a damn what Colt had to say. It wouldn’t matter anyway. We did what we did. Can’t change it now.
But of course she doesn’t even TRY to stay angry at him and make him work for it! She just gives in! LIKE WHY!? HAVE SOME SELF RESPECT! IS THAT SO HARD TO ASK FOR!?
“Tell me we have a truce.” She nods, sucking in a deep breath.
“A truce. Just fuck me.”
He literally made a video of you without your CONSENT and posted it online for the WORLD to see and label you as a whore and you CANT even put up a little fight!? COME ON
Colt knows what my body wants, and I refuse to withhold pleasure from myself. If this is the only time we’re not killing one another, then so be it.
Then continue to be disrespected and humiliated outside the bedroom your whole life.
The book didn’t really have any storyline, just pages and pages of endless sex. I’m someone who can’t read more than one or two smut scenes so I skipped A LOT and finished this book in record time. lmao.
He wants to humiliate me in front of all these people. I like the fact that I am not responsible. It turns me on to know that I’m just an object, and I have no obligation to try to keep up appearances. I’m no longer Raylee Lexington Adams. I’m just his—Colt’s slut. I enjoy the place he drags me to when I cry and beg him for any kind of pleasure.
word count:
Slut - 68
Whore - 22
The fact that this book literally starts off with a group sex scene…… I thought the H was supposed to be possessive/Jealous, over the top H so I was a little bit surprised knowing that they have been fucking for YEARS and he lets his friends touch her…….
“You are to please them. Only I please you. Understand?” They know how much I hate her, and they also know I’d kill them if they ever touched her behind my back. What can I say? I’m a complicated man.
Yes you are a very complicated man indeed.
He does admit that he hates her being with other men but he doesn’t want her to know.
I’ve never let them have a piece of her before. If I’m being honest with myself, I hate the fact that she fucks other men. But I can’t let her know that about me. And this is about my control over her right now, not the other way around.
Personally for me, when I think of a ”possessive, over the too H”, I think of Christian from the maddest obsession, who literally killed a man just because the woman he was obsessed with said she would sleep with him.
So I didn’t like how the book started off, years of physical/emotional relationship that was just mentioned in the passing. The hate and lust, I wanted to read how it started and that journey to the moment they become obsessed with each other, that no matter what Raylee always came back to Colt for more and vice verse.
Another thing, the reason Colt releases the sex tape is because Raylee starts dating a guy named Nate and he doesn’t like it and now decides to make her his “slut” forever. But then still proceeds to have sex with OW 🤔
Now I’m just horny, and Amy wasn’t doing it for me. But the moment I saw Raylee standing at my door, I knew exactly who would. I didn’t even finish. Once Amy came, I was done with her. Raylee has ruined me for any other woman. They’re boring.
I did like how Raylee retaliated by burning down Colts car, that was cool 😂
Any woman can allow a man to make her go insane. The point is to stand out—be remembered and feared for your toxicity—but look fuckable while you’re doing it.
That was the only cool thing she did, she was so up Colt’s ass that she could never stand up to him and say no.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous of him. But I’ll never admit that to her. He’ll be gone soon enough. Once he sees that video, he won’t stick around. No. He’ll judge her like all the rest. She’s my slut, my fucking bitch to use, and if I have to carve my name into her skin to prove that to any man who wants her, I will.
After her boyfriends gets to know, calls her a whore and breaks up with her, I felt bad and I was really hoping she wouldn’t let Colt get his way anymore.
Why am I the whore? Colt was literally fucking Amy just minutes before he was screwing me in the shower, so why am I the only one who is in the wrong? How do I know that Nate hasn’t been sleeping with other women? Colt turns to face me. “Prin—”
I slap him across the face, my teeth grinding at the sting on my palm from connecting with his cheek. He takes in a deep breath, his nostrils flaring, and I hate that tears start to burn my eyes. Instead of yelling or begging—for I don’t know what—I exit the kitchen and head up to my room, needing to get away from them. I don’t give a damn what Colt had to say. It wouldn’t matter anyway. We did what we did. Can’t change it now.
But of course she doesn’t even TRY to stay angry at him and make him work for it! She just gives in! LIKE WHY!? HAVE SOME SELF RESPECT! IS THAT SO HARD TO ASK FOR!?
“Tell me we have a truce.” She nods, sucking in a deep breath.
“A truce. Just fuck me.”
He literally made a video of you without your CONSENT and posted it online for the WORLD to see and label you as a whore and you CANT even put up a little fight!? COME ON
Colt knows what my body wants, and I refuse to withhold pleasure from myself. If this is the only time we’re not killing one another, then so be it.
Then continue to be disrespected and humiliated outside the bedroom your whole life.
The book didn’t really have any storyline, just pages and pages of endless sex. I’m someone who can’t read more than one or two smut scenes so I skipped A LOT and finished this book in record time. lmao.
He wants to humiliate me in front of all these people. I like the fact that I am not responsible. It turns me on to know that I’m just an object, and I have no obligation to try to keep up appearances. I’m no longer Raylee Lexington Adams. I’m just his—Colt’s slut. I enjoy the place he drags me to when I cry and beg him for any kind of pleasure.
February 10, 2024
"I'm all about playing games. Raylee and I have been playing them for years. And I learned very quickly that the only way to win against her is to play the long game."
Colton Remington Knox hates his stepsister.
At least that's what he believed.
Their secret relationship has been going on for the past 5 years.
And all this time he has hated her.
But it is said that Hate and Love are two sides of the same coin…
And if Raylee wants to flip it, Colton will be right there to see where it drops.
"I'm prepared to go to war with her. And I don't lose. No matter what I have to do."
Raylee Lexington Adams hates her stepbrother.
Everything he has ever done has been to belittle her, to humiliate her…
And in some cases she has no problem with that at all.
It's all a game, a game she's come to anticipate, a game she's come to crave.
But what happens when she sets Colton's car on fire?
He thinks he's ready to play games? He hasn't seen anything yet.
"Do they expect me to go into hiding because of the video? If that's the case, then they don't know who I am. But they're about to find out."
Raylee and Colton have hated each other for the past 5 years. But they have also been doing something else for the past 5 years… And no one knew. Until now. So what happens when Colton releases a certain video and Raylee sets his car on fire as payback? Well, let's just say… let the games begin.
"But just when one of us thinks we should stop, the other pulls us back in for another round. We both know it. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure we'd kill one another."
Ok. Let me explain. I read this book way back at the beginning of last year and it was one of my first dark romances (I know I know I'm dumb as a rock but anyway). And I didn't appreciate it for what it was. Rereading it now I feel like I could not get enough. I am finally in a place to fully appreciate this book and boy did I appreciate this hot toxic AF book.
"It's like her body is a fire - always burning. But when I touch her, it roars to life, burning bright and all-consuming. And I've decided that I'll do whatever it takes to make sure no one else gets to fan her flames. She's all mine."
Raylee is the definition of that badass girl that walks away from a burning car in an action movie (because that is literally a scene). And she keeps playing games knowing the consequences. But boy does she love those consequences. And she will crawl back for more.
"But no matter what happens, I find myself crawling back on bruised knees to beg him for more. And he's more than willing to give it to me."
"I never learned how to not be a smart-ass. It comes naturally."
☝️☝ BTW this quote is literally me, I want to make a whole clothing line about it.☝️☝☝
Colton is toxic AF but don't we love them that way?? He has "hated" Raylee ever since she became his stepsister. And he will not let her go. He will not stop tormenting her and honestly it's the dark romance equivalent of a boy pulling your pigtails and I am honestly here for it. As toxic as it is, the man knows his job!! And he has no problem proving that to Raylee every single time.
"No other man will bring you to your knees like I do. Or make you crawl like I do."
This playlist was so much fun to compile!! Love every single song here and even got to know some new ones 🥰🥰
Link: https://spotify.link/Ibo1dOb1ADb
🎵 "Raging on a Sunday" - Bohnes
🎵 "Pls Cheat On Me" - Precious Pepala
🎵 "CASUALTY" - MOTHICA
🎵 "Figure You Out" - Voila
🎵 "Pretty Little Addict" - Haiden
🎵 "madhouse" - Nessa Barrett
🎵 "Treat Me Like a Slut" - Kim Petras
🎵 "STRUT" - EMELINE
🎵 "BAD BITCH" - Tessa Violet
🎵 "Mama Didn't Raise No" - ASTON
🎵 "Breakfast" - Dove Cameron
🎵 "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" - Bebe Rexha
🎵 "bad idea right?" - Olivia Rodrigo
🎵 "Dirty Thoughts" - Chloe Adams
🎵 "Play With Fire" - Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money
🎵 "Moonlight Magic" - Ashnikko
🎵 "lovely liar" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "AMERICAN HORROR SHOW" - SNOW WIFE
🎵 "greedy" - Tate McRae
🎵 "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" - Taylor Swift
🎵 "Shameless" - Camilla Cabello
🎵 "She Keeps Me Up" - Nickelback
🎵 "Talking Body" - Tove Lo
🎵 "Smells Like Sex" - Sizzy Rockey
🎵 "You've Created a Monster" - Bohnes
🎵 "Barbie & Ken" - Scene Queen, Set it Off
🎵 "Church" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Pain" - Jake Daniels
🎵 "Hate You" - Poylow, BAUWZ, Nito-Onna
🎵 "RUNRUNRUN" - Dutch Melrose
🎵 "Villain" - Bella Poarch
🎵 "Messed Up" - Once Monsters, Chloe Adams
🎵 "Harder to Breathe" - Letdown
🎵 "River" - BRKN LOVE
🎵 "She's So Nice" - Pink Guy
And there are too many good lines in this one but here are some of my favorites:
"Get on your knees, princess. Show me how pretty you are when you beg."
"You'll come however I allow it. Do you understand?"
"I want it red, princess. As red as the lipstick on your perfect lips."
🪞 Tropes 🪞
💋 VERY Dark Romance
💋 Enemies-to-Lovers
💋 Forbidden Love (Stepbrother)
💋 Bully
💋 Secret Romance
💋 Very possessive
💋 Obsessed
💋 Touch her and die (and more…)
💋 SO MANY K!NKS (not even joking)
Book edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx52e3FLm...
Colton Remington Knox hates his stepsister.
At least that's what he believed.
Their secret relationship has been going on for the past 5 years.
And all this time he has hated her.
But it is said that Hate and Love are two sides of the same coin…
And if Raylee wants to flip it, Colton will be right there to see where it drops.
"I'm prepared to go to war with her. And I don't lose. No matter what I have to do."
Raylee Lexington Adams hates her stepbrother.
Everything he has ever done has been to belittle her, to humiliate her…
And in some cases she has no problem with that at all.
It's all a game, a game she's come to anticipate, a game she's come to crave.
But what happens when she sets Colton's car on fire?
He thinks he's ready to play games? He hasn't seen anything yet.
"Do they expect me to go into hiding because of the video? If that's the case, then they don't know who I am. But they're about to find out."
Raylee and Colton have hated each other for the past 5 years. But they have also been doing something else for the past 5 years… And no one knew. Until now. So what happens when Colton releases a certain video and Raylee sets his car on fire as payback? Well, let's just say… let the games begin.
"But just when one of us thinks we should stop, the other pulls us back in for another round. We both know it. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure we'd kill one another."
Ok. Let me explain. I read this book way back at the beginning of last year and it was one of my first dark romances (I know I know I'm dumb as a rock but anyway). And I didn't appreciate it for what it was. Rereading it now I feel like I could not get enough. I am finally in a place to fully appreciate this book and boy did I appreciate this hot toxic AF book.
"It's like her body is a fire - always burning. But when I touch her, it roars to life, burning bright and all-consuming. And I've decided that I'll do whatever it takes to make sure no one else gets to fan her flames. She's all mine."
Raylee is the definition of that badass girl that walks away from a burning car in an action movie (because that is literally a scene). And she keeps playing games knowing the consequences. But boy does she love those consequences. And she will crawl back for more.
"But no matter what happens, I find myself crawling back on bruised knees to beg him for more. And he's more than willing to give it to me."
"I never learned how to not be a smart-ass. It comes naturally."
☝️☝ BTW this quote is literally me, I want to make a whole clothing line about it.☝️☝☝
Colton is toxic AF but don't we love them that way?? He has "hated" Raylee ever since she became his stepsister. And he will not let her go. He will not stop tormenting her and honestly it's the dark romance equivalent of a boy pulling your pigtails and I am honestly here for it. As toxic as it is, the man knows his job!! And he has no problem proving that to Raylee every single time.
"No other man will bring you to your knees like I do. Or make you crawl like I do."
This playlist was so much fun to compile!! Love every single song here and even got to know some new ones 🥰🥰
Link: https://spotify.link/Ibo1dOb1ADb
🎵 "Raging on a Sunday" - Bohnes
🎵 "Pls Cheat On Me" - Precious Pepala
🎵 "CASUALTY" - MOTHICA
🎵 "Figure You Out" - Voila
🎵 "Pretty Little Addict" - Haiden
🎵 "madhouse" - Nessa Barrett
🎵 "Treat Me Like a Slut" - Kim Petras
🎵 "STRUT" - EMELINE
🎵 "BAD BITCH" - Tessa Violet
🎵 "Mama Didn't Raise No" - ASTON
🎵 "Breakfast" - Dove Cameron
🎵 "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" - Bebe Rexha
🎵 "bad idea right?" - Olivia Rodrigo
🎵 "Dirty Thoughts" - Chloe Adams
🎵 "Play With Fire" - Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money
🎵 "Moonlight Magic" - Ashnikko
🎵 "lovely liar" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "AMERICAN HORROR SHOW" - SNOW WIFE
🎵 "greedy" - Tate McRae
🎵 "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" - Taylor Swift
🎵 "Shameless" - Camilla Cabello
🎵 "She Keeps Me Up" - Nickelback
🎵 "Talking Body" - Tove Lo
🎵 "Smells Like Sex" - Sizzy Rockey
🎵 "You've Created a Monster" - Bohnes
🎵 "Barbie & Ken" - Scene Queen, Set it Off
🎵 "Church" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Pain" - Jake Daniels
🎵 "Hate You" - Poylow, BAUWZ, Nito-Onna
🎵 "RUNRUNRUN" - Dutch Melrose
🎵 "Villain" - Bella Poarch
🎵 "Messed Up" - Once Monsters, Chloe Adams
🎵 "Harder to Breathe" - Letdown
🎵 "River" - BRKN LOVE
🎵 "She's So Nice" - Pink Guy
And there are too many good lines in this one but here are some of my favorites:
"Get on your knees, princess. Show me how pretty you are when you beg."
"You'll come however I allow it. Do you understand?"
"I want it red, princess. As red as the lipstick on your perfect lips."
🪞 Tropes 🪞
💋 VERY Dark Romance
💋 Enemies-to-Lovers
💋 Forbidden Love (Stepbrother)
💋 Bully
💋 Secret Romance
💋 Very possessive
💋 Obsessed
💋 Touch her and die (and more…)
💋 SO MANY K!NKS (not even joking)
Book edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx52e3FLm...
March 14, 2022
Check your moral compass at the door. Raylee Adams and Colt Knox are toxic, depräved, and will have you questioning your life choices.
These two walk the razor-thin line between love and hate and it makes for explosive chemistry and hot-as-sin scenes.
There’s so much more to their story than you would expect from a novella though. You’ll hate how much you love them. You’ll root for their happy ever after. You’ll feel all the feels. You’ll be rewarded with tons of new spånk bänk material for your moxie.
If you like your romance dark, prefer a villain to a prince, and appreciate a badäss bish, dive in. Shantel nailed it (pun intended) with Sabotage.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
🗂 Genre: Dark Romance
✨ Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Bully, Forbidden (Step-Brother)
⛔️ Warning: This book/series may cause blushing, squirming, combusting panties, and/or self-care. 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: There are triggers galore if you have any. If not, blind is best!!
📣 Sabotage is a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
These two walk the razor-thin line between love and hate and it makes for explosive chemistry and hot-as-sin scenes.
There’s so much more to their story than you would expect from a novella though. You’ll hate how much you love them. You’ll root for their happy ever after. You’ll feel all the feels. You’ll be rewarded with tons of new spånk bänk material for your moxie.
If you like your romance dark, prefer a villain to a prince, and appreciate a badäss bish, dive in. Shantel nailed it (pun intended) with Sabotage.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
🗂 Genre: Dark Romance
✨ Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Bully, Forbidden (Step-Brother)
⛔️ Warning: This book/series may cause blushing, squirming, combusting panties, and/or self-care. 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: There are triggers galore if you have any. If not, blind is best!!
📣 Sabotage is a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
March 5, 2024
DNF - the first 6% gave me the ICK!
I tried SO HARD to continue this.. but I just can't .. I don't think I can read more of this author's writing...
but also me being super curious about The Spade Brothers soo I'll probably read Carnage..
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January 3, 2023
I ate this shit up
July 5, 2023
~ 1/5 ☆ 👀
I had this book on my tbr since so long but i truly wish I would've kept it there for much longer. the book have a lot of toxicity , so less of a storyline and A MAJOR degradation kink which i found a little unbearable. The humiliation was just way too much and honestly there was nothing consensual here ; it just felt like some huge ass manipulative rape to me ; fmc could legit fool herself for all she want. I have read a lot of dark romance and nothing EVER grossed me out like this one did.
It had stepbrother/stepsister trope but there were no scenes of them sneaking around , trying to hide from parents etc etc again lack of storyline just made it boring and plain. Instead there were just endless , boring sex scenes and OH did i mentioned this book starts with MFMM scene which I found absolutely irrelevant and pointless 🤦🏻♀️
~ COLTON KNOX
Honestly author tried so hard to portray him as a possesive and demanding ALPHA but failed miserably and turned him into a manipulative little piece of shit. In the beginning i fr tried super hard to consider him hot and dominating but by the end of the book, i realised that he's nothing but a condescending asshole.
~ RAYLEE ADAMS
I even tried hard to like her, believe me when i say that because i REALLY did. the author tried to portray her as someone who's sexually liberal and is open minded and to which i think she did a great job but honestly there was no need for her to go around and say "im his whore or his little slut" legit after every two goddamn page. OKAY we get it ma'am!! Now fucking STOP. TBH it just got annoying with every single page.
There story was so fucked up and extremely toxic. I have no problem with all this stepbrother/stepsister taboo but to me it felt like they had some kind of attachment issues which was left unhealed and maybe much more deeper issues from their teen years.
Tbh i don't have any problem with any trope mentioned in the book but the only problem here was how author portrayed each one of them. What a WASTE of tropes. I genuinely disliked both the characters so much.
This book would've been much much better if it had more storyline and yes some character development as well. The love-hate relationship they had was so fucked up that it had me questioning my sanity 🤦🏻♀️ Every character in this book needs therapy and after reading them i need it as well🥹❤️🩹
Overall, if you want to read a book which lacks storyline and have endless, monotonous and repetitive sex scenes; please be my guest! 👀
I had this book on my tbr since so long but i truly wish I would've kept it there for much longer. the book have a lot of toxicity , so less of a storyline and A MAJOR degradation kink which i found a little unbearable. The humiliation was just way too much and honestly there was nothing consensual here ; it just felt like some huge ass manipulative rape to me ; fmc could legit fool herself for all she want. I have read a lot of dark romance and nothing EVER grossed me out like this one did.
It had stepbrother/stepsister trope but there were no scenes of them sneaking around , trying to hide from parents etc etc again lack of storyline just made it boring and plain. Instead there were just endless , boring sex scenes and OH did i mentioned this book starts with MFMM scene which I found absolutely irrelevant and pointless 🤦🏻♀️
~ COLTON KNOX
Honestly author tried so hard to portray him as a possesive and demanding ALPHA but failed miserably and turned him into a manipulative little piece of shit. In the beginning i fr tried super hard to consider him hot and dominating but by the end of the book, i realised that he's nothing but a condescending asshole.
~ RAYLEE ADAMS
I even tried hard to like her, believe me when i say that because i REALLY did. the author tried to portray her as someone who's sexually liberal and is open minded and to which i think she did a great job but honestly there was no need for her to go around and say "im his whore or his little slut" legit after every two goddamn page. OKAY we get it ma'am!! Now fucking STOP. TBH it just got annoying with every single page.
There story was so fucked up and extremely toxic. I have no problem with all this stepbrother/stepsister taboo but to me it felt like they had some kind of attachment issues which was left unhealed and maybe much more deeper issues from their teen years.
Tbh i don't have any problem with any trope mentioned in the book but the only problem here was how author portrayed each one of them. What a WASTE of tropes. I genuinely disliked both the characters so much.
This book would've been much much better if it had more storyline and yes some character development as well. The love-hate relationship they had was so fucked up that it had me questioning my sanity 🤦🏻♀️ Every character in this book needs therapy and after reading them i need it as well🥹❤️🩹
Overall, if you want to read a book which lacks storyline and have endless, monotonous and repetitive sex scenes; please be my guest! 👀
October 15, 2025
1.75 ✧
Sabotage by Shantel Tessier is a short, dark college romance novella set in the twisted world of the L.O.R.D.S. series. It follows Colton Knox, who is working under the Lords—specifically Tyson (from The Sacrifice)—and Raylee Adams, his stepsister, whom he both obsesses over and resents deeply. What began as subtle, teasing touches and the sabotage of Raylee’s relationships slowly turns into something far more consuming, as Colton attempts to prove to the world—and to Raylee herself—that she belongs to him. His boldest move in this dangerous game of possession? Posting an intimate sex tape of them online—humiliating her for all to see. But what happens when Raylee, no longer fearing public shame, is willing to do whatever it takes to win this wicked game? 💔🔥
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♡ What I loved most:
• Multiple POV made the story more layered and engaging 📖
• Raylee’s inner monologue was exactly my vibe—honest, fierce, and undeniably badass 💅
• Flashbacks were sprinkled perfectly, giving the story more depth ⏳
• Set during The Sacrifice, we get to see Colt and his friends in Tyson’s orbit, experiencing events from a fresh perspective 👀
• The hate sex was fiery while it lasted 🔥
• I adored Raylee and Colt’s quieter, personal conversations—outside of the begging and humiliation scenes 💌
• Unlike previous books, —and I loved that independence for her 🌸
• The evolution of Raylee and Colt’s relationship in the final chapters was satisfying and sweet 💞
✘ What didn’t quite work for me:
• NOT AGAIN WITH THE TYPOS 😭😭
• I was excited for a novella—fewer pages, less smut—but it ended up being fewer pages, less plot 😩
• The MCs being intimate with others is a hard no for me—and both Raylee and Colton were. In one scene, 🤢
• Posting a sex tape of Raylee without her consent—or any attempt to hide their identities—is literal criminal behavior ⚠️
• I hoped for a story built around secrecy and tension, especially given the taboo step-sibling dynamic—but Colton flaunts everything publicly 😶🌫️
• I admired Raylee’s independence and her perspective on women learning to “use” men too—but then she says:
• Raylee’s reactions in the spicy scenes were over the top—crying, begging, crawling, submitting in front of anyone and everyone, even if she was having sex nearly every day. Why so desperate every time? 🥀
• The plot points repeat the series’ usual cycle: ♻️
• The story’s logic around revenge and humiliation felt sickly— 💀
❀ Overall:
I had high hopes for this novella, but the plot was far too simple—literally only one major event—and offered very little novelty, treading the same path as the first three books. This story was overwhelmingly smut, with only a tiny sliver of plot. Many scenes were disturbing, and the only reason my rating is above 1 star is because I enjoyed seeing Tyson again, I admired Raylee’s fierce character, and some dialogues between Colt and Raylee were undeniably hot.
Even when I dislike a book, I respect the author’s effort. I truly believe Shantel could write stories I would adore if she stepped back from the excessive smut and disturbing scenarios.
I was planning to continue with Carnage after The Sacrifice, but after this? I think I need a break from the series. 😭
「L.O.R.D.S. series」
#1 The Ritual — 3.5 ✧
#2 The Sinner — 2 ✧
#3 The Sacrifice — 2.75 ✧
#4 Sabotage — 1.75 ✧
#5 Carnage — TBR
#6 Madness — TBR
#7 Chaotic — TBA
Sabotage by Shantel Tessier is a short, dark college romance novella set in the twisted world of the L.O.R.D.S. series. It follows Colton Knox, who is working under the Lords—specifically Tyson (from The Sacrifice)—and Raylee Adams, his stepsister, whom he both obsesses over and resents deeply. What began as subtle, teasing touches and the sabotage of Raylee’s relationships slowly turns into something far more consuming, as Colton attempts to prove to the world—and to Raylee herself—that she belongs to him. His boldest move in this dangerous game of possession? Posting an intimate sex tape of them online—humiliating her for all to see. But what happens when Raylee, no longer fearing public shame, is willing to do whatever it takes to win this wicked game? 💔🔥
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♡ What I loved most:
• Multiple POV made the story more layered and engaging 📖
• Raylee’s inner monologue was exactly my vibe—honest, fierce, and undeniably badass 💅
“You gotta look your best when you decide to show your crazy. Otherwise, you’re just another stupid bitch like all the rest. Any woman can allow a man to make her go insane. The point is to stand out—be remembered and feared for your toxicity—but look fuckable while you’re doing it.”
• Flashbacks were sprinkled perfectly, giving the story more depth ⏳
• Set during The Sacrifice, we get to see Colt and his friends in Tyson’s orbit, experiencing events from a fresh perspective 👀
• The hate sex was fiery while it lasted 🔥
“God, she’s fucking perfect. I spent the first year hating her because I wanted her so badly and knew I couldn’t have her. Then I did, and it made things even worse. My hatred grew for her every time I heard someone say her name. She was fucking everywhere. My home. My school. She walked into my life and turned it all upside down.”
• I adored Raylee and Colt’s quieter, personal conversations—outside of the begging and humiliation scenes 💌
“‘What’s wrong, Colt? Are you jealous?’ Her red lips turn up in the corners before she starts laughing at the stupid accusation.
I grab her dress and yank her to me. Spinning her around, I shove her back into the wall next to the closed door. Our faces are so close that if I stuck my tongue out, I could lick the liquor off her chin that I spilled. ‘Goddamn right, I’m jealous,’ I growl.”
• Unlike previous books, —and I loved that independence for her 🌸
• The evolution of Raylee and Colt’s relationship in the final chapters was satisfying and sweet 💞
“Wrapping his arms around my shaking shoulders, he pulls my back into his chest. ‘Nothing ...’ he whispers in my ear. ‘Nothing could ever make me not love you, princess.’”
✘ What didn’t quite work for me:
• NOT AGAIN WITH THE TYPOS 😭😭
• I was excited for a novella—fewer pages, less smut—but it ended up being fewer pages, less plot 😩
• The MCs being intimate with others is a hard no for me—and both Raylee and Colton were. In one scene, 🤢
• Posting a sex tape of Raylee without her consent—or any attempt to hide their identities—is literal criminal behavior ⚠️
• I hoped for a story built around secrecy and tension, especially given the taboo step-sibling dynamic—but Colton flaunts everything publicly 😶🌫️
• I admired Raylee’s independence and her perspective on women learning to “use” men too—but then she says:
“He wants to humiliate me in front of all these people. I like the fact that I am not responsible. It turns me on to know that I’m just an object, and I have no obligation to try to keep up appearances. I’m no longer Raylee Lexington Adams. I’m just his—Colt’s slut.”
• Raylee’s reactions in the spicy scenes were over the top—crying, begging, crawling, submitting in front of anyone and everyone, even if she was having sex nearly every day. Why so desperate every time? 🥀
• The plot points repeat the series’ usual cycle: ♻️
• The story’s logic around revenge and humiliation felt sickly— 💀
❀ Overall:
I had high hopes for this novella, but the plot was far too simple—literally only one major event—and offered very little novelty, treading the same path as the first three books. This story was overwhelmingly smut, with only a tiny sliver of plot. Many scenes were disturbing, and the only reason my rating is above 1 star is because I enjoyed seeing Tyson again, I admired Raylee’s fierce character, and some dialogues between Colt and Raylee were undeniably hot.
Even when I dislike a book, I respect the author’s effort. I truly believe Shantel could write stories I would adore if she stepped back from the excessive smut and disturbing scenarios.
I was planning to continue with Carnage after The Sacrifice, but after this? I think I need a break from the series. 😭
「L.O.R.D.S. series」
#1 The Ritual — 3.5 ✧
#2 The Sinner — 2 ✧
#3 The Sacrifice — 2.75 ✧
#4 Sabotage — 1.75 ✧
#5 Carnage — TBR
#6 Madness — TBR
#7 Chaotic — TBA
September 15, 2023
I miss the person I was before I read this book
December 16, 2022
I always forget my kink is when the hero calls the heroine princess. 🥺 Also did not know this was a story set in the Lords universe… love it!! I need more stories in this world. I LOVE THIS! 😭😭😭 Sorry not sorry for repeating myself. 😇 A coincidence that I read this after Lily White’s The Five. Both *amazing* books featuring the slut heroine. While The Five had more of an exploration in femme fatale mystique, this was celebrating your inner slut.
Shantel writes smut on a level with Trent Evans. I’ve tried to finish other works by her but nothing compares to her Lords universe.
If you’re not into humiliation kink or smut, this won’t work for you.
This makes me very excited for The Sinner which is recently released and set among Lords.
Some further notes:
1. I enjoyed the simplicity of this story where it all starts from the hero publishing a clip of him and the heroine together. After the hero achieves what he wants by releasing the clip, I eye-rolled at the hero telling his friend to delete the original clip, as if people might not screen-record or in some way save the clip on their phone.
2. I would have loved a longer story to this couple because I'm actually very curious about how the Lords society works. The hero and his friends are recruited to be lackeys. They are lords, in a sense, but they don't interact with the likes of initiates like Ryat etc. However, I also think the story that we got was just perfect. I think the commentary on sluts is bang-on, where I also really appreciate the objective portrayal of CNC and humiliation kinks, and the juxtaposition between the hero giving the heroine what she needs versus the big bad guy.
3. We need more books like Shantel Tessier's Sabotage where it is an exploration into women's sexuality in the terrain of slut/femme fatale/nympo/hot mess. I like that the heroine never feels ashamed about herself, aware of society's hypocrisies. The only thing that is particularly messy is her hate/love relationship with her stepbrother, but I loved reading about their toxic relationship.
Shantel writes smut on a level with Trent Evans. I’ve tried to finish other works by her but nothing compares to her Lords universe.
If you’re not into humiliation kink or smut, this won’t work for you.
This makes me very excited for The Sinner which is recently released and set among Lords.
Some further notes:
1. I enjoyed the simplicity of this story where it all starts from the hero publishing a clip of him and the heroine together. After the hero achieves what he wants by releasing the clip, I eye-rolled at the hero telling his friend to delete the original clip, as if people might not screen-record or in some way save the clip on their phone.
2. I would have loved a longer story to this couple because I'm actually very curious about how the Lords society works. The hero and his friends are recruited to be lackeys. They are lords, in a sense, but they don't interact with the likes of initiates like Ryat etc. However, I also think the story that we got was just perfect. I think the commentary on sluts is bang-on, where I also really appreciate the objective portrayal of CNC and humiliation kinks, and the juxtaposition between the hero giving the heroine what she needs versus the big bad guy.
3. We need more books like Shantel Tessier's Sabotage where it is an exploration into women's sexuality in the terrain of slut/femme fatale/nympo/hot mess. I like that the heroine never feels ashamed about herself, aware of society's hypocrisies. The only thing that is particularly messy is her hate/love relationship with her stepbrother, but I loved reading about their toxic relationship.
March 20, 2022
I swear to fuck Shantel just phoned this bitch in.
This is like a torture porn version of Kalifornia.
Seriously…it’s that bad.
While this tread the-fuck-over the line of dub-con, that’s not my issue. This was just too disjointed. It felt like a novella from another series and details were left out. The flashbacks are so terribly heavy handed and badly placed, it just made their relationship appear too toxic.
He’ll KILL her one day.
And maybe not by accident.
#sorrynotsorry
#nokinkshameinmygame
And don’t get me started on the non-ending.
Seriously. WTF?!?!?
I can’t even call this a novella. There’s BARELY a HFN. It reads more like a slice of life story about a couple that will eventually implode due to toxicity. You’d better fucking pray you aren’t within a 1000 yards of it when it happens.
AND….There is no resolution to their relationship. It just ends.
2 stars cuz I’m not always an asshole.
This is like a torture porn version of Kalifornia.
Seriously…it’s that bad.
While this tread the-fuck-over the line of dub-con, that’s not my issue. This was just too disjointed. It felt like a novella from another series and details were left out. The flashbacks are so terribly heavy handed and badly placed, it just made their relationship appear too toxic.
He’ll KILL her one day.
And maybe not by accident.
#sorrynotsorry
#nokinkshameinmygame
And don’t get me started on the non-ending.
Seriously. WTF?!?!?
I can’t even call this a novella. There’s BARELY a HFN. It reads more like a slice of life story about a couple that will eventually implode due to toxicity. You’d better fucking pray you aren’t within a 1000 yards of it when it happens.
AND….There is no resolution to their relationship. It just ends.
2 stars cuz I’m not always an asshole.
May 10, 2022
2.5 ⭐️
My first book by Shantel Tessier was the Ritual and I LOVED it! I adored Ryat. I loved how protective he was of Blakely. I loved how he was so OTT J/P over her! Like no one could even LOOK at his Blakely without him freaking out! So when I saw Sabotage recommended on a Facebook group, I was expecting more of the same. The T/W section says that Colt was supposed to be OTT J/P, so I was EXCITED!
What I love about the OTT J/P trope is that the guy can’t stand to have anyone near his woman. No one can touch her except for him. She is HIS and his alone. Someone is going to have to explain to me how Colt was J/P when the prologue starts with him sharing Raylee with his two other friends, videotaping the whole thing and then posting it on the internet for the whole world to see! It made no sense! Like… you’re so jealous and possessive, but you’re going to allow your two BEST FRIENDS to fuxx your girl?! You’re going to allow the whole world to see her naked?! 🤨🧐
Also, this was REALLY heavy on the degradation and humiliation kink. I read the TW and didn’t see this listed as a trigger, and I think it should have been because this level of humiliation and degradation isn’t for everyone. While I don’t mind it in small doses, this was just WAAAAAYYYY too much for me.
Aside from that, the plot was kind of mess. There were gigantic plot holes that made no sense. The epilogue was really unsatisfying. It was just another chapter in the book. To me, a good epilogue shows what happens to the couple in the future. I LOVED the epilogue in the Ritual, and I was expecting something similar. I was at least expecting to see how Colton and Raylee’s parents dealt with their relationship. I feel like the book ended with a lot of unresolved issues.
My first book by Shantel Tessier was the Ritual and I LOVED it! I adored Ryat. I loved how protective he was of Blakely. I loved how he was so OTT J/P over her! Like no one could even LOOK at his Blakely without him freaking out! So when I saw Sabotage recommended on a Facebook group, I was expecting more of the same. The T/W section says that Colt was supposed to be OTT J/P, so I was EXCITED!
What I love about the OTT J/P trope is that the guy can’t stand to have anyone near his woman. No one can touch her except for him. She is HIS and his alone. Someone is going to have to explain to me how Colt was J/P when the prologue starts with him sharing Raylee with his two other friends, videotaping the whole thing and then posting it on the internet for the whole world to see! It made no sense! Like… you’re so jealous and possessive, but you’re going to allow your two BEST FRIENDS to fuxx your girl?! You’re going to allow the whole world to see her naked?! 🤨🧐
Also, this was REALLY heavy on the degradation and humiliation kink. I read the TW and didn’t see this listed as a trigger, and I think it should have been because this level of humiliation and degradation isn’t for everyone. While I don’t mind it in small doses, this was just WAAAAAYYYY too much for me.
Aside from that, the plot was kind of mess. There were gigantic plot holes that made no sense. The epilogue was really unsatisfying. It was just another chapter in the book. To me, a good epilogue shows what happens to the couple in the future. I LOVED the epilogue in the Ritual, and I was expecting something similar. I was at least expecting to see how Colton and Raylee’s parents dealt with their relationship. I feel like the book ended with a lot of unresolved issues.
March 17, 2022
What was the point of this book? The story wasn’t developed neither was the characters there were no plots or anything just the hero degrading the heroine the entire book until the very end. I see all these good reviews were y’all paid to say good things or just don’t know when a book is good enough to be read or recommended to someone.
April 6, 2023
The fact that this woman took
Two of my fav kinks and make it incredibly boring and plain.
Also girl where was his jealousy.. OTP my ass.
Two of my fav kinks and make it incredibly boring and plain.
Also girl where was his jealousy.. OTP my ass.
hell-no
March 18, 2022I saw the cover and fell in love but after reading the MFMM part in the blurb, I will skip this one.
all the respect to the author for saying it beforehand, that's how things should be handled.
all the respect to the author for saying it beforehand, that's how things should be handled.
June 18, 2022
2 stars ☆ This book has no plot, so toxic and fucked up. But i’m here for the smut and I ate it up 😔✋
May 29, 2024
✮♱✮ 2 messed up stars
╰┈➤ ❝ I've made up my mind to make her mine, but that doesn't mean that I no longer hate her.
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Okay so I've read every book in the Lords series (until she releases her book this year).
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The tropes
🕷 not an RH
🕷 MF with MFMM scene (no MM interaction since they are all focused on her)
🕷 The H ends up with one H
🕷 Multiple POVS
🕷 OTT H
🕷 J/P H
(oh and hella kinky)
and the one that threw me off the most is the stepbrother romance (like brother ugh)
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So since its a dark romance, there are some major messed up TW's
P.S I didnt look up the TW's before reading this book. 🧍♀️
----------🕯️🖤----------
Spicy chapters
Prologue - 2 - 3 - 4 - 8 -9 -16
(quite alot seeming its a novella)
----------🕯️🖤----------
Lil ramble time
✮So their parents marry and they become stepsiblings.
✮However, from the first time that he sees her, he makes up his mind that she is his??
✮Meanwhile she was also dating a guy for several years while they messed with eachother on the low (???) I couldn't get that behind me.
✮However she did some girlboss move at some point.
✮Soooo he leaked a video and she just set his expensive car on fire (rip the car)
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ఌ︎ ''Oh, she saw it alright. She's setting your car on fire right as we speak.''
ఌ︎ ''Raylee is the devil in a woman's body. She's vindictive, manipulative,, and incredibly fucking sexy. It's a sin to look that good.''
ఌ︎ ''But she's got a man in her bed, and I've got a woman in mine. Neither is going to stop me.'' (I hella cringed at this ngl)
ఌ︎ ''I watch her come alive again. It's like her body is a fire- always a fire. But when I touch her, it roars to life, burning bright and all-consuming. And I've decided that I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that no one else gets to fan her flames. She's all mine.''
ఌ︎ ''I don't have to love her to want her. No. Love is simple. People fall in and out of it every day. It's like the wind, changing direction at any given second. This is different. This is control. It's taking what I want and making her love it.''
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Now I need to cleanse my mind after this series
╰┈➤ ❝ I've made up my mind to make her mine, but that doesn't mean that I no longer hate her.
----------🕯️🖤----------
Okay so I've read every book in the Lords series (until she releases her book this year).
----------🕯️🖤----------
The tropes
🕷 not an RH
🕷 MF with MFMM scene (no MM interaction since they are all focused on her)
🕷 The H ends up with one H
🕷 Multiple POVS
🕷 OTT H
🕷 J/P H
(oh and hella kinky)
and the one that threw me off the most is the stepbrother romance (like brother ugh)
----------🕯️🖤----------
So since its a dark romance, there are some major messed up TW's
P.S I didnt look up the TW's before reading this book. 🧍♀️
----------🕯️🖤----------
Spicy chapters
Prologue - 2 - 3 - 4 - 8 -9 -16
(quite alot seeming its a novella)
----------🕯️🖤----------
Lil ramble time
✮So their parents marry and they become stepsiblings.
✮However, from the first time that he sees her, he makes up his mind that she is his??
✮Meanwhile she was also dating a guy for several years while they messed with eachother on the low (???) I couldn't get that behind me.
✮However she did some girlboss move at some point.
✮Soooo he leaked a video and she just set his expensive car on fire (rip the car)
----------🕯️🖤----------
ఌ︎ ''Oh, she saw it alright. She's setting your car on fire right as we speak.''
ఌ︎ ''Raylee is the devil in a woman's body. She's vindictive, manipulative,, and incredibly fucking sexy. It's a sin to look that good.''
ఌ︎ ''But she's got a man in her bed, and I've got a woman in mine. Neither is going to stop me.'' (I hella cringed at this ngl)
ఌ︎ ''I watch her come alive again. It's like her body is a fire- always a fire. But when I touch her, it roars to life, burning bright and all-consuming. And I've decided that I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that no one else gets to fan her flames. She's all mine.''
ఌ︎ ''I don't have to love her to want her. No. Love is simple. People fall in and out of it every day. It's like the wind, changing direction at any given second. This is different. This is control. It's taking what I want and making her love it.''
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Now I need to cleanse my mind after this series
February 5, 2023
What I first want to say is, every other book of Shantels I absolutely loved. They are all five star ratings for me. This will NOT hinder me from future books she writes and I will continue reading her books. With that being said, I’m so disappointed this fell flat for me. I really wanted to rate it a two but I can’t get myself to give that amount of stars to an author I’ve come to love so I went with three.
If someone was going to give me $1,000,000 if I could tell them the plot of this story.. I would be out of $1,000,000 because I couldn't even tell you. I have no idea what the entire book was about except for their absolute hatred for each other, and even then.. you don’t know why? Yes, it’s a step-sibling enemies to lovers but the “I want you but I can’t have you because it’s forbidden” hate is never as toxic as what they had with each other. This sounds horrible but I’m honestly shocked someone beta-read and edited this book and said “Yes, this is perfect.. publish this as-is”. I would have rated this a solid five if it was an erotic novella.. but this was a standalone book.. that was supposed to have a storyline, character development and conclusion to said storyline. The very few things that were in the questionable plot we didn't even get a conclusion / answers too. You finished the book and thought, "That was hot sex but what was this book even about?".
THE POSITIVE:
That being said, I LOVED the smut. Shantel can write an amazing sex scene and it never disappoints.
THE NEGATIVES FOR ME; SPOILERS
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I had SO many questions throughout the entire thing.
- Why did they hate each other so much? They hated each other pre-sextape but you don't really get a backstory on it. They just have this toxic, severe hatred and you don't know why.
- The secret society seemed very random to me since they never mention the society as a whole and just a few times they met up to kill people. They even had a scene where Ryat from the Ritual was introduced to the guys and before you even blinked he was gone.. it was so random.
- I did not feel a connection with literally any character. Colton was so narcissistic it wasn't believable he had a caring bone in his body. Raylee just casually cheated on her boyfriend Nate constantly with Colton (but i thought they hated each other with a passion?) Nate seemed like a really nice guy at first and then all of a sudden when he saw her after the breakup at the party he turned into an abusive psycho ex who was going to make her pay?
- The only thing I got out of the book was the sexual attraction between the characters and not a legitimate emotional connection.
- also.. “branding and knife” kinks are consensual.. not carving your name in someone while their in a sex induced high and find out the next day.
- At the end of the book, Colton said he was going to tell their parents about them as a couple and we don't get their response to it.
Again, I feel really bad making a review like this.. this book trope was absolutely my cup of tea. All of the dirty and taboo trigger warnings are my jam, but the book just wasn't. If I went through all my points of what makes a good book (plot, characters, conclusion), I just couldn’t find any of that in this book.
If someone was going to give me $1,000,000 if I could tell them the plot of this story.. I would be out of $1,000,000 because I couldn't even tell you. I have no idea what the entire book was about except for their absolute hatred for each other, and even then.. you don’t know why? Yes, it’s a step-sibling enemies to lovers but the “I want you but I can’t have you because it’s forbidden” hate is never as toxic as what they had with each other. This sounds horrible but I’m honestly shocked someone beta-read and edited this book and said “Yes, this is perfect.. publish this as-is”. I would have rated this a solid five if it was an erotic novella.. but this was a standalone book.. that was supposed to have a storyline, character development and conclusion to said storyline. The very few things that were in the questionable plot we didn't even get a conclusion / answers too. You finished the book and thought, "That was hot sex but what was this book even about?".
THE POSITIVE:
That being said, I LOVED the smut. Shantel can write an amazing sex scene and it never disappoints.
THE NEGATIVES FOR ME; SPOILERS
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I had SO many questions throughout the entire thing.
- Why did they hate each other so much? They hated each other pre-sextape but you don't really get a backstory on it. They just have this toxic, severe hatred and you don't know why.
- The secret society seemed very random to me since they never mention the society as a whole and just a few times they met up to kill people. They even had a scene where Ryat from the Ritual was introduced to the guys and before you even blinked he was gone.. it was so random.
- I did not feel a connection with literally any character. Colton was so narcissistic it wasn't believable he had a caring bone in his body. Raylee just casually cheated on her boyfriend Nate constantly with Colton (but i thought they hated each other with a passion?) Nate seemed like a really nice guy at first and then all of a sudden when he saw her after the breakup at the party he turned into an abusive psycho ex who was going to make her pay?
- The only thing I got out of the book was the sexual attraction between the characters and not a legitimate emotional connection.
- also.. “branding and knife” kinks are consensual.. not carving your name in someone while their in a sex induced high and find out the next day.
- At the end of the book, Colton said he was going to tell their parents about them as a couple and we don't get their response to it.
Again, I feel really bad making a review like this.. this book trope was absolutely my cup of tea. All of the dirty and taboo trigger warnings are my jam, but the book just wasn't. If I went through all my points of what makes a good book (plot, characters, conclusion), I just couldn’t find any of that in this book.
April 28, 2022
The fact that I was able to read this out in public with a straight face is honestly remarkable, especially with that prologue
April 15, 2022
Apart, we were our own worst enemy, but together? We’re explosive. An unbeatable team.
Yeah I don’t know. This one was entertaining, but I think it was just TOO much for me. If you enjoy constant hate smut and a lot of degradation/humiliation, like verbally and physically then you may gobble this up. I think I could have enjoyed it if there was a little more of the subplot, but this was a decent read overall. There are many TW/CW so definitely read the authors note at the start or ask someone.
Yeah I don’t know. This one was entertaining, but I think it was just TOO much for me. If you enjoy constant hate smut and a lot of degradation/humiliation, like verbally and physically then you may gobble this up. I think I could have enjoyed it if there was a little more of the subplot, but this was a decent read overall. There are many TW/CW so definitely read the authors note at the start or ask someone.
December 26, 2023
4 ✰ THIS IS THE SHIT I LIKE! DO I NEED THERAPY? MAYBE BUT I’LL GLADLY JOIN THERAPY WITH ALL OF THIS CHARACTERS 🥵‼️
April 1, 2022
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4.5 STARS
I devoured this in less than 24 hours, and, yet again, Shantel Tessier continues to push my boundaries in the form of kinks.
What I loved:
1. I loved the heroine. She is straight up crazy, but I loved the vehicle that she becomes for the theme and the fighter she becomes.
2. The hero. What can I say? He is not going to be for everyone. He degrades the heroine but they both get off on it. It’s consensual, while I personally would punch him but they both loved what he did. I did love his possessive nature.
3. I love the guy group. I wouldn’t be made to have more.
4. The steam is HOT. From page 1.
5. The whole thing was consuming.
6. The cameos from some of my faves was amazing.
What I needed more of:
1. A lot of the story was about the relationship. There was a bit of a secondary plot line but I wish there would have been more.
I really loved this one.
Check your CW/TW. The author has them listed. ARC review
4.5 STARS
I devoured this in less than 24 hours, and, yet again, Shantel Tessier continues to push my boundaries in the form of kinks.
What I loved:
1. I loved the heroine. She is straight up crazy, but I loved the vehicle that she becomes for the theme and the fighter she becomes.
2. The hero. What can I say? He is not going to be for everyone. He degrades the heroine but they both get off on it. It’s consensual, while I personally would punch him but they both loved what he did. I did love his possessive nature.
3. I love the guy group. I wouldn’t be made to have more.
4. The steam is HOT. From page 1.
5. The whole thing was consuming.
6. The cameos from some of my faves was amazing.
What I needed more of:
1. A lot of the story was about the relationship. There was a bit of a secondary plot line but I wish there would have been more.
I really loved this one.
Check your CW/TW. The author has them listed. ARC review
March 28, 2022
DNF
I couldn’t get passed the first couple of pages. How this book received a 5* rating from anyone is truly disappointing…
I couldn’t get passed the first couple of pages. How this book received a 5* rating from anyone is truly disappointing…
February 9, 2024
Well, this is super dark... This couple is wild, to say at least.
The thing is I liked the first part way better than the second half, then it gets too much even for me.
(3.5 stars)
The thing is I liked the first part way better than the second half, then it gets too much even for me.
(3.5 stars)
avoid
July 12, 2022Self note avoid
MMFM scene, but he’s jealous possessive, yeah ok 🙄🙄🙄.
MMFM scene, but he’s jealous possessive, yeah ok 🙄🙄🙄.
May 9, 2023
Finished this one last night...defo not for me. Step sister and step brother type...is a no for me.
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