I cannot fathom how none of my GR friends has read this series because it is phenomenal! Especially you, my dark romance girlies.
In Stitches, there is a lot going on but at the same time, things don’t actually progress that much.
When did shit gets so fucking complicated?
Easy enough to answer. The moment Sirena came into our lives.
Fucking damnit.
Sirena is definitely showing personal growth with becoming more bold and brave. She also expresses herself a lot more and has grown a backbone in the sense that she does not go along with everything she is told to do, instead, she sticks up for her own desires and opinions. Honestly, though, she does not act anything like a rape victim and I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing. Oh, and she still keeps way too many secrets and does not really think of her own safety. Instead, she goes and does stupid things.
I wanted to be the nightmare she couldn’t wake from. Couldn’t escape from.
If that wasn’t true love, I didn’t know what was.
Church is still a possessive mf but learning to share Sirena. His father is proven problematic, again, which pisses him off to no end because he is used to doing whatever he wants without having to take someone else into consideration.
I let out a shaky breath, relishing the way it felt to be loved by him.
Asher Valentine was pure fire. My firestorm.
Ashes is being his rational and sweet self, once again. He is the voice of reason for the watchers and besides his pyromania, he seems to be the most normal out of the bunch.
I hated feeling trapped.
It reminded me of the shit I couldn’t get out of my head. The way it felt for the hands to be on my body. The mouths. Lips. Tongues. Other. . . things.
Stitches is going through a bit of an existential crisis. He is trying to accept and move on from all that happened while he was admitted to the medical ward. However, it proves to be difficult since it strains his relationship with Sirena because he blames himself for what happened to her. I understand naming this book Stitches because after the watchers find out what happened to him (and he gets confirmation on it all himself as well), he finally starts mending his relationship with Sirena. This book is, indeed, heavily focused on Stitches, how the past events have affected him, how he overgrows them and how his relationship with Sirena progresses.
At the end of it all though, he really was right. I had to pick myself up. This was my life now, whether I liked it or not. My new reality.
I’d gambled and paid the ultimate price.
Eventually, the sin catches up to the sinner.
And this was my personal hell.
Sin is definitely on the way to redemption. He has been punishing himself enough and has finally stopped it. He has realized his feelings for Sirena at this point, finally. There are a few encounters with Sirena where he helps her and is not threatening in any way but she still does not trust him. I feel like Sin also has a bigger purpose for the whole story and I am excited to read his book! I do hope that he gets back in with the watchers.
I hadn’t really liked Cady when I’d first met her, but she’d grown on me. Sort of like a tumor.
Cady is still a bit of a mystery to me. I mean, she is a legit badass and I love how she sticks up for Sirena, to everyone. However, she is still relatively minor side character and I am waiting for what her purpose with coming to Chapel Hill will be. Oh, and she definitely does not have the best track record with men so I am hoping we see who she ends up with!
Knowing Asylum was in deep with my father pissed me off. I wasn’t surprised though. My father did adore the gifted and wicked. Asylum was a shoo-in.
Asylum has ended up being one of my favorite characters at this point. He is such a complicated character and I just want to know more about him! On one hand, he is really shitty and on the other hand, he is just too intriguing for his own good. I mean, I really want to know his secret: how he knows what will happen, how he gets his visions and what his mental illness is.
A mirage in the distance and an asylum at her back. Her sin in her heart, then nothing she will lack.
After Asylum, it is only logical to talk about Mirage. I think he is Seth but I am not sure anymore. For two books, it has been clear now that Seth and Asylum are different people but I still am not sure if they are actually twins or if they are two different personalities of the same person. Is Mirage Seth or is he someone else? What’s clear is that he definitely works for or with Asylum and I guess Asylum is the dominant of the two.
Bryce is the odd one out. He had a bigger role in Church but in Ashes, he was pretty much a no-show for the whole book. Now, he has reclaimed his spot as Sirena’s friend and it has been revealed that there are some budding feelings between the two. But the ending confused me big time. Why was Bryce wearing the bunny mask? He is not Mirage is he? If not, how did he end up wearing the bunny mask? Has he been following Sirena? Is he not the good boy we all thought he was?
I just have to conclude this review with how am I supposed to wait two months for the next book?! Anyone know how I could get my hands on an ARC for Sinful?!