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Broken like me : A Dark College Romance
Nicki Rollins
It started when I was four, and it only progressed from there.
Parents are supposed to be protectors of their children, but mine were my worst nightmare
I have been in therapy for years, and my therapist tells me every time that I am safe
I don’t think she understands what that word means
But today is the day I get my freedom and I get to leave my parents and go to college.
I got a full ride to Silent University which is in a small town on the coast of Oregon called Whispering Trees.
This new place I am hoping will be a new start for me, but when people see me all they see are the scars that cover most of my body.
My entire life I have felt broken and out of place
Until I met them
The Silent Knights.
They are known as the bad boy gang on campus but to me, they are my salvation
When they look at me it is not with disgust but with longing and passion
I shouldn’t want them, but I do
I have after all always wanted what I shouldn’t
What would you be willing to do to put back together your broken pieces?
This is a dark romance, please read TWS and CWS inside the book
It started when I was four, and it only progressed from there.
Parents are supposed to be protectors of their children, but mine were my worst nightmare
I have been in therapy for years, and my therapist tells me every time that I am safe
I don’t think she understands what that word means
But today is the day I get my freedom and I get to leave my parents and go to college.
I got a full ride to Silent University which is in a small town on the coast of Oregon called Whispering Trees.
This new place I am hoping will be a new start for me, but when people see me all they see are the scars that cover most of my body.
My entire life I have felt broken and out of place
Until I met them
The Silent Knights.
They are known as the bad boy gang on campus but to me, they are my salvation
When they look at me it is not with disgust but with longing and passion
I shouldn’t want them, but I do
I have after all always wanted what I shouldn’t
What would you be willing to do to put back together your broken pieces?
This is a dark romance, please read TWS and CWS inside the book
- GenresDark RomanceDarkRomance
391 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 18, 2024
29 people are currently reading
56 people want to read
About the author
Sasha R.C.
29 books170 followersHello I am Sasha R.C.
I am a dark romance author. I love anything that has to do with Dark Romance. The Darker the Better. Some of my Favs are: The Ritual, The Sinner, Church, Den of Vipers, and The Sacrifice
I am currently writing many different dark romance standalones
Please read TWs and CWs
I am a dark romance author. I love anything that has to do with Dark Romance. The Darker the Better. Some of my Favs are: The Ritual, The Sinner, Church, Den of Vipers, and The Sacrifice
I am currently writing many different dark romance standalones
Please read TWs and CWs
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November 16, 2025
not really sure about this one and not how you think
This was probably one of the hardest books to read and not because of the violent content and viciousness of the story but because of how it was written. The darkness was of it all never turned me off but the writing style this author chose did. The story never ran in any order and was quite confusing at times. I had to scroll back multiple times to figure out wtf was going on. It kept jumping from the past ~ starting at age 14 ~ to the present so many times I got lost. I almost gave up many times and did in fact stop reading and had to switch to something else when it got too frustrating. And then towards the end it jumped by years. Go figure. It mostly went day to day ~ in the “present” chapters anyway but then whoosh ~ it was a year later. And then a year later and so on. The writing style was so hard to follow it was amazing I finished it at all. And that’s sad really because I did like the storyline for the most part. I kept debating between 2 and 3 stars and ended up choosing 2 because of the fact it was very difficult to keep engaged in the story when the reader had to keep scrolling back so often to figure out. Frustrating a reader is not a way to get them to buy more books and unfortunately, even though I liked the idea of this story and not the delivery I will not download anymore books from this author. Way too many flashbacks that didn’t even make sense. The concept was great. The flow of the story was not. Not recommending this one at all.
This was probably one of the hardest books to read and not because of the violent content and viciousness of the story but because of how it was written. The darkness was of it all never turned me off but the writing style this author chose did. The story never ran in any order and was quite confusing at times. I had to scroll back multiple times to figure out wtf was going on. It kept jumping from the past ~ starting at age 14 ~ to the present so many times I got lost. I almost gave up many times and did in fact stop reading and had to switch to something else when it got too frustrating. And then towards the end it jumped by years. Go figure. It mostly went day to day ~ in the “present” chapters anyway but then whoosh ~ it was a year later. And then a year later and so on. The writing style was so hard to follow it was amazing I finished it at all. And that’s sad really because I did like the storyline for the most part. I kept debating between 2 and 3 stars and ended up choosing 2 because of the fact it was very difficult to keep engaged in the story when the reader had to keep scrolling back so often to figure out. Frustrating a reader is not a way to get them to buy more books and unfortunately, even though I liked the idea of this story and not the delivery I will not download anymore books from this author. Way too many flashbacks that didn’t even make sense. The concept was great. The flow of the story was not. Not recommending this one at all.
May 24, 2024
Questo romanzo ha molti alert ... Non adatto ai minori né a persone sensibili
🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞
Vengono descritte graficamente scene di abusi su minori, violenza sessuale, torture, omicidi e uso di alcol e sostanze stupefacenti.
Ho dato ⭐⭐⭐ perché ho percepito l'impegno dell' autrice nel raccontare tematiche per lei molto importanti.
La lettura però, per me, è stata molto difficoltosa.
L'autrice ha alternato i 5 POV dei protagonisti di questa storia, alternando presente e passato.
Come se non bastasse, per rendere più reale il racconto, i pensieri risultavano alterati, come le menti dei protagonisti.
😂 Se lo scopo dell'autrice era farci sentire persi ed alienati ci è riuscita benissimo 😂
Quello che però non mi è piaciuto è la ripetitività ..... Intere frasi che si ripetevano capitolo dopo capitolo ossessivamente hanno reso la lettura pesante.
In molti episodi poi ha voluto spingere eccessivamente rendendo tutto assurdo e poco credibile.
🤔🤔 La cosa inquietante è poi il fatto che i tre ragazzi Davien, Linus e Heston, parlino in sincrono 🤨 mi immaginavo la scena nella mia testa ed era creepy 😱😱
🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞
Vengono descritte graficamente scene di abusi su minori, violenza sessuale, torture, omicidi e uso di alcol e sostanze stupefacenti.
Ho dato ⭐⭐⭐ perché ho percepito l'impegno dell' autrice nel raccontare tematiche per lei molto importanti.
La lettura però, per me, è stata molto difficoltosa.
L'autrice ha alternato i 5 POV dei protagonisti di questa storia, alternando presente e passato.
Come se non bastasse, per rendere più reale il racconto, i pensieri risultavano alterati, come le menti dei protagonisti.
😂 Se lo scopo dell'autrice era farci sentire persi ed alienati ci è riuscita benissimo 😂
Quello che però non mi è piaciuto è la ripetitività ..... Intere frasi che si ripetevano capitolo dopo capitolo ossessivamente hanno reso la lettura pesante.
In molti episodi poi ha voluto spingere eccessivamente rendendo tutto assurdo e poco credibile.
🤔🤔 La cosa inquietante è poi il fatto che i tre ragazzi Davien, Linus e Heston, parlino in sincrono 🤨 mi immaginavo la scena nella mia testa ed era creepy 😱😱
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June 8, 2025
What did I just read?
This has to be the darkest "romance" I have ever read. I put romance in quotations because there really isn't any romance. There is a messed up and deranged relationship between the main characters. The story itself was written in almost a stream of consciousness. The TWs are real with this one. Rape, child abuse, murder, codependency, drug abuse. It has it all. I did read the whole thing, so it did keep my attention, but only because I wanted to see how f upped it really got.
This has to be the darkest "romance" I have ever read. I put romance in quotations because there really isn't any romance. There is a messed up and deranged relationship between the main characters. The story itself was written in almost a stream of consciousness. The TWs are real with this one. Rape, child abuse, murder, codependency, drug abuse. It has it all. I did read the whole thing, so it did keep my attention, but only because I wanted to see how f upped it really got.
June 15, 2024
124 pages in and there is waaaaay too much internal dialog for me. Show me, don't tell me, particularly when it is ridiculously repetitive. Each MMC POV is pretty much an exact replica of the previous. None of them are saying anything new and I keep wondering when we are going to get to something other than listening to them rattle around in their heads for 100+ pages. Putting it down, maybe I'll come back to it - maybe not.
May 22, 2024
Not for the faint of heart
Very serious story violent but Eben has truth
The story is well told violence secual psychological violence triggers in this book love but not the normal if love is ever normal swearing but even with aĺ that they are knigjts
Very serious story violent but Eben has truth
The story is well told violence secual psychological violence triggers in this book love but not the normal if love is ever normal swearing but even with aĺ that they are knigjts
August 11, 2024
There is beauty in what is broken bound by their pasts and experiences the men known as the silent knights met out justice to those who harm the innocent these tortured souls find peace in a young woman named Nicki who is broken just like them in their brokeness they find peace and acceptance. Sasha once again weaving a beautiful tale of love and devotion for better or worse in all the broken glory that is trauma
August 13, 2025
Great dark romance
Loved this story. Very dark so definitely check your triggers. I love seeing someone who has been abused take their power back. So good!
Loved this story. Very dark so definitely check your triggers. I love seeing someone who has been abused take their power back. So good!
October 31, 2024
Awesome 👍 riveting read
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