Graves

by Katelyn Taylor, Heather Firth (Narrator), Sean Masters (Narrator)

Zayden

I thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.

Dominic

My brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first. One look at her though, and it all made sense. He gave me one job, protect his girl, a girl he’s never even spoken to. I held true to my promise and then some. I didn’t mean to kiss her, to touch her. One thing is for sure, though. I’m not losing her, even if I have to go through my brother to have her.

Genres: Dark Romance, Dark, Why Choose, Romance, M F M, Smut, Forced Proximity

11 pages, Audible Audio

First published May 25, 2024

About the author

Katelyn Taylor writes dark and contemporary romance and is known for twisted love stories with toe-curling smut, heart-breaking angst & plot twists that keep readers up all night.

If you like your romance with a side of unhingedness & spice, get ready to cry from your eyes to your thighs.

Welcome to the Taylorverse!

Reviews

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

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'𝐆R𝐀V𝐄S' Is a full length dark romance book by new to me author Katelyn Taylor. Spoken in third person. Brothers 'Zayden' & 'Dominic' and the girl 'Blake' they claimed

First the cover
Then the blurb
Then Amazon and #oneclicking

This has been a new record for me, finding and reading new authors, jumping into this one tonight!!
And another one that hit the right spot, a little bit dark, a little bit gritty, bad versus good, but together these brothers were perfect.

And of course I had to go and like the psychotic brother over the other..🤷‍♀️ He just had more of a dare devil charm about him, a walking talking red flag, of course in life I'd run the other way but in books I kind of gravitate towards them, the more unhinged, the better, the killing part is just another side to him lol And Zayden well he was more messed up than I was expecting..

📚 'Z𝐚y𝐝e𝐧 𝐡a𝐬 𝐚l𝐰a𝐲s b𝐞e𝐧 𝐭h𝐢s w𝐚y.
𝐇e l𝐢k𝐞s s𝐨m𝐞t𝐡i𝐧g, 𝐡e f𝐢x𝐚t𝐞s,
𝐚n𝐝 𝐭h𝐞n t𝐡a𝐭 𝐟i𝐱a𝐭i𝐨n t𝐮r𝐧s i𝐧t𝐨 𝐚n o𝐛s𝐞s𝐬i𝐨n.
𝐅i𝐫s𝐭 𝐢t w𝐚s k𝐧i𝐯e𝐬, t𝐡e𝐧 𝐢t w𝐚s b𝐥o𝐨d𝐬h𝐞d,
𝐚n𝐝 𝐧o𝐰 𝐢t's...h𝐞r.'

I went into this one blind, didn't really know what I was getting myself into with this one, but god this surprised me with how easily it pulled me under, I really enjoyed this one and will definitely have to read more by this author.

After what could possibly have been Zayden's death after a job came to close for comfort he swears that night he sees an angel walking away from him, it took him three months to track her down and then it was pretty much game over, he was a goner for her, obsessed taken to a whole new level, from tracking *coughs* stalking her from her workplace back to her apartment over and over again. She's oblivious to the whole thing, which is probably a good thing because on one such night he saved her and got himself a one way ticket to prison.

This is where his brother Dominic comes into the picture because whilst he's incarcerated he asks him to keep an eye on her and protect her not expecting that his brother too would fall under the obsessive spell.

Twenty eight year old Blake broke up from her boyfriend six months ago moved to Seattle with the help from her best friend Gabby and her husband and is slowly getting back on her feet, she works at a bar and lives alone.

Dominic took his brothers advice and started keeping an eye on Blake, but instead of hiding in the shadows and stalking from afar Dominic actually went into the bar each night, ordered one drink and then left seeing that she made it safely back home. Of course things between them progressed at a warped speed, a few conversations, a few sleepovers, a date then whiplash she's moved in with him.

Annnnd what do you know Zayden called in a favour from the one man he should never have rung and he's released from prison doing the odd jobs he's sent out on as part payment and fighting his brother over the girl they are both head over heels in love with. Whiplash as they hashed it out. But of course no decisions were made and they just ended up sharing. Kinky as f#ck with no complaints to be had by Blake...

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[Kylie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5 ⭐️
4/5 🌶️

What to expect:
- Dark romance
- MFM relationship dynamic with two twin brothers
- Stalking
- Primal play
- Knife/blood play
- Breeding kink
- Posessive MMC
- Touch her and you die
- Somnophilia

HOLY SHIT. This book was so hot. What's better than having one boyfriend? Having two that look exactly the same HAHAHAHAHAA.

So, there was definitely good vs bad twin vibes and I ate that shit up. The unhinged, psychotic twin spotted Blake first, stalked her and decided ultimately that she was his whether she knew it or not. He gets sent to prison and asks his brother to keep an eye on her and make sure she stays safe, but he ends up falling for her too.

Of course, the other brother gets out of jail eager to see his "angel" only to find out that his brother has been seeing her behind his back.. YIKES!

No worries though, once they both figure out that she wants them both, they quit fighting over her and decide they're good at sharing, so why not?

I loved this book so much, it was so freakin' spicy!

[nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️
I'm so glad I picked this one up because HOT DAMN. Being shared by two fine ass twin brothers that get jealous easily? SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME. The smut was insanely hot and I really did enjoy this book. The only reason I've cut half a star is because I feel like there wasn't enough reasoning/an explanation given for certain things that had happened. I wish we'd gotten some background info too. But other than that, it was an easy, drama free read that I would totally recommend if you have a *ahem* dirty fantasy of being shared and loved by twin brothers hehe😏 I feel like I've been wanting to read about brothers sharing a woman for a long time now and this is finally a book that's lived up to those expectations🥰

safety squad:
- no virgins
- no OW drama (a few women try to flirt with the brothers but they're repulsed and immediately turn those women down. there's also a scene in the club where the h grinds against another woman so ig that counts as OW drama? a bit? idk. no OWD with the men tho. also, they end up killing said woman for touching the h lol)
- no OM drama
- no cheating
- sharing/why choose/ménage/MFM (between twin brothers - this isn't the first time they've shared a woman. they used to share women that didn't mean anything years ago when they were in their twenties but the h is the first woman they actually care about/love and have shared)
- jealousy (brothers are jealous of each other and are not willing to share the h in the beginning)
- (technically) cheating (when the h is in a relationship with one of the twins, she fucks the other twin too. it wasn't cheating imo, but just a heads up)
- boy obsessed
- condoms then no condoms
- breeding kink, blood play, knife fucking, CNC/dub con/non con, primal play, marking/carving kink, erotic asphyxiation, impact play/spanking, voyeurism, BC tampering, etc
- insta love
- they get tattoos for her
- HEA with marriage and babies

[Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started off decently and I was really interested in how this was all going to work out between them after the one brother basically swooped in on his brother’s girl. I was excited to the drama! Sadly it went downhill really fast. It’s just a lot of fighting between everyone and smut. I didn’t like how mean the h was to the Hs but then as soon as she’s horny then all is forgiven and she wants to have sex with them. She slapped one, said she hated them, called the other names, etc etc etc but as soon as they touched her she was all for it. The BBS here was extreme and the guys are just simps who don’t care what she does to them including cheat on them. Not a dynamic that I want in my dark romance books.

The last half of the book is where things really went off the rails. Shock value scene after shock value scene after gimmick after gimmick. Super disappointing because there actually was a halfway decent story in the first bit that could have been developed properly into something fun to read instead I was just cringing through the whole last bit.

Overall: 1.5

[Yasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️¾ — 3,75/5 🩶✨🔥

Blake can have them both, sure… 👀🙂‍↕️ but for me, it was never a question 🙅🏻‍♀️ Team Dominic forever 🫧🥺

[Della · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @87%
Honestly I need to start being okay with dnf-it a book I’m not enjoying instead of forcing myself to finish it. I felt with this book like I was loving it one second and then super bored the next. It was fun to see the dynamic between the 3 main characters play out but when they sort of figured it out, it got boring.
The writing could definitely need some work and the excessive amount of smut was a bit annoying, otherwise entertaining to a certain point.

[Vee · Rating 3 out of 5]

“I knew we were going to be bound to each other for all of eternity. Even if I had to drag her to hell with me.” Romantic.. yet slightly threatening. For context, this was said before he’d even spoken to the FMC. However, we can’t fault the fact he was committed to this (imaginary) relationship. We love commitment 💕

I am a big fan of anything dark at the moment, so I was invested in the level of delusion and obsession that the MMCs brought to the table.

To clarify, this was a ménage romance where the MMCs were brothers and pretty…complex individuals. One brother was psychotically obsessed with the FMC and essentially stalked her to ‘keep her safe’. Stalker logic 101. The other brother was thrown into this situation after the first brother asked him to watch over the FMC in his absence. There was an unfortunate 👀 incident that got him arrested.

To be clear, these men aren't morally grey, they are straight-up murderers. I would like to say it was always justified, but I don't know if I can. Zayden was unhinged and Dom was the strong, silent type. They both had issues, but I still enjoyed their personalities. Blake, our FMC was far from ‘normal’, so she would’ve probably levelled them out.

I say ‘probably’ because I dnf-ed at 35%, so I don't know if it did. At the 30% mark, a love triangle started to form which I wasn't expecting, but maybe I should have. I wasn't too keen on the direction it was going and it appeared more stressful than it needed to be. For me, reading Why Choose takes the stress out of a book because no decisions have to be made. The love triangle plot twist here just threw me off.

I also wasn't keen on where the Gabby and Christian storyline was going. It seemed to appear out of nowhere. Especially as the characters were introduced as normal, but as soon as the MMCs entered her life, her support system was actually full of weirdos.

Maybe I jumped ship slightly prematurely, but I can't deal with love triangles. It’s just my personal preference, but it still gets 3 stars because I enjoyed the writing style and the ‘darkness’ was in full force.

[Brittany Ferraro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fucking binged this book all day today and that is so unlike me, it was that fucking good and that fucking addicting and the audio was incredible😮‍💨 hot possessive, twin brothers?! Sign me the fuck up (no literally this is my dream)

Somehow Blake caught the eye of two obsessive mercenaries, I hope she knows how lucky she is.

This doesn’t start out as your conventional why choose and I was so curious to how this was gonna go and it went completely perfect. I was in love with Dom from the gate and I was like kinda want her with him 👀👀 but I quickly changed my mind after I got more from Zayden. There’s always one brother that’s Way more unhinged, and Zayden was that brother. He was giving me my primal and my knife play fix🤭��🏼‍♀️ don’t get me wrong my baby Dom was still burn the world for her and protective as fuck. These two brothers had me on my knees. And the jealousy and the banter between them was so good😂 don’t worry they get along when it really matters.

Even though the spice was 10 out of 10 🥵 the plot was SO GOOD. This the perfect example of a book that is so easy to binge, it had everything I was looking for in a fast paced read.

I fucking loved this shit and the star rating has me so concerned because what the fuck was there not to like ??? 😅 I love to have a good time while reading and this was the ultimate good time.

[Noi (in & out)]

Reading this against my will, which feels like the appropriate way to do so (it's a book club pick).
------------
This was... different for me.
I AM NOT A DARK READER.
(not judging, just an FYI)

There is a whole list of content/trigger warnings, but Blood play, Knife play, and the Breading kink were the front runners throughout the book.

Chapter 33 was actually the hardest for me to read, I think, as it was the most graphic, and not in a smutty way.

Believe it or not, but there was a story in addition to the mfm moments. I would have liked a little more story? But I'll take what I can get. I don't like the instant lust/obsession/love, but there was *some* development.

The thing, though, which really got me, was that the boys were sweet. Like what? idk how, but they were cute!? If you ignore everything going on?!

D is so soft, such a caretaker, he feels so deeply. And Z is so misunderstood, truly. He is unhinged, but I was here for it.

"He looks over his shoulder and smiles at me, that smile that practically turns me gooey on the inside, like I’m sunlight, and he’s lived in nothing but darkness his whole life."

“I love it when you say my name, angel.” “Stop calling me that,” I grit out, doing my best to keep my head through his fucked-up mind games. “I can’t. That’s what you are. You’re my angel, and I’ll be your devil. Bound for all eternity. I’ll do anything to protect you, always know that.”

"I’d burn heaven itself to the ground to keep you as mine."

“I’ll love you until the end of time, angel. In this life, the next and every single one to come. It will always be you.”

The fmc is kind of meah, I don't understand what makes her special. She does eventually match the guys' and they work as a group.

I'm focusing on what I like, but there was a lot I didn't like as well... and I did skim some scenes that were not my cup of tea. To each their own, I guess. Read at your own risk.

As the author said:
"This is it. Your last chance to run. Please tell me you’ve read and considered the triggers. Please know that you are about to enter a story that is dark, twisted and at times completely fucked up. We don’t yuck anyone’s yum, especially when it is this delicious, but there is nothing wrong with this book not being for you!"

[carliereadssss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun dark romance read. Twin brothers share on girl? Absolutely sign me up! Ate this one right up! I just can’t decide if I like Dom or Zayden more.. but why choose right?

[Reader's Paradise · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so bad. I am sorry if I am being harsh. I am someone who has read numerous RH and MFM romances. It is actually my favourite genre. After reading this particular book I am planning to maintain distance from this genre for a while. I am so done. The writing was very cliche. Things in this novel were happening so suddenly and out of nowhere. Nothing was explained in detail. The whole writing appeared to be from various subplots from different books. Very typical and cliche storyline. The heroine was sexually abused in her foster home by the foster dad and his friends. The two MMCs also had a difficult childhood. It wasn't interesting at all. Then their so called ex boss who rescued them when they were younger came back and was after the heroine not just because he wanted to find their weakness but because he was infatuated with her mother and she kept rejecting him. Now he wants the daughter (FMC). He was keeping an eye on her since she was a little girl and had sent his brother Ivan who raped her with her foster dad. Too much of a coincidence. The writing is too messed up. It was such a waste of time for me.

‼️No cheating, No ow drama‼️
🚫No manwhores, no virgins🚫

[Kimberlylovesreadingbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had both smut and a verrry good plot. It literally had me giggling at night to a point I had to remind myself that some of the things aren't socially acceptable 😂

[Mackenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5⭐️
4/5🌶️

Whew.. this book was a WILD ride. Started & finished in one afternoon, loving every second of it. If you like completely unhinged, OBSESSED, morally grey book boyfriends… you will eat this book up. It starts off with a bang & just hooks you in from start to finish.

Graves follows Blake who has recently moved to Seattle following a break up with her boyfriend. Unbeknownst to her, she crosses paths with Zayden Graves one day & from then out on, he became obsessed… stalking her every move & making sure she’s safe. Well when he lands himself in trouble, he asks his twin brother, Dominic to keep an eye on her for him. Little did he know, Dom would come to have his own obsession with Blake…


“𝙸𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕, 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑.”

“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍. 𝑩𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.”

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐.”

“𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”

“𝚂𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚂𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝, 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜.”


Thank you Katelyn for the ARC. Be sure to check TW’s before diving into this one!!

Tropes:
Dark Romance
MFM Romance
Twin Brothers
Dub Con
Stalker
🔪 Play
🩸Play
Breeding kink
Unhinged, Possessive MMCs
Touch her & 💀
Tattoo for her

[Christi (christireadsalot) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Listen, I didn’t have high hopes or anything for this read or expectations. I only knew a basic premise of what it was about. I also didn’t have any issue with the content, I’ve read plenty of dark romances and reads with graphic violence too. So basically that isn’t what made me rate it the way I did. Buttttt I did have issues with the writing and I didn’t care about the characters sooo…

This is a story of twin brothers who both become obsessed with the same heroine and want to keep her as theirs. In all the unhinged, possessive ways. It just was sooo insta love and unhinged in like a not believable way for me. I didn’t believe they all fell in love that quickly and had the connections they supposedly did. It just felt cringe and the writing was just not my vibe at all.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

*audiobook

You know me by now...

I will NEVER skip a stalker or obsessed mmc romance; they're my kryptonite.

Our girl Blake squirted!

Let's pop the balloons and champagne!🍾

Y'all know i will always celebrate my squirting girls!

I got great chemistry with this one!

2 great mmcs!

Great revenge scene!!!!

I love it when my fmc gets violent with men who have done them wrong and kills them!
It brings me joy 😊

And points go to the mmc who brought our girl Blake the evil disgusting man who abused her so our girl could exercise her revenge!

I like an mmc who's not only dedicated and obsessed with our fmc but also very useful to her, and this book delivered just that! ♥️

The only reason it's not 5 stars is because of the fact that, the mmcs are mercenaries who of course kill bad men for money, which is fine, you won't hear me complaining about some murdering of men...

but when Blake asks one of them if they've ever killed women and children, one of them says not really, but a few times they've just killed the "really bad" ones...

Um, no. I don't want yall to kill women at all!

No women murder. Period.

Wtf is wrong with authors these days?

The second reason it's not quite a 5 stars was because of the epilogues and the abrupt ending.

Especially the first epilogue. It was a lot of telling me what happened, when Katelyn Taylor could have easily just dedicated a few more chapters showing us their lives for that year...

But all in all, this was pretty good!

Oh, and surprisingly I didn't hate the fmc at all!

Lately, i have had to tolerate dumb ass, desperate fmcs everywhere!

It's been so long since ive read fmcs who weren't desperate idiots with stale bread personalities except for being doormats and being head over heels in love with the mmc(s) for no reason... with no build-up... just a dumb bitch desperate for dick for absolutely no reason...

Ew.

Like, girl, stand up!

But Blake actually had a personality and she actually had decent self esteem, which is the bare minimum i ask, to be frank...

[Koryne · Rating 4 out of 5]

more 4.5 than 4 stars because i feel like it ended kind of sudden but i loved this so much!

There are SO MANY things i loved about this.

Hot twins ✅
OBSESSED psychotic twin ✅
equally obsessed but in a more normal way ✅
NO ow drama ✅
om drama because the brothers had to learn to share ✅
strong h that kinda has bbs but in an understandable kind of way 😂✅


unfortunately there were some things i didn’t love 😅

the beginning was so much telling like the h’s first pov chapter it was like “i did this, then walked over to here and did this, then this and that and i thought this” and it was excessive but it was really only that chapter and everything else flowed at a nice pace.

the ending! it felt so rushed for no reason. i wanted more back story and conclusion on the best friend and her husband! the conflict happens so close to the end that i thought for sure it was going to be more than a few chapters.

BUT ALSO THE ENDING. had me in the first half of the epilogue not going to lie 😅😅😅

safety wise: safe for me! the twins are obsessed from the second they see the h, but they see her at two different times so im guessing the less psychotic brother was with ow because they gave off former hoe vibes but that is all in my head because really none of their past is mentioned other than they’ve had a threesome with a woman before and the h was jealous because she wanted both of them but one H said that was when they were younger and dumb so who knows but i didn’t care all that much because these men were willing to literally sacrifice one another to make their girl happy 😭

thank you for an arc of this!

be sure to check TWs because there is some heavy stuff in here like:

noncon
dub-con
cnc
violence
murder
stalking
mention of rape
somno
dismemberment
branding
breeding
birth control tampering
graphic torture
child abuse (mentioned in past)

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, hell yeah, that was fun!
I could read another whole book if it was about Zayden 🥵
He is the unhinged that I'm feral for.
I did enjoy Dom as well, but Zayden is the winner for me 🩸🔪
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
The spice was spicy and just what I was looking for.

[Helen Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was dark, disturbing, and completely unhinged in the best way. Twin brothers falling for the same woman set the stage for a twisted, tension filled story that kept me hooked. Their obsession drives them from fighting each other to battling anyone who dares threaten her, and the ride is just as chaotic as it sounds. The story was entertaining, full of shocking moments that had me wide eyed more than once.

[Kate V · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Graves Brothers are Everything stars!

Blake has had her fair share of trauma but has managed to make a mostly comfortable life for herself. Little does she know she’s caught the eye of an unhinged psychopath that will do just about anything to make her his.

When Zayden sets his eyes on his angel, there’s no going back and in the process of protecting her he lands himself in jail and makes the request of his twin brother Dom to watch over her. Blake never realizes the lengths Zay went to watch over her and she never got to meet him because he stayed in the shadows.

“You’re my angel, and I’ll be your devil. Bound for all eternity. I’ll do anything to protect you, always know that.”

Dom is just as entranced by Zayden’s angel and decides to also make her his. When Zay gets out of jail, these two go head to head to win Blake’s affection and heart.

“He’s not going to be the only one inside you with nothing between you two. You’re mine, baby, and now I’m gonna fuck you like it.”

But these two morally grey men who are in some darker underbelly dealings are in for a surprise when Blake wants both of them and with danger surrounding them, they’ll have to work together to get their HEA.

“She’s not choosing him. She’s not choosing me. She’s choosing us. We could both fight it, tear each other apart in the process, but in the end, it will only hurt her. She wants us, and whatever she wants, she gets.”

This was completely kinky, stalkerish, hot AF and everything I look for in my MFM dark romance. I mean what’s better than twins seeing to all your orgasmic needs?! Dom and Zay both had unique personalities that stood apart from each other and Blake was fierce and beautifully submissive. An addicting plot to go along with the romance and this story had me in a chokehold. Loved it.

[Allie MacDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m writing this from a hospital bed and this book is partially to blame(just kidding, heart problems again lolz). That being said I would unplug my heart monitor for the twins. The trauma bonding? Inject it directly into my bloodstream. There was no peace only an emotional blender—and I liked it. A lot. Katelyn Taylor, I hope your pillow is cold on both sides.


*I’ll rewrite this when my jailers let me leave, but for now just know this review is proudly brought to you by dilaudid. Everyone loves an incoherent review right? Right??*

[Romantasy Ruined Me Cherice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was everything I want in a dark romance messy, intense, and completely addictive. Possession ✔️ Obsession ✔️ Desire and lust at maximum ✔️.

Zayden? My dark, crazy daddy 😈🔥💗. He gave me so many jaw-dropping moments. There were scenes where I literally had to put the book down, stop, and be like "what is Zayden doing right now? Holy crap.” Then would read it over again like, no way, that did NOT just happen.”Delicious, sinful, shocking and I loved every second.

Dominic brought that dark daddy protector energy, while Zayden came in like the dark daddy avenger. Together? Deadly, dangerous, and impossible to resist.

The story had me shocked, blushing, and grinning through the sinful chaos exactly what a good dark romance should do.

💌 Verdict:Girl, this book left me a trembling mess 😭🔥. Shoutout to my Goodreads bestie Rebelle we suffered and screamed together through this one. I’m ruined. Zayden is officially my favorite dark daddy😈😍🥵🥵, and I don’t think I will ever be the same again.

[Tia Toro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am speechless. I read this book in one sitting, I was hooked. Captivated. Enthralled. Obsessed.

Graves follows our two twin brothers, Dominic & Zayden. Both are highly skilled mercenaries. Dominic focuses on the tech & planning of their hits, while Zayden is the unhinged psycho killer of the two.

Zayden has his sights set on our FMC Blake, until he ends up getting arrested after protecting her from an attacker. Zayden asks his brother, Dominic, to look after her while he is locked away.

Once Dominic meets his twin brother’s obsession, he understands and falls into his own obsession.

However, Blake being loved by two dangerous mercenaries, makes her an easy target for those out to destroy the twins, which puts her in danger. Dom & Zay will do absolutely anything to protect the girl they love. But who will she choose?

Graves is a true dark romance with very dark themes and elements. I highly suggest making sure you are paying attention to the trigger warnings.

I absolutely devoured this book. I loved the different personalities between the twins and how they each show Blake their love for her.

Dom was softer, catering more to the soft & nurturing side whereas Zay was unhinged & primal, bringing her darkest fantasies to the surface but he absolutely worshipped her.

& The spice in this book, was, HOT. 🥵

[Lana *Best left alone with books and snacks* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe I've been desensitized by all the dark romance I've been reading lately but this didn't pack that much of a punch. Not the way I was expecting. The third act was kind of meh, to be honest, and I felt like the storyline with Gabby went absolutely nowhere. Should I have been expecting more attention to the plot? Maybe not, maybe that's on me, but that's why it's not a five-star book for me.
The smut was smutting though, there were some truly unhinged smut scenes that I was surprisingly here for. Zayden is a kind of unhinged labradoodle I could really get behind and Dom was great too, although I can't lie - Zay was my favourite.
Also, one of my pet peeves is when author uses foreign words or phrases and either doesn't use them properly, or, as is the case here, misspelles them. Maybe it was the editing error but krasotka was spelled three different ways and only the last one was correct. That made me visibly cringe.
That's all I have to say.

Over and out

[Crystal (Crystalreads2) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The twins win! Such a great book. Have I told you I love twins?

Zayden the unhinged stalker is obsessed with his Angel. Darkness recognizes darkness. He lands himself away from her and recruits his twin brother Dominic to look over her. But off it doesn’t go as planned.

Blake is a warrior, I cheered that girl on and was in total awe of her. The book takes you on a wild ride and the brothers fight for Blake’ affection, but each being something unique to their dynamic.

Is this the darkest book I read ? No. I’m my dark scale it’s grey. I will add it is spicy, combo if the two is right up my alley.

[Kayla | Kayla Reads Smut · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was ALL over my IG feed and so many people raved about it and I just knew that I had to see what all the fuss is about! Now I will be the first to tell you I do not enjoy why choose because I am such a monogamous person when it comes to my books but I really enjoyed this booked.

This book is definitely dark, unhinged and delicious! To add to those things, let's make the MMCs identical twin brothers which made it even more interesting! I loved the different dynamic between Zayden and Dominic. This is definitely a good twin/bad twin scenario. You have one who is completely crazy and off his rocker and the other one is also unhinged but more subdued. With that being said, it seems as if there is a debate on which brother is the better brother and best believe I have a favorite brother. So I will say this, DOMINIC is the better twin. I said what I said and you can fight me on it I don't care. That man had my whole heart.

With me stating who my favorite twin is, I will say this. I personally felt like Dominic got shafted in this book. Granted they both care about Blake and want to protect her with their lives, I felt like Dominic was an after thought in several scenes. I get that Dominic was supposed to look out for Blake when Zayden went to prison and not get in a relationship with Blake but I felt like once Zayden got back, Dominic was an after thought. For example, with every spicy scene that involved Dominic it also involved Zayden, where Blake and Zayden had a lot of alone time without Dominic. And I just felt like Zayden was extremely selfish. Dominic was willing to share Blake or give her up entirely to make she she was happy, whereas Zayden was going to keep Blake as his no matter what. I also didn't like how Zayden got BOTH the husband and father title. Like is Dominic chopped liver? With that being said, I think Dominic deserved better. I said it. You can fight me on it but those are my opinions.

Now I know this is a why choose but I also felt like this book felt more like it was supposed to be a love triangle where Blake was always going to choose Zayden but at the end it was a why choose. Yes she technically was not choosing either one but I felt like Blake always chose Zayden if that makes sense. So yeah my heart breaks for my boy Dom.

At the end of the day, I did enjoy this book. It was most definitely interesting and unhinged to say the least. Zayden kind of scared me. And I also LOVED the plot twist that I did NOT see coming . The last 15% of the book was so good!

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Binged this book in about half a day it was that good…no GREAT!!! Was it dark yes, was the spice on point 🥵😮‍💨 was the plot good absofuckinglutely…give me a Dom and Zay any day baby!!! If you haven’t read this book what have you been doing?? But of course always check TW.

[Sara Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

While some might feel the trigger warnings are too much, I found this dark and twisted and so good!!! 🖤

[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Get it here:
Amazon US * Amazon UK

[Lunarbookwyrm aka Phoebe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating 5/5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Spice Level 5/5 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️


- professional people deleter/ Mercenaries
- Twin brothers MMCs
- Stalker
- Somni
- non/dubcon
- Touch her and perish
- Unhinged AF
- RED FLAAAAAAAAAAAGS all over!
- Breeding
- "You will have my babies!"
- BC tampering

Please, please check CW/TW. This book has many dark themes that aren't for the faint of heart.

The GRAVES brothers are wild, but if you want the Wildest one, it's definitely ZAYDEN. Oh, my goodness! Zayden is ultimately OBSESSED with/ his Angel, Blake, and will do everything to make her his!

Blake has gone through a lot and fought hard to survive through her trauma. When the Grave brothers entered, her life turned upside down, and she was strangely drawn to them. One twin is soft for her, but a psychoooooo, but he is the angel of darkness who will avenge anyone who has wronged you. The other twin, DOM is so suave and tech-savvy. He reminds me of North from the TBBT, but he's so romantic AF. BOTH WILL PROTECT YOU FOREVER.

If you love unhinged men who are twin brothers, BTW, who will go to the ends of the earth for this woman in UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS you can imagine, you will be scary but hot AF! I am going to say the red flag meter is off the roof!

Surprisingly, the story flowed well, and I binged the whole book from beginning to end. So, it's definitely a must-read for dark romance readers! Super SPICY!

[Mikayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up, an announcement is being made.

has there ever been a time in life where it felt like your nipples were on fire. like they were about to detonate and just explode. Your left nipple flying and hitting the ceiling fan and spinning around and round & your right nipple just stuck to the window or something. But in like a way that you really enjoy. If this is a feeling you would like to have, and have because of two smoldering hot twins then youve come to the right place because ITS RELEASE DAY BABY!!!

✨Graves by @katelyntaylorauthor ✨

twinkle twinkle little smut
daddy Zay sure likes to cut 🔪
up above the world so high
manifesting twin cream pies
twinkle twinkle little smut
daddy Dom will make you nut
….or however it goes ✌🏽

These men will give you every thing you are looking for and more. Every kink. Every fantasy (dark ones you might not have known that you needed) wink wink.. the fact that they are dark mercenary twins just makes it even more delicious.. YES TWINSSSSS. on of which, might i add, will join your list of crazy stalker daddys.

katelyn really said hold my beer when she wrote this.

* ��MFM
* �Stalker romance
* ��🔪play
* 🩸play
* ��Morally black mercenary twins