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Port Macabre #1
Vengeful Gods
In this story, there are three beasts, and I am their blood debt owed.
The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House, a place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion's facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld.
With my father now gone, I am the sole heir to Noire House. They wanted his head. Instead, these ruthless men settled for taking me.
I thought I had successfully escaped the curse of my bloodline, but I've been dragged back into the devious, twisted world of the Anguis. To protect the ones I love, I must allow these men to parade me around and claim me as theirs.
Locked away in their remote, forest-bound fortress, I am nothing more than a possession to control. To them, my life and future represent payment in kind and vengeance they've been denied.
In the world of the Anguis, death is the only way out, and these men are handsome grim reapers dressed in fine suits.
But as their heated looks and rough, blood-stained hands become more alluring each day, giving in to their games becomes a temptation I can't avoid. Lines are blurred, and longing spills over as I quickly find myself craving their darkness.
I can't succumb to three beautiful monsters… Can I?
Vengeful Gods is a why-choose, reverse harem, dark revenge romance with MF, MM, and group scenes. Expect a hot, gritty, bisexual, enemies-to-lovers romance with ruthless, morally gray, poly love interests. For mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.
The Anguis, a secret society of power-hungry individuals, have long controlled Port Macabre from their seat at Noire House, a place where the wealthy rub shoulders and chase hedonistic pleasures. However, behind the mansion's facade lies a poisonous, hidden underworld.
With my father now gone, I am the sole heir to Noire House. They wanted his head. Instead, these ruthless men settled for taking me.
I thought I had successfully escaped the curse of my bloodline, but I've been dragged back into the devious, twisted world of the Anguis. To protect the ones I love, I must allow these men to parade me around and claim me as theirs.
Locked away in their remote, forest-bound fortress, I am nothing more than a possession to control. To them, my life and future represent payment in kind and vengeance they've been denied.
In the world of the Anguis, death is the only way out, and these men are handsome grim reapers dressed in fine suits.
But as their heated looks and rough, blood-stained hands become more alluring each day, giving in to their games becomes a temptation I can't avoid. Lines are blurred, and longing spills over as I quickly find myself craving their darkness.
I can't succumb to three beautiful monsters… Can I?
Vengeful Gods is a why-choose, reverse harem, dark revenge romance with MF, MM, and group scenes. Expect a hot, gritty, bisexual, enemies-to-lovers romance with ruthless, morally gray, poly love interests. For mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.
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Published January 14, 2025
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June 19, 2025
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✅ Dark mafia vibe
✅ Spicy smut
✅ Reverse harem / Polyamory / MM
✅ Multiple POVs
✅ Captor / Captive
✅🆗 Pace
🆗 Plot
❌Characters
❌ MC driven by her lust and lack of self-control
❌ Relationship development
❗️❗️ Drug, dub-con, choking, abduction, mentions of human trafficking
DNF at 30%
1.5 stars
My message to you who feels abnormal because you’re giving a low rating to this book while everyone is giving it 5 stars: it’s okay, you’re not alone.
This is getting ridiculous.
The main character is insanely and irrationally jealous because the guy who kidnapped her is being touched by another woman.
This is absurd.
It’s all insta-lust, and the MC is bland, boring, and submissive because she is driven by her lust and can’t resist a pretty face and a set of abs.
Foxglove Noire escaped her family and life in the middle of a secret, depraved society years ago. She thought she was safe from her past, and built herself a new life (although she didn’t think to change her identity…), but it all comes crashing down when three members of the Anguis society track her down, drug her, and abduct her. Since Fox’s father just died, she is now the Heir of the Noire household, and the three men plan on using her and her power in the Anguis society to get their revenge on the people who wronged and abused them.
Honestly, it felt hypocritical that Thorne, Raven, and Ky would kidnap and abuse an innocent woman simply because her parents are the reason they suffered. They were victims themselves, but they don’t see the problem with having Fox suffer for her parents’ sins?
Fox started as an intriguing main character, but ultimately, she disappointed me. First of all, she was way too trusting and naïve to follow this mysterious man on a super fancy date to an unknown place. Even more so when she saw that he was accompanied by his two broody bodyguards. She followed 3 strangers, without even knowing where they were going.
Even if we forget this tiny detail, Fox was disappointing. She was portrayed at first as this tough, independent woman who managed to flee her past and the secret society her family was a part of, but she turned out to be ruled by her hormones and her lust for hot men. She complains about the trauma she suffered at the hands of the Anguis, but she does everything the guys tell her to because they’re threatening her best friend. She is led around throughout the book and never seems to make a plan to escape, except on that very first day, but she abandoned the idea as soon as a threat was uttered. I admire her loyalty to her best friend and her desire to keep her safe, but seriously! It was so frustrating to see Fox being so bland and submissive, and it didn’t fit what we were told and shown in the first chapters.
I have nothing to say about the men so far. I’ve made it as far as 30%, so I've read almost 200 pages, and all I know about the guys is that:
Thorne is gorgeous and older than Fox. He seems to be the leader of the group.
Raven is gorgeous, seems to thrive on violence, and is always angry.
Kyron is gorgeous, is the “funny and laidback” one, and wants to sleep with Fox.
That’s about it. They’re all gorgeous, and so far, they have as much personality as a piece of cheese.
I was hoping for a well-developed hate-to-love romance, but I got a “hate that I quickly forget because they’re just too hot and my lusty self can’t resist them” romance. I understand that they are hot, but they kidnapped her, drugged her, and forced her into a life she fled from! She just passively goes on with her life in their mansion, while waiting for them to order her around, only so she can remind them how much she hates them, before complying because they threaten her best friend. She “hates them”, but at the same time, she can’t resist their cut abs and loses all coherent thought when they are near her.
I present Exhibit A:
Seriously, I almost DNF the book at 25%, because one of the men “goaded her” into touching herself in front of him. She could have left the room at any time, and all he did was imply that she wanted him as much as he wanted her, but of course, that was just too much for poor horny Fox, and she decided to say “fuck it, if he wants me to touch myself, I might as well do it in front of him, and he might as well show me his dick.” Because that makes sense… I decided to continue, but then she became jealous and possessive of the men after having close to no interaction with them besides the whole drugging and abducting, so I’m done.
There were close to no interactions between Fox and the guys that didn’t revolve around sex. Fox is driven by her hormones, and the fact that she is unable to resist the hot guys, even though they drugged, abducted, and threatened her was so, so, SO annoying. There was no development in their relationship, justifying her feeling possessive of them. They didn’t redeem themselves or show her that she could trust them. They were just around being hot, and it was enough to have her forget that they were the very bad guys in this story. I would have loved the hate-to-love if there were some meaningful interactions and a smoother development (or simply some development besides insta-lust and lack of self-control). Not just this insta-lust crap.
The whole secret society angle was also not the most coherent plot line. This society controls parts of the government, yet the guys needed a recording of Fox saying that she willingly got into their car. Why bother with a “proof of her consent” if the secret society you work for is untouchable anyway? Let’s take this one step further now. If Fox did escape them, what on Earth would this video prove, except the fact that she agreed to go on a date with Thorne, only to be drugged and kidnapped. She agreed to a date, not the whole abduction package deal, so the video is pretty useless in the end. It’s a minor detail, but it bugged me.
All that being said, if you are looking for a dark polyamorous reverse harem with a mafia vibe and a lot of smut, and don’t mind a weaker plot, you might enjoy this book!
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✅ Dark mafia vibe
✅ Spicy smut
✅ Reverse harem / Polyamory / MM
✅ Multiple POVs
✅ Captor / Captive
✅🆗 Pace
🆗 Plot
❌Characters
❌ MC driven by her lust and lack of self-control
❌ Relationship development
❗️❗️ Drug, dub-con, choking, abduction, mentions of human trafficking
DNF at 30%
1.5 stars
My message to you who feels abnormal because you’re giving a low rating to this book while everyone is giving it 5 stars: it’s okay, you’re not alone.
This is getting ridiculous.
The main character is insanely and irrationally jealous because the guy who kidnapped her is being touched by another woman.
This is absurd.
It’s all insta-lust, and the MC is bland, boring, and submissive because she is driven by her lust and can’t resist a pretty face and a set of abs.
Foxglove Noire escaped her family and life in the middle of a secret, depraved society years ago. She thought she was safe from her past, and built herself a new life (although she didn’t think to change her identity…), but it all comes crashing down when three members of the Anguis society track her down, drug her, and abduct her. Since Fox’s father just died, she is now the Heir of the Noire household, and the three men plan on using her and her power in the Anguis society to get their revenge on the people who wronged and abused them.
Honestly, it felt hypocritical that Thorne, Raven, and Ky would kidnap and abuse an innocent woman simply because her parents are the reason they suffered. They were victims themselves, but they don’t see the problem with having Fox suffer for her parents’ sins?
Let my tombstone read: tricked by a handsome asshole.
Fox started as an intriguing main character, but ultimately, she disappointed me. First of all, she was way too trusting and naïve to follow this mysterious man on a super fancy date to an unknown place. Even more so when she saw that he was accompanied by his two broody bodyguards. She followed 3 strangers, without even knowing where they were going.
Even if we forget this tiny detail, Fox was disappointing. She was portrayed at first as this tough, independent woman who managed to flee her past and the secret society her family was a part of, but she turned out to be ruled by her hormones and her lust for hot men. She complains about the trauma she suffered at the hands of the Anguis, but she does everything the guys tell her to because they’re threatening her best friend. She is led around throughout the book and never seems to make a plan to escape, except on that very first day, but she abandoned the idea as soon as a threat was uttered. I admire her loyalty to her best friend and her desire to keep her safe, but seriously! It was so frustrating to see Fox being so bland and submissive, and it didn’t fit what we were told and shown in the first chapters.
Thorne Calliano.
Raven Flannaghty.
Kyron Harris.
Three names that the unconscious girl with pastel purple hair and tattoos is going to have nightmares about for the rest of her life.
I have nothing to say about the men so far. I’ve made it as far as 30%, so I've read almost 200 pages, and all I know about the guys is that:
Thorne is gorgeous and older than Fox. He seems to be the leader of the group.
Raven is gorgeous, seems to thrive on violence, and is always angry.
Kyron is gorgeous, is the “funny and laidback” one, and wants to sleep with Fox.
That’s about it. They’re all gorgeous, and so far, they have as much personality as a piece of cheese.
Oh, fuck me. He’s funny, too. I’m not equipped to be surrounded by such a buffet of man-sized delicacies.
I was hoping for a well-developed hate-to-love romance, but I got a “hate that I quickly forget because they’re just too hot and my lusty self can’t resist them” romance. I understand that they are hot, but they kidnapped her, drugged her, and forced her into a life she fled from! She just passively goes on with her life in their mansion, while waiting for them to order her around, only so she can remind them how much she hates them, before complying because they threaten her best friend. She “hates them”, but at the same time, she can’t resist their cut abs and loses all coherent thought when they are near her.
I present Exhibit A:
“Your mouth keeps saying no. But your body gives away your secrets.”
Right on cue, goosebumps pepper my bare arms. I can feel the heavy fullness in my breasts with how turned on I am, surrounded by his intoxicating scent and charm.
Seriously, I almost DNF the book at 25%, because one of the men “goaded her” into touching herself in front of him. She could have left the room at any time, and all he did was imply that she wanted him as much as he wanted her, but of course, that was just too much for poor horny Fox, and she decided to say “fuck it, if he wants me to touch myself, I might as well do it in front of him, and he might as well show me his dick.” Because that makes sense… I decided to continue, but then she became jealous and possessive of the men after having close to no interaction with them besides the whole drugging and abducting, so I’m done.
There were close to no interactions between Fox and the guys that didn’t revolve around sex. Fox is driven by her hormones, and the fact that she is unable to resist the hot guys, even though they drugged, abducted, and threatened her was so, so, SO annoying. There was no development in their relationship, justifying her feeling possessive of them. They didn’t redeem themselves or show her that she could trust them. They were just around being hot, and it was enough to have her forget that they were the very bad guys in this story. I would have loved the hate-to-love if there were some meaningful interactions and a smoother development (or simply some development besides insta-lust and lack of self-control). Not just this insta-lust crap.
Each of these pricks are House members. Untouchable. Living and existing in a secret world only a few know about.
The whole secret society angle was also not the most coherent plot line. This society controls parts of the government, yet the guys needed a recording of Fox saying that she willingly got into their car. Why bother with a “proof of her consent” if the secret society you work for is untouchable anyway? Let’s take this one step further now. If Fox did escape them, what on Earth would this video prove, except the fact that she agreed to go on a date with Thorne, only to be drugged and kidnapped. She agreed to a date, not the whole abduction package deal, so the video is pretty useless in the end. It’s a minor detail, but it bugged me.
All that being said, if you are looking for a dark polyamorous reverse harem with a mafia vibe and a lot of smut, and don’t mind a weaker plot, you might enjoy this book!
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March 31, 2024
I am writing this 2 star review for the next person who reads it only to come here and see the multitude of 5 star reviews and wonders if they're crazy for not liking it as well...I see you, I hear you dear reader. You are not alone*****
I really wanted to like this more. It has things I love like reverse harem, ott men, swords ⚔️, secret society and tattoos! But somehow it was written in such a bland way! I would be very surprised if someone who enjoyed this book could find any scene they actually loved that wasn't a sex scene. The sex scenes were good I'll give it that hence the 2 stars.
1. How did we go from "we literally hate you and wanted to torture kill you" to "we love you can't live without you" absolutely no rhyme or reason except sex.
2. Almost no interactions between the characters that weren't sex. So no finding out anything about the actual people that would make them go from I hate you to I love you in the blink of an eye.
3. The mmf character was set up to be this tough independent tattoo artist who successfully fled from her terrible controlling, abusive, criminal secret society family BUT did nothing but what everyone told her to do! Even other women characters, bad guys, the love interests that did kidnap and threaten her at every turn. She was just lead throughout the whole book! Not a single plan to escapee or attempted escape at all. Which would have been fine if what we were told by the author about her character matched that!
4. The secret society stuff was so confusing...mostly because it made very little actual sense and because it felt so detached from the story itself. Like oh wait don't forget there is a secret society stealing children!!!
5. The end...yeah it was just really anti climatic and the "secrets" being revealed were just ok. Also the its my twin switcheroo was lame and not ever remotely surprising.
6. Also calling this a Beauty and the Beast re telling is a stretch!
7. Ok this one's petty and just me but shortening the male characters name of Raven to Ven just took me out Every Time!...not sure why, I think it just sounded silly 🙄
Overall, I mean I did finish it so there is that. The sex scenes individually were pretty good however this book was way too long to not have the storyline add anything to the smut.
I really wanted to like this more. It has things I love like reverse harem, ott men, swords ⚔️, secret society and tattoos! But somehow it was written in such a bland way! I would be very surprised if someone who enjoyed this book could find any scene they actually loved that wasn't a sex scene. The sex scenes were good I'll give it that hence the 2 stars.
1. How did we go from "we literally hate you and wanted to torture kill you" to "we love you can't live without you" absolutely no rhyme or reason except sex.
2. Almost no interactions between the characters that weren't sex. So no finding out anything about the actual people that would make them go from I hate you to I love you in the blink of an eye.
3. The mmf character was set up to be this tough independent tattoo artist who successfully fled from her terrible controlling, abusive, criminal secret society family BUT did nothing but what everyone told her to do! Even other women characters, bad guys, the love interests that did kidnap and threaten her at every turn. She was just lead throughout the whole book! Not a single plan to escapee or attempted escape at all. Which would have been fine if what we were told by the author about her character matched that!
4. The secret society stuff was so confusing...mostly because it made very little actual sense and because it felt so detached from the story itself. Like oh wait don't forget there is a secret society stealing children!!!
5. The end...yeah it was just really anti climatic and the "secrets" being revealed were just ok. Also the its my twin switcheroo was lame and not ever remotely surprising.
6. Also calling this a Beauty and the Beast re telling is a stretch!
7. Ok this one's petty and just me but shortening the male characters name of Raven to Ven just took me out Every Time!...not sure why, I think it just sounded silly 🙄
Overall, I mean I did finish it so there is that. The sex scenes individually were pretty good however this book was way too long to not have the storyline add anything to the smut.
March 14, 2024
"For those of us who fell in love with the Beast and wanted him to stay exactly as he was."
Woah woah woahhhh! Look. I know I rave about this author every chance I get..ok? But hear me out. This was not a dark fantasy book, this was not what I have come to love about this author. Ok? This was a dark romance and I did not know whether or not the author would spark that darkness in me. You know that darkness that loves to read about messed up relationships, the spiciest of spice and that enjoys a book with a fun plot. Fun in a dark way. Yes, Elliott Rose definitely sparked that in me with this book.
I am very pleasantly surprised to see that Elliott wrote a dark romance book and did it so well. The spice was, in true Elliott fashion, spicy af and delicious. The characters were fun to get to know throughout the story and I loved the plot twist. I may have screeched like a banshee a couple of times while reading that bit. The HAE was wholesome!
Can I just say, I love a good why choose book. I loved all the characters, they each had their own characteristics to enjoy. But I am deeply in love with Raven and Fox. WHEW! They can both kidnap me any day of the week and twice on Sunday's 🥵
This book is a stand alone, it will be part of a bigger world.
In this book you'll find:
🖤Dark romance
🖤 Multiple POV
🖤 Why choose
🖤 Enemies to lovers
🖤 MMFM (evolves into MMMF)
🖤 Beauty and her 3 beasts
🖤 Secret society
🖤 Touch her and die/ "We own you" vibes
🖤 K!nk content
🖤"Brothers" who become something more
🖤 ⚔️
🖤 F me like you hate me 🫠
I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy, because I loved this book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
As always: Check the trigger warnings before diving in 🫶🏻
😍*SCREEEEEEEECH* 🫠
Woah woah woahhhh! Look. I know I rave about this author every chance I get..ok? But hear me out. This was not a dark fantasy book, this was not what I have come to love about this author. Ok? This was a dark romance and I did not know whether or not the author would spark that darkness in me. You know that darkness that loves to read about messed up relationships, the spiciest of spice and that enjoys a book with a fun plot. Fun in a dark way. Yes, Elliott Rose definitely sparked that in me with this book.
I am very pleasantly surprised to see that Elliott wrote a dark romance book and did it so well. The spice was, in true Elliott fashion, spicy af and delicious. The characters were fun to get to know throughout the story and I loved the plot twist. I may have screeched like a banshee a couple of times while reading that bit. The HAE was wholesome!
Can I just say, I love a good why choose book. I loved all the characters, they each had their own characteristics to enjoy. But I am deeply in love with Raven and Fox. WHEW! They can both kidnap me any day of the week and twice on Sunday's 🥵
This book is a stand alone, it will be part of a bigger world.
In this book you'll find:
🖤Dark romance
🖤 Multiple POV
🖤 Why choose
🖤 Enemies to lovers
🖤 MMFM (evolves into MMMF)
🖤 Beauty and her 3 beasts
🖤 Secret society
🖤 Touch her and die/ "We own you" vibes
🖤 K!nk content
🖤"Brothers" who become something more
🖤 ⚔️
🖤 F me like you hate me 🫠
I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy, because I loved this book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
As always: Check the trigger warnings before diving in 🫶🏻
😍*SCREEEEEEEECH* 🫠
February 27, 2025
Elliot Rose definitely wasn’t holding back on the spice in this book. Honestly, I felt like I needed a cold shower after finishing it. At over 600 pages, at least half of that was a smutty good time, and these four were constantly getting freaky. So prepare yourself SPICE🥵
I’m also realizing that secret societies are quickly becoming one of my favorite tropes in dark romance. There’s just something about the mystery and the layers to unravel that always draws me in, and this one was no different. There is so much world left to explore.
Every good love story starts out with a little drugging and kidnapping. And the way Fox just fell into it with these men. My girl didn’t even put up a fight. She was like waiiiiitttt a damn minute this is actually exactly what I want😂 go after your dreams, queen👏🏻
(My purple haired tattooed, baddie💜😮💨)
All of these men brought something different to the table AND I WILL GLADLY EAT 😋🍽️ The one thing they all had in common though, their unwavering devotion to protecting their girl. I honestly thought Throne would steal the show for me, hands down, but then along came Raven with his tortured soul, and suddenly I was torn. I’m a sucker for broken bad boys WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!
I was sitting straight up, glued to the last 10% of this book. The plot completely knocked me on my ass my head was spinning. I couldn’t flip the pages fast enough, I needed answers immediately. There’s nothing I love more than when a master plan finally falls into place.
What a fucking ride, I loved it and I can’t wait to continue my journey into this underground world.
I’m also realizing that secret societies are quickly becoming one of my favorite tropes in dark romance. There’s just something about the mystery and the layers to unravel that always draws me in, and this one was no different. There is so much world left to explore.
Every good love story starts out with a little drugging and kidnapping. And the way Fox just fell into it with these men. My girl didn’t even put up a fight. She was like waiiiiitttt a damn minute this is actually exactly what I want😂 go after your dreams, queen👏🏻
(My purple haired tattooed, baddie💜😮💨)
All of these men brought something different to the table AND I WILL GLADLY EAT 😋🍽️ The one thing they all had in common though, their unwavering devotion to protecting their girl. I honestly thought Throne would steal the show for me, hands down, but then along came Raven with his tortured soul, and suddenly I was torn. I’m a sucker for broken bad boys WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!
I was sitting straight up, glued to the last 10% of this book. The plot completely knocked me on my ass my head was spinning. I couldn’t flip the pages fast enough, I needed answers immediately. There’s nothing I love more than when a master plan finally falls into place.
What a fucking ride, I loved it and I can’t wait to continue my journey into this underground world.
April 22, 2024
This story started really well with complicated characters and amazing plot. At the middle until the end was the same action and got a little boring.
Unfortunately!
Unfortunately!
May 27, 2025
♀️♂️♂️♂️😵😰😬😟🧀🧀🧀🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🍒🌮🍆🍆🍆🍑😩😵💫🤯🖤🖤🖤
November 18, 2025
I fear this may have became my favorite why choose romance it gave me everything I needed and can't wait to read the next book in this series!
: ̗̀➛Pre-Review: Anything that Elliot writes I shall read!
: ̗̀➛Pre-Review: Anything that Elliot writes I shall read!
July 20, 2024
I don't want that to be my life, and yet these men are intent on forcing me to live through everything my father stood for.
How can I reconcile hating them for what they're putting me through while at the same time being intensely attracted to them?
When we're here at the compound, I am almost tempted to forget who they are and what they are entangled in as part of their secretive society. However, there's no forgetting. And I would be a fool to think for one second they care about anything more than revenge on my father or getting their dicks wet.
I have read some throughly debauched and unadulterated depravity in my day, but Vengeful Gods may have just stolen the crown as the most unapologetic of them all. This chonky big boy is over 600 pages of red flag insanity and hedonism of the highest order... just pure, flagrant, gluttonous indulgence and I loved every fucking second of it.
Elliott Rose's latest foray into why choose goodness was giving me flashbacks to the first time I read Katee Robert's Court of the Vampire Queen - and I think that's one of the most important things to make abundantly clear to any prospective readers: this book is 80-85% smut, and the rest is an amalgamation of plot, angst, twists, betrayals, revenge, and red herrings. But mostly, it's a whole lotta spice.
From the first page, the immediate thing we learn about Foxglove Noir is that our girl is so damn horny, it would border on comical if it didn't land her immediately into trouble (of the best kind when it comes to a dark romance - IYKYK). I love our curvy, lilac-haired tattoo artist, but she has little sense in the way of self-preservation, and to add insult to injury (and I say that with all of the love and facetiousness I have in me), girl has got one staunch degradation kink with a healthy side of dubcon/CNC. Good thing her trio of gorgeous, lethal kidnappers are into the same shit she is, because ooooooh boy! Those men freaking deliver.
Why do I find myself drawn to this girl and wanting to find ways to suck out her pain and poison all in the same damn breath. She's a giant temptation for me.
Our three brooding males of the evening fit your usual favorite MMC archetypes:
Kyron (aka: Ky) is the affable charmer with a sadistic streak when it comes to running his mouth. He's a dirty talker, an insufferable tease, and a shameless shit stir-er. Oh - and did I mention the man is sporting some hardware? I love that pierced 🍆 are becoming more of a thing in the romance genre. More of that, please.
Raven (aka: Ven) is the silent and violent bruiser that's actually a huge broken and tormented, emotionally constipated softie. He's also filthy, terrifying, and an out and proud red-wings badge holder (also love that Elliott didn't shy away from that criminally underrepresented kink. I know it can be super polarizing, but I loved it and I need more).
And then there's Thorne. He's the uptight, alpha Daddy (with a capital D) that appears to be the epitome of self-restraint, stoicism, and deeply buried secrets, but is clearly dying to slip his leash (in more ways than one) from almost the very moment we meet him... and when he finally does? Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. He's an asshole that you want to throat punch one minute and climb like a tree the next. The emotional/hormonal whiplash is the best kind of toxic. Yes please and thank you.
"It's fucked up. I guess I'm more broken than you bargained for." My eyes drop to the side.
That stirs up a hornet's nest of bristling muscles and clenched jaws. Suddenly there are three men crowding me, each wearing a fierce expression.
"No. It's not that, baby girl" Ky tugs on a strand of my hair before rubbing it between his finger and thumb. These three all seem to be obsessed with my hair.
"Your mayhem matches ours. Nothing is wrong with you."
"Who made you think that?" My wolf isn't touching me freely like the others, but he's stepped close enough that I can see the scars on his lip and eyebrow. His words are low, sounding like a warning.
Like he's already planning who he needs to dispose of.
Well, fuck. That's made me horny for this man all over again.
"No one. I just..."
I don't know how to finish that statement. After a life of being threatened by my father to sell me to some disgusting sadist who would force themselves on me over and over and over without mercy, it feels like I'm messed up in so many ways, if that is something I actually admit to enjoying.
But that's the thing, it is these men who make that fantasy come to life in a way that makes my insides light up with desire.
Only these men.
Thorne reads all of that and more in the story playing out behind my eyes. Sliding fingers into my hair, he guides me to look at him and take in all his masculine beauty. Harsh angles caressed lovely by deep shadows. "Your pleasure belongs to us. No matter what form that comes in. Do you understand?"
There is a shaky exhale that leaves my body. But I nod, because I do believe he understands this part of me. "Thank you."
The plot (when it decides to make an appearance in between all of the delicious depravity) is your standard revenge plot with a fair number of twists, turns, and red herrings - some that I expected, others I did not.
All of these characters are deeply traumatized and broken in their own way, all thanks to the shadowy organization known only as the Anguis, and while we never see really any of what caused said-trauma taking place on the page, it is referenced multiple times and some of it is gut-wrenching. There are references to trafficking and SA of minors, so if you have any triggers surrounding that, please be sure to practice self-care, even if that means putting away the book if it becomes too much for you. It didn't leave me feeling hollowed out like Shantel Tessier's The Sinner did when it came to that similar type of subject matter, but it's there and the fact that such evil actually exists in the real world, not just on the page, will always leave me feeling both furious and sick.
Jesus. I am an absolute mess for him. For all of them.
With Ky, it's like the thrill of playing with fire. With Thorne, I never know if I'm going to lose a piece of my soul. And with Raven, well, I might end up bleeding out on the floor."
What else can I say about this book?
The poly romance is good - it starts out MMFM and ends with it being MMMF, complete with swords crossing, and you know I'm always here for more bi representation. I liked the way Elliott Rose balanced the relationship between not just Fox and her men, but between the guys themselves - Ky and Ven, Ky and Thorne, and Thorne and Ven. They each bring something different and vital to this polyamorous relationship, and their chemistry and overall dynamic made for an enjoyable read.
We get introduced to a few side-characters that I am eager to see more of in future installments - namely Thorne's brother, Hawke, his parter Poe (and the two other pieces of their poly-knot, although we never did get a chance to actually meet Grey and Angel). Fox's BFF, Emerald, has left me very intrigued. She's all sunshine and mayhem, but girl has some secrets she's keeping close to her chest, and I'm eager to see what Elliott has in store for her character.
I will say that I can see the length of this book causing issues for some readers. There are a lot of sexscapades going on, and if that's not what you're here for, then you're probably going to get bored after a while. But if that is what you're here for, then rest assured that Elliott delivers. Each encounter is different from the last, with all kinds of variations and combinations and kinks coming out to play. I found the pacing to be pretty solid, although for myself, I almost wished I had kept a tally of how many times these characters got naked and horizontal... or vertical... or pretzeled. 🤣 It was definitely over a dozen.
TL;DR: if you're in the mood for something dark (but not too dark), kinky AF, and purely unadulterated, hedonistic fantasy, then schedule a trip to Port Macabre and pick up Vengeful Gods. This book is a buffet of sin, a kind of celebration of overindulgence - there's no such thing as having just a little taste of everything. Fox and her men will show you the meaning of gluttony. And you will say thank you by the time you're done.
"There's a moment before the sun breaks over the horizon, when you know it's coming, the sky has brightened, and the whole world is starting to morph into color for the first time. That tiny point in time when you grasp that it's no longer gray and darkness swirling around you, but you can distinguish the greens of the forest from the amber tinges to the long grass, and the clouds take on that ethereal kind of pink glow you only see in paintings."
Fox is staring back at me as I talk, and I don't know where the words are coming from. She pulls them out of me in a way that feels so natural - like they've been sitting waiting for her. Locked away for this very moment between the two of us.
"It's my favorite time of day. When everything is still, and the forest is first starting to come to life, and there's so much promise of what might lie ahead after dawn breaks over the horizon.. Ven is my midnight hour. He's alluring and mysterious and makes me want to play in the shadows. Thorne is like my goddamn sun, and I'll follow him wherever he goes. You... you are my dawn. My hope for something fucking good. A glimpse of the world when everything is possible."
September 7, 2024
dare I say, den of vipers but better?
The ending absolutely threw me for a loop, but I loved every moment of it.
Idk this really just filled the hole I wanted den of vipers to be
The ending absolutely threw me for a loop, but I loved every moment of it.
Idk this really just filled the hole I wanted den of vipers to be
April 15, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
So in true Elliott Rose style this book was stuffed to the rim 🤭 with absolutely delicious amounts of spice!!🥵🔥
I LOVEEE me a Why Choose! & all 3 men were exciting in their own way. ‘Daddy’ Thorne with that possessive, demanding filthy mouth 😏 Ky was the cheeky, flirty, risky one & Raven OH BOY Raven really was the big bad wolf.. but give me a broken bad boy like him any day! 😍 Raven & Fox’s relationship was a rough ride but real & they both saw what each other needed! 😉
Fox the FMC is just absolutely down for everything that happens & is basically just lapping up every bit of degradation & filth these boys wanna send her way, to live out her fantasies with these 3 stunning men! Fair play girl 😏🙌🏼
Tropes
🌲 Why Choose
💦 Dark Romance
🌲 Multiple POV
💦 Secret Society
🌲 Enemies to Lovers
💦 F me like you hate me
🌲⚔️
💦 Pierced peen
🌲made ’brothers’ who become more
💦 MMFM turns MMMF
In true dark romance fashion … MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE TRIGGERS!! 💣
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
“Thorne Calliano.
Raven Flannaghty.
Kyron Harris.
Three names that the unconscious girl with pastel purple hair and tattoos is going to have nightmares about for the rest of her life.”
“We own you, sweetheart. And you’re going to obey us for the rest of your life, so you might as well make yourself useful.”
“This girl is looking at me like she either wants to stab me or sink to her knees. Probably both.”
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
So in true Elliott Rose style this book was stuffed to the rim 🤭 with absolutely delicious amounts of spice!!🥵🔥
I LOVEEE me a Why Choose! & all 3 men were exciting in their own way. ‘Daddy’ Thorne with that possessive, demanding filthy mouth 😏 Ky was the cheeky, flirty, risky one & Raven OH BOY Raven really was the big bad wolf.. but give me a broken bad boy like him any day! 😍 Raven & Fox’s relationship was a rough ride but real & they both saw what each other needed! 😉
Fox the FMC is just absolutely down for everything that happens & is basically just lapping up every bit of degradation & filth these boys wanna send her way, to live out her fantasies with these 3 stunning men! Fair play girl 😏🙌🏼
Tropes
🌲 Why Choose
💦 Dark Romance
🌲 Multiple POV
💦 Secret Society
🌲 Enemies to Lovers
💦 F me like you hate me
🌲⚔️
💦 Pierced peen
🌲made ’brothers’ who become more
💦 MMFM turns MMMF
In true dark romance fashion … MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE TRIGGERS!! 💣
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
“Thorne Calliano.
Raven Flannaghty.
Kyron Harris.
Three names that the unconscious girl with pastel purple hair and tattoos is going to have nightmares about for the rest of her life.”
“We own you, sweetheart. And you’re going to obey us for the rest of your life, so you might as well make yourself useful.”
“This girl is looking at me like she either wants to stab me or sink to her knees. Probably both.”
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April 18, 2024
4⭐️
This was deliciously dark and dirty 😈, and had the best MM I have read in a RH book so far.
This was deliciously dark and dirty 😈, and had the best MM I have read in a RH book so far.
March 4, 2025
Audio re-read Feb2025
What.did.I.just.read?!! ☠️🤯 and why did I like it so much?
Far from my normal reads, but I was very excited to get picked to received a copy as an ARC! I’ve dabbled in a few dark romances, but this takes the cake-hands down. Absolutly the filthiest thing I’ve ever read in my life 🔥 The writing is good!.. I always feel like there’s an awkward feel to smut like this, but Elliot Rose is a master of her craft. There is a suspenseful plot (albeit deeply buried in the filth) with a secret society, love story (complete with HEA) and some pretty big twists I did not see coming. All in all I was glued to the pages 🤷🏼♀️
Rating from a dark romance/smut point of view
⭐️5/5 🌶️5/5
What.did.I.just.read?!! ☠️🤯 and why did I like it so much?
Far from my normal reads, but I was very excited to get picked to received a copy as an ARC! I’ve dabbled in a few dark romances, but this takes the cake-hands down. Absolutly the filthiest thing I’ve ever read in my life 🔥 The writing is good!.. I always feel like there’s an awkward feel to smut like this, but Elliot Rose is a master of her craft. There is a suspenseful plot (albeit deeply buried in the filth) with a secret society, love story (complete with HEA) and some pretty big twists I did not see coming. All in all I was glued to the pages 🤷🏼♀️
Rating from a dark romance/smut point of view
⭐️5/5 🌶️5/5
December 20, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Ok, start the car and go buy your panties in bulk because you will NEED several pairs to get through reading this book. Trust me.😏 Wooooow I’ve said it before, but Elliott is the QUEEN OF SMUT. She writes it SO well. Her MM scenes are OUT. OF. THIS. WORLD.😮💨🥵⚔️ Hot damn! Reading any of Elliott’s books always turns my crank, but reading VENGEFUL GODS made me moister than an oyster.🤭
Vengeful Gods is a dark, why choose romance filled with a thrilling plot, 3 hot AF MMCs who are part of a secret society, 1 bad@$$ FMC (who’s kidnapped by said MMCs), twists & turns in the story that keep you on the edge of your seat, AND a love story (or two or three).🤭
Elliott’s writing just keeps on getting better and better and I’m so happy to be a part of her team! A huge thank you to her for allowing me to arc read this in exchange for my honest review.
Do yourself a favor and go read this book! Better yet, add it to your trophy shelf because these covers are fvcking fabulous. Remember that this book does NOT come with birth control so be safe out there my friends.🫶🏻
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Ok, start the car and go buy your panties in bulk because you will NEED several pairs to get through reading this book. Trust me.😏 Wooooow I’ve said it before, but Elliott is the QUEEN OF SMUT. She writes it SO well. Her MM scenes are OUT. OF. THIS. WORLD.😮💨🥵⚔️ Hot damn! Reading any of Elliott’s books always turns my crank, but reading VENGEFUL GODS made me moister than an oyster.🤭
Vengeful Gods is a dark, why choose romance filled with a thrilling plot, 3 hot AF MMCs who are part of a secret society, 1 bad@$$ FMC (who’s kidnapped by said MMCs), twists & turns in the story that keep you on the edge of your seat, AND a love story (or two or three).🤭
Elliott’s writing just keeps on getting better and better and I’m so happy to be a part of her team! A huge thank you to her for allowing me to arc read this in exchange for my honest review.
Do yourself a favor and go read this book! Better yet, add it to your trophy shelf because these covers are fvcking fabulous. Remember that this book does NOT come with birth control so be safe out there my friends.🫶🏻
November 12, 2024
Okay this was a good book i was hooked every minute of the journey that was this book. This is a dark why choose romance with great characters and plot i think. The fmc Fox is a tattoo artist that is lured and kidnapped by the 3 mmc Ky, Ven and Thorne. They hate her because of reasons and her parents are she has no idea why. They own her and have plans for her especially in the gang wars.
I thought the character development was great between the characters as each of the mmc’s got close to the fmc and the romance blossomed. It’s an instant attraction kinda a but not for all the mmc’s. All the mmc’s are different in the way they show affection and in the smut scenes and i really liked that. There are a lot of smutty scenes in this one omg it made me reduce my rating a bit lol. If you like that you’re going to love this. The ending was wild but i loved how everything wrapped up!
Read if you like:
- Dark romance
- Mafia/gang worlds
- Why choose polyamorous romance
- Lots of smut
4.25/5
I thought the character development was great between the characters as each of the mmc’s got close to the fmc and the romance blossomed. It’s an instant attraction kinda a but not for all the mmc’s. All the mmc’s are different in the way they show affection and in the smut scenes and i really liked that. There are a lot of smutty scenes in this one omg it made me reduce my rating a bit lol. If you like that you’re going to love this. The ending was wild but i loved how everything wrapped up!
Read if you like:
- Dark romance
- Mafia/gang worlds
- Why choose polyamorous romance
- Lots of smut
4.25/5
December 24, 2025
4.5 stars but it was SPICY HOTT 😈
March 14, 2024
Thank you to the author for the ARC!
Unfortunately, I DNF'd this book at 52% because it just wasn't for me. Even though I thought the plot was intriguing and the spicy scenes were enjoyable, I was confused by the actions/emotions of the main characters frequently, and felt that some scenes had the opposite impact of what was intended.
However, I would like to say that these are my own opinions, and that just because this book wasn't for me, does not mean this book shouldn't be read/given a chance. I did really like the flow of the storyline, and feel that majority of dark/why choose romance novel readers would enjoy this book!
Definitely check it out once its available! :)
Unfortunately, I DNF'd this book at 52% because it just wasn't for me. Even though I thought the plot was intriguing and the spicy scenes were enjoyable, I was confused by the actions/emotions of the main characters frequently, and felt that some scenes had the opposite impact of what was intended.
However, I would like to say that these are my own opinions, and that just because this book wasn't for me, does not mean this book shouldn't be read/given a chance. I did really like the flow of the storyline, and feel that majority of dark/why choose romance novel readers would enjoy this book!
Definitely check it out once its available! :)
March 24, 2024
4.5/5 ⭐️
4.5/5 🌶️
What to expect:
— Captive/Captors
— Possessive MMCs
— Touch her and you 💀
— Pierced peen!
— Enemies to lovers
— Found family
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMAZING MMFM/WHY CHOOSE ROMANCE!
I loved these characters, the plot, and the spice! GO FREAKIN’ read it!
4.5/5 🌶️
What to expect:
— Captive/Captors
— Possessive MMCs
— Touch her and you 💀
— Pierced peen!
— Enemies to lovers
— Found family
THIS WAS SUCH AN AMAZING MMFM/WHY CHOOSE ROMANCE!
I loved these characters, the plot, and the spice! GO FREAKIN’ read it!
June 8, 2025
Came for the smut, left bc of the story. Everyone sucks
April 15, 2024
5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I absolutely loved Vengeful Gods! This book is very dark and falls somewhere between smut and erotica in terms of sexual content. There is a big plot in this book but the kink is very high. Check those CW because this one is not for everyone. But, you might unlock some new kinks with Elliott Rose’s writing! I fell and fell HARD for all four of these main characters! It’s MMFM to eventual MMMF so yesssssss the swords be CROSSING! ⚔️🙏
Daddy Thorne. The most complicated character of the book with the most secrets! I just love a man in a suit with the Dom stature built in! He hooked me from the beginning! We love an older man around here! He was the man in charge of everything 🥵
Viking Ky. Talkative and playful but fiercely protective. I love his bantering with everyone and how he added some lightness to this dark tale. His scenes were the most fun and I adored his affectionate nature with everyone! My pretty boy Kyron 🫶🏽
Wolf Boy Ven. Don’t get me started! He was my favorite! Those of you who have been following me a while will know he’s my favorite! Tortured and silent. BIG and heavily tatted. But has only words and love for these three! 🫦 Ugh tooo good! Yum yum! I will have SECONDS AND THIRDS! I love you Raven!
Plaything Fox. Now I feel like she was absolutely the perfect addiction to this trio and I felt both sympathetic and jealous of her! I think her past and everything that she learns in the story is hard to endure sometimes. But we love a resilient FMC and nothing keeps Fox from fighting for what she wants! Love all of this for her 💕
There are so many different pairings and spicy scenes in this book that I can’t pick a true favorite but I loved this book the whole way through! I couldn’t put it down. The secrets, the characters, the vibes… ALL IMMACULATE!
I highly recommend this book to my dark romance readers and my dark romance readers only!! I’m so fortunate to have received an ARC from the author to review this book for you all! It’s a complete standalone so dive right into this one and thank me later!
5/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I absolutely loved Vengeful Gods! This book is very dark and falls somewhere between smut and erotica in terms of sexual content. There is a big plot in this book but the kink is very high. Check those CW because this one is not for everyone. But, you might unlock some new kinks with Elliott Rose’s writing! I fell and fell HARD for all four of these main characters! It’s MMFM to eventual MMMF so yesssssss the swords be CROSSING! ⚔️🙏
Daddy Thorne. The most complicated character of the book with the most secrets! I just love a man in a suit with the Dom stature built in! He hooked me from the beginning! We love an older man around here! He was the man in charge of everything 🥵
Viking Ky. Talkative and playful but fiercely protective. I love his bantering with everyone and how he added some lightness to this dark tale. His scenes were the most fun and I adored his affectionate nature with everyone! My pretty boy Kyron 🫶🏽
Wolf Boy Ven. Don’t get me started! He was my favorite! Those of you who have been following me a while will know he’s my favorite! Tortured and silent. BIG and heavily tatted. But has only words and love for these three! 🫦 Ugh tooo good! Yum yum! I will have SECONDS AND THIRDS! I love you Raven!
Plaything Fox. Now I feel like she was absolutely the perfect addiction to this trio and I felt both sympathetic and jealous of her! I think her past and everything that she learns in the story is hard to endure sometimes. But we love a resilient FMC and nothing keeps Fox from fighting for what she wants! Love all of this for her 💕
There are so many different pairings and spicy scenes in this book that I can’t pick a true favorite but I loved this book the whole way through! I couldn’t put it down. The secrets, the characters, the vibes… ALL IMMACULATE!
I highly recommend this book to my dark romance readers and my dark romance readers only!! I’m so fortunate to have received an ARC from the author to review this book for you all! It’s a complete standalone so dive right into this one and thank me later!
March 26, 2024
I was lucky enough to be on the ARC team for this book and let me tell you… you are in for a RIDE
If you like
•Why choose romance
•Morally grey tattood MC’s
•enemies to lovers
•MMFM poly romance
•secret society
•🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
When I first started this book I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy the writing style, but it took me less than 50 pages to get absolutely hooked. The more I read, the more certain I was that there is no other way this book could’ve been written. It’s perfect for the characters, the plot was really good and I definitely enjoyed it but if smutty scenes are your thing this book is perfect 🥵🥵
Ven, Ky and Thorne had me absolutely SWOONING. I fell for each of them the same way Fox did. Watching the men fall throughout the book was *chef’s kiss*
I loved every second of it and didn’t want it to end 🥲 the description in this book is top tier, and I can’t recommend this book enough. I wouldn’t change a thing.
I will absolutely be recommending this book to anyone willing to listen to me babble 😂
Definitely check the content warnings before you read if necessary so you have a full understanding of what you’re getting into but I promise you it is SO worth the read!!
4.75/5⭐️
If you like
•Why choose romance
•Morally grey tattood MC’s
•enemies to lovers
•MMFM poly romance
•secret society
•🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
When I first started this book I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy the writing style, but it took me less than 50 pages to get absolutely hooked. The more I read, the more certain I was that there is no other way this book could’ve been written. It’s perfect for the characters, the plot was really good and I definitely enjoyed it but if smutty scenes are your thing this book is perfect 🥵🥵
Ven, Ky and Thorne had me absolutely SWOONING. I fell for each of them the same way Fox did. Watching the men fall throughout the book was *chef’s kiss*
I loved every second of it and didn’t want it to end 🥲 the description in this book is top tier, and I can’t recommend this book enough. I wouldn’t change a thing.
I will absolutely be recommending this book to anyone willing to listen to me babble 😂
Definitely check the content warnings before you read if necessary so you have a full understanding of what you’re getting into but I promise you it is SO worth the read!!
4.75/5⭐️
March 9, 2024
Where do I even begin?! I’m obsessed with this book! I’ve been super lucky to read it as an ARC and I’m not ready to let it go 😩 I’m so in love with the characters their development throughout and the spice 🥵 Jeeze!
The different personalities and how each one of them calls to my soul is not normal 🫣 I can’t wait for it to release because I’m definitely going to be reading it again 🖤
Raven girlie til I die ☠️
The different personalities and how each one of them calls to my soul is not normal 🫣 I can’t wait for it to release because I’m definitely going to be reading it again 🖤
Raven girlie til I die ☠️
October 7, 2024
Look, I already knew that dom/sub wasn’t for me, but this isn’t even that, this book is just straight-up Stockholm syndrome and abusive. Fox is supposed to be some badass, and I kept waiting for her to DO something—ANYTHING, but no, she was just a pathetic doormat. She was supposed to be an heir, but she just let these men take over and was HAPPY to just be a plaything?? Like that’s it. That’s her whole personality? I kept reading because surely there was going to be a twist and she was going to kick ass, but no, nope, nothing. She just existed to be screwed. That’s it. That’s the plot.
TW/CW: too many to list them all, but lack of consent within the relationship is the highest on my list paired with on and off page abuse and molestation. VERY dark dom/sub Reverse harem/why choose
TW/CW: too many to list them all, but lack of consent within the relationship is the highest on my list paired with on and off page abuse and molestation. VERY dark dom/sub Reverse harem/why choose
March 23, 2024
HOLY WOW!!! I received this as an ARC and when i tell you I devoured this book, I mean I literally called out of work to finish this. These men are everything you want in a dark romance. This why choose was perfect! Secret society? Check! Alphamales? Check! Check! Check! Enemies to lovers, forced proximity and ALL the spice! Check your trigger warnings though! I wish i could read this for the first time again!!!
March 22, 2024
4 ⭐️
5 🔥
Why Choose
MMFM
Dark Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Traumatic Pasts
Kidnapping
Stockholm Syndrome
Secret Society
Suspense/Mystery/Secrets
Found Family
Very Spicy! 🥵
Standalone
⚠️ This book is very dark, please check content warnings. ⚠️
This is my first Elliott Rose book, but it won’t be the last! This is a very spicy, dark romance with characters that are morally black. Foxglove (Fox) is the daughter of very bad people, that have had a huge part in the trauma the men (Throne, Ven & Ky) in this story have been through. They are all part of a Secret Society, unwillingly. The men are trying to seek vengeance against the people that have abused them and Fox is the key to their vengeance. They kidnap her, hold her hostage in their secluded home, and force her to attend gatherings for the very Secret Society that she had run and hidden from for years. Even though they are seeking revenge through Fox, the men can’t help but fall for her. And Fox is discovering things about herself and her family, that only these men could help her with. This book had so many twists and turns! If you can handle the content warnings, like morally black MMCs, like your books extra spicy, like secret societies & twists and turns, this book is for you!!
Thank you Elliott Rose for the ARC! I can’t wait for more! 💜
5 🔥
Why Choose
MMFM
Dark Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Traumatic Pasts
Kidnapping
Stockholm Syndrome
Secret Society
Suspense/Mystery/Secrets
Found Family
Very Spicy! 🥵
Standalone
⚠️ This book is very dark, please check content warnings. ⚠️
This is my first Elliott Rose book, but it won’t be the last! This is a very spicy, dark romance with characters that are morally black. Foxglove (Fox) is the daughter of very bad people, that have had a huge part in the trauma the men (Throne, Ven & Ky) in this story have been through. They are all part of a Secret Society, unwillingly. The men are trying to seek vengeance against the people that have abused them and Fox is the key to their vengeance. They kidnap her, hold her hostage in their secluded home, and force her to attend gatherings for the very Secret Society that she had run and hidden from for years. Even though they are seeking revenge through Fox, the men can’t help but fall for her. And Fox is discovering things about herself and her family, that only these men could help her with. This book had so many twists and turns! If you can handle the content warnings, like morally black MMCs, like your books extra spicy, like secret societies & twists and turns, this book is for you!!
Thank you Elliott Rose for the ARC! I can’t wait for more! 💜
February 24, 2025
Holy heat wave 🥵, this baby is spiiiicy! I am learning that when I read an Elliot Rose book I need a fan or a glass of milk or a fire extinguisher close by.
I firmly believe that every great romance begins with the FMC being kidnapped - argue with the wall. In Foxglove’s case, she gets napped back into a secret society she had previously escaped and is being used as a pawn in a revenge plot - but little do her captors know she will come to mean so much to them.
The relationship dynamics in this why choose romance are so good - complex characters with deep backstories that come together to form their own little found family, and I loved it.
I had a great time with this book and I am so excited for Macabre Gods! I read Noire Moon first and I cannot wait to learn more about Po and her guys.
I firmly believe that every great romance begins with the FMC being kidnapped - argue with the wall. In Foxglove’s case, she gets napped back into a secret society she had previously escaped and is being used as a pawn in a revenge plot - but little do her captors know she will come to mean so much to them.
The relationship dynamics in this why choose romance are so good - complex characters with deep backstories that come together to form their own little found family, and I loved it.
I had a great time with this book and I am so excited for Macabre Gods! I read Noire Moon first and I cannot wait to learn more about Po and her guys.
December 24, 2024
AUDIOBOOK VERSION (DECEMBER 2024)
WOOOOOOOW. Alright - I already knew how delicious and spicy this book was... but to hear it on audiobook? With real growls, moans and pants? HOLY GUACAMOLE my heart (libido) could barely handle it! Elliott's writing is already my favorite, so bringing it alive as an audiobook was always going to be a slam dunk. These are the same actors from the Chasing the Wild audiobook, so I was already in love with how they brought the characters to life. Gabriel had such a challenge figuring out how to narrate three unique voices and characters and I think it turned out perfect. I absolutely recommend!
I simply cannot wait for Elliott's backlog to get done as audiobooks because, as stated, something just HAPPENS to me with her filthy words. Thank you again, Elliott, for letting me listen early! I am so grateful!!
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KINDLE VERSION (MARCH 2024)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Vengeful Gods is the story of a beauty who is stolen away by three beasts, all of whom are focused on enacting revenge for the sins of their rival.
When Foxglove Noire meets a stranger late one night at her tattoo parlor, she is immediately swept up by his alluring and mysterious demeanor. But when that stranger proceeds to drug her and kidnap her under the false pretense of a first date, Fox quickly realizes she being kept prisoner against her will. Her captors are three incredibly attractive yet undeniably dangerous men, who quickly demonstrate to Fox that she has been taken as a means to an end: a way to enact revenge against her father, who wronged each of our villains.
Foxglove is swiftly plunged back into the world she had hoped to escape, a secret society steeped in hedonistic pleasure and deadly promise. As threats continue to emerge against Fox, she slowly begins to rely on the men she thought were her captors, and they in turn fall for the woman they think of as their property.
I was absolutely gobsmacked at how incredible this book was. I LOVE a reverse harem, and this one had the added bonus of swords crossing which caused me to melt into an absolute PUDDLE. I’m obsessed with each of our MMCs and their different relationships with our FMC. Despite being bad boys, they sure show their love in all the right ways 😏😉.
I absolutely devoured this book in less than two days. It is thicc and juicy, which is just how I like them (as do our naughty boys from this story)! It is an absolute must-read for fans of dark romance, MMCs with questionable morals and smut galore!!
Tropes in this story:
✨ Dark romance
✨ Morally grey MMCs
✨ Why choose, reverse harem (swords cross!)
✨ Enemies to lovers
✨ “We own you”
✨ ALL the dirty talk and ALL THE SMUT!
This story is a TRUE dark romance, and as such, has quite the extensive list of triggers and content warnings. To be clear… I was down for it all, but there will be sensitive parties for the majority of this book if they’re not into darker themes. All content notes are listed at the very top of the book. The author is very candid about the darker themes!
I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book via Elliott Rose as a member of her ARC team, but my review is all my own. Thank you SO MUCH, Elliott!
WOOOOOOOW. Alright - I already knew how delicious and spicy this book was... but to hear it on audiobook? With real growls, moans and pants? HOLY GUACAMOLE my heart (libido) could barely handle it! Elliott's writing is already my favorite, so bringing it alive as an audiobook was always going to be a slam dunk. These are the same actors from the Chasing the Wild audiobook, so I was already in love with how they brought the characters to life. Gabriel had such a challenge figuring out how to narrate three unique voices and characters and I think it turned out perfect. I absolutely recommend!
I simply cannot wait for Elliott's backlog to get done as audiobooks because, as stated, something just HAPPENS to me with her filthy words. Thank you again, Elliott, for letting me listen early! I am so grateful!!
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KINDLE VERSION (MARCH 2024)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Vengeful Gods is the story of a beauty who is stolen away by three beasts, all of whom are focused on enacting revenge for the sins of their rival.
When Foxglove Noire meets a stranger late one night at her tattoo parlor, she is immediately swept up by his alluring and mysterious demeanor. But when that stranger proceeds to drug her and kidnap her under the false pretense of a first date, Fox quickly realizes she being kept prisoner against her will. Her captors are three incredibly attractive yet undeniably dangerous men, who quickly demonstrate to Fox that she has been taken as a means to an end: a way to enact revenge against her father, who wronged each of our villains.
“With Ky, it’s like the thrill of playing with fire. With Thorne, I never know if I’m going to lose a piece of my soul. And with Raven, well, I might end up bleeding out on the floor.”
Foxglove is swiftly plunged back into the world she had hoped to escape, a secret society steeped in hedonistic pleasure and deadly promise. As threats continue to emerge against Fox, she slowly begins to rely on the men she thought were her captors, and they in turn fall for the woman they think of as their property.
I was absolutely gobsmacked at how incredible this book was. I LOVE a reverse harem, and this one had the added bonus of swords crossing which caused me to melt into an absolute PUDDLE. I’m obsessed with each of our MMCs and their different relationships with our FMC. Despite being bad boys, they sure show their love in all the right ways 😏😉.
I absolutely devoured this book in less than two days. It is thicc and juicy, which is just how I like them (as do our naughty boys from this story)! It is an absolute must-read for fans of dark romance, MMCs with questionable morals and smut galore!!
Tropes in this story:
✨ Dark romance
✨ Morally grey MMCs
✨ Why choose, reverse harem (swords cross!)
✨ Enemies to lovers
✨ “We own you”
✨ ALL the dirty talk and ALL THE SMUT!
This story is a TRUE dark romance, and as such, has quite the extensive list of triggers and content warnings. To be clear… I was down for it all, but there will be sensitive parties for the majority of this book if they’re not into darker themes. All content notes are listed at the very top of the book. The author is very candid about the darker themes!
I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book via Elliott Rose as a member of her ARC team, but my review is all my own. Thank you SO MUCH, Elliott!
September 29, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
TW - parental death (off page), death of a sibling (off page), death (on page, not graphic), blood, kidnapping, torture, mutilation (not graphic), suicide (off page), child abuse + pedophilia + trafficking, SA / child SA (all off page but mentioned / briefly recounted throughout, plot point), attempted SA (on page), guns, drugging (of the FMC, on page), tracking / monitoring (of the FMC, non consensual), emotional bullying, panic attacks, car crash (on page), groping (non consensual)
CW - somnophilia, DP, DVP, non con that’s closer to dubcon, CNC, period play (red wings), forced orgasms, restraints (handcuffs), impact play (spanking, belting), breath play, edging, degradation, voyeurism, masks, toys, chasing, hand necklaces, breath play, spitting, snowballing, humiliation, free use, daddy
Tropes - dark, secret society, enemies to lovers, kidnapping, RH - MMFM*, forced proximity
*one of the Ms is with the other 2 Ms but those 2 aren't directly together
Foxglove Noire's (FMC) escaped her fate when she ran from home and the secret society her family are apart of paired with the trafficking they got involved in but, you cannot escape your fate forever and that becomes abundantly clear when Thorne (MMC), Kyron (MMC) and Raven (MMC) enter the scene. They're seeking revenge on Foxglove's family but with her parents dead and her the only living heir, she will have to do for what they have planned.
I honestly ate this up. It is a long book (600+ pages) but I got through it fairly quickly and it didn't feel like it was dragging to me. It is essentially erotica pulled together with a plot that isn't being weakened by all the smut and I was soooooooooo here for it lmao. I enjoyed the characters, especially the MMCs and their different personalities. They're all ruthless but we have Daddy Thorne - the calculated one, Kyron - the funny one and Raven - the executioner. They all have a reason to want the Noire name destroyed but Foxglove defo makes them want to rethink their plans.
This was my first book by this author and I had a great time, I'll be back for Emerald's story 😉
I was paid to provide a breakdown of the TW/CW of this book on my reread which can be found on the author's website. The review above has not been edited since my first read.
Scale:
⭐️ - would've DNF'ed / continued out of spite
⭐️⭐️ - shit, but whatever
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - meh, could've been better
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - lit 👅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - loved it, inject this shit into my veins 🤪
🫑 - no smut
🌶 - no point
🌶🌶 - mediocre at best
🌶🌶🌶 - standard smut, hot
🌶🌶🌶🌶 - 🥵 okay, some CW
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 - fuck me 🥵🥵 CWs / filthy with a side of filth - see Poison / Room Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek/ The Naughty List
TW - parental death (off page), death of a sibling (off page), death (on page, not graphic), blood, kidnapping, torture, mutilation (not graphic), suicide (off page), child abuse + pedophilia + trafficking, SA / child SA (all off page but mentioned / briefly recounted throughout, plot point), attempted SA (on page), guns, drugging (of the FMC, on page), tracking / monitoring (of the FMC, non consensual), emotional bullying, panic attacks, car crash (on page), groping (non consensual)
CW - somnophilia, DP, DVP, non con that’s closer to dubcon, CNC, period play (red wings), forced orgasms, restraints (handcuffs), impact play (spanking, belting), breath play, edging, degradation, voyeurism, masks, toys, chasing, hand necklaces, breath play, spitting, snowballing, humiliation, free use, daddy
Tropes - dark, secret society, enemies to lovers, kidnapping, RH - MMFM*, forced proximity
*one of the Ms is with the other 2 Ms but those 2 aren't directly together
Foxglove Noire's (FMC) escaped her fate when she ran from home and the secret society her family are apart of paired with the trafficking they got involved in but, you cannot escape your fate forever and that becomes abundantly clear when Thorne (MMC), Kyron (MMC) and Raven (MMC) enter the scene. They're seeking revenge on Foxglove's family but with her parents dead and her the only living heir, she will have to do for what they have planned.
I honestly ate this up. It is a long book (600+ pages) but I got through it fairly quickly and it didn't feel like it was dragging to me. It is essentially erotica pulled together with a plot that isn't being weakened by all the smut and I was soooooooooo here for it lmao. I enjoyed the characters, especially the MMCs and their different personalities. They're all ruthless but we have Daddy Thorne - the calculated one, Kyron - the funny one and Raven - the executioner. They all have a reason to want the Noire name destroyed but Foxglove defo makes them want to rethink their plans.
This was my first book by this author and I had a great time, I'll be back for Emerald's story 😉
I was paid to provide a breakdown of the TW/CW of this book on my reread which can be found on the author's website. The review above has not been edited since my first read.
Scale:
⭐️ - would've DNF'ed / continued out of spite
⭐️⭐️ - shit, but whatever
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - meh, could've been better
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - lit 👅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - loved it, inject this shit into my veins 🤪
🫑 - no smut
🌶 - no point
🌶🌶 - mediocre at best
🌶🌶🌶 - standard smut, hot
🌶🌶🌶🌶 - 🥵 okay, some CW
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 - fuck me 🥵🥵 CWs / filthy with a side of filth - see Poison / Room Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek/ The Naughty List
March 14, 2024
Thank you for letting me be a part of your ARC Team!
Oh my god! This was chaotic and amazing. Foxglove Noire has such a funny inner monologue. She had a difficult childhood with no true love or affection. Her strength despite her upbringing was beautiful she’s my new obsession. The Anguis, the secret society, is the cause of so much pain and trauma, all the evil members were pissing me off.
Fox is the heir to Noire house and her three men force her back into a life she thought she left behind.
Raven is my favorite of the MMCs, he’s the brutal/violent one but it wasn’t his choice to be that way. As the story went on I loved him even more. Everyone needs a Ky in their life he was hot and so sweet with Fox. Daddy Thorne can be such a grump with all his attitude but he loves them all. The way the relationship between the four progressed was spectacular. The plot was giving, the spice was delicious! From the first page it had me hooked.
Oh my god! This was chaotic and amazing. Foxglove Noire has such a funny inner monologue. She had a difficult childhood with no true love or affection. Her strength despite her upbringing was beautiful she’s my new obsession. The Anguis, the secret society, is the cause of so much pain and trauma, all the evil members were pissing me off.
Fox is the heir to Noire house and her three men force her back into a life she thought she left behind.
Raven is my favorite of the MMCs, he’s the brutal/violent one but it wasn’t his choice to be that way. As the story went on I loved him even more. Everyone needs a Ky in their life he was hot and so sweet with Fox. Daddy Thorne can be such a grump with all his attitude but he loves them all. The way the relationship between the four progressed was spectacular. The plot was giving, the spice was delicious! From the first page it had me hooked.
April 19, 2024
5 ⭐️ 5 🌶️
I had the pleasure of receiving an ARC copy of the book and wow it did NOT disappoint!!! Ohhhh my good girl god!!! 🥵🥵🥵 Elliott knocked it out of the park with this one!
I was hooked from the first few chapters! The spice was panty dropping and mouth watering! Seriously, if you want a book with ALL the spice, READ THIS. But even with all the sexy scenes, the story line was solid.
The dynamic between all the characters was addictive and I loved being able to read from each point of view. It made it very entertaining to discover how each person was interpreting the situation.
I think what I loved most about this book was the respect that all three men had towards one another. And when Fox penetrated their circle, everything unfolded. I LOVED every part of it!
“You’re a parasite. An infection in my blood that I can’t get rid of”
This was my first read by Elliott Rose and it surely will not be my last 🩷
I had the pleasure of receiving an ARC copy of the book and wow it did NOT disappoint!!! Ohhhh my good girl god!!! 🥵🥵🥵 Elliott knocked it out of the park with this one!
I was hooked from the first few chapters! The spice was panty dropping and mouth watering! Seriously, if you want a book with ALL the spice, READ THIS. But even with all the sexy scenes, the story line was solid.
The dynamic between all the characters was addictive and I loved being able to read from each point of view. It made it very entertaining to discover how each person was interpreting the situation.
I think what I loved most about this book was the respect that all three men had towards one another. And when Fox penetrated their circle, everything unfolded. I LOVED every part of it!
“You’re a parasite. An infection in my blood that I can’t get rid of”
This was my first read by Elliott Rose and it surely will not be my last 🩷
February 25, 2025
1.5 stars rounded up. I considered DNF’ing around 44% as so little was actually happening, then persevered… but by 64%, having gone and read a whole other trilogy as I was bored, I decided to call it.
This is way too long: the 622 pages could (should) have been edited down to 350-400 without losing anything important.
There was a lot of repetition of thoughts, feelings, motivations and plans, and yet poor character development.
The FMC, Fox, while strong in some ways, was very (too) forgiving of a trio of guys who essentially drugged, kidnapped, blackmailed and planned to enslave her… but oh, it’s totally ok because she’s attracted to them!?! Umm… errr…
Also, does it really make sense that those same guys (Thorne, Kyron and Raven) would do that to a woman after having been themselves enslaved and trafficked? And when part of their mission is to take down trafficking rings? Err…
Not for me.
This is way too long: the 622 pages could (should) have been edited down to 350-400 without losing anything important.
There was a lot of repetition of thoughts, feelings, motivations and plans, and yet poor character development.
The FMC, Fox, while strong in some ways, was very (too) forgiving of a trio of guys who essentially drugged, kidnapped, blackmailed and planned to enslave her… but oh, it’s totally ok because she’s attracted to them!?! Umm… errr…
Also, does it really make sense that those same guys (Thorne, Kyron and Raven) would do that to a woman after having been themselves enslaved and trafficked? And when part of their mission is to take down trafficking rings? Err…
Not for me.
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