Us Deadly Few

Us Dark Few #2

by Alexis Patton, Raquel Beattie (narrator)

Khalani Kanes never imagined surviving Braderhelm Prison, let alone escaping to the desolate surface they had been told was uninhabitable.

Haunted by the Governor of Apollo's dark secrets, Khalani and her crew of criminals embark on a new perilous journey.

Now, the true test begins as Khalani ventures through the treacherous Death Zone toward the nearest underground city, Hermes. Abandoned relics of a once-great nation are not the only threats on the barren road. Violent storms sweep across the Death Zone, the deadly Takeshi Steele has resumed his cold detachment, and unsettling signs suggest they might not be alone on the surface.

To survive in this unforgiving world, Khalani must draw on her strength and harrowing experiences from Braderhelm. For a new kind of prison awaits in the corrupt city of Hermes—one where she finds herself trapped with the man who aggravates her the most. But this time, they'll likely perish before escaping alive.

Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Romance, Dark Romance, Romantasy, Enemies To Lovers, Science Fiction

Audible Audio

First published December 5, 2024

About the author

Alexis Patton is an emerging talent in the literary world, poised to captivate readers with her debut novel, Us Dark Few. Born with an insatiable curiosity and a passion for literature, Alexis Patton brings a refreshing perspective to the literary landscape, pushing the boundaries of conventional storytelling. Her writing embraces the human experience, exploring themes of love, loss, self-discovery, and the triumph of the human spirit.

Raised in DeLand, Florida, Alexis is a Florida girl by heart. From a young age, she developed an avid love for reading and was one of those kids who got in trouble for reading too much during class. With a voracious appetite for learning, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Stetson University and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Florida. Through her life experiences and undeniable passion for literature, Alexis Patton honed her skills to craft stories that resonate long after the final page is turned.

Alexis Patton eagerly anticipates connecting with readers and building a community of like-minded individuals who appreciate the power of literature. Stay connected with Alexis Patton for updates on her upcoming projects and to join her on an exciting literary journey!

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Reviews

[Alexis Patton]

It’s me, the author 🥹 I put my whole heart, sweat, and tears into this sequel and my hope is that you all love it even more than the first book. Thank you for following me on my author journey. Your support means the absolute world to me and I can’t wait for you to see what happens next with Khalani and Takeshi’s story 🫶❤️

[Allie Hanes]

THE ENDING??? !!!!!

[moon]

"Suddenly, Takeshi found a new purpose in prison. Khalani Kanes was it."

"He wanted to dive into her skin and memorize every freckle, bump, and imperfection—everything that made Khalani uniquely her—because every square inch was a masterpiece."

𐙚 Dystopian world
𐙚 Post-Apocalyptic
𐙚 Forced proximity
𐙚 Guard x Prisoner
𐙚 One bed
𐙚 Slow Burn
𐙚 Touch her and die
𐙚 Love/Hate relationship
𐙚 Found family
𐙚 Miscommunication

After escaping from the prison, Khalani and her group set out to reach Hermes. Their journey is fraught with danger, betrayal, and impossible choices. With tensions rising and secrets unraveling, Khalani must decide who she can trust as the fight for freedom grows even deadlier.

I think the first book will remain my favorite. The fact that it takes place in the prison might have a lot to do with it. But that doesn’t mean the second book is any less good! Far from it!

I equally loved devouring this book—it was a real pleasure. This book is a five-star read, just like the first one.


𐙚 Khalani and Takeshi

“No, I do,” she interrupted, needing him to understand. Khalani wouldn’t find closure unless she spoke her truth. “I know you have the biggest heart, because in another story, I would’ve wanted you to be my ending.”

And like a candle flickering in the dark, Takeshi let his bleeding heart spill on the floor next to hers. “In another story, you would’ve been my beginning.”

Once again, I loved their relationship. I love these two characters, so nothing has changed. The only thing that irritated me a bit was the miscommunication between them. I get that they both have their traumas, fears, and everything, but come on, sit down and talk????

Every time there was a moment of closeness between them, they were always interrupted, or some catastrophe happened right after…

I absolutely love how Takeshi is willing to do anything for Khalani, and I just love reading about their relationship.

They just belong together.

Let my babies live happily and together, please….


𐙚 Khalani and Winnie

“Khalani.” Winnie cupped a cold hand to her face. “Even those who feel the most can feel empty. Do you want to know what it means to be alive? It’s not perfection. It’s not being okay all the time. It’s having fears. Feeling like you aren’t good enough. Trying every day to be better. Your tears reflect how beautifully imperfect you are. What could be more human than that?”

I just adore the mother-daughter relationship they have. Winnie is so gentle and wise, and that’s exactly what Khalani needs.


𐙚 Takeshi and the group

One thing I need now is more interactions between Winnie and Takeshi. I need to see Winnie take on a motherly role for Takeshi as well. The little we got in this book was enough to make me soft.

I really love the fact that Takeshi is starting to have his own family, his own group. The poor guy deserves so much affection and support.

Brock and Takeshi’s relationship was so enjoyable to read. I really loved how Brock kept teasing Takeshi while still respecting him.


𐙚 Brock and Serene

I need them to be a thing. The man clearly has feeling for her ????


𐙚 The story in itself

I really enjoyed this book; it’s truly good. So, I don’t have much to say except that I wish we had gotten more information about Prometheus, the Helix project, and what the Governor really was.

I would’ve liked to see more progress on that front. At this point of the story, I’m worried the third book will be the last and might not be detailed enough. I’m afraid things will be wrapped up too quickly. In my opinion, two books would’ve been necessary to fully develop everything (so I’m hoping there will be a fourth one).

𐙚 The ending

Bahah, is this meant to kill me? Because there’s no way I can accept that ending.
As always, just when things start to get better, disaster strikes. But damn, I didn’t see this disaster coming either???

𐙚 Last words for this review

Oh please, Alexis Patton, give us the next book. I implore you, i need to know that my babies will have their happy ending !!!!!!!!

𐙚 Quotes

“Did I forget?” A bitter chuckle escaped him. “Unfortunately, no. I don’t think there’s any world where I could ever forget you. No matter what. Not even if I tried. And believe me, I have.”

“I’ve always been a good liar,” he whispered. Her brows pinched together. “What the hell does that mean?” “It means that no matter how many times I told myself we were done, I knew I’d never be over you. You’re the kind of special no one ever forgets.” His pitch-black eyes bore into Khalani, demanding that she listen. “I’ve tried very hard to keep my distance, but my control slips by the minute. When you look straight at me, all I want to do is finish what we started that night in prison and make you completely mine. So let me make one thing clear. It doesn’t matter what happens between us. From now until the day I bleed out, I will always want you. I will always keep you safe. Even if you weren’t mine,” he gritted his teeth, “I would still protect you. Just know that if anyone gave you so much as a paper cut, I would end their existence.”

“Aren’t you gonna touch me?” she challenged, a playful edge to her voice. “I’m enjoying the view.” “And what do you think?” “I think you’re mine.”

“You okay?” he asked. “Tired.” She stretched her arms over her head, resisting the urge to sink back down to the ground. “And you wanted me to keep you up all night.” A smirk tugged at his lips, and her heart sputtered. “Like you would’ve lasted that long,” she joked, lifting to her feet. “Oh, Kanes.” Takeshi let out a dark chuckle. “I can’t wait to make you choke on those words.”

“Why did you stop me from killing those two men earlier? Is it because you’re ashamed of my past? Of the things I’ve done?” A vulnerability he normally didn’t show pooled in his dark gaze as he waited for her answer. She considered his question, wanting to unbury her truths with him. “I’m not ashamed of your past, Takeshi,” she stated firmly. “We’ve all made mistakes. I stopped you because for too long, you’ve let the ugliness of this world define you. I realized that you’ve spent so much time watching over others that you forgot what it’s like to have someone protect you. And I thought… maybe I could be that person.”

Khalani accepted Takeshi for who he was, not who she wanted him to be. So, he was done. Done denying her. Done fighting this inexplicable pull between them.

- My review of Us Dark Few : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[rosie (jason todd's version)]

ʚɞ us deadly few by alexis patton ⋆.˚

⋆.˚ 7/9/26 — 12/9/26

⊱ ۫ ׅ book no. 110 of 2026 ── .✦

₊˚ ✧ ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ✧ ₊˚

𑣲 ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ/ᴘʀᴇ-ʀᴇᴀᴅ:

first book was lowkey mid but that ending inspired me to continue 🤞 plus i need to start finishing series instead of reading the first book and abandoning it for months 😓 this is my first (and hopefully not last) attempt to do that 🫡

₊˚ ✧ ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ✧ ₊˚

╰› (⭐2)

❝ in another story, i would’ve wanted you to be my ending. ❞

⋆.˚ ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:

── .✦ 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕

SPEAKING of endings.

this book has one of the LAZIEST, most CLICHÉ endings i’ve ever read. it GENUINELY infuriated me 😭💔 when i read the last line, i sat back and rolled my eyes so hard i almost saw my brain.

let’s go back to the beginning before i rant more about the ending.

we start us deadly few directly where us dark few left off, which i did appreciate. however, we took SO long to get anywhere, it was 58% before anything of interest started happening 😪 and the entirety of the book can essentially be summed up into 3 plot points.

1. walking

2. in the clurb

3. prison

i actually really enjoyed the setting and progression of point 2, as we were dipping into that raunchy, dark nightlife of hermes, and i found it so interesting !! 🙂‍↕️

a shame we spent about 10% of the book there, and the rest was just walking, prison, more walking, even MORE prison, yada yada yada.

we leave off book 2 feeling like we’re back to where we started at page 1 of book 1. we have achieved nothing. we are in the same pickle that we were in before. the only hope i have for book 3 is that the old lady character pulls through and saves all of our collective asses 😭🙏


── .✦ 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔

i didn’t think it was possible for khalani to get more stupid, but here we are.

she rises to anger SO quickly, and her answer to each and every issue she has is by punching someone square in the face 😭 like girl, i get that it’s a reasonable response for a few of those situations, but you really could have taken a chill pill and NOT assaulted several more people? 🥲💔

takeshi even points out her issues with punching people, and you know what she does to prove him wrong?

the exact opposite. yeah, no, she punches someone in the face again. i don’t know what i was expecting. character growth??? pshhh, i simply expect too much from this book, apparently.

and she was so damn OBLIVIOUS to the point of sheer stupidity. i wasn’t enjoying romantic tension, i was groaning and throwing my head back in frustration that the main character is so infuriatingly blind 😓

・・・・・

takeshi may be cringe, he may be acting like an alpha wolf, he may be socially inept, but he is FREE, okay??? 🥹✊

even takeshi couldn’t completely redeem this book for me (however he did raise the rating by at least half a star).

he deserves SO much better than khalani. all she does is teasingly get close to him, edge him and almost make him get vulnerable, then pull away with a tantrum because takeshi, the emotionally stunted dude who told her he had a fucked up childhood and a compromised mental state, didn’t do everything perfectly on the first try, despite her being the first girl he’s fallen in love with.

i could treat him sm better 😋🤞

but seriously, he doesn’t even fight khalani on this. he goes “yeah, y’know what, i actually am a soulless husk of a being who doesn’t deserve to live. that’s all good, i understand.” (he doesn’t actually say this, but that’s what i heard 🫡)

LIKE NO??? YOU’RE TRYING YOUR BEST 😭 he’s in a post apocalyptic world trying to keep a heavily injured old woman, a wanted rebel, four escaped prisoners who’ve never seen the sun before, AND himself alive rn!!!! he does not need to be catering to your each and every whim khalani!!!!!! 😓

・・・・・

derek, serene and adan were SO neglected in this one. like i get why, with how the plot went, but damn i missed them.

the side characters are growing closer over the course of this series, but i honestly feel like i’m missing it 😭 like i’m told that they’re like a family now, but i just don’t see it? i would not be surprised if there is a MAJOR betrayal in this “family”’s future 🙂‍↕️

── .✦ 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

again, super hot and cold. at times it would be fantastic, descriptive, evocative… and at others, i’d be wincing and shaking my head at the sheer cringe of it all 😭💔

・・・・・

𑣲 ᴅᴏ ɪ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ?

…no, but i’m a masochist, so i’m gonna keep going with this series anyway 😚

[Laura]

I am not okay.

6/5 ⭐️

And I need book three so bad.

[Sarita]

It was very predictable, not as good as I remember the first one being but still enjoyable. The last 20 odd pages of the book were enough to make me interested in reading the third but if I’m being honest we spent way too much time with meaningless interactions and scenes that could have been cut and we could have had a duology. Tekashi and kelahni annoyed me so much it made me almost give this book 2 stars which is a shame because they were enjoyable in the first book. They’re supposed to be adults not 15 year olds, why is it that one second they are expressing that they like each other and then literally 2 pages later she’s making assumptions that he hates her based on what ? 😭 it just felt like the trope enemies to lovers was being forced to push a certain dynamic that just did not suit their characters and I felt like this overshadowed the actual plot of the story.

Anyways aside from that I hope that these things are rectified in the third and looking forward to see where the story finishes.

[Momma Eureka]

4.5⭐️


I LOVED this one even more than the first and I already loved the first! I can’t believe the ending ….. I KNEW that was going to happen because it was written on the walls but STILL cut me when it did !
All you need to know about this first 2 books is : DYSTOPIAN POST APOCALYPTIC, UNDERGROUND CITIES, UNDERGROUND PRISONS!

And you must know that Takeshi Steel IS THE MAN and Khalani Kanes is everything to him 😍❤️

[Heather]

The plot disappeared in this one and the miscommunication was overused to the point of not being believable.

[GCR | Book Realm]

Us Deadly Few kept me invested pretty much the whole way through. The pacing stayed fast, the dystopian plot kept moving, and even with the romance taking up more space in this second book, I never felt like the bigger story got pushed aside.

That slow burn, though? Not a fan. It felt too drawn out at times, but I still cared enough about them to want to see where it went, and by the end, I had to admit overall it was worth it.
The dystopian side is what kept me hooked.

Raquel Beattie did a great job with the narration. Single narration pulls me out sometimes, and I’m not going to pretend it doesn’t. That’s a format preference for me, though, not an issue with her performance. She was easy to listen to, and I never had trouble following who was speaking or what was happening.

Overall, this was a really good second book. That ending absolutely landed.

I’d recommend this to readers who like dystopian stories with a heavier romance focus, painfully slow burns, and enough payoff to make all that waiting so worth it.

[Emily-Rose At The Rose House]

“It’s okay to feel everything. Or nothing at all. Sometimes, emptiness takes up the most space.”

Well I’m just going to sit here, EMPTY, while waiting for book 3.

[Lydia]

(4.5) qué bestia, cómo vas a hacer TODO eso en los últimos capítulos sin dar una fecha del tercer y último libro??????? estoy volviéndome loCA

[Procrastinating Right Now]

Where was the plot??? Because I swear I spent nearly 400 pages watching people wander through the desert.

And the FMC—oh god. She has to be one of the most delulu I’ve ever read. The way she keeps convincing herself that he doesn’t care for her was painfully exhausting! Also, why on earth couldn’t the FMC and MMC be together? There was zero logical reason for all that “we can’t” drama—just vibes and bad communication.💀

But what really gets me is how she’s somehow the leader. Like, we’ve got an engineer, a scientist, a thief, a freedom fighter, and a martial arts expert… yet the deeply traumatized girl who did some light weightlifting in prison is the one in charge?

[Bentley]

Truly only enjoyed the last like 30 pages.

The whole back and forth with our FMC & MMC is genuinely exhausting. They both tell each other they like each other but she has to be all “no he’s my enemy! He hates me!” Like what. And it’s just so predictable.

Also I think maybe sci fi just isn’t for me? If I think about it I might continue this but only if there’s a reminder when the next book comes out lol

[Liz Crittenden]

Are you JOKING I need book 3 or I’m gunna become feral

[Sunny]

WHAT IN THE EVER LOVING GOD WAS THAT ENDING???? i am curled into a ball leave me alone!

[Kendall Watson]

3.25 this took me literally forever to read but those last 50 pages were cray

[Jane ☾]

Wow this was a major disappointment and actually a bit of a shocker when it comes to spicy scenes - I thought this was YA/NA?!?

First of all, there was no coherent plot, just some wandering around the desert and finding new people who are all mysterious and then never finding out what they are doing and why...

The whole "plot" was just Khalani being whiny and stupid and pining over Takeshi. Why was the whole "will they, won't they" thing happening again when they already had so many romantic moments together and basically ended up together in the last book? It was super annoying.

Not to mention, I was NOT expecting all the open door scenes and had I known this series was taking a turn toward that, I would not have picked up this book...I am a YA reader and I prefer my books to be spice-less so if there are people out there thinking this book will be like the first one with just some kissing...brace yourselves 😂

This is not the main reason my rating is so low (but it is a part of it because the tags are all wrong and this series shouldn't be marked/promoted as YA), the main reason is the lack of basically anything important happening, repetitive scenes, all the macho crap and Khalani not having a single original or interesting thought...

[Genifer Eskue]

What? What? No. NO! They were FINALLY…and then…uhhh, when does the next come out?

I couldn’t put this down. The world that Alexis built, the tension between Takeshi and Khalani, the banter between not just them, but ALL the characters, the feel of family cultivated in this story… its all amazing.

This truly had me laughing and then broke my heart. 💔

Can I rate this more than 5 stars? Is that possible?

[Gaëlle Fakhry]

What the fuck was that?
It’s such a downgrade from the first book and everything was expected until the very end.
The author was going for “slowburn romance”
Well, I’m disappointed.
First of all it’s not even logical that Khalani is still going on and on about how much Takashi hates her and convincing herself that he doesn’t care about her until the last few pages.
It is more than clear that they’re in love with each other and ending the book with the fact that he got brainwashed is too “hunger games” for me.
I don’t know honestly I’m pretty bummed that I didn’t like it because I LOVED the first book.
If I could give it less than one star I would.
Sad.

[Kelsey H]

I just can't with that ending 😫 I need the next book as badly as I need oxygen

I love every single character, the plot is even more intense than in book 1, the tension between Khalani and Takeshi is everything, and that cliffhanger felt like a stab to the heart, one I would gladly take over and over again. I will be counting down the days for book 3!

[Mel Lenore]

I do think this felt like a set up book BUT I still enjoyed the ride. The first half was a bit slow and predictable, but I really enjoyed it once they got to their destination. I think the romance really ramped up in this while also keeping some fun banter. I am excited to see where book 3 goes!

[Kate Dash]

Definitely a 5-star read for me.

Us Deadly Few was darker, more emotional, and somehow even more addictive than the first book. I loved the expansion of the world, the mystery surrounding Prometheus and Project Helix, and how much stronger the found-family aspect became.
But Halani and Takeshi absolutely stole the book for me. Their tension, constant fighting, protectiveness, and painfully slow acceptance of their feelings were everything. Getting Takeshi’s POV and finally understanding just how long and how deeply he had loved her completely destroyed me.
And that ending? Cruel. Absolutely cruel. After everything they went through, ending with “How do you know my name?” was devastating.

5/5 ⭐ Emotional damage, found family, terrifying experiments, and one of my favorite slow-burn relationships

[zoe]

who volunteers to plunge a knife into my heart? because it would hurt less than this. i’m still mentally screaming as i write this.

can i just start this off by saying takeshi save me… save me.. takeshi… takeshi save…me. but in all seriousness, i need him so badly it’s diabolical.

SPOILERS warning.

takeshi and khalani are the most unserious, frustrating, aggravating, heart-wrenching, but so-in-love-it-makes-me-dizzy couple i’ve ever read about. the way they both played with my emotions and left me an empty shell of a person, i need the third book now. maybe if these two didn’t dance around each other like they’re professional tango dancers maybe we wouldn’t be here. here: the state they left me in after finishing this.

it was frustrating at times; being stuck inside khalani’s brain because takeshi could literally rip his heart out and hand it to her, bloody and still beating and she would still think her feelings were one-sided. and he literally did. because what do you call not caring about the stench of someone who has not showered in weeks, has been going to the toilet in the sand with no toilet paper or toothpaste in sight, yet he still sucked on her boobs. i know they were both ripe and sour. that’s a man in love. the cat and mouse they were doing, i did want to pull on my hair. they lost so much time and it’s killing me.

i love them. i love them. i love them. their shift from i’ll kill you. to, i’ll kill for you.. was so full circle and pleasing to me. get you man who will put out someone’s bare eyeballs for you. get you a man who will slam a man’s arm in a car door for you. i usually find the protective trope icky but with takeshi, i felt as unhinged as him. i honestly don’t know how khalani didn’t jump his bones after every occasion. but she’s better than me because she saw more than his violence. she saw that he acted out with violence because of how he had to be. that scene where takeshi was fighting the two guards and she thought about how he told her all he wanted to do when he got older was paint and be a painter.. pain. they both see each other so beyond the surface, it makes me ache. we were going so well with the angry love confession and the ‘i love you’ but now we have the enemies to lovers to allies to strangers trope!? STOP. NOW.

”because in another story, i would’ve wanted you to be my ending,”

“in another story, you would’ve been my beginning.”

author, my therapy bill will be sent your way.

also, serena and brock, i see you. and i need more of them.

the plot was absolutely an up and down adventure. i didn’t really know where we were going to go because one second we’re in the desert, then a remote community in between a war for territory, then we get the place where they’ve been travelling to for weeks just to become spies and sentenced to a prison again with mad scientists.

that’s not to say that i wasn’t entertained. i was enjoying myself but at times i felt myself become less interested and more confused at the introduction of more characters when the characters that we already have, haven’t been fully explored. i am the biggest lover of the found family trope, but when i’m trying to find the personalities of khalani’s found family, i become disinterested. i could not tell you one thing about adan.

but with more books to come in this series, i am confident i will drop everything as soon as the new book comes out.

[Clarissa Labue-Pham]

Us Deadly Few is a great dystopian book.

In Us Deadly Few Khalani, Takeshi, and company travel to Hermes and get caught by a group of mysterious survivors.

The characters are all lovable and interesting. Khalani and Takeshi continue to have a compelling romance that really heats up here. New characters are just as unique as the ones from the previous book. I constantly found myself wanting to know more about these new characters.

The cliffhanger ending is crazy. I will definitely be reading volume 3 as soon as it comes out. If you're a fan of dystopian, this is a must-read series.

[Kassaayyee]

“It’s okay to feel everything. Or nothing at all. Sometimes, emptiness takes up the most space.”

Fuck. 6 stars.
September needs to hurry up 😭

[Nicole Nordwald]

So first of All. I loved the first book.
This one was a bit different. I felt the writing was rushed and the connection btw the mmc and fmc not believable. She was denying any positive feelings from him and I just wanted to shake her. "He hates me but just looks after me because he wants to torment me" Girl please. It's just a personal no go from me.
I didn't understand the plot with the bandits and the gangs, yes it's for the future books, no questions, but I thought it didn't bring anything for this book. (Yes it showed other people survive on the surface)In my opinion it was just unnecessary and filler material.
I also saw the ending coming from the moment this Doctor got introduced. The mmc was the perfect soldier before so ofc he is gonna be the perfect subject. (Maybe the doctor is also a robot, all the twitching and weird speech)

What I did like is how khalanis trauma is portrait. Everything she encountered wasn't forgotten and she does relives moments and does not work on them.(bc they literally on the run)
I personally don't feel her connection or rather attachment to Winnie. I already didn't feel it in the first book.
I also liked that she isn't like a warrior queen super hero after some months of training like other fmcs.
I didn't get the part where she was declared there leader? Like hello the death zoner has all the knowledge and she can't make a decision at all.(only if she can offer herself or jump in and sacrifice herself) And how often is she gonna get beat up and saved by the mmc? AGAIN. I get it, he is so good and better then anybody else and the best and and and. It was a bit of a repetitive storyline.

So in conclusion it was a bit rushed therefore I didn't feel the connection between all the characters. The story was fine but a bit predictable (wich is not a bad thing ). It ended on an evil cliffhanger and I can't wait for the next book. I hope she takes more time writing it.

[Hannah]

1 star ⭐️

I wish I’d DNF’d this. Just so cringe, unrealistic, predictable and ultimately annoying. The amount of times I physically rolled my eyes…Also, can we please be done with the tall, dark & handsome MMC having no personality, just bottomless rage and the desire to kill everything to the extent that the people who are supposed to be his friends, or at least friendly with him are supposedly scared of him? It’s boring, overdone and just bad writing tbh.

Some thoughts I had while listening:

Seriously? How many decades or centuries has it been since the NUCLEAR war, and they find a legible newspaper clipping out in the desert? It may be Las Vegas, but it does get rain a few times a year, and it’s been centuries since the apocalypse and there are sandstorms all the time….SURE they found a newspaper just on the street, sitting on top of the sand, from pre-nukes time that they can read to ✨sprinkle✨ in some missing lore/ setting building. Totally 👍🏼

“Khalani, if we keep going I won’t be able to restrain myself, so if you don’t want this to move any further tell me now. This is your only chance to say no.”
🥴🫤…what the fuck?

My thoughts every time they have *moments* together…

How / when are they brushing their teeth?

Bro, they haven’t showered in like…weeks.

GURL, he hasn’t showered in dayssssss and you’ve both been doing hard labour in filthy conditions….Maybe get up off your knees 😅

They’re sharing a prison cell, where’s the toilet?

This is so cheesy 🙈

[Brittany]

Adult Dystopian Romance

2.5 Stars ✨

“Some scars aren’t meant to be covered up. Our imperfections and wounds are what make us beautiful, not this perfect façade we try to show the world. We overcome obstacles by accepting the frailty of life and how precious it is. And for those we have lost, we carry on their memory and live the life they would’ve wanted for us.”

There were parts of this I liked, but I enjoyed the first one so much more. The two main characters back and forth made my head spin. Khalani drove me nuts for half of the book with how ignorant she was being. I just kept yelling at my kindle for them to COMMUNICATE. This installment seemed way more focused on the romance and push and pull of the MCs rather than plot. The plot is what intrigued me the most from book 1. It seemed like nothing exciting was happening until the last 30% of the book. Of course the cliffhanger has me interested to see how it all unfolds, but I’m sad - this had so much potential.

⚠️ Us Deadly Few is pitched as an Upper YA novel- but I’m personally going to call it NA due to adult themes, prison violence, sexual tension, open door situations and language.

[Bookalicious-Inc]

6 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (Re-read) still six stars and utter perfection 🥰

I can't even fathom any proper words right now. I am heartbroken by that ending. HEARTBROKEN. WDYM book 3 comes out in SEPTEMBER 2026!?!??!?! I'm going to do everything I can to get an early copy. This series has ruined me for anything else. Takeshi Steele is the loml and the definition of "touch her and die." the things he does for her if someone even glances at her wrong... 🥵 Khalani is my queen. One of my favourite new FMC's. The found family is EVERYTHING. The tension, the high stakes... everything was just FRICKING PHENOMENAL. New favourite series unlocked. Alexis Patton you are SO TALENTED. That ending... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺 I need book 3 ASAP

[Elke]

BROOOOOOO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Edit: I read this in one day so that says something