Romeo 2.0

by Endley Tyler

My life was rich, famous, happy, and sort of in love - until that demon was forced into my life. Romeo 2.0 isn't just any droid; he's impossibly humanlike, dangerously possessive, and disturbingly irresistible.

He claims to love me, to protect me, but his presence stirs the darkness I've buried deep inside. With every touch, every word, he unearths the pieces of me I'd rather forget, breaking down the walls I swore would never fall. As my world collapses into chaos, he's both my shield and my captor, the only thing standing between me and annihilation.

And with every secret that surfaces, I'm torn between the safe illusion of love and the raw, dangerous pull I feel for a monster who shouldn't exist.

Note: This is a dark romance. Please read Content Warning.

342 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2024

About the author

Endley Tyler writes over-the-top, pitch-black dark romance for readers who like their love stories toxic, obsessive, and impossible to put down.

Her books are intense, taboo, fast-paced, and unapologetically messy, featuring morally gray men, damaged heroines, possessive obsession, jealousy, dominance, danger, and relationships that should probably come with warning labels.

If you like dark romance that pushes limits, ruins your sleep, and makes you question your own standards, welcome home.

Reviews

[Darkreads]

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book, but the execution lacked depth that was required here. Overall, I enjoyed the fast pace and the action, as well as the world building. The romance, such as it is, lacked depth and MC's interaction felt repetitive. They kept going in circles of "I will never love you, let me go; just wait you will love me eventually" and so on and so forth. I appreciate that the FMC was quite flawed. She was spoiled and shallow as well as completely dependent on technology. There's a history of trauma that could've been explored quite a bit more. Especially, since that trauma illuminates the FMC's behavior. At the same time, the impact of certain MMC's actions didn't feel explored and acknowledged in the light of that trauma. All in all, this is the type of story that could've been really impactful on both the intellectual and emotional level if it had sufficient depth. There were certain brilliant moments in addition to the interesting premise that kept me turning the pages.

[Alaura Pishion]

This could have been a really good book, it has a decent set up. I went into this trying to keep an open mind especially considering its pitch black. I read the trigger warnings and was expecting the rape scene mentioned in TW (which ended up being multiple by the MMC, & I do mean legit rape not Dub Con or CNC). I got past that. However having the FMC apologize to her rapist at the end for "making" them rape her was just to much for me. It doesn't matter if the Author writes a footnote claiming she knows all the wrong is on the rapist, what she did was still victim blaming. I've blacklisted this Author on all my platforms and won't ever consider reading another of her books. Anyone with that mentality doesn't deserve my support.

[Autumn Hanna]

Meh

This writer had a great outline of a story. Great idea, but they failed to deliver a great story. This was supposed to be a highly charged story about emotional vs logic. Love vs hate. Machine vs human. It had elements of that, but it was superficial, as if the writer could not reach the depth needed. I think the writer highly misunderstands dark romance. The harsh treatment that happens is layers of humanity and brokenness. To love, there has to be some type of humanity and vulnerability, not just being cruel and a psychopath. We see little of this, even in the human. The emotions that were displayed did not feel genuine. The only thing that kept me reading was how new the story was to me; I read dark romance, but usually, it is from a different genre.

I found the MFC annoying. She flitted from person to person with no real opinion of her own, and she was selfish to the very end. She never evolved. She never became a better person. She never faced her trauma. the MMC was interesting at first the off the rails, the at the end just was supposed to be magical fixed which the reader never really sees or feels. The sex sucks, too. For a bot that used to be a pleasure bot, he lacked in his techniques. She never really returned anything and again was selfish in her own pleasure we she started to want to sleep with him.

For a sci-fi book, it lacks real science. The whole extra ear on the dear was BS with the explanation of why was given. The society and world building sucked too. The writer should have had more explanation and history to understand the dynamics. One question I had that was never answered why was every bot interested in sex with human females. Ever bot they past was interested in taking the MFC for their pleasure, buy why a random robot whose main function was not pleasure would be equipped and carry the desire to have sex was a mystery.

All in all, I loved the potential but not the delivery. The writer needs to work harder and keep at it if she wants truly great stories.

[Toni]

Man, I hate finished this book.

FMC is an influencer with a robot husband. Then, one day, she’s told to get rid of her husband because the AI company wants to give her a new one. She fights, of course, but that means nothing.

This new husband is very human and not a submissive servant. One thing leads to another and their first sexual encounter is when he rapes her in front of other robots until she blacks out. There’s no body betrayal here, folks.

Then the world goes to shit as robots launch a rebellion. The MCs and a few others (included the FMCs ex husband), escape and try not to be killed. Romeo, the MMC, is also a killing machine. Eventually, everyone in their party dies. It’s also revealed that the MMC was constructed using parts of the man who raped the FMC years ago because his creator was a massive incel who hated women. The other half of him is a robot who was obsessed with the FMC and went to her fan events. Incels galore.

There’s tons of non-con here. Not hot non-con either. Only towards the end does the MMC do anything but like immediately penetrate her. One of the people in the party keeps telling the FMC she’s developing Stockholm Syndrome and it pisses the MMC off so bad lmaooo

This is a book where the incels won and the FMC is traumatized into loving a robot who treats her like ass. I know this is marketed as a dark romance, and I guess it was just too dark for me idk. I didn’t buy the romance and the spice wasn’t for me (give me body betrayal or forced orgasms or SOMETHING where he wants to actually make her feel good even if she doesn’t want it. Any kind of foreplay, really).

[Solstice Star]

It’s rare that I finish a book feeling like I haven’t read some version of it before, but Romeo 2.0 managed it. The plot was interesting and genuinely unique, and the relationship between Romeo and Ariella was much more complicated than I expected.

I really liked that Ariella didn’t automatically fall in love with Romeo just because this is a romance. Her feelings toward him remain complicated, and the book allows her to love and hate him at the same time. Loving someone doesn’t automatically erase all the reasons you have to hate them.

I also appreciated that Romeo is genuinely irredeemable. He doesn’t become a better person for Ariella, nor does he suddenly decide he needs to fix himself to deserve her. He’s awful, he knows he’s awful, and that’s simply who he is. I found that much more interesting than another redemption arc.

What kept this from being a 5/5 was the ending. I think the story would have been much stronger with a non-HEA. The relationship was compelling precisely because it was so unhealthy, complicated, and contradictory, and wrapping it up with a traditional romantic resolution weakened some of what made the rest of the book work so well for me

[Wendy Gogh]

3.4 stars

Things I appreciated: I thought Ariella’s entitlement was humorous. She was well-written, complex, and even relatable at times. I loved both Antin and Kiko. And Romeo, well, I at least felt something. I guess he’s like art. What’s important is that you’ll feel strongly towards him (good or bad). I enjoyed the world building. Overall, I thought the plot was unique and easy to follow.

Things I didn’t appreciate: Despite the author’s closing thoughts, I didn’t really see Romeo as redeemable by the end. Maybe bc all of the “groveling” was done by Ariella, and well, there was a lot Romeo should’ve been sorry for. The story wraps up feeling a little too incel-apologetic in my opinion, which was a turn off. And lastly, though it’s labeled a dark romance, I don’t really recall anything that was truly romantic. An interesting cautionary tale, nevertheless.

[H.M. Brandon]

So good I read it twice.

I'm not even a huge psi-fi fan. The only reason I picked this one up is because It was by Endley Tyler and I read all her other books. This one the last one left. I read it twice.

Romeo 2.0 turned into my favorite by her.

If you like dark and unhinged stories with twists that will blow you away, with a side of psychological fu**ery that will blow you away, mixed with a beautiful comprehension of the craft and ability to keep you guessing...read any by Endly Tyler.

But definitely, pitch black romance crowd, even if psy-fi is not your cup of tea, real this. I promise you won't be disappointed.

[Angie]

Gripping with twists

Another great one by Endley Tyler. I really loved the dystopian, dark romance elements. There were a few twists and turns I didn't fully expect which I loved. I also love the development of each character and how they change and progress through out the story. Its my first read with a droid love interest and the plot was 100% strong, loved it and definitely recommend to those who like this genre.

[Emi Thelen]

Edge of your seat romance

Gripping, can't put it down read! I am already a sucker for androids and life like robots and feel they need to make romance about ai! Thank you Endley you have never disappointed me! Great author and great book

[Angelique Basson-Reed]

This was a different kind of read. I did enjoy it and the truth that comes out in the end was shocking. The acts throughout the book was not so happy about. But it all wrapped up well in the end. For my second dystopian book this was good.

[Ali]

The idea/plot of this book intrigued me, It sounded pretty interesting.. I feel like the story had a lot of potential, but I feel like it lacked depth, and some story building/character building. I liked the idea of it, but it could have been more.

[Jacqueline Melling]

It was definitely a good read I like how it takes place in the future and has a different vibe than the others I’ve read from hers so far and the twist and the end finding out who the MMC is 👌. I can’t wait for her new book to release next week

[Becky Jean]

Enjoyable.

This is the first book I have read by Endley Tyler and it won't be my last. Great storyline. Kudos!

[Kristina]

This was .... interesting.

[Garbage]

I love robot/android/Cyborg stories, so I was stoked to read this. I really liked the premise, and I feel like it has a lot of potential. It read a little bit more like a first draft, lacking some depth. Regardless, it was still an enjoyable, darker themed read.