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The Edge of Darkness Trilogy #3
Restitution (The Edge of Darkness 3)
"DIE WAFFE, DIE SIE ERSCHAFFEN HABEN, WIRD IHR UNTERGANG SEIN!" Die Grenze zwischen Vernunft und Wahnsinn verschwimmt, als Kade sich an denen rächen will, die sein Leben zerstört haben. Sie bedrohten seine Familie, zerstörten seinen Verstand und raubten ihm sein Mädchen. Er wird alles opfern, um sie alle zu retten, selbst wenn das Krieg bedeutet. Stacey Rhodes ist durch die Hölle und wieder zurück gegangen und jetzt wird sie von dem Monster gefangen gehalten, das ihr Kade gestohlen hat. Aber Stacey gibt nicht auf – sie wird alles tun, um Kade zu retten, koste es, was es wolle. Kann sie die beiden aus Bernadettes Fängen befreien, bevor der Krieg alle, die ihnen etwas bedeuten, vernichtet?
615 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 16, 2025
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Leigh Rivers
18 books13.1k followersLeigh Rivers is a Scottish Biomedical Scientist who has ventured into the world of writing dark, morally gray characters with rollercoaster storylines to drive her readers wild.
When she isn't reading, writing on her laptop, or gaming until ridiculous hours, she dances at the pole studio, goes to the gym, and walks her four dogs with her two sons and husband.
When she isn't reading, writing on her laptop, or gaming until ridiculous hours, she dances at the pole studio, goes to the gym, and walks her four dogs with her two sons and husband.
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August 1, 2025
I’ve never been so tired from crying so much. But oh my god was all of the excruciating pain so worth it. My brain chemistry has been permanently altered from Kade and Stacey’s store, they officially own a gigantic chunk of my heart and soul.
There are truly no words to accurately depict how this trilogy made me feel, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet.
I’m happy with how Kade and Stacey’s story ended but know that it is such a long and painful road to get there. I felt like I was struggling to get air in my lungs at points while reading books 2 and 3 because of heavily I was crying. When I say their story is heartbreakingly tragic, I mean it with every fiber of my being. This trilogy is not for the faint of heart.
Though there was so much pain in this book there was also so much healing. Kade, my sweet baby angel, you must be protected at all costs, I love this broken sad soul of a man with all my heart. Him and Stacey deserve all the happiness in the world and then some. I was so proud of Stacey in this book, she was truly such solid ground for Kade to lean on and she never ducking wavered. Not for a second did she even debate running from him. Her strength amidst her own trauma and heartache was so inspiring. I was so proud of her for also prioritizing her mental health and putting herself first in the end. Honestly proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Also naturally I became completely and utterly attached to the side characters and their relationship. Naturally Base is my favorite and I need him and Lu’s book more than I need air to breath. I’m so obsessed with that man.
Daddy Tobias… don’t even fucking get me started. I am sat for this deranged psychopath. His book is going to RUIN ME IN EVERY WAY! I cannot wait.
The only issue I had was that the ending felt a little rushed like that was so out of pocket for what?!!!! Didn’t they suffer enough?! But I still loved it regardless!
Quotes:
“My love might not be enough for you, but it’s all I have left. I love you. I love you so fucking much that I want to live.”
“My chest aches with how beautiful she is. How, after everything I’ve put her through, she’s still here. Still fighting for me. Fighting for us.”
“I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
“I worship every inch of her. The ground she walks on. The way she smiles and laughs and loves me.”
“Because you’re going to be my wife. You’ve already taken my heart, my body, and my butchered soul, so you’ll take my fucking last name too.”
There are truly no words to accurately depict how this trilogy made me feel, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet.
I’m happy with how Kade and Stacey’s story ended but know that it is such a long and painful road to get there. I felt like I was struggling to get air in my lungs at points while reading books 2 and 3 because of heavily I was crying. When I say their story is heartbreakingly tragic, I mean it with every fiber of my being. This trilogy is not for the faint of heart.
Though there was so much pain in this book there was also so much healing. Kade, my sweet baby angel, you must be protected at all costs, I love this broken sad soul of a man with all my heart. Him and Stacey deserve all the happiness in the world and then some. I was so proud of Stacey in this book, she was truly such solid ground for Kade to lean on and she never ducking wavered. Not for a second did she even debate running from him. Her strength amidst her own trauma and heartache was so inspiring. I was so proud of her for also prioritizing her mental health and putting herself first in the end. Honestly proud doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Also naturally I became completely and utterly attached to the side characters and their relationship. Naturally Base is my favorite and I need him and Lu’s book more than I need air to breath. I’m so obsessed with that man.
Daddy Tobias… don’t even fucking get me started. I am sat for this deranged psychopath. His book is going to RUIN ME IN EVERY WAY! I cannot wait.
The only issue I had was that the ending felt a little rushed like that was so out of pocket for what?!!!! Didn’t they suffer enough?! But I still loved it regardless!
Quotes:
“My love might not be enough for you, but it’s all I have left. I love you. I love you so fucking much that I want to live.”
“My chest aches with how beautiful she is. How, after everything I’ve put her through, she’s still here. Still fighting for me. Fighting for us.”
“I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
“I worship every inch of her. The ground she walks on. The way she smiles and laughs and loves me.”
“Because you’re going to be my wife. You’ve already taken my heart, my body, and my butchered soul, so you’ll take my fucking last name too.”
January 8, 2025
I can’t type through my TEARS but my god this trilogy changed me as a person.
March 30, 2025
4.5 ⭐️ AT NO POINT IN THIS BOOK DID I KNOW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN… PS: the entire trilogy is 5 STARS, everyone MUST read, BUT proceed with caution
June 15, 2024
This was a nightmare but i’m finally free 🎊
March 2, 2024
i need his father inside of me
January 19, 2025
— ( ♟️ ) 2nd read • 5 stars ⊹
saying goodbye to these characters is just the worst. reading this for the second time was a total blast compared to the first go-round. i had no idea how much i missed these characters, especially tobias swooping in like a total hero. let’s be real, he totally carried this book, and i’m practically counting down the days until i can dive into his story. And kade and stacey? forever my faves, no contest. this is how dark romance should be done, people. gonna go sob now.
thank you, manas baby for reading this with me i love you so much 😭
— ( ♟️ ) 1st read • 3 stars ⊹
kade mitchell, the man that you are just like i mentioned in my last review of the first book, i stumbled upon this gem on wattpad, where it was being crafted and refreshed every week. right from the start, i was hooked, developing a serious emotional connection with the characters and the plot.
꒰ 🏷 ⊹ ׁ݂ spoiler free review | dark contemporary romance
leigh has always had a knack for crafting dark and unhinged tales, and i've been a devoted fan of her work. she's been gagging a lot of dark romance authors since then.
it's sad that the trilogy, as well as the story of kade and stacey, comes to an end, and i'm feeling absolutely numb right now.
ᝰ.ᐟ tropes:
⤷ enemies to lovers
⤷ best friend's brother
⤷ second chance love
⤷ touch her and die
⤷ obsessive and possessive mmc
─ TW: dissociation, drug use and withdrawals, attempted suicide, accidental somnophilia, forced cannibalism, violence and detailed gore, torture, character death, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, mentions but not detailed CSA, destruction of mind, extreme trauma and its mental responses, sexual and physical assault (not between the main characters).
ᝰ.ᐟ plot summary:
this is the third installment of the edge of the darkness trilogy. the story continues from where the second book left off. kade has finally learned the truth about stacey's supposed betrayal and is determined to seek forgiveness from her. however, his tormentors, bernadette and archie sawyer, have dug their claws deep into him. despite this, stacey stands by his side, and together, they are prepared to confront a greater danger heading their way. kade and stacey's love hangs loose on a thread and are battling their own demons for a happy ever after.
ᝰ.ᐟ overview and thoughts:
i must say, it's a lot darker than the second one as it adds a whole new layer of depth to the story and the characters. from the very beginning, kade and stacey have been my favorite couple. their love for each other is so pure and genuine, and the sacrifices they make for one another are truly heart-wrenching. i wasn't even ten percent into the book, and i found myself bawling my eyes out. and it's not just sadness that this book evokes. amidst all the darkness and intensity, there are also moments of hope, love, and redemption. the characters grow and evolve, and their relationships are tested in ways that only make them stronger.
talking about not the very good part. unfortunately, i was left feeling disappointed and underwhelmed. the book in question had a lot of potential and had an interesting premise, but it fell short in execution. one of the main reasons for my disappointment was the pacing of the story. the plot seemed to drag on and on. this resulted in a book that was unnecessarily long, clocking in at around five hundred pages.
ᝰ.ᐟ favorite quotes:
─ ⌗ "We aren't together ─ haven't been for a while ─ but Stacey is my girl. Mine."
─ ⌗ "You are also my priority. I would have always hunted for you to the ends of the fucking earth, little one. I know you didn't have the best relationship with your father, your brothers are useless pricks and my son is shackled to a bitch on an insane power trip, but you have me."
─ ⌗ I was alive when I was around Kade. And now I'm alive because of his father. And all Tobias is doing is hugging me back, his grip on my nape keeping me firmly to his chest. "I've got you," he assures me in his deep tone. Those three words have my body shaking against his, tears of both joy and exhaustion making me sob uncontrollably until he's taking all of my weight. "Shhh. I've got you."
─ ⌗ "Don't cry any more tears because of them. You've got it all out. Dry your eyes and keep your chin up. They don't deserve your tears." He gives me a tight smile, which makes his dimple dent in. "No one does."
─ ⌗ "My girl. Even when faced with the worst kind of horror, she fucking fought. I didn't think it was possible to love her more than I already do, but I do."
─ ⌗ "You die, I die."
─ ⌗ "She was everything to me. I think she still is," I say quietly, frowning to myself at how honest I'm being. Then I hate myself for saying think. "No, she is still everything to me."
─ ⌗ Base chuckles. "If it makes you feel any better, I love someone who's never once loved me back, and I'd still die for her. Your sister, by the way." He signs into the darkness. "And when I find her, because I will, I'm not going to let her out of my sight. She'll love me one day. She has to. Even if she just fucking told me she liked me, it would be enough."
─ ⌗ "Kade has his mother's eyes. From being so close to him on multiple occasions that play out in my mind when nights are dark, I remember the flecks of silver in them, iridescent shades of the ocean looking back at me as he tells me we'll have a family together."
─ ⌗ "Ah Freckles. It's been a while since I heard your voice."
─ ⌗ "The first time I saw you, I was yours. I'll always be yours, Freckles. Our girl will be proud of the woman you've become. You'll both always be my girls."
─ ⌗ "You still make me smile. When I think of you, I feel alive. I think of our first date a lot. London. Dinner. Hotel rooms and more firsts. They're ours. All those memories are ours. Kade and Stacey. Stacey and Kade. What we had was special."
─ ⌗ "I dream of you."
"Every night I dream of you."
"Seems very psychotic and obsessive of you."
saying goodbye to these characters is just the worst. reading this for the second time was a total blast compared to the first go-round. i had no idea how much i missed these characters, especially tobias swooping in like a total hero. let’s be real, he totally carried this book, and i’m practically counting down the days until i can dive into his story. And kade and stacey? forever my faves, no contest. this is how dark romance should be done, people. gonna go sob now.
thank you, manas baby for reading this with me i love you so much 😭
— ( ♟️ ) 1st read • 3 stars ⊹
꒰ 🖇 ⊹ ׁ݂ Under the skin of devil they created, buried in fucking void of darkness he's trapped in, I will find a glimmer of his humanity. Why? Because he's mine.
kade mitchell, the man that you are just like i mentioned in my last review of the first book, i stumbled upon this gem on wattpad, where it was being crafted and refreshed every week. right from the start, i was hooked, developing a serious emotional connection with the characters and the plot.
꒰ 🏷 ⊹ ׁ݂ spoiler free review | dark contemporary romance
leigh has always had a knack for crafting dark and unhinged tales, and i've been a devoted fan of her work. she's been gagging a lot of dark romance authors since then.
it's sad that the trilogy, as well as the story of kade and stacey, comes to an end, and i'm feeling absolutely numb right now.
ᝰ.ᐟ tropes:
⤷ enemies to lovers
⤷ best friend's brother
⤷ second chance love
⤷ touch her and die
⤷ obsessive and possessive mmc
─ TW: dissociation, drug use and withdrawals, attempted suicide, accidental somnophilia, forced cannibalism, violence and detailed gore, torture, character death, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, mentions but not detailed CSA, destruction of mind, extreme trauma and its mental responses, sexual and physical assault (not between the main characters).
꒰ 🖇 ⊹ ׁ݂ I've been attracted to you since we were fifteen. But why is it that even after all these times we've been together, I want more? It makes me crazy. You make me crazy.
ᝰ.ᐟ plot summary:
this is the third installment of the edge of the darkness trilogy. the story continues from where the second book left off. kade has finally learned the truth about stacey's supposed betrayal and is determined to seek forgiveness from her. however, his tormentors, bernadette and archie sawyer, have dug their claws deep into him. despite this, stacey stands by his side, and together, they are prepared to confront a greater danger heading their way. kade and stacey's love hangs loose on a thread and are battling their own demons for a happy ever after.
꒰ 🖇 ⊹ ׁ݂ Stacey Rhodes. My girl. My anchor that sank to the bottom of the ocean without me.
ᝰ.ᐟ overview and thoughts:
i must say, it's a lot darker than the second one as it adds a whole new layer of depth to the story and the characters. from the very beginning, kade and stacey have been my favorite couple. their love for each other is so pure and genuine, and the sacrifices they make for one another are truly heart-wrenching. i wasn't even ten percent into the book, and i found myself bawling my eyes out. and it's not just sadness that this book evokes. amidst all the darkness and intensity, there are also moments of hope, love, and redemption. the characters grow and evolve, and their relationships are tested in ways that only make them stronger.
talking about not the very good part. unfortunately, i was left feeling disappointed and underwhelmed. the book in question had a lot of potential and had an interesting premise, but it fell short in execution. one of the main reasons for my disappointment was the pacing of the story. the plot seemed to drag on and on. this resulted in a book that was unnecessarily long, clocking in at around five hundred pages.
꒰ 🖇 ⊹ ׁ݂ The first time I saw you, I was yours. I'll always be yours, Freckles. Our girl will be proud of the woman you've become. You'll both always be my girls.
ᝰ.ᐟ favorite quotes:
─ ⌗ "We aren't together ─ haven't been for a while ─ but Stacey is my girl. Mine."
─ ⌗ "You are also my priority. I would have always hunted for you to the ends of the fucking earth, little one. I know you didn't have the best relationship with your father, your brothers are useless pricks and my son is shackled to a bitch on an insane power trip, but you have me."
─ ⌗ I was alive when I was around Kade. And now I'm alive because of his father. And all Tobias is doing is hugging me back, his grip on my nape keeping me firmly to his chest. "I've got you," he assures me in his deep tone. Those three words have my body shaking against his, tears of both joy and exhaustion making me sob uncontrollably until he's taking all of my weight. "Shhh. I've got you."
─ ⌗ "Don't cry any more tears because of them. You've got it all out. Dry your eyes and keep your chin up. They don't deserve your tears." He gives me a tight smile, which makes his dimple dent in. "No one does."
─ ⌗ "My girl. Even when faced with the worst kind of horror, she fucking fought. I didn't think it was possible to love her more than I already do, but I do."
─ ⌗ "You die, I die."
─ ⌗ "She was everything to me. I think she still is," I say quietly, frowning to myself at how honest I'm being. Then I hate myself for saying think. "No, she is still everything to me."
─ ⌗ Base chuckles. "If it makes you feel any better, I love someone who's never once loved me back, and I'd still die for her. Your sister, by the way." He signs into the darkness. "And when I find her, because I will, I'm not going to let her out of my sight. She'll love me one day. She has to. Even if she just fucking told me she liked me, it would be enough."
─ ⌗ "Kade has his mother's eyes. From being so close to him on multiple occasions that play out in my mind when nights are dark, I remember the flecks of silver in them, iridescent shades of the ocean looking back at me as he tells me we'll have a family together."
─ ⌗ "Ah Freckles. It's been a while since I heard your voice."
─ ⌗ "The first time I saw you, I was yours. I'll always be yours, Freckles. Our girl will be proud of the woman you've become. You'll both always be my girls."
─ ⌗ "You still make me smile. When I think of you, I feel alive. I think of our first date a lot. London. Dinner. Hotel rooms and more firsts. They're ours. All those memories are ours. Kade and Stacey. Stacey and Kade. What we had was special."
─ ⌗ "I dream of you."
"Every night I dream of you."
"Seems very psychotic and obsessive of you."
August 10, 2025
this trilogy was everything 🥹❤️🩹
January 30, 2025
4 stars
I'm sobbing! I'm so happy and content with the ending. Is it possible to love an epilogue this much? I'm such a big supporter of Kade and Stacey right now, and they made me cry way too much! If anyone deserved their happy ending, it's them 😭💗
⌞ SPOILERS ⌝
⌗ –
The first half was just torture! I was badly shaken when Stacey was sold, but Tobias saved the day, and i was so freaking relieved! Kade's whole plan to lure Stacey somewhere and apologize to her worked, he was ready to sacrifice his life for her. And when he apologized 😭 ugh it broke my heart!!!! Thank God Tobias didn’t just let him go and protected him.
⌗ –
⌗ –
Because of all his traumas and finally being free, Kade was not okay! 😭 He was having dissociation, hallucinations, seizures, and blackouts. How everyone treated him patiently and with care ripped my heart. Jason's love for his brother, Stacey's love for him—too much. Everything was totally painful.
I was really scared that if something happened to Barry or his family, I'd just throw this book, but thankfully nothing happened! The torture scenes were legit brutal, downright cruel, but damn if they didn't deserve it. Archie, Berna-bitch, and Chris were tortured so painfully, and I had satisfaction to the end levels! It was so funny how Kade blew up Archie with a grenade in his mouth, and Tobias made Berna-bitch eat his remains. 💀
⌗ –
I love this book. It was a bit longer and started getting repetitive with all those apologizing and "I'm going to hurt you" things. It would have been much better at 300 pages max. But thank God everything went perfectly. i swear, Kade and Stacey being happy was so relieving 🥹 and then they made me cry again when Kade went to jail after he and Tobias finally killed everyone!
The police sucked, but the media didn’t disappoint and fought for Kade so much that his sentence got reduced to 5 years 😭
Stacey waited for him! They both made their own house, had two cute kids – Roman and Daisy – and lived happily. Daisy was supposed to be their first child's name, but 😭 nvm brb crying!!!!
⌗ –
⌞ book: attracted to Base ⌝
tbh, Luciella's and Base's relationship sounds really messy as of right now! I mean, she pushed him away for years, God knows why, but we'll get those reasons! Base is married, Luciella gave birth to his twins, and it's been 5 years, but no one knows about the kids being his. BUT another epilogue showed her being pregnant with Base carrying the children, which means he’s finally with her! 😭 I just know that book is going to be angsty. Base suffered too, and I felt bad for him. I'm looking forward to their book (not their sex scenes because GURL 💀).
⌞ ratings ⌝
• Insatiable – 4 stars
• Voracious – 4 stars
“Kade Mitchell and Stacey Rhodes – the fifteen-year-olds who met by the pool twenty years ago – finally get to have their forever."
I'm sobbing! I'm so happy and content with the ending. Is it possible to love an epilogue this much? I'm such a big supporter of Kade and Stacey right now, and they made me cry way too much! If anyone deserved their happy ending, it's them 😭💗
⌞ SPOILERS ⌝
⌗ –
“We’re never going to be them again, are we?"
The first half was just torture! I was badly shaken when Stacey was sold, but Tobias saved the day, and i was so freaking relieved! Kade's whole plan to lure Stacey somewhere and apologize to her worked, he was ready to sacrifice his life for her. And when he apologized 😭 ugh it broke my heart!!!! Thank God Tobias didn’t just let him go and protected him.
⌗ –
“If I could go back, I’d go back to the very beginning with you. I’d protect you and our daughter and hide you both from the ugliness of the world."
⌗ –
“I could never hate you, Kade.”
The dam explodes, and he grips my wrist to stop me from removing the dried blood from his hair, his shoulders tensing as he lets out a deep sob that will be ingrained in my mind forever"
Because of all his traumas and finally being free, Kade was not okay! 😭 He was having dissociation, hallucinations, seizures, and blackouts. How everyone treated him patiently and with care ripped my heart. Jason's love for his brother, Stacey's love for him—too much. Everything was totally painful.
I was really scared that if something happened to Barry or his family, I'd just throw this book, but thankfully nothing happened! The torture scenes were legit brutal, downright cruel, but damn if they didn't deserve it. Archie, Berna-bitch, and Chris were tortured so painfully, and I had satisfaction to the end levels! It was so funny how Kade blew up Archie with a grenade in his mouth, and Tobias made Berna-bitch eat his remains. 💀
⌗ –
“It’s just me and you. It’s always been me and you. Against the world."
I love this book. It was a bit longer and started getting repetitive with all those apologizing and "I'm going to hurt you" things. It would have been much better at 300 pages max. But thank God everything went perfectly. i swear, Kade and Stacey being happy was so relieving 🥹 and then they made me cry again when Kade went to jail after he and Tobias finally killed everyone!
The police sucked, but the media didn’t disappoint and fought for Kade so much that his sentence got reduced to 5 years 😭
Stacey waited for him! They both made their own house, had two cute kids – Roman and Daisy – and lived happily. Daisy was supposed to be their first child's name, but 😭 nvm brb crying!!!!
⌗ –
“I love you, Freckles.”
“I love you too.”
⌞ book: attracted to Base ⌝
tbh, Luciella's and Base's relationship sounds really messy as of right now! I mean, she pushed him away for years, God knows why, but we'll get those reasons! Base is married, Luciella gave birth to his twins, and it's been 5 years, but no one knows about the kids being his. BUT another epilogue showed her being pregnant with Base carrying the children, which means he’s finally with her! 😭 I just know that book is going to be angsty. Base suffered too, and I felt bad for him. I'm looking forward to their book (not their sex scenes because GURL 💀).
⌞ ratings ⌝
• Insatiable – 4 stars
• Voracious – 4 stars
December 22, 2025
I am speechless……..
I am BROKEN………
I am sad………
I am happy……. ❤️❤️❤️
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
“ I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
I can’t even begin to explain how my heart shattered into millions of tiny pieces during the entirety of the 3 books. The first one is less sad, the second is pure torture and this one the first 50% is pure torture, sadness and suffering and the other 50% is little by little getting better to than have your heart smashed again in the end. I honestly cried so many times it’s not even funny.
Kade deserves all the happiness, calmness and love. What he went through is awful to put it mildly. He always had mental health issues and it was always a struggle for him to simply exist. After all he went through his mental health was in shambles. It’s so sad to see.
The ROCK of this trilogy is Stacey Fucking Rhodes ! Omg what a partner, girlfriend and wife. She held it together and never wavered, even after everything she also went through. She fought tooth and nail to get to the other side and it was beautiful 😭😭😭 once again proving women are the strong ones.
I love Base but he manage piss me off a little because I swear my mind was into so much darkness that I didn’t appreciate his little dark jokes about his time with Kade while in captivity. Idk why, normally I like some comedic relief, but it felt very out of line because Kade was never in the same headspace. My comedic relief came actually from Tobias, he is my favorite. I don’t like that he didn’t end up with Aria. Let’s see what his book will do with that situation cause in here they were already grandparents and not together 🤬😤🤬😤
I honestly can’t wait for the his book and also Base even though I was also kinda pissed that apparently him and Luciella were not together together…… what the hell is Leigh Rivers problem with that ? I don’t like it, they all better have VERY happy endings in their books with lotsssssssssss of years together. We already know it’s not the case with Tobias as it makes me mad.
Regardless I am IN FUCKING LOVE with this series and KADE AND STACEY are now in my hall of fame of favorite couples, their saga is everything ❤️❤️❤️
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
“Just… promise me you won’t pause your life for me?” She smiles through her tears. “Kade Mitchell,” she says, reaching up on her tiptoes and kissing me again. “Don’t you get it? You are my life.”
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
I am BROKEN………
I am sad………
I am happy……. ❤️❤️❤️
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
“ I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
I can’t even begin to explain how my heart shattered into millions of tiny pieces during the entirety of the 3 books. The first one is less sad, the second is pure torture and this one the first 50% is pure torture, sadness and suffering and the other 50% is little by little getting better to than have your heart smashed again in the end. I honestly cried so many times it’s not even funny.
Kade deserves all the happiness, calmness and love. What he went through is awful to put it mildly. He always had mental health issues and it was always a struggle for him to simply exist. After all he went through his mental health was in shambles. It’s so sad to see.
The ROCK of this trilogy is Stacey Fucking Rhodes ! Omg what a partner, girlfriend and wife. She held it together and never wavered, even after everything she also went through. She fought tooth and nail to get to the other side and it was beautiful 😭😭😭 once again proving women are the strong ones.
I love Base but he manage piss me off a little because I swear my mind was into so much darkness that I didn’t appreciate his little dark jokes about his time with Kade while in captivity. Idk why, normally I like some comedic relief, but it felt very out of line because Kade was never in the same headspace. My comedic relief came actually from Tobias, he is my favorite. I don’t like that he didn’t end up with Aria. Let’s see what his book will do with that situation cause in here they were already grandparents and not together 🤬😤🤬😤
I honestly can’t wait for the his book and also Base even though I was also kinda pissed that apparently him and Luciella were not together together…… what the hell is Leigh Rivers problem with that ? I don’t like it, they all better have VERY happy endings in their books with lotsssssssssss of years together. We already know it’s not the case with Tobias as it makes me mad.
Regardless I am IN FUCKING LOVE with this series and KADE AND STACEY are now in my hall of fame of favorite couples, their saga is everything ❤️❤️❤️
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
“Just… promise me you won’t pause your life for me?” She smiles through her tears. “Kade Mitchell,” she says, reaching up on her tiptoes and kissing me again. “Don’t you get it? You are my life.”
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
January 19, 2025
➳ i will never be the same ☆
OH MY GOD. how is it over?? i tried to savor this and read slowly but i also could not stop reading this. thank you so much to my favorite girl vee for reading this trilogy with me. this is going down as one of my favorite series ever. i love you my bestie.
my strongest girl. i have never read a dark romance dynamic that was stacey and kade. emphasis on DARK. people try to tell me that RK books are dark and while i agree, this was a whole new level. this has one of the most gripping plots and mentally strong cast of characters i have ever read about. there are so many amazing moments from her in this book i can't even pick one. however, my favorite relationship will always be stacey and tobias. <3
by far the best part of this book is kade ending those nasty rats with his dad, base, and barry. four new book boyfriend’s that moved up my ranking so fast. kade is a VERY interesting character that i have never seen in dark romance before. especially coming from the male character. people comparing him to some of these buffoons in dark romance is so insulting. i am kade mitchells' number 1 defender. every scene of him torturing those circus clowns had me crying laughing. i have never read just detailed scenes of violation to the human body and i could not have been more satisfied. he deserves everything good. i love him.
the only gripe i have is their ending. a lot of it is rushed and has some underlying grey area of mystery. kadestacey's conclusion made me so happy, now i am waiting on father tobias and base. i have a feeling sebastian is gonna be my man.
I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS. I LOVE THEM.
“because you’re going to be my wife. you’ve already taken my heart, my body, and my butchered soul, so you’ll take my fucking last name too.”
OH MY GOD. how is it over?? i tried to savor this and read slowly but i also could not stop reading this. thank you so much to my favorite girl vee for reading this trilogy with me. this is going down as one of my favorite series ever. i love you my bestie.
⌞stacey⌝
my strongest girl. i have never read a dark romance dynamic that was stacey and kade. emphasis on DARK. people try to tell me that RK books are dark and while i agree, this was a whole new level. this has one of the most gripping plots and mentally strong cast of characters i have ever read about. there are so many amazing moments from her in this book i can't even pick one. however, my favorite relationship will always be stacey and tobias. <3
⌞kade⌝
by far the best part of this book is kade ending those nasty rats with his dad, base, and barry. four new book boyfriend’s that moved up my ranking so fast. kade is a VERY interesting character that i have never seen in dark romance before. especially coming from the male character. people comparing him to some of these buffoons in dark romance is so insulting. i am kade mitchells' number 1 defender. every scene of him torturing those circus clowns had me crying laughing. i have never read just detailed scenes of violation to the human body and i could not have been more satisfied. he deserves everything good. i love him.
the only gripe i have is their ending. a lot of it is rushed and has some underlying grey area of mystery. kadestacey's conclusion made me so happy, now i am waiting on father tobias and base. i have a feeling sebastian is gonna be my man.
I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS. I LOVE THEM.
March 1, 2024
Dark romance friends: If you read one series this year, make it The Edge of Darkness. If you read one new author this year, make it Leigh Rivers.
Those of you who have been waiting for the final book of the series, if you’ve made it to Restitution, you deserve to go into it with no preconceived expectations. So, you’ll find no plot details here.
What I will tell you is that your heart will be battered and your emotions will run the gamut. Kade and Stacey have been through hell already and there is so much more to come. They are the most resilient characters I’ve ever loved and I do love them with my whole heart. I’m gutted to be leaving them behind, but I am simultaneously grateful to have seen their story through from start to finish.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩😳🫨😭😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Dark, Psychological Thriller, Suspense
✨ Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Revenge, Second Chance
💫 Microtropes: Touch-Her-and-💀
💋 Kinks:
⚠️ Warning:
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Restitution is the conclusion to Tye Edge of Darkness series. This series will be best enjoyed when read in order.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
Those of you who have been waiting for the final book of the series, if you’ve made it to Restitution, you deserve to go into it with no preconceived expectations. So, you’ll find no plot details here.
What I will tell you is that your heart will be battered and your emotions will run the gamut. Kade and Stacey have been through hell already and there is so much more to come. They are the most resilient characters I’ve ever loved and I do love them with my whole heart. I’m gutted to be leaving them behind, but I am simultaneously grateful to have seen their story through from start to finish.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩😳🫨😭😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Dark, Psychological Thriller, Suspense
✨ Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Revenge, Second Chance
💫 Microtropes: Touch-Her-and-💀
💋 Kinks:
⚠️ Warning:
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Restitution is the conclusion to Tye Edge of Darkness series. This series will be best enjoyed when read in order.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
March 22, 2025
"We once said we fit like the perfect puzzle—two frayed jigsaw pieces trying to stick together but being forced apart. Now I think we're fixed and solid in place, finally able to complete the beautiful, messy and magical picture of our life.”
I’m unwell yet pretty satisfied with the conclusion to Kade and Stacey’s story. the edge of darkness trilogy has now become a fav of mine in terms of dark romance. Insatiable had me strangely obsessed and these last two books were daunting yet such a whirlwind of emotions. The suffering and trauma they endured was incredibly heart wrenching and stressed would be an understatement to how I felt. and anxiety.. do you know what that feels like? it was the good kind that kept me on my toes even though that sounds like masochism. Both of them knew there was no going back to who they were so I loved seeing them figure that out and grow from it besides coming out as forceful as they did 🥺 I honestly believe the author did phenomenally in adding emotional depth to these characters that are complex and with the way the impact everything had on their mental health was fleshed out. They mostly healed through it in the way they were familiar with which worked for them. Everything here was such a contrast to most dark romance books that I cannot express enough how much these two mean to me now
"I need you too," I add. “Even if I'm a bag full of trauma?” I smile. "I have my own bag. We can swap when they get too heavy and we need a balance.”
The care and gentleness they both showed each other after being in survival mode for so long—especially Kade—warmed my heart as it initially broke for them. I knew I could count on him and Tobias to deliver on the retribution needed and they did not come to play. it was quite brutal although very deserving and I was cheering everyone on when I wasn't sick about some things. I was beyond happy certain people got what they deserved although it could’ve been much worse. The dark humor and fluffy moments added some balance here with Kades and bases' antics 😂
Additionally, we get a little more context through flashbacks and I felt that was pivotal in knowing. The plot was also plotting here while simultaneously being character driven.This is dark romance so few things can be seen as implausible but it was mostly some repetition, the length not needing to be long despite it feeling justified in being so? Idk. And the pacing that was a bit of an issue for me. All of that explains me being stuck on rating this 3.5 or 4 stars because I also loved it.
Regardless of that, just know i was irrevocably invested in it all when i could be and definitely recommend it for the wild ride it takes you on in messing with your head and emotions. I’m already missing Kade (who btw I just have to reiterate how top tier his character arc was that I couldn’t help but love and root for him) and Stacey, but I’m happy they finally got their deserved happy ending after such traumatizing events. I have so many thoughts given how long this was but this is all I have right now. Also, those epilogues?? 🥹 I loved them. I can’t wait to read Tobias’ book and hopefully base and Luce's as well
Our broken puzzle pieces are finally firmly in place, and they’ll never be torn apart again. Because we get to have this. We get to have everything we’ve ever wanted. Kade Mitchell and Stacey Rhodes – the fifteen-year-olds who met by the pool twenty years ago – finally get to have their forever.
**while the triggers didn’t bother me they can be more heavier for others which they were so definitely look them up**
insatiable review
voracious review
Some quotes
"You feel alone," I say, my voice breaking. "so do I." When he doesn't look away, I press further, sliding off the bed and onto the floor. "You feel broken." A beat, and I add, “So do I." This scene was so heartbreaking
“But now, since there’s no - and no - forcing us to the edge of darkness, and we don’t feel like we’re in forbidden territory being together, Stacey and I can just… be.”
“The fifth rule never existed.”
“Fuck. Her voice. She has no idea how much she soothes the darkness within me. It’s like the fragments of my heart slowly join back together”
“Under the skin of the devil they created, buried in the fucking void of the darkness he’s trapped in, I will find a glimmer of his humanity. Why? Because he’s mine.”
March 1, 2024
“Kade Mitchell and Stacey Rhodes – the fifteen-year-olds who met by the pool twenty years ago – finally get to have their forever.”
This book has to be a joke.
I wanted kadestacey to have a happy ending so I'm glad for the way their story ended, but at the same time what kind of circus was this? I had to stop and take a deep breath because it was worse than Cora Reilly's books idk what to tell you, there are just so many things in this book that I would like to just unred because.. it was cringe as f%ck.
There's just the same kadestacey drama and repetitive scenes, someone being abused, someone nobody cares about dying and Tobias appearing to save the day. My conclusion is: this book could've been shorter and it would've been so much better, Leigh could've killed at least one of the important characters because it would have been more emotional, so far the only actual good book in the trilogy is the first one because I loved Kade and Stacey there.
Luciella and Base are the only couple I actually care about at this point, I might come back to read their book once it's out but that's it.
This book has to be a joke.
I wanted kadestacey to have a happy ending so I'm glad for the way their story ended, but at the same time what kind of circus was this? I had to stop and take a deep breath because it was worse than Cora Reilly's books idk what to tell you, there are just so many things in this book that I would like to just unred because.. it was cringe as f%ck.
There's just the same kadestacey drama and repetitive scenes, someone being abused, someone nobody cares about dying and Tobias appearing to save the day. My conclusion is: this book could've been shorter and it would've been so much better, Leigh could've killed at least one of the important characters because it would have been more emotional, so far the only actual good book in the trilogy is the first one because I loved Kade and Stacey there.
Luciella and Base are the only couple I actually care about at this point, I might come back to read their book once it's out but that's it.
September 19, 2024
Did I finish this trilogy or did it finish me? 😭
review to come
ᝰ.ᐟ pre-read: ᯓᡣ𐭩୭˚.
The first 2 books in the trilogy were pure suffering, I just need Kade & Stacey to be happy😭
Also this is the first time that the trigger warning is scaring me🫣
review to come
ᝰ.ᐟ pre-read: ᯓᡣ𐭩୭˚.
The first 2 books in the trilogy were pure suffering, I just need Kade & Stacey to be happy😭
Also this is the first time that the trigger warning is scaring me🫣
October 20, 2025
no. I am not okay for anyone asking.
November 17, 2025
Edit: moving it up to 5 stars cuz i genuinely CAN NOT stop thinking about this book— i fear no dark romance will ever compare.
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જ⁀➴ I'm still writing my review but I. AM . NOT .OKAY I litr just saw someone saying that Kade is looking after his son while JASON is looking after his BABY GIRL.....J-A-I-L.... I'm fuking bawlling byeeeee.
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➜ ⊹⌇ POST READ
OMG THIS WAS SO BITTER SWEET AHH LITR WIPING TEARS FROM MY FACE WHILE WRITING THIS
Currently curled up in a bawl beacuz this book left me hollow like how am I suppose to move on after all of this
જ⁀➴This whole book made me bawl my shit out i swear I was clutching my heart beacuz of all the sobbing....MY BRAIN CHEM HAS BEEN ALTERED BY KADE AND STACEY DEPARTMENT...like WOW I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS BEFORE READING THIS TRILOGY.
જ⁀➴The last 35ish pages had my stomach in knots ahhhhh still crying over everything!!
જ⁀➴Again lemma say this the romance in general is NOT dark but the situations our MC'S are in are D-A-R-K — SO I BEG YOU TO READ THE TW'S.....FRTC!!!
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꒰🍀꒱ 𝑷𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 :
⤷ jumping straight into the last book beacuz wtf was that ending I'm actually flipping spiralling rn — kade and stacey are quite litr my babies my heart can't handle all this istg this book might just kill me.
June 14, 2025
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I always wanted to do that haha.
AHHHHHHHHH, DADDY TOBAIS FOR THE WIN!! WE LOVE HIM!!! If you don't, get out of here. kidding. still love ya.
if I had more self-control, that would be all I write for the review, but I like to yap, so keep reading.
Well, this was an interesting experience for sure. I didn't write long reviews for the first two books because I didn't want to write too much until I finished reading this trilogy in its entirety. 3 stars for this one. I was going to give it a 3.5, but there were really big plot holes that weren't resolved.
Kade and Stacey were low-key annoying throughout the trilogy. I was so close to wanting to dnf the first book, until Tobias came in to save the day in that book. I committed to reading this whole trilogy just so I don't miss any of his scenes. What the two main characters failed to provide me, Tobias did. God, I loved his presence. The unfeeling psychopath and the one woman that he would do anything for, even if she's not married to him is literally a storyline that should be explored more.
This man could literally do anything and I would swoon. There's nothing he can do that I wouldn't be like "yep, he's right" for.
Aria, aka the lucky one, gets Tobias, his unconditional love, and his absolute devotion. Not saying that I want a psychopath in love with me, chill, but whatever god she prayed to: AMEN!! Please accept my prayer that he should be obsessed with me like Tobias is with Aria, you know minus the really crazy obsession, but a huge yes for the amount of loyalty he has. If he's not like that, don't bother sending him my way because I don't want him. standards and all!!
When Base said he sucked Kade's dick, I lost it for real. I was literally dying laughing. Now, I know that it was serious and traumatizing for both of them, but I couldn't help myself. I feel so bad for even laughing, but there was just something about the way the scene was and the sentences were phrased that killed me.
Just gotta talk about this, but what is it with these characters and having sex next to/near dead bodies or over/near people that need medical attention. That is the most atrocious time and place for that. You seriously cannot tell me these characters get horny around that. Might as well go to the cemetery to get turned on?!?! OR the hospital to get in the mood?!?! WHAT THE FUCK? How does the sight of a dead body or someone with a wound make a person even remotely interested in sex? I don't get it.
Base and Luciella are getting a book so I'm sat for that. Tobias and Aria have a book from when they were younger so I'm reading that soon for sure. The epilogues were cute and idk what else to say. I would write more, but even if I did, it would literally be me gushing about Tobias and I think I did that enough.
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pre-read: finally on the last book!! I'm still only here for Tobias, but Luciella and Base have intrigued me as well. 😘
I always wanted to do that haha.
AHHHHHHHHH, DADDY TOBAIS FOR THE WIN!! WE LOVE HIM!!! If you don't, get out of here. kidding. still love ya.
if I had more self-control, that would be all I write for the review, but I like to yap, so keep reading.
Well, this was an interesting experience for sure. I didn't write long reviews for the first two books because I didn't want to write too much until I finished reading this trilogy in its entirety. 3 stars for this one. I was going to give it a 3.5, but there were really big plot holes that weren't resolved.
“Because you’re going to be my wife. You’ve already taken my heart, my body, and my butchered soul, so you’ll take my fucking last name too.”
Kade and Stacey were low-key annoying throughout the trilogy. I was so close to wanting to dnf the first book, until Tobias came in to save the day in that book. I committed to reading this whole trilogy just so I don't miss any of his scenes. What the two main characters failed to provide me, Tobias did. God, I loved his presence. The unfeeling psychopath and the one woman that he would do anything for, even if she's not married to him is literally a storyline that should be explored more.
This man could literally do anything and I would swoon. There's nothing he can do that I wouldn't be like "yep, he's right" for.
Aria, aka the lucky one, gets Tobias, his unconditional love, and his absolute devotion. Not saying that I want a psychopath in love with me, chill, but whatever god she prayed to: AMEN!! Please accept my prayer that he should be obsessed with me like Tobias is with Aria, you know minus the really crazy obsession, but a huge yes for the amount of loyalty he has. If he's not like that, don't bother sending him my way because I don't want him. standards and all!!
When Base said he sucked Kade's dick, I lost it for real. I was literally dying laughing. Now, I know that it was serious and traumatizing for both of them, but I couldn't help myself. I feel so bad for even laughing, but there was just something about the way the scene was and the sentences were phrased that killed me.
Just gotta talk about this, but what is it with these characters and having sex next to/near dead bodies or over/near people that need medical attention. That is the most atrocious time and place for that. You seriously cannot tell me these characters get horny around that. Might as well go to the cemetery to get turned on?!?! OR the hospital to get in the mood?!?! WHAT THE FUCK? How does the sight of a dead body or someone with a wound make a person even remotely interested in sex? I don't get it.
Base and Luciella are getting a book so I'm sat for that. Tobias and Aria have a book from when they were younger so I'm reading that soon for sure. The epilogues were cute and idk what else to say. I would write more, but even if I did, it would literally be me gushing about Tobias and I think I did that enough.
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pre-read: finally on the last book!! I'm still only here for Tobias, but Luciella and Base have intrigued me as well. 😘
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July 30, 2025rtc!!
𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ pre-read ♡⋆°｡⋆𐙚
⤷ wrapping up this series with vee 😽 i’m scared for this book...
𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ pre-read ♡⋆°｡⋆𐙚
⤷ wrapping up this series with vee 😽 i’m scared for this book...
March 9, 2024
literally just wanted to hit word limit there was no need to drag it out for so god damn long
March 23, 2025
“Because you were scared, like me. This isn’t about forgiving one another, Kade. This is about surviving.”
🎶Innocent by Taylor Swift🎶
The first book was okay-ish for me but the next two books won me over 😭 These characters have been through so so much and it breaks my heart each time. But oh my god, the justice being done in this book...that's what I needed. Even though the gore got extra sometimes but boy, did they (the villains) deserved it. First time, I felt the need to get inside a book and choke those people with my bare hands because of all the evil things they've done. I literally flied through these 500 pages, ate this up 🤌
I really enjoyed this series in its entirety but...do you want me to be honest?
That ending-
was not worth it.
I'm sorry 😭😭
I expected MORE. It's like the author just realized she wrote 500 pages and forgot the crux. The ending was so rushed and felt incomplete and idk...i need more.
But otherwise, really recommend this!! Make sure you check the trigger warnings first.
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I just desperately need everyone to be happy in this book 😭😭🙏 Also Chris to die the worst death possible.
🎶Innocent by Taylor Swift🎶
The first book was okay-ish for me but the next two books won me over 😭 These characters have been through so so much and it breaks my heart each time. But oh my god, the justice being done in this book...that's what I needed. Even though the gore got extra sometimes but boy, did they (the villains) deserved it. First time, I felt the need to get inside a book and choke those people with my bare hands because of all the evil things they've done. I literally flied through these 500 pages, ate this up 🤌
I really enjoyed this series in its entirety but...do you want me to be honest?
That ending-
was not worth it.
I'm sorry 😭😭
I expected MORE. It's like the author just realized she wrote 500 pages and forgot the crux. The ending was so rushed and felt incomplete and idk...i need more.
But otherwise, really recommend this!! Make sure you check the trigger warnings first.
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I just desperately need everyone to be happy in this book 😭😭🙏 Also Chris to die the worst death possible.
March 2, 2024
Is it too early to declare that this is my fave series of 2024?? I genuinely don't think anything will top this series for me this year 😭
KADESTACEY own a part of my heart that I will never get back (and I don't want it back). I'm SO FREAKING HAPPY they got their happy ending. They deserve literally every ounce of fucking happiness in the world after what they have been through. THEY ARE MY FUCKING BABIES AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!
Stacey sticking with Kade and being there for him every time he was disassociating 😩just shoot me rn. AND HE WOULD CALM DOWN WITH HER 😭😭
You see my heart? Destroyed on the floor? Yeah Leigh ripped it out of my chest and stomped on it! Someone arrest her!
Kade finally getting away from those fucking freaks and getting back with Stacey and supporting everything and anything she wants. GIVE HIM TO ME!!!!!!
I actually need Leigh to release a novella or something of just pure KadeStacey FLUFF please and thx! ☺️ We have suffered enough queen! I just want like 1000 pages of KadeStacey being parents and living their life happy and in love. WITH LOTS OF TOBIAS OBVIOUSLY!!!!!
Also in my head TobiasAria still fucking. Aint NOT WAY my man ever giving up on her. Ewan can watch like he apparently did in the past. Those three need to get kinky freaky together!
Anyways, got a little off track there but whatever. Just know this book was perfection. This WHOLE TRILOGY is a masterpiece. You are going to fall so in love with all the characters and seeing everything they have to endure and go through is heartbreaking, but seeing them fight for each other and literally SURVIVE for each other just makes me wanna die (in a good way 🤣).
Their flashbacks? 🥹 THEY ARE THE FUCKING CUTEST!!!!!!! The most pure precious babies who just wanna love each other and be happy together forever. GAHHHH I WANNA JUST SQUEEZE THEM 😭
KadeStacey are each others first loves, their last loves, and everything in between. There is not a second that goes by that those two do not love and are not fighting for each other.
PLEASE GO READ THIS TRILOGY GUYS!! FOR ME 😭 If you want a reason to text me? Want a reason to be friends? THIS IS THE MOMENT 😭 We can obsess over them together and it will be amazing!!!!!!
Oh and Leigh?? The last chapter? RUDE. I thought it was peace rainbows and unicorns, but NO you had to twist the knife just a little bit further for some extra fun didn't you??
You will be hearing from my therapist ma'am.
(you won't though cause she told me not to come back, BUT IF I HAD ONE YOU WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR SHIT LIST FOR MAKING ME HAVE A KADESTACEY BREAKDOWN ON THEIR COUCH!!!)
KADESTACEY own a part of my heart that I will never get back (and I don't want it back). I'm SO FREAKING HAPPY they got their happy ending. They deserve literally every ounce of fucking happiness in the world after what they have been through. THEY ARE MY FUCKING BABIES AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!
Stacey sticking with Kade and being there for him every time he was disassociating 😩just shoot me rn. AND HE WOULD CALM DOWN WITH HER 😭😭
You see my heart? Destroyed on the floor? Yeah Leigh ripped it out of my chest and stomped on it! Someone arrest her!
Kade finally getting away from those fucking freaks and getting back with Stacey and supporting everything and anything she wants. GIVE HIM TO ME!!!!!!
I actually need Leigh to release a novella or something of just pure KadeStacey FLUFF please and thx! ☺️ We have suffered enough queen! I just want like 1000 pages of KadeStacey being parents and living their life happy and in love. WITH LOTS OF TOBIAS OBVIOUSLY!!!!!
Also in my head TobiasAria still fucking. Aint NOT WAY my man ever giving up on her. Ewan can watch like he apparently did in the past. Those three need to get kinky freaky together!
Anyways, got a little off track there but whatever. Just know this book was perfection. This WHOLE TRILOGY is a masterpiece. You are going to fall so in love with all the characters and seeing everything they have to endure and go through is heartbreaking, but seeing them fight for each other and literally SURVIVE for each other just makes me wanna die (in a good way 🤣).
Their flashbacks? 🥹 THEY ARE THE FUCKING CUTEST!!!!!!! The most pure precious babies who just wanna love each other and be happy together forever. GAHHHH I WANNA JUST SQUEEZE THEM 😭
KadeStacey are each others first loves, their last loves, and everything in between. There is not a second that goes by that those two do not love and are not fighting for each other.
PLEASE GO READ THIS TRILOGY GUYS!! FOR ME 😭 If you want a reason to text me? Want a reason to be friends? THIS IS THE MOMENT 😭 We can obsess over them together and it will be amazing!!!!!!
Oh and Leigh?? The last chapter? RUDE. I thought it was peace rainbows and unicorns, but NO you had to twist the knife just a little bit further for some extra fun didn't you??
You will be hearing from my therapist ma'am.
(you won't though cause she told me not to come back, BUT IF I HAD ONE YOU WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR SHIT LIST FOR MAKING ME HAVE A KADESTACEY BREAKDOWN ON THEIR COUCH!!!)
October 29, 2024
2.75 ☆
***read this back when it wasn’t published and not a trilogy but one book so this is a review for all 3***
i don’t like happiness or fluff too much so naturally the flashbacks were my least favorite part, most of em bored me. sometimes it got too.. lovey dovey for my taste. but one thing about this trilogy it really delivers on dark 🤌🏽 i ate all the messed up shit, the angst and misery up. smut too ofc. i like kadestacy and their story but it did drag on and on and onnnn… it didn’t have to be this long. (kinda rhymed?)
base and toby <3 my dudes. can we talk about how much of dilf toby is i lowkey wanted toby and stacy to fuck so bad. the ex-bf dad trope potential they had??? HELLOOOOOO????? the chemistry was THERE don’t lie y’all c’mon…
(spoilery territory)
i LOATHED the shit outta that old hag bernadette, her bum ass husband & chris. i was smiling and hyped all thru their horrific torture scenes, it statisfied me. also jason ain’t deserve to die like that man poor dude deserved better
toby cooking up and feeding bernadette her DEAD husband was iconic 😭
***read this back when it wasn’t published and not a trilogy but one book so this is a review for all 3***
i don’t like happiness or fluff too much so naturally the flashbacks were my least favorite part, most of em bored me. sometimes it got too.. lovey dovey for my taste. but one thing about this trilogy it really delivers on dark 🤌🏽 i ate all the messed up shit, the angst and misery up. smut too ofc. i like kadestacy and their story but it did drag on and on and onnnn… it didn’t have to be this long. (kinda rhymed?)
base and toby <3 my dudes. can we talk about how much of dilf toby is i lowkey wanted toby and stacy to fuck so bad. the ex-bf dad trope potential they had??? HELLOOOOOO????? the chemistry was THERE don’t lie y’all c’mon…
(spoilery territory)
i LOATHED the shit outta that old hag bernadette, her bum ass husband & chris. i was smiling and hyped all thru their horrific torture scenes, it statisfied me. also jason ain’t deserve to die like that man poor dude deserved better
toby cooking up and feeding bernadette her DEAD husband was iconic 😭
March 24, 2024
I don’t know how people like this book, or the whole trilogy. I DNF at like chapter 11, and went straight to the epilogue.
THE same thing kept on happening. Stacy crying. Kades
Memories. Sex. Kades thoughts about killing the redhead and of course Chris abusing her.
I think they should all go to an asylum.
None of this would’ve happened if Stacy opened her fucking mouth, or if Kade gave her a chance to explain.
I’m glad they got their happy ending, 20 years later.
Took 3 books to prove that.
THE same thing kept on happening. Stacy crying. Kades
Memories. Sex. Kades thoughts about killing the redhead and of course Chris abusing her.
I think they should all go to an asylum.
None of this would’ve happened if Stacy opened her fucking mouth, or if Kade gave her a chance to explain.
I’m glad they got their happy ending, 20 years later.
Took 3 books to prove that.
March 21, 2025
˙₊➴ ꒰ 4-stars★ ꒱ ꒷⊹࣪˖
After chaos ensues and shadows relentlessly consume Kade’s life, will he have the strength to break free from the suffocating darkness that clutches his soul? As grief and vengeance pull him deeper into despair, will Kade rise to avenge everything he's lost, or will the darkness consume him, leaving nothing but an empty shell?
⊹ ࣪ ˖ੈ Thoughts
Finally finished this heart-shattering series! The number of times Kade and Stacey’s story made me physically take deep breaths and painfully shut my eyes just explains how much both of them went through. When I say this was a dark, heavy, and painful read, I truly mean it with all my heart. (I don't suggest but I beg that you read the trigger and content warnings before reading this one) This book delves deeper into the trauma that both Kade and Stacey have endured, exploring the raw emotions they must confront while still battling the chaos that relentlessly pursues them. It was a long journey of healing and survival, one that pulls you in and doesn’t let go till the very end.
I loved how every character was there for one another and how they fought for the freedom and peace they wanted both Kade and Stacey to have. Specifically, Tobias and Barry! The duo I didn’t expect it to be so iconic. They did everything and were such a power duo! Base also was such a good addition to that bantery duo. The found family aspect of this was a comfort to my heart with how Kade’s family and friends loved Stacey and would go to lengths just to make sure she was safe.
Overall, I believe Restitution offers a slow yet deeply realistic conclusion to the series. This last book may be longer than the previous ones but it allows the story to unfold at a pace that feels true to the characters' emotional journeys. The slow healing and the choices everyone makes lead to a strong and authentic ending. As each chapter reflects on their struggles, and by the end, the story feels complete, giving us the closure that we’ve been praying for.
I’m sad that this trilogy has ended but also glad that Kade and Stacey finally get their ending + our other side characters as well! Excited to witness Tobias and Aira & Base and Luciella’s stories from their own books (hopefully a Kade and Stacey cameo)! For now, I’ll marinate and savor this ending cause this series truly deserved the ending and those cute epilogues!
彡💌 Special mentions to maria & vee! Couldn't have read this series if not for your amazingly done and beautifully made reviews! Tysm to both of u! 😭❤️🔥
╴╴⊹ꮺ˚ ╴ The Edge of Darkness 💀🐍 ╴⊹˚ ╴╴
⟢ insatiable ꒰ 4✩ ꒱
⟢ voracious ꒰ 3.5✩ ꒱
⟢ restitution ꒰ 4✩ ꒱
─ ─ ─ ⟢・⸝⸝ Overall rating ~ 4 stars ☆ .ᐟ ─ ─ ─
˚₊ ⟢┊pre-read 🖇️┊⊹࣪⋆
The final book of The Edge of Darkness Trilogy! I hope my babies get their happiness. If they don’t I might go full Tobias on them💀
I already know that this last book will tear my heart and brain to shreds and I'm ready (hopefully) for the pain cause I'm aware that no amount of painkillers can numb the pain this series has done to me😭
After chaos ensues and shadows relentlessly consume Kade’s life, will he have the strength to break free from the suffocating darkness that clutches his soul? As grief and vengeance pull him deeper into despair, will Kade rise to avenge everything he's lost, or will the darkness consume him, leaving nothing but an empty shell?
⊹ ࣪ ˖ੈ Thoughts
❝ I love you. Every broken part of me has loved you from the moment I met you. ❞
Finally finished this heart-shattering series! The number of times Kade and Stacey’s story made me physically take deep breaths and painfully shut my eyes just explains how much both of them went through. When I say this was a dark, heavy, and painful read, I truly mean it with all my heart. (I don't suggest but I beg that you read the trigger and content warnings before reading this one) This book delves deeper into the trauma that both Kade and Stacey have endured, exploring the raw emotions they must confront while still battling the chaos that relentlessly pursues them. It was a long journey of healing and survival, one that pulls you in and doesn’t let go till the very end.
❝ It was never going to be an easy road. At least now I can do something good for my family. Live your life the way you were supposed to without me, Doctor. ❞ - Tobias
I loved how every character was there for one another and how they fought for the freedom and peace they wanted both Kade and Stacey to have. Specifically, Tobias and Barry! The duo I didn’t expect it to be so iconic. They did everything and were such a power duo! Base also was such a good addition to that bantery duo. The found family aspect of this was a comfort to my heart with how Kade’s family and friends loved Stacey and would go to lengths just to make sure she was safe.
❝ Kade Mitchell and Stacey Rhodes – the fifteen-year-olds who met by the pool twenty years ago – finally get to have their forever. ❞
Overall, I believe Restitution offers a slow yet deeply realistic conclusion to the series. This last book may be longer than the previous ones but it allows the story to unfold at a pace that feels true to the characters' emotional journeys. The slow healing and the choices everyone makes lead to a strong and authentic ending. As each chapter reflects on their struggles, and by the end, the story feels complete, giving us the closure that we’ve been praying for.
❝ Because you’re going to be my wife. You’ve already taken my heart, my body, and my butchered soul, so you’ll take my fucking last name too. ❞
I’m sad that this trilogy has ended but also glad that Kade and Stacey finally get their ending + our other side characters as well! Excited to witness Tobias and Aira & Base and Luciella’s stories from their own books (hopefully a Kade and Stacey cameo)! For now, I’ll marinate and savor this ending cause this series truly deserved the ending and those cute epilogues!
彡💌 Special mentions to maria & vee! Couldn't have read this series if not for your amazingly done and beautifully made reviews! Tysm to both of u! 😭❤️🔥
╴╴⊹ꮺ˚ ╴ The Edge of Darkness 💀🐍 ╴⊹˚ ╴╴
⟢ insatiable ꒰ 4✩ ꒱
⟢ voracious ꒰ 3.5✩ ꒱
⟢ restitution ꒰ 4✩ ꒱
─ ─ ─ ⟢・⸝⸝ Overall rating ~ 4 stars ☆ .ᐟ ─ ─ ─
˚₊ ⟢┊pre-read 🖇️┊⊹࣪⋆
The final book of The Edge of Darkness Trilogy! I hope my babies get their happiness. If they don’t I might go full Tobias on them💀
I already know that this last book will tear my heart and brain to shreds and I'm ready (hopefully) for the pain cause I'm aware that no amount of painkillers can numb the pain this series has done to me😭
October 9, 2024
it’s not often I rate every single book in a series 5 stars, but this was absolutely INCREDIBLE, completely sobbing as I finished this
this is hands down the darkest book I have ever ever read, and honestly I don’t see how it gets worse and if it does I don’t even think I could read it, but the way Leigh rivers tells this story, writes her characters etc develops them, the over arching storyline, the DEPTH & LAYERS to Kade & Stacey’s individual stories & their relationship the whole thing was just complete perfection
I loved the found family between them all, Tobias Mitchell is one of the best characters EVER to be introduced into a series! I loved Base, I’m so excited to read about Base & Luciella and Tobias & Aria when their books come out
I mean the series is complete turmoil and pain but also in the best way? (If you know you know)
I just can’t see myself ever getting over these characters I’ll be thinking about them for a long long time (forever)
And also the spice was completely insane I have to say lol😮💨
Be aware of triggers this is an extremely heavy read but so worth it if you can read it
this is hands down the darkest book I have ever ever read, and honestly I don’t see how it gets worse and if it does I don’t even think I could read it, but the way Leigh rivers tells this story, writes her characters etc develops them, the over arching storyline, the DEPTH & LAYERS to Kade & Stacey’s individual stories & their relationship the whole thing was just complete perfection
I loved the found family between them all, Tobias Mitchell is one of the best characters EVER to be introduced into a series! I loved Base, I’m so excited to read about Base & Luciella and Tobias & Aria when their books come out
I mean the series is complete turmoil and pain but also in the best way? (If you know you know)
I just can’t see myself ever getting over these characters I’ll be thinking about them for a long long time (forever)
And also the spice was completely insane I have to say lol😮💨
Be aware of triggers this is an extremely heavy read but so worth it if you can read it
September 23, 2024
“Kade Mitchell and Stacey Rhodes – the fifteen-year-olds who met by the pool twenty years ago – finally get to have their forever.”
Of course it’s another 5 ⭐️ read, this series put me through the wringer, the highs and lows, this series pulled me in from the get go and not once ever let me go..
This one went darker than the two previous books, and even upped the ante on the emotional scale.
This series will definitely not be the last I read by this author..
Of course it’s another 5 ⭐️ read, this series put me through the wringer, the highs and lows, this series pulled me in from the get go and not once ever let me go..
This one went darker than the two previous books, and even upped the ante on the emotional scale.
This series will definitely not be the last I read by this author..
November 20, 2024
4 ★
“Moya vechnost.”
*⁀➷
main thoughts:
Whew this book was a lot to process😭 the beginning was so painful and downright torturous to read because I felt too much when it came to these characters and their happiness. This book was pretty heartbreaking, but honestly I was expecting a lot worse I really thought that one of them wasn't going to make it out alive and I was so scared🫣 thankfully it was still a rough book but we got our peace and happiness that was deserved.
I do have a couple little critiques, mostly I think this book should have just been shorter cause it did get a bit repetitive and around the 60% mark I felt like not much was happening, but thankfully some action does pick up a bit you kinda just have to be patient and wait. I do like how everything progressed and picked up after the last book because it was exciting and kept me on my toes.
Honestly I’m just relieved that my babes got their happy ending there was a lot of torture and heartbreak and craziness but at least they found love and happiness at the end and same with everyone else. I was so happy when the bitches aka bernadette, chris and archie ALL died and were tortured like they deserved.
*⁀➷
Also like the rest of the books in this series please look up tws cause this book was the craziest out of all of them and some scenes were a bit much and cringed me out a little, but I still really enjoyed this series and these people🤭 could it have been better at times? Yes but it was still a fun time you just have to give it a chance
extra:
I believe base and luciella will be having their own book, but I have no idea how I feel about them exactly so I might read but I’m not sure cause they seem even messier than kade and stacey😭
pre review:
I need time to process rtc <3
pre read:
yeah I’m not sure if I’m ready for the emotional damage that’s coming I just know it😭🤧 wish me luck!!
“Moya vechnost.”
*⁀➷
main thoughts:
Whew this book was a lot to process😭 the beginning was so painful and downright torturous to read because I felt too much when it came to these characters and their happiness. This book was pretty heartbreaking, but honestly I was expecting a lot worse I really thought that one of them wasn't going to make it out alive and I was so scared🫣 thankfully it was still a rough book but we got our peace and happiness that was deserved.
I do have a couple little critiques, mostly I think this book should have just been shorter cause it did get a bit repetitive and around the 60% mark I felt like not much was happening, but thankfully some action does pick up a bit you kinda just have to be patient and wait. I do like how everything progressed and picked up after the last book because it was exciting and kept me on my toes.
Honestly I’m just relieved that my babes got their happy ending there was a lot of torture and heartbreak and craziness but at least they found love and happiness at the end and same with everyone else. I was so happy when the bitches aka bernadette, chris and archie ALL died and were tortured like they deserved.
*⁀➷
Also like the rest of the books in this series please look up tws cause this book was the craziest out of all of them and some scenes were a bit much and cringed me out a little, but I still really enjoyed this series and these people🤭 could it have been better at times? Yes but it was still a fun time you just have to give it a chance
extra:
I believe base and luciella will be having their own book, but I have no idea how I feel about them exactly so I might read but I’m not sure cause they seem even messier than kade and stacey😭
pre review:
I need time to process rtc <3
pre read:
yeah I’m not sure if I’m ready for the emotional damage that’s coming I just know it😭🤧 wish me luck!!
November 23, 2025
Being loved by Stacey Rhodes is a dream.
Why does my dream need to be a nightmare?
One line sums up this entire trilogy for me:
“I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
This series wasn’t an emotional roller coaster — no, scrap that —it was a rollercoaster that only went downhill. No ups, no breathers, just pain after pain, torment after torment, heartbreak after heartbreak. And somehow, through all of it, I felt completely connected to Stacey and Kade. The side characters made it even better; they added so much depth that I found myself loving every single one of them.
And then there’s Sebastian — the much-needed friend who brought light into some seriously dark moments. His sarcastic one-liners, that wild loyalty, the way he balanced the chaos… every scene with him genuinely made me giggle.
Base smiles at him. “I’m not going to let you get to me. I just survived Tobes for weeks; you can’t scare me. Not even Baz here can scare me. I’m a survivor of Tobias Mitchell, and I deserve a fucking medal.”🤪
Speaking of Tobias… let’s not forget Daddy Tobias. Oh. My. God. I cannot wait to read Psychotic Obsession’s and dive more into “A man full of regret for his past mistakes, loving the woman he can never have.” The love he has for his family, the twisted devotion, the way he feels everything too deeply—it hooks you whether you want it to or not. I also appreciate his relationship with Stacey, who he called “Little One”! He became the father she never had!
“The world really has no idea who you are. You are a little bit nutty, but you care a lot about your family. You taught yourself to love – in your own way, yes – but that alone goes against everyone’s opinion of you. You aren’t heartless, Tobias. Who cares what the world thinks?” He grimaces; he hates compliments and softness. “Shut up or I’ll take you back.” I giggle. “I missed you.”
And then this scene! 😁😆😇
“I’ll leave your hearing, so I can tell you when I win her back, so you can hear her moaning my fucking name. When I marry her. When she births my fucking children. And guess what? I’ll have all of that. You won’t. Because Stacey Rhodes has been mine since the day I fucking met her.”
My final thoughts.
This trilogy tore me apart, put me back together, and then ripped me open all over again — and I loved every minute of it.
Why does my dream need to be a nightmare?
One line sums up this entire trilogy for me:
“I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”
This series wasn’t an emotional roller coaster — no, scrap that —it was a rollercoaster that only went downhill. No ups, no breathers, just pain after pain, torment after torment, heartbreak after heartbreak. And somehow, through all of it, I felt completely connected to Stacey and Kade. The side characters made it even better; they added so much depth that I found myself loving every single one of them.
And then there’s Sebastian — the much-needed friend who brought light into some seriously dark moments. His sarcastic one-liners, that wild loyalty, the way he balanced the chaos… every scene with him genuinely made me giggle.
Base smiles at him. “I’m not going to let you get to me. I just survived Tobes for weeks; you can’t scare me. Not even Baz here can scare me. I’m a survivor of Tobias Mitchell, and I deserve a fucking medal.”🤪
Speaking of Tobias… let’s not forget Daddy Tobias. Oh. My. God. I cannot wait to read Psychotic Obsession’s and dive more into “A man full of regret for his past mistakes, loving the woman he can never have.” The love he has for his family, the twisted devotion, the way he feels everything too deeply—it hooks you whether you want it to or not. I also appreciate his relationship with Stacey, who he called “Little One”! He became the father she never had!
“The world really has no idea who you are. You are a little bit nutty, but you care a lot about your family. You taught yourself to love – in your own way, yes – but that alone goes against everyone’s opinion of you. You aren’t heartless, Tobias. Who cares what the world thinks?” He grimaces; he hates compliments and softness. “Shut up or I’ll take you back.” I giggle. “I missed you.”
And then this scene! 😁😆😇
“I’ll leave your hearing, so I can tell you when I win her back, so you can hear her moaning my fucking name. When I marry her. When she births my fucking children. And guess what? I’ll have all of that. You won’t. Because Stacey Rhodes has been mine since the day I fucking met her.”
My final thoughts.
This trilogy tore me apart, put me back together, and then ripped me open all over again — and I loved every minute of it.
April 1, 2025
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ5★ᯓ
──── ⋅•❦•⋅ ────
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ「 ❝ 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚? ❞
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ❝ 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. ❞ 」
I don’t even know how to start this review because, honestly, I’m still trying to recover. This entire trilogy destroyed my soul in the best way possible. I’ve seen people say this trilogy will put you in a reading slump, and I 100% agree. I’m there. I need at least 20 books of pure fluff just to recover from the emotional damage.
Yes, we got a happy ending, but oh my god, was it painful to get there. And even when we finally reached it, it still didn’t feel like enough. This book doesn’t just hurt—it lingers. Every page was a gut punch. Every chapter made me question if I even wanted to keep reading, and yet I had to.
─────── .✦
𒌐𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚
ㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅?❞
Kade is the kind of broken that makes you want to crawl into the pages just to hug him, even though you know he'd probably stab you for trying. We’ve seen glimpses of his trauma before, but THIS book? This book cracked him wide open, and it was brutal. His mental state was already shattered, but here? We got to see just how deep the damage goes. The way this man loves Stacey - like it's the only thing keeping him alive, like every scar on his soul exists because of her - it's not romance, it's obsession, it's survival.
ㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔��� 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. ❞
ㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.❞
Chapter 31? Insane!
That livestream scene. No spoilers, but oh my god.
𒌐𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙮
Let’s talk about Stacey. No, actually—let’s 𝘉𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 to Stacey. Because this woman? She’s not just strong—she’s 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭.
Imagine going through hell—𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭—and instead of crumbling, you stand up, dust yourself off, and 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 . Not just for yourself, but for the broken, beautiful disaster of a man you love.
The way she holds Kade together while barely holding 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 together???
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ❞
Stacey Rhodes isn't just a character - she's that girl. The blueprint. The kind of woman who makes you want to be better just by existing. And honestly? If I can channel even 10% of her energy in my daily life, I'm winning.
𒌐𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚
ㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒍. ❞
Istg this man could be in the middle of the most traumatic moment and still crack a joke, and that's exactly why I love him so much, lol.
Base and Kade's friendship? 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘧’𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. That "𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑒, 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑒" moment wasn't just loyalty - it was two shattered souls choosing each other against all odds.
𒌐𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴.
This man is a problem—a terrifying, beautiful, completely unhinged problem. The way he says “𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢” to Stacey while she sobs into his chest? UNFAIR. He is a walking red flag, but he’s OUR red flag, and I am bracing myself for his book to ruin me.
─────── .✦
Now, let’s talk about the villains.
Restitution did not hold back when it came to serving justice, and honestly? I was so satisfied. There were a lot of villains in this book, but Chris and Bernadette? Oh, they got what they deserved. I won’t spoil anything, but let’s just say their endings were deliciously brutal.
That being said, I wouldn’t have minded 20 extra chapters of them suffering—just a little bonus round of pain, you know? Because, let’s be real, they deserved way worse. Chris especially. He is the reason for so much of the suffering in this series. And yes, Bernadette is an absolutely vile human being, but if it weren’t for CHRIS? Well, things might have been different. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.
At the end of the day, though? I’m still satisfied. The way their stories wrapped up was chef’s kiss, even if I wouldn’t have minded watching them beg for mercy a little longer.
─────── .✦
༊·˚𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 – 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
Honestly, I could go on forever, but just know this—this book hurts. This trilogy hurts. And yet, it’s one of the most gripping, emotionally wrecking stories I’ve ever read. I’ll never be the same.𖹭ᯓ
──── ⋅•❦•⋅ ────
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ「 ❝ 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚? ❞
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ❝ 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. ❞ 」
I don’t even know how to start this review because, honestly, I’m still trying to recover. This entire trilogy destroyed my soul in the best way possible. I’ve seen people say this trilogy will put you in a reading slump, and I 100% agree. I’m there. I need at least 20 books of pure fluff just to recover from the emotional damage.
Yes, we got a happy ending, but oh my god, was it painful to get there. And even when we finally reached it, it still didn’t feel like enough. This book doesn’t just hurt—it lingers. Every page was a gut punch. Every chapter made me question if I even wanted to keep reading, and yet I had to.
─────── .✦
𒌐𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚
ㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅?❞
Kade is the kind of broken that makes you want to crawl into the pages just to hug him, even though you know he'd probably stab you for trying. We’ve seen glimpses of his trauma before, but THIS book? This book cracked him wide open, and it was brutal. His mental state was already shattered, but here? We got to see just how deep the damage goes. The way this man loves Stacey - like it's the only thing keeping him alive, like every scar on his soul exists because of her - it's not romance, it's obsession, it's survival.
ㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔��� 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. ❞
ㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.❞
Chapter 31? Insane!
That livestream scene. No spoilers, but oh my god.
𒌐𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙮
Let’s talk about Stacey. No, actually—let’s 𝘉𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 to Stacey. Because this woman? She’s not just strong—she’s 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭.
Imagine going through hell—𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭—and instead of crumbling, you stand up, dust yourself off, and 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 . Not just for yourself, but for the broken, beautiful disaster of a man you love.
The way she holds Kade together while barely holding 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 together???
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ❞
Stacey Rhodes isn't just a character - she's that girl. The blueprint. The kind of woman who makes you want to be better just by existing. And honestly? If I can channel even 10% of her energy in my daily life, I'm winning.
𒌐𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚
ㅤㅤㅤᝰ.ᐟ ❝ 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒍. ❞
Istg this man could be in the middle of the most traumatic moment and still crack a joke, and that's exactly why I love him so much, lol.
Base and Kade's friendship? 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘧’𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. That "𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑒, 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑒" moment wasn't just loyalty - it was two shattered souls choosing each other against all odds.
𒌐𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴.
This man is a problem—a terrifying, beautiful, completely unhinged problem. The way he says “𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢” to Stacey while she sobs into his chest? UNFAIR. He is a walking red flag, but he’s OUR red flag, and I am bracing myself for his book to ruin me.
─────── .✦
Now, let’s talk about the villains.
Restitution did not hold back when it came to serving justice, and honestly? I was so satisfied. There were a lot of villains in this book, but Chris and Bernadette? Oh, they got what they deserved. I won’t spoil anything, but let’s just say their endings were deliciously brutal.
That being said, I wouldn’t have minded 20 extra chapters of them suffering—just a little bonus round of pain, you know? Because, let’s be real, they deserved way worse. Chris especially. He is the reason for so much of the suffering in this series. And yes, Bernadette is an absolutely vile human being, but if it weren’t for CHRIS? Well, things might have been different. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.
At the end of the day, though? I’m still satisfied. The way their stories wrapped up was chef’s kiss, even if I wouldn’t have minded watching them beg for mercy a little longer.
─────── .✦
༊·˚𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 – 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
Honestly, I could go on forever, but just know this—this book hurts. This trilogy hurts. And yet, it’s one of the most gripping, emotionally wrecking stories I’ve ever read. I’ll never be the same.𖹭ᯓ
September 21, 2025
These might actually be the worst three books to have ever been published.
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