MISERY LOVES COMPANYPete has been missing for two weeks, and Kinn, Porsche, and the rest of the Major Clan are left to assume the worst--if Pete's mission spying on the Minor Clan has gone south, he's as good as dead. The Minor Clan never take prisoners, and their cruel oldest son Vegas is especially ruthless. Little do they know Pete is still alive, chained up at Vegas's mercy. He doesn't feel like he's been spared a worse fate, He'd take death over being forced to warm Vegas's bed. Or at least, that's how he feels at first. As he comes to understand Vegas better, and catches glimpses of his captor's softer side, Pete finds himself contending with unexpected feelings. But it's impossible for him to forgive a man who keeps him imprisoned and viciously abuses him...right?
Most of the book is told from Pete's pov with some from Vegas, Porsche and Kinn. Please bear in mind that Pete is being held against his will, so there is non con, dub con, violence etc, which may be triggering.
After some time of being terrified he's about to die, Pete softens towards his captor, helped with Vegas being more accommodating towards Pete's needs. It's not all sweetness and light, but I can see why Pete has mixed up feelings towards Vegas.
I will say that the highlight was the mix up over the body that is found. The major clan go all out throwing a funeral for "Pete" and the grief they shared was palpable. When Pete returned though... utterly hilarious. He's so loved!
I'm listening to all of these and hope for vol 5 in audio soon because they are so addictive.
If you read my other reviews, you are probably thinking, 'Why is she still reading this series?' Honestly beats me lol. Well, I guess in this one the plot was a bit more intriguing, and as you can see, I gave 4 stars – you know why? because these young adults (children really) who are playing macho mafia dress-up finally talked to each other... And it did not kill them.
We finally had some emotions in the mix ...appreciate that and please keep it up.
By far the darkest book yet in the series. Do not read if you are triggered by SA. The relationship is portrayed softer in the TV series... you've been warned. And yes.. I will be reading book 5
The way the feelings are conveyed by the characters in this story is beyond any “romance” I have ever read. The way Pete realized what he felt for Vegas as he knew what kind of person he was felt so close to home. This has to be the best book in the series. I would have liked it if the cover was Vegas and Pete due to the book being about them. This book changed me and I love it for it. Praise KINNPORSCHE
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I liked this volume but was a little annoyed I wanted more Porsche and Kinn since they are officially boyfriends now and Porsche is my favorite character. But there are more plots and twists that keep happening so it should be interesting on how it plays out and what the secret is.
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I was scard to read this one after realizing thta it was about Vegaspete. Any other book with MC raping their love interests and it would be DNF so quickly. This book was so messed up but I enjoyed it, maybe because I have seen the show.
I loved how much light Pete gave to Vegas’ life. Vegas has been abused his whole life and compared to his cousin. Pete was able to make him feel alive again. Pete never expected anything from Vegas (except he wanted his own freedom of course) and never set a bar for Vegas to reach. Vegas was just Vegas to him. Pete understood Vegas and knew how to deal with him.
Vegas liked himself when he was with Pete, it was as if life had meaning again and no one besides Pete had ever tried to cheer Vegas up. Vegas liked Pete the way he was. He was childish, and other times, he was incredibly mature.
Vegas did so many bad things to Pete and the misunderstanding made Pete finally leave him. Vegas deserved it after everything but after reading his POV I also felt sorry for him. Vegas loved Pete and would rather have Pete hurt him anyway he wanted as long as he came back to him. He just wanted Pete to forgive his foolishness and the wicked things he had done.
Vegas only had Pete in his heart and in the end he couldn’t bear to destroy Pete’s smile or his happiness. Not anymore. Pete’s the only one he loved from the bottom of his heart.
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I just want to say that this was a difficult, yet compelling volume to read. Still, there was a moment at the end when Khun is sending offerings up that had me laughing out loud. It is so ridiculous. Oh my lord.
There are two chapters about the main story Kinn and Porsche. This whole volume is a side story of Vegas and Pete. It's a chilling tale that you can't look away from. There is a little bit of Stockholm syndrome going on here. It's a brutal volume and told well. We see how emotions are so interesting and how powerful the call of freedom is. Here, we can hear the call of "FREEEDOOOMmmm" ringing out of William Wallaces mouth over space and time.
The story shouldn't be as enjoyable as it is. It's some dark stuff, really.
There are two chapters with Kinn and Porsche and I have to say that I'm so tired of Prosche. I mean, the way he goes straight to rage, it's so chaotic and annoying to me now. Chill out already. It's exhausting. He was grating me nerves here.
I look forward to the next volume. I have no idea where the story is heading in the future. Who knows what's going on. There is an ending, right? Will it go on forever. I'm about done with this world and I want and ending.
This book should be titled "KinnPorsche 4: Stockholm Syndrome". The quality of the writing in this book felt extra bad. Like a first draft posted on Wattpad and was edited with eyes closed. So much repetition, childish behavior, overdramatic prolonged scenes, and the fact that there is zero chemistry between any of the characters. Seriously like, does anybody even like their man? Seriously coulda fooled me. And all the logic and conversations about being a top and a bottom just made my brain cells commit sewer slide because that sh*t was so cringe and childish it wasn't even funny no matter how hard it tried to be. Maybe I just don't the humor of f'd up Thai men in their 20s? Maybe I'm the problem? HA. Anyways. It's a miracle they made the show likable because otherwise I would not have made it this far, especially with the poor audiobook narration too.
Am I going to keep reading/listening to the rest of the books until this story is over? Yes. Yes I will. It is a very good exercise for pain and cringe tolerance/endurance, as well as a great guide for how to write a terrible story and terrible characters with no chemistry, or just...how to not write a book lol.
I'm so sorry if this is all so mean but whew! This book was really just....gaahhhh
Toxic Yaoi is so delicious when you don't have a loser in your ear telling you it's nasty or that violence and rape is bad! I KNOW it is in real life but this is fiction and I like it in my fiction! Also rape in fiction will never be about the rape, it will always have a deeper meaning. Which can then be analyzed.
Both Vegas and Pete are in the MAFIA. They will NOT have a uber healthy loving relationship. Pete has 100% killed, beaten and kidnapped other characters in this world. He is not innocent and he does NoT need saving from Vegas because he loves Vegas and Vegas loves him.
ALLL the trigger warnings on this one. I enjoyed this one, but I needed to take several breaks to process what was on the pages. One star lost for a slur that could have been translated differently. Since I cannot read Thai, I don’t know if it’s just a bad translation choice or actually part of the original story.
It continues the previous three volumes well. This one is primarily Vegas and Pete’s story, which is why I would describe it as nuclear level toxic. IYKYK
Just when I thought I couldn’t love KinnPorsche more, they give me PeteVegas 🥹 I was mad, sad, crying, happy, laughing, and yearning all through this book! It had me in chains (haha) from beginning to end, and I can’t wait to read volume 5. This series has been so easy to read and given me everything I wanted: drama, humor, romance, rage, sorrow, everything!
One star because romanticization of abuse. However, I cannot slate that I am not very interested in seeing the progression of this relationship, so two stars from the heart. But also one start, because romanticization of abuse.