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๐™ผ๐šข ๐šœ๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š–๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š™๐šŽ๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š” ๐š๐šž๐š—๐š—๐šŽ๐š•.
๐™ท๐šŽ๐š› ๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š• ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š•๐š˜๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š, ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š—๐š˜๐š›๐š–๐šŠ๐š•.
๐™ฑ๐šž๐š ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š”๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ.

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š• ๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š, ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š’๐š ๐™ธ ๐š‹๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š›๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐šŽ๐šข๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›.

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 20, 2025

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Profile Image for Naomi.
60 reviews2 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
I was beyond excited when I was chosen to arc read flowers in the wind.
This book was written so well, yes it was hard to read at times but it is a story that is rarely told but needed to be.
C.J Riggs writes revenge so beautifully that every time the FMC got her revenge I was like YES!!!
Check your triggers before reading as this is a heavy emotional read.
This book takes a spot in my top 10 of 2025!!
Profile Image for Eunice Hayward.
158 reviews4 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
Darlings of Darkness

Oh, honey, where do I even start? CJ Riggs has done it again, delivering a book that doesnโ€™t just titillate the senses, it grabs you by the collar, smirks, and says, โ€œBuckle up, babe.โ€ If youโ€™ve read her debut, No, For An Answer (and if you havenโ€™t, what are you even doing with your life?), you know youโ€™re in for a ride thatโ€™s equal parts emotional chaos and literary brilliance.

First things first! TRIGGER WARNINGS. Yes, sweetie, theyโ€™re there for a reason. Check them before they check you.

Now, letโ€™s talk about Lani. This girl is an entire vibe. Sapphic queen with ice in her veins and a spine forged from pure steel, Lani doesnโ€™t do emotions, she does actions. Her connection to her twin isnโ€™t about gushy feelings; itโ€™s an unbreakable bond thatโ€™s colder than logic and sharper than a blade. And when someone dares to mess with her sunflower? Oh, darling, you better duck, because Lani doesnโ€™t simmerโ€”she erupts, and the fallout is catastrophic.

But waitโ€ฆ. what happens to Laniโ€™s family? Her lover? The poor souls who dare cross her path? Thatโ€™s for you to discover, my curious little chaos gremlin. All Iโ€™ll say is, CJ Riggs didnโ€™t come to play; she came to shatter hearts and twist minds.

If youโ€™re in the mood for a book that will have you crying, gasping, and questioning your sanity, Flowers In The Wind is your next read. The twists alone will leave you in a state of glorious whiplash.

Yours in literary madness,
E
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279 reviews11 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 17, 2025
Wow. Truly. I went into this fairly blind as to what the story was about and once I started, I couldnโ€™t put it down.

This is pitch black erotic horror. Not a love story. Not a HEA. A dark, intricately woven story thatโ€™s brutal, sad, haunting and is written in a way that is both sensitive to the reader but doesnโ€™t sugarcoat how brutal the story isโ€ฆ.and how it can easily translate to real life.

Lani, since childhood is fiercely protective of her sister Kiah. Her love for her sister is the only thing she feels is โ€œnormalโ€ about herself as she doesnโ€™t feel things the way other people do. Not her parents, not her sister, but how she cares for Kiah is the closest sheโ€™s ever been to a feeling of love.

Then everything changes. It takes a new circle of friends for Kiah. One argumentโ€ฆ.and then sheโ€™s justโ€ฆ.gone. Sheโ€™s missing and what follows is harrowing.

Its revenge, blood spilled, gory, satisfying and a sister who truly would go to the ends of the earth to protect the one person who always accepted her just as she isโ€ฆ

You need to read this book for yourself. Thereโ€™s one huge twist I did not even slightly guess was comingโ€ฆ.and it was fantastic. Be warned, it deals with dark issues, gore and monsters that donโ€™t just hide in the shadows, but are in plain sightโ€ฆ

100% recommend.
Profile Image for Sam Oneill.
292 reviews20 followers
December 22, 2025
ALWAYS check your trigger warnings!

This is a beautifully written pitch black erotic horror, one that is hauntingly sad, brutal and tear jerking.

This story follows Lani who is protective over her sister, the light in her dark tunnel, after being so close to her sister, all it took was for one argument to change everything, Lani's whole world changed, the darkness took over and she was on the hunt for revenge...

The way this author has brought this storyline and the characters in it was amazingly done!

This novel caught me hookline and sinker and I absolutely ate this book up!

This novel was raw and held every emotion possible, you felt every emotion in it, the talet that went into this storyline is amazing!

This isn't the first novel by this author I have read and I can hands down say it will not be the last of her novels!

This is one of my favourite reads of 2025!!

The twists and turns in this storyline was very creative and written amazingly well. There twist at the end I was not expecting! It left me wanting and needing more!

The spice, the g0re, the love Lani had for her sister, I am here for!!

I highly recommend this author and her work, as always please read your triggers before reading this novel!

I can't wait to see what else this author has in store for us next!
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74 reviews5 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
This was a 6โญ๏ธ read for me!!

I went into this knowing that I was about to experience trauma, pain, revenge and griefโ€ฆ given the TWs I knew it was going to be an emotional rollercoaster. And by god did Riggs deliver!

This is something very different to her usual stuff, itโ€™s focused on the emotions and suffering rather than smut. When I tell you this book altered my brain chemistry, Iโ€™m not joking.

Iโ€™m not spoiling anything, but all I can say is that I adored following Laniโ€™s story. Being able to learn who she is alongside her with each chapter was such a beautiful way of getting to know her and what she went through.

This is soo beautifully written, I sobbed reading this but Iโ€™d do it all again just to experience such an amazing book! It truly broken my heart and as someone who has such a vivid imagination, I felt every word.

I know Riggs poured her heart and soul into every word written in this book, and you can tell. Sheโ€™s written this with every fibre of herself and for that I am immensely proud that I have been able to experience this.

This is a book that I would recommend everyone to read.
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22 reviews2 followers
December 22, 2025
Well of course I expected this new release to be absolutely amazing and out of this world because i expect nothing less from this incredible author! This book deserves way more than 5 stars and this has become my top favourite read of riggs to date.
Riggs has beautifully written this book its tragic emotional devastating gory deliciously deliciously spicy with every emotion complimenting the other. Being able to write about a subject as heavy as this and create a beautiful masterpiece is raw talent. Riggs should be so very proud of herself for creating this book and taking us into a space where where you feel fully connected with this fmc and the trauma she faces and the journey she embark on for justice. I will never ever forget this book it will stay with me forever.
I absolutely devoured it and most definitely will reread it again. Riggs carry on doing what you doing girl! Still remains an instant read and buy author for me.
Now don't waste any more time and get stuck into this incredible read!!
Gemz booktok x
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346 reviews3 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 21, 2025
UTTER PERFECTION!! If C.j writes it, Iโ€™m gonna read it. I knew from the very first chapter that this was going to be some of her best work, it blew me away. The storyline was so easy to follow and the characters were so easy to connect to and picture. The plot twist was absolutely diabolical, another reason why I love her writing so much. I NEVER guess the plot twists & this was no different. Lani, our fmc took revenge in her own hands for her sister and it was such a wild ride. You could feel all the emotions she was feeling and the rage she had for those people.

If you enjoy horror & gore, an fmc on a revenge spree & a plot twist you never saw coming, run to KU on the 20th & read this work of art.

โ€œ๐™‰๐™ค๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช, ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉโ€ฆ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™!โ€

๐•‹๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ก๐•–๐•ค & ๐•‹๐•ฃ๐•š๐•˜๐•˜๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค:
๐ŸŒป Sapphic Horror Erotica
๐Ÿ–ค Pitch Black
๐Ÿ’€ Serial Unaliver
๐Ÿฉธ Heavy Gore & Murder
๐Ÿฆท Teeth & Finger Removal
๐ŸŒช๏ธ Plot Twists
โœ๐Ÿป Revenge
โ›ช๏ธ Bible Scripture
๐Ÿซ™ Lye
๐ŸŽญ Skin Mask

You can find the Full list of trigger warnings in the book.

๐™ดฬท๐šŸฬท๐šŽฬท๐š—ฬท ๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐šžฬท๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท ๐™ธฬทโ€™๐š–ฬท ๐šฬท๐š›ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š ฬท๐š—ฬท ๐šŽฬท๐š—ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐šžฬท๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท ๐šฬท๐š˜ฬท ๐š”ฬท๐š—ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š ฬท ๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐šŽฬท๐š’ฬท๐š›ฬท ๐š ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š›ฬท๐šฬท๐šœฬท ๐š ฬท๐šŽฬท๐š›ฬท๐šŽฬท ๐šฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š›ฬท ๐šŒฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š–ฬท๐šฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š›ฬท๐šฬทโ€”๐šฬท๐š˜ฬท ๐šœฬท๐š‘ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š ฬท ๐š–ฬท๐šŽฬท ๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐šŽฬท๐šขฬท ๐š•ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐šŸฬท๐šŽฬท ๐š–ฬท๐šŽฬทโ€”๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐šŠฬท๐šฬท ๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐šŽฬท๐š›ฬท๐šŽฬท ๐š‘ฬท๐šŠฬท๐šœฬท ๐š‹ฬท๐šŽฬท๐šŽฬท๐š—ฬท, ๐šŠฬท๐š—ฬท๐šฬท ๐šŠฬท๐š•ฬท๐š ฬท๐šŠฬท๐šขฬท๐šœฬท ๐š ฬท๐š’ฬท๐š•ฬท๐š•ฬท ๐š‹ฬท๐šŽฬท, ๐šœฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š–ฬท๐šŽฬท๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท๐š’ฬท๐š—ฬท๐šฬท ๐š ฬท๐š›ฬท๐š˜ฬท๐š—ฬท๐šฬท ๐š ฬท๐š’ฬท๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท ๐™ปฬท๐šŽฬท๐š’ฬท๐š•ฬท๐šŠฬท๐š—ฬท๐š’ฬท ๐š‚ฬท๐š–ฬท๐š’ฬท๐šฬท๐š‘ฬท.
Profile Image for Charlotte.
13 reviews
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
5โญ๏ธ review
Prepare yourselfโ€ฆ No spoilers!!!!
I donโ€™t want to go into too much detail, but believe me when I say this was an emotional rollercoaster but one I didnโ€™t want to get off. I needed to know more.
I full on fell in love with Lani and her story! You can tell how much time and effort has gone into this from the little details! This deserves a whole lot more than five stars. I have never felt such raw emotion through someoneโ€™s writing before.
Just a heads up, this isnโ€™t like anything that CJ Riggs has written before this isnโ€™t some smut fuelled novel, this is a hell of a lot deeper!
With all due respect please check your trigger warnings before reading this!
That put aside I truly do believe this is by far one of the best books I have ever read! And I will brag about this book to anyone that will listen!
Profile Image for Letty Howarth.
148 reviews7 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
Holy moly guacamole!
This was amazing!
I cried, I laughed, I felt a wee bit nauseated everything you want from a horror.
Phenomenal!
Lani may be different, but the love she has for her sister is amazing, itโ€™s how siblings should be! My heart hurt for them both!
You should 100% read this, check your triggers & get your tissues!

A silence in my soul I'm unable to get rid of, for the tirst time in twenty-one years on this Earth...I can't feel my sister anymore.
๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Thank you Riggs for the ARC Iโ€™m so glad I signed up because this is a book that will stay with me! ๐Ÿ’–
Profile Image for Erica Cassidy.
36 reviews3 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
Arc Review
Flowers In The Wind

My girl CJ has done it again, I'm actually struggling to put into words how I feel.

This story is dark, twisted, gory and is mental health heavy but when you peel back those layers it's a story of love, heartbreak and a fight for justice.

I loved the twist CJ put on our normal villain and the spice in this book was ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ

The story was quite eye opening for me, I don't want to give any spoilers but to hear a father tell his young daughter to 'get used to and prepare for racism because it's gonna happen for the rest of their lives' broke my heart

100% recommend this book

Another amazing book from CJ
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63 reviews
December 21, 2025
To start I don't even know where to begin!

This book is a masterpiece, I was hooked from the beginning.

You can see Lani's and Kia's story while they are growing, and all their life events, you get invested to the point you can't stop!

I don't want to spoil this for any reader, I went blind knowing only it was a horror story, it is disturbing and gory at times, the spice is top level๐Ÿ”ฅ, the plot twists had my jaw on the floor to the point I was texting CJ Riggs ๐Ÿคฃ

Please check your Trigger Warnings because it's extremely dark.

if you like this vibes run to this book, I honestly wish I could read this book again for the first time, I loved it so so much!

infinite starsโญ๏ธ
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19 reviews
December 18, 2025
First of all in honoured to receive this book as an Arc so thank you โ€ฆ..

I devoured this book in a day I couldnโ€™t put it down it was an emotional rollercoaster itโ€™s spicy dark gory and the way it covers mental heath was amazing it covers the twins kiah and lani at first itโ€™s revenge itโ€™s love itโ€™s pain I got so invested in Laniโ€™s story and you canโ€™t help but cheer her on Riggs has done it again she is the most talented writers there is 5 star read for one of the best books Iโ€™ve read this year I would recommend to everyone who s enjoys the genre.
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197 reviews4 followers
December 21, 2025
First of all, a massive thank you to CJ Riggs for the arc of Flowers In The Wind - youโ€™re the best!โœจ

I absolutely devoured this, it was so gripping and entertaining because of the sweet revenge we got to read about and see Lani let herself be exactly who she is.

I was not expecting the lil plot twist/ending at all which made the book even more entertaining!!

The plot, the spice and the gore were just unmatched as usual as CJ Riggs writes some of the best erotic horror books ever!

This is a pitch black erotic horror, so check your triggers!!!
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345 reviews10 followers
December 21, 2025
Can I give this book a 10 star rating!!?

Woow..one thing I want to say about this author is her writing will have you as a reader feel like youre inside the book and being that character youre reading about! I hope that makes sense!! This book is full of tragic betrayal and revenge!! I loved every page! My heart hurts for Lani and each step of the way in her journey to get revenge for her sister..each one had me smiling and cheering her on!! Yall need to read all of c.j. riggs books! They are amazingly dark..deep and youll never forget them!
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304 reviews2 followers
December 28, 2025
This book had me in a complete chokehold, I loved every bit of it. Without giving anything away, the story centers on twin sisters who are polar opposites. It follows their lives from childhood all the way through college, and let me tell you, it is not a smooth ride.

This is a heavy story, so please check trigger warnings. That said, it is such a compelling read. The plot is so gripping you wonโ€™t be able to put it down, and the ending is so, so satisfying. Ad this to TBR. !00% recommend.
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209 reviews6 followers
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 16, 2025
arc review:

This book was EMOTIONAL and a half. A pitch dark erotic horror where the fmc gets her well deserved revenge. I could tell the author went to great lengths to do her research for this book and it wad greatly executed.
This book is in the darker category and it is not for the faint of heart, so PLEASE do not take the trigger warnings lightly and prioritize your mental health.
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22 reviews
Review of advance copy received from Author
December 21, 2025
Wow what a gore filled exciting twist of a book! Can never go wrong with CJs books! Mindblown!!
My heart ached for these two sisters, and the revenge plot that took place!! My soul ached ๐Ÿ’”
Loved loved loved
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