DISSONANCE

by Adeline Humphries

DISSONANCE is a haunting second-chance rockstar thriller romance about a spiraling rockstar, the woman he left behind, and the powerful forces that never truly let him go.

It is the first installment of The Falling Star Trilogy.


The world knows Jude Graves as the untouchable rockstar with a wicked smile and a platinum record.

Emma Easton knew him before the fame. Before the darkness.

Before the night he shattered her heart and disappeared without a word.


Seven years later, a very public overdose sends Jude crashing off tour and straight back into her life.

The headlines call it reckless, but Emma isn’t so sure.

He’s unraveling in slow motion, desperate to hide the reasons why.

And this time, she refuses to look away. Because Jude didn’t walk away all those years ago.


He was forced.


Powerful people still own him. Still control him. The kind who stage narratives, bury secrets, and silence anyone who gets too close.

Including her.

Loving him once nearly destroyed her. Trying to save him now might destroy them both.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Dark, Second Chance, M F Romance, Contemporary Romance

ebook

Published March 28, 2026

About the author

THE CROWNED MONSTERS DUET is my debut work as a dark romance author. It has since been re-released with updates and corrections.

THE FALLING STAR TRILOGY is a dark rockstar romance with thriller elements.

I'm Adeline and I'm a 31 year old dark romance author who started out writing spice-heavy work (CMD), then soon pivoted to more emotionally heavy work (FST). My work is ever-growing as I continue to hone my craft and figure out what kind of writing resonates best. You’re on this journey with me, so thank you!

When I'm not writing morally ambiguous characters, I’m living a quiet and adventurous life in the US with my husband and cats.

I am forever grateful for everyone who has picked up my stories and given them a chance. Thank you so much for supporting me on this incredible journey. Little me would be so proud to say that she will one day be a published author after scribbling in her notebooks for years.

Reviews

[Momma Eureka · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY POOR HEART 😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔

“I don’t read books to be happy. I read books to be emotionally devastated!”


CHECK TW !

♦️ HEAVY DRUG ABUSE - inject heroin, inject meth, cocaine, oxy and all other drugs
♦️ SEXUAL ABUSE
♦️ VIOLENCE
♦️ MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE

🖤🎸🖤🎤🖤🎸🖤🎤🖤🎸🖤🎤🖤🎸🖤🎤🖤🎸

Ever since I’ve read MY ROMAN EMPIRE which is The Edge of Darkness, I’ve been desperately trying to find a book that gives me the same vibe, same devastating feelings and same heartbreak. I am here to let you all know that I FOUND IT ! And if you are like me and want the same as I do . PLEASE READ THIS BOOK.
First I need to explain that also like the edge of darkness this is a trilogy and the third book isn’t out yet. I am starting the second book so idk if my love for will change, I hope not because this first one is INCREDIBLE!
We are following the story of Jude Graves a rockstar and Emma Easton his high school girlfriend.
They met during high school years and felt in love , he always had the dream to be a rockstar and she wanted to be a therapist working through art. They loved each other immensely. Judge meets this guy who will make his dreams come through. Something happens and he breaks up with Emma leaving his love behind in pursue of his dream. She is left broken and devastated. Seven years passes and now he is back . But we learn he is not the same Jude. He is a famous rockstar, heavily addicted to drugs in a life he is trapped in it doing things he hates but he is “owned” ! He still loves Emma. He never stopped loving her and never forgot her but he is so ashamed of his lifestyle and feels so guilty about everything. His mind is TORTUROUS place to be ! IT IS VERY SAD AND TRAUMATIC ! Emma is the best and she is all he needs and he truly NEEDS HER MORE THAN AIR, she is a therapist and she also still loves him. He is everything to her and she is willing to go to hell to save him. Their love is beautiful, strong but painful. Just like in the edge of darkness we also have here memories of their past. And we have 2 amazing best friends, Micah is his best friend in a very similar situation (not aa bad as him but similar) also a heavy drug addict, he is part of the band , Jude protects him and that’s why Jude has it worse because he takes whatever is supposed to be to Micah he takes to himself. Heather is Emma’s best friend and she is also THE ABSOLUTE BEST!
I cried a couple times during the book because heavy drug use description always gets me straight in the heart, it’s too hard and too sad. The ending also made me cry and I am already seen myself as devastated as I was in Voracious because it’s the middle book and the author had the audacity to say in the end “It gets worse before it gets better “ 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I just want to die ! Kill me now ! Ugh …. Reading the second book immediately because I am sucker for devastating stories 💔🎤💔🎸

[ℛℰ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️
My heart has always been

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🎸dark rockstar romance
🖤 second chance
🎸 childhood sweethearts
🖤 she is trying to save him
🎸 tortured MMC

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𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙠𝙞

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I was glued to this book. I couldn’t leave it for one minute. I literally left everything I had to do and postponed it till I finished this book!!! This book was a huge roller coaster. The MMC has been through much !!! I wanted him to be saved so bad, but I knew there were still 2 books more, so I knew things were progressing for worse at the end.

the characters’ romance and their love for each other is unmatched. They are so cute and sweet together. I love them so much. You can actually feel the love they have for each other in the book. The FMC was so kind and loving; I adored her and her caring nature. She never gave up on the MMC no matter what happened, and honestly, the man needed someone like her in his life. Their past memories were so special and added a little light to the darkness in the book.

I also loved that their families weren’t evil or bad because in every other dark romance book, the families have to be related to the devil or something; don’t get me wrong, I love a childhood trauma rep, but not all the reasons for a person to be broken happened because his parents were horrible. I loved that the author wrote them differently in that aspect

I loved the side characters so much. Micah and Heather were amazing. Usually, I don’t care for the side characters’ relationship; borderline hate it because they steal time from the main characters and feels so cliché, but in their case, no, their relationship didn’t feel forced upon me.

Last but not least, a sign that assures me that a book is going to get a high rating from me ,other than it holding me in a chokehold to finish it ,is if it reminded me of a song or if I find myself actively thinking about a song that reminds me of the book. This book reminded me of 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙠𝙞, actually, last February, I was obsessed with this song, and I was searching everywhere for a book with vibes like this, but I was not successful and eventually stopped trying. Guess what !? I found this book, and it immediately reminded of this song !!!! Another song that that reminded me of this book is 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 oh and 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨(𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠) 𝙗𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙧 honestly I could construct a whole playlist that reminds me of this book which is honestly something that is very rare to happen to me


All in all I highly recommend the book just be prepared for the emotional damage


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[carolina · Rating 2 out of 5]

to the ones comparing this to The Edge of Darkness trilogy: I hope your pillow is scorching hot on both sides. Jude and Emma wish they were Kade and Stacey!

[Kenia Coronado · Rating 5 out of 5]

masterpiece!

This book brought emotions into me!! I love this feeling of getting attached to broken characters. Love love love and im jumping into book 2 asap!

[Calista Presti · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last 5% had me in my FEELS🥺🥺
My poor Jude….
When people say this is a crossover of EOD x The Words… believe them. I’d say this touches way more on the addiction though. This story makes you feel every emotion. I desperately need a Jude & Emma happy ending and will be reading the next two stat. I just know I’m going to hurt a lot more first.
I’m so glad I picked this up!!

[Hailey P · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a MUST READ dark rockstar romance. And i mean DARK!! (think edge of darkness dark!!!)

Every character goes through so much my heart BREAKS for them.

And yall… Jude is my new top tier YEARNER. HE KEPT A PHOTO OF EMMA IN HIS POCKET FOR SEVEN YEARS. SEVEN. This is all while they’re broken up mind you!!!

Gah I cannot 😭

not only are Jude and Emma EVERYTHING— but the side characters?!! Micah & Heather?! Perfect friends. They are absolutely 100% who you want fighting in your corner.

This is book 1 in a trilogy and it is ABSOLUTELY a book you’re going to want to add to your tbr. Immediately.

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️ Holy shit dude this is ALOT to unpack. This book had me clutching my pearls. The darker themes hit so fucking good and just so depressing…..in the best way. It wasn’t perfect but oh my god it was gooooood. Tragic as fuck. Represents addiction very well.

I just have a soft spot for addicts. I cried. Give me the devastation. Jude mf Graves carried the book for me 🤧

Jude and Emma’s love story felt like a nod to Lil Peep and Emma’s story in real life….. hello ugly tears. iykyk and that makes this story 400 million times more heartbreaking. ((I haven’t seen the author mention that specifically but she referenced Lil Peep a lot so you don’t have to be a detective to see the parallels ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹))

I just found out this was a trilogy and not a duet….. kill me. I am sat for Heather and Micah 😩😩😩😩 AND I just have to say how much I adore Jude and Micah’s friendship🥲

Book 2 is supposed to be way darker help

[Brandee Fay · Rating 5 out of 5]

What in the Kade Mitchell's drug addict rockstar brother did I just read!? Holy shit!!! I actually have been avoiding reading this until we got closer to book 2 release date because I just knew I would want book 2 asap and I am actually unwellllllllllll!!!!!!! Like tears, anxiety, I wanna throw up!

This was so good. I'm heartbroken. I'm mad! I truly can't even imagine how painful book 2 is going to be....I'm not ready... but also I need it like I need air!!

If first loves who get separated by fame and bad people who get you addicted to drugs and blackmail you to murder people then you OD on stage and are sent back to your hometown to clean up your act then run into your first love again sound up your alley I'm begging you to read this!!

5 ⭐️!

[Nicola Pringle-Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this may be a me problem, I’ve not long finished the edge of darkness and this is trying way too hard to be that for me.

Emma the FMC is annoying me. I cannot vibe with her AT ALL.

I like Jude the MMC is a broken man, with TRAUMA and is battling addiction. However the storyline/plot is just EVERYWHERE, there’s hardly any rockstar/music in this book except a few lyrics chucked about here and there, and with a rockstar romance I do like the music aspect (drive/reverse for example).

I lik the concept of what this is trying to do and can see the vision, but right now I won’t be continuing.

I’ve seen the other two books have raving reviews so I may continue in the future but right now it’s a no from me.

[Shelby | Spicy.booknook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well this was a tough read. Fantastic for those that love reading hurt/comfort…. But just know there is a lot, LOT of hurt before there is comfort and the small bit of comfort is very short lived. This is a trilogy after all, and you know it’ll get worse before it gets better.

Jude is a rock star that is absolutely spiraling. He’s addicted to just about every drug out there, and his will to live is just pretty much gone. It’s really hard to read just how bad off he is…Jude is fucked up, and you are experiencing this downward spiral with him. There is some light that occasionally breaks through with the sweetness of Emma and the love these two have for each other. I wouldn’t say they are truly happy moments, but they are definitely emotional. Emma is a strong ass FMC that holds her own and wants to save her man, no matter what.

I’m trying to really think about how I feel about this story and I’m trying to be pretty vague here, because I don’t want to spoil anything, but things are not what they seem. I devoured the story, didn’t want to put it down but I also skimmed some because it was just hurt on top of hurt, and it’s a lot. There are also some horrible people involved in this story that just made me want to toss my kindle. It’s not bad enough that the MMC is battling addiction but there’s a whole storyline to go with that and it’s intense and frustrating. Can I just skip to the HEA?! 🫣🥹

Contemporary MF
Dark Romance
Suspense / Thriller
Dealing With Addiction
Tortured MMC
Second Chance
Hurt / Comfort
Slow burns
Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I need to read book 2 in this trilogy immediately, even though i’m totally aware it’s going to get worse before it gets better. I’m not even remotely prepared for what’s to come. 💔

This book was totally heartbreaking my poor Jude 😭😭 I heard this was like the Edge of darkness trilogy by Leigh Rivers and so far yes it definitely is, not as good but very similar.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️2

Please read trigger warnings if you start this series because it has a lot, especially heavy on drug addiction including heroine and Meth.

Somebody please tell me it has an HEA i might not survive this if doesn’t.

[JustJen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ughhh... this book.

It didn't make me cry, but it did make me put my Kindle down multiple times just to stare at the wall in silence. At one point I genuinely felt the need to go outside and touch some grass because my brain needed a hard reset.

This is the perfect amount of dark. Not dark for the sake of being shocking, but dark with purpose. Think The Words by Ashley Jade and Kid by Jescie Hall. If those two had a wildly unhinged love child, Dissonance would be it.

Jude and Emma completely owned this book. They felt raw, flawed, and painfully human. Their chemistry, history, and emotional baggage had me completely invested from the start. I wanted to shake them, hug them, and scream at them... sometimes all on the same page. Every chapter had me saying, "Just one more," until suddenly it was way past my bedtime.

This has officially earned a spot on my God Tier shelf. I closed the book and immediately downloaded the next one because there was absolutely no chance I was walking away after that.

Adeline Humphries... what the hell? Respectfully, I need book two injected straight into my veins.

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

“I’m glad you came,” she whispers. I open my eyes, throat tight. “I’d come running every time you called.”


This was so hard. It gave me a small vibe of Kade from EOD because it was the MMC facing a lot of the trauma. Shouldering it to protect his loved ones. Forced into a life he never wanted but doing it anyway.

The drugs. The blackouts. The memories.

I love the mafia/hitman (whatever you wanna call him) aspect of the rockstar romance. A different take. And one I’m eating up.

4-4.5 I think.

[Norbbu·✦.· · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

I was immediately drawn into this book and hooked by the characters. It has the same feeling as Edge of Darkness (my favorite series), but not in a bad way. I absolutely love reading about tortured souls, star-crossed lovers (kind of), and second chances. I also really liked how addiction was portrayed, it felt awful and real, and I think the book handled that aspect well.

That said, I felt like the plot progressed quite slowly, and some things didn't make much sense or didn't quite feel believable.

Even so, I'm still going to continue the trilogy. The characters interest me enough to keep reading.

[Catarina Vieira | umlivroduplicado · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is The Edge Of Darkness & For Wrath and Redemption child and I will stay by that forever

Mixed feelings going on but you can bet I will continue this series

Jude is actually pissing me off while I am really in pain for him BUT UUUUGH!

Emma girl idk what to say to you anymore

[cyndireadss · Rating 5 out of 5]

literally feeling every emotion rn

[Rhiannon Chillingworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the type of book I would describe as very readable, but totally ridiculous.

I am a bit of a sucker for rockstar romances, when in the mood. This isn't really a rockstar romance. The band stuff is mostly irrelevant and it is more of a convoluted mafia thing, which I don't normally choose to read.

The positives are that it is intense and does draw you in, and it definitely explored the bleakness of addiction. The romance is mainly fine, but it does become quite cheesy towards the end.

The biggest issue is just how silly it all is. I can suspend my disbelief to a certain extent with these types of books, but the whole premise is daft. There is no reason why a Russian mafia boss would care about some rockstar who gets blackmailed into killing people and being interested in his skill set. Jude is literally just some guy, it's not like he has special skills or training or anything. The whole obsession with him is silly. Considering this plot line is the main drama and reason why Jude and Emma can't be together, it's a pretty big thing to find annoying.

In the last third I I also just wanted Emma to dump his ass and move on. He's not worth it. So the romance ended up not hitting right by the end, either.

This is also heavy, massively so, to be point if absurdity. It's is unrelentingly grim. It appears the next book is even worse, so I'm not sure I'll be continuing with the series.

[Nora · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 I felt like most of the story was very passive and everything was explained instead of allowing us to feel and experience. Things like important events, memories, emotions and it really took away the immediacy or any connection that I might’ve formed with the characters. Jude and Emma love each other so much but I don’t understand why…? We have chapters of them yearning for each other but it just felt flat without the why and only being told their past in a bland passive memory passage. And lastly, this is more of a personal taste than anything, but I found the record label doubling as a crime center kind of weird and took away from the rockstar element. Just felt like a mismatch to me.

[Loni Solomon · Rating 5 out of 5]

One wrong decision...and everything changes. His choice didnt just alter his own life – it rewrote both of theirs, sending Emma and Jude down paths they may not have chosen.

Emma learned to move forward alone – and she did exactly what she set out to do, even if it meant doing it without him.

And Jude? Hes’ trapped. Trapped in a life he never would have chosen, paying for choices made when he was barely a man – wanting something he didn’t fully understand. Now he’s unravelling...stuck in a life that won’t let him go and might ultimately destroy him.

At it’s core this is an epic, all-consuming eternal tragic kind of love story.

Emma is so special from the very start. There’s something in her that needs to fix what’s broken, She’s carrying a weight and has been for 7 years, yet she still shows up with open hands and an open heart. Emma loves without limits. Without judgement. She puts the people she loves first – even when it could cost her everything. She is steady. She is selfless. She IS the calm.

Jude is so deeply broken and he is sinking deeper with every day. Day by day, piece by piece, he is becoming a version of himself he no longer recognizes. He’s trapped. Addicted. Stripped of control. A man who wants... but can’t. A man who is still breathing, but not really living. He IS the storm.

And God did I love Micah. The kind of side character that doesn’t feel like a side character at all. He’s loyalty in human form, unwavering, and fierce. But so broken alongside Jude. He’s the one who stays when Jude needs him the most. He’s a constant in a world that is anything but.

And lets talk about how everyone deserves a best friend like Heather. Ride or die. Calm, cool, collected – but don’t mistake that for soft. She’s protective in a way that makes you feel safe...and maybe makes others think twice.

The writing? It’s brilliant.

It doesn’t just tell a story – it marks you. Every ounce of angst, pain, and quiet panic sinks deep and refuses to let go. ‘

This isn’t a soft kind of love story.
There’s no easy romance here.
No sunshine. No clean edges.

This book is dark in the heaviest ways.

Emotional in a way that sits in your chest and doesn’t leave.

It dives headfirst into the hard things – the ugly side of fame, the damage, the consequences – and it doesn’t look away.

And the writing? Effortless, beautiful, gut-wrenching, haunting.

A story built on tragedy, threaded with hope, soaked in loss...
told in a way that burrows into your sould and stays there long after the final page.

[Julz · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️|3🌶️
Spicy Chapters: 2, 9, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32

Oh. My. Heart. 😭💔

WHAT IN THE KADE MITCHELL BROKEN-SOUL HELL DID I JUST READ?!

I kept seeing people compare this to the Edge of Darkness trilogy, and they weren’t kidding. It has that same gut-wrenching, emotionally devastating Kade Mitchell energy that absolutely wrecks you. And that last 5%? I was full-on ugly crying.

Thank fuck I bought the entire trilogy, because there is no way I could’ve ended on that cliffhanger. I’m diving straight into book two.

Jude and Emma were always supposed to end up together. They were each other’s person since they first met when they were teenagers. But rockstar fame, crippling addiction, and being blackmailed into murdering people completely destroyed any chance they had. Jude lets Emma go because he believes it’s the only way to keep her safe… but losing her destroys him.

When he OD’s on stage in front of thousands of fans, he’s shipped back to his hometown to “clean up” his image. He tells himself he’ll avoid Emma at all costs. Yeah… that plan lasts about five minutes. The feelings never died, and now he’s convinced he’d rather die than live without her.

The problem? The people pulling his strings aren’t done with him. He’s traded to a new manager and he’s even more powerful, more ruthless, and more dangerous than his last — and Jude is trapped.

Also, the playlist was EPIC.🤘🎵

I honestly don’t know what else to say except…

READ👏THIS👏BOOK👏

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️

I have few rules in life but when certain book besties (you know who you are) tell me I have to read something I do. @morallygreymichelle felt very strongly that I needed to read Dissonance and as always she was right. And now I will be shouting at everyone to read it too.

There are so many words that could be used to describe Dissonance; tragically beautiful is the current phrase I am using. It’s a story of addiction but so much more; how easily life unravels with one choice made, first loves, the person that got away, how easy control is lost and how good people quickly become something else due to other variables.

All of the characters are beautifully written; every emotion both the good and the bad ooze through the pages. Jude and Emma are the lead characters and with memories scattered through as their time together before as they interact together now the love they had and the emotions present now are just there to be seen. Both their lives have changed, they have adapted to their circumstances but have never forgotten life before. You can’t help but feel weepy over the two of them as individuals but then as a couple together it’s heartbreakingly beautiful. Add in their best friends who have supported them throughout and you have the best characters. Micah and Jude’s relationship was the one that broke me most. Both some damaged and tortured as individuals and together but both protecting and nurturing each other in their own traumatised and damaged way.

It’s another plot which stomps on your heart and leaves your reeling but I am in deep and need to finish the story through books 2 and 3.

[Kristal Galey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Form: 📱ebook on phone
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trope: Second chance, Rockstar, Trauma
Angst: 😩
Spice: 🔥🔥
Recommend: 3

After seeing some hype on this series I was excited to dive in. I heard things like it’s better than the Edge of Darkness Trilogy.. for me this isn’t the case so far. To be fair I’m only just into book two, but it’s just not hitting like TEOD hit me. But I do not mistake my rating as being poor, it’s just my personal feelings toward the writing style. I will finish it. It’s not a complete train wreck.
Jude is HEAVILY addicted to Heroin, Oxy, Meth and Cocaine and is totally dependant on all and any of it. So the subject matter is heavy. Take the TW seriously. It’s hard to live through his journey. And the love of his life is forced to stay out of his life, due to situations Jude is trapped in. He’s slowly dying from addiction and from entrapment. 😢.
Let me get through book two.. we will see how I feel then.
🤘🏻🫦

[Kianta Rakuban · Rating 5 out of 5]

After finishing Dissonance, I know I will never be the same again...
As a lover of a good rockstar romance, I can solemnly say after reading Dissonance, some books break you and linger in your soul so deeply that you know you will never be the same again.
The tears I cried for Jude Graves and Emma Easton felt like I was right there experiencing their heartbreak and pain for myself. At its core, this is a second chance romance, but I would be doing this novel a disservice if I leave it just at that.
(Please check the TW).
This book is so mental health heavy and deals with substance abuse at its core. Having said that, both characters are engrained to my soul forever. Jude and Emma are the right amount of light and dark. Loving someone who struggles with addiction is never easy, but Emma is the right amount of fierce, patient and understanding. Her support and love for Jude is EVERYTHING! Jude is not only struggling with addiction but the mere concept of survival giving this book its raw, drenched in heartbreak and longing that lingers long after I finished it.
I felt every single emotion along with Jude and Emma, their pain, love and desperation have left me truly obliterated and destroyed ...

[Ambria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my heart …. 💔❤️‍🩹


This book is so emotionally devastating I can’t even see a happy ending at this time. Ugh.

I have been craving even the slightest hit of what the Edge of Darkness Trilogy did for me and I think I’ve found it. Emma and Jude are end game but at what cost? 😔💔

The way Jude loves Emma is something special. He is only soft with her, real with her, vulnerable with HER. We love a man who YEARNS. She can see him stripped to the bone. Their souls are tied and their love transcends but he’ll do anything to protect her from the disaster he has become.

Heather and Micah are fabulous side characters and even better friends. All they want is for Emma and Jude to be happy. I lowkey hope we get more of their story in the next books also

Book 2 better be kind to me 🫠 (it won’t be I know it always gets worse before it gets better h a h a)

[Jenny Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gosh this book was INTENSE from start to finish. The agony was literally pouring off the pages. It’s like an inside look into someone being destroyed by drug abuse but desperately wanting a way out with no clear path to it. Jude’s pain is visceral and heartbreaking. The abuse he suffers literally hurts my heart. Emma’s love and ability to want to be able to save him is commendable but he’s so far gone I don’t think she even knows the lengths at which he controlled. I’m scared for book two! They better get an HEA when I finish this trilogy. 🫠

[Joni S · Rating 5 out of 5]

One hell of a ride worth taking.

Jude Graves wanted nothing but to live his dreams but sometimes it doesn't work out like you thought. Fighting to survive in a hard world upto go on this journey worth him and feel every depth of emotion and what he goes through. Beautifully dark heavy read but so worth it. Infinity star read. Highly recommend but check your triggers out is dark

[Cyndi A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dissonance completely sucked me in. I went into it expecting a dark romance, but it was so much more emotional and intense than I expected. Jude is the kind of character that frustrates you, breaks your heart, and makes you obsessed with him all at the same time.
This book definitely isn’t light or fluffy. It’s heavy, messy, emotional, and honestly stressful in the best way. And the ending?? I immediately needed the next book. This series has officially taken over my life a little!

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️

Solid opener to what I feel is going to be a dark romance that hits hard.

Rockstar romance mixed with the wrong crowd, hooked on drugs that are pumped into him and turned out to unalive.

Tender moments of memories with a second chance romance that would die to save him.

Underrated!

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m unwell and will never be the same. I’m so angry and sad and want to scream for these fictional humans. This trilogy has so much potential I’m so scared yet also sprinting head first into the rest 😭

[Ellie Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me feel things I haven’t in a long time. I was hooked instantly. I was a bit worried as it did seem verrrrry similar to another series BUT this has its own personality & I just fell in love with the characters. I think this hurt so much because I became so invested in them like I physically feel ill thinking about them 💔😭 ugh I cannot even express my thoughts. Go read it