This book has lots of smut and little plot however, the plot is does have is good, this book is a great lil story to get you over a book hangover. It also became one of my top 20 favorite reads of the last year. Malachi is perfect and I love the chapters from his POV they're top tier. Olivia got on my nerves a lil bit but she's still a good fmc and overall this was a great book and I cannot wait for the second to come out! I'll be buying any and all special editions when I can get my hands on them. Leigh knows how to write dark romance, this book was 10/10 and I highly recommend for all my dark romance girlies <3

Oh my god. WHERE DO I EVEN START?!?!??? I have never read a book so fast! I ATE THIS. Oh my god- this book was GLORIOUS. I MUST READ THE NEXT ONE!! I yelled, I squealed, I cried, I laughed. This book held all my emotions, ripped them apart, and stitched them back together in ways i never thought possible. Olivia, we are sisters. I do, love taboo.

I’ve seen so many people talking about this one and it’s been in my tbr for a hot minute. It was when I’d heard the audio of Malachi’s voice though I broke. I HAD to read this book and hear the emotions with it. This book is twisted, messed up, dark, and depraved in so sooo many ways. But I’m for it. I mean I’m kinda questioning how soon I need to schedule therapy for loving this book, but other than that alls good lol. But for real, Malachi is one of those MC’s even being dark and twisted that broke me. He’s supposedly not supposed to be able to have emotions or know what love is, but when he breaks down saying “please choose me… no one ever chooses me” that’s a part of him that knows he needs something if not close to love. Even with the obsession and the stalking, the inability to talk from trauma, the choice on spiders like Spikey, he’s one of those dark romance men you kind of just want to hold close by the end, I mean he might be unaliving someone but he’s like a kid too. I had more moments I was upset with Olivia’s character even when questions if she could even make her own choices. I literally am on edge for book 2. This is a must read hands down just take those warnings into account.

This is definitely a dark taboo romance. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect and now I probably need more therapy because why was this so good? Check your triggers but I don’t have any apparently because this was better than I would have expected. If you are looking for a morally black dark depraved MMC then Malechia is definitely your kinda guy! I loved their story and will definitely read more Leigh rivers.

Okay where do I begin ? Everybody said this book was someone else and honestly, I was hoping they were right. If I'm being totally honest, the book wasn't bad but it wasn't. It is dark and a taboo, as everybody was saying. So the two main characters, olivia and malachi, they both were adopted by the same family. Olivia was adopted first coming from a bad family and then seemed like a few years later, her now adopted family adopted malachi, a troubled mute boy who never said anything but came from a family that what's into drugs.And he watched his mother be murdered in front of him. Without giving you the whole story, because mind you, there's part one in part two. Part one is when they were kids growing up, and in part one, they talk about their feelings towards one another, how as little kids, it's just fun and everything else. But as they became teenagers, hormones play a big role in advances. Come out. In part one things happen between Malachi and Olivia to wear a big plot twist. I should say habits. A twist in a way that you really don't see coming.But in a way you might. Now up to this point it's just them growing up, living with the feeling that they are feeling towards one another.Oh, stuff happens, but I'll let you read into that. Part two is eight years later, and you get malachi's point of view. Olivia had part one, we get Malachi. In part 2, because now he is older, and he's trying so hard to speak. Now, part two is a little darker in a way a little, not a lot, a little than part, one things happen that some of you might not like it's just a book, but iano people are out there who just can't stand certain things. With that being said, you learn a lot about Malachi. In what heat is going through, you also learn what is going on with olivia in the past eight years. The one thing that will shock a whole lot of you is a certain person. He's more like the villain in this whole story.Then you think. Honestly, in other books, it's always the certain person that is the mastermind. Behind how they went their family ran but not in this story. This story is somebody totally different. Anyways, in part 2 Malachi is seeking a little bit of revenge with stalker's tendencies and doing things that he should not be doing, but he's doing that and again, some of you are not gonna like it which it's fine, but it's not that bad. Believe me if the main character enjoys it. Eeu can enjoy it tip. With that's little stranger, is not the darkest book I have ride. It's dark, I would say it's probably a 5 on my scale. The things that he does maybe a six at the most, seven, if i'm pushing it, but I have no triggers, so he it's a six, okay. Yes, they have sex. They're not blood related by any means, and they do not come on the same dysfunctional families, by any means. They were just adopted into the same foster family at different times in their lives. That's the only thing they have in common, and she understands him more than anybody else. Of course, he's a male and he can be a manipulative man, but she sees him in a way that she would do anything for it. Now, with that said, if you're brave enough to pick up this book and read it go for it, I gave it four stars, just because I thought it was, it was good. I heard the audio the audible book. Is even better, but that's your choice. Enjoy.

This is one of the most intense dark romance books I've read in a while. I loved it from start to finish! Leigh Rivers did an amazing job of making me feel all the feels while reading this book. I was so immersed in every chapter, every twist and turn. The descriptions were perfect for every scene. I could easily picture it in my head, as if it were a movie. If you love a book that's dark, taboo, and thoroughly spicy...this one's for you.

I've been in a reading slump lately, not able to finish books or getting bored of them. This one kept me entertained and it's a quick read. The pacing was nice and the spice was great. The story was well written. The only critique I have is for the mmc. His disorder was more romanticized to fit the plot than what someone with the disorder would be more likely. I still liked him as a character but he seemed more closer compared to mafia than mental illness.

This book is absolutely INSANE and I loved every second of it!!!!! It was a short and easy read but so much happened in such a short amount of time it keeps you on your toes 🖤🖤🖤