Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

Kill Switch (Devil's Night, #3)

by Penelope Douglas

"I've done far worse than what I went to prison for. She has no idea how bad this can get."

WINTER

Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could’ve done. It didn’t matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I’d have time to disappear before he got out or he’d cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was.

But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he’s anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan.

And while I anticipated his vengeance, I didn’t expect this.

He doesn’t want to make me hurt. He wants to make everything hurt.

DAMON

First thing’s first. Get rid of her daddy. He told them I forced her. He told them his little girl was a victim, but I was a kid, too, and she wanted it just as much as I did.

Step two… Give her, her sister, and her mother nowhere to run and no fuel to escape. The Ashby women are alone now and desperate for a knight in shining armor.

But that’s not what’s coming.

No, it’s time I listened to my father and took control of my future. It’s time I showed them all—my family, her family, my friends—that I will never change and that I have no other ambition than to be the nightmare of their lives.

Starting with her.

She’ll be so scared, she won’t even be safe in her own head by the time I’m done with her. And the best part is I won’t have to break into her home to do it.

As the new man of the house I have all the keys.

Kill Switch is a romantic suspense suitable for readers 18+. It is advised to read Corrupt (Devil's Night #1) and Hideaway (Devil's Night #2) prior to reading this book.

Reviewed by Eve1972 on

1 of 5 stars

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SOAPBOX... I am seriously at a loss for words right now. I pride myself on always being honest in my reviews regardless of whether it is an ARC or a book I pay for. It is awfully hard to write an honest review if you can't tell people what things didn't work for you. I included two "small" spoilers in my review for this book. I say small because the first one the reader finds out at the very beginning of the book. --- what makes this even MORE ridiculous. I JUST found out that you can download a FREE sample of this book that gives away one of the "spoilers" I posted. The mind boggles at the ridiculousness...sigh. The second I left purposely vague. Both I put in "spoiler" tags so anyone who didn't want to be spoiled wouldn't see the info, and anyone who prefers to know spoilers before purchasing could make an informed decision. Especially if they know ME and we share the same likes and dislikes in our books.

Imagine my surprise when I got tracked down on FB messenger, received a message here on Goodreads, AND got an email all within the same ten minute period telling me to remove my spoilers ASAP. Authors/PR companies should not be trying to manipulate reviews. ARCs stop being "in exchange for honest reviews" when a reviewer's hands are tied by stipulations. This type of thing needs to stop NOW.

So that is my say on the matter. I will no longer read or promote this author or work with the PR company she is using for promotion. If anyone would like to know what the spoilers were, feel free to message me. The funniest part about all this was I wasn't sure how I was going to rate this book. That is why I was taking 24 hours to think about it. As you can see, after this fiasco I have now 1-Starred it...sigh.


I am going to hold off a bit on placing a star rating on this book. I've got a bunch of mixed feelings about it. I liked book one, and Damon was always an intriguing character to me, but his character (and 70% of this book) didn't work for me for. Like...AT ALL. I wasn't expecting sunshine and rainbows by any means, but I pretty much felt ZERO connection between Winter and Damon until the last 30%. Coincidently, the last 30% of this book was the best part of it by far. If the first 70% had been as good, I would have given the book 4-Stars.



Alas, I felt like there was way too much filler with all the past chapters, and they bored me. I did love the twists that came at the end (again last 30% of this was awesome). I loved seeing the characters from the prior books as well.

So yea...I need to marinate a bit before I decide on a rating.


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