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**AN ARC WAS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. ALL OPINIONS ARE MY OWN**
Absolutely loved this book! My extent with reading dark romances only go so far and I can honestly say that Anne Malcom is the second author I've read a dark romance by...I think. I feel like dark romances tend to be a bit harder to write because authors truly have to go THERE to make it work. After reading this one, it's evident that Anne Malcom has this down like the back of her hand.
So before I go on,please take note that this is a dark romance with pretty heavy topics. It's not for everyone, if you absolutely don't like dark romances, you will struggle with reading this.
Back to the review. OK, so I don't even know where to begin with talking about the characters. The hero, who has a couple of names you'll have to discover on your own, and the heroine were just so different than what I usually read. They are characters that you have to personally read about or you might not actually like them. It confused me to try and explain them to someone, but in my mind it all made complete sense. Their lives aren't pretty and bears so much darkness and pain.
But they manage to work their way through all of that to somehow find their version of a happy ever after. With the hero's twisted and dark persona, there's also this raw and gritty beauty to it. It's very haunting, but despite all of that, there is the vulnerable side to him that he hides away so well. But with Elizabeth in his world, you see pieces of that wither away... In its own dark and twisty way.
Elizabeth's story is definitely a tough one to get through as you learn about all the horrible and traumatic things she had to endure. It's absolutely unimaginable and tragic. From the beginning, she's a shell of a person suffering from fear and pain, but can you blame her? She has dubbed herself an agoraphobic and 'he' will have none of that, so he tries to break her.
This book had me hooked the entire time, Anne Malcom's writing is pure perfection. She captured the dark and gritty tone so effortlessly. Her writing said so much more than what was written on the page, so poetic and deep. It was hard not to get lost in all of it.
But I will say, that I was hoping a bit more with the plot. I felt like they were just going in circles around each other most of the time. However, it didn't keep me from devouring this one.
Other than that, absolutely loved this and can't wait to read more from Anne. I'm hoping we get more from these two, I wanna know where life will take them next.
Highly recommend to dark romance fans!