Once upon a time, I believed in fairytales.But then he took me.And he taught me that life isn’t a fairytale.He is scarred. Broken.A dark and wild thing.His beauty is violent and his words are cruel.His heart is a shadowed landscape where nothing can grow.He tells me he could never care for me, and he proves it every day.He’s destroyed my life.Tortured me.And worse… me.
And worse…
He’s trained me to beg for his affection.
This prison is a place where sunlight doesn’t reach.
He taught me that hate is born in darkness.
And then he taught me that sometimes love is too.
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I volunteered to read an ARC without knowing anything about the book. First off I really don’t care for a lot of internal dialogue or descriptions of what is going on for page after page. With that said…I loved it. It chewed me up and spit me out. It left me drained and raw. Nail biting gut clenching darkness. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
When a header in a book quotes the author of Dante’s Inferno be prepared. This is one of the darkest reads I have ever come across; it was like watching a train wreck. Couldn’t put it down couldn’t stop reading it.
“I know that he is a well of darkness I haven’t even tapped into yet.”
“My feelings for him are a battlefield.”
All her words the night before…lies. Her touches…lies.
These are only a couple of the quotes that will keep you reading and wondering if there is anything redeeming about the H and if the h will be sane after is said and done. Deceit, manipulation, mental anguish and a host of other factors keep you wondering what is really happening.