Gods & Monsters

I really loved this one. Abel is such alpha! This book totally was unexpected. I highly recommend the audiobook. Savannah Peachwood and Iggy Toma did a very good job.

“Every day I fucking drown in you and I don’t wanna come up for air.”

If you want to be taken on a roller coaster ride, then keep reading this review. This was such a sexy and twisted coming-of-age tale about young love and overcoming challenges. Evie Hart and Abel Adams live in a small town. Evangeline Hart and her family own the town. They’re rich and loved and will not let anything tarnish their family name. Abel’s family is seen as an absolute disgrace. His family is constantly ridiculed and hated by all of the town. Evie is told to stay away from him but she can’t help being drawn to him. He’s just like any other human being who faces adversaries, who wants to be loved, who dreams. She lives across the street from his family farm and has been in love with him since she was a child. They become best friends and as they grow older, secret kisses and meetings in dark and empty rooms become riskier and more dangerous.

The instantaneous connection that these two have was written so exquisitely. Their interactions as children had my heart aching from the sweetness. As teens, the intimacy scenes truly reflected what it was like to be young and in love and exploring their sexuality. This pair is fated and their love absolutely consumes them both. Evie and Abel grow a lot as a couple but also individually. They each hold so much hate and trauma and it easily becomes toxic when these fiery emotions are brought into their relationship. I love how Saffron portrayed the healing process and how these two individuals needed to grow as a person before they could find their way back to one another.

This book is not for the faint of heart. The storytelling was nothing like I’ve ever read in the way it covered very taboo and mature topics. I was intrigued and totally engrossed whilst reading this. You’ll be fueled with mixed emotions. Saffron makes you question your morals and beliefs as a person while also connecting you to very real and serious topics in our society and you can’t help but feel for and root for these very messed up and complex characters. This was such an interesting read and I will definitely come back for a re-read again to analyze my reactions and emotions that are triggered because of the topics covered in this book.

P.S. SO ECSTATIC FOR THE SKYLARDUKE BREADCRUMBS. I’M OBSESSED WITH THEM AND NEED THEIR BOOK SO MUCH! I KNOW SAK HAS IT ON THE BACK BURNER /HIATUS STATUS BUT I HOPE SHE GETS INSPIRED ONE DAY TO REVISIT THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE COUPLES ALONGSIDE CALLIE AND REED. <3

3.5 STARS!!!!
This was a good friends to lovers romance read. I enjoyed Evie, her best friend Sky, and Abel characters. I disliked Evie’s mom from the very beginning for what she did to her daughter and for her being so judgmental towards everyone. I wish Evie would have told her father what her mom was doing from the very beginning although now that I’ve finished the book realized that it probably wouldn’t have mattered when it came to her mother. Sky was a great best friend from the very beginning of the story until the very end. She definitely made me laugh. Abel was sweet, protective and when it came down he had a lot of anger. It was understandable to a certain degree but I hated how he withheld information from Evie knowing that she stuck by him through everything. I loved the beginning of the story but close to the end of it there was just too much sex. I know the characters were young and horny but damn, it seemed as if the characters did a complete 360. I just wished there was a little more to it that made the sex scenes still steamy, but not seem as if it was everything. The had a sweet feel to it but again I just wished there was a little more. I would have really loved to have an epilogue with the family. There were things I loved and disliked about the story but I do look forward to reading more books from this author because it was a good read.

GODS AND MONSTERS by Saffron A Kent is an epic love story that spans from late childhood to adult. It starts with Evie Hart thinking she is going to die at an early age of 12. Only to have her stern mother tell her, “Don’t be so dramatic. It’s just your period.” That same exact day, she is with her closest friend Skylar, hurrying home, when “he” jumps out of a truck. It’s a boy. A tall boy with loose and wrinkled clothes. His hair is all messy and a dirty sort of golden blond. When her mom calls out her name, the boy’s head snaps his gaze over to her and their eyes meet. His frown disappears, and his lips move into a crooked smile. Neither knew then that this very moment would chance their entire lives.

They lived in a place called Prophetstown in Iowa. Their are two things that define this town: the church and the legend. The legend of David Adams and Delilah Evans. Years back, David and Delilah loved each other. No one knew about the affair until Delilah turned up pregnant. They were never suppose to fall in love, let alone have a baby, as she was David’s first cousin. When her parents had died she had come to live with the Adam’s family. They said the baby would be an abomination and only a monster could be created from a love like theirs. This was according to the judgmental church-going people of the town. Somehow the lovers skipped town and never came back. But their legend lives on.

David and Delilah are the town’s own Adam and Eve, and fourteen years ago, gave birth to a baby boy. He is Evie’s neighbor Abel Adams. David and Delilah are dead. They died in a car crash. His only living relative is his Uncle Peter. He is living right across the street from Evie in the run down Adam’s house. Then she sees him at church. The new boy Abel. Evie couldn’t help but stare and thought he stared back. She hoped her mother didn’t notice. She would kill her if she did, and what would she do to him? She knows she can’t be friends with the town’s monster, but he looks nothing like a monster.

The first day back at school and who does Evie see on the bus but Abel. She is standing in front of him when the bus lurches, and a strong grip catches her. Abel smells of apples. She sits by him and knows people are staring, and she announces to him, “I’m not afraid of you.” She loves chocolate, and he likes fruit. Especially apples. He gives her a nickname Pixie. Something happens when he says that name. She feels both warm and excited. Her mom yelled that she was not to associate with him. The bruises she received after the bus incident were the worst. Her mom forbid her to ride on the bus. But then he is there inside her sunny treehouse This is the place they can be friends.

This secret friendship will go on for six years. This is how stars collide and worlds are made. This is how all the love stories start. This is theirs! From friends to first kisses, to so much more. No one should have to hide their love. Them against the world. No one could take her away anymore. No one had the power, or so they thought! Legends don’t die. Their story’s going to live forever. Abel & Pixie. Maybe not a monster or a god, but a boy who loved, with everything he had. A very passionate story.

No words can describe how I felt after the story is ending.. I felt like a F5 tornado just suck myself and my emotion.. every words are sharp, precise, no bullshit romance… it came with a warning.. I knew its gonna tear me apart.. yet my world had been shaken by this story.. I cried for every words

Once upon a time, there are Abel and Evie.. they remind me so much of Adam and Eve… pure and clueless.. A blond hair boy named Abel who moved into next door.. Evie is young and carefree.. fate is real… they had captured each other from the beginning.. Evie had fallen inlove with a Monster..

Love doest judge.. but when there is abomination.. it can be destructive, cunning… digusted .. A monster. Abel and Evie found each other.. they have a young love.. consuming.. raging blind… nothing else matter…dissapointment .. Words can kill and destroy..how can you call a child that he is a Monster? A fruitation of love and yet everyone despise him like a thorn.. a poison.. This isnt a fairy tale, when you wake up from so called dream.. its consuming lust.. rage from the past..can you love and accept a Monster??? I feel every pain and desperation when i go through every chapter.. when you love someone, how far can you give without losing every piece of your souls?

I cried for every chapters get so difficult to understand.. how can a young couple suffered so much just wanting to be with each other?
This is a roller coaster… i felt layer of emotions just flashing through me when each word is trying to eat my thought.. its heartbreaking…

If you’ve read The Unrequited then you know Saffron’s work and that this is NOT a classical romance novel. It’s full of sad moments that will make you cry, angry and damn right smile by the end of it. It definitely is not for the lighthearted that much I can guarantee.

Abel and Evie aka Pixie form a bond early on. Even though everyone is against them they don’t realize they are each other’s greatest enemies.
The story shows just how much one can destroy what he or she loves the most…and then when the time is right begins to repair the damage.
Abel loves his Pixie with such force it can be a bit overwhelming for some readers.

» I want you, Pixie. I want you in my life and if I have to sell everything I own, even my soul, I’ll do it. My mom used to say people with no souls are monsters. I don’t mind being one if I get to keep you. And I’m keeping you, Evie. Even God can’t snatch you away from me.«

Once again I can’t find the right words to form a descent review for you but all I got to say is this:
I love Saffron and her ability to pull me into the story when all I want to do is close my eyes because when you read her work you get that feeling at the back of your neck that tells you something BIG is about to happen and it won’t be pretty. I’m a NOT huge fan of dark romance but I’m a HUGE fan of Saffron A. Kent 🙂

*** Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***

Wowzers. Just wow.

Abel and Evie are burning the pages with their love for one another.

I am a huge fan of forbidden romances and this one is on my top three favorites.

Abel loves Evie so much that he will do anything for her and vice versa.

This is a great story about true love and how they overcome everything that stands in their way.

I highly recommend you read Gods & Monsters because it is just that amazing!

My first book from Saffron A. Kent was The Unrequited and I absolutely loved it and knew I have to read this one. Gods and Monsters did not disappoint. It was phenomenal! I laughed, cried and smiled along with Abel and Evie. Sure, this book may not be for everyone but I would recommend it to everyone because the author can write.

This book moved me in ways I wasn’t expecting. A coming of age romance that will tear at your heart strings and put to your emotions through the ringer. This book consumed me, I couldn’t put it down. I needed answers, needed to know everything was going to be ok. Both characters were broken by their parents, both were left with anger and resentment, all they had was each other. It was a beautiful, heartfelt, angsty story that has left its mark on me.

Abel and Evie (Pixie); secret lovers at the ages of 12 and 14. Evie being born to God fearing judgmental parents and Abel the product of a small town scandal that saw him labelled as a monster… both full of anger and hatred at the way they had been wronged. Whilst always present it slowly takes over and consumes their relationship. The anger can be felt in this authors writing. It is the first book I have read by this author but it won’t be the last. I have fallen head over heels in love with the style and emotion this author lacks into every word.

Sigh…where do i start with this book?
Its everything. I’m writing this review right after i finish reading it. Might not a good idea since i’m still so raw and all over the place. Abel and Pixie…they give me all the feels in their story. From the first chapter…scratch that. From the first page, every word in their story just won’t let you go. I laugh. I giggle. I was mad. Heart break. Angry. I fall in love. Deeper in passion. And lust. And cried…oh boy did i cried almost 80% in their story.
If you use to highlight important words from a book you read, you gonna either highlight every words in this book or nothing at all cause you are too busy feeling all the feels while whiping your snot. I’m the last. But one of the words i remember although not word for word was, we created the monster. They were never been born. How we see, treat and say about someone create that someone to be a God or Monsters. And i am so furious for the word abomination. How could people say something horrible about a child?? How could people who claim to be so religious, could condemn an innocent child to be a monster?? I cried for Abel even when i write this. My heart break for his heartbreak, loneliness and the way he love Evie. And Evie, Abel’s Pixie…i love this girl. She is strong. Although she doesn’t think so. She’s the light he need. Like he is the sky she long for. Pixie is…i love how she can let her self go for Abel and when time’s comes she can stand up to him and say, stop! Right at the moment when i am so afraid they will be each other downfall, tough love won the battle. I cried…ok duuuh i know i cried again…but you just can’t help it. Their strugle. Their fight for their love. For their happiness. For world of their own. And in that so young age…they bruise. They hurt. But they survive cause they have each other. In the end God and Monsters tell you story about people. About not to judge from its cover. About giving your best not just to the one you love cause that just would be got to do, but people around you. Cause we create the monsters or the God. Great job Saffron! An absolute perfect ten star if not all the star i can give you! Its an honour for me to read your beutiful, strong, moving words.