Let’s play a game…Words can be powerful things, and those four just granted me a golden ticket straight to hell.Two beautifully deranged boys have decided I’m their next acquisition. To make things fair they give me a chance to save myself. All I have to do is beat them at a few games of their choice.Truth or dare.Hide and seek.Simon says.Seems simple until you account for the bloodied twist … says.
Seems simple until you account for the bloodied twist they each have.
They say in all chaos there’s calculation.
For my sake I hope that’s true because if we’re going to play, I’m playing to win.
Malady is a complete novel. There’s no cliffhanger, but it must be read after Crucible.
Deviant Games Reading Order
Crucible
Malady
Calamity–Standalone
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Oh hell what a mindf*ck of a story from Natalie as she takes you back to that wild and literally crazy Blackwood family better known as “The Family”.
These people are just batshit crazy and if your not their kind of crazy well that sucks for you. Poor lil Rae is being forced by the twins Jace and Kaiden and their devious friends to play a sick & twisted game before someone gets killed the only thing is she has no idea how to play and their sure not going to help her especially since the twins are ready for the endgame.
You need to have read Crucible before reading this one to have a somewhat of an understanding about this crazy train of a family.
You just have to wonder sometimes just how these arthur’s think this stuff up.
What an ending to Jace Rae and Kaiden story. I for one didn’t expect to end that way. And I found it more twisted and dark than the first one that started it all. I hope in the future we see bits of pieces of their lives how Rae has adapt to her new world.
3.5 stars
I kind of loved this crazy-assed duet. The suspense had me on the edge of my seat. I wish there was more to it, both because I was into it, and also because not enough was explained. BUT I also had some issues with it. The biggest thing being, this book was basically 100 pages but the story stopped at 80%. It could have easily been one book instead of split to a duet of novellas. And this second book had a bunch of errors, it really seemed like a lot because of how short it was. Missing words and the wrong your/you’re. And lastly, the ending was a non-ending. I will read the next book, which is a standalone (I’m assuming) about another character, just to see what happens with the three main characters from this book.
Again!
I got sucked into the vortex of misbehaving deviants, and the games they play.
Crucible left me hanging, but Malady came through and cleared it all up.
I watched in horror as the twins played their games with Rae, took in the casualties without hardly blinking an eye. Except for one. Rude.
Anyways. I loved the fast pace of this, the only thing I wish had been different is the ending. I needed just a little bit more. Some clarification, some something. The speeding car abruptly hit the brakes, and I wasn’t prepared for the collision.
Overall, I really did enjoy this.
If you’re looking for a dark and deadly game of Cat and Mouse, look no further. This series is proving to be just that, a deadly game that you’ll get sucked into and theres no escape. The twins have no shame in the game just as their family has always done. They own everything and everyone, you can live through their tourtorous games, but at a price.
Rae, as they call her fell into a deadly trap or rather a game as the brothers call it. She never knew what hell was until the day she spoke to Kaiden and Jace. This story picled ip just where blah blah left off. She thought she could have freedom if she obeyed and played their game. If she looses, there are consiquences.
This book has all the dark twisted things, action and suspense to suck you in. You learn a bit more about this dark family and just how big and deadly they really are. I can’t wait to find out what choices are laid out next for Rae.
Malady starts of right where Crucible ended.
This book is dark and I enjoyed it.
The games Kaiden and Jace played, while Rae is battling her inner demons trying to stay sane send you a little crazy while flipping through the pages wanting to know what happens next.
I loved the first book in this series Crucible. The cat and mouse games played. The thrill of what would come next…
I was very much looking forward to where the games would lead Rae in this book but I was left a little underwhelmed at the end. The story was fast paced and left you little room to take a breath with all the fuckery going on but…there’s that but folks. The last bit of the book and that epilogue. Seems like a lot of missing info. I don’t know how it went from this to that. A bitch needs to know.
There is another book in the series coming Calamity, so I don’t know if that will fill in the happenings of this book or what. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review
Malady starts right where crucible ended, Rae is right in the middle of Jace and Kaidens’ twisted family games. The story pulled me in and I just had to find out what would happen next. However the ending seemed abrupt and rushed to me, just seemed to be missing something.
This is the second book in the Deviant Games series, and the continuation of Rae’s story. Rae has been pulled into the twins family games, and if she wants to win she better be ready to play. This was a dark, and twisted read, depraved, and intense.
Malady jumps off right where Crucible ends and follows the story of Jace, Kaiden (twins) and Rae (new girl in town running from her past).
Overall I love the story BUT I do feel like there is something missing at the end. Because of this i’m truly hoping this isn’t the last we hear from them.
Rae is put through some twisted games by Jace, Kaiden and their friends and depending on how yo look at it all, she either won or lost.
I personally still have questions that I NEED answered. Where is Rae’s mind now? What was it that was whispered in her ear to make her smile. Is she going to end up as twisted as them? (I really hope so!).
This is a continuation of the story that started in Crucible.
It was a trifle short in length and I would have prefered it a tad longer and thought it seemed slightly rushed but I did enjoy it.
I do think the two parts would be better served as one complete story rather than split like it is.
So this was different and unique also bloody brutal and unpolitical psychotic just how I like it.
Its told from all three POV’s Jace, Kaiden, Rae and it’s action-packed from start to finish.
Beginning where we left off previously its now time to play a game.
If you want to join this nut-job family and the boys want Rae as there own there are rules and traditions to follow, it’s literally do or die.
An interesting conclusion and introduction to another unusual family.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Malady (Deviant Games Book 2).
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***3.5 Stars***
I thoroughly enjoyed Crucible. The build up, the crazy, the deviant had me wanting more and I couldn’t wait for Malady to come through. And though this book got my blood pumping and heart racing with all that Rae was put through by Jace and Kaiden, which had me turning the pages to see what would happen next, I needed more when it came to Rae, Jace and Kaiden being in their chaotic relationship. I’m not even saying I needed more chapters to their story, it just seemed…a little too sudden even for me.
My one solace is that this isn’t the end of the series, so I’m crossing my toes that we’ll get moments with these three and get more insight to all that is going on, especially with Rae.
~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~
“Let’s play a game…
Raelynn, Kaiden, Jace, each an amazing character!
This novella had me turning page after page. Each dark romance I read, I question myself. Why do I like them? I think I want good to come from the bad.
I enjoyed every word, but felt like I needed more! I continue to be a Big Bennett fan!
I received an advanced reader copy, and this is my honest and voluntary review.”
Another amazing read from Natalie Bennett. What a twisted game this turns into, but what were we all expecting? This is no normal love story between Kaiden, Jace and Rae. I love the twisted mind this author has, I devoured this book like usual.
This book starts where Crucible left off and is a very fast paced and thrilling page turner ! Jace and Kaiden are playing twisted games with Rae and it’s up to her to figure them out and win ! This was a heart stopping page turner definitely but the ending fell a little short for me but I still loved it ! Definitely recommend as I love this author’s writing style and her dark and twisted world building and characters are always very detailed, this was overall are great bloody wth is going on read and has you turning pages frantically trying to figure out just what is going on ! Can’t wait for more in this Deviant world !
*** I voluntarily reviewed an advanced complimentary copy of this book ***
***3,25 “Run… Hide…” stars***
I’m literally at a loss of words after that ending…
What the hell???
Hmmm…. Well… whatever….
The thing is that i’m feeling a little bit cheated by this book… I needed something more …. Maybe more words and more explainations about some things, especially of how we ended up in this epilogue…
“It was a classic childhood game, one I remembered from my elementary school days. I doubted this version could be remotely the same, but I had no other option than to play.”
Phew… I told you that the twins were batshit crazy, but Rae was a stongwilled woman and she could succeed in all these shits that they were pulling out…
God!!! This family and especially the twins were CRAZY and…. No, i can’t say more to you!!!!
The things that they were pulling off, they were able to pop your eyes out of your face…
They were CRAZY!!!! Do you hear me???
“It was probably foolish to think I stood a chance. I mean, there were how many before me???…
I wasn’t going to give in this easily, though.”
So, i really don’t understand how we got here after all!!!
I’m missing things and I’m still speechless of what i had read!!!!
Natalie, honestly, i don’t know how you’re thinking all these things!!!
My moral compass is spinning like crazy and still… these shits are addictive as hell and you can not stop reading and wanting more… Ugh???
Maybe I’m crazy too???
“She could fool anyone, but not me. I knew her better than she knew herself.
I knew she had fallen in love with the very men she wished would rot in hell…”
*An advanced copy was received in the exchange of an honest review*
Natalie has a way of weaving a tale! To me she is the Queen of Darkness! I love her devious mind and words
Received ARC from Author for Honest Review.
I Give this Book a 3.5-4/5 Star Rating, Listing as 3.
HEA(?): Yes!
Dark: 3ish/5
Romance: 3.5/5
Heat: 3.5-4/5
Drama: 3.5-4/5
Suspense: 3-3.5/5
Relationship Type: MFM
I completely enjoyed this book but make sure you read Crucible before this or you will not entirely ‘get’ what’s going on.
To me this is a very fast paced book, while it is enjoyable, It was too rushed for me to fully cement the logic of the relationship. But ironically I also didn’t mind it cause, I ‘Got’ their relationship, and loved the darkness of it, I just wish it was longer cause it would’ve made much more enjoyable therefore a higher rating.
/ : Malady (Deviant Games Book 2) by Natalie Bennett wraps up all our unanswered questions from Crucible, book one in the Deviant Games Series. After reading Crucible I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. It had been quite a while since I read Crucible so I did a quick re-read and remembered exactly why I couldn’t wait for Malady! Malady picks up right where Crucible left off so you definitely need to read Crucible first. Malady is a fast-paced, page-turner that will keep your jaw dropped the entire read trying to figure out what game these psychopaths are going to play next. This is NOT your normal romance, so if that’s what you’re looking for you have come to the wrong place.
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This one is a fast-paced, full-throttle read but the ending left a bit to be desired… There’s no cliffhanger and I THINK I get where it goes, but I wish it had been explained a bit more. I just felt like there was SOMETHING missing from that ending. Other than that, another good release from Natalie Bennett.
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() : We have two heroes in Malady. But honestly, neither of these characters are heroes, they aren’t even anti-heroes! They are dark, deviant, and totally warped! Jace and Kaiden Blackwood come from a long line of deviants and they are surely living up to their family name. These boys have no regard for anyone else’s life, no matter who they have to use to win their game and claim their prize… Rae.
() : Raelynn A.K.A Rae has found herself playing a dangerous game that seems to be getting even more dangerous as time goes on. Other’s lives are in her hands and to save them, she needs to win. The only problem, the game is rigged. She was never meant to win…
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/ : Since the majority of the book, Jace and Kaiden are playing their “games” with Ray, there wasn’t much time left for romance and the steam. But these twisted boys most definitely made time for some twisted fun…
: No, no cliffhanger. Malady wraps up the Deviant Games Series but there IS a third book, Calamity, releasing that is a standalone and has an all-new set of much younger MC’s.
: There are difficult subjects that could be considered triggers. E.g. murder, dubious consent, and a plethora of others! This is a Natalie Bennett book, if you have read any of her work, you already know what to expect. If you would like to know more, feel free to DM me!
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Down the Natalie Bennett rabbit hole I go never to return the same. Jace and Kaiden are psychos playing a game with Rae that she has to win, her sanity and life depend on it. From the start the pace is fast, like Rae your mind is racing a million miles an hour with possible outcomes. Make no mistake this is a dark world and Jace and Kaiden are the masters. I didn’t like the ending it was too fast with not enough detail I wanted more.