It had been six years since my world was turned upside down.He exposed me to the darker side of life and I could never go back to the person I was.I had been through more things the average person couldn’t even relate to.If I had the chance to go back and do things differently though?Not a chance.I’d pick him a thousand times. A million times. For eternity.I guess not much has changed.My name is … guess not much has changed.
My name is Alexa Ballentine, and I am still in love with my stalker.
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Dear Lord, this book has been a long time coming. Thank you Belle! The wait was excruciating, but oh so sweet.
Twitch, y’all! Mother freakin’ TWITCH!! Ahhh, he just gives you the best feels. Butterflies in your stomach. I missed him so much .
What can I say?! Raw: Rebirth was action packed with suspense, lots of drama, and epic craziness!!! This series cannot be taken lightly. It’s dark to the core and my little dark heart loved it so .
I was highstrung and on the edge of my seat! The most pivotal, and dare I say, emotional moment was the reunion. I just about died and cried lol.
Ugh enough said. I want more! Especially after meeting some new key characters. I need their stories please!!
What a way to start this year off . I absolutely loved this book! Please do yourselves a favor and start this series if you haven’t yet!!
„I’d found my religion. Lexi was my bible.
And with her mercy, I would be reborn.”
Dear Ladies, the infamous Twitch has returned! And good God, how I missed him!
Belle Aurora has once again drawn us into a whirlwind of emotions and the worship of the villain has never tasted so good!
Six years. It’s been so long since Lexi saw her beloved being shot. Six long years of sadness and mourning. Six years of loneliness and longing. But Raw: Rebirth is by no means a return to the past. If you think that Lexi will accept Twitch’s ‘resurrection’ with open arms, then a sudden awakening awaits you. All the events have made a number on them both, so we can’t predict their reaction. Emotions mix and the heart swells with their excess. Apart from the obviousness of Lexi’s forgiveness and attempts to rebuild her trust, our favorite anti-hero must also face the danger that threatens his family.
Damn carousel. This is what Raw: Rebirth is. After reading this book, your head is spinning from all emotions, twists and unrestrained joy that one of our favorite characters is doing well and fighting for his loved ones. We have the opportunity to get to know Twitch from a softer side, but don’t be fooled … he’s still the same commanding asshole we met in the first part. And Lexi is a picture of strength. Their love may not belong to those beautifully described but it’s real. It’s consuming. And you can be pretty damn sure that it’s permanent.
“Because living without each other was not a life worth living.”
This story is a MUST READ! I recommend this book to anyone who likes romance with a little twisted side. Belle Aurora can perfectly keep her readers in suspense and while reading Raw: Rebirth I was sitting on the pins. This story is a real MASTERPIECE!
4.9 Stars
Twitch is back!
Finally!
You need to read Raw and Dirty before reading this last book in the series!
Do NOT read this review if you haven’t yet read them!
Six years have gone by since Twitch ‘died’ and left Lexi and A.J. behind.
He’s been watching them all this time, but it was/is just too dangerous to reveal himself. There are still some very bad people looking for him, and the law might also have something to say about his missing years and his business dealings before he died.
But now he’s back – not yet all officially, but he’s back.
And we can’t wait to see how Lexi will react – will she be mega-mad? Or just über-happy?
And we can’t wait for all those amazing daddy-son moments!
But of course there will also be some very exciting and dangerous moments until we can finally ride off into our happily ever after sunset with our three darlings!
EEEP!! Finally!
RAW 3 IS HERE!!!
I already started crying in the first chapter/prologue. And I think I cried all through it until … did we finally get a happy end??? I’m not telling you that of course!
This book was HUGE. I wanted to finish it in one day, because I just had to know how their story would end, but I also wanted to slow down to enjoy it for as long as possible! And it took a while to read, because it’s just so long! I LOVED THAT!
The story was adorable, heartbreaking, sweet, dangerous, exciting, scary, frustrating, funny, sexy … so full of emotions and heart and hope and ugh. Perfect finale for this amazing series.
One tiny thing I still don’t like and don’t really understand … what was Ling’s purpose in this series?? This could’ve been a great series without that woman. I know she’s been through hell and mayyyyybe she deserves her own series – I can totally see her being a bit ‘nicer’ and getting a happy end with the Turk – but nobody needed her in this series – she could’ve been cut out of it and these books would’ve been so much better! BUT – she’s in here and it wasn’t all that bad … some of her moments were really adorable even! LOL! I might’ve also shed a little tear for her … plus also … we might need a bad guy for those dangerous and exciting moments I mentioned before.
I loved reading this book!
I cried a lot – Twitch coming back to his family and fighting for his happily ever after is giving the reader ALLLLL THE FEELS!
The only things other than Ling I didn’t love in this story? The writing or rather the talking of the guys? Does it just now in this 3rd book sound like Belle is a huge Black Dagger Brotherhood fan? Or has it been like that in all three books? I can’t remember. But the way Twitch talks? Straight out of a J.R. Ward book sometimes! Also – the leaving-out-the-first-word-in-a-sentence thing he does when talking? I hate that!!!
And Lexi got on my nerves a bit! She knows why he left and what he went through! Why is she so mean to him the whole first part of the book? Ugh! Women!
Ha! Another thing I just remembered. I hate it when I read a book and there are people in it from previous books! This time it was Nox and Thiago – but his book is still coming. But why put all the people in a book when they’re not part of the same series? At least call it a spin-off then. I really hate it when I have to go back to read a book that should’ve been read before the one I’m reading at the time. Authors need to make a note about shit like that somewhere! I’m too OCD about reading orders to overlook things like that.
Ugh, now I wrote a whole huge paragraph about what I didn’t like – sounds like I hated the book!
But I didn’t!!!!! I loved it – the story was really amazing! So emotional and fun and sweet and ugh. READ IT!!!!
RAW: REBIRTH was the perfect finale in this amazing series! Adorable, heartbreaking, sweet, sexy, exciting, beautiful. I loved it! Run to your nearest amazon for your own Twitch – he’ll be sold out in no time!
Once upon a time, in the land of gods and monsters, there lived an angel. And her name was Lexi.
I’ve waited for four years, FOUR FREAKING YEARS, for Belle Aurora to give us this book and hot-damn if I didn’t enjoy every second of it.
Raw: Rebirth introduced me to the Dark Romance and made me fall in love with the dark and twisted man that is Antonio ‘Twitch’ Falco.
It’s been six years since Twitch died, leaving behind his friends and family and more importantly Lexi and AJ. But now Twitch is back from the dead, literally, and things couldn’t have been more amazing, heartbreaking and crazy at the same time.
He had the horns of a demon, the eyes of an angel, and the mouth of a god. Lucky me.
I am not going into a full in-depth review because you need to experience the familiar yet newness of Twitch and Lexi and because I will turn this review in a thesis. Lol.
Six years after Raw, Lexi has surrounded herself with her family and while she still has tough days, her AJ is the light of her life.
Seeing Lexi come into her own, becoming a mother and fiercely protective and independent, made me feel so proud of the woman she had become.
And Twitch?! Oh boy… To see this control freak crazy man give control to Lexi and actually wait for her left me pleasantly surprised. Though that does not say he isn’t the same old Twitch, the only difference is that now he is the perfect mix of the new and the old.
Also, don’t even get me started on Twitch as a father. DAYUM!!
Why were we like this? The answer soon revealed itself. Because living without each other was not a life worth living. Yes, we were crazy. And that was okay. He would be my remedy. I would be his therapy. Because we were crazy in love.
My favourite part of the entire book has to be when Twitch revealed himself and while I was elated that he was finally back and that AJ had his father back, it was Lexi who broke my heart to pieces.
Her disdainful and hate-filled words to Twitch, her pain, her entire world is tilted off of its axis, I wished so hard to wrap my arms around her.
Now, while I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the book, I wasn’t too keen on the multiple points of views. Did it provide understanding and detail to the story? To a certain extent, yes. Does it mean I liked it? Nope. I honestly we could have done without so many points of views.
Overall, Raw: Rebirth is an absolute must-read for all Twitch and Lexi lovers. They were always special to me and to have had the chance to about them all these years later was truly amazing. There is heartbreak, action, romance and suspense. Twitch and Lexi are a couple that I will always hold close to my heart and now AJ too.
Welcome back, Twitch.
When I got this book in my hands… When I realized that the story of Twitch and Lexi was finally going to see light again…
I won’t even front. When this story landed on my kindle, I was scared. I wanted to read it so very badly, but I knew once I did, that that would be it. I think when I finally cracked this bad boy open, it ended up being my slowest read in a long time. That’s not to say the story was slow. OH HELL NO!! It’s because I was reading very slowly, trying to savor every hook, nook and cranny that these characters wanted to bless me with. I didn’t want to let go so I made that goodbye drag on for the longest time.
I just couldn’t help myself. It may have taken awhile to get here, but Belle Aurora gave me all I needed and more. This rebirth gave me what I expected, but then it took it up another notch. It was one hell of a send off and although I’m going to miss the freaking hell out of these characters, I’m content with our goodbyes.
I’m not going to lie to you and say everything was perfection. While this story constantly hit me in the feels, I did get aggravated QUITE A BIT by Lexi. She worked my last nerve, but I guess it was necessary to push the plot. I guess. However, she did inspire me to write a post about single mothers and fathers rights. As a social worker, you’d think she’d know all of that. I’m just sayin’.
Is it weird that despite all of the deplorable, disgusting, demeaning, and downright dirty things Ling has done that I came to have a bit of sympathy for her character? It was literally the teeniest bit but I learned so much about her that it was hard NOT to see where she was coming from. I obviously didn’t agree with her thoughts, behaviors or actions, although they did make me laugh my big butt off, but I felt like I got her. I think the author did an amazing job of humanizing this woman
So we’ve reached the end of this incredible journey full of loss and love and pain and beauty and the joys that life has to offer and I’m an emotional wreck. However, the author introduced quite a few characters that I’m hoping will make another appearance in the future. I definitely wouldn’t be opposed to getting more Twitch. That man is EVERYTHING!!
I’ve thought long and hard about my review for Rebirth. And, not in the way you might be thinking. How do you review the epic conclusion to a book series that has long since haunted your reading list? The night I finished Raw, all those many years ago, I was an emotional wreck. Belle Aurora literally gutted me for the first time in my life. Not a book since then has made me feel the way I did compared to Raw.
Dirty brought back so many memories of Raw. The pain. The suspense. The anguish. And Twitch.
Then comes Rebirth. The reuniting of Lexi and Twitch. Her reaction brought me right back to that final chapter in Raw. It was gritty, and unexpected. So much of this dark love story was morally wrong , but in the fictional world that they live in… how could it not be right? This love story isn’t hearts and flowers. It’s blood, pain, and revenge. It’s dirty, and so f-ing good. As much as Raw broke me, Rebirth rebuilt me.
This book is EVERYTHING! A mind blowing read of epic proportions.
Oh my stars, I love Twitch so much. I fell in love with him in Raw but Raw: Rebirth took that adoration to a whole new level. And Lexi, she really came into her own in this book. Beneath that heart of gold lies a steel core. You don’t mess with this Mama Bear.
This book was dark, dirty, gritty, angsty, emotional, sexual – everything I love in a dark read. It was the perfect ending to this series.
“If chaos and fury were ever joined, Twitch would be the child born of the coupling. And what a crazy, beautiful hurricane he was.”
I have wanted to read this story since I turned the last page of RAW years ago. I fell so hard for Twitch, a ‘knight in scuffed armor’. I can’t resist an alpha asshole with a filthy mouth, muscles, and tats…sigh. And apparently, neither could Alexa. It’s now six years later and she’s still dreaming about her stalker.
In the time between the first book and the last, I fell more in love with many of the support characters, and further into hate with one that shall remain unnamed. My dark side came out to play as I imagined the slow, painful death I wanted that person to suffer. The action and suspense that was taking place at the same time as the family drama made reading this book a serious DO NOT DISTURB situation.
I confess that I was worried that there was no way that the sequel could possibly live up to the original, but I’m happy to report that it did. Sometimes an author creates the perfect characters that touch us so deeply that they seem to live outside the pages of the story. “Nothing could part us. Not even death.” Well done, Belle Aurora! My heart is full.
5 DARK, RAW STARS !!!!!
Finally after 4 years, the wait finally ended and absolutely worth the damned wait!
This book broke my soul totally into little pieces that I am currently trying to put together again.
The angst feeling never left me alone until I finished it.
OMG. OMG!!! So, I read this book, it was fucking BRIGHT! THE FEELINGS!!! Intensity santa !!!! I have tears in my eyes, my heart is racing and full to burst.
Oh, my dear sir, I have no words to describe how incredible this book has turned out to be. Belle is an exceptional author. When it comes to the dark, gritty and raw stories, she excels. With all that, she still manages to make me feel, and makes her characters relatable and real.
Belle Aurora has done it again and captivated my senses in her book Raw: Rebirth. I loved this book so much that it was such a wild trip, I loved the first book, but this damn one is much better, I can not believe what he did.
Holy hell, I loved this book! Dark and rough, sweet and sexy, raw and shocking, and completely addictive. Definitely, Belle Aurora became one of my favorite authors.
Belle writes some of the best dark romances out there. His writing is strong and convincing. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and does not hold back.
Do you like romantic suspense? I’m talking about black tone, mental deformations that leave you breathless.
Belle Aurora is the queen of these books and I am totally addicted to them.
The end had my heart in my throat. In my opinion Raw: Rebirth is the best book read this 2019
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Wow, wow, wow. I was soo looking forward to this book and was not disappointed at all. Who knew it was even possible to love Twitch any more than I already did? Dayum!
We had all of the usual characters back and a few new ones. Little AJ is the cutest little mini Twitch in the world.
It even had a couple of parts where I was rolling about on my bed! (laughing this time).
We got to see deeper inside of cray-cray Ling Ling’s head (a dark place indeed) and saw what Julius and Alejandra were like as a couple after they put the past where it belonged…for now anyway.
This book was so enjoyable, I loved every part of it. It made me laugh, cry sweat and rage. Read it! But please do read books one and two first.
TWITCH – Well he’s back y’all and this time he’s determined to stay. He is his same old self. Arrogant and bossy, but he’s also grown some and is attempting to “chill” a bit with his short temper. He NEEDS his angel back.
Watching him be the dad he never had is beautiful and the man is still hell on wheels in the bedroom. The belt is back ladies!
LEXI – I love Lexi. She loves without abandon and gave without expecting anything in return…or at least she used to. Once bitten, twice shy. And he has been “dead” for six years.
She’s scared of breaking again but wants her son to have his daddy in his life. So she fights to stay strong around Twitch. Pfft! Good luck with that though!
LING – Ling is so twisted and cruel but it’s hard not to love her a little too.
Is she broken beyond all hope? Or is she redeemable? Arg! I wanna talk about what happens with her in this book but I can’t give anything away. I’ll post a couple of quotes here and tease you a little though, lol.
SEX SCENES – Well let me tell you that Lexi and Twitch are hot together. HOT hot hot! The sex was just as steamy in this book as it was in book one. The passion and feels? Oh hell, yeah!
FINAL THOUGHTS – This book was very much worth the wait. I truly loved the characters in this series. I loved to watch them all grow and see what an awesome sauce family they made.
I absolutely loved the way it ended too. I was a little uneasy about what the end would actually be right up until the last chapter! Ms Aurora really kept me guessing.
I would totally recommend this book.
5 Stars
Fast forward and you meet AJ who is the image of his father, Lexi still isn’t coping with the loss of Twitch and it seems that AJ isn’t either, or that’s what she tells herself.
Molly is there helping look after AJ and part of their family, all Lexi knows is that Julius wanted her there for some reason, and she knew it was for protection.
Twitch knows it wasn’t the best way to let Lexi know he’s alive, but he got tired of waiting, she hates him, and he watches his friends affected as well.
As much as Lexi doesn’t want Twitch in her life, he left, she knows that AJ needs him and she knows she’s going to have to let him see Twitch or he’ll end up hating her, but Twitch is making it hard for her to resist him but can she trust him again.
Twitch knows there’s still something there with Lexi, she just doesn’t want to admit it, but he’s not going anywhere and he’s going to prove to her that she’s it for him, she’s his Ride or Die. Twitch thought he tide up all the lose ends before he came but, but when some of them turn up he will do anything to protect his family, he’s not going to be away from them again.
Holy Jesus in Ice Skates
So let me start by addressing the elephant in the room. This book took forever to come out. Video games are developed in less time. I had to go back and re-read Raw cause I had forgotten so much of what had happened.
Was this book worth the wait? I want to say heck yeah, I would have waited another four years for that masterpiece. But that’s not actually the case. I was frustrated it took so long, but that being said, it was everything I could have hoped for.
It was everything Twitch and Lexi. It was perfection and sadness and suspense and growth and messed up friends and perfect villains. I love angst in my romance, it’s my favorite kind, and the re-introduction of Twitch really scratched that itch. The growth of Lexi, becoming “solid.” And Twitch…I mean who else would introduce himself back into Lexi ‘s life the way he did but Twitch?
Every character played a role perfectly. If I had one complaint, it would be that the number of characters did just get a bit overwhelming.
But mostly this was what we as fans of Twitch and Lexi had been waiting for from Ms. Aurora. Thank you for getting it to us.
The come back of one of the most awaited alphaholes to ever exist in books!
This book was pure agony. Pure angst and heartbreaking moments. But the thing is, no matter how the author drains your soul, it was all worth it. She made waiting for this book so worth it.
Things were still heated in the underground world and the characters were forced to do things to protect the people they love.
For once, I felt the heroine, Lexi, have grown mature in both attitude and thinking. Her emotions can be felt all over the book. From the start of the page up to the last. She’s definitely a queen in this book.
Read this. It’s worth your bucks. *winks*
For 2 years, I b!tched, I whined, and I stalked this book. The moment I finished Dirty I began my chaotic descent into crazy town waiting for more. Waiting for boom.
Belle Aurora brought the motherf@cking boom! Raw: Rebirth is the atom bomb of booms. Everything that tore you apart in Raw and Dirty, everything you clung to in desperate hope, everything you needed to know… It’s here but what a price you pay.
All the good guys, all the bad guys. All in one place. When I read Raw and Dirty (I actually binge read them at the time of Dirty’s release), I became convinced the song Heathens by Twenty One Pilots was the theme song for this crew. Two years later, I know it’s their anthem.
Raw: Rebirth is seriously that. A rebirth. A rising from the ashes. It is intense. It is hot. It is everything you’ve come to expect from this series with a whole lot of “wtf!?!” thrown in.
So read at your own risk, and just know that you will not be able to walk away. Ever. You’ve been warned.
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
I’ve been waiting for this book for what feels like forever. It was a great read, but it took me a long time to get through it. It’s a long book with a lot of information, and I felt like sometimes the story had me hooked, other I felt like it stretched out a little. What I disliked the most were the many POVs I realized that I skimmed through a lot of them. And I have to say AJ POV confused me a little bit…because it was written in the third person.
But that being said, I loved the angst, I loved the action, I loved the small family that the story created and most of all, I loved Twitch, his hardcore exterior, his demands and most of all his devoted love to Alexa.
There was something about Lexi that bugged me, and I wonder if I went back to read the first book I would feel the same. I loved her strength and her maternal instincts. I didn’t like all that much her apprehensions but that might be because I’m biased because Twitch is EVERYTHING
There isn’t much more to say aside from READ THE BOOK!!!!
“But it hurts to love you Twitch.” – Lexi
Having had the distinct pleasure of meeting the legendary character (at least in the hearts of the lovers of dark romance) “Twitch” in Raw, Rebirth was a must read for me. I had the strangest reaction to the Twitch as written in this book. In fact, I had the strangest reaction to this book in general. I am not quite sure if this says something about me or the author. The more I think about it, I suspect, my reaction speaks to both my expectations and the direction the author took this story.
The first part of the book felt familiar. The behavior and thoughts of Lexi and Twitch seemed authentic to how they were initially written. A. J., their 5-year-old son, is a charming little boy and I liked the way his protector, Molly is written. The reunion of Twitch and Lexi had the appropriate tug and pull and created delightful sexual tension. When it finally happened their reunion-sex was the stuff of darkly erotic daydreams sprinkled with an acknowledgement of awe for his beautiful lady-love on the part of Twitch. Twitch as a father is a treasure.
For the record, I enjoy the writing of this author for the most part. I was surprised that as I read further into this book that Twitch and Lexi began to fade as the secondary characters and their back stories emerged to compete for my attention. So many (too many really) secondary character POVs were presented along with their tangential storylines, some taboo and shocking, others overwhelmingly sad. Sometimes this will add richness to a main plot line. Unfortunately, in this book this was just all too much. The story felt overworked. At times the writing itself was overwrought with the constant use of metaphor dangerously coming close to being “purple prose”.
The bad boy Twitch all but disappeared in the last part of the book. He was replaced by the usual staid romantic storybook hero. Why didn’t I like this? Is it me and my eternal love of the bad boy or is the incongruity in the writing that bothers me? I believe it is a bit of both. Twitch could still be the hero and maintain his Dominant edge. The author seemed to be too busy creating more characters instead of focusing on Twitch and Lexi. In fact, it would have been perfect to make the point that no matter how mature or evolved Twitch became in his relationship with Lexi, he would always make time to play the dirty games he taught Lexi to love.
“I was surrounded by things I loved.
Her body, my favorite art piece.
Her moan, my favorite song.
Her breath stolen, she continued to put her trust in me.
I wore her love like a tattoo.
She revived my scorched soul with a single kiss.
I loved this woman.
I loved her to death.” – Twitch
“Tell me what to do, my love. Tell me how to make it better. Name it and it will be yours. My beautiful man. My survivor. My knight in scuffed armor.” – Lexi
Twitch is back!!! This book was so worth the wait.
The time between Raw & Dirty was Torturous, but we never really got that nirvana we
all wanted ……The reincarnation of Twitch .
Rebirth was Definitely worth the wait to see how Twitch makes it back to Lexi and AJ and ultimately makes amends while battling demons to stay with them .
I’m talking to you Bada$$ Psycho Asian Ling … Love her even thou she’s so evil .
Heartache , drama ,action , suspense and that ending