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* I couldn't get my hands on "Conclave" for free, and since it's not a key book in the series, I decided not to buy it. There is no review for this book.  Corrupt Hideaway Honestly, I wish I had more to say, but this was a bit of a let down compared to Corrupt in my opinion. Looking back, it focused more on Damon than the protagonists and honestly, I wanted to feel more connected to the characters. Kai, even from his perspective, seems closed off, and I was hoping that by the end I'd feel like I knew him, but no such look. Kai   was meh and for me and so was banks. She was driven and ambitious, but Rika was taunting, pure fire and gave as good as she got. Whereas I felt like, we never got to see banks bad-side, which is a shame because I know she has one. In all fairness to Penelope, I really did enjoy seeing how Banks tried to navigate her old life from her knew one. And her love for Damon v.s Kai. I think she'll develop more of a tongue later on in the book...

Wow. Okay wow. First of all this is the hundredth book I have read 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳. I've been meaning to read this for months, and Penelope rarely disappoints. Welp, this did more than not disappoint IT WAS AMAZING.  The spoiler-free version is that the plot was incredible, the writing and smut was fucking amazing, I'm in love with the main character an d not only did Pen elope show off a sexy kick ass gay character in the perfect way but in a fucked up round-about way, I found it to be quite the feminist read.  Now lets get to business 😎. First up, the goddamn story line Most romance books I read are only okay at the storyline. What I mean by this, is that, outside of the romance, there is nothing. Like, the actual trope will be good, and you feel like you know the characters, but romance is the only aspect to the book. This on the other hand 🤯. It was like a horror, mystery and romance all wrapped up into one whilst including, I hate every girl but you and bad boy trope....

Dude, I wasn't going to do a RWM for Verity but I can't not do one... HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!! 14:02- please don't sleep with her husband 14:31- that house is creepy 14:36- welp, the little boy is from a horror movie 14:40- I take it back, he's adorable. 14: 54- bruv that woman scares me... "The words should come directly from the center of the gut, tearing through flesh and bone as they break free. Ugly and honest and bloody and a little bit terrifying, but completely exposed."  ?????????? 14:58- WTF. He married a psychopath. "What you read will taste so bad at times, you’ll want to spit it out, but you’ll swallow these words and they will become part of you, part of your gut, and you will hurt because of them." 💀💀💀 15:02- she just said " Don’t judge me. I was a starving artist and it was ridiculously expensive. I intended to make up for the theft when I had the money. I’d donate to a charity or save a baby or something ." 15:04- ummm, how...

Before u start reading, this is a criticism is based of the first book alone due to the fact that I don't care enough to finish the whole series and this does contain spoilers. Every single victim is female Now, the reason for this is because the novel written by Kerri Maniscalo is based on true events that occurred in the 19th century, which is already rocky territory. For me, taking real life murders and fictionalizing them is not going to end well. At the end of the day we're talking about real life people and if an account is going to be written, it needs to remain completely factual to the story. Did she do this? Nope. But that's another story. Anyway, my issue with the murders isn't the fact that they're all female, it's how they're all portrayed. To me it's very much, "I'm the damsel in distress waiting for men to save me." Uhh, women who follow societies exceptions (female resentment) d This highlights two of my points. The first be...