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The Ravenhood #2
Exodus
Can you live a lie?
It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.
It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.
I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.
Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.
I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.
There was never going to be an escape.
All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.
I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.
It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.
And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick. That will be my curse.
But it’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I’d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.
Because I can no longer live a lie.
It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.
It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.
I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.
Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.
I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.
There was never going to be an escape.
All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.
I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.
It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.
And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick. That will be my curse.
But it’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I’d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.
Because I can no longer live a lie.
450 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 2020
About the author
Kate Stewart
52 books20.9k followersUSA Today bestselling author and Texas native, Kate Stewart, lives in
North Carolina with her husband, Nick. Nestled within the Blueridge
Mountains, Kate pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as
well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense. Kate’s title, Drive, was
named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and
Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards
for best contemporary romance of 2017. The Ravenhood Trilogy,
consisting of Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line, has become an
international bestseller and reader favorite. Her holiday release, The Plight
Before Christmas, ranked #6 on Amazon’s Top 100. Kate’s works have
been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, The New York Daily News,
Huffington Post and translated into a dozen languages.
Kate is a lover of all things ’80s and ’90s, especially John Hughes films and
rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for
necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.
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North Carolina with her husband, Nick. Nestled within the Blueridge
Mountains, Kate pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as
well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense. Kate’s title, Drive, was
named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and
Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards
for best contemporary romance of 2017. The Ravenhood Trilogy,
consisting of Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line, has become an
international bestseller and reader favorite. Her holiday release, The Plight
Before Christmas, ranked #6 on Amazon’s Top 100. Kate’s works have
been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, The New York Daily News,
Huffington Post and translated into a dozen languages.
Kate is a lover of all things ’80s and ’90s, especially John Hughes films and
rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for
necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.
Contact Kate- [email protected]
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/79348...
Newsletter signup:
http://www.katestewartwrites.com/cont...
Website-www.katestewartwrites.com
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/authorkatest...
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May 22, 2022
You told me this would get better. You promised me. You said you are going to bawl your eyes out.
Oh, I did. I did cry, wishing once again I was illiterate. I cried for being lied to, I cried because I read over 700 pages for them to mean absolutely nothing at the end. I cried because I am pissed as a consumer, I have the right to be.
This review will contain spoilers.
I started this book and I had to restart my kindle, I had to make sure I wasn't reading New Moon by Stephanie Meyer. 
Once I made sure it was the right book, I figured out what was going on. Cecelia, who you told me would GROW AS A CHARACTER!! (Bitch, where??)
She was abandoned by both dicks she was sucking at the same time because of their little gang issues, the little gang who wants to destroy everything her daddy owns.
You will hear Cecelia say: "please don't leave me", "please come back", "please don't lie to me" over 300 times. All because she got d!cked on a boat in book 1 by two men at the same time and that was the highlight of her life and she thought humiliating herself for more d!ck constantly would be her entire personality from that day on. 
Then, while she cries and waits for her 3some material to come back, fucking Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast shows up on her backyard, calls her pathetic and that is enough to make her drop her panties to the floor and start eating croissants, because not only she has unresolved daddy issues she also developed a degrading kink. 
Like everything else in this series, this relationship was not developed at all, he just showed up on her backyard and his accent was enough for Cecelia to say: I can move on from the men I was just crying about two seconds ago because the vagina wants what it wants. French D!ck.
I mean, I don't blame her, but make it make sense.
Zero development, zero effort, the most confusing storyline and the worst plot known to men, but yes Tobias is the new guy, he is also Dominic's older brother (the other guy she was fucking) and the master mind behind the plan of destroying her daddy.
Coming back to our twilight parallels, Tobias for some unknown reason breaks into her house constantly, while she is in the shower, making breakfast and they fuck seven times a day because when you don't know how to write a relationship, sex scenes will sell your book for you. We have proof right here. 
I am still in awe you managed to make this series blow up.
Every single character in this book has issues with their parents. Standard. My favorite quote in this book was the only quote that finally described this entire series and it's main character and it came from our new boy Lumiere:
"I don't blame you Cecelia. You were taught from an early age to be a fixer, to crave affection unreturned, and somehow believe it will be rewarding. Some of us don't want to know the inner workings for your mind, tell you secrets and profess our love. some of us want to fuck you until we tire of you and move on."
And that is exactly what happened in this entire book. I beg you, please learn something from this. As a woman, it is my job to tell you this is the closest thing to reality we are going to get with this ridiculous book.
This series had ONE CHARACTER, one single character who was BEARABLE. A little down to earth, remotely interesting, and Kate killed him.
I almost DNFED the book right there but I am a content creator on instagram (go follow me @entirelybonkerz I post live reactions of me shitting on books) and people were counting on my sacrifice so they would never have to waste their time the way I did with this series.
The "begging for dick", being turned down and humiliated thing repeats itself for the majority of this book. There is something else going on plot wise? It changes 300 times, her dad dies, Tobias sedates her and tattoes her against her will to brand her, her mom was the one who was really responsible for Tobia's parents death, yatta, yatta, yatta.
At the end of the book, she tries to show Cece grew up, with daddy's money she went to college, became a CEO of something?????? Started talking like she was making big shots and she was a big deal, she left that little town where she bounced on all penises after Dominic's death, because Tobias kept telling her constantly he didn't want her. She even got enganged to a rando.
Every single thing with a Dick was completely in love with her, her new lawyer, her new fiancé who she broke up with to go back to Tobias. Six years later, six long years being away from all of those guys she decided the best decision was to:
Tell her fiancé she masturbates every single day thinking about Lumiere fom Beauty and The Beast (*be our guest playing in the background*)
She goes back into town and is shocked that everyone has moved on, that Sean got married and has kids, because she is a selfish person who can't stand the fact that she is not the center of attention anymore. She humiliates herself one more time in front of every single man, and keeps begging for dick for god knows how many more pages.
I swear to god, when these men talk about her, they probably refer to her as: that one drunk chick we used to f*ck when we were high.
She sees Tobias with someone else, gets drunk, pukes in front of him, keeps begging him to tell her the truth, take her back, love her. At some point her ex-fiance comes back to confront them all and we get the most beautiful sentence of this book out of Tobia's mouth:
I'VE GOT THAT THUG DICK SHE CRAVES 
Of course, Tobia's was in fact just trying to protect her from how much he hates himself, he actually is in awe of her as a woman and as a person (totally understandable, she is a great character). At least they admit they're both sick for wanting each other so much.
For some reason, I still believe this book had a fuckboy as a ghost writer. Everything Cece "learned" they say it was because of a man, they made her, they trained her, they taught her... bla bla bla bla bla. When she throws a fit or gets angry Kate always uses the sentece: "GOING ALL GIRL ON SOMEONE" because girls are always irrational, and emotionally unbalanced right? Or maybe just this one.
Now you want me to read and review Finish Line and I want to kill you all for it, but I love you too much to say no so I guess we are doing this. My brain will turn to mush due to 500 more pages of:
PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME I WANT TO CHOKE ON YOUR DICK
CECELIA YOU ARE PATHETIC (read in frech accent) BUT HERE TAKE MY DICK
November 19, 2021
Fuck.
This book!
There are no words that seem adequate enough to describe how I'm feeling right now.
My eyes are swollen and burning. My nose is stuffy. My heart has been shredded and pieced back together, but there is still a couple of gaping holes that can't be repaired. I'm in love, and I'm heartbroken. I'm happy, and I'm devastated. I feel so many things at once.
If you want to know if Exodus is worth your time, the answer is HELL. FUCKING. YES. It's one of the best books of the year! Hands down! 5 stars doesn't seem like enough to give such a fantastically written story.
I originally planned to add more to this review, but I've since decided against it. You need to experience everything this story has to offer for yourself. Exodus is completely different than anything you're expecting. I promise you that.
The Ravenhood Duet is like nothing I've ever read. It blew me away, and I don't say those words often. I will never forget this story, and neither will you.
Kate Stewart, you're a motherfucking unicorn. I've read less than a handful of books in my entire life that have pulled this level of emotion out of me. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Romance fans of all kinds, this one's for you!
This book!
There are no words that seem adequate enough to describe how I'm feeling right now.
My eyes are swollen and burning. My nose is stuffy. My heart has been shredded and pieced back together, but there is still a couple of gaping holes that can't be repaired. I'm in love, and I'm heartbroken. I'm happy, and I'm devastated. I feel so many things at once.
If you want to know if Exodus is worth your time, the answer is HELL. FUCKING. YES. It's one of the best books of the year! Hands down! 5 stars doesn't seem like enough to give such a fantastically written story.
I originally planned to add more to this review, but I've since decided against it. You need to experience everything this story has to offer for yourself. Exodus is completely different than anything you're expecting. I promise you that.
The Ravenhood Duet is like nothing I've ever read. It blew me away, and I don't say those words often. I will never forget this story, and neither will you.
Kate Stewart, you're a motherfucking unicorn. I've read less than a handful of books in my entire life that have pulled this level of emotion out of me. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Romance fans of all kinds, this one's for you!
September 5, 2020
alexa play daddy issues by the neighbourhood
oh boy, where to fucking begin...
this was a lot different both tonally and in writing style in comparison to the first book. gonna have to agree with a lot of other reviewers here and say that loving the first book in the duet does not guarantee you will have a good time with the second book. but i am going to disagree with other readers in that i think the first book isn't pointless.
again, it's sort of hard to talk about this book without spoiling things so i am going to try and give you some answers while still remaining vague so you can decide for yourself if this is something you'd like to pick up/invest time into:
- the relationship that our heroine ends up in is definitely toxic. it's up to you to decide whether or not you can look past that.
- there's a definite teen soap, OTH feeling, to some of the "history repeats itself" stuff near the end of the book.
- i would honestly categorize this series and this book in particular as dark/suspenseful.
- the writing of this book did at times feel repetitive and a little annoying with regards to our heroine and her feelings.
- if you picked up the first book and got invested in someone in particular, you might not want to pick this up.
i realize that all sounds incredibly negative but i think i tend to guard things closely when they affect my heart. i definitely do not believe that this book or this duet is for everyone. but i enjoyed the hell out of it.
our heroine is a mess and our hero even more so. but kate was able to convince me that these two were meant for each other. and even when i got annoyed at times at the cowardice of certain characters, all of it kind of made sense at the end. i feel like this is a duet that i am going to be thinking about for a really long time. and it's definitely one that i will be revisiting certain moments of, over and over and over.
oh boy, where to fucking begin...
this was a lot different both tonally and in writing style in comparison to the first book. gonna have to agree with a lot of other reviewers here and say that loving the first book in the duet does not guarantee you will have a good time with the second book. but i am going to disagree with other readers in that i think the first book isn't pointless.
again, it's sort of hard to talk about this book without spoiling things so i am going to try and give you some answers while still remaining vague so you can decide for yourself if this is something you'd like to pick up/invest time into:
- the relationship that our heroine ends up in is definitely toxic. it's up to you to decide whether or not you can look past that.
- there's a definite teen soap, OTH feeling, to some of the "history repeats itself" stuff near the end of the book.
- i would honestly categorize this series and this book in particular as dark/suspenseful.
- the writing of this book did at times feel repetitive and a little annoying with regards to our heroine and her feelings.
- if you picked up the first book and got invested in someone in particular, you might not want to pick this up.
i realize that all sounds incredibly negative but i think i tend to guard things closely when they affect my heart. i definitely do not believe that this book or this duet is for everyone. but i enjoyed the hell out of it.
our heroine is a mess and our hero even more so. but kate was able to convince me that these two were meant for each other. and even when i got annoyed at times at the cowardice of certain characters, all of it kind of made sense at the end. i feel like this is a duet that i am going to be thinking about for a really long time. and it's definitely one that i will be revisiting certain moments of, over and over and over.
November 6, 2023
∞/5 ★’s
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ ･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
“your heart is not your weakness, cecelia. it’s mine.”
༺❤︎༻ live, laugh, love words ༺❤︎༻
exodus is and forever will be my heaven and my hell. filled with love and hate. beauty and pain. sunshine and rain.
°❀ “we love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” ❀°
moments in life. i think about my happiest moment, my saddest moment, my scariest moment, my most intimate moment, my bravest moment, my proudest moment. i think about moments in my life where there was a lot of love, passion, kindness, comfort, laughter, trust and forgiveness. then i think about moments in my life where there was a lot of crying, betrayal, hate, deceit, anger, anxiety and resentment. i finally think about moments where i felt like i was on cloud nine and then moments where i felt like i hit rock bottom. moments in life that simply made me feel so deeply. if i take all of these feelings and put them together…that’s exodus.
♡ the writing:
kate stewart is one of the very few authors who have successfully pulled every single emotion out of me. it’s authors like her that inspire me to become a writer someday. i wanna be able to perfect the ability to write something that touches someone’s soul and has an unforgettable effect on many, many people. three words to describe kate’s writing: consuming, captivating, and poetic. i would read this woman’s grocery lists and pay to live a day in her mind.
♡ the plot:
forever engraved in my mind. if you have been craving a trilogy that will make you love and hate me for recommending it to you, then this is definitely the trilogy for you! this plot will have you on your toes. i’m a big fan of being cryptic and giving you lovelies nothing for an explanation about the plot. i promise it’s better this way. just know that this trilogy is filled with romance, suspense, secrets, and so much more.
♡ romance:
there is a fine line between love and hate. that’s the first thing that comes to mind when i think about the romance in this trilogy. i’m a big fan of men who are grumpy assholes who end up going soft for the woman they love. that sounds so basic, but this trilogy makes everything romance related…very complicated.
♡ spice spice spice🫦:
what do you get when you mix hate with spice?? a pregnant me🤰it’s not often that i have a section in my reviews dedicated to smut, but omg😭these books have me feeling all kinds of things. let me just say this…bite marks, bruises, and hate sex. read all that and more in this trilogy😋
♡ cecelia:
༻ “i know for sure that humility has changed me in a major way. and these lessons i haven't taken for granted, even if i’ve been taken for granted in the process.” ༺
my queenie🤭this woman never fails to amaze me. her character development is chef’s kiss🤌mwah! we see her go from this naive girl to the most strong, confident, intelligent, and successful woman. i’ve always been a fan of dual pov, but flock and exodus are only told in cee’s pov. let me just say…she’s more than enough. she is the moment💅cee is the type of girl i’d be best friend’s with in real life. the amount of times i wanted to jump into this book and give her the biggest hug ever…an endless amount. she’s such a badass that doesn’t take shit from anyone. she has a voice and she learns how to use it throughout this entire series🤭i’m so proud of her.
♡ tobias:
༻ “keep dreaming. keep planning. dream a thousand dreams and then make a thousand things happen.” ༺
tobias has that toe-curling, thigh clenching, lip biting, butterflies in the tummy, swoon worthy effect and i simply can't get enough🫦also here’s a fun fact for you all, he’s a leo just like me🤭leos are usually dominant, but let me just say…the way i’d INSTANTLY submit to him is almost concerning🧎♀️tobias, baby…bite marks and bruises? come use my body as your canvas, i love art😍he’s the type of man to be scared of, but also the type of man you’ll feel the safest with. my weakness😩obviously there’s a lot more about this man than what i’ve stated, but i guess you, my dear lovelies, are just going to have to read to find out more<3
♡ dominic:
༻ “cecelia. i would never, ever, fucking hurt you. not for anything or anyone or any reason.” he takes a step forward. “come on, baby, look at me.” ༺
*gasps for air* sorry…there’s just something about dom calling cecelia, baby🫦it always gets me weak in the knees. i’m so in love with this man🤭he’s such a mystery. i feel that all the men in this trilogy are mysteries! it makes reading about them so much fun. kate stewart knows how to write a swoon worthy man, that i know for sure😋there’s so much more i could say about this man, but i said so much about him in flock!! i don’t want to be repetitive, but just know him and i are married👰♀️💍🤵♂️
♡ sean:
“hey, pup.”
we don’t talk about this man. his last name is roberts so my bruna bae calls me “mrs. roberts” now😔idk why, especially since she’s the one who married him. he’s all yours, pookie!! blonde hair, lip ring and all! enjoy😙you can be his pup forever. bahahah😂omg please don’t kill me for this. we’re both whores for tobias and dom😋
♡ my favorite scene:
this will all be one scene, just broken up into parts so it’s easy to understand what’s going on<3
“i’m on my period,” i announce dryly, not bothering to look his way. “and i don’t want to see you.”
he remains where he stands, his suited silhouette in my periphery.
“i said—“
“i heard what you said,” he snaps, “and you don’t get to decide when you see me.”
*later on in the same scene*
he strides back into the room, tossing a box on my bed, and i blink at it.
“whatever it is, you can take it back.”
“just fucking open it.”
“i’m not your whore, don’t bring me gifts.”
he jerks the bow on the box, speaking through gritted teeth. “open it.”
i unfasten the ribbon and open it to see it’s a new negligee and matching silk robe. expensive. i toss it at his chest, and it lands at his shoes.
in the next second, my hair is fisted around his thick fingers as he pins me, his eyes firing bright with annoyance. i turn away from him, the burn in my scalp strengthening as he rights me where he wants me. i sigh, giving in, my body coming alive with him so close. “just leave. i've got nothing to offer you.”
he squeezes my jaw, so my lips part a fraction, and i glare at him.
“please tell me you aren't that disgusting.”
“you’re making it very easy to be that asshole.”
“i don’t want your gift, or you.”
he pushes me down onto the bed and presses his forehead to mine. “i came to apologize for ripping your dress.”
*later on at the end of the scene*
“what are you not telling me?”
“a lot.”
“get out.”
“i wish it were that simple.”
“it is. you stand, you walk out that door, and you don’t come back. and you cease to exist for me too.”
he leans in, making it impossible for me not to see him. “i wish i could. i would. i’d leave you here and never look back.”
“then what’s stopping you?” i snap.
he swallows and stands, pulling me to my feet, and stupidly, i allow it. tentatively, he trials his knuckles from the valley between my breasts down to the button of my shorts.
“tobias,” i object, stopping his hands.
“allow me this,” his eyes implore mine. “please?”
a word i never thought would ring sincere coming from his lips. i remain silent, watching him with dear accusation as his expression remains earnest while he pushes the shorts past my thighs, and grips my hand to help me step out of them. slowly, he lifts the hem of my shirt before easing it over my head and leans in pressing a kiss to my bare shoulder as he unclasps my bra, discarding it onto the growing pile on my floor. bare in nothing but my simple cotton panties, i cross my arms over them thankful i opted for a tampon this morning, my cheeks heating before he gently pulls them apart, his eyes gliding down my body in an appreciative sweep.
my pulse kicks up as he retrieves the gown from the floor and lifts my arms before he pulls it down, the silk caressing me as it slides down my frame, where it hangs mid-thigh.
he steps back. “exquise.”
i bite my lip as the atmosphere swirling around us thickens just before he plucks his wallet from his pants and tosses a few hundred dollars on the bed behind me. he sees the insult his action causes and palms me flush to his side, his thumb sliding along my hip when he speaks, his voice heated. “i didn't know where you got the dress, so i couldn't replace it. but the negligee felt like you. soft,” he presses a kiss below my ear, “sensual,” and another, “delicate,” he pulls back to weigh my reaction before licking along my bottom lip, “beautiful.” he releases me and steps back, eyes searing me before he turns and leaves me staring after him, covered in silk, thoroughly seduced, and utterly perplexed.
~~~i love intimate scenes🦋🦋mixed with aggression, tension, and hate🫦
♡ important message:
to my bruna🥹thank you for convincing me to reread this trilogy. i’m having the best time🤭with the way i read this book…we basically buddy read it all. thank you for staying up until like 4-6am for the past few days to scream about this hook with me and for listening to my 15 minute audio message of me narrating a scene in this book while hysterically crying😭😂oh! and all of my other 3-5 minute audios narrating other scenes in this book hehe. you’re right, this book is ours and ours only🥹🫂love you bff👯♀️also idk what ruined me more…this book or you telling me “we are connected🫂atp i’m bruna (kendyl’s version)”🙈
♡ quotes:
༻ “this man is, without a doubt, the most beautiful man i’ve ever laid eyes on.” i agree👅
༻ “i clutch him to me as he bruises and conquers, his touch void of any tenderness, but i’m fine with that because i know just a hint of it would ruin me.”
༻ “he would have torn me in half had he taken me as roughy as he kissed me.” damn🦋🦋
༻ “days later, i sit at my vanity gaping at my neck, and the puncture marks at the top of my breasts. i look like i was viciously attacked, and in a way, i was... until i wasn't.” me next!!🫦
༻ “the morning after our run-in, i spent an hour trying to cover the bite mark on my neck before i discovered the bruises on my wrists.” rough>gentle🙈🙈
༻ “ce quite blesse, me blesse.” what hurts you, hurts me. 🫠
༻ “it strikes me then that i've never known all-consuming love until this day, until him, and i'm positive, i will never know it like that again. i found my truth in love just seconds before it was ripped from me.”
༻ “you're the only woman in the world who's good at making me really angry.” 🦋🦋🦋🦋
༻ “je baise mon poing tous les jours en pensant à toi.” i fuck my fist to you everyday.
“et je te déteste pendant tout.” and i hate you the whole time. 🫦THIS SCENE
༻ “we’re not playing a game with toy guns, extra lives, and monopoly money.”
༻ “you’re safe. i’ll make sure of it.” 🥹🦋
༻ “but i see you, cecelia. i. see. you.”
༻ “je suppose que je serai toujours la fille qui pleure à la lune.” i guess i’ll always be the girl crying for the moon.
༻ “i may be the villain you fell for, but that doesn’t make me any less the villain.”
༻ “i don’t get a happy ending. i just get an ending.” 😔
༻ “you should know that every time i look at you, cecelia, i want your attention, your lips, your tongue, your body.” 🥲🥲
༻ “i hate that i love the way he kisses me. it's possession and now bordering on obsession.”
♡ old updates:
♡11/02/23♡
this book is equally my heaven and my hell.
rtc when i can learn to breathe again…
alexa play: “the night we met” by lord huron and “right where you left me” by taylor swift.
♡10/27/23♡
ok breathe, kendyl, breathe. inhale and exhale. breathe bitch😭😭
alexa play: “i don’t wanna live forever” by zayn & taylor swift…and put it on REPEAT!!❤️🩹
time to continue my reread😋deleted my old review again because i don’t wanna be embarrassed😔when i first read this one, it was five stars hehe i have a feeling it’ll be the same🤭🤭
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ ･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°
“your heart is not your weakness, cecelia. it’s mine.”
༺❤︎༻ live, laugh, love words ༺❤︎༻
exodus is and forever will be my heaven and my hell. filled with love and hate. beauty and pain. sunshine and rain.
°❀ “we love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” ❀°
moments in life. i think about my happiest moment, my saddest moment, my scariest moment, my most intimate moment, my bravest moment, my proudest moment. i think about moments in my life where there was a lot of love, passion, kindness, comfort, laughter, trust and forgiveness. then i think about moments in my life where there was a lot of crying, betrayal, hate, deceit, anger, anxiety and resentment. i finally think about moments where i felt like i was on cloud nine and then moments where i felt like i hit rock bottom. moments in life that simply made me feel so deeply. if i take all of these feelings and put them together…that’s exodus.
♡ the writing:
kate stewart is one of the very few authors who have successfully pulled every single emotion out of me. it’s authors like her that inspire me to become a writer someday. i wanna be able to perfect the ability to write something that touches someone’s soul and has an unforgettable effect on many, many people. three words to describe kate’s writing: consuming, captivating, and poetic. i would read this woman’s grocery lists and pay to live a day in her mind.
♡ the plot:
forever engraved in my mind. if you have been craving a trilogy that will make you love and hate me for recommending it to you, then this is definitely the trilogy for you! this plot will have you on your toes. i’m a big fan of being cryptic and giving you lovelies nothing for an explanation about the plot. i promise it’s better this way. just know that this trilogy is filled with romance, suspense, secrets, and so much more.
♡ romance:
there is a fine line between love and hate. that’s the first thing that comes to mind when i think about the romance in this trilogy. i’m a big fan of men who are grumpy assholes who end up going soft for the woman they love. that sounds so basic, but this trilogy makes everything romance related…very complicated.
♡ spice spice spice🫦:
what do you get when you mix hate with spice?? a pregnant me🤰it’s not often that i have a section in my reviews dedicated to smut, but omg😭these books have me feeling all kinds of things. let me just say this…bite marks, bruises, and hate sex. read all that and more in this trilogy😋
♡ cecelia:
༻ “i know for sure that humility has changed me in a major way. and these lessons i haven't taken for granted, even if i’ve been taken for granted in the process.” ༺
my queenie🤭this woman never fails to amaze me. her character development is chef’s kiss🤌mwah! we see her go from this naive girl to the most strong, confident, intelligent, and successful woman. i’ve always been a fan of dual pov, but flock and exodus are only told in cee’s pov. let me just say…she’s more than enough. she is the moment💅cee is the type of girl i’d be best friend’s with in real life. the amount of times i wanted to jump into this book and give her the biggest hug ever…an endless amount. she’s such a badass that doesn’t take shit from anyone. she has a voice and she learns how to use it throughout this entire series🤭i’m so proud of her.
♡ tobias:
༻ “keep dreaming. keep planning. dream a thousand dreams and then make a thousand things happen.” ༺
tobias has that toe-curling, thigh clenching, lip biting, butterflies in the tummy, swoon worthy effect and i simply can't get enough🫦also here’s a fun fact for you all, he’s a leo just like me🤭leos are usually dominant, but let me just say…the way i’d INSTANTLY submit to him is almost concerning🧎♀️tobias, baby…bite marks and bruises? come use my body as your canvas, i love art😍he’s the type of man to be scared of, but also the type of man you’ll feel the safest with. my weakness😩obviously there’s a lot more about this man than what i’ve stated, but i guess you, my dear lovelies, are just going to have to read to find out more<3
♡ dominic:
༻ “cecelia. i would never, ever, fucking hurt you. not for anything or anyone or any reason.” he takes a step forward. “come on, baby, look at me.” ༺
*gasps for air* sorry…there’s just something about dom calling cecelia, baby🫦it always gets me weak in the knees. i’m so in love with this man🤭he’s such a mystery. i feel that all the men in this trilogy are mysteries! it makes reading about them so much fun. kate stewart knows how to write a swoon worthy man, that i know for sure😋there’s so much more i could say about this man, but i said so much about him in flock!! i don’t want to be repetitive, but just know him and i are married👰♀️💍🤵♂️
♡ sean:
“hey, pup.”
we don’t talk about this man. his last name is roberts so my bruna bae calls me “mrs. roberts” now😔idk why, especially since she’s the one who married him. he’s all yours, pookie!! blonde hair, lip ring and all! enjoy😙you can be his pup forever. bahahah😂omg please don’t kill me for this. we’re both whores for tobias and dom😋
♡ my favorite scene:
this will all be one scene, just broken up into parts so it’s easy to understand what’s going on<3
“i’m on my period,” i announce dryly, not bothering to look his way. “and i don’t want to see you.”
he remains where he stands, his suited silhouette in my periphery.
“i said—“
“i heard what you said,” he snaps, “and you don’t get to decide when you see me.”
*later on in the same scene*
he strides back into the room, tossing a box on my bed, and i blink at it.
“whatever it is, you can take it back.”
“just fucking open it.”
“i’m not your whore, don’t bring me gifts.”
he jerks the bow on the box, speaking through gritted teeth. “open it.”
i unfasten the ribbon and open it to see it’s a new negligee and matching silk robe. expensive. i toss it at his chest, and it lands at his shoes.
in the next second, my hair is fisted around his thick fingers as he pins me, his eyes firing bright with annoyance. i turn away from him, the burn in my scalp strengthening as he rights me where he wants me. i sigh, giving in, my body coming alive with him so close. “just leave. i've got nothing to offer you.”
he squeezes my jaw, so my lips part a fraction, and i glare at him.
“please tell me you aren't that disgusting.”
“you’re making it very easy to be that asshole.”
“i don’t want your gift, or you.”
he pushes me down onto the bed and presses his forehead to mine. “i came to apologize for ripping your dress.”
*later on at the end of the scene*
“what are you not telling me?”
“a lot.”
“get out.”
“i wish it were that simple.”
“it is. you stand, you walk out that door, and you don’t come back. and you cease to exist for me too.”
he leans in, making it impossible for me not to see him. “i wish i could. i would. i’d leave you here and never look back.”
“then what’s stopping you?” i snap.
he swallows and stands, pulling me to my feet, and stupidly, i allow it. tentatively, he trials his knuckles from the valley between my breasts down to the button of my shorts.
“tobias,” i object, stopping his hands.
“allow me this,” his eyes implore mine. “please?”
a word i never thought would ring sincere coming from his lips. i remain silent, watching him with dear accusation as his expression remains earnest while he pushes the shorts past my thighs, and grips my hand to help me step out of them. slowly, he lifts the hem of my shirt before easing it over my head and leans in pressing a kiss to my bare shoulder as he unclasps my bra, discarding it onto the growing pile on my floor. bare in nothing but my simple cotton panties, i cross my arms over them thankful i opted for a tampon this morning, my cheeks heating before he gently pulls them apart, his eyes gliding down my body in an appreciative sweep.
my pulse kicks up as he retrieves the gown from the floor and lifts my arms before he pulls it down, the silk caressing me as it slides down my frame, where it hangs mid-thigh.
he steps back. “exquise.”
i bite my lip as the atmosphere swirling around us thickens just before he plucks his wallet from his pants and tosses a few hundred dollars on the bed behind me. he sees the insult his action causes and palms me flush to his side, his thumb sliding along my hip when he speaks, his voice heated. “i didn't know where you got the dress, so i couldn't replace it. but the negligee felt like you. soft,” he presses a kiss below my ear, “sensual,” and another, “delicate,” he pulls back to weigh my reaction before licking along my bottom lip, “beautiful.” he releases me and steps back, eyes searing me before he turns and leaves me staring after him, covered in silk, thoroughly seduced, and utterly perplexed.
~~~i love intimate scenes🦋🦋mixed with aggression, tension, and hate🫦
♡ important message:
to my bruna🥹thank you for convincing me to reread this trilogy. i’m having the best time🤭with the way i read this book…we basically buddy read it all. thank you for staying up until like 4-6am for the past few days to scream about this hook with me and for listening to my 15 minute audio message of me narrating a scene in this book while hysterically crying😭😂oh! and all of my other 3-5 minute audios narrating other scenes in this book hehe. you’re right, this book is ours and ours only🥹🫂love you bff👯♀️also idk what ruined me more…this book or you telling me “we are connected🫂atp i’m bruna (kendyl’s version)”🙈
♡ quotes:
༻ “this man is, without a doubt, the most beautiful man i’ve ever laid eyes on.” i agree👅
༻ “i clutch him to me as he bruises and conquers, his touch void of any tenderness, but i’m fine with that because i know just a hint of it would ruin me.”
༻ “he would have torn me in half had he taken me as roughy as he kissed me.” damn🦋🦋
༻ “days later, i sit at my vanity gaping at my neck, and the puncture marks at the top of my breasts. i look like i was viciously attacked, and in a way, i was... until i wasn't.” me next!!🫦
༻ “the morning after our run-in, i spent an hour trying to cover the bite mark on my neck before i discovered the bruises on my wrists.” rough>gentle🙈🙈
༻ “ce quite blesse, me blesse.” what hurts you, hurts me. 🫠
༻ “it strikes me then that i've never known all-consuming love until this day, until him, and i'm positive, i will never know it like that again. i found my truth in love just seconds before it was ripped from me.”
༻ “you're the only woman in the world who's good at making me really angry.” 🦋🦋🦋🦋
༻ “je baise mon poing tous les jours en pensant à toi.” i fuck my fist to you everyday.
“et je te déteste pendant tout.” and i hate you the whole time. 🫦THIS SCENE
༻ “we’re not playing a game with toy guns, extra lives, and monopoly money.”
༻ “you’re safe. i’ll make sure of it.” 🥹🦋
༻ “but i see you, cecelia. i. see. you.”
༻ “je suppose que je serai toujours la fille qui pleure à la lune.” i guess i’ll always be the girl crying for the moon.
༻ “i may be the villain you fell for, but that doesn’t make me any less the villain.”
༻ “i don’t get a happy ending. i just get an ending.” 😔
༻ “you should know that every time i look at you, cecelia, i want your attention, your lips, your tongue, your body.” 🥲🥲
༻ “i hate that i love the way he kisses me. it's possession and now bordering on obsession.”
♡ old updates:
♡11/02/23♡
this book is equally my heaven and my hell.
rtc when i can learn to breathe again…
alexa play: “the night we met” by lord huron and “right where you left me” by taylor swift.
♡10/27/23♡
ok breathe, kendyl, breathe. inhale and exhale. breathe bitch😭😭
alexa play: “i don’t wanna live forever” by zayn & taylor swift…and put it on REPEAT!!❤️🩹
time to continue my reread😋deleted my old review again because i don’t wanna be embarrassed😔when i first read this one, it was five stars hehe i have a feeling it’ll be the same🤭🤭
June 16, 2021
5+ STARS!
I thought Flock was epic and it blew my mind, but I had no idea, no clue, just how epic the conclusion to this story would be. As of now, Exodus is the very best book I've read this year. And I have a feeling it's going to be really difficult to top! It's truly brilliant and a must read.
Cecelia's journey continues... One of my favorite parts of this story is watching Cecelia's growth and seeing her strength. The romance aspect was incredible, but there were so many more complexities. I felt so much for these characters and I flew through this book. It was a long one, but it didn't feel long at all. It was completely unputdownable and I FELT SO MUCH. I'm one of those 'give me all the feels' readers, so this was honestly perfect for me.
There is so much I want to say about this book, SO MUCH, but I'm not going to because I don't want to spoil 'Flock', and going into these books blind is such an experience and it's one I don't want to ruin for anyone. These books hit me so hard. They're emotional, twisty, original, angsty, steamy, and everything I want in a book. The Ravenhood duet is of the best duets I've ever read. Kate Stewart's talented writing and passionate storytelling really shines with this one and I can't recommend it enough. My favorite Kate Stewart book (and I've read them all) and my top 2020 read.
I thought Flock was epic and it blew my mind, but I had no idea, no clue, just how epic the conclusion to this story would be. As of now, Exodus is the very best book I've read this year. And I have a feeling it's going to be really difficult to top! It's truly brilliant and a must read.
“It takes a queen to love and understand a king. Did you think this would break me? You made me!”
Cecelia's journey continues... One of my favorite parts of this story is watching Cecelia's growth and seeing her strength. The romance aspect was incredible, but there were so many more complexities. I felt so much for these characters and I flew through this book. It was a long one, but it didn't feel long at all. It was completely unputdownable and I FELT SO MUCH. I'm one of those 'give me all the feels' readers, so this was honestly perfect for me.
There is so much I want to say about this book, SO MUCH, but I'm not going to because I don't want to spoil 'Flock', and going into these books blind is such an experience and it's one I don't want to ruin for anyone. These books hit me so hard. They're emotional, twisty, original, angsty, steamy, and everything I want in a book. The Ravenhood duet is of the best duets I've ever read. Kate Stewart's talented writing and passionate storytelling really shines with this one and I can't recommend it enough. My favorite Kate Stewart book (and I've read them all) and my top 2020 read.
“You left the best part out of your story.” He draws his brows and shakes his head. “Don’t.” “Us. That’s the best part. Our part.”
October 16, 2021
PAIN. 5 MILLION STARS. Tobias King is the hottest man i’ve ever seen in my life. Cecelia became the bad bitch I wanted her to be. I cried 95% of this book but I loved every second of it. All my questions were answered, all my tears were shed, and my heart has been ripped from my chest but put right back.
eggs—runny, coffee—black, music—loud, cars—fast.
eggs—runny, coffee—black, music—loud, cars—fast.
August 3, 2020
Spoilers ahead people peeeeeep
Here we go withmy rant...am just so furious about everything that happened in these two books, first big surprise it is not menagerie or reverse harem but there are multiple men that the heroine falls in love with. I don't see the necessity of the first book because it is not even about the real man that she ends up with. So we have her story with Sean and Dominic at the first book and I rooted for them so hard despite my frustration with the way the handled the secret of the brotherhood. That is why I gave it higher rating ,I really enjoyed it but the second book I hated it with passion. Dominic dies, sean gets married to another woman and the asshole she is pining for is with another woman. I felt so embarrassed for her when she meets Tessa sean’s wife and he never came for her and that was so sad .but I hated how she was the only one who was fighting for love and paying for all the things that happened in the past .i felt like the author just wanted to teach Cecelia a lesson and what ruined the fucking book for me was how easy she forgave him and took him back after everything he did, I never hated a hero as much as I hated Tobias .and Cecelia was just naive little sad girl with daddy issues and she just wanted to have this big painful love she read in the books and I felt so sad for the girl. This the end of my rant, I agree this book evoked a lot of feelings in me and I applaud the author for that , at least I know kate Stewart can write. But these two books especially the second one in the series was not my cup of tea. Adios
Here we go withmy rant...am just so furious about everything that happened in these two books, first big surprise it is not menagerie or reverse harem but there are multiple men that the heroine falls in love with. I don't see the necessity of the first book because it is not even about the real man that she ends up with. So we have her story with Sean and Dominic at the first book and I rooted for them so hard despite my frustration with the way the handled the secret of the brotherhood. That is why I gave it higher rating ,I really enjoyed it but the second book I hated it with passion. Dominic dies, sean gets married to another woman and the asshole she is pining for is with another woman. I felt so embarrassed for her when she meets Tessa sean’s wife and he never came for her and that was so sad .but I hated how she was the only one who was fighting for love and paying for all the things that happened in the past .i felt like the author just wanted to teach Cecelia a lesson and what ruined the fucking book for me was how easy she forgave him and took him back after everything he did, I never hated a hero as much as I hated Tobias .and Cecelia was just naive little sad girl with daddy issues and she just wanted to have this big painful love she read in the books and I felt so sad for the girl. This the end of my rant, I agree this book evoked a lot of feelings in me and I applaud the author for that , at least I know kate Stewart can write. But these two books especially the second one in the series was not my cup of tea. Adios
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2024
I genuinely believe I read a different book to everyone else because I just don't get it.
I'm happy for everyone that did love this book as I'm definitely in the minority. You might want to look away from this review though as I can only describe this as one giant headache 🫣
My issues:
➸ 1. What was the series even about?
I was left constantly confused and had no idea what was going on for the majority of this series. I've heard that the unanswered questions are addressed in the last book and the spinoff, however I cannot comprehend why should you have to read 3/4 books just to understand what's going on 🤦♀️ I didn't care for the politics of this book, the gang/vigilante group/cult was weird and wasn't really explained. At some point the FMC started to know more about it but it just seemed like all the important information was left off page and left me scratching my head 👀🦗
I did the mathsyou know I'm mad when I'm voluntarily doing maths - I've read 883 pages between this book and the first and I STILL couldn't tell you what this series is about. It's essentially just smut which I'm fine with but not the unnecessary added politics thrown in without any explantation. I felt gaslight by this series because even when you are given information it doesn't explain everything.
➸ 2. The characters
I might have been more invested in finding out what the book is about if the characters weren't so insufferable.
You already know my thoughts on Sean from my review of Flock and he made maybe 3 brief appearances in this which was a welcome reprieve. Who would have thought he'd be the normal one after this?
Cecelia was still as annoying as ever, I couldn't find any redeeming qualities about her and so I struggled to connect with her relationships. In the two books I read she had 5 men in love with her? And all of the relationships were instant love so you can imagine me sitting here like 👀 pls explain.
There was a 6 year time jump and I admit she did get more of a back bone (as you would expect from being 20 to 26) but she was still being dramatic, immature and embarrassing herself. I didn't feel the love and connections she claimed to have for the multiple different men throughout the series so every time I heard her repeat speeches to a different guy my eyes were rolling 🤦♀️
Tobias did grow on me slightly and by slightly, I mean I wasn't completely indifferent, however by that point it was too late. I didn't feel their love/chemistry, the way their relationship happened made no sense and I couldn't get over what he did to my man Dom.
The first book started off focusing on an individual couple, then it was RH. You can imagine my surprise when the second book focused on a completely different individual couple. WHY?! There was no reason behind any of the decisions that were made.
I liked one thing about this book. I'm sure you can figure out what that was. This book found a way to ruin that and it was almost a DNF for me at 50% in. I saw the event coming because of this and I'm getting mad about it all over again while I'm writing this review so I've dropped my 2 star to 1 because it was so pointless. See how I'm being super cryptic? This is what the 883 pages I read felt like but I can't elaborate or I will spoil it.
The only reason I finished this book is because I changed to audio so I could mark it off towards my reading goal. I can't say the ending gave me any further clarity and I honestly can't see the purpose of the third book given the way this wrapped up. I don't know if I have the willpower to read it when I don't care for any of the characters 😅 For now, I'm happy to be free of this book 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️
On a positive note I had so much fun buddy reading this only because of the laughs at how much we hated this 👯♀️
⎯⎯ ୨ Pre-review: ୧ ⎯⎯
Buddy read with my gals Krysta, Meagan & Sabrina because I simply don't have the motivation to continue this series on my own 🤭
I'm happy for everyone that did love this book as I'm definitely in the minority. You might want to look away from this review though as I can only describe this as one giant headache 🫣
My issues:
➸ 1. What was the series even about?
I was left constantly confused and had no idea what was going on for the majority of this series. I've heard that the unanswered questions are addressed in the last book and the spinoff, however I cannot comprehend why should you have to read 3/4 books just to understand what's going on 🤦♀️ I didn't care for the politics of this book, the gang/vigilante group/cult was weird and wasn't really explained. At some point the FMC started to know more about it but it just seemed like all the important information was left off page and left me scratching my head 👀🦗
I did the maths
➸ 2. The characters
I might have been more invested in finding out what the book is about if the characters weren't so insufferable.
You already know my thoughts on Sean from my review of Flock and he made maybe 3 brief appearances in this which was a welcome reprieve. Who would have thought he'd be the normal one after this?
Cecelia was still as annoying as ever, I couldn't find any redeeming qualities about her and so I struggled to connect with her relationships. In the two books I read she had 5 men in love with her? And all of the relationships were instant love so you can imagine me sitting here like 👀 pls explain.
There was a 6 year time jump and I admit she did get more of a back bone (as you would expect from being 20 to 26) but she was still being dramatic, immature and embarrassing herself. I didn't feel the love and connections she claimed to have for the multiple different men throughout the series so every time I heard her repeat speeches to a different guy my eyes were rolling 🤦♀️
Tobias did grow on me slightly and by slightly, I mean I wasn't completely indifferent, however by that point it was too late. I didn't feel their love/chemistry, the way their relationship happened made no sense and I couldn't get over what he did to my man Dom.
The first book started off focusing on an individual couple, then it was RH. You can imagine my surprise when the second book focused on a completely different individual couple. WHY?! There was no reason behind any of the decisions that were made.
I liked one thing about this book. I'm sure you can figure out what that was. This book found a way to ruin that and it was almost a DNF for me at 50% in. I saw the event coming because of this and I'm getting mad about it all over again while I'm writing this review so I've dropped my 2 star to 1 because it was so pointless. See how I'm being super cryptic? This is what the 883 pages I read felt like but I can't elaborate or I will spoil it.
The only reason I finished this book is because I changed to audio so I could mark it off towards my reading goal. I can't say the ending gave me any further clarity and I honestly can't see the purpose of the third book given the way this wrapped up. I don't know if I have the willpower to read it when I don't care for any of the characters 😅 For now, I'm happy to be free of this book 🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️
On a positive note I had so much fun buddy reading this only because of the laughs at how much we hated this 👯♀️
⎯⎯ ୨ Pre-review: ୧ ⎯⎯
Buddy read with my gals Krysta, Meagan & Sabrina because I simply don't have the motivation to continue this series on my own 🤭
August 3, 2020
“Your heart is not your weakness, Cecelia. It’s mine.”
Ahhh oh shit I...just finished my top read of the ENTIRE year. Probably one of my fave stories of all time.
MUST CLICK RIGHT THE EF NOW.
This week I read one of the MOST AMAZING STORIES I'VE EVER READ. I cannot even begin to explain the emotions!!! The Ravenhood Duet by Kate Stewart is going down as one of my TOP READS EVER. This woman is talented beyond measure. How does she do this to me all the damn time?! She has a way of making me feel things I didn't even know I could feel for characters. THE EMOTIONS SHE BROUGHT OUT OF ME during this RIDE!!! I haven't felt this way about a story in a LONG TIME. The story line is ORIGINAL, refreshing, sexy, mind blowing, heart melting and heart stopping. YOU. WILL. NOT. KNOW. WHAT. HIT. YOU!! I DREAMED ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS AFTER I FINISHED. I AM STILL LIVING IN THIS STORY. I NEVER WANT TO STOP LIVING THIS STORY. THAT, is what reading a book SHOULD be! AND YES I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT READING BOTH BOOKS! You won't be able to put them down!
DUET. OF. THE. YEAR!!! This is not just a story, it's an experience!
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THE RAVENHOOD DUET by Kate Stewart is available in KINDLE UNLIMITED!
FLOCK: https://amzn.to/30lREct
EXODUS: https://amzn.to/39PXcyQ
August 3, 2020
Remember that cliffy we all fell down in 'Flock' well this picks up right where Flock ended, we all wanted to know who this new character was that we'd all been introduced to? So buckle up and prepare yourself for one wild ride! All those secrets those boys of summer hid from our heroine and us the readers well you are going to be in for some big surprises because this author does..not...hold...back!!
Holy Crap!! I've barely slept, I look like I've been pulled through a hedge backwards and this book right here is the culprit!! OMG guys this book, this duet was phenomenal!! No words can describe all the feelings this duet wrung out of me, just when I was leaning towards one of her summer boys I'm introduced to the real 'Frenchman' and let me tell you, he just blew all other #bookboyfriends out of the water!! Holy crap without mercy I fell hard, and fast!!
All the feels in the world, I cried, I swooned, I laughed, I sighed, and boy did I love these characters and all their flaws!! These characters, this series is forever going to leave a stamp on my heart!!
I'm so sad this duet is complete!! Such a bittersweet moment when I closed that last page even though I loved how the author wrapped it all up, I just wanted, needed more. This became an all time favourite of mine fast!!
This is a duet I would read again at leasure, a duet I would buy in paperback format, this is Kate's best work to date!! If you've not read this duet it should definitely be bumped up your pile of tbr books. Yes I know my review is vague, I've done that for a reason, you need to go in blind, you need to feel everything this duet is going to throw at you, and like me it might just end up on your favourite shelf of 2020!!
February 24, 2022
2.6 ish 👽
oh yes from here n out theres gon be spoilers
before : 3+ stars idunno
the second dog & sean caught them : none
wow congratulations u have smth in common w/ the almighty bella swan
so that was the opening. her being all heartbroken and shit. i tbh had a good feeling at that time. coz this felt like the start of a great famous theme authors used when theyre about to change love interest (or not. but the books ive read, yeah)
and u bet yo ass +0.45 point was solely for this toxicity
i honestly love it when this happen in a series. where the girl was engaged to an insta love relationship in book 1 and hated her real love interest in the next one (idk why but hate to love chemistry is always better)
oh yes, glad ure self aware. i still dont like u btw
man, i really do loved the first 200pgs (0 sarcasm)
so in conclusion,
this was a fucking mess. the characters, story line. this author’s writing style might be the problem for me, coz i did like this toxic af couple (muchhh) more than the first book but not enough to like the book (i still skimmed. sorry. cant help it. ‘s book’s long babes. it just got boring okay dont blame me blame my attention span)
as u can see ive got no particular reason why this is a 2stars it just is bye
”Safety truly is an illusion,” I conclude, the rest of my blissful ignorance falling away.
He dips his head. “And the most powerful, but once you make peace with it, it’s easier taking bigger risks to seek greater rewards. But that’s no excuse to make a stupid move.”
oh yes from here n out theres gon be spoilers
before : 3+ stars idunno
the second dog & sean caught them : none
‘There’s a scene in one of the Twilight movies where Bella remains unmoving in a chair—riddled in heartbreak—while staring out the window watching the seasons pass before her eyes. And on my balcony, as the trees shed and deaden before giving new life to fresh blooms, I realized I’d lived the past three seasons of my life much the same way she did when she was deserted by love.’
wow congratulations u have smth in common w/ the almighty bella swan
so that was the opening. her being all heartbroken and shit. i tbh had a good feeling at that time. coz this felt like the start of a great famous theme authors used when theyre about to change love interest (or not. but the books ive read, yeah)
”You’re disgusting. This air about you,” I hold up my palm and wave it. “Like you have some right to act this way, to treat me any way you want to.”
“Is this going to be a ‘do unto others’ speech? Because I guarantee you’ve fucked me enough by existing.”
“You’re ridiculous, and not at all worthy of a conversation.”
“You forget who you’re talking to.”
“Yeah, well, you can tuck your cock back in, asshole. This isn’t a pissing contest.”
“You have a disgusting mouth.”
“You’re a prick and a bastard, and my mouth and manners belong to civilized humans, not entitled sociopaths with zero compassion.”
“You’re a little girl with a filthy mouth. And if I’m not worthy of a conversation, then why are you still arguing with me?”
“Good point. Go fuck yourself,”
and u bet yo ass +0.45 point was solely for this toxicity
i honestly love it when this happen in a series. where the girl was engaged to an insta love relationship in book 1 and hated her real love interest in the next one (idk why but hate to love chemistry is always better)
’I am an addict.
I’m the pathetic girl who just can’t take a hint, the one who refuses to let go.
If I’m being honest with myself, I’ve seen it in the face of every person who looks at me now—the pity and the concern. Their withdrawal has cost me my pride, my self-respect, and the respect of the people who know me.
It’s cost me far more than any high is worth.
And it’s past time that I remember how to kick…’
oh yes, glad ure self aware. i still dont like u btw
’It’s noteworthy from his kiss that he’s high from my pain, and all I’ve done is reward him with my reaction, my angry tears. He loves my opposition, and the sadness he’s inflicting with these heavy truths—his angle to take me down, just as psychological as it is strategic.
I rip my mouth away, shaking my head, disgusted. “You’re getting off on this, you sick fuck.”
“Sadly, so are you,” he counters, possessing my mouth again in a way I can’t—don’t want to escape. And I kiss him back because my body never listens. After all, he’s right. My heart was begging for love in all the wrong places, lurching in any direction for a home. But it’s not my heart he wants. It’s my spirit he’s intent on destroying.’
man, i really do loved the first 200pgs (0 sarcasm)
His words come out in a whisper. “You are a fighter. I’ll give you that.” His lips inches away, he searches my eyes. “But you give too much for not enough. You trust too easily because you’ve been lonely your whole fucking life.”
“Says a lonely king to the lonely little girl.”
’He didn’t want to feel anything, and instead, he felt everything.
We’ve just ruined ourselves with our hate for the other.’
so in conclusion,
this was a fucking mess. the characters, story line. this author’s writing style might be the problem for me, coz i did like this toxic af couple (muchhh) more than the first book but not enough to like the book (i still skimmed. sorry. cant help it. ‘s book’s long babes. it just got boring okay dont blame me blame my attention span)
as u can see ive got no particular reason why this is a 2stars it just is bye
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 20, 2024
⋆.ೃ࿔ 3.75 stars
I'm crying! I hate this book SOOOO MUCHHH! 😭😭💔💔 It hurt me so badly. WTF! This had no right to be so heartbreaking! (it's a HEA)
Spoilers:
I don't care about anything else, it's just my heart is hurting so badly for Dominic! Fuck everyone because I cried again and again for him and also because of the memories of the past. I don't care I'm team DomCecelia 😭. I'll imagine my own happy ending for them jsksjs
Cecelia — What's wrong with her? 😭 She fell in love with Tobias so quickly too? TBH she didn't deserve anything that happened to her and whatever that happened between Sean, Dominic, and her. They all fucked up her life so badly, and she didn't even get full closure or any answers. I don't blame her at all, and because of all this she can't even let go of anything. She was desperate, and I hated what she did with her ex-fiance by breaking his heart, but she was hurt too. God I sobbed so much with her and it was painful how she cried again and again because of her memories. This is the first time I actually felt something a lot more while reading, and the late summer nights and the memories were making my heart ache! 💔
Tobias — IDK what to say! He really did ruin her life by sending Dom and Sean away 😭. Why did he do that? He was also in love with her, and I already predicted that childhood story kekdjejs. I can't wait to read his POV, but it still hurts. He did so many fucked up things, but I'm glad at least she ended up with him, but IT WAS NOT FAIR. I WANT DOMINIC. and hsks at certain level I understand him but he was too much of a coward by rejecting her 😭 this was such a mess. I loved his scenes with cecelia but not more than Dominic's.
Dominic — Towards the end, I still want him. GOD, I STILL WANT HIM. WHYYY DID HE HAVE TO DIE 💔💔💔💔💔 This was not it! I cried so much when he did, it was not fair to him at all! AT ALL. He loved her so much and even confessed that! The scene where he nearly broke because Cecelia thought he'd hurt her was so heartbreaking. I have so many questions jehdke if only he didn't leave his gun on the stairs or just simply negotiated! 😭 he shouldn't have fought recklessly, but I think maybe he wanted to die? He didn't even think of a future. Everything is so fucked up; he was not supposed to die. 😭 I'll keep crying again and again.
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” — I really liked this line before reading, and NOW I'M TORN APART BECAUSE OF THIS. 😭 I can't even express how badly I cried.
Sean — Fuck him. He got his ending and his kids and all, and I don't care about him at all! He loved Cecelia, but fuck him because I still think he was a bitch. He doesn't deserve Cecelia at all.
I'm not reading the last book now 🥲 Even though I'm happy Cecelia got her happy ending, I STILL DON'T WANT TO because I'm still overthinking a lot about Dominic, and I can't let him go! And the revelation about Roman was painful, yet I'm happy how Cecelia justified the whole situation, but HER MOTHER 🔪🔪🔪
Kendyl forgot to mention this in her reviews ^^ 🙃 (thankyou thankyou thankyou 🔪🥲)
• Flock — 4.5 stars
I'm crying! I hate this book SOOOO MUCHHH! 😭😭💔💔 It hurt me so badly. WTF! This had no right to be so heartbreaking! (it's a HEA)
Spoilers:
I don't care about anything else, it's just my heart is hurting so badly for Dominic! Fuck everyone because I cried again and again for him and also because of the memories of the past. I don't care I'm team DomCecelia 😭. I'll imagine my own happy ending for them jsksjs
Cecelia — What's wrong with her? 😭 She fell in love with Tobias so quickly too? TBH she didn't deserve anything that happened to her and whatever that happened between Sean, Dominic, and her. They all fucked up her life so badly, and she didn't even get full closure or any answers. I don't blame her at all, and because of all this she can't even let go of anything. She was desperate, and I hated what she did with her ex-fiance by breaking his heart, but she was hurt too. God I sobbed so much with her and it was painful how she cried again and again because of her memories. This is the first time I actually felt something a lot more while reading, and the late summer nights and the memories were making my heart ache! 💔
Tobias — IDK what to say! He really did ruin her life by sending Dom and Sean away 😭. Why did he do that? He was also in love with her, and I already predicted that childhood story kekdjejs. I can't wait to read his POV, but it still hurts. He did so many fucked up things, but I'm glad at least she ended up with him, but IT WAS NOT FAIR. I WANT DOMINIC. and hsks at certain level I understand him but he was too much of a coward by rejecting her 😭 this was such a mess. I loved his scenes with cecelia but not more than Dominic's.
Dominic — Towards the end, I still want him. GOD, I STILL WANT HIM. WHYYY DID HE HAVE TO DIE 💔💔💔💔💔 This was not it! I cried so much when he did, it was not fair to him at all! AT ALL. He loved her so much and even confessed that! The scene where he nearly broke because Cecelia thought he'd hurt her was so heartbreaking. I have so many questions jehdke if only he didn't leave his gun on the stairs or just simply negotiated! 😭 he shouldn't have fought recklessly, but I think maybe he wanted to die? He didn't even think of a future. Everything is so fucked up; he was not supposed to die. 😭 I'll keep crying again and again.
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” — I really liked this line before reading, and NOW I'M TORN APART BECAUSE OF THIS. 😭 I can't even express how badly I cried.
Sean — Fuck him. He got his ending and his kids and all, and I don't care about him at all! He loved Cecelia, but fuck him because I still think he was a bitch. He doesn't deserve Cecelia at all.
I'm not reading the last book now 🥲 Even though I'm happy Cecelia got her happy ending, I STILL DON'T WANT TO because I'm still overthinking a lot about Dominic, and I can't let him go! And the revelation about Roman was painful, yet I'm happy how Cecelia justified the whole situation, but HER MOTHER 🔪🔪🔪
Kendyl forgot to mention this in her reviews ^^ 🙃 (thankyou thankyou thankyou 🔪🥲)
• Flock — 4.5 stars
June 10, 2021
imagine me, a black women having to read the lines “Dominic, do you have any idea how hard it is for a twenty-six-year-old white woman in a power suit to get weed in this town? The discrimination is real, my love.” yeah, 3 stars just for that. anyways this book was a bit better, it introduced a new love interest who was by far way better than sean but also idk i was just like bored LOL.
December 4, 2024
“If you leave, I’ll come after you. If you change your mind, I’ll change it back. I’ll fight so fucking hard for you every single day, so you never question if you made the right choice.”
Of course 5 stars are you kidding??
She did it. She made me cry 😭😭😭😭 I'm exhausted but in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 🤧
Listen, I never partake in any drama, and I like my peace but I LOVE watching drama unfold, and when it's toxic over the top drama?? Trust me when I say I would eat that up like it's my last meal and lick the plate clean😅 This series is very much written for toxic angsty drama lovers and I fit into that category 🤣
This book cleared up soooo many things in book one and I felt like I actually knew what was going on🤣 Imo this was way better than book one and even though this book HURT ME SO DEEPLY, I didn't want it to end😭
I know Cecilia gets so much hate in these books, and to be fair, she was kind of annoying and bland in book 1; however, I literally had to remind myself she was only 19 then... Like when I was 19 I too made stupid decisions and had super dumb moments that I look back on now and CRINGE.
In this book though, I loved her don't come for me 😭😭 She showed so much growth of character, fought for what she wanted but still had human vulnerable moments. This girl went through it and she never just gave up and HONESTLY, good for her for bagging not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4 but FIVE HOT GUYS??? (not at the same time to be clear)
Tobias King. I love him. Simple as that. He did questionable things but I DON'T CARE because at the same time he sacrificed so much for everyone else and he deserves love😭. This man and his delectable French accent 😭😭😭😭 The second this man opened his mouth, I was a goner💀 Tobias Stan for life, argue with a wall...respectfully of course.
I will not talk about "the incident" because if I start crying now, I fear I won't stop🤧 Just know that rainy days will NEVER be the same for me and the fact that it is currently stormy as I write this is actually criminal.
I would like to thank my bestie Cha for not only telling me to read this, but for listening to me yap about it for the past 2 days🤣 and she will continue to listen to me yap about The Finish Line next😅
Now let's read these quotes and cry together😭 (They might be spoilery so be warned !!!!!!)
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?”
“Until we meet again. Until we can feel the rain on both our faces. There has to be a time for us in the next life. I don’t want any part of a heaven where I don’t see you.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭
“You said we can never be.”
He presses in. “We. Fucking. Are.”
“Because loving you made me sick as fuck and losing you twice has made me terminal.”
“Yours. I was always supposed to be yours,” I say as he nods and crushes me with his kiss.”
JUST RIP MY HEART OUT WHY DON'T YOU 😭😭😭😭😭
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Make me cry Kate 🤧
Of course 5 stars are you kidding??
She did it. She made me cry 😭😭😭😭 I'm exhausted but in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 🤧
Listen, I never partake in any drama, and I like my peace but I LOVE watching drama unfold, and when it's toxic over the top drama?? Trust me when I say I would eat that up like it's my last meal and lick the plate clean😅 This series is very much written for toxic angsty drama lovers and I fit into that category 🤣
This book cleared up soooo many things in book one and I felt like I actually knew what was going on🤣 Imo this was way better than book one and even though this book HURT ME SO DEEPLY, I didn't want it to end😭
I know Cecilia gets so much hate in these books, and to be fair, she was kind of annoying and bland in book 1; however, I literally had to remind myself she was only 19 then... Like when I was 19 I too made stupid decisions and had super dumb moments that I look back on now and CRINGE.
In this book though, I loved her don't come for me 😭😭 She showed so much growth of character, fought for what she wanted but still had human vulnerable moments. This girl went through it and she never just gave up and HONESTLY, good for her for bagging not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4 but FIVE HOT GUYS??? (not at the same time to be clear)
Tobias King. I love him. Simple as that. He did questionable things but I DON'T CARE because at the same time he sacrificed so much for everyone else and he deserves love😭. This man and his delectable French accent 😭😭😭😭 The second this man opened his mouth, I was a goner💀 Tobias Stan for life, argue with a wall...respectfully of course.
I will not talk about "the incident" because if I start crying now, I fear I won't stop🤧 Just know that rainy days will NEVER be the same for me and the fact that it is currently stormy as I write this is actually criminal.
I would like to thank my bestie Cha for not only telling me to read this, but for listening to me yap about it for the past 2 days🤣 and she will continue to listen to me yap about The Finish Line next😅
Now let's read these quotes and cry together😭 (They might be spoilery so be warned !!!!!!)
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?”
“Until we meet again. Until we can feel the rain on both our faces. There has to be a time for us in the next life. I don’t want any part of a heaven where I don’t see you.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭
“You said we can never be.”
He presses in. “We. Fucking. Are.”
“Because loving you made me sick as fuck and losing you twice has made me terminal.”
“Yours. I was always supposed to be yours,” I say as he nods and crushes me with his kiss.”
JUST RIP MY HEART OUT WHY DON'T YOU 😭😭😭😭😭
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Make me cry Kate 🤧
Shelved as 'dnf'
January 30, 2024dnf @52% .. i can’t be suffering through this book no more✋🏽 i didn’t like nobody but Dom and the way he was done so dirty in this book? COUNT YOUR DAYS 🔪🔪. i could tell it was coming so im not surprised but that didn’t make me any less aggravated lmao. i can’t get behind Tobias continuing to be with Cecelia after HIS OWN BROTHER’S DEATH.. loyalty? nowhere to be found lol, they are just messy af and not the fun kind🤨. don’t even get me started on Cecelia.. like girl please miss me with the whining cause I’ve heard enough outta you for my whole lifetime. this buddy read had us all fighting for our lives and i know if i finished it i would be giving it a 1 star.
Dom deserves so much better (me) lol💅🏽🩶.
⇢ buddy read with Paige, Sabrina and Meagan👯♀️💖 group chat about to go insane lmao😭🔪
Dom deserves so much better (me) lol💅🏽🩶.
⇢ buddy read with Paige, Sabrina and Meagan👯♀️💖 group chat about to go insane lmao😭🔪
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 25, 2024
post - read
well that was something!
this is for you bru 🤭🤭 so scared to read this tbh but i'm going in with high expectations 🤗🤗
well that was something!
this is for you bru 🤭🤭 so scared to read this tbh but i'm going in with high expectations 🤗🤗
August 4, 2020
5 STARS
Do you see that crazy person staring blankly at the wall while clutching a bottle of wine and babbling to herself? Great. Now mind your business because she is NOT OK. She is me. OK? Alright? I am not ok. How do you even go on after this duet? How do you read anything else after it? How do you gather the remnants of sanity long enough to write a coherent review? You don't! So don't be expecting anything like that here, because you won't get it. What you will get is incoherent babbling in bouts of full body sobbing and maniacal laughter. In that exact order. I said mind your business! I feel like I've just been hit by a mac truck of feels.
How do I even describe this duet to you? Soul shattering. All encompassing. Heart wrenching. Erotic. Utterly unforgettable. PHENOMENAL.
Full disclosure, I must have spent a good 60% of this book hysterically sobbing. Like to the point of full body shakes when my husband finally looked at me like I've gone and lost it completely. And you know what? He was not wrong. God damn but Stewart can write. The woman can wring emotion out of her readers like nobody's business but she seriously hit it out of the ballpark with this story.
Let's talk about Cecelia for a second, because as many may judge her, I loved her. It's not often you read about such a sex positive heroine that owns her desire and what she wants and I loved her for it. She's a fighter and she's magnificent in her fight. This is a woman that doesn't take things lying down and isn't afraid to rage and fight for what she wants.
Now as for the rest of it, you'll get nothing. Absolutely nothing from me. Because this is just one of those books that you need to experience totally blind. I thought I was a pretty open minded reader, but this story took me so far out of my comfort zone, I was lost at sea. Drifting in an ocean of emotion so potent, I could practically taste it. But that's also what I loved about this story. The fact that it was unlike anything else I'd ever read. It was one of those books that I will never forget. Ever. And this is coming from someone that barely remembers what she had for breakfast. Puny memory here, people.
Do yourself a favor and go in blind. Don't seek out spoilers. Don't read in depth reviews. Just trust me on this.
Is it an easy read? Not even a little. But what I appreciate about Kate Stewart's raw talent is nothing was for shock value. There's hints throughout the very first pages of what's to come and the story unravels like the most enrapturing mystery. It was gritty and all encompassing. This book owned me. Cold black heart and soul. It will be a book I'll be singing the praises of for years to come. It will be the book I recommend to anyone and everyone. It will be a book I will never, ever forget. It's one of my top reads of the year. Magical. All encompassing. Unique. A one of a kind experience that broke me and put me back together again. INCREDIBLE.
ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review
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Once upon a time, I was a lonely girl who met a lonely king, and we both suffered from too much pride and oh, how the reckless have fallen.
Do you see that crazy person staring blankly at the wall while clutching a bottle of wine and babbling to herself? Great. Now mind your business because she is NOT OK. She is me. OK? Alright? I am not ok. How do you even go on after this duet? How do you read anything else after it? How do you gather the remnants of sanity long enough to write a coherent review? You don't! So don't be expecting anything like that here, because you won't get it. What you will get is incoherent babbling in bouts of full body sobbing and maniacal laughter. In that exact order. I said mind your business! I feel like I've just been hit by a mac truck of feels.
How do I even describe this duet to you? Soul shattering. All encompassing. Heart wrenching. Erotic. Utterly unforgettable. PHENOMENAL.
Full disclosure, I must have spent a good 60% of this book hysterically sobbing. Like to the point of full body shakes when my husband finally looked at me like I've gone and lost it completely. And you know what? He was not wrong. God damn but Stewart can write. The woman can wring emotion out of her readers like nobody's business but she seriously hit it out of the ballpark with this story.
Let's talk about Cecelia for a second, because as many may judge her, I loved her. It's not often you read about such a sex positive heroine that owns her desire and what she wants and I loved her for it. She's a fighter and she's magnificent in her fight. This is a woman that doesn't take things lying down and isn't afraid to rage and fight for what she wants.
Now as for the rest of it, you'll get nothing. Absolutely nothing from me. Because this is just one of those books that you need to experience totally blind. I thought I was a pretty open minded reader, but this story took me so far out of my comfort zone, I was lost at sea. Drifting in an ocean of emotion so potent, I could practically taste it. But that's also what I loved about this story. The fact that it was unlike anything else I'd ever read. It was one of those books that I will never forget. Ever. And this is coming from someone that barely remembers what she had for breakfast. Puny memory here, people.
Do yourself a favor and go in blind. Don't seek out spoilers. Don't read in depth reviews. Just trust me on this.
Is it an easy read? Not even a little. But what I appreciate about Kate Stewart's raw talent is nothing was for shock value. There's hints throughout the very first pages of what's to come and the story unravels like the most enrapturing mystery. It was gritty and all encompassing. This book owned me. Cold black heart and soul. It will be a book I'll be singing the praises of for years to come. It will be the book I recommend to anyone and everyone. It will be a book I will never, ever forget. It's one of my top reads of the year. Magical. All encompassing. Unique. A one of a kind experience that broke me and put me back together again. INCREDIBLE.
ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review
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December 15, 2024
”Je suppose que je serai toujours la fille qui pleure à la lune.” I guess I’ll always be the girl crying for the moon.”
3.75 Stars
After the first book, I wasn’t sure I would ever really connect with the characters. They were alright but I didn’t love any of them, ya know? However, I think this books delves way more into everyone’s stories and gives so much more information and insight that it felt easier to want to like everyone. So when everything implodes, I was a literal mess. Tell me why I chose to read this right before I had to go out to an appointment and showed up with such puffy eyes from sobbing so hard.
Anyway, the first half of the book felt like a lot of the same as the first, kind of fluff and not a whole lot of substance, but still fun. I think once it hit the halfway mark, I was way more invested though. I flew through the rest of the book. I had something to root for and I had to see how it would play out.
I thought Cecelia was way less of a a pushover in this book. She still lets some things go that she doesn’t deserve, but overall she fights more for what she believes in and wants and I really liked that growth.
One thing I don’t get: why does everyone LOVE Cecelia so much? All the guys in Triple Falls, her fiancé, and her lawyer? Like hello?? Sure, Cecelia is kind and all but she can’t have just one guy in her life that isn’t in love with her? It seems so unrealistic because she isn’t that wildly unique or special. She’s just a plain girl/woman that for some reason has every man ever falling over her like she’s magnetic or something.
Now, I can’t forget about Tobias. Whew. The amount of whiplash this book gives going back and forth between loving and hating this man is wild. But he’s complicated and I can’t say that I hated it. Was he perfect? Heck no, but I still wanted so much more of him.
The ending here? Amazing. Give me ten more moments exactly like it. I can’t wait to start the next book immediately after I finish this review.
Overall, I would recommend reading this one because we’re given so many answers that were missing from the first book and the plot and character development here was way more satisfying. I’m hoping the last book keeps up the momentum.
.・。.・゜✭・. .・。.・゜✭・. .・。.・゜✭・.
꒰ pre-read. ꒱
onto book twooo! hoping this answers all the questions i have from book one lol
doing this for you bruna <3
3.75 Stars
After the first book, I wasn’t sure I would ever really connect with the characters. They were alright but I didn’t love any of them, ya know? However, I think this books delves way more into everyone’s stories and gives so much more information and insight that it felt easier to want to like everyone. So when everything implodes, I was a literal mess. Tell me why I chose to read this right before I had to go out to an appointment and showed up with such puffy eyes from sobbing so hard.
Anyway, the first half of the book felt like a lot of the same as the first, kind of fluff and not a whole lot of substance, but still fun. I think once it hit the halfway mark, I was way more invested though. I flew through the rest of the book. I had something to root for and I had to see how it would play out.
I thought Cecelia was way less of a a pushover in this book. She still lets some things go that she doesn’t deserve, but overall she fights more for what she believes in and wants and I really liked that growth.
One thing I don’t get: why does everyone LOVE Cecelia so much? All the guys in Triple Falls, her fiancé, and her lawyer? Like hello?? Sure, Cecelia is kind and all but she can’t have just one guy in her life that isn’t in love with her? It seems so unrealistic because she isn’t that wildly unique or special. She’s just a plain girl/woman that for some reason has every man ever falling over her like she’s magnetic or something.
Now, I can’t forget about Tobias. Whew. The amount of whiplash this book gives going back and forth between loving and hating this man is wild. But he’s complicated and I can’t say that I hated it. Was he perfect? Heck no, but I still wanted so much more of him.
The ending here? Amazing. Give me ten more moments exactly like it. I can’t wait to start the next book immediately after I finish this review.
Overall, I would recommend reading this one because we’re given so many answers that were missing from the first book and the plot and character development here was way more satisfying. I’m hoping the last book keeps up the momentum.
.・。.・゜✭・. .・。.・゜✭・. .・。.・゜✭・.
꒰ pre-read. ꒱
onto book twooo! hoping this answers all the questions i have from book one lol
doing this for you bruna <3
April 30, 2021
★1.5/5 STARS ★
I honestly have no idea how this book has such a high rating. Did we read the same thing? I read a book that made me physically cry because it was so bad. I was so close to just putting this in the DNF pile but I held out hope for the two amazing boys we met in book one. What a mistake. The character development for Dom and Sean were just tossed aside for the first hoy guy that walked through the door. This review is going to contain some spoilers that I wish I knew before reading this so I could have stayed far away!
We end book one with Cecelia meeting with Dom in a parking lot and Sean at work. They are both clearly at war with themselves. They both explain how sorry they are for hurting her and how they did it to protect her. Sean leaves her with these parting words.
“𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩. 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮”
She was in love with these men, knowing they are in this gang of sorts. She spent months learning to trust them and learn about their lifestyle. Dominic showed a side of himself to her that he shows no one else. We, the readers, fell hard for this bad guy that’s secretly just misunderstood. Then there is Sean who was just a big softy that was so in love with Cece.
So what does she do?
SHE FALLS FOR THE FIRST HOT GUY TO WALK THROUGH THE FUCKING DOOR.
They first meet and he’s an asshole. He’s the “top dog” who everyone reports to. She begs him to let her see Dom and Sean and he says he’ll think about it. Months later, she runs out in the woods searching for answers and he fucking sexual assaults her AND SHE LIKED IT?! This kiss “breathes life back into her”
She tells him to stop and he refuses, biting and bruising her. The way the author glosses over this is disgusting. She finds out mystery man is named Tobias and he’s Dom’s brother.
The *cough cough* rapist, I mean Tobias, shows up at her house a week later and demands they talk. She learns some things and they agree to work together. Tobias will wait to bring her father down until she gets her inheritance. He decides to practically live in her house.
This girl is putty in his hands. In a constant state of arousal that messes with her thinking. He cocky and rude and is constantly saying stuff like “I know you wouldn’t refuse me if I tried something” and I HATE THAT SHIT. This was when I first noticed how weak the MC is.
Tobias manipulates her into believing the boys never loved her.
“𝙄 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚”
Does she not remember them saying they are trying to protect her? That everything they do is for her. The author tried so hard for us to hate our boys from book one and it was horribly done.
Tobias says more mean things that turn her on and they have sex.
He then says a line that ruins his character for good.
“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙚”
Sean and Dom were very vocal about how everything is her choice. She chooses what and who she wants. Tobias, the fucking pig, just takes. Do you know what is sexy? Consent. Choices.
She ends up falling for him. He did NOTHING to redeem himself. And guess what?
Sean and Dom come back. They were sent away BY TOBIAS and waited for her the entire 8 ish months! So Tobias knew the entire time that they still loved her and didn’t abandon her yet he still came in and manipulated Cece into thinking they were the bad guys.
She ends up trying to run away and Tobias has the audacity to mark her as his by drugging her and getting her tattooed without her permission! This is assault. Again, glossed over. A bunch of shit happens and Dominic dies protecting Cece.
The only reason I gave this 1.5 stars was for Dom. He was the most amazing man that I am so honored to have read about. Cece should have ended up with Dom, not his rapist of a brother.
Anyway, Tobias tells her to never come back and that is the end of part one. What a shit show, but guess what? IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
So 6 years later, Cece leaves her life she built to run back to her past. She is trying to sell her father’s company and the buyer so happened to be the rapist himself. He tells her to leave because everyone has moved on. She refuses.
This is the part where I started feeling physical pain by how bad it was.
He keeps telling her to leave. Literally, no one wants her there. So she gets drunk and practically gets on her hands and knees and begs him to take her back. He tries to gets her a ride home and this is what she says
“𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛”
Now who has heard that from a toxic ex before 🖐🖐
Tobias’s girlfriend ends up coming and Cece gets all hurt even though she was just engaged like 2 days ago. She ends up going full on crazy ex
“𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛”
Tobias then shows up to her house completely wasted. He rips her clothes off while she begs him to stop. Yet again, assaulting her. Oh but why does he assault her?
“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚”
Um honey. That’s not love. It’s honestly sad seeing how far our MC has fallen. She ends up leaving and Tobias says nothing.
I’m expecting her to move on and become a strong independent woman. Haha yeah that doesn’t happen.
He comes 8 months later and says he actually loved her the entire time. I’m sorry, I just don’t believe it. Maybe it’s because this takes place in the last like 5 pages of the book but it just feels insincere. He didn’t fight for their relationship during the entire book but suddenly wants to during the last few pages? Um, no
So that’s the book that has such high reviews. There is no way. I must have read a different copy. I wish I would have stopped reading after book one. It was far too long and included unnecessary inner monologues and 15 page conversations that were just BORING.
Now I’m in a book hangover, and not because it was so good that nothing will ever compare. It’s because it was so bad that I’m emotionally scarred.
I’m going to go reread one of my favorite books and try to erase this book from my memory.
Piece out ✌️
I honestly have no idea how this book has such a high rating. Did we read the same thing? I read a book that made me physically cry because it was so bad. I was so close to just putting this in the DNF pile but I held out hope for the two amazing boys we met in book one. What a mistake. The character development for Dom and Sean were just tossed aside for the first hoy guy that walked through the door. This review is going to contain some spoilers that I wish I knew before reading this so I could have stayed far away!
We end book one with Cecelia meeting with Dom in a parking lot and Sean at work. They are both clearly at war with themselves. They both explain how sorry they are for hurting her and how they did it to protect her. Sean leaves her with these parting words.
“𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩. 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮”
She was in love with these men, knowing they are in this gang of sorts. She spent months learning to trust them and learn about their lifestyle. Dominic showed a side of himself to her that he shows no one else. We, the readers, fell hard for this bad guy that’s secretly just misunderstood. Then there is Sean who was just a big softy that was so in love with Cece.
So what does she do?
SHE FALLS FOR THE FIRST HOT GUY TO WALK THROUGH THE FUCKING DOOR.
They first meet and he’s an asshole. He’s the “top dog” who everyone reports to. She begs him to let her see Dom and Sean and he says he’ll think about it. Months later, she runs out in the woods searching for answers and he fucking sexual assaults her AND SHE LIKED IT?! This kiss “breathes life back into her”
She tells him to stop and he refuses, biting and bruising her. The way the author glosses over this is disgusting. She finds out mystery man is named Tobias and he’s Dom’s brother.
The *cough cough* rapist, I mean Tobias, shows up at her house a week later and demands they talk. She learns some things and they agree to work together. Tobias will wait to bring her father down until she gets her inheritance. He decides to practically live in her house.
This girl is putty in his hands. In a constant state of arousal that messes with her thinking. He cocky and rude and is constantly saying stuff like “I know you wouldn’t refuse me if I tried something” and I HATE THAT SHIT. This was when I first noticed how weak the MC is.
Tobias manipulates her into believing the boys never loved her.
“𝙄 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚”
Does she not remember them saying they are trying to protect her? That everything they do is for her. The author tried so hard for us to hate our boys from book one and it was horribly done.
Tobias says more mean things that turn her on and they have sex.
He then says a line that ruins his character for good.
“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙚”
Sean and Dom were very vocal about how everything is her choice. She chooses what and who she wants. Tobias, the fucking pig, just takes. Do you know what is sexy? Consent. Choices.
She ends up falling for him. He did NOTHING to redeem himself. And guess what?
Sean and Dom come back. They were sent away BY TOBIAS and waited for her the entire 8 ish months! So Tobias knew the entire time that they still loved her and didn’t abandon her yet he still came in and manipulated Cece into thinking they were the bad guys.
She ends up trying to run away and Tobias has the audacity to mark her as his by drugging her and getting her tattooed without her permission! This is assault. Again, glossed over. A bunch of shit happens and Dominic dies protecting Cece.
The only reason I gave this 1.5 stars was for Dom. He was the most amazing man that I am so honored to have read about. Cece should have ended up with Dom, not his rapist of a brother.
Anyway, Tobias tells her to never come back and that is the end of part one. What a shit show, but guess what? IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
So 6 years later, Cece leaves her life she built to run back to her past. She is trying to sell her father’s company and the buyer so happened to be the rapist himself. He tells her to leave because everyone has moved on. She refuses.
This is the part where I started feeling physical pain by how bad it was.
He keeps telling her to leave. Literally, no one wants her there. So she gets drunk and practically gets on her hands and knees and begs him to take her back. He tries to gets her a ride home and this is what she says
“𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛”
Now who has heard that from a toxic ex before 🖐🖐
Tobias’s girlfriend ends up coming and Cece gets all hurt even though she was just engaged like 2 days ago. She ends up going full on crazy ex
“𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛”
Tobias then shows up to her house completely wasted. He rips her clothes off while she begs him to stop. Yet again, assaulting her. Oh but why does he assault her?
“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚”
Um honey. That’s not love. It’s honestly sad seeing how far our MC has fallen. She ends up leaving and Tobias says nothing.
I’m expecting her to move on and become a strong independent woman. Haha yeah that doesn’t happen.
He comes 8 months later and says he actually loved her the entire time. I’m sorry, I just don’t believe it. Maybe it’s because this takes place in the last like 5 pages of the book but it just feels insincere. He didn’t fight for their relationship during the entire book but suddenly wants to during the last few pages? Um, no
So that’s the book that has such high reviews. There is no way. I must have read a different copy. I wish I would have stopped reading after book one. It was far too long and included unnecessary inner monologues and 15 page conversations that were just BORING.
Now I’m in a book hangover, and not because it was so good that nothing will ever compare. It’s because it was so bad that I’m emotionally scarred.
I’m going to go reread one of my favorite books and try to erase this book from my memory.
Piece out ✌️
August 15, 2020
5 Dream a Thousand Dreams Stars ⭐
I can't breathe. My heart won't be the same nor will I ever forget this intense reading experience. I never believed that a story had the power to rip me to shreds and slowly mend me. A story like no other, the Ravenhood Duet was phenomenal.
"The men in my life pried my eyes open, made me aware of the war they’ve declared. And I know now if I were faced with the choice, I would scream my decision-all in.
Forever in."
Everything I thought I understood from Flock was turned on its side in Exodus. There are simply not enough words to explain the journey of all the players. What started out as a secret into an organisation with its own agenda, proved that true knowledge is the key and that love isn't enough. It takes trust, sacrifice and even betrayal to accomplish what has been set in motion.
"And it’s then I allow myself to fall, further and further into the biggest secret of my life. A secret I’ve known longer than I will ever admit. I’m falling in love with my enemy."
Without reading this duet, a reviewer cannot explain what transpires. Because this must be read without any true understanding to be appreciated. It only takes one woman to unravel all the hard work, and one woman to provide love and humanity to those who fight a hidden war.
This duet makes you view relationships and what we deem normal in a whole new light. Where black and white doesn't exist and being able to live freely is only for the brave. I've been sucker punched in the best possible way. Extraordinary. 🖤
I can't breathe. My heart won't be the same nor will I ever forget this intense reading experience. I never believed that a story had the power to rip me to shreds and slowly mend me. A story like no other, the Ravenhood Duet was phenomenal.
"The men in my life pried my eyes open, made me aware of the war they’ve declared. And I know now if I were faced with the choice, I would scream my decision-all in.
Forever in."
Everything I thought I understood from Flock was turned on its side in Exodus. There are simply not enough words to explain the journey of all the players. What started out as a secret into an organisation with its own agenda, proved that true knowledge is the key and that love isn't enough. It takes trust, sacrifice and even betrayal to accomplish what has been set in motion.
"And it’s then I allow myself to fall, further and further into the biggest secret of my life. A secret I’ve known longer than I will ever admit. I’m falling in love with my enemy."
Without reading this duet, a reviewer cannot explain what transpires. Because this must be read without any true understanding to be appreciated. It only takes one woman to unravel all the hard work, and one woman to provide love and humanity to those who fight a hidden war.
This duet makes you view relationships and what we deem normal in a whole new light. Where black and white doesn't exist and being able to live freely is only for the brave. I've been sucker punched in the best possible way. Extraordinary. 🖤
August 11, 2022
5 stars to my daddy Ezekiel Tobias King 👑
This book was unexpectedly incredible. Between the plot, the introduction of Tobias, the sexual tension, and the enemies to lovers trope, this book is so fucking well-rounded.
Tobias King (The Frenchman)
This man is EASILY in my top 5 favorite heroes. Just everything about him is so spicy. Tobias may have ruined every other hero for me. I literally started a book after reading this trilogy and went “this is DRY”…just nothing compares.
He starts off as the biggest asshole ever, which you already know, I love. Tobias is the kinda guy who makes you forget you ever loved anybody else. He forces Cecelia (h) to question her love for Sean and Dom by their 2nd interaction ever.
When they finally stop making out he just throws jab after jab at her—
Tobias and Cecelia’s hate for each other accompanied by their LUST for each other is just so expertly done. They ooze sexual tension. Like when they’re fucking and he tells her to 'call out to him' which she refuses to do so he—
Even then, after she refuses to call out his name, he gets possessive and jealous while still being cocky 😌-
In all honestly, this is more of an enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers which is SUPERIOR. When lovers becomes enemies it’s just so 🤌🏻💋
There’s so many other beautiful and heartbreaking moments in this book that I physically CANNOT go into because it only brings back pain 😭💔
This book and really this series is one of a kind and really, so are Cecelia and Tobias. Tobias forced his way into Cecelia's life and made sure she fell for him and that she couldn't love anyone else. Tobias made Cecelia feel REAL love and god it was beautiful.
the ravenhood
↠ 1: flock — 3.5 stars
↠ 2: exodus — 5 stars
↠ 3: the finish line — 4.5 stars
“T’aimer m’a rendu malade et je ne veux plus jamais guérir.” Loving you made me sick, and I don’t ever want to get well.
This book was unexpectedly incredible. Between the plot, the introduction of Tobias, the sexual tension, and the enemies to lovers trope, this book is so fucking well-rounded.
Tobias King (The Frenchman)
This man is EASILY in my top 5 favorite heroes. Just everything about him is so spicy. Tobias may have ruined every other hero for me. I literally started a book after reading this trilogy and went “this is DRY”…just nothing compares.
He starts off as the biggest asshole ever, which you already know, I love. Tobias is the kinda guy who makes you forget you ever loved anybody else. He forces Cecelia (h) to question her love for Sean and Dom by their 2nd interaction ever.
One second, I’m standing, in the next, I’m off my feet and flat on my back. My heart stops beating as the breath is knocked out of me just as my mouth is brutalized by something resembling a kiss. He weights every inch of me as he attacks my lips, separating them with the thrust of his tongue.
When they finally stop making out he just throws jab after jab at her—
→“Tu n’y connais rien à la fidélité.” You don’t know the first thing about loyalty.
→“I wonder how your boyfriends would feel if they knew you kissed me back.”
→“I could’ve fucked you, and you know it. You can’t be loyal even to those who you proclaim to love.”
Tobias and Cecelia’s hate for each other accompanied by their LUST for each other is just so expertly done. They ooze sexual tension. Like when they’re fucking and he tells her to 'call out to him' which she refuses to do so he—
He drives in again, his palm gliding up my body before he tightens it around my throat.
“Call out to me,” he orders, his voice laced with restraint. “We might as well enjoy hell together.”
The feel of this is overwhelming; too carnal, too personal, it’s just entirely too much, and it’s driving me to the brink. His thrusts deepen, and I begin a quick climb, the pressure of his fingers around my neck fluctuating with every roll of his hips.
I rip at his hand as he denies me air, the intensity building with every squeeze and release. My need growing the heavier his hand becomes.
→Him punishing her 😌🥰
Even then, after she refuses to call out his name, he gets possessive and jealous while still being cocky 😌-
“You can’t tell me who to sleep with.”
“I don’t have to. You won’t fuck anyone but me…”
In all honestly, this is more of an enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers which is SUPERIOR. When lovers becomes enemies it’s just so 🤌🏻💋
“Je baise mon poing tous les jours en pensant à toi.” I fuck my fist to you every day. He unbuttons my slacks and slowly pulls them down. “Et je te déteste pendant tout.” And I hate you the whole time.
There’s so many other beautiful and heartbreaking moments in this book that I physically CANNOT go into because it only brings back pain 😭💔
This book and really this series is one of a kind and really, so are Cecelia and Tobias. Tobias forced his way into Cecelia's life and made sure she fell for him and that she couldn't love anyone else. Tobias made Cecelia feel REAL love and god it was beautiful.
the ravenhood
↠ 1: flock — 3.5 stars
↠ 2: exodus — 5 stars
↠ 3: the finish line — 4.5 stars
July 24, 2020
Where do I start, you guys?! WHERE. DO. I. EVEN. START. First off, I had the pleasure of reading The Ravenhood duet early and it has shaken me to my core. I am a MESS. I can't do ANYTHING but obsess over these characters. I CAN'T STOP THINKING OF THEM. They have CONSUMED me heart and soul! I cry just thinking about them. I AM SO EMOTIONAL over what I read. This is hands down the BEST DUET OF 2020! Words can't do it justice. It is MORE than intense, it is MORE than angsty, it is MORE than passionate and juicy and addictive and twisty and heart-stopping. IT IS SO SO SO MUCH MORE. This wrecks you. It makes your heart bleed. It's utterly consuming, you literally CANNOT pull yourself away from the pages. It's the most unique storyline I have read ALL year. I just... YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS COMING AT YOU. Get ready, you guys. GET. FREAKING. READY. You NEED this duet in your life. It is a MUST READ. Absolutely unforgettable. A SIX STAR DUET. And what I consider to be a MANDATORY READ for romance lovers. Kate Stewart doesn't hold back and EVERY WORD is passion, magic, angst, heart. I'm so OBSESSED! Completely and totally OWNED. Add this to your TBR.
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January 29, 2021
🦅All three books in The Ravenhood Trilogy are 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 & #𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 to read in #𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 🦅
This trilogy is of a modern day take on Robin Hood, but with more Fast and Furious/Fight Club vibes. It’s an unconventional love story—#𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 #𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒—filled with 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, hella 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 , major 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, a little 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒!
**All books in the The Ravenhood Trilogy must be read in order.
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𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞?
It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.
It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.
I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.
Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.
I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.
There was never going to be an escape.
All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.
I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.
It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.
And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick. That will be my curse.
But it’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I’d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.
Because I can no longer live a lie.
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February 22, 2022
#1 Flock — 3 stars
#2 Exodus — 3.5 stars
***im in a hurry to get to the next book, so quick reactions and minor spoilers.***
please tell me they didnt get back together in just one chapter before the epilogue 💀🔫 not after all the angst and the Bella Swan break up (Twilight: New Moon) parallelism. 😫
also, WHO PUT THE NECKLACE ON CECELIAS PILLOW??? i mean, i dont think the significance is in the who. just the fact that either one or both Sean & Dom did. but call me CURIOUS.
Tobias, i—
never been happier than being the Frenchmans hoe 🤠
this book started right where the first one left off, and i was instantly HOOKED. that first Tobias & Cecelia encounter was wild. it was overflowed with hate, anger, attraction, and the resulting tension was cheffs kiss.
Cecelia jumping from loving one man to another was too much too soon, but theres no denying that her chemistry and dynamic with Tobias was so much more enthralling than her with either Sean & Dom or both.
i neither liked nor disliked Cecelia, but the fact that literally every guy she came into contact with ended up either charmed by her or falling for her has me seriously wondering, what is so special about her?? because i dont see it. 😬
the way the plot unfolded felt disjointed imo. like, one moment we were enjoying the romance portion of the book, and the next there were bullets flying and we had to deal with one very grave casualty. 😭
there were so many plot twists, yet at the same time i feel like the book dragged at times. idk maybe its the time jumps. i need a moment to let things sink in. i know i love Tobias though, and if i ever re-read the book, it’ll be for him. :)
(read as an audiobook)
#2 Exodus — 3.5 stars
***im in a hurry to get to the next book, so quick reactions and minor spoilers.***
please tell me they didnt get back together in just one chapter before the epilogue 💀🔫 not after all the angst and the Bella Swan break up (Twilight: New Moon) parallelism. 😫
also, WHO PUT THE NECKLACE ON CECELIAS PILLOW??? i mean, i dont think the significance is in the who. just the fact that either one or both Sean & Dom did. but call me CURIOUS.
Tobias, i—
never been happier than being the Frenchmans hoe 🤠
this book started right where the first one left off, and i was instantly HOOKED. that first Tobias & Cecelia encounter was wild. it was overflowed with hate, anger, attraction, and the resulting tension was cheffs kiss.
Cecelia jumping from loving one man to another was too much too soon, but theres no denying that her chemistry and dynamic with Tobias was so much more enthralling than her with either Sean & Dom or both.
i neither liked nor disliked Cecelia, but the fact that literally every guy she came into contact with ended up either charmed by her or falling for her has me seriously wondering, what is so special about her?? because i dont see it. 😬
the way the plot unfolded felt disjointed imo. like, one moment we were enjoying the romance portion of the book, and the next there were bullets flying and we had to deal with one very grave casualty. 😭
there were so many plot twists, yet at the same time i feel like the book dragged at times. idk maybe its the time jumps. i need a moment to let things sink in. i know i love Tobias though, and if i ever re-read the book, it’ll be for him. :)
(read as an audiobook)
May 5, 2021
3.5 stars
I'm not going to lie- I had high expectations going into this one and I didn't really end up loving it. In the begging, the format was very much like book one. We had Cecelia begin a romance with someone and start falling for them. FOR 200 PAGES. The beginning of this book was so slow and I was just waiting and waiting for something to happen. Around 200 pages, something finally happened and I finally started enjoying the story. But, since this is book two of the series, I felt like the romance just kind of left book one in the dust and created this new romance I was supposed to root for. Instead, I didn't really feel that all-consuming connection Cecelia was supposed to have with our hero in this book. I liked him enough, but I preferred the romance of book one. And I'm still confused about the secrets the guys are keeping and this group they're a part of. Are we supposed to understand what they're doing?? Because I have no idea. I'm assuming it's going to be discussed in book three, but I don't enjoy going through two whole books and still being confused about certain components of the world. I still enjoyed this book, I was just expecting a lot more.
I'm not going to lie- I had high expectations going into this one and I didn't really end up loving it. In the begging, the format was very much like book one. We had Cecelia begin a romance with someone and start falling for them. FOR 200 PAGES. The beginning of this book was so slow and I was just waiting and waiting for something to happen. Around 200 pages, something finally happened and I finally started enjoying the story. But, since this is book two of the series, I felt like the romance just kind of left book one in the dust and created this new romance I was supposed to root for. Instead, I didn't really feel that all-consuming connection Cecelia was supposed to have with our hero in this book. I liked him enough, but I preferred the romance of book one. And I'm still confused about the secrets the guys are keeping and this group they're a part of. Are we supposed to understand what they're doing?? Because I have no idea. I'm assuming it's going to be discussed in book three, but I don't enjoy going through two whole books and still being confused about certain components of the world. I still enjoyed this book, I was just expecting a lot more.
January 7, 2022
I did read Flock. I didn’t understand it. I thought that I missed something that everyone else got. I thought it would be all sorted in Exodus.
It wasn’t. You can throw gangsters, mobs, boardroom manoeuvres, accidental fires, bar smashing, broken engagements, drugged tattoos, the friend who will always love you, but non (said with a fake French accent) this was not for me. Too many plot holes.
I hate leaving reviews of books I didn’t like. It makes me feel grubby. I have loved and 5 starred other books by Kate Stewart. Everyone else seems to love the duet so it must be me.
It wasn’t. You can throw gangsters, mobs, boardroom manoeuvres, accidental fires, bar smashing, broken engagements, drugged tattoos, the friend who will always love you, but non (said with a fake French accent) this was not for me. Too many plot holes.
I hate leaving reviews of books I didn’t like. It makes me feel grubby. I have loved and 5 starred other books by Kate Stewart. Everyone else seems to love the duet so it must be me.
August 3, 2021
How does one judge a story like this with mere words and designate stars. The grief and torment it generates is immeasurable and as one of the reader so eloquently put it- you can't just read it, you have to survive it.
This wreckage of Cecelia Horner and Tobias King!
“Because loving you made me sick as fuck and losing you twice has made me terminal.”
I'm not sure what have I left intact, cause my heart is in tatters. My emotions have been through a winger, my sentiments scattered in tphe sentimental hurricane that Kate has penned
This second book in the Ravenhood Duet following in the footsteps of book 1 Flock is Pure agony in word form. Exposed like a festering wound, raw as the salt poured over it, it hurts oh-so-bad.
I cried ALL throughout the book. My tears streamed in uncontrollable rivulets, whenever I felt dessicated and screamed No More Kate!!, I turned the page and started with fresh downpour. I legit couldn't breathe, suffocating and choking on huge lumps of emotions stuck in my throat, my heart writhing in constant, torturous onslaught of pain
"I’ll always be the girl crying for the moon.”
kate distills the pain of unrequited love and bottles it for us to devour and die. Her merciless writing took me to dark places in my soul, where the sunshine of truths hadn't shone for years. It was a very personal journey for me and I recognized the river of pain that flowed straight from Kate's heart to my own. In that way I feel a kinship to her. She speaks fluent angst and I read and weep in the same dialect.
Cecelia is an addict.
"Meggie fell for a priest. I fell for a prophet. We declared war on their calling and cause, and neither of us won."
Having sang the sweet song of love while pierced in the heart with the sharpest thorn, she's forever on the lookout for the next high, next sharp thorn, to sing her painful melody again! She is on a journey to find closure after the devastating turn of events in Flock. Stumbling around with just one shoe, half a heart without the two pieces of her missing soul, She's grown older, none the wiser but definitely educated in dejection and rejection . betrayals snipping at her heels, she goes back to ground zero - Triple Falls, looking for Closure
Tobias is a man on a mission. He wants to control and monitor the world into a better tomorrow, but in his quest to conquer the world, he loses to his own basic instinct to love.
Their coupling is detonation and explosion, anger and violence and both incur heavy battle scars
“I loved the bastard I met, the thief that stole me, and the king who claimed me, but I refuse to love the coward. I hate the coward.”
I can't go into details but suffice to say, Kate kills you at every step. Heals your wounds and then stabs with her plot twists again. When all seems to fall into a comfortable pattern, halfway through she drops the bomb of atomic proportions. After that the story is in apocalyptic somber mood.
And the end is like what happened in Hiroshima!! Boom !!!!
“We don’t get a happy ending, Cecelia. We just get an ending.”
I must be afflicted with same sickness as Cecelia because, after the severe punches to the heart, I kept going back for more.
Unparalleled writing, unbelievable story and unprecedented ugly cryfest is guaranteed in this Duet.
Read and weep, hurt and howl, devour and die...then come thank me!!
5 stars for Liars, Thieves & Killers
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This wreckage of Cecelia Horner and Tobias King!
“Because loving you made me sick as fuck and losing you twice has made me terminal.”
I'm not sure what have I left intact, cause my heart is in tatters. My emotions have been through a winger, my sentiments scattered in tphe sentimental hurricane that Kate has penned
This second book in the Ravenhood Duet following in the footsteps of book 1 Flock is Pure agony in word form. Exposed like a festering wound, raw as the salt poured over it, it hurts oh-so-bad.
I cried ALL throughout the book. My tears streamed in uncontrollable rivulets, whenever I felt dessicated and screamed No More Kate!!, I turned the page and started with fresh downpour. I legit couldn't breathe, suffocating and choking on huge lumps of emotions stuck in my throat, my heart writhing in constant, torturous onslaught of pain
"I’ll always be the girl crying for the moon.”
kate distills the pain of unrequited love and bottles it for us to devour and die. Her merciless writing took me to dark places in my soul, where the sunshine of truths hadn't shone for years. It was a very personal journey for me and I recognized the river of pain that flowed straight from Kate's heart to my own. In that way I feel a kinship to her. She speaks fluent angst and I read and weep in the same dialect.
Cecelia is an addict.
"Meggie fell for a priest. I fell for a prophet. We declared war on their calling and cause, and neither of us won."
Having sang the sweet song of love while pierced in the heart with the sharpest thorn, she's forever on the lookout for the next high, next sharp thorn, to sing her painful melody again! She is on a journey to find closure after the devastating turn of events in Flock. Stumbling around with just one shoe, half a heart without the two pieces of her missing soul, She's grown older, none the wiser but definitely educated in dejection and rejection . betrayals snipping at her heels, she goes back to ground zero - Triple Falls, looking for Closure
Tobias is a man on a mission. He wants to control and monitor the world into a better tomorrow, but in his quest to conquer the world, he loses to his own basic instinct to love.
Their coupling is detonation and explosion, anger and violence and both incur heavy battle scars
“I loved the bastard I met, the thief that stole me, and the king who claimed me, but I refuse to love the coward. I hate the coward.”
I can't go into details but suffice to say, Kate kills you at every step. Heals your wounds and then stabs with her plot twists again. When all seems to fall into a comfortable pattern, halfway through she drops the bomb of atomic proportions. After that the story is in apocalyptic somber mood.
And the end is like what happened in Hiroshima!! Boom !!!!
“We don’t get a happy ending, Cecelia. We just get an ending.”
I must be afflicted with same sickness as Cecelia because, after the severe punches to the heart, I kept going back for more.
Unparalleled writing, unbelievable story and unprecedented ugly cryfest is guaranteed in this Duet.
Read and weep, hurt and howl, devour and die...then come thank me!!
5 stars for Liars, Thieves & Killers
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October 5, 2022
A Conspiracy of Ravens!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Romance: 💚🖤💙💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😥😱😭🫠🫥
The heroine: Cecilia Horner - she is staying at her father’s mansion in Triple Falls and working at his manufacturing plant, in order to fulfill his terms for her inheritance. Her father didn’t raise her, nor does he live in the mansion now. In the first book, Cecilia learned that her father got where he is through dirty business practices and his part in covering up the murder of a husband and wife who worked for him. They were Dominic’s parents.
The Hero(es): Tobias, Sean & Dominic - Dominic and Sean were both in love with Cecilia in Flock, but they turned her away in a terrible way. They said it was for her safety, but they totally removed themselves from her life for a very long time. Tobias is the leader of the Ravenhood, and he never approved them to bring Cecilia into the fold, now he has to figure out what to do with her.
The Story: Cecilia is in mourning for her relationship with Sean and Dominic and determined to get over them though nothing seems to work. She hates Tobias for ruining things with her guys. Tobias hates Cecilia for turning his brothers against him, since they never told him about her. The hate between Tobias and Cecilia turns to something more and she uses that to get over Sean and Dominic.
I had mixed feelings about this since Cecilia loved Sean and Dominic so much, but also because they did her wrong in more ways than one, even if it was for her own good. But I also didn’t like her catching feelings for Tobias. I was so confused as to what relationship I should be rooting for, or if I was hoping she would end up with all of them. The prologue at the beginning of Flock confused me even more, since it was Cecilia in the future, going back to Triple Falls.
Cecilia confounds me at times. I don’t know how many times in these two books she has said things like “No more”, “That’s it” and “I have had enough”. Yet she keeps going back for more. I like all of these guys, but sometimes I just want the girl to actually run from the cruel Hero and stick with it. Make him come running to her. I don’t know why books don’t do that more.
Like the first book, I really enjoyed the narration. I love Joe Arden, he does a great variety of voices. He is great as happy-go-lucky Sean, Brooding Dominic and Tobias “the frenchman”. Not to mention the fact that this series has both Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell narrating their own parts within each chapter. Maxine is perfect as Cecilia, her voice is not my favorite but she does angst like nobody’s business.
This was a long book and some very surprising things happened. I was literally in tears and I thought it was the cliffhanger to the next book when I checked and there was still over 7 hours left. I cried for most of the rest of the book. This one wrecked me, it had all the feels. I give the author props for making this a trilogy instead of 5 smaller books.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Romance: 💚🖤💙💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😥😱😭🫠🫥
The heroine: Cecilia Horner - she is staying at her father’s mansion in Triple Falls and working at his manufacturing plant, in order to fulfill his terms for her inheritance. Her father didn’t raise her, nor does he live in the mansion now. In the first book, Cecilia learned that her father got where he is through dirty business practices and his part in covering up the murder of a husband and wife who worked for him. They were Dominic’s parents.
The Hero(es): Tobias, Sean & Dominic - Dominic and Sean were both in love with Cecilia in Flock, but they turned her away in a terrible way. They said it was for her safety, but they totally removed themselves from her life for a very long time. Tobias is the leader of the Ravenhood, and he never approved them to bring Cecilia into the fold, now he has to figure out what to do with her.
The Story: Cecilia is in mourning for her relationship with Sean and Dominic and determined to get over them though nothing seems to work. She hates Tobias for ruining things with her guys. Tobias hates Cecilia for turning his brothers against him, since they never told him about her. The hate between Tobias and Cecilia turns to something more and she uses that to get over Sean and Dominic.
I had mixed feelings about this since Cecilia loved Sean and Dominic so much, but also because they did her wrong in more ways than one, even if it was for her own good. But I also didn’t like her catching feelings for Tobias. I was so confused as to what relationship I should be rooting for, or if I was hoping she would end up with all of them. The prologue at the beginning of Flock confused me even more, since it was Cecilia in the future, going back to Triple Falls.
Cecilia confounds me at times. I don’t know how many times in these two books she has said things like “No more”, “That’s it” and “I have had enough”. Yet she keeps going back for more. I like all of these guys, but sometimes I just want the girl to actually run from the cruel Hero and stick with it. Make him come running to her. I don’t know why books don’t do that more.
Like the first book, I really enjoyed the narration. I love Joe Arden, he does a great variety of voices. He is great as happy-go-lucky Sean, Brooding Dominic and Tobias “the frenchman”. Not to mention the fact that this series has both Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell narrating their own parts within each chapter. Maxine is perfect as Cecilia, her voice is not my favorite but she does angst like nobody’s business.
This was a long book and some very surprising things happened. I was literally in tears and I thought it was the cliffhanger to the next book when I checked and there was still over 7 hours left. I cried for most of the rest of the book. This one wrecked me, it had all the feels. I give the author props for making this a trilogy instead of 5 smaller books.
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June 16, 2024
𝟎𝟔/𝟏𝟔/𝟐𝟒
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 2/5★’s
BRUH WHAT THE FUCK?! THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! 🙄 This was much better than Flock though at least.
ˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷
╰┈➤ Play "All I Want"- by Kodaline
🎵𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚
𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚
𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 🎵
Haha good one... now I KNOW you did not just do my man dirty 😭
“After this, you want to watch a movie?”
“You can make that cheddar popcorn I love. We can crowd under that blanket that smells like…what’s that smell?”
“Lavender,” I say as more tears stream down my cheeks.
“Yeah. And I’ll let you watch a chick movie because all I really want to do is watch you watch it. Your face gets all dopey when you get love drunk.”
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?”
“S’il te plaît, ne fais rien de stupide. Je t’aime.”
(Please don’t do anything stupid. I love you.)
“Je sais.”
(I know.)
“Nous savions tous les deux que je n’allais jamais voir mes trente ans, mon frère. Prends soin d’elle.”
(We both know I was never going to make it to thirty, brother. Take care of her.)
“Frères pour toujours.”
(Always brothers.)
Anyways.... can't wait for the next book!
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:
Flock-1.75★
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 2/5★’s
BRUH WHAT THE FUCK?! THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! 🙄 This was much better than Flock though at least.
ˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷
╰┈➤ Play "All I Want"- by Kodaline
🎵𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚
𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚
𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 🎵
Haha good one... now I KNOW you did not just do my man dirty 😭
“After this, you want to watch a movie?”
“You can make that cheddar popcorn I love. We can crowd under that blanket that smells like…what’s that smell?”
“Lavender,” I say as more tears stream down my cheeks.
“Yeah. And I’ll let you watch a chick movie because all I really want to do is watch you watch it. Your face gets all dopey when you get love drunk.”
“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?”
“S’il te plaît, ne fais rien de stupide. Je t’aime.”
(Please don’t do anything stupid. I love you.)
“Je sais.”
(I know.)
“Nous savions tous les deux que je n’allais jamais voir mes trente ans, mon frère. Prends soin d’elle.”
(We both know I was never going to make it to thirty, brother. Take care of her.)
“Frères pour toujours.”
(Always brothers.)
Anyways.... can't wait for the next book!
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:
Flock-1.75★
August 6, 2020
For the first time in a very long time, I have no clue how to express my feelings on a book. I have no words in a sense, no clear thoughts, and I’m quite frankly emotionally drained. This duet came out of nowhere with it’s lawlessness, thought provoking, sensual inducing and wickedly addictive storyline that shook up our entire train of thoughts. If you thought that you survived the first book without any scars and you were going to go into this final one unscathed, think again.
After reading those final words at the end of Flock, I was left with more questions than what I knew to do with and I needed answers as of yesterday. Exodus wasted no time in giving us the big the moment we were all waiting for and then some with a curveball I sure as heck didn’t see coming. I was under the impression at first that this author was seriously going to display some masochistic tendencies because there is no way, NO FREAKIN WAY, we were going to be dealing with something that was going to potentially shred our hearts. Listen to me very carefully: I was wrong and it did happen.
The entire time I spent reading this book, I had a high case of anxiety. I was nervous with every turn of the page and when I reached the 30% mark, I was damn near ready to drink!! My emotions were all over the place, my sanity was right, and I spent the rest of the time trying to figure out exactly how this story was going to go with my heart intact. I haven’t read a book so angst filled and emotional in a very long time and it not only took me by surprise, it made the reading experience that much more enjoyable.
If I had to say two words about this book right now in this very moment, it would be to “GET READY”. Your heart will no longer be your own because you wouldve already given it away in the early chapters without ever realizing it. It sneaks up on you and that power that you thought you had which controlled your emotions, it will be eradicated.
There were a few things that I was not a fan and quite honestly, I felt like it was overlooked in a sense but this author sucked me into this story like you wouldn’t believe!! I read it slowly, I read it fast, I took a time out because I was honestly going to drink, and one thing became consistent. I came back for more. I needed it. I craved it. I devoured it and even though it gave me a few scars on my heart, I would do it all over again. This is a duet that is surely going to stay with me for a very long time.
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