Bethany-Kris's Reviews > Church

YAAAAAAAS.

My first Stylo book, and I was so not disappointed.

I see you, Church.

Mother of all crazy ...

ETA:

Seems Church. has gone live, so my time has come to write an appropriate review for this book which a joke because that's impossible. This was not what I expected, and then again, it was what I was hoping for. So the fact Church. hit every mark I wanted it to hit and it's also the very first Stylo book I've ever read - I see you, Stylo. You're on my radar now, so watch me go binge read like everything I can get my hands on from you because that's basically my thing.

But back to Church.

This was loco.
Completely f*ucking looney tunes.
Okay?

Crazy.

The tagline on the cover is kind of deceptive - it is a love story, but it is not traditional by any stretch of the imagination, and if you are not as equally horrified as you are curious and enraptured, well then, sorry, but you didn't read it right.

Go back, try again.

Church is a strange and dangerous boy.
Emma is a broken and obsessive girl.

He wants to kill things.
She probably just wants to die.

And when dangerous and strange meets broken and obsessive ... all the sh*t comes out to hit the fan. It's like moth, meet flame. Fire, meet your gasoline.

Burn down the world trope is literally my favorite when it comes to romance, and if you add in the phycological thriller aspect to it like Stylo did, I am basically your stupid little puppy willing to do whatever you want for a treat. I am so WEAK.

I don't know how to describe this book - but it hits my dark need. I am very picky about my dark romance books - please don't send me your recs based on this review for dark romance, I assure you 99% of them will peeve me off or gross me out - and I am so happy that I found one that did it for me.

Church. is an unusual, and vibrant tale. It is terrifying, and mesmerizing. A love story that shouldn't be, but is, and they're coming for you. They're coming.

*Someone mentioned to Stylo that an author was itching to get their hands on Church. as soon as it went live, and she was nice enough to send me an early copy without ever talking to me directly, or probably even knowing my name. I went and bought myself a copy of Church. anyway now that it is live because that was what I planned on doing from the beginning. The fact I got an early copy means nothing, and didn't sway the way I felt about this book or wrote this review.