Name: Deadly Illusion
Rating: 3.35 (10 reviews)
ISBN: 9781955017022

Kathy Lockheart

An emotional, tension-filled forbidden romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page...

Deadly Illusion

If someone claims that's not part of the appeal of martial arts... it's a lie. 

Leonie

I had all this anger with nowhere to put it, and then someone would willingly get in front of me and let me go after them.

When I’m not fighting, I’m thinking about fighting, and when I am fighting, it’s the only time I feel alive.

🌸 Crybaby 🌸

But inside, our home was shadowed in tragedy. 

But if I didn't pursue the light, the darkness would consume me forever 

When you love someone, the love you have for them isn't a faucet you can just turn off. 

I don't want to become the monster I've spent my whole life fighting

In the past I'd always thought of love as binary; you were in love or you weren't. 

Fairytales aren't supposed to end in murder She's hiding a dangerous secret. He'll stop at nothing to keep her safe...but can he stop himself from killing her? An emotional, tension-filled forbidden romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page... Jenna wasn't going to let the darkness of her past prevent her from building the life she's always wanted, so she put herself through college and moved to the magnificent city of Chicago. But just when she thought all her dreams were coming true, a shocking incident shattered her fairy-tale life and now, she's hiding a terrible secret-a secret that could cost her everything. Damian is as gorgeous as he is mysterious, keeping his own dark secrets from everyone he meets. He never thought he'd care about anything again...until he meets Jenna. He knows letting her get close to him will put her in danger, but when he suspects Jenna's in trouble, there's only one thing that matters: protecting her at all costs. Thrust into a terrifying nightmare where a threat looms in every shadow, Jenna and Damian find themselves in a race for survival. Soon, everyone Jenna loves is in peril, and only the ultimate sacrifice can save them... This book contains sensitive subject matter.﻿

It was a promising booktok blurb that I saw a couple times. I enjoyed the book for the most part. 

a peeve for me from a writing standpoint was that the author always had to flash back to the character’s memories, but lacked the ability to really describe or make me feel anything in the characters present moment. I want to experience what that character experiences, not just be told.

the book was a nice, predictable little romance. A good palate cleanser for those reading slumps in between in-depth fantasy romances and dark mafia series. 

🌶spice scale was 0.5 - there’s some scenes but nothing to write home about.

Katie Beth Dean

It was a promising booktok blurb that I saw a couple times. I enjoyed the book for the most part. 

a peeve for me from a writing standpoint was that the author always had to flash back to the character’s memories, but lacked the ability to really describe or make me feel anything in the characters present moment. I want to experience what that character experiences, not just be told.

the book was a nice, predictable little romance. A good palate cleanser for those reading slumps in between in-depth fantasy romances and dark mafia series. 

🌶spice scale was 0.5 - there’s some scenes but nothing to write home about.

Up to the final chapters I'd have rated this higher, because I enjoyed the story of the main characters. 

The tie between love interest 1 and 2 was unnecessary and far fetched in my opinion. 

And that "solution" at the end? Really, that solves it? Ugh. 

Considering I enjoyed 90% of the book and suffered greatly with the characters, I'll still give it a solid 3 rating. 

Up to the final chapters I'd have rated this higher, because I enjoyed the story of the main characters. 

The tie between love interest 1 and 2 was unnecessary and far fetched in my opinion. 

And that "solution" at the end? Really, that solves it? Ugh. 

Considering I enjoyed 90% of the book and suffered greatly with the characters, I'll still give it a solid 3 rating. 

Deadly Illusion

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