K.M Moronova

Nell Gallows is the sole survivor of an elite dark forces squad, Riot, after a detrimental attack two years ago. Unsurprisingly, she's being put up as the top candidate for the special ops team: Malum. The squad that goes where no one else will or can. There's only one problem: Malum blames their one casualty from the Patagonia mission on the Riot squad. So what is she to do when she finds herself on a plane to California and on her way to a sure death sentence? A one-night stand. At least, that's all it was supposed to be-one last night to be free. Only, she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most-her immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field.
Bones. He's hell on earth-cruel and unforgiving, but most of all, he hates her, and he makes sure she knows it. And yet, she finds herself unwilling to leave his side when he's unable to get to the evac point when their mission goes awry. She stays behind with the devil and the secrets he keeps. They only have one another to trust when no faith is left.

Leave Me Behind

Sierra Bennett

“What are you looking at?” I ask, annoyed.

“At the woman who fears the ocean but not me,” he taunts.”

Combines a dark ops team with dark romance.

It was a little too insta-lovey for me, and the military stuff seemed very off.

The spicy scenes seemed very random, and the “twist” was too obvious early on in the read.

Rabia Sitabi

Combines a dark ops team with dark romance.

It was a little too insta-lovey for me, and the military stuff seemed very off.

The spicy scenes seemed very random, and the “twist” was too obvious early on in the read.

I think this is exactly what I needed when I needed it. I wasn’t sure when I started it if I was in a dark romance mood but as soon as I got into it I was quick to learn that the enemies to lovers and slight lack thereof was exactly what I needed. This is also a book that reminded me of a television show I have seen and really enjoyed. So that helped me like it more. I could not imagine the amount of research and questionable Google searches this book possibly caused. But I liked pretty much this whole book and just when I didn’t know how it would end I liked how it all happened. The main “twist” that happened I did predict to see in the book and I would have liked that aspect of the book explored more but I guess it didn’t work with the characters. But yeah, I liked the book and the vibes it gave me and what I was reading around this time all helped me enjoy it more. 

Priscilla Stanfield

4.25/5⭐️ • 3/5🌶️

I think this is exactly what I needed when I needed it. I wasn’t sure when I started it if I was in a dark romance mood but as soon as I got into it I was quick to learn that the enemies to lovers and slight lack thereof was exactly what I needed. This is also a book that reminded me of a television show I have seen and really enjoyed. So that helped me like it more. I could not imagine the amount of research and questionable Google searches this book possibly caused. But I liked pretty much this whole book and just when I didn’t know how it would end I liked how it all happened. The main “twist” that happened I did predict to see in the book and I would have liked that aspect of the book explored more but I guess it didn’t work with the characters. But yeah, I liked the book and the vibes it gave me and what I was reading around this time all helped me enjoy it more. 

Destinee Vickers

Leave Me Behind was a book I had eyed for a while now because I do get the occasional Dark Romance itch that just needs scratching sometimes and I had really high hopes for this one to blow me away.

Let’s get to the positives: It was a quick read. I read this in two sittings split over two days and it was engaging, yes – though I have to admit I should be reading research papers right now and anything else is to be considered more engaging than the reading I should doing, so take this with a grain of salt.

I enjoyed the initial setup: dark ops, squads with leniency in certain rules, pecking orders – that’s promising for a dark romance, especially with power dynamics coming into play and pushing the female MC into a group of elite soldiers that are as tight knit as they come, could have been great.

That’s it, that’s the positive stuff. I didn’t like the characters. The FMC was unbearable, inconsistent in her convictions and impossibly naïve allthewhile incredibly cynic. She’s a walking oxymoron and thus, perfect for the MMC, who is as unpredictable as they come due to very variable characteristics depending on the scene we’re in.

Usually, I adore the forbidden yearning, the struggle of coming to terms with own feelings towards a person one should hate, but the backstories of these characters just didn’t add up. I constantly felt confused about the dimensions of their trauma, connections to others etc., then was fed another tidbit of backstory information which should have cleared stuff up, yet instead made it even more incomprehensible why they act they way they do.

The main thing that annoyed me was the blatant ignorance of the writer’s mantra to show instead of tell. I was constantly told what to think while it didn’t line up with my actual thoughts about the characters, their actions and aspirations. If you tell me, someone is “more dangerous” than someone else but fail to show me why, I won’t believe you.

This is one of the biggest reasons why this book felt a little bit like fanfiction to me. This is not me throwing shade, but fanfiction has a certain feeling to it most of the time and if I read FF I might look more graciously past plotholes than in published books and boy oh boy, this book had more plotholes than consistent character traits.

Well, I’m disappointed and the search for good dark romance to scratch the itch continues.

Leonie

Leave Me Behind was a book I had eyed for a while now because I do get the occasional Dark Romance itch that just needs scratching sometimes and I had really high hopes for this one to blow me away.

Let’s get to the positives: It was a quick read. I read this in two sittings split over two days and it was engaging, yes – though I have to admit I should be reading research papers right now and anything else is to be considered more engaging than the reading I should doing, so take this with a grain of salt.

I enjoyed the initial setup: dark ops, squads with leniency in certain rules, pecking orders – that’s promising for a dark romance, especially with power dynamics coming into play and pushing the female MC into a group of elite soldiers that are as tight knit as they come, could have been great.

That’s it, that’s the positive stuff. I didn’t like the characters. The FMC was unbearable, inconsistent in her convictions and impossibly naïve allthewhile incredibly cynic. She’s a walking oxymoron and thus, perfect for the MMC, who is as unpredictable as they come due to very variable characteristics depending on the scene we’re in.

Usually, I adore the forbidden yearning, the struggle of coming to terms with own feelings towards a person one should hate, but the backstories of these characters just didn’t add up. I constantly felt confused about the dimensions of their trauma, connections to others etc., then was fed another tidbit of backstory information which should have cleared stuff up, yet instead made it even more incomprehensible why they act they way they do.

The main thing that annoyed me was the blatant ignorance of the writer’s mantra to show instead of tell. I was constantly told what to think while it didn’t line up with my actual thoughts about the characters, their actions and aspirations. If you tell me, someone is “more dangerous” than someone else but fail to show me why, I won’t believe you.

This is one of the biggest reasons why this book felt a little bit like fanfiction to me. This is not me throwing shade, but fanfiction has a certain feeling to it most of the time and if I read FF I might look more graciously past plotholes than in published books and boy oh boy, this book had more plotholes than consistent character traits.

Well, I’m disappointed and the search for good dark romance to scratch the itch continues.

I'm stuck between giving this book 4.5 and a 5 star 

But oh my goodness I'm not fine this book was something 

Malak Mazen

I'm stuck between giving this book 4.5 and a 5 star 

But oh my goodness I'm not fine this book was something 

Not my go-to genre because I think dark romances tend to be a bit sluggish and/or badly written but this one breaks the mould. The author can write well and she skilfully manipulates the mood to avoid it from being too dense. 

The author is a bit too fond of the word ‘anguish’ but that was about the only glaring irritant in the text.  

I wasn’t expecting the relationship toward the end and I appreciate being surprised. 

Kierce

Not my go-to genre because I think dark romances tend to be a bit sluggish and/or badly written but this one breaks the mould. The author can write well and she skilfully manipulates the mood to avoid it from being too dense. 

The author is a bit too fond of the word ‘anguish’ but that was about the only glaring irritant in the text.  

I wasn’t expecting the relationship toward the end and I appreciate being surprised. 

What the hell were those last few chapters? Did someone else finish writing this book. 

Samantha Waterson

I knew it was not my genre to reed honestly, but any ways I think that the book is good so far, I'm not a good reeder and I finished reading it in two days so it's a point to the book.

But I think there's alot of traumas in there and I'm not that strong for it

Varolena🌬

I knew it was not my genre to reed honestly, but any ways I think that the book is good so far, I'm not a good reeder and I finished reading it in two days so it's a point to the book.

But I think there's alot of traumas in there and I'm not that strong for it

Love a good story where the girl is the badass. Stayed up until 2 am reading it and just couldn’t put it down. Not a little read though there is a lot of trauma involved. Love a silent guy that will kill for you

Leave Me Behind

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