T.L. Smith

One month, I fell for him. Two, I was a goner. Three, I was a daydreamer. But by the fourth, it was a nightmare. Everything came in beats. Beat one—fantasy. Beat two—admission. Beat three—love. But it’s the fourth beat that completely ruined me. Beat. Beat. Beat. With a shattered heart. He was my nightmare.

Love Drunk

Mariam Mohsen

Jeana P

** spoiler alert **
           TW // sexual assault


It’s very apparent in the book that the author has some sort of r@pe fetish. Everly constantly is either crying or saying ‘NO’ when Gunner and her have intercourse. Sometimes authors tend to write that the MC is pushing the MMC off because of some deeper reason she can’t let herself fall for the guy but this author wrote the protests as literal assault.

Not only did I not get the point of the plot or storyline, the writing is horrible. In one scene Everly is assaulted in the bathroom while having a breakdown but in the middle of everything happening it transitions to the front porch and magically the setting transitions again to the front of her cafe. I was so lost the entire time. Sometimes the author wouldn’t even say where they were so you had to guess for yourself.

I almost forgot about the hidden incest. During the story, Everlys bestfriend has the hots for Everlys cousin. Later on when Gunner damn near kidnaps her and hides her out in a house, her cousin comes to save her. He confesses that he’s always loved her and wanted to save her so she’d be his. He always knew they weren’t biologically related so in a way i’m not sure if we should blame him or still call him a weirdo. Everly on the other hand new nothing about them not being actual cousins but still she confessed her love for him as well? I’m really starting to feel worried for this author. 


I’m pretty sure the idea was to make a dark romance / bdsm book but it turned out to be a psychotic sex offenders fantasy. Please be careful reading this very triggering book.