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Some Dark Romances, Some Cute Romances, Some Romance Novellas. Something for everyone!

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Hooked by Emily McIntire

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

In The Weeds by B.K. Borison

All In by Sara Cate

Pucking Ever After, Vol. 2 by Emily Rath

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

January 11, 2024 by RevGirlUtena Leave a Comment

Here are some 2023 reviews that I didn’t manage to get out before the deadline: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Sloane is just your average, everyday woman who just so happens to enjoy murdering serial killers and posing them in grisly tableaus as a hobby. Who can’t relate? One day, she is accidentally trapped by a killer she has just murdered and is worried she is going to starve to death when she is saved by Rowan, an everyday man who also just so […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: B.K. Borison, Brynne Weaver, cute romance, dark romance, Emily McIntire, Emily Rath, rom com, Sara Cate, smut, Tessa Bailey

RevGirlUtena's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: B.K. Borison, Brynne Weaver, cute romance, dark romance, Emily McIntire, Emily Rath, rom com, Sara Cate, smut, Tessa Bailey ·
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Worst Book I Have Read So Far This Year

The Good Side of Wrong by Jenika Snow

March 19, 2023 by RevGirlUtena Leave a Comment

Persephone is 18 and a senior in High School when her parents are killed in a car crash. Even though she is legally an adult, she is placed in the custody of her Uncle Hades. Hades was adopted into the family as a young child, so he could be abused by his Father and Brother in order to toughen up his Brother so he could run the family business. Hades’s original plot is to destroy Persephone so he can get posthumous revenge on his brother, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: dark romance, hades persephone, Jenika Snow, smut

RevGirlUtena's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Romance · Tags: dark romance, hades persephone, Jenika Snow, smut ·
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Minor Miracle: Unlocked

Sweethearts and Savages: Eden Academy Book Two by Grace McGinty

April 13, 2022 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

I just finished Sweethearts and Savages, the second book in Grace McGinty’s Eden Academy series. I really want to talk about this book in particular, and not just because it is sort of the culmination of all of her other works to this point. They’ve all been driving to this destination. You could read this one without having read any of her other works, but I wouldn’t recommend it – a LOT of world and character building has gone into these. Like many romance authors, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Dark River, dark romance, Eden Academy, Grace McGinty, reverse harem, Sweethearts and Savages, why choose

katie71483's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Dark River, dark romance, Eden Academy, Grace McGinty, reverse harem, Sweethearts and Savages, why choose ·
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OTT everything, with the Jeff Bezos song as a Soundtrack

Kings of Quarantine: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 1) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Kings of Lockdown: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 2) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Kings of Anarchy: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 3) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Queen of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 4) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

October 6, 2021 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

This quartet has been all over my Kindle Unlimited recommendations as well as SmutTok. I was hesitant to give it a try – for while I seem to have an enormous weakness for romances featuring alphaholes (Hey, Kristen Ashley and JR Ward, I’m looking at you…), I’m not a huge fan of bully romances. And Kings of Quarantine, Kings of Lockdown, Kings of Anarchy and Queen of Quarantine all live up to their tagline: Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep. It is a finger scorching, reverse […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: bully romance, Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, dark romance, katie71483, Kings of Quarantine, pandemic, reverse harem, Susanne Valenti

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: bully romance, Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, dark romance, katie71483, Kings of Quarantine, pandemic, reverse harem, Susanne Valenti ·
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Thoughtful Dark Romance

Crow (Boston Underworld Book 1) by A. Zavarelli

Reaper (Boston Underworld Book 2) by A. Zavarelli

August 25, 2021 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

Like so many of my reading choices lately, I began the Boston Underworld series by A. Zavarelli after seeing the first Book, Crow, recommended on SmutTok. So, please forgive me, but I’m going to start this review with a bit of a detour:  If y’all aren’t on TikTok and following those hashtags, I really recommend your at least considering giving it a try. I now follow a combination of romance authors, book sellers, and readers with similar interests. They often provide interesting insights about their […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A Zavarelli, Boston Underworld Series, Crow, dark romance, Katee Robert, katie71483, reaper, SmutTok, teresaelectro

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: A Zavarelli, Boston Underworld Series, Crow, dark romance, Katee Robert, katie71483, reaper, SmutTok, teresaelectro ·
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A VERY NSFW MUST READ

Claimed by Em Brown

Claimed Darker by Em Brown

Claimed Harder by Em Brown

June 23, 2021 by katie71483 4 Comments

Y’all. Y’ALL. I don’t know what I was expecting when I began Em Brown’s Claimed: A Dark Mafia Romance, but it wasn’t this. The meet cute goes as expected. Bridget, a 20-year-old college student with a passion for doing good and zero concern for fashion, is dragged along by her friend and roommate Amy to an exclusive night club. Darren, the owner of the night club, is aghast when he sees frumpy Bridget in his club where everyone is dressed in their best clubbing attire. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Claimed, dark romance, em brown

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Claimed, dark romance, em brown ·
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