"I'm not leaving you.” “Good.” He yanks me against him, his eyes burning. “Because I'll never let you"

I actually give this story a 4.5 and a 5 for spice level. I am absolutely OBSESSED with this book. I haven't read a dark romance in a hot minute and I am so glad that Pretty Vicious was my reintroduction to the genre because it was fantastic.

Carrson is one of the best morally grey mmc's I've come across. A true leader with a heart of gold hidden deep within. Dangerous and intimidating. Everything we love to see In a dark romance man.

The setting was perfectly described. The banter between Carrson and Laurel was on point and the slow burn seduction gave way to 5 star spicy scenes. That party scene?! IYKYK.

Both characters hold a lot of (physical & emotional) pain and watching them make themselves vulnerable as well as healing one another as they slowly fall for each other? Absolutely perfectly executed. I went into this know it was part 1 and I CANNOT wait for part 2. READ THIS, ASAP.

I'm fine with taboo. Don't really have too many triggers. But that bonus chapter bullshit? Yeah, I'm not okay with pedophilic ideas/comments and had that been in the trigger warnings. I wouldn't have read it. Fuck that.

As someone who adores Little Women, I was instantly intrigued by the idea of a murder mystery version. I wws surprised it featured a modern day setting, but once I started reading, that was easy to get past.

The story itself is very fast paced. The characters did resemble their original incarnations with the exception of Beth. She's my favorite character and unfortunately, despite clearly trying hard not to, Beth comes across as timid and weak, nothing like her original counterpart.

For a debut novel, it's not bad. But there were way too many suspects at play, it became overkill. Almost every chapter was the start of a new suspect. Also, it was pretty obvious who the killer was.

The idea was absolutely a fantastic one but I feel the execution was just not right. Still, highly entertaining and worth a read.

"That’s the curious thing about monsters,” she whispers. “The worst ones don’t bother hiding in the dark."

An absolutely stunning novel. I devoured this book and could not stop reading it.

My ONLY complaint is that I wish the last part had been longer. Her transformation to the monster depicted in mythology felt a bit rushed compared to the pacing of the rest of the novel.

Other than that, fully exquisite.