5 stars I received an ARC of this book from the author and I’m so thankful. I got sucked into this story in a way I didn’t with Crave. There was something about the pacing and the intensity of it that kept pulling me forward, uncontrollably. It was amazing. As usual, there are some great quotes from this book. Harrison King and Raegan make an appearance and Harrison tells Sawyer: “The right woman doesn’t only soften your rough edges. She files a few of them into blades.” Olivia describes Sawyer as a “dark god who casually brings mortals to their knees, benevolent enough to make sure they delight in their submission.” Later, she observes: “Sawyer’s going to kill Adam. He’ll rip him in half and hide the body parts in the gardens. Scratch that. The way he looks, he’s not going to bother hiding the body.” And the banter between Sawyer and Olivia is priceless: “Tell you what. Next Thursday night, I’ll find us a place. You’re mine all night long. You need to catch up on my lessons.” “It’s midterms, Professor. Girl’s got to study.” “I’ll drill you.” I cock my head. “On my flashcards?” “Anywhere you want, Cherry.” Without spoiling anything, I feel like I have to point out a couple of things that bothered me. If I received a specific amount of money and was relying upon that money for something important, I wouldn’t offer the full amount immediately to get something else slightly less important. I’d negotiate something much smaller and work my way up, if necessary. It made me mad when Olivia just blurted out the entire amount. What if the other person had tried to negotiate for more? It was dumb. I also found the foreshadowing for the cliffhanger ending a bit heavy-handed and unbelievable. Olivia actually has the audacity to think: “There’s no way Sawyer’s going to let me down.” Since she has been so worried about this all along and has only recently started to allow herself to trust him, I just shook my head in disbelief. I know there’s a cliffhanger, and I’m fairly certain it involves Sawyer letting her down. The closer to the end I read, the more I felt the lurking presence of something that was going to crush me. I was getting uptight just thinking about it. Sometimes, I cannot handle the stress of a cliffhanger, especially one of Piper Lawson’s making. She is an evil genius in that regard. So, at the end of Chapter 26, when there was a point of calmness, I stopped. It’s a cheat, a hack, if you will. By stopping before the end, I’m avoiding the cliffhanger. Stupid as it sounds, I think it’s working for me. I feel unusually peaceful. And when book three is released, I’ll read the end of this one. :) Meanwhile, I’m going to go ahead and recommend the entire series. January 9, 2022
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