I really dislike cliffhangers....I don't like serials like this yet I find that I am totally hooked and want to find out what happens next.

And I am not liking this story at all! That said...yeah...it's 5 stars...cause it checks all the boxes...for a dark story. This is not a love story. There are mysteries and secrets and a behavior that I don't understand and would never want for myself. It makes me very uncomfortable...and I have read literally everything.... sweet, dark, darker...darkest...this one makes me squirm. This is not a Disney Fairytale....

I want to love the hero, Elijah, I really do but boy is he making that difficult. I want to smack Abigail...she's being so dumb. I just don't understand how an innocent virgin can just jump straight into bondage and choking and beatings....it is a mystery.

The author is very good....because I have to know what makes these characters tick...and figure out why what they are doing makes me so very uncomfortable.

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