Lauren

Hannah Gadsby is my new hero. Their prose is so touching and hilarious at the same time, and they have a wonderfully relatable way of writing about their experiences. I wasn't familiar with Hannah prior to reading this memoir, but I kept seeing it recommended by autistic afab adults- as soon as I finished reading I immediately went to Netflix to watch all their standup specials.

WOAH this book took me totally by surprise. It was absolutely not what I was expecting. Think Robin Hood meets the Fast & the Furious, but not terrible.
It's not as dark as my usual tastes, and if someone had given me an overview of the plot I probably would have passed, but IT's so GOOd and I'm totally hooked. I found myself laughing out loud or smiling to myself more than once. I'm so excited to read the rest of this series!! Ugh I love getting caught off guard like this so much.

I loved it so much... Jessie Walker is a beautiful writer, and she does a really amazing job of writing complex and deeply hurt characters. It's also clear she did her research, because the trauma in this story and its effects are very authentic. Hell, I even learned something about trauma psychology that I never knew before (see: repetition compulsion). And it explains SO MUCH.

The emotions this book brought out in me... it most definitely pulled out some ugly tears. Will and I have a past trauma in common, so that was both horrifically devastating and at the same time healing to read about. And Waylon... I need to just wrap that poor sweet baby up in a gigantic hug and never let go.

If you're looking for a dark contemporary MM romance series (duet?) that you can't put down and makes you cry so hard you pop a blood vessel, this is the one. Can't wait to read #2!

I loved it!! Think kinky MM Umbrella Academy for benevolent psychopath assassins, but instead of superpowers they have extensive childhood trauma.

Adam and Noah are such precious cuties- Adam is like a little sociopathic puppy dog. I actually didn't find the insta-love as off putting as I was expecting to... it was more insta-possession than insta-love. I loved the dynamic of the MMCs, and thought it was so sweet and adorable how hard Adam was trying to people for Noah. All the spice was

Most of the reviews l've read of this series describe it as “a better written why-choose version of LORDS”- I would agree with the accuracy on that. I enjoyed this read a lot- the boys were excellent and interesting, and were very effective bullies. I wasn't crazy about the FMC, because I'm sick of reading about overly innocent and weak doormat women.
She was a virgin for pretty much the entire book, so the spice was tamer than I expected, but it's evident that things are about to get a lot more depraved and unhinged. The plot was alright as well, and not overly complex and convoluted like some of these underground society books tend to be. I'm definitely moving right along to the next one!