Silence

I have to preface my review with the disclaimer that I am obviously not the target audience for this book (as evidenced by the fact that I have no idea who the authors listed as “perfect for the readers of” are even though a quick Google search tells me they are well established names).

It took me a while to really get into the story but once I started getting invested, I was pretty much hooked and it helped that the story never really started to drag its feet.

There's quite a bit of spice in this book but not so much that it tips into erotica (and for my sex repulsed peeps you can easily skim without missing anything important). The euphemisms used to describe the main character's genitalia were hilarious to me and I really struggled to take the take those parts seriously especially when he got to talking about “good pussy”.

While he likes to remind us that he, in fact, has a big schlong, both literally and proverbially, and that he is a 6' something bearded and fit god of a man the aforementioned main character isn't one of those untouchable badasses, he gets his ass handed to him a few times and gets hurt both physically and emotionally, he is still a human being.

The story is deceptively nuanced and intricate, and Silence is actually a pretty insightful guy and not just the goon he keeps saying he is. Repetition is used throughout the book to give it a sense of rhythm and I really enjoyed that.

I received an eARC of this book from Kensington Books, Dafina through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.