Carnage by Shantel Tessier

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L.O.R.D.S. #5

🖉Rating: 4/5

🖉Spice: 5/5

🖉Plot: 5/5

🖉Primary Genre: Secret Society Dark Romance

🖉Blurb: 

A PUPPET The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success. The more they’re willing to serve, the more power they have. Among them are the Spade brothers, who run Carnage. It’s where the Lords who have not held up their oath go to live out the rest of their lives in shackles. Tucked away from the world as if they never existed. I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW. I once belonged to a Lord—Saint Beckham Carter. Although nothing was holy about him, I still kneeled as if he could grant me eternity in a world where only evil existed. At the time, I willingly vowed to be his and allowed him to share me with his “brothers.” But things changed. And what I thought couldn’t get any better got exceptionally worse. So I did the only thing I could and ran from him, knowing I could never return. Now he’s found me and dragged me back to his hell, where he will make me his pet. The world already thinks I’m dead, so no one will miss me. And I’m just another name on a long list of those who will never know freedom. What he doesn’t know is why I ran from him in the first place. A Lord doesn’t listen to reason, so it’s not like he’d care anyway. Saint was born a Lord, and he will die as one. If life has taught me anything, it’s that we all pay for our sins. And Saint will never let me forget that my place is at Carnage, serving him on my knees until death is granted.

🖉My Thoughts:

I'll be brutally honest, I've been over this series for awhile. The books start to feel really formulaic after awhile. I didn't mind Sabotage, but I think that's because it was so short. I didn't really enjoy The Sacrifice and it was horrendously long. The last time I truly enjoyed a book in this series, it was Sin's book (Book #2). Until now, that is. This book didn't feel as typical as the others when it comes to the storyline. It may be the Carnage setting, it may be the total and utter brutalization of Ashtyn, it may be that the relationship feels hopeless for a large chunk of the book. I don't know that I can put my finger on it but the book has a different vibe and it's for the better. This is good news as I was about to give up on The L.O.R.D.S. series and possible Tessier. In my humble opinion, this is Tessier's best work so far in anything that I've read. Tyson shows up quite a bit in this book and he's more likable here than he is in his own book, just like the previous books. Idk why but I just didn't like him in his own book. I'm of mind to say if you're going to read any of the books in the first 5 of this series, make it this one. Especially if you enjoy more of the H.D. Carlton style of writing. Not to say that this is super similar but it's just more so than any of the other books in this series so far.

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