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Beautiful Little Freaks by Tylor Paige

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A Gatsby Retelling Rating: 4/5  Spice: 3.5/5 Plot: 4/5 Primary Genre: Dark Romance Trigger Warnings: Self harm, homophobic and transphobic comments from the villain, victim-blaming, gas-lighting, cheating, murder, cannibalism, branding, discussions in detail of sexual assault, domestic violence, coercion, discission of abortion, dub con, verbal abuse, bigoted comments from the bad guys, inference of CSA, child trafficking, parental emotional abuse Blurb:  From top three amazon bestselling author Tylor Paige, comes a new dark romance about two star-crossed lovers whose love for a tale told 100 years ago convinces them to rewrite the ending, no matter the cost. Daisy and Gatsby dreamed of the day they’d get their happily ever after, their green light. He, the innate artist, and her, the prima prodigy. However, their dreams are shattered when Gatsby is takes the fall for the most heinous of crimes. Cannibalism. Years later, Daisy has become the famous ballerina she was destin...

Hooked by Emily McIntire

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  Never After #1 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Primary Genre: Dark Romance Trigger Warnings:   Please click here to visit author's website Favorite Quote: “Feelings don't just go away, they merely shift and change as your soul breaks, molding themselves into the cracks.” Plot: 4/5 Blurb: A fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan. Imagine Hook is a straight up mafia type drug dealing ganster and Peter Pan is a millionaire mogul who will destroy anyone if it serves him. Modern day Hook and Wendy end up in a situationship involving copious amounts of hooking up. Hook spends the majority of his time trying to take Wendy's dad (Peter) down. Lots of people get tortured and murdered. Tinker Bell is now Tina and so much more evil than Julia Roberts played her. The Good: *James/Hook has some incredible character development throughout the book. It's not ridiculously unbelievable either.  *There were several parts of the book that got me in the feelers. Ru's story...