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Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨
First Impressions
Knotted is the first book in the "Trails of Sin" series and this is a trilogy about three cowboys who delve into kink for healing, the country is part of their soul and they will fight for the women that they love. Knotted is a book that I put off for a long while, mostly because I knew that the beginning was very rough and it gave me anxiety. But after finally picking up this book I fell so hard for this one here. I can't believe that I took so long to read it and has one of my favorite aspects in romance which is seeing BDSM as healing and not just as kink. This book can be for fans of dark romance, romantic suspense or a bit more gritty contemporary. As long as you aren't expecting a light and fluffy read, you will fall in love with this book. And I do think this book will appeal to most romance readers even if you don't normally read dark romance. Its pretty tame in comparison to some other books by this author.
First Line
The terrain of childhood shapes the soul, and the soul never forgets
The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Jake
He is the oldest of the brothers, was shaped as a teenager who had such dreams for the future which was dashed by betrayal and hurt and determination to protect his own shaped him into a force of nature.
The Heroine: Conor
She fell in love with a boy she knew all of her life, and their love was epic until betrayal damaged what they had and tore them apart. But Conor will fight for the man she loves and the only family she has ever known...
Summary
Jake and Conor grew up together and fell in love and were high school sweethearts. They had their whole lives planned and the future seemed so new and fresh and thrilling. But on the night that they were to experience their first night of sexual love but when they were attacked, and Conor was violently assaulted in the worst way and they lost more than just their innocence that night, truths were revealed and Conor was torn away from the man she loved, her brother put in prison and lived with a abused drunk father. But when she comes back to the man who always held her heart, Jake is not the boy she once knew, and when truths are revealed to her, she is determined to fight for their love, but Jake has more planned than just getting his girl back and revenge, he plans on showing Conor the path to healing so they can embrace their love fully with no boundaries...
What I Loved
Knotted is a story that will melt your heart in more ways than one. I didn't know what to expect fully in this one, I didn't really research any reviews on this one. I just knew it would have some difficult scenes in the beginning. But I have to say that Pam Godwin really upped her game with this book and it was SO different than anything I was expecting. Yes the beginning is rough to see, but the way that its all resolved and how this couple comes together was beyond endearing and just might be my favorite Pam Godwin romance.
Which is saying a lot since she has some amazing books, but there was something so much deeper to this one that just delivered on all fronts for me. I really enjoyed the growths of these characters and the way she sneaks the intrigue of the plot up on you, yeah the author works her magic in this book. I definitely didn't expect to learn what we learn in the later half of the story and the way that the hero is able to get Conor through the healing process, you just knew he did his research and was willing to do whatever it took to get her to a good place again. Loved these moments of healing that he puts her through and it ends up making Conor stronger than ever. Their story was so poignant and melted my heart in so many ways. I couldn't seem to get enough of it. And the way in which the BDSM elements were introduced, beautifully done! Bravo to Pam Godwin.
There is also some great family and friendship dynamics. I just know the next books are going to be as amazing. And there is something about a sexy cowboy who works his BDSM magic on his woman. And its done in a way that doesn't overwhelm the story or the relationship. The author really implements these aspects so delicately that it just works like magic. And the plot of the story, kept me on my toes. I loved seeing everything that gets revealed and I just broke for the heroine. She had it the worst because of how much she was kept in the dark and had to deal with so much darkness before any light shone through. But once that light happens for her, is where the story really delivered on all fronts for me.
What I Struggled With
Nothing if I am being honest, it was pure perfection!
Overall View
Knotted is a deliciously executed romance that delivers on suspense, epic love and fighting for those you love no matter what it takes! ALL THE STARS!
Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Dark Romance
Character Types: Cowboy, Vet Doctor (student), Abused,
Themes: Small Town, Tear Jerker, Danger/Suspense, Heart/Touching, BDSM as Healing, Book Boyfriend, Family Bonds, Favorite Heroines, Western, PTSD
Tropes: Second chance, Friends to Lovers, Childhood Sweethearts
Book Perspective
Duo POV's
Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A mix of both but well balanced
Song This Book Inspires
Whiskey and You by Chris Stapelton
Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes, its recommended to read these in order
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| Hours to Read | 7 hours | 6 hours | 9 hours | 2 hours | 1 hour | 10 hours |
| Tropes | Dark cowboy, family saga, second chance, revenge, small town | Love triangle, billionaire, military, enemies to lovers, second chance | Virgin hero, role reversal, captive hero, anti-hero, vigilante, enemies to lovers | Historical, fierce pirate heroine, alpha pirate hero, action-adventure sea story | Forbidden priest, virgin hero, dystopian, paranormal, action-adventure | Student-teacher, forbidden, age gap, musician, billionaire, Cinderella story |
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Reviews with images
This Intense Romance made me want a cowboy of my own
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5The way this book started definitely got my attention. I was crying by chapter 2. Do yourself a favor and check the content and trigger warnings. This story follows Connor she lives on a ranch with her Dad and her 2 best friends (Jake and Jarrett), who are brothers. They all live together on a ranch and run it together with their dads.Without giving too much of the plot away. Connor is forced to leave the ranch after traumatic events happen and then she returns years later to tie up loose ends.The spice in this book was good, but I would have loved more tension and I had a very difficult time with the immersion therapy that Jake used on Connor (it’ll make sense when you read it). He is obviously not a mental health professional. HahaI did enjoy the underlying plot of what was going on at the ranch and an interested in the other 2 cowboy stories.
Top reviews from other countries
Sherri-Lynn Mitchell
Wow, this book is worth every minute
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2023
