Trope: bully; best friend's sibling
Angst: 😱😱😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥
“𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧rac𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 it.”
I don’t even know where to start with this one, lol. Just SO fracking good. I really enjoyed the first book, but Dark Delights was totally next level for me - it definitely went in my Faves of 2024 and will probably be one of my favorite books this year. It had so many things I love from the scminks to the micro tropes, I finally had to put it down after staying up way later than I should at my age, lol 🙈, only to finish it off immediately the next day. The rich, tortured lead whose backstory will make you cry. Seriously got choked up. Beck suffered through the worst kinds of grief and trauma and unfortunately for Eve, she saw him at his lowest, and he decides to make her pay for his perceived vulnerability. I absolutely loved Eve. She was strong and did what was right, even when it was hard. She had a fighting spirit, doesn't let anyone push her around, and never backs down. The chemistry between the two of them is OFF 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 CHAIN. The best kind of good girl/bad boy vibes ❤️. lt was well written with tons of action and a dash of suspense that completely had me hooked to the end. Some of the boxes it ticked:
✅ Opposite sides of the tracks
✅ He can’t stand anyone touching him but her
✅ Scarred MMC
✅ Touch her and 🔪
✅ Good grovel
✅ Br33ding schmink
Dark Delights is a standalone in the Hellions of Hade Harbor series, but is best enjoyed when read in series order. Loved seeing characters from the previous books as well as from other series ❤️. Can’t wait for Asher and Winter’s story in Twisted Deeds, but it’s going to be really hard to beat this one!
“...𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘌𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘌𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘰. 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”