Blurb
Tess is Q’s completely. Q is Tess’s irrevocably. But now, they must learn the boundaries of their unconventional relationship, while Tess seeks vengeance on the men who sold her. Q made a blood-oath to deliver their corpses at Tess’s feet, and that’s just what he’ll do.
He may be a monster, but he’s Tess’s monster.
Review
I loved Tess and Q in the first book, so I was excited for this sequel, but it definitely isn’t a standalone. Their history is assumed, and a lot goes unexplained unless you’ve read book one.
The beginning focuses heavily on their intense relationship. They’re in love, but neither knows how to trust the other, and their lack of communication keeps them stuck. Q pushes Tess away while demanding total vulnerability from her, and Tess keeps provoking him instead of giving him time to open up. They want the same thing but go about it in the worst ways.
The kidnapping plot is brutal and much darker than the blurb suggests. It’s a major turning point for both characters, forcing Q to confront his failures and Tess to face her trauma. Some of Q’s choices, especially leaving the tracking device in her neck (he wanted to track her and didn’t care that the bad guys could as well), made him hard to root for, but the rescue arc and his unraveling afterward add depth to his character.
Even though I really liked this story and it moved me to tears several times, I found myself distracted and a little bored because of the book’s repetitious nature. At times, the author just copied sentences from a previous passage and pasted it into a new section. I understand that Q and Tess went through hell, physically and mentally, and I know that it takes time to heal, but the same words were used again and again to express how the characters’ felt.
Overall, I loved watching Q and Tess grow as humans, monsters, friends and lovers. They deserve a happily ever after. Let’s hope they get it!
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