r/DarkRomanceClub

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Hi! My BFF is an absolute fiend for dark romance books, and her birthday is coming up. I‘d like to put together a dark romance/self care box for her, but I‘m kind of stumped on the book, since this is not really my go to genre 😬 AFAIK she has read all the big ones, she loved the Lights Out series and Haunting Adeline, so I guess stalking and masked hotties is her thing 😅 I‘d really appreciate any suggestions 🖤

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Happy shopping (or not spending a dime)! 🖤

Writing is hard. I get it. Editing is less glamorous but equally, if not more, valuable.

I cannot tell you how many books I’ve DNFed because either there’s more filler than plot or they have a seemingly never ending series of unrealistic or even implausible happenings thrown in. I have KU now because I can’t keep buying books that frustrate or anger me for these reasons.

Recently I got to the end of a book that I really enjoyed, expecting it to wrap up. It could have done so in 1-2 more chapters. Instead there was a cliffhanger. I started the next book only to discover things that it was just increasing layers of implausible happenings, an increasingly convoluted plot, and things that were were key to this next phase of the story that mad zero sense.

I’ve reached the point where I look for standalones, or duologies. I started reading novellas. And if a series has 3 or more books, there has to be a poop-load of stellar reviews for it to get serious consideration.

There are some really great authors and series, that keep things moving along and engaging. 🙏 And never underestimate the value and importance of a good editor. 🤩

Please share your fave books, series, or authors who keep you engaged and the story moving forward.

It’s an AO3 story called The Pink Tote by Pink Blushies. It’s an extremely slow-burn story—around a thousand pages, and honestly, it takes a LONG time for things to really develop. But it’s genuinely good and really enjoyable to read.

And after reading those thousand pages, when things finally start getting intense, the MMC is literally a completely different person. For the first thousand pages, you have one impression of him, and then suddenly he becomes someone else entirely.

Around chapter 37 or 38, I think, there’s a particular scene that completely shocked me. He sexually assaults her, physically attacks her, restrains her, and deliberately hurts her. The violence is so extreme that she needs medical treatment afterward and is recovering for weeks. What makes it even worse is that he later continues abusing her while she is incapacitated and unable to consent.

Oh my God. Those scenes were genuinely horrific. I’ve read SO many dark books, including some really disturbing ones, but I’ve never read something that felt this intense. The level of violence in those chapters completely caught me off guard.

And the biggest shock for me was the contrast with how the MMC is portrayed during the first thousand pages. I honestly never expected the story to go THAT dark.<<There’s a particular scene where he forces her into a sexual act, and she bites his dick him. After that, he has to rest for four weeks. Then he takes her to his gym, where he sexually assaults her. He restrains her legs with a piece of metal from the gym and seriously injures her bikini area with his boots, causing her to bleed. She has to rest for four weeks. He continues sexually abusing her from behind during those 4 weeks and she was unconscious. He spit in her month and made her swallow it.Ohh, those scenes were horrific 👀. Anyway, it’s an Indian series.

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Genuinely it was not THAT bad. I mean it was bad on how forceful he is and there's just lots of red flags but in the end it's all good. (Is it just me or did Killian and glyndon reminded me alot about Aiden and Elsa???? Istg I thought I was reading some rip off version of them).

Anyways rn m confused on which book to get next in the legacy of god series but like I found alot of other characters boring. Like Creighton and Nikolai.

Can y'all give me detailed review of the book I should read next in this series who wouldn't literally be annoying and have atleast some character development? (Why am I even asking about character development in Rina Kent's books?)

It'd be really nice if y'all add the couples name so that I wouldn't have to search the book in Goodreads and see who the main characters are😭