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gillianw's review
5.0
4.5 stars
What followed cannot be described in simple words, at least not in English. There are four words for love in Greek, and three in Japanese. I don’t know if any language has the ability to express the way two men can slowly take apart a third until he doesn’t know his own name or where he is. If you rolled all the words for love and sex and grace together into one, maybe you would have some sense of that night, of how timeless it was, and how eternal, as if it had been happening all along, as if it would continue happening until the end of the world.
*insert heart eyes*
I'm not sure how Ripper managed to make a story with a serial killer plot into one of the most romantic books I've read this year, but ze managed it brilliantly. What I lover about Kris Ripper's books is the amazing characters ze writes about. They're all so complex and interesting, like people you would actually want to hang out with in real life. This one was no exception.
I won't get into a big, long review here. Just know that this book has so many great elements: friendship, love, tension, suspense. It hits all the right notes. Highly recommend.
What followed cannot be described in simple words, at least not in English. There are four words for love in Greek, and three in Japanese. I don’t know if any language has the ability to express the way two men can slowly take apart a third until he doesn’t know his own name or where he is. If you rolled all the words for love and sex and grace together into one, maybe you would have some sense of that night, of how timeless it was, and how eternal, as if it had been happening all along, as if it would continue happening until the end of the world.
*insert heart eyes*
I'm not sure how Ripper managed to make a story with a serial killer plot into one of the most romantic books I've read this year, but ze managed it brilliantly. What I lover about Kris Ripper's books is the amazing characters ze writes about. They're all so complex and interesting, like people you would actually want to hang out with in real life. This one was no exception.
I won't get into a big, long review here. Just know that this book has so many great elements: friendship, love, tension, suspense. It hits all the right notes. Highly recommend.
leahkarge's review
5.0
Rep: gay MC & LIs, Black LI, polyamory/triad, kinky MC & LIs, mentally ill MC, interracial relationship
Warnings: mental illness (anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD), ableism, suicide mention, hate crimes, assault, slurs, gendered slurs, transmisia/enbymisia, hate speech, abortion mention, child abuse mention
Warnings: mental illness (anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD), ableism, suicide mention, hate crimes, assault, slurs, gendered slurs, transmisia/enbymisia, hate speech, abortion mention, child abuse mention
araleith's review
5.0
Goddamn this was a beautiful heart wrenching glorious book. My queer heart is just full of feelings now.
veethorn's review
4.0
This is an excellent series. This particular book has a pretty harrowing scene that deals with some ugly LGBT community issues head-on via a murder story, and it was fairly hard to get through. The book also has a really accurate and vivid portrayal of PTSD.
lottpoet's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
golem's review
This is dark but lovely, and it brings the disturbing mystery to a close. The kinky/poly romance is great (just ignore the fact that two of these people are supposed to be in their early 20s--what?), although I'm not sure why there is zero negotiating ahead of time and so much secrecy around what exactly the kinks are. But the book really succeeds at making the HEA/HFN gorgeous and hard-earned without any manufactured conflict--it's just fucking hard to have a poly relationship when everyone has issues/a past and there's homophobic and transphobic violence around you!
Also, the killer's motivations/targets made no sense but I think that was sort of the point?
Also, the killer's motivations/targets made no sense but I think that was sort of the point?
ladydewinter's review
5.0
I devoured this (there really is no other word for it) this morning, and I have no words for how much I loved this. Just imagine a whole lot of love, and then some more, and you're halfway there. This was fantastic.
aprillen's review
4.0
Rounded down. This made me cry. I'm not super into murder plots, but this was handled very well, not like a Murder Mystery trope at all, but about how something like that will impact people, both on a very personal level and in how it will affect a community. The kink in this book is definitely not my jam, but poly is, and Cameron may be the character that I relate to the most in this series so far, seeing as he appears to have some definite ASD traits. This also made it kind of excruciating for me. Still loved it, though.
craftyhilary's review
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0