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chloemelc27's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
rjm2025's review
2.0
Simply put, this book was boring and so not realistic even on a smutty romance book kind of way. I read it till the end and really can’t say I enjoyed it at all.
booksarewhereitsat's review
5.0
so so so good!
I loved everything about this book. All of the characters were written so well I loved each and every one of them in their own way. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a new read!
I loved everything about this book. All of the characters were written so well I loved each and every one of them in their own way. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a new read!
christinaskina's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book started out pretty decent but by 3/4 through I was sick of the writing sloppiness and the lack of “show don’t tell” which made all the relationship progress totally unbelievable. Also it was hard to root for anybody because the characters were all insufferable, and the writing didn’t bring me around to them. As a reader my buy-in isn’t a foregone conclusion just because the smut is good! (Which it was)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Toxic relationship
rachelmorr's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ashleighbowes97's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Would’ve been a 5 star but the back and forth miscommunication was irritating at times.
emsimm's review
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Good book. I would like to see for once the FMC grow some balls and walk away. The shut she puts up with for what.... the bare minimum. Would have much rather Aspen get with Harrison and then have Izaac realize he loves her for it all to be too late. And Aspen then realise it wasn't love but infatuation.
Honestly Izaac was a douche, and that's putting it lightly.
Honestly Izaac was a douche, and that's putting it lightly.
nutnutde's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Austin is petty and a Mofo and double standards much?Izaach is a coward and Austin's bitch.
cemerson007's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
🦋Give me a forbidden romance all the way and I’m game babe. Brother’s best friend is even better, then we throw in a dash of underground sex club and possessiveness and I’m salivating. So Haunted Love was right up my alley.
⛓️Izaac FKN Banks as he is more affectionately referred to has spent his life thinking he was a broken boy, undeserving of love. He was adopted, hello abandonment issues, and his adoptive parents taught him to be driven and successful but nothing about affection. Enter his best friend Austin and his family who welcomed him with open arms and showed him what compassion, love and caring was. What a family could be. Despite all that he felt he could never have it. Austin made it pretty damn clear that his sister, Aspen, was off limits. She was young and he just wanted to protect her. Izaac wanted to protect her too, but seeing her now all grown up, he couldn’t help but wonder why he was annoyed by other men around her, her dating, and thinking about how good she would taste.
🪶Aspen Ryder had a childhood crush on Izaac since forever. In her eyes, he was the only man for her, he was it. But she was tired of waiting on a scenario that would never happen, when her bestie Becs, a woman after my own heart, drops an opportunity to lose her V card in her lap…. At an underground sex club. Coming to terms with it all Aspen decides fine let’s let an experienced man handle me… and boy did he. However, in a turn of events, we learn our handsome stranger was more familiar than we thought. It was Izaac all along.
❤️🔥Now Izaac can’t help but want another taste and Aspen has an itch she can’t scratch. Will they cross every line they have drawn and risk it all just to have each other? Can it be love or is it just good ol fashioned lust?
🖤For the answers, the spice, and the forbidden you’ll need to pick up this book. It is hands down worth it babe. The banter is top tier, the spice is just chefs kiss, and the character building is phenomenal. This is my second Sheridan Anne book and y’all she does not disappoint okay.
✨Tropes: Brother’s Best Friend, Childhood Crush, Virg!n FMC, Jealous/Possessive MMC, BD$M, Touch her and ☠️, forbidden fruit, underground sex club, ultimatum, betrayal, so much dirty talk
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 🌶️
Slow burn: 🔥🔥
Vibes: 😏😈🥵😢😳😜🤭😭🥰😍
Quotes:
“Fucking hell, Birdy. Do you have any idea what you’ve been doing to me out there?”
“Come on, Birdy. I know you’re right there with me. Let me feel you come on my cock. Squeeze me.”
“Would you stop freaking out and let me lead you into the biggest corruption of your life?”
“You like how I fuck you, Little Birdy?”
“Your pleasure comes first, Birdy. Now let me show you what you’ve been missing.”
“Vixen is the kind of club that a sweet, innocent soul like Aspen Ryder shouldn’t know a damn thing about…But if she does…suddenly I’m willing to cross every fucking line to find out”
“Who do you think of when you fuck yourself, Aspen? Is it me? Do you picture the way I’d bend you over and slam into your tight little cunt, taking you so fucking deep that you feel me in your throat?”
“Even before I knew it was her, I already considered her to be the best I’ve ever had.”
“Yes. I need you to touch me. Ruin me.”
“You think you’re done just because you came? That was barely a warm-up.”
“You can’t just get a girl hooked on something and tear it out from under her a second later.”
“When I’m not near her, I crave her. When I’m not inside her, I need to be. And when I come inside her, I wish for things neither of us are prepared for. I’m fucking screwed.”
“There’s something about you that has me on my fucking knees. You’ve got me hooked, and I’m not even close to being ready for you to walk away from me.”
“How could I have not been kissing her since the moment this started? …She tastes like fucking heaven, like a fallen angel gifted right into my arms..”
“Fuck, Little Birdy… You’re ruining me”
“Take the fucking reins, Birdy. Show me what a good little whore you are and ride me.”
“I’m not sorry that I fell in love with your sister and found something so fucking real that it hurts just to be away from her.”