Brutal by A.J. Merlin🔪
Book Tropes:
- serial killer
- good girl x serial killer
- primal play
- slight degredation
- praise
- fake dating
My Review:
☆☆ stars
“Maybe not like other people, Maybe it’s not normal love at all, but Hazel?” He meets my eyes, still smiling. “I fucking love you to death.”
You’d think with the above quote that this book is really good, right? Wrong.
To summarize, I didn’t like this book mainly because of how boring it was. The premise was very promising, and the plot was very promising, but I feel like the author failed with their execution. Both the MMC and FMC lacked in many ways which was one of the main reasons why I felt like the book slacked.
Especially for a serial killer, you would think the MMC would have….more…to him. Did he though? No. He was so boring and I feel like the author tried to make the sex between the MC’s “really good and kinky” to make up for the lack of events and plot. The smut was nothing I hadn’t read before either. Don’t get me wrong, there was some “drama” (if you can call it that) throughout the book and it wasn’t as bad as previous books I have read but this book just did not live up to my standards.
It sucks to say all this as well cause the story started off very strong and promising just to flatline from the 25-30% mark and onwards.
Book Blurb:
Nothing bad happens at summer camp.
That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie.
But when the kids all go home and the counselors throw a party on our last night at Camp Clearwater, things change. None of us could have suspected that there was a stranger watching us or that our machete-wielding visitor doesn’t seem to like that we’re here. But when I'm attacked in the woods, he unexpectedly comes to my rescue in the most ruthless way.
Wren is terrifying, unpredictable, and possessive in a way that terrifies me. I should go to the police and stay away from him at all costs. Instead, I find myself letting him in every time he comes to play.
Can a brutal butcher ever really fall for me, or am I going to become his next victim?
That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie.
But when the kids all go home and the counselors throw a party on our last night at Camp Clearwater, things change. None of us could have suspected that there was a stranger watching us or that our machete-wielding visitor doesn’t seem to like that we’re here. But when I'm attacked in the woods, he unexpectedly comes to my rescue in the most ruthless way.
Wren is terrifying, unpredictable, and possessive in a way that terrifies me. I should go to the police and stay away from him at all costs. Instead, I find myself letting him in every time he comes to play.
Can a brutal butcher ever really fall for me, or am I going to become his next victim?
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