All I wanted was to keep my head above water. To survive long enough to hit my eighteenth birthday so I could escape the nightmare that my homelife had become. But all of that was turned upside down the moment they showed up.
The best friend from my past. The surly brooder. The kind-hearted nerd. The king of campus. The dark one.
They say they’re here to give me a fresh start in a place where I’m safe, warm, and cared for. And I can’t deny the pull I feel to all five of them. The buzz that lights beneath my skin when they touch me. And for the first time, I feel like I might belong.
But not everything is as it seems. These guys have secrets. Ones that will rip my world wide open. But when a dark evil begins stalking us, we’re all in for the fight of our lives…
Hmm… I don’t know what to think about this one. It felt like a struggle up to 75%, and then it got rolling.
I wouldn’t say I liked that there were so many secrets, causing Leighton to run into danger over and over again without being able to stand up for herself. Had she known, she would have handled certain situations very differently… I mean, you brought her into your world. Man up and explain! It also made the characters feel very flat. There just needed to be more information to feel invested. The only one I felt a connection with was Trace.
I’ll probably get the second book, but it won’t be a high prio.
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