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Blackwood University #1
Pretty Little Fears
Blair
This was supposed to be the most opportunistic year of my life. In some ways, it was. It started off with a full scholarship to my dream school, the beginning of a sisterhood, and things in my life were finally looking up. It was everything I hoped for. Until it wasn't. Intrusive thoughts run through my head on repeat. I don't know what I did to deserve this, or if I'll even make it out alive. Until he makes the mistake of joining me in this loop of torture, will we be able to escape this hell unscathed? Or do we meet our end together in this madness?
Emmett
My tragedy has seethed itself deep inside my being, consuming and wrapping me in a dark blanket of misery. I was positive there wasn't any good left in this world until I laid eyes on my little angel. She engraved herself into my soul, becoming my obsession. After she's taken from me, I vow to go through hell to get her back, even if it means looking my very own demons in the eyes.
This was supposed to be the most opportunistic year of my life. In some ways, it was. It started off with a full scholarship to my dream school, the beginning of a sisterhood, and things in my life were finally looking up. It was everything I hoped for. Until it wasn't. Intrusive thoughts run through my head on repeat. I don't know what I did to deserve this, or if I'll even make it out alive. Until he makes the mistake of joining me in this loop of torture, will we be able to escape this hell unscathed? Or do we meet our end together in this madness?
Emmett
My tragedy has seethed itself deep inside my being, consuming and wrapping me in a dark blanket of misery. I was positive there wasn't any good left in this world until I laid eyes on my little angel. She engraved herself into my soul, becoming my obsession. After she's taken from me, I vow to go through hell to get her back, even if it means looking my very own demons in the eyes.
472 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 13, 2024
About the author
S.J. Ryder
1 book43 followersSJ Ryder is a dark romance author from New Jersey. She has written through many periods of her life but since finding dark romance, it has been the number one thing that helped lead her onto her current path. SJ loves writing morally grey characters but also wants to use her writing platform to show all different scenarios, relationships, and backgrounds. Her stories may have you questioning your morals (in a good way...maybe).
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September 15, 2024
⤷ ꒰ 1.5 ☆ ꒱
[dnf @ 52%]
i couldn’t take a single second reading this shitshow anymore. i was actually willing to overlook all the cringeness i read, but a dumbass dark romance mmc??? no, thanks. i’m gonna have to PASS.
[dnf @ 52%]
i couldn’t take a single second reading this shitshow anymore. i was actually willing to overlook all the cringeness i read, but a dumbass dark romance mmc??? no, thanks. i’m gonna have to PASS.
July 2, 2024
Beta Read ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚ ౨ৎ
Pretty Little Fears ㅤ♡ྀི ₊
First off thank you for giving me this opportunity to beta read your first book 😭 this was such an amazing and WILD ride !! I can’t wait for you guys to share this with the world. JUST READ IT BESTIES PLEASEEEE ! I AM OBSESSED WITH EMMETT !!!! To the point where I wanted to be Blair 🧎🏻♀️ I just loved every single thing about this book especially how detailed everything was it truly felt like I was watching a freaking movie ! THE SPICE WAS TOP MF NOTCH AND HIS MOUTH UGHHHH (chapter 16 will live rent free in my head forever now🙂↕️) !!! He’s just all you’ll ever want in a MMC but the person who I truly admired thought it all was Blair. She went though so much bullshit but still managed to be the bad ass fmc that she is and I loved ever second of it !!! I can’t wait to read the next book !!!!!
Quote:
“Don’t forget, you own me too, Blair. I belong to you. You could destroy and rebuild me as you please, but I am ultimately yours”
5 ⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
*** CHECK TWs besties PLEASE ♥️
College romance
Insta lust
Touch her and die
Found family
LOTS OF TRAUMA
Stalker/obsessed MMC
V FMC
Secret society
Pretty Little Fears ㅤ♡ྀི ₊
First off thank you for giving me this opportunity to beta read your first book 😭 this was such an amazing and WILD ride !! I can’t wait for you guys to share this with the world. JUST READ IT BESTIES PLEASEEEE ! I AM OBSESSED WITH EMMETT !!!! To the point where I wanted to be Blair 🧎🏻♀️ I just loved every single thing about this book especially how detailed everything was it truly felt like I was watching a freaking movie ! THE SPICE WAS TOP MF NOTCH AND HIS MOUTH UGHHHH (chapter 16 will live rent free in my head forever now🙂↕️) !!! He’s just all you’ll ever want in a MMC but the person who I truly admired thought it all was Blair. She went though so much bullshit but still managed to be the bad ass fmc that she is and I loved ever second of it !!! I can’t wait to read the next book !!!!!
Quote:
“Don’t forget, you own me too, Blair. I belong to you. You could destroy and rebuild me as you please, but I am ultimately yours”
5 ⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
*** CHECK TWs besties PLEASE ♥️
College romance
Insta lust
Touch her and die
Found family
LOTS OF TRAUMA
Stalker/obsessed MMC
V FMC
Secret society
August 14, 2024
DNFed at 78%
This book is mix of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙏𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝘿 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙣 and 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣.
Nothing original. It's a college romance with a typical poor virgin girl x rich boy trope. And it was a big cringe-fest. Hero Emmett was badly trying to be Ryat and Zade but alas he couldn't. Heroine Blair had no personallity whatsoever.
‼️The book starts with hero getting a bj from some ow, there is some ow drama, no cheating‼️
This book is mix of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙏𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙧, 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝘿 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙣 and 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣.
Nothing original. It's a college romance with a typical poor virgin girl x rich boy trope. And it was a big cringe-fest. Hero Emmett was badly trying to be Ryat and Zade but alas he couldn't. Heroine Blair had no personallity whatsoever.
‼️The book starts with hero getting a bj from some ow, there is some ow drama, no cheating‼️
August 13, 2024
⚠️𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘞𝘚, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 🫶🏽
Thanks S.J. for the eARC 🫶🏽
⛓️Release day: 8.13.24⛓️
Tropes
✧.* secret society
✧.* $talking
✧.* obsession
✧.* possessive mmc
✧.* dark college romance
✧.* touch her & ☠️
✧.* found family
Holy shiz this was a WILD ride. This book has a ‘DICKTIONARY’ with all the spicy chapters, I love that so much. 🤣 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. For a debut, it was so so good. I definitely recommend for all my dark romance girlies who love a tatted up dirty mouthed biker boy with murd£r on his mind that will go to the ends of the earth to protect his girl. 🖤
The spice was mf’n spicin’ for real, it was H O T AF. 🔥 🌶️
⛓️💥 Blair received a full scholarship heading to her dream school at Blackwood University working towards a business major. Her dream is to take over her late father’s restaurant. Blair bulldozes into Emmett on her way to orientation and once Emmett lays eyes on Blair there is only one thought that runs through his head when he looks at her, “𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦”. 🤭
⛓️💥 Emmett Blackwood is a part of an elite society that’s housed under the grounds of the Blackwood Universities campus, the Red Skull Brotherhood. He is also the son of the dean, he needs to maintain a perfect image but he loathes his father. Emmett is completely unhinged, a walking red flag that drips confidence and infatuation with Blair, his 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
⛓️💥 Blair goes through some ish. She was tough as nails. Emmett has already endured so much trauma in his childhood and just wants to be loved. Emmett gave Blair the shattered pieces of himself to mend her own. There were so many twists and turns, the writing was very descriptive with no detail left behind. The plot was fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat!
I need a Grimm book like yesterday, he is so unhinged (is he more unhinged than Emmett? Possibly, yes. 😂) I want to know all about his ‘little monster’ I can’t freakin’ wait!
I highlighted so many quotes from this book but here is a few teasers. 🤭
💭 “𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡.”
“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪?”
💭 “𝙎𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚.”
💭 “𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙀𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙥.”
💭 “𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤.”
💭 “𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙.”
💭 “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨, 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮?”
💭 “𝙈𝙮 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.”
Thanks S.J. for the eARC 🫶🏽
⛓️Release day: 8.13.24⛓️
Tropes
✧.* secret society
✧.* $talking
✧.* obsession
✧.* possessive mmc
✧.* dark college romance
✧.* touch her & ☠️
✧.* found family
Holy shiz this was a WILD ride. This book has a ‘DICKTIONARY’ with all the spicy chapters, I love that so much. 🤣 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. For a debut, it was so so good. I definitely recommend for all my dark romance girlies who love a tatted up dirty mouthed biker boy with murd£r on his mind that will go to the ends of the earth to protect his girl. 🖤
The spice was mf’n spicin’ for real, it was H O T AF. 🔥 🌶️
⛓️💥 Blair received a full scholarship heading to her dream school at Blackwood University working towards a business major. Her dream is to take over her late father’s restaurant. Blair bulldozes into Emmett on her way to orientation and once Emmett lays eyes on Blair there is only one thought that runs through his head when he looks at her, “𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦”. 🤭
⛓️💥 Emmett Blackwood is a part of an elite society that’s housed under the grounds of the Blackwood Universities campus, the Red Skull Brotherhood. He is also the son of the dean, he needs to maintain a perfect image but he loathes his father. Emmett is completely unhinged, a walking red flag that drips confidence and infatuation with Blair, his 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
⛓️💥 Blair goes through some ish. She was tough as nails. Emmett has already endured so much trauma in his childhood and just wants to be loved. Emmett gave Blair the shattered pieces of himself to mend her own. There were so many twists and turns, the writing was very descriptive with no detail left behind. The plot was fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat!
I need a Grimm book like yesterday, he is so unhinged (is he more unhinged than Emmett? Possibly, yes. 😂) I want to know all about his ‘little monster’ I can’t freakin’ wait!
I highlighted so many quotes from this book but here is a few teasers. 🤭
💭 “𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡.”
“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪?”
💭 “𝙎𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚.”
💭 “𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙀𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙥.”
💭 “𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤.”
💭 “𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙.”
💭 “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨, 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩, 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮?”
💭 “𝙈𝙮 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.”
July 24, 2024
Besties, when I tell you PLEASE PLEASE PLEAAAAASE read this book. I can’t even begin to explain how much I loved it, biggest book hangover incoming..
The plot 👩🍳💋
The characters, the SPICE - delectable.
I refuse to believe this is a debut novel because it left me SPEECHLESS.
The book was flawless and I have no faults, sorry not sorry!
I struggle to mesh well with FMC’s, some of them are just not for me but Blair? I FKN loved her. Her bad ass, strong willed character. Wow.
Ps. I need more big daddy Emmett
The plot 👩🍳💋
The characters, the SPICE - delectable.
I refuse to believe this is a debut novel because it left me SPEECHLESS.
The book was flawless and I have no faults, sorry not sorry!
I struggle to mesh well with FMC’s, some of them are just not for me but Blair? I FKN loved her. Her bad ass, strong willed character. Wow.
Ps. I need more big daddy Emmett
August 15, 2024
5⭐️ | 5🌶️ | check TW 🔞
Tropes:
⚠️ DARK college romance
⚠️ Stalker MMC
⚠️ secret society
⚠️ touch her & d!e (literally)
⚠️ He falls first and HARD
⚠️ only soft for her
DEBUT NOVEL? No surely not, You ladies knocked this out of the park!!! This is dark romance at its finest, I was hanging on to every word and the spice? Fuck me sideways, it's been a hot minute since I've read a book that was 5🌶️. This was insanely HOT! 🔥
EMMET BLACKWOOD, EVERYONE. Go read him, learn him and love him because I promise you, you will need to change your panties and the order of your favourite men because he is exceptional.
I was constantly going back in forth between is Emmett unhinged or sweet? Yes, no. Yes, no. Then 'pumpkin' carving season kicked in and I was like well... but daddy I love him.. 😮💨
𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Blair and Emmett have your typical meet cute, she spills her coffee all over him and one look at her and he is OBSESSED. He sees her around a few more times before he takes it a few steps further and starts.. hmm.. stalking her..
We get all the delicious dark stuff- Cameras, Somno, kn!fe play but most importantly he is the king of 'good girl'.
Now Blair isn't a chick than rolls over and does what she's told, No she is a bad ass bitch. But she also seeks him out and can't stop thinking about this, so what he does isn't really that crazy because she's LOVING it.
There is a deeper plot to this story and it is an emotionally dark wild ride, the things that take place surrounding this had me uncomfy and excited. Was anything sugar coated? No. This dark and twisty was detailed and raw. This book will NOT be for everyone, please please check your TW as it is a grocery list and it is all vivid and unhinged.
Emmett Blackwood is the type of man that is unhinged for her. Sweet for her. Breathes for HER.
𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍.
"𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧."
Bring on Grimm, Eli and Jaden because baby I am fucking HERE FOR IT!!
Tropes:
⚠️ DARK college romance
⚠️ Stalker MMC
⚠️ secret society
⚠️ touch her & d!e (literally)
⚠️ He falls first and HARD
⚠️ only soft for her
DEBUT NOVEL? No surely not, You ladies knocked this out of the park!!! This is dark romance at its finest, I was hanging on to every word and the spice? Fuck me sideways, it's been a hot minute since I've read a book that was 5🌶️. This was insanely HOT! 🔥
EMMET BLACKWOOD, EVERYONE. Go read him, learn him and love him because I promise you, you will need to change your panties and the order of your favourite men because he is exceptional.
I was constantly going back in forth between is Emmett unhinged or sweet? Yes, no. Yes, no. Then 'pumpkin' carving season kicked in and I was like well... but daddy I love him.. 😮💨
𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Blair and Emmett have your typical meet cute, she spills her coffee all over him and one look at her and he is OBSESSED. He sees her around a few more times before he takes it a few steps further and starts.. hmm.. stalking her..
We get all the delicious dark stuff- Cameras, Somno, kn!fe play but most importantly he is the king of 'good girl'.
Now Blair isn't a chick than rolls over and does what she's told, No she is a bad ass bitch. But she also seeks him out and can't stop thinking about this, so what he does isn't really that crazy because she's LOVING it.
There is a deeper plot to this story and it is an emotionally dark wild ride, the things that take place surrounding this had me uncomfy and excited. Was anything sugar coated? No. This dark and twisty was detailed and raw. This book will NOT be for everyone, please please check your TW as it is a grocery list and it is all vivid and unhinged.
Emmett Blackwood is the type of man that is unhinged for her. Sweet for her. Breathes for HER.
𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍.
"𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧."
Bring on Grimm, Eli and Jaden because baby I am fucking HERE FOR IT!!
September 6, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘:
Emmett Blackwood, the absolute man that you are. I genuinely was put into a book slump from this book because I could not get this book out of my head, the plot was so well thought out and delivered, I was hooked the entire book from start to finish.
This book has you feeling all the emotions, it's a wild ride to say the least. The characters go through so much in this book and is very reminiscent of The Ritual and Haunting/Hunting Adeline (two of my favourites). It's as if those two books has a baby and this was the product of it, similar but its own spin. I loved this book and 100% recommend checking it out if you liked either of those two books.
Also, we have to talk about our daddy, Emmett Blackwood. Even has morally grey has he is (what more could we ask for 😂), he is so obsessed and in love with Blair, you know it hurts. He's a "burn the world for her" type guy and we love that.
I cannot wait to read the rest of the series, as I just know the other character books are gonna be just as good 🤍🖤
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘:
Emmett Blackwood, the absolute man that you are. I genuinely was put into a book slump from this book because I could not get this book out of my head, the plot was so well thought out and delivered, I was hooked the entire book from start to finish.
This book has you feeling all the emotions, it's a wild ride to say the least. The characters go through so much in this book and is very reminiscent of The Ritual and Haunting/Hunting Adeline (two of my favourites). It's as if those two books has a baby and this was the product of it, similar but its own spin. I loved this book and 100% recommend checking it out if you liked either of those two books.
Also, we have to talk about our daddy, Emmett Blackwood. Even has morally grey has he is (what more could we ask for 😂), he is so obsessed and in love with Blair, you know it hurts. He's a "burn the world for her" type guy and we love that.
I cannot wait to read the rest of the series, as I just know the other character books are gonna be just as good 🤍🖤
June 30, 2024
BETA Read
Where do I even begin?! How about that this is one of my top reads of the year, and this is a debut novel for this author duo!!! I am in awe. The story S.J. Ryder weaved was incredible. I 100% have a book hangover after reading this. Is it wild for me to say I can’t wait to read it again before it releases? Just send me an ARC besties. I’ll be over here promoting the heck out of this novel until it’s out in the world. Find me posting my infinity star reviews on every available platform.
Blair and Emmett’s story Is NOT for the faint of heart. This is a true DARK romance, and I implore you to check the very detailed list of TWs that the authors have so kindly put together before anyone goes leaving bad reviews because they didn’t do their own due diligence by reading the list the authors made.
That being said, I ate this book up. I’m definitely a mood reader and will consume anything from light, fluffy, romcoms, to absolutely dark and depraved sh*t that I hope some of my friends never read.
This book had it ALL. I laughed, cried, sobbed, had heart palpitations, screamed, and ate my little heart out throughout this story.
I want to commend S.J Ryder on having the right amount of heartache to smut ratio, if that’s even a thing lol. Because midway through this book, ish gets DARK. Like I’m talking, I’m over here shaking, crying, I need someone to hug me dark. HOWEVER, there is no cliffhanger (T god) and we get the BEST HEA.
Now a little intro to our characters since I’ve gushed enough about how much I love this book and the authors.
Our MMC Emmett is WILD. If you like stalker romances, this book is for you. If you want a man who will stop at NOTHING to protect his girl, this book is for you. If you like a tatted up, biker boy who’s 6’3” with dark hair and green eyes, this book is for you. Meet Emmett Blackwood everyone, your next top tier book bf.
Our FMC Blair is sweet, innocent, naïve, but hardworking, independent, and she had to grow up a little fast after losing her dad to cancer. She just recently got accepted to Blackwood University, which is of course owned by none other than Emmett Blackwood’s family.
Blair is tough as nails, and that really shines through as she goes through the trials and tribulations that are thrown her way. I won’t divulge any more so as to not give any spoilers, but buckle up. Blair is one bad*ss b*tch.
As fate would have it, Emmett and Blair run into one another, quite literally, on campus. Their lives are entangled after just this one moment as Blair so clumsily runs into Emmett and spills her coffee all over him. You might think this is just a little meet cute…. But you would be oh so wrong. Blair doesn’t realize what she’s started. Emmett has his eyes on her, and he’s not looking away or letting her go. She is his - his little obsession.
Read if you like:
- Dark romance (PLEASE check TWs)
- College romance
- Tatted MMC
- Dub-Con
- Secret Society
- Stalker romance
- No cliff hanger/guaranteed HEA
Favorite Quotes (just a couple, cause I could've highlighted more lol):
You and me, Blair. We will forever be intertwined. Our shattered souls will merge as one.
There is not a universe in which you will not be mine. Not a single outcome that does not result in you belonging to me wholeheartedly. You live in every single one of my f*cking thoughts, you pump through my veins, you consume me until I am nothing left without you.
You’re everything, Blair. The air I breathe, the only thought I can f*cking think. My entire purpose starts and ends with you. It’s like all the f*cking planets aligned when I met you. A f*cking phenomenon.
I will battle all of your pretty little fears in that mind of yours, even if they are also my own.
No words could express the utter need for you that runs through my veins. I would be like a shadow without light. I would cease to f*cking exist without you. Isn’t it obvious that I love you, Blair?
She’s taken her fears and molded them into ammunition. Her gun is locked and loaded, ready for anyone who comes her way and tries to f*ck with her.
My obsession drove me to madness and I never want to be sane again.
Where do I even begin?! How about that this is one of my top reads of the year, and this is a debut novel for this author duo!!! I am in awe. The story S.J. Ryder weaved was incredible. I 100% have a book hangover after reading this. Is it wild for me to say I can’t wait to read it again before it releases? Just send me an ARC besties. I’ll be over here promoting the heck out of this novel until it’s out in the world. Find me posting my infinity star reviews on every available platform.
Blair and Emmett’s story Is NOT for the faint of heart. This is a true DARK romance, and I implore you to check the very detailed list of TWs that the authors have so kindly put together before anyone goes leaving bad reviews because they didn’t do their own due diligence by reading the list the authors made.
That being said, I ate this book up. I’m definitely a mood reader and will consume anything from light, fluffy, romcoms, to absolutely dark and depraved sh*t that I hope some of my friends never read.
This book had it ALL. I laughed, cried, sobbed, had heart palpitations, screamed, and ate my little heart out throughout this story.
I want to commend S.J Ryder on having the right amount of heartache to smut ratio, if that’s even a thing lol. Because midway through this book, ish gets DARK. Like I’m talking, I’m over here shaking, crying, I need someone to hug me dark. HOWEVER, there is no cliffhanger (T god) and we get the BEST HEA.
Now a little intro to our characters since I’ve gushed enough about how much I love this book and the authors.
Our MMC Emmett is WILD. If you like stalker romances, this book is for you. If you want a man who will stop at NOTHING to protect his girl, this book is for you. If you like a tatted up, biker boy who’s 6’3” with dark hair and green eyes, this book is for you. Meet Emmett Blackwood everyone, your next top tier book bf.
Our FMC Blair is sweet, innocent, naïve, but hardworking, independent, and she had to grow up a little fast after losing her dad to cancer. She just recently got accepted to Blackwood University, which is of course owned by none other than Emmett Blackwood’s family.
Blair is tough as nails, and that really shines through as she goes through the trials and tribulations that are thrown her way. I won’t divulge any more so as to not give any spoilers, but buckle up. Blair is one bad*ss b*tch.
As fate would have it, Emmett and Blair run into one another, quite literally, on campus. Their lives are entangled after just this one moment as Blair so clumsily runs into Emmett and spills her coffee all over him. You might think this is just a little meet cute…. But you would be oh so wrong. Blair doesn’t realize what she’s started. Emmett has his eyes on her, and he’s not looking away or letting her go. She is his - his little obsession.
Read if you like:
- Dark romance (PLEASE check TWs)
- College romance
- Tatted MMC
- Dub-Con
- Secret Society
- Stalker romance
- No cliff hanger/guaranteed HEA
Favorite Quotes (just a couple, cause I could've highlighted more lol):
You and me, Blair. We will forever be intertwined. Our shattered souls will merge as one.
There is not a universe in which you will not be mine. Not a single outcome that does not result in you belonging to me wholeheartedly. You live in every single one of my f*cking thoughts, you pump through my veins, you consume me until I am nothing left without you.
You’re everything, Blair. The air I breathe, the only thought I can f*cking think. My entire purpose starts and ends with you. It’s like all the f*cking planets aligned when I met you. A f*cking phenomenon.
I will battle all of your pretty little fears in that mind of yours, even if they are also my own.
No words could express the utter need for you that runs through my veins. I would be like a shadow without light. I would cease to f*cking exist without you. Isn’t it obvious that I love you, Blair?
She’s taken her fears and molded them into ammunition. Her gun is locked and loaded, ready for anyone who comes her way and tries to f*ck with her.
My obsession drove me to madness and I never want to be sane again.
August 14, 2024
“I will follow you to the ends of this earth, even if you can’t see me. My obsession drove me to madness, and I never want to be sane again.”
If you're obsessed with dark, unhinged, possessive, tattooed..... basically a walking, talking red flag, then allow me to introduce you to Emmett Blackwood, your new book boyfriend. His passionate obsession with Blair will have you devouring page after page of their story, which is equal parts suspense and spice! Be warned that their story is not your normal love story it is doused in heartache, secrets, twists, and turns that will leave you jaw-dropped.
“We will forever be intertwined. Our shattered souls will merge as one. You’re mine, little obsession. I'll fill those cracks in your heart for you, just as you did mine.”
While it did take some time for me to get into this story once it grabbed me, it didn't let up, I was consumed by the story, the characters, and what would happen next. If you're willing to take a trip down the rabbit hole or, in this case, through the cemetery and into the underground passage, then you're in for one dark, depraved ride of your life!
*Please check TW's before reading
If you're obsessed with dark, unhinged, possessive, tattooed..... basically a walking, talking red flag, then allow me to introduce you to Emmett Blackwood, your new book boyfriend. His passionate obsession with Blair will have you devouring page after page of their story, which is equal parts suspense and spice! Be warned that their story is not your normal love story it is doused in heartache, secrets, twists, and turns that will leave you jaw-dropped.
“We will forever be intertwined. Our shattered souls will merge as one. You’re mine, little obsession. I'll fill those cracks in your heart for you, just as you did mine.”
While it did take some time for me to get into this story once it grabbed me, it didn't let up, I was consumed by the story, the characters, and what would happen next. If you're willing to take a trip down the rabbit hole or, in this case, through the cemetery and into the underground passage, then you're in for one dark, depraved ride of your life!
*Please check TW's before reading
August 18, 2024
Dnf 14% what even was that
July 22, 2024
Emmett are you kidding me… 😮💨
~ARC REVIEW~
Cheese and rice i wasn’t expecting all that to go down.. but holy shit i loved it.
To be so ffr i didn’t know what i was getting myself into. I loved seeing the teaser Tuesdays pop up on my feed and i loved them. So i just knew i would love this book. Did i somehow miss the fact that it was a stalker romance? Yes. Did i love it anyways? Also yes. But i pushed past the stalker cringe and kept reading. And i don’t think i was ready for the pure fucking chaos of Emmett Blackwood. Trigger list is a mile long and i wasn’t sure what to expect.
What i got was a badass fmc who came out swinging and a mmc who has a huge soft spot.
When Blair was sold and found out she was pregnant… gutted me. When Emmett killed his way to her…. 😮💨 sheeeeeesh.
But we love an unhinged mmc over here and towards the end, Grimm captured my heart i think. Cause ya girl can’t wait for his book. 🤗
~ARC REVIEW~
Cheese and rice i wasn’t expecting all that to go down.. but holy shit i loved it.
To be so ffr i didn’t know what i was getting myself into. I loved seeing the teaser Tuesdays pop up on my feed and i loved them. So i just knew i would love this book. Did i somehow miss the fact that it was a stalker romance? Yes. Did i love it anyways? Also yes. But i pushed past the stalker cringe and kept reading. And i don’t think i was ready for the pure fucking chaos of Emmett Blackwood. Trigger list is a mile long and i wasn’t sure what to expect.
What i got was a badass fmc who came out swinging and a mmc who has a huge soft spot.
When Blair was sold and found out she was pregnant… gutted me. When Emmett killed his way to her…. 😮💨 sheeeeeesh.
But we love an unhinged mmc over here and towards the end, Grimm captured my heart i think. Cause ya girl can’t wait for his book. 🤗
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 11, 2024
thank you so much to these amazing authors for giving me the chance to read arc read this book !! i remember seeing all the tropes and teasers about it and just had to jump in on it. i absolutely fell in love with these characters … especially big daddy emmett 🙂↕️😏
if you are looking for a dirty talking, possessive, stalker book boyfriend with a secret society empire and crazy friends who are down for everything unhinged, then this book is for you ❤️ please check your triggers because although we love a good stalker romance, this book has some very dark themes !!
“I wonder if you taste as sweet as you look.”
“I can show you just how mine you are, my little obsession.”
“There is not a universe in which you will not be mine. Not a single outcome that does not result in you belonging to me wholeheartedly. You live in every single one of my fucking thoughts, you pump through my veins, you consume me until I am nothing left without you.”
“Eyes on me while I fucking claim you.”
the character development in blair was something i loved to see. miss girl really went THROUGH IT !! she is such a smart and strong independent woman who has grown during her time at blackwood university. from being just a normal, regular gal attended a super prestigious college on a full scholarship, to having her life flipped upside down when she spills coffee on none other than emmett blackwood. the second that they met, emmett instantly knew she was his and no one else’s. honestly the insta-attraction trope is my guilty pleasure and i eat it up every damn time 😩 mans really broke in through her room window and hid in the closet waiting for her. the things this man said had me so down bad, i swear i was reaching for my rose every chapter 🤤 he also brought her a good old bacon, egg, and cheese to class because he knew she didn’t have time to eat that day. like that right there … i already feel in love with him before but then he’s gonna go do that ? i want to marry him 🧎🏻♀️ when blair was then taken from him because of his father’s shady ass, he painted the damn city red looking for her. secrets were then revealed about his past which gave me such a beautiful mind fuck. emmett also reveals his past experiences to help blair heal. this made me absolutely sob ugly tears seeing what they both went through. i just wanted to hug the both of them 🫂
not only was i obsessed with both emmett and blair, i was so intrigued with the other characters as well. like grimm … i need to know more about him so bad omg. he’s so unhinged and is always looking to torture and beat some people up LOL !!! 😂 i also love how we got to see little easter eggs about the future couples in this series !! that. just makes me even more excited 🖤
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (we love a good “dicktionary” at the beginning of the book. when i tell you the spice was hot … it was SCORCHING 🥵.)
if you are looking for a dirty talking, possessive, stalker book boyfriend with a secret society empire and crazy friends who are down for everything unhinged, then this book is for you ❤️ please check your triggers because although we love a good stalker romance, this book has some very dark themes !!
“I wonder if you taste as sweet as you look.”
“I can show you just how mine you are, my little obsession.”
“There is not a universe in which you will not be mine. Not a single outcome that does not result in you belonging to me wholeheartedly. You live in every single one of my fucking thoughts, you pump through my veins, you consume me until I am nothing left without you.”
“Eyes on me while I fucking claim you.”
the character development in blair was something i loved to see. miss girl really went THROUGH IT !! she is such a smart and strong independent woman who has grown during her time at blackwood university. from being just a normal, regular gal attended a super prestigious college on a full scholarship, to having her life flipped upside down when she spills coffee on none other than emmett blackwood. the second that they met, emmett instantly knew she was his and no one else’s. honestly the insta-attraction trope is my guilty pleasure and i eat it up every damn time 😩 mans really broke in through her room window and hid in the closet waiting for her. the things this man said had me so down bad, i swear i was reaching for my rose every chapter 🤤 he also brought her a good old bacon, egg, and cheese to class because he knew she didn’t have time to eat that day. like that right there … i already feel in love with him before but then he’s gonna go do that ? i want to marry him 🧎🏻♀️ when blair was then taken from him because of his father’s shady ass, he painted the damn city red looking for her. secrets were then revealed about his past which gave me such a beautiful mind fuck. emmett also reveals his past experiences to help blair heal. this made me absolutely sob ugly tears seeing what they both went through. i just wanted to hug the both of them 🫂
not only was i obsessed with both emmett and blair, i was so intrigued with the other characters as well. like grimm … i need to know more about him so bad omg. he’s so unhinged and is always looking to torture and beat some people up LOL !!! 😂 i also love how we got to see little easter eggs about the future couples in this series !! that. just makes me even more excited 🖤
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (we love a good “dicktionary” at the beginning of the book. when i tell you the spice was hot … it was SCORCHING 🥵.)
November 9, 2024
✨✨✨Oh my gosh! This book just reserved a place in my heart FOREVER 🖤🖤🖤
This whole book put me through an emotional WRINGER!!
Emmett secured his place in my top 5 dark romance MMCs.
My only regret is not reading this fucking gem SOONER!
Blair(FMC)- goes off to college at Blackwood University & finds herself being pursued by her own little stalker. I adored Blair- I am a sucker for a STRONG FMC. Blair goes through so many traumatic events in this book- the way she navigated it all was just WOW!
Emmett(MMC) - BIG DADDY EMMETT! Lord yall! Emmett is everything you want in a dark romance MMC- possessive - controlling- FILTHY- romantic in his own demented way - just absolutely SWOON worthy. Emmett has also been through some extremely traumatic events. But I adore him immensely.
🖤Blair & Emmett’s connection I could feel it in my SOUL. The things he would say to her just lit my damn heart on fire. This book had SO MUCH PLOT- I loved it! The absolute BOMBSHELLS that were dropped SEVERAL times had me never wanting to put it down. & let’s not mention the SPICE 🌶️ WAS SO FILTHY!! If I had pearls I’d be clutching the hell out of them.
If you’re sitting on this book like I was - please get it together and read it NOW!
⚠️ Please check the Trigger Warnings- this book is a dark romance! It is a trauma dump! With very intense scenes that could be hard to get through- &they do involve the main characters. But it is a guaranteed Happily Ever After!
I can’t wait to see what else happens in Blackwood University! I will be not so patiently waiting for the next book to come out! Can’t wait to read about the other characters! Really hoping it’s Grimm next!
This whole book put me through an emotional WRINGER!!
Emmett secured his place in my top 5 dark romance MMCs.
My only regret is not reading this fucking gem SOONER!
Blair(FMC)- goes off to college at Blackwood University & finds herself being pursued by her own little stalker. I adored Blair- I am a sucker for a STRONG FMC. Blair goes through so many traumatic events in this book- the way she navigated it all was just WOW!
Emmett(MMC) - BIG DADDY EMMETT! Lord yall! Emmett is everything you want in a dark romance MMC- possessive - controlling- FILTHY- romantic in his own demented way - just absolutely SWOON worthy. Emmett has also been through some extremely traumatic events. But I adore him immensely.
🖤Blair & Emmett’s connection I could feel it in my SOUL. The things he would say to her just lit my damn heart on fire. This book had SO MUCH PLOT- I loved it! The absolute BOMBSHELLS that were dropped SEVERAL times had me never wanting to put it down. & let’s not mention the SPICE 🌶️ WAS SO FILTHY!! If I had pearls I’d be clutching the hell out of them.
If you’re sitting on this book like I was - please get it together and read it NOW!
⚠️ Please check the Trigger Warnings- this book is a dark romance! It is a trauma dump! With very intense scenes that could be hard to get through- &they do involve the main characters. But it is a guaranteed Happily Ever After!
I can’t wait to see what else happens in Blackwood University! I will be not so patiently waiting for the next book to come out! Can’t wait to read about the other characters! Really hoping it’s Grimm next!
October 16, 2024
5 stars ⭐️ this man looked at her once, and said “mine” 🫠
Pretty Little Fears is a dark college romance, with a fast paced, suspenseful plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Chock-full of gothic, mysterious vibes; perfect for spooky season!
Emmett Blackwood aka Big Daddy Emmett is next level unhinged-his nickname for her is ‘little obsession’…c’mon- and he will literally stop at nothing for his girl. Emmett is complex and deeply flawed; forced to live through the horrors of his childhood. He is a beautiful, broken man.
Blair is put through the wringer, but her story arc is beautifully executed. She is smart, strong and the perfect fmc to meet Emmett’s ‘crazy’.
This book puts the dark in dark romance-you have morally-black characters, violence, trauma, gore and some filthy hot spice. Triggers are heavy and should be taken seriously.
If you love Rina Kent, Shantel Tessier or Leigh Rivers, you should pick this one up. I am wholly impressed of this debut novel from S.J. Ryder, and I can’t wait to read more!
Pretty Little Fears is a dark college romance, with a fast paced, suspenseful plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Chock-full of gothic, mysterious vibes; perfect for spooky season!
Emmett Blackwood aka Big Daddy Emmett is next level unhinged-his nickname for her is ‘little obsession’…c’mon- and he will literally stop at nothing for his girl. Emmett is complex and deeply flawed; forced to live through the horrors of his childhood. He is a beautiful, broken man.
Blair is put through the wringer, but her story arc is beautifully executed. She is smart, strong and the perfect fmc to meet Emmett’s ‘crazy’.
This book puts the dark in dark romance-you have morally-black characters, violence, trauma, gore and some filthy hot spice. Triggers are heavy and should be taken seriously.
If you love Rina Kent, Shantel Tessier or Leigh Rivers, you should pick this one up. I am wholly impressed of this debut novel from S.J. Ryder, and I can’t wait to read more!
August 19, 2024
4.5⭐️. At the beginning of this book I have to honestly say I didn’t think I was going to like it because the writing style wasn’t vibing but that changed as I got more into the story. Please check your trigger warnings because there is some dark, dark themes in this and it’s also gory which I was not expecting but it didn’t bother me. Emmett is the definition of touch her and d*e times 10. His obsession with Blair and how he stalked her the man is unhinged but he also has the sweetest heart and soul. They both went through some really tough and intense things at just 22 and 21 but they got through it with being there for each other. Blair grew up a lot throughout the book as well because she literally had to with what she had to go through and endure. It was really, really heartbreaking and it made me cry. I loved the epilogue and a glimpse into their future. DAMN this book was so good and I’m not a fan of dark college romance usually but I’ll be reading this series going forward! 🖤
August 15, 2024
3.5⭐️
“𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖. ℕ𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕝𝕪. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕧𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦.”
For all the dark romance lovers who like their MMCs psychotic, possessive and obsessive, with genuine touch-her-and-💀 vibes, this one is for you.
Emmett Blackwood is another level un-hinged. He exhibited some very questionable, jaw-dropping behaviour in his pursuit of Blair. He was prepared to stop at nothing! His feelings for her were INTENSE and let me tell you I felt this radiating off the page!
“𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔸𝕟 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕪 𝕧𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕝. 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣.”
The setting was giving gothic academia, and the plot was fast-paced and dark. Blair went through some serious trauma. Her character arc was amazing and I really loved to see her overcome her demons.
It’s definitely one of the darker stories I’ve read in a while, so I urge you to check those triggers.
• Dark college romance
• Secret Society
• Primal Play
• Obsessed MMC
• Touch her and 💀
Congratulations @sj.ryderauthor on your debut novel and for creating one of the most genuinely obsessed MMCs I’ve ever read.
“𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖. ℕ𝕠𝕥 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕝𝕪. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕧𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦.”
For all the dark romance lovers who like their MMCs psychotic, possessive and obsessive, with genuine touch-her-and-💀 vibes, this one is for you.
Emmett Blackwood is another level un-hinged. He exhibited some very questionable, jaw-dropping behaviour in his pursuit of Blair. He was prepared to stop at nothing! His feelings for her were INTENSE and let me tell you I felt this radiating off the page!
“𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔸𝕟 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕪 𝕧𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕝. 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣.”
The setting was giving gothic academia, and the plot was fast-paced and dark. Blair went through some serious trauma. Her character arc was amazing and I really loved to see her overcome her demons.
It’s definitely one of the darker stories I’ve read in a while, so I urge you to check those triggers.
• Dark college romance
• Secret Society
• Primal Play
• Obsessed MMC
• Touch her and 💀
Congratulations @sj.ryderauthor on your debut novel and for creating one of the most genuinely obsessed MMCs I’ve ever read.
August 23, 2024
When this book had a DICKtionary, I knew it was going to be spicy but I didn’t expect it to tear my kitty and my heart to shreds 😭🖤 Big Daddy Emmett is a boy OBSESSEDDDD. This obsession held no fucking limits. I loved this story so much. The secret society and dark academia vibes to the stalker and kinks. 10/10 absolute perfection.
July 31, 2024
Listen to me when I tell you this…READ THIS BOOK. For all things that I love, this needs to be on your tbr and HIGH on that tbr.
This read had me all feeling ALL THE FEELS and ALL THE THINGS. There’s some very spicy highs that just…yum. But there are also some really dark, and I mean dark lows so check your TW/CW seriously. This is a top read for me and dare I say Emmett (MMC) has taken over the number one spot for my book boyfriends 😱. He definitely is the obsessive unhinged man us readers look for. But Blair (FMC) is not to be overlooked and man did I feel for her and love her so much the entire time. She was the perfect fmc for me and a nice balance to Emmett’s “flaws”. And then we have the boys (Grimm, Eli, and Jaden) and the girls (V, Aspen, and Lorelei). I promise you will laugh and love Grimm immediately. Ughh I just want to rave about this to anyone but I can’t give spoilers 😅 geez JUST READ THE BOOK! That’s it. And the twists are twisty. Okay okay I’m done.
This read had me all feeling ALL THE FEELS and ALL THE THINGS. There’s some very spicy highs that just…yum. But there are also some really dark, and I mean dark lows so check your TW/CW seriously. This is a top read for me and dare I say Emmett (MMC) has taken over the number one spot for my book boyfriends 😱. He definitely is the obsessive unhinged man us readers look for. But Blair (FMC) is not to be overlooked and man did I feel for her and love her so much the entire time. She was the perfect fmc for me and a nice balance to Emmett’s “flaws”. And then we have the boys (Grimm, Eli, and Jaden) and the girls (V, Aspen, and Lorelei). I promise you will laugh and love Grimm immediately. Ughh I just want to rave about this to anyone but I can’t give spoilers 😅 geez JUST READ THE BOOK! That’s it. And the twists are twisty. Okay okay I’m done.
August 3, 2024
I know, I know… I already reviewed this book but it lives rent free in my head, plus I have read it about 4 times already. So I think it deserves 2 reviews.
To say that I love this book is such an understatement. I am completely and unapologetically obsessed with every aspect. The fact that I was given the opportunity to alpha, beta and arc read this while watching it grow into this masterpiece will live with me forever.
The spicy scenes have literally taken over my fantasies, the torture scenes are to die for and the bonds created make me want to live in this book.
Fair warning this sh*t gets dark. I mean you should know that by the mile long trigger list but you have been warned!
Some not so great things happen to our MFC but she is resilient and everything I could ever dream to be.
When you read this, you will want Emmett as your new book boyfriend for real. Walking red flag, crazed obsessed stalker who claims Blair from the start? Yes please. Also friendship goals galore! You will fall in love with every single one of them, except for Lorelei (she is dead to me).
Look, all I’m saying is… you need to read this, and when you do, be fully prepared to need therapy, a cry corner and be in a full blown book slump.
To say that I love this book is such an understatement. I am completely and unapologetically obsessed with every aspect. The fact that I was given the opportunity to alpha, beta and arc read this while watching it grow into this masterpiece will live with me forever.
The spicy scenes have literally taken over my fantasies, the torture scenes are to die for and the bonds created make me want to live in this book.
Fair warning this sh*t gets dark. I mean you should know that by the mile long trigger list but you have been warned!
Some not so great things happen to our MFC but she is resilient and everything I could ever dream to be.
When you read this, you will want Emmett as your new book boyfriend for real. Walking red flag, crazed obsessed stalker who claims Blair from the start? Yes please. Also friendship goals galore! You will fall in love with every single one of them, except for Lorelei (she is dead to me).
Look, all I’m saying is… you need to read this, and when you do, be fully prepared to need therapy, a cry corner and be in a full blown book slump.
July 18, 2024
My gosh. I received this Arc and was BLOWN away. It’s been a while since I’ve read a dark romance book that put me through every emotion possible. I adored both main characters in different ways. My guy Emmett just wants to be loved 😏. Everything was written so well. It’s also VERY SPICY. Whew. There’s a certain side character that I am FERAL over and hoping they get their own story! Definitely check out PLF when it releases on August 13th if you’re looking for your next dark college romance obsession! You know you want to read it, my little obsession 🖤
August 19, 2024
Normally, I'm pretty good at finishing a book and moving on to the next, but this book truly took me on a roller-coaster of emotions and made me fall in love with so many characters! I'm eagerly looking forward to ARC sign ups and even more excited for when this book goes out in physical form. I NEED this book in my hands and on my shelves!
The stalking!!! Shadow Daddies for the WIN 😎
The instant love!!! Hint the Stalking 👀
The found family!!! 💞
There's so much that made this book amazing! Without giving spoliers, the brotherhood and the girly group are truly goals for friendships. The devotion this man has for his women truly is what every relationship should strive for.
I mean, who doesn't love a "touch her and die" man! 🫠
Even with the chaos that happens, we also get underlying dark humor. Personally, this was a favorite! I will say, keep your eyes out for the TWs! This book definitely has darker themes and scenes that will make you question your sanity!
If you like secret societies, motorcycles, and trauma bonding all done in an academic atmosphere, this is the book for you!
The stalking!!! Shadow Daddies for the WIN 😎
The instant love!!! Hint the Stalking 👀
The found family!!! 💞
There's so much that made this book amazing! Without giving spoliers, the brotherhood and the girly group are truly goals for friendships. The devotion this man has for his women truly is what every relationship should strive for.
I mean, who doesn't love a "touch her and die" man! 🫠
Even with the chaos that happens, we also get underlying dark humor. Personally, this was a favorite! I will say, keep your eyes out for the TWs! This book definitely has darker themes and scenes that will make you question your sanity!
If you like secret societies, motorcycles, and trauma bonding all done in an academic atmosphere, this is the book for you!
August 17, 2024
Pretty Little Fears by SJ Ryder
Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I feel like I survived such a traumatic experience and honestly I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE $H!T out of it, the book of course! Emmett has become one of my favorite book boyfriends, so thank you SJ! Now the highlights…which one do I choose? lol. I would gladly jump in the pool with my clothes on than allow yall to expose my highlights on this one 😅😅😅
I was constantly in SJ’s DMs giving them my absolute unfiltered feelings and screenshots of Emmett’s filthy a$$ mouth. 🤤🤤🤤
“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
The amount of love, obsession, and caaarrrreee lol I guess you can say that Emmett has for Blair is unmatched.
I want to go into so much detail in this book but I’m absolutely terrified I will tell the whole plot lol.
Soooo…if you like secret society, dark romance, morally black MMC whose mouth is undeniably gifted, can praise and degrade you so deliciously, and will unalive someone so fast if they make Blair cry. Run faster and snag this book.
One thing I MUST MENTION!!
This book is incredibly dark. The trigger warning is actually 2 pages long. And if you can handle the cat and mouse duet, then read this.
If you decide to read this….please remember your MENTAL HEALTH MATTER THE MOST!
Tropes:
Praise Dom
Morally black characters
Edging
Knife play
Blood play (this one is especially delicious) 🤤
Secret society
Gothic dark academia
🍑 play
BDSM
Somnophilia
Virgin heroine trope
Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I feel like I survived such a traumatic experience and honestly I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE $H!T out of it, the book of course! Emmett has become one of my favorite book boyfriends, so thank you SJ! Now the highlights…which one do I choose? lol. I would gladly jump in the pool with my clothes on than allow yall to expose my highlights on this one 😅😅😅
I was constantly in SJ’s DMs giving them my absolute unfiltered feelings and screenshots of Emmett’s filthy a$$ mouth. 🤤🤤🤤
“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
The amount of love, obsession, and caaarrrreee lol I guess you can say that Emmett has for Blair is unmatched.
I want to go into so much detail in this book but I’m absolutely terrified I will tell the whole plot lol.
Soooo…if you like secret society, dark romance, morally black MMC whose mouth is undeniably gifted, can praise and degrade you so deliciously, and will unalive someone so fast if they make Blair cry. Run faster and snag this book.
One thing I MUST MENTION!!
This book is incredibly dark. The trigger warning is actually 2 pages long. And if you can handle the cat and mouse duet, then read this.
If you decide to read this….please remember your MENTAL HEALTH MATTER THE MOST!
Tropes:
Praise Dom
Morally black characters
Edging
Knife play
Blood play (this one is especially delicious) 🤤
Secret society
Gothic dark academia
🍑 play
BDSM
Somnophilia
Virgin heroine trope
August 14, 2024
While we are all in love with Emmett Blackwood, I couldn't stop myself from feeling for this man. My heart ache for the man he had become and bleed for the little boy he was.
I know, Blair had her own problems and her own demons and the things she went through, no one should go through them in any life but Emmett, that boy from such a young age has lived a life that the word Hell seems like a little word for it to describe.
He knew the world of darkness, knew how Blair is never going to be the same. Wish for a better life for his children that he never got to see and live on his own. Why? Because he had seen and lived it all. All alone.
Emmett was there for Blair, from the very start. Holding her hand, making sure she knew that she could rely on him and what about Emmett. That 8 - 10 year boy who had no one, who was stripped out of his innocence and was pushed into the dark world making him what he was today. The unhinged man who fear nothing. Rightfully so.
Blair and Emmett were fated. Fated the moment, she got her acceptance letter which had a bigger secret behind it. Fated with the insta attraction and obsession by Emmett. Fated, meeting and healing each other. Completing each other.
Emmett made sure to protect Blair, no letting anything harm her. Blair made sure to keep Emmett safe. Safe from the demons and voices inside him. Letting him know that he is okay, that he deserves every love and adoration.
Congratulations to the author for bringing out such an amazing series!
I know, Blair had her own problems and her own demons and the things she went through, no one should go through them in any life but Emmett, that boy from such a young age has lived a life that the word Hell seems like a little word for it to describe.
He knew the world of darkness, knew how Blair is never going to be the same. Wish for a better life for his children that he never got to see and live on his own. Why? Because he had seen and lived it all. All alone.
Emmett was there for Blair, from the very start. Holding her hand, making sure she knew that she could rely on him and what about Emmett. That 8 - 10 year boy who had no one, who was stripped out of his innocence and was pushed into the dark world making him what he was today. The unhinged man who fear nothing. Rightfully so.
Blair and Emmett were fated. Fated the moment, she got her acceptance letter which had a bigger secret behind it. Fated with the insta attraction and obsession by Emmett. Fated, meeting and healing each other. Completing each other.
Emmett made sure to protect Blair, no letting anything harm her. Blair made sure to keep Emmett safe. Safe from the demons and voices inside him. Letting him know that he is okay, that he deserves every love and adoration.
Congratulations to the author for bringing out such an amazing series!
August 13, 2024
MASTERPIECE. CÁLLATE EL OSICO I DONT WANNA HEAR ANYTHING LESS😂
I don’t even know what I expected to read when I started but it wasn’t this. Holy shit, dare to say this might be my top read of 2024. The whole story was fucking incredible, I know we read smut but this was so much more. Don’t get me wrong BIG DADDY EMMETT DEFINITELY CAME THROUGH😮💨 and Blair, BOUGHT THE WRONG BITCH. She was everything, I absolutely loved her. She went through so fucking much well they both did but her fierceness and the way they wrote things in her pov was so fucking raw and real😭 I was in a trance the whole time reading this, I don’t even know how to review it properly. FUCKING READ IT. From beginning to end it’s a movie playing out in your head, the tension, stalking, obsessiveness, the plot twists, the TRAUMA, even the side characters were perfect, the ending, literally all the feels. I blushed, gasped, cried, laughed, screamed, screamed some more, threw up, cried, laughed, screamed again and all in that order 😂 a
It’s criminal the amount of highlights I have, I need to get the physical copy asap to relive everything. I already bought the NFSW Art 💀
What an incredible debut novel from two silly girls who just wanted to write a book. Well you ladies fucking did that shit and then some. 🙂↕️
I don’t even know what I expected to read when I started but it wasn’t this. Holy shit, dare to say this might be my top read of 2024. The whole story was fucking incredible, I know we read smut but this was so much more. Don’t get me wrong BIG DADDY EMMETT DEFINITELY CAME THROUGH😮💨 and Blair, BOUGHT THE WRONG BITCH. She was everything, I absolutely loved her. She went through so fucking much well they both did but her fierceness and the way they wrote things in her pov was so fucking raw and real😭 I was in a trance the whole time reading this, I don’t even know how to review it properly. FUCKING READ IT. From beginning to end it’s a movie playing out in your head, the tension, stalking, obsessiveness, the plot twists, the TRAUMA, even the side characters were perfect, the ending, literally all the feels. I blushed, gasped, cried, laughed, screamed, screamed some more, threw up, cried, laughed, screamed again and all in that order 😂 a
It’s criminal the amount of highlights I have, I need to get the physical copy asap to relive everything. I already bought the NFSW Art 💀
What an incredible debut novel from two silly girls who just wanted to write a book. Well you ladies fucking did that shit and then some. 🙂↕️
August 17, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tropes:
DARK college romance
Stalker MMC
Obsessive MMC
Touch her and die (literally)
“Devoting my life to her has been the easiest and most natural decision of my life.”
the fact that this a debut novel baffles me. i am absolutely obsessed with this book. this was my first dark college romance & it did not disappoint, but it was truly dark so please pay attention to the trigger warnings (and boy there are a lot of them LMAO)!
I love me an obsessive MMC and when i say that Emmett is truly obsessive, i mean it. He doesn’t call Blair his “little obsession” for no reason. And his dirty talk?? I WAS EATING IT UP. seriously the spice in his book was unbelievable, truly immaculate.
i didn’t expect for this book to make me cry?? MULTIPLE TIMES. A part of me really connected with Emmett losing his mother. & it hit me DEEP when that plot twist came around. i truly didn’t see that coming but man I’m glad it did.
some parts of the book were hard to read, just because they were so heavy, but god i loved this book. Definitely added to my top reads of this year!
“Being around her has brought me peace that I didn’t think was possible in this life. Peace that seems to put my inner demons at rest.”
Tropes:
DARK college romance
Stalker MMC
Obsessive MMC
Touch her and die (literally)
“Devoting my life to her has been the easiest and most natural decision of my life.”
the fact that this a debut novel baffles me. i am absolutely obsessed with this book. this was my first dark college romance & it did not disappoint, but it was truly dark so please pay attention to the trigger warnings (and boy there are a lot of them LMAO)!
I love me an obsessive MMC and when i say that Emmett is truly obsessive, i mean it. He doesn’t call Blair his “little obsession” for no reason. And his dirty talk?? I WAS EATING IT UP. seriously the spice in his book was unbelievable, truly immaculate.
i didn’t expect for this book to make me cry?? MULTIPLE TIMES. A part of me really connected with Emmett losing his mother. & it hit me DEEP when that plot twist came around. i truly didn’t see that coming but man I’m glad it did.
some parts of the book were hard to read, just because they were so heavy, but god i loved this book. Definitely added to my top reads of this year!
“Being around her has brought me peace that I didn’t think was possible in this life. Peace that seems to put my inner demons at rest.”
July 18, 2024
Wow just wow I cannot believe this is a debut novel. This book is absolutely fantastic.
Emmett is an absolute gem. He is a walking red flag! And he's just the sweetest if you like them possessive, obsessive, tattooed and extremely protective. Their relationship begins with him stalking her due to his obsession with her but she slowly falls for him. I absolutely love their trauma bond that occurs during the book. They both go through it and it's beautiful to watch them fall inlove and overcome what happens to them. I don't want to give anything away but man they go through it. I love everything about this book.
Emmett's filthy mouth, Blair's sassy attitude and the side characters are FANTASTIC. Blair gives as good as she gets and she doesn't let Emmett get away with anything. She calls him on his shit and I absolutely love their dynamic.
If you love dark romance, possessive obsessive MMC's, tattooed bad boys and trauma that will fuck you up this book is for you. I absolutely love this book and cannot wait for anything SJ Ryder writes. Now we can all fight over Emmett for top book boyfriend.
This book is DARK please check your TW if you have any.
Emmett is an absolute gem. He is a walking red flag! And he's just the sweetest if you like them possessive, obsessive, tattooed and extremely protective. Their relationship begins with him stalking her due to his obsession with her but she slowly falls for him. I absolutely love their trauma bond that occurs during the book. They both go through it and it's beautiful to watch them fall inlove and overcome what happens to them. I don't want to give anything away but man they go through it. I love everything about this book.
Emmett's filthy mouth, Blair's sassy attitude and the side characters are FANTASTIC. Blair gives as good as she gets and she doesn't let Emmett get away with anything. She calls him on his shit and I absolutely love their dynamic.
If you love dark romance, possessive obsessive MMC's, tattooed bad boys and trauma that will fuck you up this book is for you. I absolutely love this book and cannot wait for anything SJ Ryder writes. Now we can all fight over Emmett for top book boyfriend.
This book is DARK please check your TW if you have any.
September 15, 2024
BIG DADDY EMMETT!!!!!! I’m still swooning…..
There is nothing like a possessive stalker who sees your broken pieces and helps you put yourself back together and he loves you through it all. I mean what more can a girl ask for.
Pretty Little Fears is a dark romance novel so please check your trigger warnings.
But it has stalking, revenge,touch her and d*e, possessive MMC, secret society, dark academia vibes!
When I tell you the Spicy scenes were GIVING! I’m still all hot and bothered in the best way. I want and need more!!!
What Blair(FMC) endures and overcomes is heartbreaking and empowering all at the same time. I cried true tears for her and for how Emmett(MMC) catered to her every need. Yall that man was a Demon of a man but would move heaven and earth for his little obsession.
Overall I truly enjoyed this novel ate it up in a couple days.
Would most definitely recommend this to all who enjoy dark romance.
S.J. Ryder take a bow because you did that shit! What a great debut novel.
There is nothing like a possessive stalker who sees your broken pieces and helps you put yourself back together and he loves you through it all. I mean what more can a girl ask for.
Pretty Little Fears is a dark romance novel so please check your trigger warnings.
But it has stalking, revenge,touch her and d*e, possessive MMC, secret society, dark academia vibes!
When I tell you the Spicy scenes were GIVING! I’m still all hot and bothered in the best way. I want and need more!!!
What Blair(FMC) endures and overcomes is heartbreaking and empowering all at the same time. I cried true tears for her and for how Emmett(MMC) catered to her every need. Yall that man was a Demon of a man but would move heaven and earth for his little obsession.
Overall I truly enjoyed this novel ate it up in a couple days.
Would most definitely recommend this to all who enjoy dark romance.
S.J. Ryder take a bow because you did that shit! What a great debut novel.
August 18, 2024
ARC review
SJ has forever altered my standards when it comes to dark romances. This book was freaking AMAZING for a debut. I just want to thank these two amazing lovelies for letting me spam the hell out of their DMs 🤣🩷🩷
With the cliche (but my favorite) meet cute, Blair is new to Blackwood University and accidentally pours her coffee onto the campus’s heart throb, Emmett Blackwood.
And this man… THIS MAN… it’s obsession at first sight for him. His devotion and love for Blair progresses as the plot does too, and he falls hard, he falls so so hard.
This book is filled with lots of spice, love, and pain that will make you want to throw your kindle across the room. But it’s all worth it with the happy ending this couple gets.
I want to thank SJ for giving be this ARC. I found some new favorite
authors because of them 🥹 I’m soooo excited for Grimms book🤭
SJ has forever altered my standards when it comes to dark romances. This book was freaking AMAZING for a debut. I just want to thank these two amazing lovelies for letting me spam the hell out of their DMs 🤣🩷🩷
With the cliche (but my favorite) meet cute, Blair is new to Blackwood University and accidentally pours her coffee onto the campus’s heart throb, Emmett Blackwood.
And this man… THIS MAN… it’s obsession at first sight for him. His devotion and love for Blair progresses as the plot does too, and he falls hard, he falls so so hard.
This book is filled with lots of spice, love, and pain that will make you want to throw your kindle across the room. But it’s all worth it with the happy ending this couple gets.
I want to thank SJ for giving be this ARC. I found some new favorite
authors because of them 🥹 I’m soooo excited for Grimms book🤭
August 13, 2024
when I tell you this book was everything I want and need in a story. Got me right up out of my slump.
Biker? ✔️ Stalker? ✔️ Unhinged? ✔️
Emmett Blackwood could run me over with his car and I’d say pls may I have another. Blair is such a strong woman and I loved her so much.
This story will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. So grab your lube and grab some tissues cause it’s gunna be a bumpy one.
I don’t want to go too into it because I went in blind and just had such a blast figuring out everything. If you couldn’t tell I gave this infinite stars. Pls do yourself a favor and add this to your tbr immediately.
Biker? ✔️ Stalker? ✔️ Unhinged? ✔️
Emmett Blackwood could run me over with his car and I’d say pls may I have another. Blair is such a strong woman and I loved her so much.
This story will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. So grab your lube and grab some tissues cause it’s gunna be a bumpy one.
I don’t want to go too into it because I went in blind and just had such a blast figuring out everything. If you couldn’t tell I gave this infinite stars. Pls do yourself a favor and add this to your tbr immediately.
August 14, 2024
READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Woah this was one wild ride... but I loved it!!!😭 This book did get EXTREMELY dark at multiple times so definitely read the trigger warnings! The SPICE OMG. Absolutely loved every second of this. The MMC Emmett immediately becomes obsessed with the FMC Blair the second he lays eyes on her. She is sweet and innocent and he is 100% the black cat compared to her. He begins to call her his "little obsession" and I DIE. This book takes a dramatic turn of events but the healing that comes out of it is so beautiful for both Emmett and Blair😭 I loved this story so much and I can't wait to read the next books!!
Thank you so much to S.J. Ryder for the early copy!🖤
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Woah this was one wild ride... but I loved it!!!😭 This book did get EXTREMELY dark at multiple times so definitely read the trigger warnings! The SPICE OMG. Absolutely loved every second of this. The MMC Emmett immediately becomes obsessed with the FMC Blair the second he lays eyes on her. She is sweet and innocent and he is 100% the black cat compared to her. He begins to call her his "little obsession" and I DIE. This book takes a dramatic turn of events but the healing that comes out of it is so beautiful for both Emmett and Blair😭 I loved this story so much and I can't wait to read the next books!!
Thank you so much to S.J. Ryder for the early copy!🖤
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