Content Warnings: sexual content, degradation, breathe play, violence, blood, murder,
Mention of: death of a loved one[s]

Total honesty...I never got that "aha" moment where I could look past all Kiyoshi's bad deeds and forgive/forget...I could see how his history made him the man he is today but I never got to the point where I could excuse/forgive all of his bad...which is weird for me 😅

I feel like no matter how dark the deeds...there usually comes a points, in all dark romances, where I forgive/understand their misdoings and cheer for them to get their HEA...but not so much with Kiyoshi. Perhaps it was just because Kiyoshi was so emotionally closed off, though he showed his care in action and deed...I needed more inner monologue that showed a slightly softer side. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Krie was easy to understand, relate to, and love. Though I really didn't understand how much of Kiyoshi's shitty treatment she looked past.

There were quite a few errors in the book which my brain just corrected and I moved past...but hopefully at some point the authors able to go through and correct those.

I know eventually we'll get Hishashi's book...and I'm hoping it shows exactly why his emotions seemed so inconstant through this book. He went from constantly reminding Kiyoshi that women destroy and should only be toys...just really cold towards women like they should only be around when you need a release...to being almost the opposite and clearly yearning for his love...

Anyways, overall it wasn't a bad book...it just didn't hit quite like I was expecting it to...