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Originally posted by: itsShonali

I love dark romance, I don't mind the explicit stuff either

But there should be no cheating going on. Any relationships prior to the main leads getting together are fine but not after.

Yeah cheating is never okay with me either. I gave a lot of books a low rating just because of cheating.

I like stalker type romance or where MC keeps the FC captive

Originally posted by: heavenlybliss

How spicy is it on a scale of 1-5? Is there a lot of romance?

There's romance but not much and the level of spicy well...

It is spicy in terms of revenge and murder. The FL is a serial killer, so yeah...(this is me trying to not give you spoilers)

Originally posted by: itsShonali

There's romance but not much and the level of spicy well...

It is spicy in terms of revenge and murder. The FL is a serial killer, so yeah...(this is me trying to not give you spoilers)

Let me rephrase my question then - how graphic/explicit are the scenes?

Originally posted by: heavenlybliss

Yeah cheating is never okay with me either. I gave a lot of books a low rating just because of cheating.

I like stalker type romance or where MC keeps the FC captive

@bold - that's fine with me.

I just prefer the FL's to be strong. She need not to be stronger than the ML or superhuman types, just able enough to fight and stand up for herself.

Originally posted by: itsShonali

Leonard, the FBI agent and Logan's friend, the only other person apart from Hadley, Jake and Logan who knew about Lana being Victoria and the revenge killer.

And yeah, more than Logan-Lana romance, I was more interested in Jake & Hadley. As for Jake & Lana's theirs relationship is also what I loved about the series.

Logan was good to be laughed at though, how he was "I will protect you Lana" not realizing that she didn't need that protection

Right? For an FBI agent, Logan was pretty dumb

The last 2 books needed a lot of suspension of disbelief but the revenge was so satisfying that I didn’t question the logic much

Originally posted by: heavenlybliss

Let me rephrase my question then - how graphic/explicit are the scenes?

Based on my scale of explicit/graphic scenes, I would say 1.5 out of 5

This isn't explicit or too graphic and it isn't a dark romance. The series is a revenge story with major trigger warnings.

This series is more of mystery, crime and thriller than romance.

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Lizzie, I've one more question. I know I'm asking too many questions. But I believe it's always better to clear up confusions. The question is related to e-books. Should a participant write the Kindle page count even if he/she reads a downloaded e-book (pdf or many other format)?

But I’m thinking to give an option to log actual number of pages in an ebook in case they aren’t able to find a Kindle version. Like for regional books maybe Kindle versions - e-books or paperbacks won’t be available. In such cases they can just log page count from the actual ebook they’re reading.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

ahh yes!

Right? For an FBI agent, Logan was pretty dumb

The last 2 books needed a lot of suspension of disbelief but the revenge was so satisfying that I didn’t question the logic much

Yeah, Logan was, well, a man. Like any other good man but as a FBI agent he was too easy to fool Perhaps, he was too lost in love to notice.

I picked this up because of a serial killer FL and loved it because of revenge. Not many get to do what Lana was able to.

The author did a wonderful job with all the novels that she wrote. Ah, may her soul rest in peace.

Originally posted by: itsShonali

Yeah, Logan was, well, a man. Like any other good man but as a FBI agent he was too easy to fool Perhaps, he was too lost in love to notice.

I picked this up because of a serial killer FL and loved it because of revenge. Not many get to do what Lana was able to.

The author did a wonderful job with all the novels that she wrote. Ah, may her soul rest in peace.

I've got Butcher and the Blackbird in my TBR, planning to get to it next after I finish my current book, hopefully I can log it in in April

Here's my review after I read it if you're interested

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/166013848

Originally posted by: itsShonali

Based on my scale of explicit/graphic scenes, I would say 1.5 out of 5

This isn't explicit or too graphic and it isn't a dark romance. The series is a revenge story with major trigger warnings.

This series is more of mystery, crime and thriller than romance.

You guys should read Pen Pal by JT Geissinger, its dark romance but also more of a psychological thriller. I really loved the twist. That one is kind of about revenge too but not so much.