📚 TITLE: WICKED LITTLE NIGHTMARE
📚 SERIES: SHATTERED SOULS
📚 AUTHOR: STEPHANIE SWANN
📚 GENRE: FRIENDS TO LOVERS
📚 PUBLICATION: JANUARY 24TH, 2025
Synopsis
The past never stays buried. From childhood, it was clear that my body was never my own. My mind kept me safe, shielding me from things better left in the dark. I don't remember life before Cam Axley and I'm not sure I want to. Cam holds the key to whatever is left of my heart. Every piece of me was forged by those who saw me as nothing more than something to use-except him. He calls me his beautiful little psycho. But now, with the truth clawing its way to the surface, I’m forced to confront the monster I was made to be. I’m not just a weapon they bred. I am the darkness that was programmed into me. And if I’m going to survive this wicked game, I’ll have to face my past, even if it means burning the last pieces of light in my soul.
I am the monster I was created to be. The rage is all that’s left of me, the only thing that keeps the demons at bay. I am the wildcard, the monster hiding in the dark. Lakey Aldrich... she’s the only one who still sees me—really sees me—and maybe that’s why I’m still here. Together, we’ve made it this far, holding each other through this hell. We are bound by the fire that tried to destroy us. There once was a time where we tried for a normal life. But the more I remember, the more I realize there’s no escape from the person I’ve become. The past isn’t something I can redeem. It’s the thing that defines me, and it’s coming for me, piece by piece.
We'll be waiting.
Our love isn't soft or gentle.
It's fire and blood.
And it's the screams of everyone who gets in our way.
A Dark Cult Romance
Tropes include but are not limited
Masks & Bikes
Religious Cult
Revenge
Unhinged and loveable psychos
My Review
'W𝐈C𝐊E𝐃 𝐋I𝐓T𝐋E N𝐈G𝐇T𝐌A𝐑E' Is the first full length friends to lovers romance book within the (Shattered souls) series by new to me author Stephanie Swann. Spoken in 'dual perspectives.' Lakey (27) & Cam (28)
This was recommended to me on IG, seems like it’s right up my alley, twisted and sick. New to me author so let’s see what she throws at me..
This easily gets my 5 stars, check triggers with this one, for some it will be dark, for others this is our playground of grit. Meaning I think I’m broken and desensitised to dark books, so be careful when jumping in, what others will claim as dark, I claim as semi with a sprinkle of some f‼️cked up sh‼️t thrown in which made this book jump to that 5 star rating..
This grabbed my attention straight away, these two have a toxic kind of love, they have rules, she allows him to sleep with other girls but afterwards she’s their executioner. Over the cliff they go to become shark bait.
F#ck, Chuck, Kill..
....'𝙻𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚎.'
A win win, for both.
That seemed to have worked for them for a while, but what neither tell the other is that, it’s becoming monotonous, he wants just her, she wants to feed that hunger of killing that breeds chaos within.
They just might get what they both wish for..
These two were foster kids, side by side for years, both suffered and many others when unthinkable torture was inflicted upon them at the hands of nuns and fathers, until he went inside and she was left to fend for herself.
He was released
She escaped
Finding each other again.
Now together they are going to reign down terror on those accountable.
