Review: Corrupt

 

Title: Corrupt

Series: Devil's Night series

Author: Penelope Douglas

Release Date: November 2015

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.

Because he’s finally noticed me.

Michael

Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.

My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. That’s all I really want anyway.

Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.

In my city.

Unprotected.

The opportunity is too good to be true as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.

We’ve waited. We’ve been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.

***Corrupt can be read as a stand-alone. No cliffhanger.

Rika was obsessed with her boyfriends older brother. She watched his every move. And on Devil's Night she finally felt like she might belong among him and his friends until he pushed her away. She was just a kid after all. It was a night that changed everything.

But now, she was all grown up. Away at college in a new city. Away from her boyfriend, his family and her friends. And Michael is set on destroying her, after the Devil's Night that sent his friends to prison. But their out now, and set on revenge. And Rika has no clue of the nightmare she just walked into. 

So, this was the first book from Penelope Douglas that I picked up. I love dark bully romances. The push and pull of the characters, the angst and drama, and how far they are willing to go before they reach their limits. 

And this book was no different. Filled with angst, drama and the push and pull of the characters as they fought for what they wanted. 

I loved how Rika stood up to Michael and his friends, and fought back, taking no crap from them. And I loved how dark Michael and his friends could be. 4⭐ out of 5⭐ I will definitely be adding the rest of the Devil's Night series to my to be read list, wanting to dive in and get inside the other characters heads. 

4🌶️ out of 5🌶️

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