Review: Mindf*ck series

 

Title: The Mindf*ck series 

Author: S.T. Abby (C.M. Owens)

Release Date: April 2019

May Contain Spoilers

The Risk - book 1

They took too much.

Left too little.

I had nothing to lose...until him.

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~Lana~

I didn't expect him.

I didn't want to fall in love.

But I can't let him go.

Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place.

He's brilliant.

He's a hero.

He locks away the sick and depraved.

But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me.

Ten years ago, they took from me. They left me for dead.

They should have made sure I stayed dead.

Now I'm taking from them.

One name at a time.

I've trained for too long.

I've been patient.

I can't stop now.

Revenge is best served cold...

They never see me coming, until I paint their walls red.

Logan doesn't know how they hurt me. He doesn't know about the screams they ignored. He doesn't know how twisted that town really is.

He just knows people are dying.

He doesn't know he's in love with their killer.

No one suspects a dead girl.

And Logan doesn't suspect the girl in his bed.

They're looking for a monster.

Not a girl who loves red.

Not a girl in love.

I'm a faceless nightmare.

At least until I tell them the story they've pretended never happened.

But in the end, will Logan choose them? Or will we watch them burn together?

**Graphic

**Adult language

**Some triggers could be too much for the easily disturbed reader

**Sexual content

**Fucked up moral compass; read at your own risk.

Oh my goodness. Why did I wait so long to pick up this series? 

I love CM Owens Wild Ones series, & I love the Dark Side series by her pen name Kristy Cunning- but I have been hesitant to read this series for years now. 

But I loved it. 

The Risk follows Lana, a girl who is out seeking revenge on all those who have left her for dead. The ones she is after never sees her coming until it's too late. And Logan, the guy she may be falling for- who also just happens to be an FBI agent. 

I love Lana. She may have went through hell when she was younger, but she's back stronger then ever & out seeking revenge on those who have wronged her. 

And I loved this book. I can't believe I have put off reading it for so long. They are short, quick reads but sooo good, and are perfect fall reads. It's the perfect combination of dark but fun.. And I cannot wait to read the next one to find out what happens next. 

5⭐ out of 5⭐. 

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️. - a couple scenes in some detail. 

Tropes: 

→ dark romance 

→ contemporary romance

→ serial killer h, x FBI H

→ forbidden romance 

→ revenge 

Sidetracked - book 2

They always want to break me, but I'm too strong now. Untouchable. 

Or at least I was...until her. 

**** 

LOGAN 

I've had tunnel vision for one main goal for so long, that I forgot there was a whole other world just outside. Until Lana. 

She's everything I never expected, and I love the fact I can never guess her every move or reaction. It's part of the reason I keep falling. But I also know she shuts me out, hides things from me she feels she can't share. 

One day, I hope she trusts me enough to share. 

It isn't until my job puts her at risk that I realize just how fierce she is, but it doesn't stop me from doing all I can to protect her. I should walk away to protect her better, but I can't. Instead, I'm forced to find other ways to keep her safe. 

I just hope it's enough. 

Though she is fierce, she's still fragile... 

Right?

I am seriously loving this series, and can't believe I waited so long before picking it up. 

It may be dark- following Lana who is a serial killer as she is out for revenge on those who wronged her when she was younger, and her relationship with Logan- who is an FBI agent who has her case, and is trying to hunt her down, but it's also fun- and funny. It is a great quick read, and I am loving every second of it - and cannot wait to continue the story. 

5 ⭐ out of 5⭐. 

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️. - a couple scenes in some detail. 

Tropes: 
→ dark romance 
→ contemporary romance
→ serial killer h, x FBI H
→ forbidden romance 
→ revenge 

Scarlet Angel - book 3

To kill a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous. To love a monster, you have to share your soul... 

Logan Bennett makes me want to have a future not tainted by the constant hunger for revenge. Doesn't mean I can stop. Doesn't mean I want to stop. It just means I want more...one day. 

But how do you make a good man love the monster inside you without stripping his soul away as well? He is all the best parts of me right now, resurrecting bits of my heart I forgot could even exist. 

He makes me feel something other than cold. 

He also thinks I'm weak and fragile. Something I laugh about to myself, while secretly soaking in all his protectiveness and concern. 

If anyone touches him, harms him, or even threatens him, then they should probably run. Because his girlfriend is a little bit crazy. They just don't know it yet.

I am seriously loving Logan & Lana's story. As the FBI is uncovering answers to what happened ten years ago, they are also closing in onto the serial killer. Even if Lana could stop, she doesn't want to until her revenge has been made, avenging the death of her family, and who she used to be. But once Logan uncovers the truth, she fears that he will see her as the monster she truly is. 

Each story is fast paced, and dark, but also sprinkled with humor. I love Lana & how absolutely strong she is. How she over ame the hell and horrors she had been through. 

5⭐ out of 5⭐. 

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

- a couple scenes in some detail. 

Tropes: 
→ dark romance 
→ contemporary romance
→ serial killer h, x FBI H
→ forbidden romance 
→ revenge 

All the Lies - book 4

To understand the monsters in the world, you have to get inside their heads. It's a dangerous place to be, especially when you start to empathize and lose your own sense of morality. 

But that's never happened to me... 

I've never felt conflicted on any case. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It's simple. Black and white. There's no such thing as a gray area. 

But fuck this case. I don't even know what side I'm on anymore. I don't understand how this town can continue to function without breaking under the weight of all the lies they've spun and lived. 

Every time I find a shard of truth, my gut twists, my heart beats faster, and I hate this place a little more. Every time I think I've heard the worst, another truth is dug up from the ashes of more burning lies. 

Worst of all, I don't even know who to trust anymore. My head is all messed up. 

I pride myself on being impossible to fool. 

I'm an expert at knowing when someone is lying to me. 

I never believed in being blinded by love...until Lana. 

**BE WARNED: Some flashbacks can get intense to readers with a sensitive trigger. Skip the blocks in italics if that's the case.

As the FBI are closing in, to uncover the dark secrets of the small town, they are also closing in on the serial killer case they have been working on- and closing in on Lana. But will she survive if her secrets come to light? 

I love how strong that Lana is- after everything she has been though, not only is she still facing each day- but she is getting the revenge she deserves- and ridding the world of all the monsters from her past. I cannot wait to read the conclusion of Lana's story. 

5⭐ out of 5⭐.

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️ - a couple scenes in some detail. 

Tropes: 
→ dark romance 
→ contemporary romance
→ serial killer h, x FBI H
→ forbidden romance 
→ revenge 

Paint It All Red - book 5

Hush, little baby, don't say a word... 

Will Logan choose them? Or will we watch them burn together? 

It's time to fuck with their minds. 

It's time to finish it all. 

It's time to paint it all red... 

Monsters don't usually wish for happily-ever-afters.

Oh my goodness. 

Lana finally burned down the town that stood by and watched her horrors she endured unfold- painting the streets red, and dropping bodies of the guilty in her wake. 

But monsters don't get their happily ever afters. 

I loved this book - loved Lana's story from start to finish. I loved seeing Lana seek out her revenge. And also cried for her, and everything she lost. She may have been a victim to a horrible crime, but she rose up and became a nightmare to those who wronged her- becoming so much stronger- not just physically, but mentally as well. These books were amazing, and I'm mentally kicking myself for putting them off for so long. These books were dark and twisted, but I loved them, and loved Lana. 

5⭐ out of 5⭐

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️. - a couple scenes in some detail. 

Tropes: 
→ dark romance 
→ contemporary romance
→ serial killer h, x FBI H
→ forbidden romance 
→ revenge 

Trigger Warnings 

Review: Worth It

 

Title: Worth It

Series: Yama Yama

Authors: SM Shade & CM Owens

Release Date: January 2017

What's the recipe to the ultimate disaster week?

Three unruly friends.
A wedding we shouldn't have been invited to.
Two unexpected romances.
A scoop of sexy.
And a double scoop of chaos.

Lydia is a good girl who is above revenge. Good thing she has us. No one cheats on our best friend and rides off into the sunset with his new bride.

What was supposed to happen? Unleash hell like two badasses. It was a simple plan, but we failed to anticipate a few things. A rogue prosthetic, an accidental exorcism, and dominatrix strippers willing to take things way too far, just to name a few.

What actually happened? As usual, nothing went as planned, especially when two sexy distractions popped into the mix. We were there to avenge our friend, not to get entangled with two cocky, arrogant men, who don’t like to hear the word no. I was sure we could resist.

I mean, it was only a week, right? What could happen in a week?

Not intrigued enough? There's totally a duck in this story.

Ah yeah. Now we have your undivided attention. Enjoy our chaos.
#WorthIt

So, I love SM Shades, & CM Owens romcoms, but haven't picked up Worth it until this weekend. 

I have been in a book slump and needed something to pull me out. 

And let me tell you, if you love over the top funny heroines who get into crazy shinanagians then you will love Worth It. 

Three friends take a week long vacation for a wedding. 

Lydia- the grooms ex, is a good girl who is above revenge but her two besties are by her side to wreak havoc on the wedding. 

Kasha is the step sister of the groom. After her mom married Anderson's father. - Kasha doesn't hate Anderson, but she certainly doesn't like or approve of him either. Lydia could do so much better. 

Henley is the other who is rounding out the trio. Her year long boyfriend just cheated on her, and she could definitely use the vacation and distraction. Neither Kasha or Henley are above revenge, and they are happy to bring a little chaos to the uppity high class event. But of course, nothing ever goes as planned. From a rogue prosthetic, to dominatrix stripper who have no problem taking it to far, trouble and hilarity follows. But amid the chaos neither Kasha or Henley expect to find flings. Could there be something more, or is the week all they have? 

This book was a quick read, that brings on the funny between three best friends and a simple revenge plan gone astray. I don't know why I haven't picked up this book before now, but I enjoyed it. It definitely had me laughing out loud. I adored this book, and these authors. 4⭐ out of 5⭐ 

Review: the Dark Side series

Series: the Dark Side

Author: Kristy Cunning

Title: Four Psychos
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36550871-four-psychos

Blurb:

I'm not so different from most people.
Like everyone else, I have life goals.

Goal #1: Become a real girl instead of this invisible ghost thing I currently am.

Goal #2: Convince the four men I've been haunting for the past five years to pick me to be their new toy after goal one is complete.

Goal #3: Figure out who/what I am and why I can't remember anything past the five years I've been haunting this quad.

Goal #4: Eat popcorn.

See? Perfectly normal. Sort of.
Gotta start small, after all.
It's not like anyone else is perfect either.

**Sexual situations
**Reverse Harem
**Dark humor galore
**Language warning

REVIEW:

So I don't normally do a review for a series instead of each book individually, but with these books I just couldn't put them down!
These books MUST be read in order. And I'm sorry that it has taken me Soo long to read them. They are currently NOT available via amazon- but you might still be able to grab them via audible if you have it.
Also this is a dark, reverse harem paranormal romance series.

Paca is a ghost who has been looking on the lives of four roommates for the past few years hoping to become a real girl. She has a list of goals she would like to accomplish. One being to be with the four guys she's watched constantly. Then to find out who or what she is and last, to eat popcorn. Perfectly normal.

This book was amazing. Not only did it have four incredibly hot psychos, and a lost girl thrown into the mix, but there was also sooo much more than just the lust of the characters. It was a angsty and fast paced read, that had me on the edge of my seat needing more, which I dived into the rest of the series immediately after finishing this one!
Not only are you thrown into the mix with them, but you are also trying to figure out what is going on with them in the thick of things. This book had suspense and mystery and action. This book was definitely a whirlwind.
5 insanely dark ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.

PS- do not continue reading if you don't want to be spoiled of the rest of the series.

Title: Three Trials
GR:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36839899-three-trials

Blurb:

So, I've checked off some life goals and added a few new ones to my list.

Goal #5: Get out of hell's belly without letting my ungrateful charges die.

Goal #6: Get a new name that's more badass.

Goal #7: Stop wasting my breath on lectures and start annoying the quad hell squad every time they annoy me. Fight fire with fire. Ha! Another hell pun.

Goal 8: Find out who the hell killed me.

I'll add more. I don't want to overwhelm myself before I even finish checking off my old goals. But seriously, I really do need a more badass name, considering how much I have to keep saving my damsels in distress.

I probably shouldn't call them damsels, since they're a little murderous and all.

Maybe I should add seeing a hell-certified psychologist to my list of goals.


**Sexual situations/content
**Reverse Harem
**Dark humor galore
**Language warning

REVIEW:

Paca has been slowly checking off the goals from her list. She still has no memory of who she is or where she came from, but she knows that she is fiercely protective of the four men she landed in the middle of. Even if they don't appreciate her as much as she would like.
This book picks up where the first ends, and everything is taken up a notch. The angst has given away to steamy sex scenes, the danger more prominent then before, and the suspense hitting an all time high as the four murderous psychos and lost girl race to find the answers they have been seeking. This book is hot and fast paced and had me falling deeper into the trace of all the four men had to offer. And I still wanted more.
5 steamy ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.

Title: Two Kingdoms
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40667614-two-kingdoms

Blurb:

I'm getting a little tired of completing my goals, only to have the bar raised too substantially for me to transition at a productive pace...
I started off as a sad little ghost with an impossible crush on four really hot, Gothic guys with some attitude problems. Now I'm The Apocalypse, they're the Four Horsemen, and Lucifer is my fucked up daddy. Now my additional goals look like this?

Goal #9: Make a deal with the Devil without getting cheated, manipulated, or tricked.

Goal #10: Make my boys love me and take over the world...okay...so maybe just that first part. That second part sounds like it could take too much ambition, and I just don't have the drive for that.

Goal #11: Make cookies.

Goal #12: Call dibs on my favorite color.

Goal #13: Find out if my siblings or my father killed me and my boys...

**Sexual Content
**Dark humor
**Reverse Harem
**Language warning

REVIEW:

Paca finally learns some truth in who she had her psychos really are. She went from being a lonely, horny ghost crushing on four hot guys, to being The Apocalypse with her Four Horsemen, and the daughter to Lucifer himself in such a short while. Now, she must try to make a deal with the devil without being manipulated or tricked. And try to get the four wicked psychos to fall in love with her. Neither will be easy tasks. But everyone knows, Paca tries to aim for the impossible.
As the men and their lost girl learn more about who they are they struggle with the details. They have always stuck together and she has come and tried to weasel her way in and always up to scheming and games that the four have no idea what to do with her anymore, even if they can't resist her. Between wanting to ring her neck, and fucking her into submission they have the impossible task of learning their true nature and trying to harness their powers.
Just like the other books, this one was hot but so much more than just the sex. It had a power struggle of epic proportions, and suspense and forbodding of what is to come.
Another 5 wicked ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.

Title: One Apocalypse
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37541303-one-apocalypse

Blurb:

The life goals have stacked up since I started this journey as a sad, lonely little ghost. I’m not sure how things escalated so quickly from trying to be seen and heard, to bearing the weight of the world on my vain little shoulders.
As a result, my goals have gotten a little more serious…

Goal #14: Learn to take a hit without breaking or suffering some type of death.

Goal #15: Decide once and for all if I’m going to save or destroy the world. I’m not sure why people put this sort of responsibility on hell-spawn like me.

Goal #16: Practice my evil laugh, because all hell-spawn need a good evil laugh.

Goal #17: Find and kill all the unicorns. Mwahahahahaha.

Goal #18: Live to enjoy forever with the guys I sacrificed all my memories to save.

Goal #19: No matter what, they don’t get to die. Or I really will be THE Apocalypse.

We’re the most screwed up collection of antiheroes the world has ever seen, because the only thing that makes me want to save the world is knowing I could lose my boys forever if I don’t. It’s one HELL of a love story, you know?

**Sexual Content.
**Language Warning.
**Dark humor.
**Reverse Harem.
**Series FINALE. (Read in order: Four Psychos, Three Trials, Two Kingdoms, and One Apocalypse. This book cannot be read as a stand-alone.)

REVIEW:

Paca's life goals have been stacking up since she was just a lonely ghost who wanted to be seen and heard. Now she has the fate of the world resting on her vain little shoulders. But Paca and her four Horsemen are no heroes.
So between learning how to take a hit without suffering, and trying to decide if she is going to help save the world or destroy it, she knows one thing. She will stop at nothing to make sure her horsemen survive. Otherwise she really will become THE Apocalypse.
They are a screwed up set of antiheroes and the only thing pushing Paca to even WANT to save the world, is the fact that if she doesn't she could lose her boys forever.
This is more than just an epic love story of screwed up proportions.
I was soooo in love with these characters since the beginning and I needed to see this through to find out how their story ends. The lust, to steamy sex to love. The suspense and forbodding to find out answers to questions that we've been asking since the beginning. This conclusion peaked and climaxed and brought on emotion I wasn't expecting. Another 5 maddening ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.

Review: Going Wild

Title: Going Wild
Wild Ones Series
Author: CM Owens

Blurb:

Wild Ones Tip #109
We’re the reason the gene pool needs a lifeguard.


People often ask me what in the hell convinced me to move to Tomahawk, Washington, where the four corners of crazy are known as the Wild Ones. They want to know what possessed me to live next door to the Vincents—the same ones who think it’s acceptable to fish with dynamite if the fish aren’t biting the hooks they so generously attempt to use.
They want to know why I ever thought I’d make it in the woods with bugs, bears, and other things that want to take a bite out of me.
I tell them all the same thing…
It’s a long, crazy story.
And of course, I blame one girl.

******


* Can be read as a stand-alone
* No cliffhanger
* Adult language and content
*If you're looking for a serious, intense read...this isn't that. This is the book to take a break from the more serious ones. ;)

Other books in the series: Becoming A Vincent (The Wild Ones #1)

Review:

Kylie is a Malone, one of the Wild Ones one one of the four corners of Crazy in Tomahawk. She loves her little family, and town, but travels out occasionally for her art. One travel has her meeting Liam, one of the hottest men she has ever seen, and a prick. 
Kylie is nothing like Liam expects. She is an enigma he wants to solve, and soon becomes an addiction. So when he makes a crazy decision because of one girl, it begs the question, as to why? 
I loved this book. It was crazy, funny, silly, and wild. I loved seeing both Liam and Kylie's POV's, & seeing some backstory into their relationship. I loved seeing more of tomahawk, as well, and all the crazy that follows suit. This book was exactly what i needed today. 5⭐ out of 5⭐. 

Review: Becoming a Vincent

Title: Becoming a Vincent
Wild Ones Series
CM Owens

Blurb:

When you live in a place where “turbo speed” internet is a slight step above dial-up, men carry on nine-year beard-growing challenges out of stubborn pride, and your brothers do things like nail all your panties to the outside of your cabin just for funsies, you tend to be a little crazy. You can call it a "locational" hazard, if you will.

That’s Tomahawk for you.

We rank people based on just how crazy they are. And the four craziest families in town are called the Wild Ones.
I’m on the bottom tier of those, so technically I’m not as crazy as the other Wild Ones. In fact, if it wasn’t for my brothers and their endless antics, I wouldn’t be considered a Wild One at all. Ahem. Sure. We’ll go with that.

Anyway, I have a best friend who endures it all with me. Benson Nolans is my one, constant favorite person.
Without him, I’d probably go really crazy, and not the fun kind. It’d be ridiculous, after three years of a flawless friendship, to mess that all up by falling for him.

I mean, even if we did get a little too close one night, it’d be reckless endangerment. Even if we did suddenly feel the chemistry that’s always been there and stop toeing the line, it’d be a foolish risk to take.

It’d be stupid to start hoping a really fun, but completely irrational, night with zero inhibitions might accidentally happen.
Really stupid…

Right?

*NO cliffhanger
*Stand-alone book
*Sexual Content
*Adult language
*Completely, 100% crazy

Review::

So, it has been a week since i last picked up a book. We got hit with the stomach bug hard at our house- so my daughter & myself have been recuperating. I had wanted to read something light and fun jumping back into reading, and CM Owens is a new to me author, so I thought I would dive into Tomahawk with Becoming a Vincent.  
Tomahawk is a small lake town- with four corners of Crazy called the wild ones. In a bored little town with nothing better to do the residents need to be creative and a little wild to entertain themselves. 
Lilah is a Vincent and one-third of the triplets who run one corner. Benson is her neighbor and best friend. So what happens when Lilah starts to realize she may have developed feelings for him, after all this time? Crazy is about to go down. 
Seriously, this book was just what I needed after a crazy, long week. It was light, fun, and crazy, and helped pull me out of the funk i had slipped in. I cannot wait to start book two of the wild ones series. I give this book 5⭐ out of 5⭐. 
"Wild Ones Tip #842: We're fucking crazy. Your crazy will never beat our crazy because we're competitive."