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Asylum by B. Love

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crunkbsnappin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

4/5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4/5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

-single dad
-second chance
-forced proximity
-touch her and die
-past lovers

Where do I even start omggg I love this book. I instantly fell in love with Asylum. He was so ready to step in and help Dauterive. I love their connection and how they got back together with such ease.

Asylum was sooo possessive and ready to defend Dauterive no matter what. I was literally blushing the way he took care of her!!

I think my favorite part was them talking about getting back together and not shying away from uncomfortable conversations. I liked that they could lean on each other. Their connection felt very genuine.

NOW WHO WAS GOING TO WARN ME ABOUT THE SPICY IN THIS BOOK!!! I was shook, I didn’t expect Asylum to be talking dirty like that.

Overall I would definitely recommend

chcollins22's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

pgechic's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

now_booking's review

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emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was a cute, relaxing second chance romance with minimal to moderate drama, likable main characters, and of course a satisfying ending. The premise is that over a decade after breaking up, ex-cop Asylum is called in to protect newly-divorced Dauterive whose ex-husband has decided if he can’t have her no one will and has become a threat to her. Instantly, old flames are rekindled as the couple find their way back to each other.

I liked almost everything about this- the emotions portrayed around loss, abandonment, forgiveness, and the maturity of the conversations Dauterive and Asylum had felt very on point and realistic. The plot moved along at a good pace and I never felt bored with the pace or like things were rushed. I can’t quite put my finger on what felt a bit off with this… I think it could be that sometimes, it felt like a series of really good scenes missing linkages… like there was a lot of “2 weeks later”, “a month later”- type timing cues that made it feel a little choppy. And that also made it seem hard to believe that the entire story happens in 4 months. I think the other challenge I had with this was partially my fault for not doing my research. Even though this is a standalone, and the start of a new series, there were lots of character names dropped that clearly demonstrated that this was an established world and indeed Asylum’s and Dauterive’s friends have books of their own already. I sometimes found it a little difficult to keep up with the friends and could tell that there was background I was missing with the way the friends were spoken about.

Overall, I found this a good enough read and would certainly read more in the series.

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