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Ash City by Penelope Douglas

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amandacoyne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

4.5!

No one I trust more to write a hot psychopath than Penelope Douglas!!! Went in expecting a wild, dark, hot, and fun time and that’s exactly what I got.

It’s a short story but you still get a flashback to their past and even a little bit of his POV in a mini epilogue too.

Loved Castel (she was super relatable tbh) and Dominic. THEIR CONNECTION!!! THE TENSION 🥵!! So good. Will be rereading parts of this for forever I think.

If you like dark romance though I highly recommend this short story especially since it’s free on Penelope’s website!

My only con and then is I’m still very confused on what Roman and Diesel’s job was? I know it’s not like the most important thing but I couldn’t figure out if they were dirty cops or criminals or what? It bothered me that I couldn’t figure it out..

“But I exhale, feeling every single scar on his body like it's my own. We don't always see them, but we all wear them. In some form or another.”

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uwaseames's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

The only reason I’m rating it 3.75 is because I wanted more like I loved the pace, the backstory and everything but damn did I want more. Like I can usually read a novella in a day but this one I prolonged it just so I could read it a little bit longer

whatsaprilreading's review

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4.0

I think this short story was fun. Could have been even longer ! I enjoyed this.

kyafosterr's review

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1.0

i did finish this one but like wtf was this

aren18's review against another edition

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3.0

Rating: 3
I know this is part of an anthology, but I read it alone so maybe that’s why I’m confused. I definitely needed more context. Also, are we sure the boy isn’t still 12?