Mayra 29/06/2023
I?m scarred for life
Shallow River - H. D. Carlton
Holy sh*t do I need to talk about this book. It was the most intense, heartbreaking, shocking yet beautiful readings I?ve had so far.
?Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths.
When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind--and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better.
Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper.
When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor.
River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see, is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself.
The only one who should be scared is Ryan.?
It was difficult to read it. So difficult. Definitely check for trigger warnings because the violence scenes are very explicit and descriptive. I thought River would be a badass female character, but she wasn?t. She was a victim, desperately and sadly in need of saving, even though she claimed so hard she wasn?t. That was what broke my heart the most.
Mako was just the sweetest. He?s definitely made it to my favorite MMC list. About Ryan and the rest of the characters, well? If you?re brave and have enough stomach to go on this f*cked up of a merry-go-reading-round, join me!
Trigger warnings: domestic violence, rape and torture.
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