𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
5 🌟
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𝑰𝒇 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝑴𝑬! It's something about this cover that drove me to this book, and I am beyond happy about that. This book is more than 5 🌟's! The storyline was heavy at some point and definitely had heavy topics, so please check TW and be mindful of your mental health. I devoured this book.

The audiobook is phenomenal, and the narrator, Cary Hite, did a great job. This story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time, and I devoured it in 1.5 days! I didn't want to put it down. This story will have you in a chokehold and will not let you loose until the very end.
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 :
•dual POV
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬:
•mental health issues
•cutting
•sexual abuse by an adult
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𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 Aug.27
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Thank you, Netgalley, and MacmillanAudio for the audiobook for my honest review.

#BookReview #Audiobook #MustRead #CaryHite #Netgalley #MacmillanAudio

This was my first dip into street lit or urban fiction. I definitely like this a lot more than I anticipated. Being that I knew nothing about this genre I wasn't sure what to expect and I am so glad I gave this a try.

Well, we have a couple different POV's our main ones are by passion and pain. He is just released from prison and is trying to decide what he wants to do with his life going forward. Passion is an orphan girl living with her uncle who is in a precarious situation in both at home and on the streets. They are dual timelines run alongside each other culminating in a quick romance at the end of the book.

I found the heist and overall crime related activity to be very interesting to read. It was done very well. It felt very authentic to me and I enjoyed the various players within the different street gangs. I found some of the side players to do the most interesting within the novel. I enjoyed the way that things were described and explained throughout the book and I found the audiobook to be very true to the physical book. As I did a tandem read on this.

There were a couple things that I was not a big fan of within this book however. Which is why I gave it a four star rating. The back does speak of "an inescapable love" and "two broken souls finding each other" which led me to believe this was gonna be a little heavier on the romance, than it was. To be clear I am absolutely fine with this book not being heavy on the romance, but with that blurb I Was expecting a lot more interaction between our main characters. I feel like it was bad marketing on the publisher part to include that in the blurb. The two main characters don't even have any kind of meaningful interaction until about 60 pages before the end of the book and only have one romantic encounter. That does not scream to me "an inescapable love". Also, there are aspects of the crime and interactions between fellow gang members that are not resolved at the end of the book. I'm not sure if this intends to be a series and that might be where that gets wrapped up but if it is just a standalone that did leave an open ending for me.

To be extremely interesting I want to read more in this genre and even by this offer I felt it was very well done overall.

Thank you netgalley and Macmillan audio for the free ALC. My opinions are being left voluntarily. I thought I was brave but almost immediately discovered this book went to hard for me. I went as long a I could and felt immensely triggered and dnf at 11%. I am not sure if others will get through it.

Suggest skipping

2.5/5☆