“Dark, perverse, and unbearably erotic, Pretty When You Cry is Skye Warren at her gritty best.”
~ Anna Zaires, USA Today bestselling author of Twist Me
A new dark romance novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderlust and Prisoner…
I came from a place of dirt floors and holy scriptures. They told me the world outside was full of sin, and the first night I escape, I find out it’s true. Ivan saves me, but he does more than that. He takes me. He makes me his own girl.
My conditioning runs too deep. Ivan sees what I am.
That’s the thing about showing a mouse to a cat. He wants to play. And it’s terrifying, even for me. Because the only thing darker than my past is his.
My Review
“I’m dangling off a cliff, and I’ll keep scrabbling at loose rocks on the way down. That’s all he can offer me: loose rocks. I know it’s going to hurt at the bottom–God, it will hurt. But I can’t keep grasping for him. I have to fall.”
Wow! Talk about a book that takes you out of your comfort zone!! This book has definitely done this for me. I’m a pretty open-minded reader and have read my fair share of dark reads, but this one….I wasn’t prepared for this one. Pretty When You Cry really takes you for a walk on the dark side…
Pretty When You Cry is dark. It’s intense. It’s kinky. It’s so twisted. It’s one of those books where you’re thinking to yourself, “What on earth have I gotten myself into?”, but you can’t look away. It’s got you hooked and even though it’s not your normal read, you find yourself unable to put it down. You have to know what happens next.
I have to say that this isn’t your average dark romance. There are no hearts and flowers here. There is no knight in shining armor racing to save the day. What you get are two broken, flawed people. The love and “relationship” that they share is not for everyone, but what they have works for them. These quotes, I think pretty much sum up Ivan and Candy’s story: “That’s how we are together–depraved and beautiful.” or “We are made of the same thing, he and I. Of sin and hope, of power and pleasure. We were made to dream.”
Pretty When You Cry was well-written, intriguing and definitely captivating. This is my first book, by this author and I’m sure it will not be my last. If you are a fan of the darker side of dark romances, I definitely recommend checking this one out!
*I was provided an ARC copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review*
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