This is one of the most insufferable books I’ve ever read. Oh my f•••••• god. The FMC is unbearable, constantly whining about doughnuts and pizza while the so called dark romance is happening around her. The MMC isn’t much better, he’s a piece of s••• too.

The entire book feels like one long, repetitive conversation between them about control. She’s supposedly so uncontrollable, he’s a control freak, very original. The author could have done so much more with this. I was genuinely excited to start it because it had real potential, but that potential got ruined on so many levels.

And THIS is meant to be dark romance? Eighty percent of the story is basically Tessa being abused while also acting like a complete asshole, with absolutely no character development. She stayed a POS from beginning to end, never knowing how to pick her battles, constantly victimizing herself, and just being downright insufferable.

Theo? Total prick. At least he tried to evolve a little, but Tessa kept dragging everything backwards. I’ll stop here because it’s been a long time since a book frustrated me this much that I actually had to scream out loud while reading it.

I’m going to give the series one last shot and start book two, but if Tessa so much as breathes wrong in the next book, I’m done.