Review - Beautiful Fiend by Lola King

Title - Beautiful Fiend

Author - Lola King

Name of Series - North Shore 1

Series Type - Standalone

Genre - Dark Romance

Release Date - 1st May 2023

Overall Rating - 5 / 5

Heat Rating - 4.5 / 5

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When you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that’s where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we’re all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place. Me.

I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.

But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.

Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.

He’s on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further.

Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.

Everyone always says there’s no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There’s no way to win.

No way to escape him.

I’m left with no choice but to do exactly what I’m told.

This book is the first in a series of four interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance intended for readers over 18. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book.

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My Review 💋

Star Rating : 4 / 5 Stars

POV : Dual

Cliffhanger : None

Hero : Caden

Heroine : Billy

Pace of the story : Moderate

Angst Rating : 5/10

Heat Rating : 7/10

Triggers Involved : Dub con , non con

Overall Opinion :

I heard about this book under a FB group about some dark romance recs and knew I just had to try it. This is my first book by this author and omg , am I completely hooked! I only planned to read this one as a standalone just to get the flow of this series but before I knew it , I was completely hooked in the book and getting the rest of the series to binge as well.

Cade na d Billy are amazing in the best way. Bily is exactly what I was looking for in a h for my next read. She is ruthless , amazing , unhinged but also vulnerable in the best way that just helps you like her so much. Now the same can’t be said about Cayden. He is completely unhinged and completely unapologetic about his actions. I knew that this book had triggers but nothing prepared me for the intensity of it all. The ending scenes had me shook and my heart did a complete 180 for Caden lol.

Definitely recommending this one for all the dark romance loving people out there. Trust me this one has a lot of triggers and the author is not shy to use them.