Still Beating | Review

Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
on December 30, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark, New Adult, Romance, Suspense
Pages: 366
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Format: eBook
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WARNING: This is a dark romance. This book contains subject matter that may be sensitive for some readers, including rape, as well as strong language and explicit sex. 18+ only. Please read responsibly.
When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame. She doesn’t anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on Dean—her arch nemesis and ultimate thorn in her side.
And she really doesn’t anticipate waking up in shackles in a madman’s basement.
To make matters worse, Dean shares the space in his own set of chains.
After fifteen years of teasing, insults, and practical jokes, the ultimate joke seems to be on them. The two people who always thought they’d end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive.
But Cora and Dean have no idea their abductor has a plan for them. A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them together with far more than just chains.

Oh. My. Goodness. This book. It has been a long time since I’ve been so affected by a book like this. Not that I haven’t read some absolutely wonderful books, but… This was just something else altogether.

Cora and Dean hate each other. I mean, sometimes, their barbs are all in fun, but, usually Cora just loathes Dean for how obnoxious he is. But, unfortunately for her, Dean’s marrying her sister, Mandy.

All of this seems so, completely trivial, however, just a couple chapters in, when Dean and Cora get taken. Abducted. And from there, they experience and deal with horrors that were so difficult to read about. This is why this is called a dark romance. Because, although Dean and Cora do, in fact, find some sort of relationship in their pain, the circumstances are not ideal.

This is a story of survival and pain. It’s not always pretty, sometimes, it was down right devastating and I may have shed a tear or two. But, in the end, this story proves that you can experience some of the worst, most horrible evils and still come out okay…

If you can handle the elements involved with abduction, rape, and the like, I highly suggest you read this one and experience all that it has to offer; both the beautiful and the ugly.

 

 

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