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Series: Tainted by Ruin Trilogy #2
Publication date: November 2nd, 2021
Pages: 430
Spice Rating: 🔥🔥
Synopsis:
He was supposed to protect me. Instead he became the monster who turned my dreams into nightmares.
He was supposed to love me. In the end, his love was poison, leaving me tarnished and hollow.
His death was supposed to bring me peace. But, his memories continue to terrorize me.
Since his first lecherous touch I've had only one purpose. One reason to not fully give into my demons:
The fraying hope of escaping this depraved life.
Coming back to Montecito has reinforced what I was callously taught as a child.
Everyone has something to hide... even those you hold closest.
Depravity lurks in the shadows, taunting me, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
While anonymous threats promise nothing but bloodshed and death if I don't obey.
My heart is torn between the three gorgeous guys who are the only bright lights in the obsidian darkness surrounding me.
But if my soul claims each of them equally, will they forgive me for refusing to choose?
When my nightmares begin to mix with reality, it's hard to know what's real and what's a figment of my fractured mind.
One thing's for sure, if my monster's back, he'll stop at nothing until I'm exactly how he loves me...
Destroyed.
**Destroyed is the second book in the Tainted by Ruin Trilogy and cannot be read as a standalone. It is a Dark High School Reverse Harem Romance that includes scenes that may be triggering to some. (Sexual assault, physical abuse, self harm). Recommended for readers 18+**
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Review:
Indiana's ghost from the past has come back to haunt her in a way she never imagined. She had thought he was long dead, that he was just a bad memory that she needed to get over. But it seems evil doesn't like to stay dead and now she has to find a way to escape her past all over again while also navigating the tumultuous waters of her new love affairs with Maddox and Weston. There are a lot of mysteries surrounding Indiana and she is coming up short on answers. Can Indiana find the freedom she has longed for?
This book seemed to almost tread water. Instead of catapulting the story forward it seemed to move at a snail's pace. Indiana was still finding her place with her boys and yet she has only told Maddox of her past. She is still keeping it from Weston and still going extremely slow with Jagger. For a series that is supposed to be a trilogy the third book is going to have a lot of ground to cover to tie up all the loose ends and also complete the harem so there is a happily-ever-after.
I feel as if Indiana's past is a constant topic in the books so when dealing with the past so often, how exactly is a character meant to grow and find the ability to heal? I understand that there are still antagonists that are haunting her and outwardly attacking her so it is hard to bury it when it keeps slapping you in the face, but... I had hoped there was going to be a bit of growth from Indiana and also some forward motion.
Destroyed was a fairly lackluster sequel that I hope will be redeemed in the last book.
