Review - Hearless Beloved
- Abstract Books
- Feb 20
- 2 min read
Title - Heartless Beloved
Author - Lola King
Name of Series - Standalone
Series Type - North Shore #2
Genre - Dark Romance
Release Date - 21st August 2024
Overall Rating - 5 / 5
Heat Rating - 4.5 / 5
He is everything she's been warned against. She is everything he hates.I’m from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I’m hungry for survival.Growing up in a broken town doesn’t make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.I survive because I’m a good soldier for the North Shore Crew. I’m cool-headed, I never lose sight of my goals, and my only obsession is to wrench our town from the clutches of our sworn enemies, the Kings.Alexandra Delacroix is just a job. Plain and simple. She lives in our neighboring town, in the millionaires’ heaven they call Stoneview.The plan is charm her, uncover incriminating information about her senator father, and tip the balance of power in our favor.But unlike the other rich girls from Stoneview I use as toys, Alexandra is kind, selfless… sweet. Sickeningly so. A bright pink cupcake with glitter and sprinkles on the icing. That kind of sweet.We have nothing in common. Nothing but the secrets we keep.And before I know it, my priorities change.Before I know it… Alexandra Delacroix is my new obsession.This book is a standalone, the second in a series of four interconnected standalones. 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 / 5 Stars
POV : Dual
Cliffhanger : None
Hero : Xi
Heroine : Alex
Pace of the story : Moderate
Angst Rating : 6/10
Heat Rating : 7/10
Triggers Involved : * kidnapping , torture , etc.
Overall Opinion :
Xi is here! We didn’t get to meet his girl in the previous books so I was a bit skeptical about how this would go on , but I knew this author would turn it out into something good and she did!
Xi and Alex are amazing and I loved their chemistry right from the start. I also strongly still feel that Xi got off too easy. Ever since that scene was mentioned where Alex noticed that her kidnapper had 3 marks , I knew what was happening and I was hoping for her to make him pay or to at least ice him out or the bare minimum , but nope , they just completely skipped over that phase and it made me so angry lmao. I wanted more groveling.
Although that being said , the chemistry was truly great between these characters which made me overlook all of this and therefore I will definitely be recommending this standalone novel to all the dark romance loving people out there.
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