Compulsion by Julia Sykes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Dark stalker romance · Touch her and die · Check the triggers
Dark stalker romance is my BIGGEST weakness. Give me an innocent, sweet heroine and a dark, dangerously knowledgeable man who is completely, utterly obsessed with her, and apparently I have no self-control.
And THIS. WAS. IT.
She’s sweet and innocent. He’s dark, obsessive, and knows far more about her than any reasonable person should. The contrast between them? DELICIOUS. This man has absolutely no concept of personal boundaries, and honestly, neither did I while reading.
The obsession. The possessiveness. The touch-her-and-die energy. Inject it directly into my veins.
“You chose the dark god, Abigail. I know your secret now.”
EXCUSE ME?!?!
And then there’s the casual insanity of:
“I’d noted her Belgian chocolate ice cream and her huge jar of creamy peanut butter when I broke into her apartment.”
SIR. THE FACT THAT YOU’RE TAKING INVENTORY OF HER SNACKS WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY.
The romance brings some BDSM and breath play into the mix, alongside darker themes, so definitely check your triggers before diving in.
Despite its flaws, I appreciated this book SO much more than I expected. It delivered exactly the kind of dark, obsessive stalker romance I was hoping for, and clearly I wasn’t interested in putting it down.
I READ THIS IN ONE SITTING.
Do I need to say anything else?
ꣁCece’s Verdictꣂ
5 stars. Dark, obsessive, possessive, and absolutely my brand of questionable fictional decision-making. I’m already invested in this trilogy.
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