Little Stranger

Tropes: forbidden romance, dark taboo romance, foster siblings, revenge, stalker, mute MMC, obsessive & possessive MMC, fear play, somnophilia, arranged marriage, hunter vs prey, slow burn dark romance ----------------- WTF did I just read? HOLY SHIT. I’m obsessed. The first part was slower because everything builds up, but in a very addictive way, like, I was hooked IMMEDIATELY. But the second part. THE SECOND PART guys. ALL. HELL. BREAK. LOSE. Crazy shit happens and things get absolutely out of control, and IT DOESN’T STOP. Every chapter is pure madness. A straightforward MESS. It is so fast-paced, my body was literally in fight or flight mode THE WHOLE TIME. I had to remind myself “not real siblings” probably a thousand times while reading, but the constant reminder with phrases like “I’m your brother/I’m your sister” made it IMPOSSIBLE to ignore. Like, I know that’s a kink too in this book, but I GET IT. YOU ARE BROTHER AND SISTER fml. This book is mindf at its finest, and the comfort read my dark soul needed (god forbid a girl takes self-care seriously). Finishing this scandalous Wattpad masterpiece within hours, yes, DID make me question a lot of things, *not my sanity, tbh, cause I’ve lost that a long time ago*, and I probably need therapy cause I giggled through the whole thing. What you need to know is that this is not your average dark romance book with some spice here and there. This is 20% plot and 80% PURE SMUT HEAVEN straight out of hell. And tbh I want to stop questioning my obviously questionable tbr choices IN THIS EXACT MOMENT and accept it for what it is. And MALACHI. HOLD MY KINDLE. He is hot AF. Yes, he is an unhinged nightmare that screams RED FLAG and a psychopath who probably needs god or therapy or both if you ask me (I can never look at screwdriver in a normal way again), and he manipulated me into loving him (not that it’s hard cause I have a weakness for dark individuals and zero self-control, which is not the ideal combination but definitely fun tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). I just think that deep down he’s soft and broken and lonely and just needs his (FOSTER) sister, and my heart hurts for him, and I want to give him a hug and tell him that he’s not alone (what in the abused screwdriver is wrong with me). He has my heart, and I’m ready to fight for him; don't try me. Anyways. Olivia. I HATE HER. She is such a deranged, pathetic, selfish, and hypocritical fcked up person, and not a single soul walking the surface of mother earth can convince me that she really loves Malachi. Like HOWWW? She never acknowledges him, never defends him, and never chooses his side. She rejects him over and over and treats him SO BADLY, like, since Mal is mute, he only communicates with sign language, and when they fight, she holds his hands so he can't speak to her. That’s straight up evil. F her. (SPOILER) She does things with Malachi on the passed-out (maybe even dead) body of her father (Malachi beats him up for interrupting them), drenched in his blood, even begs for him to continue several times, and has the time of her life just to testify AGAINST him right after in court for beating up her father (who abused him his WHOLE LIFE), which leads him to being imprisoned for 8 years. THEN tells everyone that he’s defective and a weirdo and STILL has the nerves to show up and be like “I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean any of it”. GUYSSS. I’M TIREEDD. She deserves NOTHING after how she treated him and needs to leave him tf alone. Anyways. Justice for the poor screwdriver.

'Little Stranger' ist eines der düstersten und verstörendsten 'Romance' -Bücher, die ich je gelesen habe, wenn man es überhaupt als 'Romance' bezeichnen kann. Der Großteil des Buches ist unnötig explizit, brutal und grafisch und obwohl das Buch nicht besonders lang ist, passiert so viel auf einmal, dass man kaum weiß, wohin mit seinen Gedanken. Schlecht geschrieben ist es nicht, allerdings war es sehr unangenehm zu lesen und hat bei mir schon in den ersten Kapiteln ein starkes Unwohlsein ausgelöst. Die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Hauptcharakteren ist absolut krankhaft und sollte auf gar keinen Fall romantisiert werden, wirklich kein einziger Aspekt davon. Das ist nicht mehr 'Morally Grey' sondern einfach nur sadistisch. Daher eine massive Triggerwarnung!