Credence

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because all i see is this girl going to live in the mountains for a month with her uncle and cousins and idk about you but that seems like a pretty normal occurrence in everyday life so i’m not really sure what the big deal is.

But What is a scorching, Panty incinerating scene suddednly stops, Turns, Flips and nose dives straight into the abysmal depths of git wrenching emotions. But then you realize you’re the only one who fits there in that small world, and being alone feels worse than not feeling safe.

The first half of the book is a bit of a slow burn as we’re introduced to the main characters: Tiernan, Jake, Noah and Kaleb.

There's all kinds of "not like other girls" type lines, and naturally, Tiernan is a gold star virgin that they all fight over, and some sexual stuff happens well before she turns eighteen, although they don't bang her until she is eighteen, thank GOD. If the author balanced this by showing us moments where he CARED about the heroine, I could have possibly tolerated it; I have a high threshold for dark heroes.I read this because I really enjoyed Birthday Girl it’s one of my all time favorite romances and I was curious to see what this author would do next, and I really love taboo romances. While most of the plot is character driven, there is also some mystery and suspense and I could not put it down. I went into Credence knowing there was forbidden aspects to the story, and that there was probably going to be content that pushed my limits. but for this to be a smut book and not much else, you can’t be having 250 pages of mundane activities and tiernan’s melodramatic thought processes.

In a way, I feel like the only way to describe this was that it had a spark of lust and the writing was solid but everything got too tangled. That said, PD really did something with these characters that got me so invested in their story that I literally stayed up all night to finish this almost 500-page book, and I'm writing this review on 2 hours of sleep (so excuse the mess lol). i get that the whole point of her was that she didn’t know how to act with people because of the neglect from her parents, so i did sympathize with her in that aspect, but even after she got past that point she was still incredibly boring and annoying.

When they find out that the father has cancer, the mom and the dad both kill each other-- and they don't even leave Tiernan a note. I'm not going to go too much into detail with this as I do think it's just best read as intended and I'm also aware there are some very mixed opinions regarding this book which I also totally get.