Sweet

I had caught up with all of my ARCs, requested a toooon more, and proceeded to avoid them. Oops. Here's Howl Avery's "Sweet."

["Will wants to meet the perfect man, but it’s easier said than done in such a small town. His crush of over a year has no idea he even exists, and ignoring his best friend’s advice has only made the problem worse. Rather than limiting himself only to who’s available locally, Will turns to the digital world.

Cas is ready to move on after his last relationship ended in death. Right away, he meets the perfect candidate through a new anonymous chatting app, with only one problem—he quickly learns his new friend’s identity in the real world. If this budding relationship continues, it’ll only be a matter of time before Cas is recognized for who he is as well.

As Will and Cas steadily become closer, their attraction cannot be denied. Nor their similarities. Cas embraces the darkness in Will like no one ever has, creating a mutual obsession that needs to be satisfied in the real world. Maybe Will has finally found the perfect man for him—if he can look past Cas’s homicidal tendencies."]

At the end of the very first chapter, you realize one of our sweet Cass is a killer (serial--but that's not confirmed until later). It takes a little big longer to see the possessive, obsessive, and slightly dark nature that's lurking within Will, but when you do, you see what these two can't: they're perfect for each other. Their crazies match (and I will NEVER get tired of that in these dark romances--never).

And these two continue to show their dark sides (to each other and to us) the more they connect and the more they fall in love. They're unconventional in all areas. They shouldn't work. But they do. They work sooooo well together. 

There is one or two moments where you think everything is going to go to shit and X is going to chose murder as a way to fix everything, but ----- okay, that's a major spoiler. I'll let you read it and figure it out. ;)

Quote of the Day: "Instantly, I'm reminded of what Cas told me earlier this week about shoving anyone between me and him off a bridge. That though, of someone matching my obsession with their own darkness, gets me"

QotD (Cas//Will): "'Sounds like someone's fallen in love,' he says with a smirk. // 'No. You fucking came along and tripped me.'"

Trigger Warnings: childhood trauma, mild stalking, violence, murder, character deaths, indirection cannibalism, and more

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