Saturday, January 20, 2024

Ornery Book Reviews: Twisted Beauty

 


Genre: 

Dystopian fiction, erotic romantic suspense, m/m romance

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers

Buy Link:

https://amzn.to/3S7N2jI

Blurb

His community or his enemy. He can’t have both.

Deep in the badlands, Hunter patrols the area as the war chief for his Lakota community. His latest mission is to hunt down a marauder who robbed his neighbors of their precious goods. He’ll act as this man’s judge, jury, and executioner.

Having lost everything at his former Ojibway encampment, Chassis is far from home. He wanders the badlands, a grim reaper bringing death to those who possess what he needs to survive. But there is one man courageous enough to challenge him.

When the duo faces off, neither expects the sizzling chemistry to erupt between them, nor for their duel to touch what both have denied themselves. Now they must choose to either remain together and sacrifice their personal beliefs, or part ways, losing what they’ve spent their lives searching for—love.

Warning: Dubious consent and violence.


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Ornery Owl's Review

Rating:

Four out of five stars

A well-written dystopian story with lots of action and lots of sex. This book is definitely not suitable for minors or the faint of heart. In a time where many writers overly sanitize their work for fear of being accused of terrible things, it was refreshing to read a story that dares to be gritty. 

Twisted Beauty both crosses and blurs lines, rendering a world where situations and people are not easily discernible as good or bad, right or wrong. This story does not express itself in stark contrasts of black and white. There are a lot of gray areas. This technique makes for an uncomfortable but realistic read at times. 

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