Violent Delights by Candace Wondrak Release and Review

I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.

This is a dark romance and a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. It will contains triggers for some people and you will want to heed the authors warnings. This is the story of Maximus and Bethany. She is a girl who is super smart, a great student and a girl who keeps her head down and does not go to parties or out on dates. It isn’t that she has had a very sheltered life but it is more about her not wanting to turn out like her mom who like the drinks and drugs a little to much and left her as a baby for her dad to raise all alone. She also has a job she works to help her dad. To say her dad is dependent on her is a understatement. She does everything for the man and it isn’t unusual for him to be gone for a few days and have not contact with Bethany. But on one certain day he doesn’t come home and she has a really bad feeling. Her gut is telling her that something is wrong and she sets out to find him. Find him she does and not in the greatest of positions and she should have listened when her dad told her to run. But she couldn’t. After all he is the only family that she has and she would do anything for him so she agrees to take his place in this huge house with this man who it appears has not soul. He is after all a very scary guy who she has seen what the man can do and have no remorse about it at all. But he locks her in a room in his house and there she is to stay but she also connects with the men how help him with his business. Lennox and Caleb and you are going to really really fall for Lennox and it just takes a little more time to get to know Caleb. I have to say Lennox was the comedian of the two and he has such a big heart and a huge attraction to Bethany. I really wasn’t expecting what I got out of these two but I really loved it and what it added to the book. After all when the Beast takes you and you find out lots of things for him as times goes on you would need a Lennox and Caleb too. But Maximus just not be the cold, cruel, claw loving, crazy collector of things that he appear to be and if anyone can pull him out of his head and makes him see it is Bethany. I really could go on and on about this book but if I keep typing I am going to really spoil this book. I love talking about books I loved with everyone and I could really tell you some things about this one. But alas, I will not do that. I am just going to tell you that you think you know what to expect from a retelling of Beauty and the Beast but you are going to be wrong. It is dark and twisty and there are surprises in the book and as crazy as it sounds I am a huge fan of Maximus. I could have read this story for hours more and was so sad when it was over. I thought it was a really great story and if you love dark romances you do not want to miss this one. And can I just say that I’m not usually a look at that cover kind of girl but this one is amazing. I love it and once you read the story you will see how perfectly it fits. I also have to say this is my first time reading Candace Wondrak and I really loved her writing style and the way she wove this tale so greatly that I felt like I was in the world she had created for The Beast and Bethany. This for sure will not be my last read by this author and The Beast just might have a brother named Fang that I am dying to know more about.

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