Darling Venom: A Best Friend's Brother Romance

If you or anyone you love has ever struggled with suicide this book is a must read. Yes it is smut, but it also shows you a side of depression that is often glossed over. I first read it on KU and I cried so much. I had to buy the physical copy. This book is so much more than the smut, it is heart breaking, it is so moving and it shows what happens to those who lose someone they love to suicide.

Tears you apart and puts you back together….slowly. SO.BLOODY.GOOD!!!Omfg….what an absolutely epic read. This breaks you down into tiny pieces from the start, puts you back together again, just about, then tears you right back down again.If you can’t love yourself how can you ever expect to allow yourself to love another. This applied to both Kellan and Tate. Hate was their love but one girl was what they both needed to stop and take a good look.Charlie! She was never going to give up…..until she didn’t have any choice. Until she had to save herselfMy head hurts, my heart hurts, in bad ways then good. It’s such a mixture of emotions throughout. I’m not sure I’ve read anything quite like it.This is up there with my top 5 reads and think it’s there to stay.I’m not sure how you follow that!

Darling Venom is such an emotional read and deals with some heavy subjects, which might be triggering for some people, so be aware of those before you start reading.I'll not get too much into the plot because it should be discovered by each reader, but it is so beautifully written and the love story between Tatum and Charlotte is so well portraited, slow burning until exploded. They've gone through loss, learned to work through grief and accept their feelings, they have found happiness and learned to forgive themselves, even though the price payed was too high.The plot is interesting, maybe didn't choose a good describing word, but it hooked me, I was there, feeling along with Tate and Charlie. I cried with them and laughed with them. I love Tate and Charlie, especially Charlie's personality, she has spark and is persistent, she is restless. It was a beautiful love story, raw, heartbreaking, but beautiful. Recommend it from the bottom of my heart, but as I said read the trigger warnings before you start it.

This book is one of my favourite books to re read. I loved the story line, the characters. I also love how the title is incorporated well and truely into the book. If you love best friends brother, age gap and an angsty romance. You will enjoy this. Please check TW prior to reading

I hated part 1. (Hold on! Let me explain!) I hated the idea that 2 children were contemplating such terrible things. I hated that there was no one there advocating, pushing for help, or there to offer them eveything they needed. I hated knowing that one of them was going to make an irreversible choice. I hate seeing my older brother (no, he didn't kill himself but he did try) in a character I wanted to save. I hate letting down Charlotte and Kellan. I hated knowing there was nothing I could do.I craved part 2. It was going to be my antidote to the depression part 1 left me in. It was going to fill my heart I just had to wait it out. It didn't. No, part 2 became the new part 1. I hated that Tate wasn't seeing, that Charlie wasn't hearing, and that dear old dad wasn't realizing. I hated knowing the plot twist, sensing it, and feeling it in my bones. I hated knowing that deep down I knew. I craved a pretty bow and an easy happily ever after. I didn't get it. No- I got part 3.I dreaded part 3. Yup, you read that correctly. I feared there was a part 4. I loathed having to be tortured. I set myself up for more pain- what I got was sweet relief. I got an ever after that was both believable and perfectly imperfect. I got my ever after. I got everything Charlotte deserved. I got Tate. I got Kellan. I got closure. And now...I'm at a loss. It's over. I both loved and lived this book. I don't want it over and probably couldn't take much more.But I will say it was an absolute pleasure to experience all the raw emotional trauma, all the love, and it made me feel alive!