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Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.

Because he’s finally noticed me.

Michael

Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.

My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. That’s all I really want anyway.

Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.

In my city.

Unprotected.

The opportunity is too good to be true as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.

We’ve waited. We’ve been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.

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those guys are so scary, what are they planning to do to her!
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Demon is so creepy, he was in prison because he had sex with a 16 year old girl or probably raped her.
what are they planning to do to her mom, they want to drug her!
i feel like they have no limit to what they can do to hurt her.
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they need to stop joking about rape, it's not funny
does demon hate her because he's jealous or just because he's a dick?
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she need to do something about them, they obviously want to hurt her and who knows what they did to her mother, she need to call the police or their parents and stop this.
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she need to do something about them, they obviously want to hurt her and who knows what they did to her mother, she need to call the police or their parents and stop this.
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i felt claustrophobic reading this, what are they going to do to her? she better start thinking of a way out, she already let them play her long enough.
she is trusting michael too much, he let his friends terrorize her , obviously he wont do anything to help her.ughh this is frustrating me
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after all they did it was not Erika the one who put them in prison.
why do i feel like she will just forgave michael so fast for what he did even though she said what they did is unforgivable, i really hope she doesn't.
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he killed his brother and told his parents about it, they are sad that trevor is dead but happy they are okay, WTF. this whole family is fucked up.
Erika just forgave mickael for what he did to her like a day after, what is wrong with her, he didn't even apologize. she was even glad he drugged her mother and forced her into a rehab.
and did he have to kill the dog at the end.
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Date changed. Restarting March 1st 2021. Happy Reading ☺

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(view spoiler)[ I'm only this far in and i am already so intrigued. (hide spoiler)]

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I'm a little bit confused but that's what's keeping me interested in the story

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(view spoiler)[ From what i've read so far i don't like Damon. I don't think i'll mind Kai and i don't really have an opinion on Will yet. But i'm not even that fond of Michael either :( (hide spoiler)]

Starting this one now!

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(view spoiler)[ Oof. the whole Crist family seems kind of unbearable (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I agree! I'm curious to know what the back story is with those masked guys (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I want to know where Rika is that she's allowed to paint her apartment that she's renting. Because that shit's not allowed anywhere where I live lol (hide spoiler)]

Caitlin wrote: "Page 46/ 11%
I'm a little bit confused but that's what's keeping me interested in the story"

(view spoiler)[ I wouldn't say I'm confused, but I'm definitely intrigued. I can't wait for the whole story form 3 years ago to come out (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ That whole flashback had no right being as hot as it was lmao. That whole chapter had me so sucked into the story, that I'm kinda sad it's back in the present day now (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Rika seems a bit obtuse at times. She's known basically her whole life that Trevor doesn't lie Michael, so I don't know why she wouldn't know that's the issue while she's on the phone with him. That was an argument that didn't need to happen (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "21%
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(view spoiler)[ I completely agree. Although she doesn't have romantic feelings towards Trevor , she said they were friends, she isn't exactly treating him like a friend (hide spoiler)]

Caitlin wrote: "Page 90/ 21%
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(view spoiler)[ I like them all so far. They all seem deliciously dark and vile so far, which is exactly what I was hoping for when I started this (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ With what they have done to the mother, i can't seem to get on board with the idea of a relationship between Rika and Michael. And Trevor is just as big a dick as the rest of them (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I think Trevor is almost worse. At least the other guys dont' pretend that they're the good guys the way Trevor is (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I wonder why Damon is so bothered by Rika coming along for the night (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ It's getting really annoying to have sentences interrupted to let us snow what specific song is playing at any given moment. It's not relevant information (hide spoiler)]

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yeah not a fan of that either

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(view spoiler)[ I didn't think i would but i really like the flashbacks of three years ago. (hide spoiler)]

Caitlin wrote: "Page 158/ 35%
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(view spoiler)[ Yeah these have been my favorite chapters so far. Although it does look like the present day chapters are starting to heat up though (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ So actually, Astrid is the biggest piece of shit out of the whole story. Jesus (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Chapter 10 was my favourite so far. I don't agree with what Damon did but i loved how it finished with them all having her back and finally see her have a back bone. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ i know i keep saying this but i'm enjoying the flashbacks more than the present. I loved what just happened. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ My oh my is all I have to say lolol (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Damn! So everything that's happened is all Trevor's fault. I gotta admit, I didn't see that coming until maybe 5 pages before that reveal happened lol (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Well this got weird lol (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Whoa. Damon's characterization makes a lot more sense now. (hide spoiler)]

Finished. This was a pretty wild ride

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(view spoiler)[ I was not expecting that. Trevor, what happened with the mum, none of it. I started piecing it together a few pages before but that was a complete twist that was so unexpected. It's made the book so much better (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I feel sorry for Kai. I know Will and Kai feel bad for what they have done but i don't know why Michael is being a dick now. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ That got weird. I don't even know what to say (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Yeah, not my favorite part of the story lol (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Even after what just happened, i find Kai way more affectionate than Michael. She just told him she loved him and he said nothing, it annoys me because she stays and doesn't think she deserves better, she doesn't exactly make him fight for her even after she found out what they'd all done :( (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ We don't really know Kai's background, but we know Michael comes from a pretty loveless place. so it doesn't surprise me that he would struggle to say it to anyone (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ Knowing Damon's backstory does make me have sympathy for him but i still can't justify why he's doing that to Rika. I hope he helps her before it's too late. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ It's because the things his mother did to him made him just hate women in general. That's why he hated Rika from the get go. It wasn't a personal thing. It doesn't justify his actions, but it explains them quite well (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I have no remorse for Trevor - he got what he deserved. It's a shame Damon couldn't have changed and become better but i understand why he his the way he is. I loved how Michael finally recognised his feelings. I love Kai and Will. Yes they have their faults but by the end of the book i loved them. (hide spoiler)]

Would you want to read the sequel? I believe it centers around Kai

I probably won't, but thanks though. I really like how it's been ended and normally when i continue series like this i find it ruins some of the characters for me

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Date changed. Restarting October 1st 2023. Happy Reading ☺

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I love rereading this series, it's like a comfort series for me.

I'm up to Chapter 6 so far.

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The fact that Rika didn't realize that she was moving into one of the Crist family's building confuses me, like she's been around the family her whole life and yet she didn't realize that she was being set up in their building. (hide spoiler)]