The final installment to the Cat and Mouse Duet…
The Diamond
Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I’m trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren’t as they seem.
They won’t keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I’ve become,
And I’m fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they’ve only created an angel of death.
The Hunter
I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what’s mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.
Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.
Review by Twinsie Angie
I purchase this ebook and audio.
The first book and this book are 2 totally different realms of reading. If you saw my review for book 1 you will recall I said I didn’t think it as all THAT dark. Well that is NOT the case for book 2. Book 1 is a cupcake with a scoop of ice cream on a summers day in comparison to book 2. It is a throat punch from beginning to end. The anxiety I had for the beginning part of the book is not anything I expected to have/deal with.
Book 2 is split into 2 parts and I have to say….BRAVO, I loved the way the book was written. Because the book is in 2 parts my review will also be split in to 2 parts.
Part 1 is Not for the weak of heart. It is not for someone who has any issues with triggers because this part of the story is a landmine of triggers. The rape, sexual assaults, abuse, etc are OFF The CHARTS!! SO if you take this book on, know you will be uncomfortable and you will be horrified. You will also be cheering as people are murdered and again, I questioned my mental health with this book. The author did an amazing job making me feel broken and destroyed and THEN we enter part 2.
Part 2 is much “easier” but its still brutal. We are seeing Adeline deal with the trauma she endured but we are also seeing Adeline grow. She is not the same woman and I gotta say, she is an even better match for Zade now then before. Adeline’s ARC over the 2 books was amazing. She goes from a carefree woman to a woman on a mission of revenge.
Zade…omg can I say I fell even more in love with him. He is not a good man. He is the best Antihero I have ever read. He is not the guy you should be rooting for and yet when he makes Adeline mac n cheese wearing an apron for dinner…..I was melting. Yes melting!!! Zade teaches his mouse a lot but vengeance and bloodletting are the biggest lessons along with loving your person with your entire being.
GAH this book ruined me in all the best ways possible.
Now I hear Sibbie is getting a book. SHUT UP and take my money!! I need more of that crazy ass Bish and her henchmen…but who is Craven???
H. D. Carlton is an International Bestselling Author. She lives in Ohio with her partner, two dogs, and cat. When she’s not bathing in the tears of her readers, she’s watching paranormal shows and wishing she was a mermaid. Her favorite characters are of the morally gray variety and believes that everyone should check their sanity at the door before diving into her stories.