Bound by Vengeance (SKALS, #2) in Ask Adri

May 23, 2013 Christine Wallflower & Dark Romance Junkie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dark-romance, gritty-writing, favourites

4.5 Stars!!!

**DISCLAIMER** This is NOT your average romance. It's a dark, gritty, sometimes erotic psychological thriller with a heavy emphasis on plot. It also contains elements of dominance and discipline with dubious consent, psychological conditioning, and mental manipulation. There’s also gunfire and violence. If any of this offends you, this may not be the book for you. Intended for mature audiences only.

Wow! This book was just it for me!!! I need the next one like right now!!! So the warn ...more

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May 30, 2013 Jamie *Gypsy Smut-a-teer* rated it really liked it

Shelves: hot-in-here, leave-me-speechless, protection-needed, sexy-bad-boy, stupid-girl, kidnapped-shootings-danger-oh-my, guilty-pleasure, sequel-needed, suspense

Honestly, I'm still trying to organize my thoughts here. WOW, what a ride I have been on with this series. I think I should start with putting this disclaimer again, in case my first review wasn't read.

**DISCLAIMER** This is NOT your average romance. It's a dark, gritty, sometimes erotic psychological thriller with a heavy emphasis on plot. It also contains elements of dominance and discipline with dubious consent, psychological conditioning, and mental manipulation. There’s also gunfire and vi ...more

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May 07, 2013 LipSmackin' GoodBooks Bloggin' Bitches rated it it was amazing

Review by Kimmi
Well, just like the first book this one has also left me with a "What the hell was that?" look on my face. I am divided, one Kimmi is hollering "Hell yes! Holy Shit! That was so fucking good, so what I wanted and needed it to be and everything in between! Sebastian Baas is back, and baby he is back in black! Straight out the damn gate, as soon as Sebastian struts his ass out on the pages of this book ACDC's Back in Black was screaming and pulsing around him (in my mind, not the bo Review by Kimmi
Well, just like the first book this one has also left me with a "What the hell was that?" look on my face. I am divided, one Kimmi is hollering "Hell yes! Holy Shit! That was so fucking good, so what I wanted and needed it to be and everything in between! Sebastian Baas is back, and baby he is back in black! Straight out the damn gate, as soon as Sebastian struts his ass out on the pages of this book ACDC's Back in Black was screaming and pulsing around him (in my mind, not the book). He is still the same Seby we love to hate, a charming, manacle, confident, sexy as shit mothafuka! That is still just this side of psychotic....... He is a character, that for the first time EVER I can't find a picture to portray what Adriana Noir has used her words to paint! I can't! I found a kinda Seby for my review of Sinister Kisses but it left me uneasy because it wasn't quiet ALL that Sebastian Baas truly is. He is unlike any character I've read, I know I keep saying that but shit I feel like I can't get it across to you, ok, let me try, ummm, we are going to get a mixing bowl and add men to it, ehhh, Ok, first Jericho Barron's, add him, for the tough leader, and a guy you don't dick around with, then add some Caleb from Dark Duets for the slightly mentally unstable and need to control everything facet of Seby, and we gotta throw some Grey in there for the tailored suits and upper hand he keeps in bed, ok, mix all of them up and guess what, yeah, no. Still not strong enough to describe this man! Dammit! Sorry, but honest to God, you will have to read this series to grasp the utter magnitude that Sebastian's character truly beholds.
Oh and bless her poor heart, Taylor. Baby girl I just don't know what to tell you, I want to tell you to run like hell in the other direction away from this man while you beat his ass into a bloody pulp while simultaneously fucking his brains out. This is not a cross roads ladies, he has brought me to an epic autobahn intersection that is a total clusterfuck of intersecting roads, paths and train tracks with no working red, green, or yellow lights!!!!
Ok, now here is the other side of Kimmi, remember? Before all of that rambling you just waded through up there, I said I was divided, yeah ok, so this part of me has had it rationally explained (you know by the rational Kimmi, lmfao) that just because you think you want something, doesn't mean you need it. I know I am just the reader, lmao, and I have to let Adriana take me where she wants me to go but the id in me, the irrational child, is screaming at the top of her lungs and stomping her feet demanding rainbows, unicorns, babies and wedding bells!!!! However Adriana is not as maliciously twisted as Seby, she does not leave you hanging in the balance of a cliffhanger that you are certain you won't live through. She puts some pieces together, just enough to keep us little addicts fed but not enough to keep us away and clamoring for the third book in this series!
*Side note, this review is one of those reviews where not only my Tourette's came out, but apparently a second personality (that I was unaware existed) surfaced as well, so I would like to apologize for the clusterfuck this review is, It's just that, well sometimes when a book is just too good, and the bat shit crazy bitch in your head is fixing to take you down if you don't let her out, it's best just to not fight her, and let that crazy bitch out ; ) So I did.
I give this fan-fuck-tastic book 5 charmingly psychotic Kimmi stars ***** ...more

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Jul 25, 2013 ♥Trish♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-battle, dtmf

OMG! This book is, to borrow a term from a good friend, BRILLIANT! I'm coming to terms at how twisted I must be for loving this series as much as I do! Make no mistake, it's beyond dark, fair warning, take the authors warning seriously before you crack the cover.

I didn't find this one as cringe worthy as book one, Sinister Kisses, but it was gritty in other ways.

Bring on book 3!!! I need it now! :) ...more

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May 08, 2013 Laylaw rated it really liked it

Seby, Seby.... you bad boy.. I want to hate you, I want to scream at you, I want to punch you, and yet I love your craziness. I seriously can't make heads or tales of how I like this book. Its like a secret guilty pleasure that I can't work my head around. Josh is my wingman, seriously he is always there to talk Sebastian off the edge, and thank the lord for that. And bossman- he has it coming, I hope Seb rips him to pieces for what happened to Taylor. And for the love of god can we get Seb some ...more

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May 21, 2013 Kaeren rated it liked it

Shelves: bdsm-apha-male

after reading book one and loving it i waited eagerly for book two but i found i was a little disappointed, for me something was missing it didnt have the dark intensity of book one whether this is because i built it up so much in my mind or its something else im not sure. that isnt to say this isnt a good read because it is, but the concentration on the violence of sebastians job and less on the relatonship seemed to take away from the very dark and raw intensity of book one and left me wanting ...more

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Feb 21, 2014 Monique rated it it was amazing

Shelves: alpha-alpha-male

Rating: 5+++ Stars

If you want on the edge of your seat drama, look no further, you'll find it here! The relationship and drama continues between Sebastian and Taylor, as they try to stay safe from a new potential threat. Everything in this book was just MORE. More Sebastian, more Taylor, more Marx, more SKALS, more Josh...just more. The final drama was so well written with going to different places as it was unfolding. You knew something bad was going to happen, but this was shock and awe. I lov ...more

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Aug 25, 2013 Mara McBain rated it it was amazing

I loved Sinister Kisses, but Bound By Vengeance was even better. Noir did an excellent job of taking us inside Sebastian's world and showing the reader what makes him tick and why he is the way he is. Environment shapes us and the upbringing Sebastian had teamed with the harsh reality of his profession has carved a hard man that does what has to be done, regardless of anything as trivial as personal feelings.

Bound By Vengeance also gives us glimpses into the strength that resides in Taylor. I fo ...more

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