Carnage
E**S
Ties it all together
โCarnageโ by Shantel Tessier is an intense and captivating read that I couldnโt put down. Having read some of her previous books, I was excited to see what this one had in store, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. The plot is gripping, filled with suspense and drama that kept me hooked from beginning to end.The characters are deeply developed, especially the main male characters (MMC), who are both raw and complex. I found myself really caring about what happened to characters and getting emotionally involved in their stories.What really stood out to me was Tessierโs attention to detail. Her vivid descriptions and well-researched details made the story come alive, making it easy to picture every scene. The pacing was perfect, with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep things exciting without feeling rushed.Overall, โCarnageโ is a fantastic read that I highly recommend. Itโs a rollercoaster of emotions that will leave you eager for more from Shantel Tessier.
L**E
Carnage does what they promised.
This book deserves 3 stars, but I'm giving it 4 and it's all because of how much I love Saint&Ashtyn๐I have a love/hate relationship with this series.I'm not a fan of the author's writing style. Her L.O.R.D.S-books are hard to read, but not because the writing is "difficult". It's just badly written. I have to read dozens of sentences multiple times and even then they don't always make sense. Her descriptions of people and the world surrounding them is also.. off. She's not giving us anything to work with and some things changes every time. I still don't understand how Carnage looks like. (In my head) it changes from being a bunker to a skyscraper to a small town. Which is it??I'm not the only one complaining about the author's writing style because after every book there's a dozen post on the author's SoMe asking what the plot was and what they're missing ๐We're also been told through the last 3 books that "The Lords" are the most powerful people in the world (lol). But suddenly the Kings in Las Vegas can match their powers? Okay...The author is also not a girl's girl. No FMC have a single thought behind their eyes. They HAVE been going to the university for four years, but I guess nothing really stuck?I totally understand the vibe Carnage's suppose to give, but I don't understand why the women can't be powerful in the end?The SA's of the women in this series is also off the charts!! Like, can we dial it down? The scenes screams "written for shock value".In the next books I NEED the characters to question the Lords! WHY do they follow the rules? WHO'S giving the instructions??Why am I giving it four stars when I have so much to rant about? Because the romance was cute and seemed real.Ashtyn is my favourite of all the FMC in this series. There is just something about her ๐ฅบ Saint's my favourite after Ryat.The ๐ถ is unreal in this and definitely one of my faves๐4โญ๏ธ2,75/5๐4/5๐ถ
J**N
Review by jessi_readss
SHANTEL coming in hot with this one. omg ๐คญโ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ.โ- ๐ฅตTyson is still my favorite though. But this book, these men, a very close second. This book is Saint's story and Ashtyn's. And we also learn more about Haidyn, Kashton, and Adam, all of the men of Carnage. A secret society within a secret society. This one is DARK, read trigger warnings! I loved every second of this book, the plot was plottin, the men were drool worthy, the fmc was a tad bit unhinged herself and I love that for her, and the ending was jaw dropping as per usual. Definitely do not sleep on this series if you love dark romance. I cannot wait for Madness to come out in a few days, I am about to go absolutely FERAL for Haidyn ๐โ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ l ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.โMain points:โ๏ธ1st person povโ๏ธdual pov (Saint and Ashtyn)โ๏ธdark revenge romanceโ๏ธsecret societyโ๏ธpossessive mmcโ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต k ! lls ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐โ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ."Happy reading babes ๐ซถ
P**)
SAINT
I think I loved Carnage so much more as I listened to my re-read! The audiobook for this was amazing, but when Teddy Hamilton is involved, it always is! This is dark, spicy, and delicious, but also had me going through the emotions.I really loved Tyson, but how can I not also love Saint. He's possessive and will do whatever it takes for him to keep Ashtyn and I'm here for it. He might use her, but dang does he also actually love the f*** out of her."Donโt get me wrong, I hate the b***h, but I also love her in that Iโm going to rip your heart out and hang it on my wall so no one else can have it kind of way."
L**Y
Holy fudge balls! ๐ฅต๐คฏ๐ฎโ๐จ
This was my first book to read after my major reading slump I went through, I havenโt read in 6 months, so this book really had me wrapped up in it and it did NOT disappoint! Saint, Kash and Haidyn are ๐ฅต๐คค๐ฎโ๐จ๐ซ the whole book had some good twist and turns, and when it all came together I was mind blown! Such a good book!! Canโt wait to read the next one! ๐ค
K**N
Strong story lines and characters
CarnageBy: Shantel TessierThere are a number of things that one can say about Carnage. This book had solid story lines, yes, lines with an (s) because there were several story lines going on throughout this book, each story line was connected to the other and the connections were strong! They grew which gave the characters many openings to grow and in some cases to show how we think we know everything about them, but in reality we know very little until all is revealed at the end.This is what I look for in a book a solid story line that can take you on a journey and in the end you may agree with all that has happened or you may not, but your journey has been one of reading and watching each character.Readers find out the difference between the LORDS and being a LORD and a SPADE BROTHERโฆโฆBIG DIFFERENCE!One of the things that drew me into Carnage was the romance, the love story between Saint and Ashtyn. I know itโs a dark romance, but frankly sometimes a strong romance can make the dark fade and bring the entire story to the forefront. In Carnage, the author managed to not just let the โdarkโ have itโs way, but in many cases she ripped the bandage off and reminded readers that this isnโt just one story it is the culmination of several and the crossing over of others. That is the next thing that puts my review at a 5 star level. For long time readers it was exciting to see old friends. I love that in a book, when you need answers you may have to walk back a series or two.I knew from the beginning that this was going to be like a hunt, when I read this line in Chapter Two โLetโs just say one day I might need a favor.โ I had a gut feeling what we readers were working towardsโฆ.and DAMN it was very rewarding when it was over!A strong storyline and strong characters made this a 5 star read for me. It is important that before you start reading you read the trigger warnings found inside the book.
S**A
Gevalletje van serie compleet
Heb carnage op mijn. Kindle gelezen maarja wou de serie ook compleet hebben in de boeken dus heb hem toch nog besteld maar who ik hou echt van deze serie
A**R
Excellent story
What an excellent story line. I loved all of the characters and the story line. It is very well written and entertaining
S**N
Dark romance
The last book in this series for now.Ashtyn Lane Price is the daughter of a Spade brother. This means that she must marry a son of Spade Brother and she has to be a virgin to do so.She only has one man in mind Saint MF Beckham Carter. She became his choosen and he shared her with his Spade Brothers Kashton and Haidyn. They moved her to carnage and then everything began to fall a part! There is a big miscommunication trope going on along side a secret pregnancy. So Ash did the only thing she could thing of and RUN for her life! But the Spade brothers aren't done with her. She is Saint's wife and they are determined to get her back."Oh, Ashtyn, the things I'm going to do to you will make you beg the devil himself to come and take you away from me."And when he finds her in the club and has his way with her! GODDAMNIT that was hot!Saint Beckham Carter will always be my book husband.I loved every single book!5 star read right here!!!
M**E
AMAZING
Carnage had be on the edge of my seat for the whole 24h that took me to read it. I was literally dying to get off work so I could finish reading it. And I listened to part of it on audiobook when I was running errands โ Teddy Hamilton is one of my, if not my favorite narrator of all time. Chefโs kiss for Saint, Teddy. ๐คShantel is a master of plot twists that twist even more and leave you completely shocked. There wasnโt a moment in this book that I felt was dragging or boring. Ashtyn, Saint, Kash and Haidyn feel real, with real motivation and flaws. Sometimes you love them and some other times you want to smack them for what they do, but not in a โWTF are you doing? Youโre so stupid!โ. You understand the reasons for their actions.There is A LOT of spice, but so perfectly placed throughout the book that it never feels like youโre just reading smut with no plot. Shantel know how to write spice laced with plot and do it so perfectly.And I need to mention these things because I feel some are going to live in my head rent free forever:โข The Spade brothers riding their bikes.โข Haidynโฆ Just him.โข Kashton + a hook = perfection. It reminded me of I Know What You Did Last Summer, only with a different type of hook.โข Chapter 56 forwardโฆ I cried, I yelled, I gasped, I almost threw my kindle to the wallโฆ. What a third act!!!
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