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Review + Excerpt: Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas!

March 4, 2019 5 Stars - This Was Everything, Dark Romance, Excerpt, Favorite Must Reads, Jessica's Reviews, Latest News, New Adult, Ratings, Reviews, Series, Standalone

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Review + Excerpt: Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas!Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas
Published by Self Published on 2/9/19
Genres: New Adult, Dark Romance, Romantic Suspense
Pages: 522
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"I've done far worse than what I went to prison for. She has no idea how bad this can get."

WINTER

Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was.
But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan.
And while I anticipated his vengeance, I didn't expect this.
He doesn't want to make me hurt. He wants to make everything hurt.

DAMON

First thing's first. Get rid of her daddy. He told them I forced her. He told them his little girl was a victim, but I was a kid, too, and she wanted it just as much as I did.
Step two... Give her, her sister, and her mother nowhere to run and no fuel to escape. The Ashby women are alone now and desperate for a knight in shining armor.
But that's not what's coming.
No, it's time I listened to my father and took control of my future. It's time I showed them all--my family, her family, my friends--that I will never change and that I have no other ambition than to be the nightmare of their lives.
Starting with her.
She'll be so scared, she won't even be safe in her own head by the time I'm done with her. And the best part is I won't have to break into her home to do it.
As the new man of the house I have all the keys.

I don’t even know where to begin with this review. My head and heart are a jumbled riot of chaotic feels in this moment and I’m still processing everything I’ve just experienced. Kill Switch is dark. It is twisted. It is far more beautiful and heartbreaking and romantic than anything I was expecting. It’s suspenseful and edgy and it takes the reader’s comfort zone and pretty much blows the walls off it.

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Jessica’s Review

5 “This was Everything” Stars!

I don’t even know where to begin with this review. My head and heart are a jumbled riot of chaotic feels in this moment and I’m still processing everything I’ve just experienced. Kill Switch is dark. It is twisted. It is far more beautiful and heartbreaking and romantic than anything I was expecting. It’s suspenseful and edgy and it takes the reader’s comfort zone and pretty much blows the walls off it.

Let me preface this by saying that, while I absolutely loved Corrupt, Hideaway left me feeling dissatisfied, kind of indifferent, a bit unsure of where this series would go next. Well, I’m thrilled to say that I loved Kill Switch just as much as Corrupt… maybe even more. Penelope Douglas stresses me out with her books because she does what she wants. She doesn’t care how sugary sweet I hope an HEA is, she delivers a story that feels true to her and her characters. Knowing that, I always read her books with knots in my stomach, never knowing if I’ll fall in love with it or if I’ll want to throw it. Given that, I’m over the moon happy to share with you that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK.

Damon is pretty much the worst and I’m a reader that loves to see a character like him redeem himself. I’m a reader that loves my heart to break and crack and ache and twinge the entire way through a story and it did that on almost every page. I’m a reader that loves an edgy storyline, a dark and twisty course of events that hopefully culminates into something I can feel satisfied with in the end. I love a good grovel novel, a romance that feels impossible but somehow finds a way despite how broken and tragic the road is. Kill Switch feels like Penelope Douglas took everything I could’ve ever wanted and a ton of stuff I didn’t know I needed and wove it all together in an unpredictable, haunting love story that I couldn’t put down. This book hurt. It’s SEXY. It’s tragic and gut wrenching and infuriating. It’s a special brand of romantic that I NEVER thought I’d get a taste of in a book about Damon Torrance. It’s crazy and wild and fun and it’s entertaining and it’s unlike anything else I’ve read.

Kill Switch is not an easy read though. There were moments where I wasn’t sure I could continue reading because it just hurt too much. There’s some seriously disturbing stuff on these pages and if you’re a reader with triggers, definitely search them out before you read. But as dark as this book gets, there are so many moments both past and present that honestly made my heart burst at the seams with hope. Damon and Winter’s story is so special, so layered, so complicated, so painful… and because of all that, it’s also one of the most MAGNIFICENT love stories Penelope Douglas has ever delivered. You can’t start with Kill Switch, you have to go back to the beginning and read this series in order. I seriously hope you do because Damon and Winter’s journey in Kill Switch is an absolute MUST.

Excerpt

WINTER

“I’m sixteen, and I’ve never been kissed.” I put my hands on his chest, feeling my breasts grazing his body. “I waited for you.”
“Winter…”
“I waited for you,” I repeated, panting and brushing his lips with mine. “But I won’t wait forever.”
I layered my lips with his and dipped my tongue out, flicking his lip as I rolled my hips on him. The unmistakably hard ridge of his cock rubbed against my panties through his jeans, and I moaned.
He grabbed me under my arms, holding me up to his face. “That better not be a threat,” he bit out.
And then he took my face in one hand and snatched up my lips, biting my bottom one, almost chewing it like he was starving.
He groaned, I whimpered, and we both gave in, holding each other in our arms, our mouths melting together.
I was fast and clumsy, and I couldn’t keep up with his kisses and tongue in my mouth, but I loved every second.
He nibbled and bit and took with force, gripping the back of my hair to tip my head back and eat at my neck. He moved from my throat to my chin to my jaw and then back to my mouth, and I clutched at his shoulders, tugging on his sweatshirt as I dry-humped him. God, I couldn’t stop myself. He felt so good. It was like an itch that I needed to scratch more and harder.
I tugged at my bow tie, unable to breathe.
Pulling it loose, I unbuttoned my top button, finally feeling freer and diving in, hugging him to where he was sucking on my neck.
My hips moved back and forth, grinding into him
“Winter…” he groaned, pulling back. “I don’t want to…”
I picked up pace, and he grabbed my ass, helping me move.
“Don’t want to what?” I gasped out.
“Make you dirty.”
I slowed, touching his mouth with mine and kissing him softly.
Why would he think that?
“You won’t.” I shook my head, touching his face. “We won’t go all the way. We’ll just play.”
He breathed out a laugh.
I kissed him, and he dug his fingers in again, making my body explode and every inch of skin come alive. God, I loved it when he did that.

About the Author

Penelope Douglas is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and include The Fall Away Series, The Devil’s Night Series, and the stand-alones, Misconduct, Punk 57, and Birthday Girl. Please look for Kill Switch (Devil’s Night #3), available now.

She lives in Las Vegas with her husband and their daughter.

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