Book Review: The Songbird's Shadow

 

Tropes include:
⛓️ Stalker
🔪 Villain-To-Lover
💀 Emotional Scars
🖤 Healing From Trauma
⛓️Slow Burn
🔪 Touch Her and D!e
💀 HEA

A book editor’s quiet life is turned upside down when she unwittingly catches the attention of a dangerous man. Can she survive his obsession?

If I had a heart, it would have stopped the moment I first saw Ava.
There’s something inside of her that calls to me, a melancholy that hides behind her eyes. It tempts me, asking, are you broken, too?
And yes, I am broken.
She’s been alone for so long, haunted by the ghosts of her past. I’ll free her from them. I’ll break through the cage that she’s built around her gentle heart. Then, I’ll show her the freedom of a new cage - mine.
A good man would let her go, keep her safe from the dangers of my profession. But I’m not a good man. I’m a monster, a killer.
Soon, I’ll have her. My little songbird will sing for me. Until then, I'll remain in the shadows.


My Review
As soon as I started reading, I was sucked into the story. For everything that Ava was experiencing with Grayson with the "present", notes, and texts to name a few; I thought she had a fighting spirit. 

"I want you to remember every time I touch you."

This is a slow burn romance. In fact, there is not a lot of physical interaction that happens for quite some time. Yet, I can assure you that it is worth the wait.

"Just one more kiss."

The story really does pick up the pacing about the midway point of the story. You are not going to want to miss this book. It is so good. The way that Grayson watches, plays, and stalks Ava, his Little Songbird is deliciously yummy. Ava is his, only his.


Author's Note: The Songbird's Shadow is a standalone dual POV dark romance novel. It includes open-door spice as well as other mature themes and is only suitable for an adult audience. For a full list of content warnings, please check the author's website.

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