This is the second book from this series that I finally managed to finish. I read the first one, Raze, maybe two years ago and don’t remember loving it, but it was decent enough. I tried to read the second one but I couldn’t get into it, so I managed to give this series one last shot with Ravage. I have to say, this one wasn’t too bad.

Okay, aside from the dark stuff that’s always in Tillie Cole books, I did manage like this. Yes, this is a dark romance so if you typically don’t like those type of books then I strongly suggest avoiding this series. I think I liked Ravage the best from this series because it had an overwhelming feel of Beauty and the Beast to it. A scarred, morally bankrupt monster of a man, who’s under the influence of a serum that takes away free will to serve the evil mistress, is assigned with the task of killing the brother of the beautiful, compassionate woman he falls in love with. Yes, there’s a lot of toxic, unhealthy components to their relationship but Tillie Cole makes it pretty clear that she wants us to know this man has, quite literally, no control of his actions while under the serum.

All in all, I probably rated this a little too generously but this book managed to grab my attention for more than five minutes, which I can’t say for other books I’ve tried to read lately. I managed to finish this in one day, so if that’s any indication, than this may be a gripping read for you.