Shelved by 1 Litcadian
Reviews
Finished June 10, 2026
I received an arc in exchange for an honest review. One of the reasons I love AJ Merlin’s romance novels so much is that she doesn’t shy away from the dark stuff. In this very particular case, I would say that the book was too gory for my personal tastes. For that reason, I’m rating at 4.5 (rounded up to 5 because that's what I think is fair). 9/10 would read again while probably skipping some scenes. I was also super excited to get another MMF novel from Merlin. I love throuple romances, especially with two men who are just as in love with each other as they are with the FMC. Fox and Deacon have a few scenes that REALLY got me kicking my feet in excitement, and the way they are with Sadie-Rae was just icing on the cake. Fox and Deacon didn’t quite steal the show, but they were super strong contenders. Sadie-Rae is a brilliant FMC. We start the book strong with some of her past leaking in, and then watch her be an absolute badass fighting for her life. SPOILER: There’s an emotional support chainsaw AND an emotional support dog as well, which made me love Sadie-Rae immediately. Sadie-Rae has an amazing sense of humor, a complete lack of common sense at times, and really pulled through in the moments you want her too. There’s an aspect of small town-ness to this one that I also really enjoyed, AND a cameo to one of my all time favorite Merlin characters. I’m sure it won’t take you long to figure out who! I will say a favorite aspect to this is a certain level of jealousy that very obviously exists in the narrative, just don’t tell the MCs I noticed… After reading Love You to Pieces, I want to binge read the Merlin catalogue again, so I’d definitely say this is worth picking up – just make sure you head those trigger warnings!