Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Release Week Review:Hideaway (Devil's Night #2) by Penelope Douglas

 


DEVIL’S NIGHT is returning! Hiding places, chases, and all the games are back… 

BANKS

Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s a hotel called The Pope. Ailing, empty, and dark—it sits abandoned and surrounded by a forgotten mystery.

But you think it’s true, don’t you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden twelfth floor. The mystery of the dark guest who never checked in and never checks out. You think I can help you find that secret hideaway and get to him, don’t you?

You and your friends can try to scare me. You can try to push me. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me—and have ever since I was a girl—I still know that what you seek is so much closer than you’ll ever realize.

I will never betray him.

So sit tight.

On Devil’s Night, the hunt will be coming to you.

KAI

You have no idea what I seek, Little One. You don’t know what I had to become to survive three years in prison for a crime I would gladly commit again.

No one can know what I’ve turned into.

I want that hotel, I want to find him, and I want this over.

I want my life back.

But the more I’m around you, the more I realize this new me is exactly who I was meant to be.

So come on, kid. Don’t chicken out. My house is on the hill. So many ways in, and good luck finding your way out.

I’ve seen your hideaway. Time to see mine.

This book deals with emotionally difficult topics, either on page or off page, including animal cruelty, dubious consent, rape, pedophilia, homophobia, self-harm, incest, grooming, physical and emotional abuse, child abuse, and misogynistic behavior. Anyone who believes such content may upset them is encouraged to consider their well-being when choosing whether to continue reading.

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What I thought about Hideaway

The legacy of Devil's Night continues in Hideaway, with a story with Kai as the central character.  No one is the same after that Devil's Night, especially Kai who is withdrawn and damaged from his incarceration.  When Banks comes into the picture, she gives him a bit of a challenge, especially when it comes to the threesome that happened that first Devil's Night.

I'm not going to say much more than that because I don't want to spoil anything.  I do like a good dark romance, and this series is hitting some of those buttons. 
But sometimes things are just so over the top that I have a hard time being engaged with the story.

Overall, Hideaway is a dark romance that continues the story of the four horsemen in the series. I'm not totally convinced that I like these characters yet.  Sometimes I do, sometimes not so much.  I did like Banks in this installment.  She's strong and capable and I liked that about her.  Recommended for dark romance readers.


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