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Necessary Evils #7
Maniac
Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden.
Aiden Mulvaney doesn’t exist. He’s a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he’d still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him.
Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden’s done with half-measures. He’s done with Thomas the martyr. He’s just done. So, he’s kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all.
No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won’t even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?
Aiden Mulvaney doesn’t exist. He’s a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he’d still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him.
Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden’s done with half-measures. He’s done with Thomas the martyr. He’s just done. So, he’s kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all.
No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won’t even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?
267 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 16, 2023
About the author
Onley James
31 books3,178 followersOnley James lives in North Carolina with her daughter, her daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and a menagerie of animals, both good and evil. James splits her time between writing m/m romance and mainlining dangerous levels of caffeine and attempting to maintain her ever-slipping sanity.
When not at her desk you can find her whining about how much writing she has to do while avoiding said writing by binge-watching unhealthy amounts of television and doom scrolling on social media. She loves true crime documentaries, anti-heroes, and writing kinky, snarky books about morally gray men who fall in love with other men.
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When not at her desk you can find her whining about how much writing she has to do while avoiding said writing by binge-watching unhealthy amounts of television and doom scrolling on social media. She loves true crime documentaries, anti-heroes, and writing kinky, snarky books about morally gray men who fall in love with other men.
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April 28, 2023
If you would have told me last year, that I would be giving a 1 star rating to my most anticipated book of my entire life, I never would have believed you. I’m not lying to you when I say that I never have been, in my entire life, as hyped for a book as I was for this book. So I have no idea what happened here and where things went wrong, but hey, here we are, so might as well try to figure it out.
Even since I have read the first book in this series, over a year ago now, I have been waiting with bathed breaths to read this book. Every time I read a new book in this series and there was one little hint of how the story in this book would go, I was fangirling like crazy. I just can’t explain to you how hyped I was for this book.
I didn’t really enjoy this entire series as much as I hoped I would, but every time I would read a new book in the series and not love it, I would tell myself, it’s ok, Maniac is coming soon and you will love this one since the set up is the best set up of all time.
I swear I could cry due to how sad it makes me that I didn’t love this book, I was so convinced that this book would be the easiest 5 stars I have ever given to a book, ever.
I don’t often give 1 star ratings to books, and was this the book in the series I disliked the most? Probably not. But was this book in the series that dissapointed me the most? Yes, so thats why I gave it this rating, as it would have been a 2 stars for me, if I wasn’t so hyped up for it.
I think I have said that for every book in the series, but I wanna repeat it still. Onley James used to be my favourite author. I have read each and every one of her books and she used to be a author that I always gave 5 stars to and that never did any wrong in my book, so rating this book 1 star absolutely breaks my heart because i’m not sure how everything went wrong and how I started my loving each and every one of Onley James’ books. I was hoping that this book would be the perfect book for me, as it has all of my favourite tropes, but sadly, it just wasn’t.
Brief summary
Thomas is a man who adopted 7 phycopath kids to teach them to be murders. One of them is Aiden. Aiden and Thomas have been pining after each other for the last twenty years. Thomas is Aiden’s adopted father and he has always been been pushing Aiden’s advances away, as he thought that it wasn’t very appropriate. Aiden is really mad at Thomas for that. But they finally collide together and fall in love.
First, lets start by making a list of the things I enjoyed about this book
I really enjoyed how Thomas was mostly the bottom and liked having Aiden take care of him, that was absolutely perfect to me and Thomas really needed someone to take care of him.
Now that thats out of the way, lets talk about the things I disliked about this book
There was no substance in this book, no romance, no emotions, no push and pull, no emotional connection, no pining, no big feelings, no nothing. Everything about their relationship was just about sex. Every single time that Aiden and Thomas were in a room together, they didn’t talk or do cute things, they had sex and then we moved on to another scene. There was just nothing romantic about this book, because the characters didn’t have any romantic time together, they just fucked and spent time with their family, rinse and repeat for the entire book.
For exmeple, Thomas has a big secret that he never told anyone, and the moment he confesses it to Aiden, Aiden doesn’t comfort him or anything, they just have sex and then the scene cuts. It’s like that for the entire book. Every time I thought that we would get a cute scene of them romantically bounding, they just had sex and that was it.
So I felt like they never had a emotional connection to each other, since they weren’t able to spend time together without having sex. So it felt to me like they were only together because the sex is good and not because they actually like each other.
Talking about them, I finished the book wondering if these people even like each other, because I can honestly say that I never got the feeling once that they were actually in love. They just felt like glorified fuck buddies to me and not people who are in love and want to marry each other and have lots of kids.
Also, I just want to mention that Aiden never ever tells Thomas that he loves him. He mentions how he’s always been in love with him and all, but when Thomas tells Aiden that he loves him, Aiden does not reply and he never says a love you after that. So I was never sure of Aiden’s feelings, if he actually loves Thomas or if he just confused his twenty years of pining for love … because he quite literally never told Thomas that he loves him.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not reading romance novels to not even get a cute I love you scene, those are much more important to me than reading the same boring sex scene 5 times in the same book.
Also, for how much sex that these people had, the sex scenes in this book are some of the boring and unimaginative sex scenes I have ever read. Which I have no clue how it happened because if you were to ask me which writers write the best smut scenes, Onley James would be very near the top of my list. But the smut in this book just did not work. It was just so boring and there nothing good or insteresting about it. Also, Aiden and Thomas just felt like strangers during the smut, and not like they spent the last twenty years wanting each other. And since this book had little to not romance, all we had to see why Aiden and Thomas are good as a couple was a couple of really boring sex scenes that sounds like they both had to fake their orgams during them, so it really did not work for me.
Also, the first 6 books in this series are all about building up the romance between Thomas and Aiden. We get told about how they keep hurting each other by being away from each other and how they are clearly pining for each other and just want to be together but can’t because of their life circonstences. And Aiden is super pissed at Thomas because Thomas always rejects him. They are clearly shown to be star crossed lovers. So we had all of these 6 books of build up, which talks about the twenty years that Aiden and Thomas pined for each other and I feel like this book didn’t use this build-up at all. Their romance was build up to be so angsty and full of pining, but I did not see any of them in their actual book. These people spent 20 years pining for each other and I spent this entire book wondering if they even like each other, which really shouldn’t have been the case. I just feel like the build up of this book was never fulfilled to its full potential.
Also, Thomas rejected Aiden for 20 years and we never really get closure about that or an actual reason why he did it, which just did not work for me. I just wanted way more out of this part of the book, because I just felt like the book never lived up to its potential.
Also, Aiden spends the first 9 chapters of this book being super angry at Thomas for pushing him away and then they have sex once and Aiden’s anger just totally vanish and it’s like he kinds of forgets that ever happened.
So you’re telling me that there are people in this world that not only don’t have to fake an orgasm, but they can have sex once and forget that they hated someone and were mad at them for the last 20 years? I want what these guys are having, please and thank you.
I just felt like this book had so many good idea and the perfect set up for a book and then it just ruined it by how everything was executed. I loved all of the ideas and the concept of this book, but sadly, nothing about it everything was done worked for me.
Also, I swear every books in this series are just a copy and paste of each other. There is clearly a formula, the couple gets flirts and is romantic and starts a romance in the first 45%, at 45% something happens and then they start dating, from 46% to 80% it’s just a parade of who’s who while every other character in this series show up every 2 seconds and the main characters of the book only have scenes where they are alone together to have sex, from 80% to 90%, the main characters and every other character in this series solves the crime plot in like a chapter, and then in the epilogue, the main characters are suddently married, even if they never mentioned marriage before and they are having 5 kids together.
And sure having a formula can be a good thing, but I feel like it really didn’t work in this book. Since this book was more of a slow burn, with Aiden who was super mad at Thomas for refusing their love for twenty years and Thomas did not want to open up and tell Aiden his big secret, so they quite literally only have time to have sex once before 45%, which means that the big build up to the romance in this book was the couple sharing about 3 kisses and having sex once. Nothing else. No romantic moments, no emotional connection, nothing. And Thomas and Aiden barely spend any time on page together after the first 45% so i’m assuming that i’m mean to assume that they are dating now, but I just did not feel it.
So in short, they never actually got together, had sex once and then never talked about how they were together or even mentioned dating, once. So, apparently having sex with someone one time means you’re ready to marry them and have their babies.
Thomas and Aiden spent about half of the book hanging out with their family or talking about them. And i’m sorry to say, but i’m so over everyone in this family. If I never heard about anyone in the Mulvaney family, their husbands and their horde of kids again, expecially Noah, I would so much happier in life. Everyone in this family just have way too cameos in every books and they always interupt any romantic development to talk about how good their husband dicks are, it gets old quite fast, expecially since this book barely had any romantic developt, so the couple of scenes really didn’t need to be cut in half because of cameos from other people that aren’t even involved in the romance.
Also, about 40% of this book was spent on a crime plot, that frankly, I just did not care for. So I have no thoughts about it, since I just kept wishing that it would end already, but sadly it just kept dragging and dragging for no reasons.
I just want to mention the epilogue of this book, which does an overview of every other couple in this series and just mentions how many kids that they all had, and thats it, nothing about their lives or anything, just how many kids they were able to produce. It seems that everyone in this series just became a breeding facility for Mulvaneys.
I swear these people think that they are the new Adam and Eve, with how many kids they are having as a family, they could probably repopulate half of the earth, just from their own kids. I have nothing against kids, but I just think that it’s a little overboard how everyone is just mentioned because they were able to have a lot of kids and not because of their own personal achievements in life. Kids are fine, but I have my limits as to how the progress is shown and this book went about 20 kids above that limit.
Also, the epilogue makes a point to shame Adam and Noah, from Unhinged, because they don’t have kids yet, like they ruined their lives by not having kids yet, when they are like 25 years old. Which I found very odd and frankly, I disliked a lot. I know that this entire series trives on making everyone parents to 10 kids each, but comon, one thing we are not gonna do is shaming people for not having kids when they just aren’t at that point in their lives.
Also, these people are all psychopaths who murder people for a living and they are all having their kids by using a surrogate, so they will be about 30 tiny psychopaths runing around their town soon enough. Which made no sense to me, because I just don’t understand why they would pass on their genes so much? Like, I could understand if maybe they adopted people, but these people spend an entire series saying how they are good and how hard it is to be a psychopath, only to pass on the psychopath genes to like 30 kids. It just does not work for me and I just can’t understand why they did that. If the crime rate mysteriously goes up by 200% in their city in the next 20 years, please don’t wonder why, we have our answer right here!
I think my thoughts on this book are pretty clear from my review, but if wasn’t clear enough, I just did not enjoy this book very much, which is quite a shame, but people who only have really bad sex and no romance just does not do it for me.
Even since I have read the first book in this series, over a year ago now, I have been waiting with bathed breaths to read this book. Every time I read a new book in this series and there was one little hint of how the story in this book would go, I was fangirling like crazy. I just can’t explain to you how hyped I was for this book.
I didn’t really enjoy this entire series as much as I hoped I would, but every time I would read a new book in the series and not love it, I would tell myself, it’s ok, Maniac is coming soon and you will love this one since the set up is the best set up of all time.
I swear I could cry due to how sad it makes me that I didn’t love this book, I was so convinced that this book would be the easiest 5 stars I have ever given to a book, ever.
I don’t often give 1 star ratings to books, and was this the book in the series I disliked the most? Probably not. But was this book in the series that dissapointed me the most? Yes, so thats why I gave it this rating, as it would have been a 2 stars for me, if I wasn’t so hyped up for it.
I think I have said that for every book in the series, but I wanna repeat it still. Onley James used to be my favourite author. I have read each and every one of her books and she used to be a author that I always gave 5 stars to and that never did any wrong in my book, so rating this book 1 star absolutely breaks my heart because i’m not sure how everything went wrong and how I started my loving each and every one of Onley James’ books. I was hoping that this book would be the perfect book for me, as it has all of my favourite tropes, but sadly, it just wasn’t.
Brief summary
Thomas is a man who adopted 7 phycopath kids to teach them to be murders. One of them is Aiden. Aiden and Thomas have been pining after each other for the last twenty years. Thomas is Aiden’s adopted father and he has always been been pushing Aiden’s advances away, as he thought that it wasn’t very appropriate. Aiden is really mad at Thomas for that. But they finally collide together and fall in love.
First, lets start by making a list of the things I enjoyed about this book
I really enjoyed how Thomas was mostly the bottom and liked having Aiden take care of him, that was absolutely perfect to me and Thomas really needed someone to take care of him.
Now that thats out of the way, lets talk about the things I disliked about this book
There was no substance in this book, no romance, no emotions, no push and pull, no emotional connection, no pining, no big feelings, no nothing. Everything about their relationship was just about sex. Every single time that Aiden and Thomas were in a room together, they didn’t talk or do cute things, they had sex and then we moved on to another scene. There was just nothing romantic about this book, because the characters didn’t have any romantic time together, they just fucked and spent time with their family, rinse and repeat for the entire book.
For exmeple, Thomas has a big secret that he never told anyone, and the moment he confesses it to Aiden, Aiden doesn’t comfort him or anything, they just have sex and then the scene cuts. It’s like that for the entire book. Every time I thought that we would get a cute scene of them romantically bounding, they just had sex and that was it.
So I felt like they never had a emotional connection to each other, since they weren’t able to spend time together without having sex. So it felt to me like they were only together because the sex is good and not because they actually like each other.
Talking about them, I finished the book wondering if these people even like each other, because I can honestly say that I never got the feeling once that they were actually in love. They just felt like glorified fuck buddies to me and not people who are in love and want to marry each other and have lots of kids.
Also, I just want to mention that Aiden never ever tells Thomas that he loves him. He mentions how he’s always been in love with him and all, but when Thomas tells Aiden that he loves him, Aiden does not reply and he never says a love you after that. So I was never sure of Aiden’s feelings, if he actually loves Thomas or if he just confused his twenty years of pining for love … because he quite literally never told Thomas that he loves him.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not reading romance novels to not even get a cute I love you scene, those are much more important to me than reading the same boring sex scene 5 times in the same book.
Also, for how much sex that these people had, the sex scenes in this book are some of the boring and unimaginative sex scenes I have ever read. Which I have no clue how it happened because if you were to ask me which writers write the best smut scenes, Onley James would be very near the top of my list. But the smut in this book just did not work. It was just so boring and there nothing good or insteresting about it. Also, Aiden and Thomas just felt like strangers during the smut, and not like they spent the last twenty years wanting each other. And since this book had little to not romance, all we had to see why Aiden and Thomas are good as a couple was a couple of really boring sex scenes that sounds like they both had to fake their orgams during them, so it really did not work for me.
Also, the first 6 books in this series are all about building up the romance between Thomas and Aiden. We get told about how they keep hurting each other by being away from each other and how they are clearly pining for each other and just want to be together but can’t because of their life circonstences. And Aiden is super pissed at Thomas because Thomas always rejects him. They are clearly shown to be star crossed lovers. So we had all of these 6 books of build up, which talks about the twenty years that Aiden and Thomas pined for each other and I feel like this book didn’t use this build-up at all. Their romance was build up to be so angsty and full of pining, but I did not see any of them in their actual book. These people spent 20 years pining for each other and I spent this entire book wondering if they even like each other, which really shouldn’t have been the case. I just feel like the build up of this book was never fulfilled to its full potential.
Also, Thomas rejected Aiden for 20 years and we never really get closure about that or an actual reason why he did it, which just did not work for me. I just wanted way more out of this part of the book, because I just felt like the book never lived up to its potential.
Also, Aiden spends the first 9 chapters of this book being super angry at Thomas for pushing him away and then they have sex once and Aiden’s anger just totally vanish and it’s like he kinds of forgets that ever happened.
So you’re telling me that there are people in this world that not only don’t have to fake an orgasm, but they can have sex once and forget that they hated someone and were mad at them for the last 20 years? I want what these guys are having, please and thank you.
I just felt like this book had so many good idea and the perfect set up for a book and then it just ruined it by how everything was executed. I loved all of the ideas and the concept of this book, but sadly, nothing about it everything was done worked for me.
Also, I swear every books in this series are just a copy and paste of each other. There is clearly a formula, the couple gets flirts and is romantic and starts a romance in the first 45%, at 45% something happens and then they start dating, from 46% to 80% it’s just a parade of who’s who while every other character in this series show up every 2 seconds and the main characters of the book only have scenes where they are alone together to have sex, from 80% to 90%, the main characters and every other character in this series solves the crime plot in like a chapter, and then in the epilogue, the main characters are suddently married, even if they never mentioned marriage before and they are having 5 kids together.
And sure having a formula can be a good thing, but I feel like it really didn’t work in this book. Since this book was more of a slow burn, with Aiden who was super mad at Thomas for refusing their love for twenty years and Thomas did not want to open up and tell Aiden his big secret, so they quite literally only have time to have sex once before 45%, which means that the big build up to the romance in this book was the couple sharing about 3 kisses and having sex once. Nothing else. No romantic moments, no emotional connection, nothing. And Thomas and Aiden barely spend any time on page together after the first 45% so i’m assuming that i’m mean to assume that they are dating now, but I just did not feel it.
So in short, they never actually got together, had sex once and then never talked about how they were together or even mentioned dating, once. So, apparently having sex with someone one time means you’re ready to marry them and have their babies.
Thomas and Aiden spent about half of the book hanging out with their family or talking about them. And i’m sorry to say, but i’m so over everyone in this family. If I never heard about anyone in the Mulvaney family, their husbands and their horde of kids again, expecially Noah, I would so much happier in life. Everyone in this family just have way too cameos in every books and they always interupt any romantic development to talk about how good their husband dicks are, it gets old quite fast, expecially since this book barely had any romantic developt, so the couple of scenes really didn’t need to be cut in half because of cameos from other people that aren’t even involved in the romance.
Also, about 40% of this book was spent on a crime plot, that frankly, I just did not care for. So I have no thoughts about it, since I just kept wishing that it would end already, but sadly it just kept dragging and dragging for no reasons.
I just want to mention the epilogue of this book, which does an overview of every other couple in this series and just mentions how many kids that they all had, and thats it, nothing about their lives or anything, just how many kids they were able to produce. It seems that everyone in this series just became a breeding facility for Mulvaneys.
I swear these people think that they are the new Adam and Eve, with how many kids they are having as a family, they could probably repopulate half of the earth, just from their own kids. I have nothing against kids, but I just think that it’s a little overboard how everyone is just mentioned because they were able to have a lot of kids and not because of their own personal achievements in life. Kids are fine, but I have my limits as to how the progress is shown and this book went about 20 kids above that limit.
Also, the epilogue makes a point to shame Adam and Noah, from Unhinged, because they don’t have kids yet, like they ruined their lives by not having kids yet, when they are like 25 years old. Which I found very odd and frankly, I disliked a lot. I know that this entire series trives on making everyone parents to 10 kids each, but comon, one thing we are not gonna do is shaming people for not having kids when they just aren’t at that point in their lives.
Also, these people are all psychopaths who murder people for a living and they are all having their kids by using a surrogate, so they will be about 30 tiny psychopaths runing around their town soon enough. Which made no sense to me, because I just don’t understand why they would pass on their genes so much? Like, I could understand if maybe they adopted people, but these people spend an entire series saying how they are good and how hard it is to be a psychopath, only to pass on the psychopath genes to like 30 kids. It just does not work for me and I just can’t understand why they did that. If the crime rate mysteriously goes up by 200% in their city in the next 20 years, please don’t wonder why, we have our answer right here!
I think my thoughts on this book are pretty clear from my review, but if wasn’t clear enough, I just did not enjoy this book very much, which is quite a shame, but people who only have really bad sex and no romance just does not do it for me.
February 20, 2023
3.5 stars
everyone is ready for who i am after i read about aiden and thomas fucking it up (and down).
2023 is not my fucking year because i've been disappointed in every anticipating release this year.
i've loved this series so fucking much, and i had so much fucking hype around this book. but good god did it disappoint me.
(spoilers) :)
1. way TOO fast paced
- i know all of this authors books are fast paced with the emotional and physical connection, but i felt like with this "unrequited love" trope it way too fast paced.
- there was barley any build up or logic to the first physical incounter the couple had, it felt VERY emotinally detached
- aiden had been in love with thomas for 20 years, and there were explantions from his pov as to why he loved him. but with thomas it felt FORCED and so fucking detached. it was like thomas was forced to love aiden, just because aiden loved him. thomas would say "he (thomas) loved aiden more than anything in the world" WHY? WHERE? WHEN? FUCKING HOW? SHOW IT.
- the ending was so motherfucking rushed i wanted to rip my kindle apart. this truly did not feel like an onley james book.
2. their 'first' physical (smut) scene
- the timespane of their first time was so OFF
- they get together right after thomas has cried snoted and had a full breakdown sharing his past to aiden
- i hate whenever smut scnes happen right after a character had re-opened and shared their wounds, it feels so uneithical, forced and fucking unhinged. it gives me the ICK.
- i feel i would have been better instead if aiden had comforted thomas, that scene would been fucking cute. with that point, i feel like this book LACKED with the cute mushy scenes compared to the rest of the series.
3. the plot and the ending
- i had expected the plot to go another way, with the murders being done by thomas himself, and him just hiding his psychopathy very fucking well.
- the background of thomas truly was fucking sad. i wanted to cry for thomas, because he was a grown adult who had lived half of his live and thought that it was his fault. for a 15-year old child to bear this much trauma WITH the death of his family, fuck i was in tears.
- however, i was so disappointed in the plot and the lead up. i felt like it was so plain and simple for this story, with the blackmailer being the other victims child.
- the confirtation was BORING, there should have been MORE. more suspense, more plot twits, more drama, more jaws on the fucking floor
- i hated the whole skim over follwoing the death of the blackmailer, BOO. i wanted those scenes, i wnated more of the family being their unhinged selfs.
- overall the ending (before the epilouge) was so fucking boring.
i loved seeing the brothers coming together, and CALLIOPE AND LULA SO CUTE (i NEED a book for them).
the book was very well written, i love onley james writing style.
i TRULY wish i loved this book :(.
(i might add more to this review later on)
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NOBODY IS READY FOR WHO I WILL BECOME WHEN I FINALLY READ ABOUT THOMAS AND AIDEN FUCKING IT UP (and down).
i have been living off crumbs, FUCKING CRUMBS, for TOO long.
this has been moved to february 2023 😕 merde ma vie.
at least ill be able to read this book in peace after exams 😀
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january 2023 fucking HURRY up.
WE’VE GOT A FUCKING COVER.
everyone is ready for who i am after i read about aiden and thomas fucking it up (and down).
2023 is not my fucking year because i've been disappointed in every anticipating release this year.
i've loved this series so fucking much, and i had so much fucking hype around this book. but good god did it disappoint me.
(spoilers) :)
1. way TOO fast paced
- i know all of this authors books are fast paced with the emotional and physical connection, but i felt like with this "unrequited love" trope it way too fast paced.
- there was barley any build up or logic to the first physical incounter the couple had, it felt VERY emotinally detached
- aiden had been in love with thomas for 20 years, and there were explantions from his pov as to why he loved him. but with thomas it felt FORCED and so fucking detached. it was like thomas was forced to love aiden, just because aiden loved him. thomas would say "he (thomas) loved aiden more than anything in the world" WHY? WHERE? WHEN? FUCKING HOW? SHOW IT.
- the ending was so motherfucking rushed i wanted to rip my kindle apart. this truly did not feel like an onley james book.
2. their 'first' physical (smut) scene
- the timespane of their first time was so OFF
- they get together right after thomas has cried snoted and had a full breakdown sharing his past to aiden
- i hate whenever smut scnes happen right after a character had re-opened and shared their wounds, it feels so uneithical, forced and fucking unhinged. it gives me the ICK.
- i feel i would have been better instead if aiden had comforted thomas, that scene would been fucking cute. with that point, i feel like this book LACKED with the cute mushy scenes compared to the rest of the series.
3. the plot and the ending
- i had expected the plot to go another way, with the murders being done by thomas himself, and him just hiding his psychopathy very fucking well.
- the background of thomas truly was fucking sad. i wanted to cry for thomas, because he was a grown adult who had lived half of his live and thought that it was his fault. for a 15-year old child to bear this much trauma WITH the death of his family, fuck i was in tears.
- however, i was so disappointed in the plot and the lead up. i felt like it was so plain and simple for this story, with the blackmailer being the other victims child.
- the confirtation was BORING, there should have been MORE. more suspense, more plot twits, more drama, more jaws on the fucking floor
- i hated the whole skim over follwoing the death of the blackmailer, BOO. i wanted those scenes, i wnated more of the family being their unhinged selfs.
- overall the ending (before the epilouge) was so fucking boring.
i loved seeing the brothers coming together, and CALLIOPE AND LULA SO CUTE (i NEED a book for them).
the book was very well written, i love onley james writing style.
i TRULY wish i loved this book :(.
(i might add more to this review later on)
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NOBODY IS READY FOR WHO I WILL BECOME WHEN I FINALLY READ ABOUT THOMAS AND AIDEN FUCKING IT UP (and down).
i have been living off crumbs, FUCKING CRUMBS, for TOO long.
this has been moved to february 2023 😕 merde ma vie.
at least ill be able to read this book in peace after exams 😀
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january 2023 fucking HURRY up.
WE’VE GOT A FUCKING COVER.
June 25, 2024
|| 2.0 stars ||
I’m so terribly disappointed, I’m genuinely a little heartbroken about it. I was really looking forward to reading this, and I suppose I had built it up way too high in my head.
In hindsight, I should have known this would not be as good as I thought it would be, because there was simply no way this author could have pulled it off anyway. I know she only writes insta-love smut, so why was I expecting an angsty, tension-filled love story with a deep connection? Why on earth did I think that would happen? It’s stupid, really. But for some reason the hints and crumbs we got of Aiden and Thomas in the previous books led me to believe otherwise. Clearly, that hope was futile.
Right of the bat, I wasn’t very impressed with the dynamic between Aiden and Thomas. There wasn’t any depth to their relationship and it felt extremely ridiculous that these two had been ruining their own lives for two decades because they were supposedly ‘so in love with each other’ when they didn’t even manage to have a single meaningful conversation together in this entire book.
They didn’t have any tenderness between them as all they did was give hostile or pathetic looks to each other, ultimately ending in them making out in a haze of lust. It was such a simple romance and they didn’t have any true love, angst or tension between them. All they had was bitterness and resentment. Oh, and sex. Can’t forget the boring sex. It’s basically their entire relationship, so...
We also don’t get any backstory regarding their past; how did they fall in love? I have no clue! What happened during those years when Thomas had rejected Aiden time and time again? No clue! I know about as much about this couple now as I did before I read this book. It all felt so... empty.
I always thought these two would have so much longing and pining going on, and I had really built up their love for each other in my head. I thought Thomas would be so desperate for any scrap of affection that Aiden would give him after all the suffering he had bestowed upon him, but that wasn’t really the case. Not only did Thomas continue to play martyr, Aiden was all too ready to just stand there and be used over and over again. For some reason he had imprinted on Thomas and he would be pushed aside forever and ever, waiting forever and ever, if only Thomas had wished so. It was pathetic, and not swoon-worthy whatsoever.
Their terrible relationship brings me to my next point; these characters sucked so much. These men are 40 and 54 but they act like stubborn and pitiful teenagers. Aiden literally didn’t have any personality besides being angry and Thomas was honestly way too self-pitying. This was one giant ‘woe-is-me’ story, and I was over it pretty damn fast. The reason for Thomas pushing Aiden away was ridiculous, and Aiden’s acceptance of it was annoying.
Neither of these men charmed me in any capacity, and I just wanted both of them to get over themselves already. I mean, WHY ARE YOU GUYS EVEN IN LOVE ANYWAY?? So much heartache, suffering, misery and martyrdom, and FOR WHAT? For the most simplistic and superficial love story ever. Riiiight.
Lastly, I want to point out that the ending where all the women became baby-carriers for the men gave me the ick. Since when did this book turn into The Handmaid’s Tale???
All in all, with a premise that had so much potential, I can't describe this book as anything other than a complete and total waste. I'm still upset about it.
'Necessary Evils' series:
1. Unhinged - 2.5 stars
2. Psycho - dnf
5. Mad Man - 3.5 stars
7. Maniac - 2.0 stars
Novella:
3.5. Damaged - 2.5 stars
I’m so terribly disappointed, I’m genuinely a little heartbroken about it. I was really looking forward to reading this, and I suppose I had built it up way too high in my head.
In hindsight, I should have known this would not be as good as I thought it would be, because there was simply no way this author could have pulled it off anyway. I know she only writes insta-love smut, so why was I expecting an angsty, tension-filled love story with a deep connection? Why on earth did I think that would happen? It’s stupid, really. But for some reason the hints and crumbs we got of Aiden and Thomas in the previous books led me to believe otherwise. Clearly, that hope was futile.
Right of the bat, I wasn’t very impressed with the dynamic between Aiden and Thomas. There wasn’t any depth to their relationship and it felt extremely ridiculous that these two had been ruining their own lives for two decades because they were supposedly ‘so in love with each other’ when they didn’t even manage to have a single meaningful conversation together in this entire book.
They didn’t have any tenderness between them as all they did was give hostile or pathetic looks to each other, ultimately ending in them making out in a haze of lust. It was such a simple romance and they didn’t have any true love, angst or tension between them. All they had was bitterness and resentment. Oh, and sex. Can’t forget the boring sex. It’s basically their entire relationship, so...
We also don’t get any backstory regarding their past; how did they fall in love? I have no clue! What happened during those years when Thomas had rejected Aiden time and time again? No clue! I know about as much about this couple now as I did before I read this book. It all felt so... empty.
I always thought these two would have so much longing and pining going on, and I had really built up their love for each other in my head. I thought Thomas would be so desperate for any scrap of affection that Aiden would give him after all the suffering he had bestowed upon him, but that wasn’t really the case. Not only did Thomas continue to play martyr, Aiden was all too ready to just stand there and be used over and over again. For some reason he had imprinted on Thomas and he would be pushed aside forever and ever, waiting forever and ever, if only Thomas had wished so. It was pathetic, and not swoon-worthy whatsoever.
Their terrible relationship brings me to my next point; these characters sucked so much. These men are 40 and 54 but they act like stubborn and pitiful teenagers. Aiden literally didn’t have any personality besides being angry and Thomas was honestly way too self-pitying. This was one giant ‘woe-is-me’ story, and I was over it pretty damn fast. The reason for Thomas pushing Aiden away was ridiculous, and Aiden’s acceptance of it was annoying.
Neither of these men charmed me in any capacity, and I just wanted both of them to get over themselves already. I mean, WHY ARE YOU GUYS EVEN IN LOVE ANYWAY?? So much heartache, suffering, misery and martyrdom, and FOR WHAT? For the most simplistic and superficial love story ever. Riiiight.
Lastly, I want to point out that the ending where all the women became baby-carriers for the men gave me the ick. Since when did this book turn into The Handmaid’s Tale???
All in all, with a premise that had so much potential, I can't describe this book as anything other than a complete and total waste. I'm still upset about it.
'Necessary Evils' series:
1. Unhinged - 2.5 stars
2. Psycho - dnf
5. Mad Man - 3.5 stars
7. Maniac - 2.0 stars
Novella:
3.5. Damaged - 2.5 stars
February 20, 2023
dnf @ 70%. not surprised this sucked. i knew i would be disappointed, but i still tried lol. this had no depth and none of the tension or angst that was promised. too much boring and stale smut instead of some actual relationship development. no proper backstory. why tf were they so in love anyway? i didn't feel it at all.
thomas hates himself and aiden is angry, that about sums up the main characters. the reason why thomas had been pushing away aiden for like two decades? so weak. i swear i laughed when it all got revealed. no wonder i stopped reading this series after book 3.
thomas hates himself and aiden is angry, that about sums up the main characters. the reason why thomas had been pushing away aiden for like two decades? so weak. i swear i laughed when it all got revealed. no wonder i stopped reading this series after book 3.
February 25, 2023
MM Romance
Age Gap Borefest & Authors Behaving Badly
1.5 Stars ⭐️
I feel like the only person reading this series that gave zero fucks about Aiden and Thomas getting together. Maybe I liked the idea of it initially but after book 3 I really started to dislike Thomas and since we rarely saw Aiden, I just lost interest. So, I didn’t go into this book with any kind of expectations or anticipation because I just didn’t care. This is how I also felt about Archer’s book but I ended up really liking that one because Noah/Adam had huge roles in it and they are my favorite. So, it’s no surprise the best part of this book for me was once again Adam/Noah’s cameos but unfortunately even my favorite characters couldn’t make up for the borefest this was. If I had been one of the people heavily anticipating this book I’d be sorely disappointed and so I feel for anyone who was let down by this book. 🤗🤗
The only things I truly liked about this book besides Adam/Noah were some of the other character’s banter but other than that I found this book dreadfully boring. Besides the crime there is no plot or storytelling in this book. It felt like I was missing valuable information mainly how the fuck these two fell in love. It was mentioned over and over and over and over again in the most tedious, lackluster, boring inner monologues how much they loved one another, how hurt they were over the years but there was no backstory to how we got to present day. The book starts on adoption day but besides Thomas thinking 16 year old Aiden is “model pretty” there is no other backstory. There are references to some alleged hookup they had while drunk previously but I have no idea when that took place or what it entailed. All I got to hear about was the constant whining about needing each other and we all know by now that I love some fucking pining but this wasn’t it because I felt absolutely fucking nothing. This pining was annoying and I was so sick of hearing Thomas’ stupid reasons for not being with Aiden for years. It was so dumb! I knew not to expect a deep story after Mad Man sorely disappointed me by Avi/Felix fucking at 10% in, completely ruining any chance of that unresolved sexual tension I love so much in an enemies to lovers book but I wanted, needed some kind of build up for Aiden/Thomas when they finally crossed the line from adopted dad/son to lovers. Unfortunately, their first sex scene was so unbelievably boring that I couldn’t believe this was the same author who wrote the first 3 books in this series. Even if I haven’t loved every book in this series I could always say the smut was hot, until now.
I dont know what happened but it was obvious this author dropped the ball writing this book or maybe she was just ready to move on from the Mulvaneys because she has two spin offs coming out soon. Either way I won’t be sticking around to read them which is sad because Unhinged was my first book by this author when this series first came out and I LOVED it. It’s actually a comfort read for me which is crazy because of the horrific subject matter but I just absolutely adore Adam/Noah and their entire story. That book felt fresh and new but after book 3 in this series, they all went downhill for me. I think this series was a good idea in theory. 7 psychopathic brothers who each resemble one of the 7 deadly sins? Sign me up! 🙋🏻♀️ But unfortunately OJ’s formulaic writing style really hindered the potential this series had. For me anyways.
OJ is so predictable in her writing style that I figured out Thomas’s secret at the 15% mark. I asked my friend Florence if I was right and yes, yes I was. The plan was to DNF it once she told me I was right but I wanted to at least know who was blackmailing Thomas which wasn’t worth the skimming I had to do to get there because it was the most anti-climatic shit ever. Yawn 🥱 Where were the medieval torture devices Aiden had used in the past books? This was just a boring half assed kill. 🤦🏻♀️ I thought things were spicing up with Aiden/Thomas’s sex life when they were surrounded by all the mirrors in the closet but unfortunately that was lackluster as fuck too. Don’t even get me started on the epilogue and all the surrogates. Like all these psychos need offspring. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Cricket was right when she told Lola to run.
Lastly, I want to talk about this author’s behavior. I’ve known for awhile that OJ trashes her readers that give 3 stars or under in her many groups online and while I don’t condone that behavior I’ve been able to overlook it because from what I’ve been told the names of those reviewers were never given out, just bits and pieces of their reviews. Recently however this author posted an Amazon review into her groups and while she said it was a fake account, her super fans went after that person. Another author actually called OJ out on her post because of it but it was deleted. One of her fans found the owner of the Amazon account on Reddit and when it was found that person actually subscribes and pays for OJ’s Patreon account, they were kicked off and her legion of superfans came after this person and told them some pretty fucked up things like “to kill herself”. I’ve seen all the screenshots and it’s just so crazy to me that an author would be so unprofessional and childish and by doing that she put a reader’s life in danger over a bad review. A bad fucking review? That’s not a reason to try and destroy someone’s life and because people are crazy especially superfans, she had to know posting that review wouldn’t go over well. Now that she’s been called out by another author she has this post up explaining her actions but I’m disgusted. If you’re going to put your work out into the wild you have to expect to see bad reviews especially if you’ve lazily wrote the last few books in a series people loved but to publicly call out your readers turns me right off. I have a few books on this author’s backlist I still want to read but I’d rather go support an author who isn’t an asshole. It’s also super disappointing that one of my favorite books, Unhinged, is now attached to someone I don’t want to support. I started this series mesmerized by this author and I’m finishing it absolutely disgusted. 🤮
Also I find it absolutely hilarious that people either love this book or absolutely hate it. None of my friends have rated this 3 stars, it’s either 4/5 or 1/2 stars 🤣
Age Gap Borefest & Authors Behaving Badly
1.5 Stars ⭐️
I feel like the only person reading this series that gave zero fucks about Aiden and Thomas getting together. Maybe I liked the idea of it initially but after book 3 I really started to dislike Thomas and since we rarely saw Aiden, I just lost interest. So, I didn’t go into this book with any kind of expectations or anticipation because I just didn’t care. This is how I also felt about Archer’s book but I ended up really liking that one because Noah/Adam had huge roles in it and they are my favorite. So, it’s no surprise the best part of this book for me was once again Adam/Noah’s cameos but unfortunately even my favorite characters couldn’t make up for the borefest this was. If I had been one of the people heavily anticipating this book I’d be sorely disappointed and so I feel for anyone who was let down by this book. 🤗🤗
The only things I truly liked about this book besides Adam/Noah were some of the other character’s banter but other than that I found this book dreadfully boring. Besides the crime there is no plot or storytelling in this book. It felt like I was missing valuable information mainly how the fuck these two fell in love. It was mentioned over and over and over and over again in the most tedious, lackluster, boring inner monologues how much they loved one another, how hurt they were over the years but there was no backstory to how we got to present day. The book starts on adoption day but besides Thomas thinking 16 year old Aiden is “model pretty” there is no other backstory. There are references to some alleged hookup they had while drunk previously but I have no idea when that took place or what it entailed. All I got to hear about was the constant whining about needing each other and we all know by now that I love some fucking pining but this wasn’t it because I felt absolutely fucking nothing. This pining was annoying and I was so sick of hearing Thomas’ stupid reasons for not being with Aiden for years. It was so dumb! I knew not to expect a deep story after Mad Man sorely disappointed me by Avi/Felix fucking at 10% in, completely ruining any chance of that unresolved sexual tension I love so much in an enemies to lovers book but I wanted, needed some kind of build up for Aiden/Thomas when they finally crossed the line from adopted dad/son to lovers. Unfortunately, their first sex scene was so unbelievably boring that I couldn’t believe this was the same author who wrote the first 3 books in this series. Even if I haven’t loved every book in this series I could always say the smut was hot, until now.
I dont know what happened but it was obvious this author dropped the ball writing this book or maybe she was just ready to move on from the Mulvaneys because she has two spin offs coming out soon. Either way I won’t be sticking around to read them which is sad because Unhinged was my first book by this author when this series first came out and I LOVED it. It’s actually a comfort read for me which is crazy because of the horrific subject matter but I just absolutely adore Adam/Noah and their entire story. That book felt fresh and new but after book 3 in this series, they all went downhill for me. I think this series was a good idea in theory. 7 psychopathic brothers who each resemble one of the 7 deadly sins? Sign me up! 🙋🏻♀️ But unfortunately OJ’s formulaic writing style really hindered the potential this series had. For me anyways.
OJ is so predictable in her writing style that I figured out Thomas’s secret at the 15% mark. I asked my friend Florence if I was right and yes, yes I was. The plan was to DNF it once she told me I was right but I wanted to at least know who was blackmailing Thomas which wasn’t worth the skimming I had to do to get there because it was the most anti-climatic shit ever. Yawn 🥱 Where were the medieval torture devices Aiden had used in the past books? This was just a boring half assed kill. 🤦🏻♀️ I thought things were spicing up with Aiden/Thomas’s sex life when they were surrounded by all the mirrors in the closet but unfortunately that was lackluster as fuck too. Don’t even get me started on the epilogue and all the surrogates. Like all these psychos need offspring. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Cricket was right when she told Lola to run.
Lastly, I want to talk about this author’s behavior. I’ve known for awhile that OJ trashes her readers that give 3 stars or under in her many groups online and while I don’t condone that behavior I’ve been able to overlook it because from what I’ve been told the names of those reviewers were never given out, just bits and pieces of their reviews. Recently however this author posted an Amazon review into her groups and while she said it was a fake account, her super fans went after that person. Another author actually called OJ out on her post because of it but it was deleted. One of her fans found the owner of the Amazon account on Reddit and when it was found that person actually subscribes and pays for OJ’s Patreon account, they were kicked off and her legion of superfans came after this person and told them some pretty fucked up things like “to kill herself”. I’ve seen all the screenshots and it’s just so crazy to me that an author would be so unprofessional and childish and by doing that she put a reader’s life in danger over a bad review. A bad fucking review? That’s not a reason to try and destroy someone’s life and because people are crazy especially superfans, she had to know posting that review wouldn’t go over well. Now that she’s been called out by another author she has this post up explaining her actions but I’m disgusted. If you’re going to put your work out into the wild you have to expect to see bad reviews especially if you’ve lazily wrote the last few books in a series people loved but to publicly call out your readers turns me right off. I have a few books on this author’s backlist I still want to read but I’d rather go support an author who isn’t an asshole. It’s also super disappointing that one of my favorite books, Unhinged, is now attached to someone I don’t want to support. I started this series mesmerized by this author and I’m finishing it absolutely disgusted. 🤮
Also I find it absolutely hilarious that people either love this book or absolutely hate it. None of my friends have rated this 3 stars, it’s either 4/5 or 1/2 stars 🤣
April 11, 2023
can i experience disappointment if i knew that i was going to feel disappointed?
i just wanted aiden to call thomas daddy. it’s not much.
spoilery things ahead
in this book you’ll find: zero depth of the relationship (both past and current), countless meaningless sex, thomas is a piece of shit and we slaughtered another mental disorder: dark empathy. that was really fun because one big part of dark empathy is that they are big extroverts and aiden is a literal hermit. he shows no sign. the author tells us that he does but doesn’t show. i don’t know why i even bother at this point.
i also would like to add that thomas (30) was checking aiden (16) out when they first met. dude, how about you don’t?
the book is generally slow and if it wasn’t for some suspense it would’ve been so boring.
but the suspense thing lasted for about 60%, then it’s obvious who’s behind it and yeah, boring. how a whole room of geniuses doesn’t understand the “if it’s not that one, it’s the other” is beyond me.
there is not one, but two spin off series coming, and please if you see me adding just one book, stop me. curiosity keeps killing this cat, i literally need help😂. thank you.
2 stars because i’m not mad that i wasted my free time reading this.
i just wanted aiden to call thomas daddy. it’s not much.
spoilery things ahead
in this book you’ll find: zero depth of the relationship (both past and current), countless meaningless sex, thomas is a piece of shit and we slaughtered another mental disorder: dark empathy. that was really fun because one big part of dark empathy is that they are big extroverts and aiden is a literal hermit. he shows no sign. the author tells us that he does but doesn’t show. i don’t know why i even bother at this point.
i also would like to add that thomas (30) was checking aiden (16) out when they first met. dude, how about you don’t?
the book is generally slow and if it wasn’t for some suspense it would’ve been so boring.
but the suspense thing lasted for about 60%, then it’s obvious who’s behind it and yeah, boring. how a whole room of geniuses doesn’t understand the “if it’s not that one, it’s the other” is beyond me.
there is not one, but two spin off series coming, and please if you see me adding just one book, stop me. curiosity keeps killing this cat, i literally need help😂. thank you.
2 stars because i’m not mad that i wasted my free time reading this.
March 31, 2023
Potential wasted.
Underwhelming, boring, with no relationship development (unless you count 20 years of push/pull and manufactured angst).
Thomas and Aiden had no real chemistry. After decades of UST, you'd think the passion would be through the roof, but the sex was tepid at best.
Aiden forgave Thomas immediately, which made him seem like a doormat. We go from Aidem hating and ignoring Thomas to calling him "Tommy" and fawning all over him in the blink of an eye.
The other Mulvaneys were in every scene, to the point this read like The Mulvaney Family Reunion Special.
Everyone is reproducing with no thought to the family business. Nothing goes together like babies & murder, amiright?
My favorite thing about this book: Calliope and Lola. I love me some badass women.
Underwhelming, boring, with no relationship development (unless you count 20 years of push/pull and manufactured angst).
Thomas and Aiden had no real chemistry. After decades of UST, you'd think the passion would be through the roof, but the sex was tepid at best.
Aiden forgave Thomas immediately, which made him seem like a doormat. We go from Aidem hating and ignoring Thomas to calling him "Tommy" and fawning all over him in the blink of an eye.
The other Mulvaneys were in every scene, to the point this read like The Mulvaney Family Reunion Special.
Everyone is reproducing with no thought to the family business. Nothing goes together like babies & murder, amiright?
My favorite thing about this book: Calliope and Lola. I love me some badass women.
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May 17, 2023***no rating***
because I don’t know how to even attempt a rating
There it is. The book we all’ve been waiting for since book one.
After watching Thomas being a short-tempered, day-drinking lunatic (quote Adam) for quite some time and hearing him tell Aiden his heartbreaking story and what he’s been through, it was really good seeing Thomas Mulvaney back again like we knew him in the beginning. Only way softer than before.
I loved seeing them getting their HEA but that was truly only on of the very few things I really liked about the book.
I saw a few readers already saying it would’ve been nice if we’d gotten more background on their history with each other —and I agree with that. It would’ve been, especially with the early years. Their romance might’ve been even more satisfying in the end. But even tho I think we saw a good portion of their pain in the previous books, I think that is just not Onley’s writing style.
As always I loved the banter between all the characters, the prologue was again so good (maybe it’s even my most favorite thing in all the books) and I also love the term the feeling fraction. *lol
I’m looking forward to seeing the Mulvaneys again in Onleys newsletter as well as in her new series "Jericho’s Boys".
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Necessary Evil Series:
Book #1 - Unhinged - 4.5 stars ♡
Book #2 - Psycho - 4.5 stars
Book #3 - Moonstruck - 4.5 stars
Book #3.5 - Damaged - 4.5 stars
Book #4 - Headcase - 4 stars
Book #5 - Mad Man - 4.5 stars
Book #6 - Lunatic - 3.5 stars
Book #7 - Maniac - no rating
because I don’t know how to even attempt a rating
“Why can’t I stay away from you?”
There it is. The book we all’ve been waiting for since book one.
He’d thought if he denied himself the one thing he wanted more than anything, maybe the universe would just let him have the rest. He could [...] focus on the work, could focus on his family as long as he didn’t have the one thing—the one person—he wanted above all other things.
Aiden.
After watching Thomas being a short-tempered, day-drinking lunatic (quote Adam) for quite some time and hearing him tell Aiden his heartbreaking story and what he’s been through, it was really good seeing Thomas Mulvaney back again like we knew him in the beginning. Only way softer than before.
“I don’t mind hurting for you. I’ve been doing it for years. It’s who we are. It’s who we’ve always been. […]”
I loved seeing them getting their HEA but that was truly only on of the very few things I really liked about the book.
I saw a few readers already saying it would’ve been nice if we’d gotten more background on their history with each other —and I agree with that. It would’ve been, especially with the early years. Their romance might’ve been even more satisfying in the end. But even tho I think we saw a good portion of their pain in the previous books, I think that is just not Onley’s writing style.
As always I loved the banter between all the characters, the prologue was again so good (maybe it’s even my most favorite thing in all the books) and I also love the term the feeling fraction. *lol
I’m looking forward to seeing the Mulvaneys again in Onleys newsletter as well as in her new series "Jericho’s Boys".
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Necessary Evil Series:
Book #1 - Unhinged - 4.5 stars ♡
Book #2 - Psycho - 4.5 stars
Book #3 - Moonstruck - 4.5 stars
Book #3.5 - Damaged - 4.5 stars
Book #4 - Headcase - 4 stars
Book #5 - Mad Man - 4.5 stars
Book #6 - Lunatic - 3.5 stars
Book #7 - Maniac - no rating
February 16, 2023
*** I reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.***
Maniac is the final entry in the Necessary Evils series and is by far my favorite of this series. The intense connection between Aiden and Thomas is the most passionate and vulnerable. I loved getting to see their story, understand their relationship, and watch as they navigate their complex situation.
I have been anxiously anticipating Thomas and Aiden's story since the tiniest hints were provided earlier in the series. Their story is everything and more. Both Thomas and Aiden have disturbing origin stories, and I was fascinated by their development.
Thomas and Aiden have one complicated relationship. Both are starved for any real human connection, which they find in the one person who they cannot have. This is the fundamental hurdle in their relationship, so watching them try to avoid and eventually accept their relationship was very entertaining due to how stubborn they are.
Overall I loved how this story reached its conclusion. There are so many sweet and tender moments with all of the characters that allowed everyone to have their own specific HEA. I am excited to see where these characters go from here in the next iteration, which will be very exciting.
Maniac is the final entry in the Necessary Evils series and is by far my favorite of this series. The intense connection between Aiden and Thomas is the most passionate and vulnerable. I loved getting to see their story, understand their relationship, and watch as they navigate their complex situation.
I have been anxiously anticipating Thomas and Aiden's story since the tiniest hints were provided earlier in the series. Their story is everything and more. Both Thomas and Aiden have disturbing origin stories, and I was fascinated by their development.
Thomas and Aiden have one complicated relationship. Both are starved for any real human connection, which they find in the one person who they cannot have. This is the fundamental hurdle in their relationship, so watching them try to avoid and eventually accept their relationship was very entertaining due to how stubborn they are.
Overall I loved how this story reached its conclusion. There are so many sweet and tender moments with all of the characters that allowed everyone to have their own specific HEA. I am excited to see where these characters go from here in the next iteration, which will be very exciting.
February 16, 2023
DNF ~18%
Couldn't even make it a quarter through this book. It feels rushed and sloppy, Aiden is incredibly unpleasant and frankly his anger towards Thomas seems WAY outsized for what has happened, and Thomas has turned into a pathetic damp dishtowel of a person. Not at all the book or dynamic I've been fucking hoping for since book 1. This series had such potential, but Onley did not deliver. I'm not bothering with her books anymore; they're not worth the disappointment when they can't even meet the incredibly low bar I set for them.
Couldn't even make it a quarter through this book. It feels rushed and sloppy, Aiden is incredibly unpleasant and frankly his anger towards Thomas seems WAY outsized for what has happened, and Thomas has turned into a pathetic damp dishtowel of a person. Not at all the book or dynamic I've been fucking hoping for since book 1. This series had such potential, but Onley did not deliver. I'm not bothering with her books anymore; they're not worth the disappointment when they can't even meet the incredibly low bar I set for them.
February 18, 2023
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February 16, 2023
2.5 stars (at best). I could weep.
I wasn’t even an Aiden/Thomas stan and I still think they deserved a lot better.
The first half of the book sucked. It was dull, poorly plotted, and wasteful. At least a hundred pages of endless self-pitying internal monologues: “I should really tell Aiden everything but I can’t! But I should! But I can’t! But I need to! But my sons! But they need to know!”
It was nothing. Vapor. Pointless.
AND in the end, after about a million chapters of “what’s the big secret” - the secret fucking sucked.
It seemed like such a wasteful way to spend half the book especially when Aiden and Thomas have been teased for 6 books! When all those chapters could have been building chemistry and exploring 20 years of sexual tension! Instead, the moment they “finally give in” was anti-climatic and awkward because we kinda knew it happened before but not explicitly? Their entire relationship, aside from their first meeting when Aiden was 16, was all tell and no show.
The second half of the book was more fun but I couldn’t have cared less about the romance at that point. Truly. The Mulvaneys are a fun bunch but that’s pretty much all that was good about the story. I get that the kind of momentum the first books had is probably impossible to keep up but this really lost the magic.
I know authors need to make a living but I want to beg them to stop putting their WIPs on pateron. I’m sure not all authors have the same process when they post chapter by chapter for their subscribers but the last 4 books I’ve read by authors who have done this have really needed a content editor or just someone to look at the complete project and go back and edit out superfluous stuff packed at the beginning of the story that took up important plot real estate. Also if SUPERfans are praising every chapter as you go (because that’s what pateron subscribers are) there’s probably not enough room for proper reflection and critical story crafting. Idk it’s just something I’ve noticed recently and I needed to get it off my chest.
This was probably my most anticipated read of the year - I love closure - and I am bummed.
Small spoilers:
There were some story threads that were weird
- The father/son dynamic wasn’t explored at all, which is honestly fine, BUT WHY EVEN MAKE IT A THING TO BEGIN WITH if you don’t bother addressing it.
- Kendrick being Aiden’s dad could have been a huge point of tension but was written off so fast. Kendrick was neglectful and willing to completely abandon his kid and was bad enough that Aiden wouldn’t acknowledge him as his father BUT was also benign enough for the Mulvaneys to work with? Why would Thomas, who would move heaven and earth for this boy, be ok working with his abuser? I don’t know it didn’t make enough sense to be written off so easily.
- All the women being incubators was… a… unique choice. Weird ass ending for Calliope if I’m honest.
I wasn’t even an Aiden/Thomas stan and I still think they deserved a lot better.
The first half of the book sucked. It was dull, poorly plotted, and wasteful. At least a hundred pages of endless self-pitying internal monologues: “I should really tell Aiden everything but I can’t! But I should! But I can’t! But I need to! But my sons! But they need to know!”
It was nothing. Vapor. Pointless.
AND in the end, after about a million chapters of “what’s the big secret” - the secret fucking sucked.
It seemed like such a wasteful way to spend half the book especially when Aiden and Thomas have been teased for 6 books! When all those chapters could have been building chemistry and exploring 20 years of sexual tension! Instead, the moment they “finally give in” was anti-climatic and awkward because we kinda knew it happened before but not explicitly? Their entire relationship, aside from their first meeting when Aiden was 16, was all tell and no show.
The second half of the book was more fun but I couldn’t have cared less about the romance at that point. Truly. The Mulvaneys are a fun bunch but that’s pretty much all that was good about the story. I get that the kind of momentum the first books had is probably impossible to keep up but this really lost the magic.
I know authors need to make a living but I want to beg them to stop putting their WIPs on pateron. I’m sure not all authors have the same process when they post chapter by chapter for their subscribers but the last 4 books I’ve read by authors who have done this have really needed a content editor or just someone to look at the complete project and go back and edit out superfluous stuff packed at the beginning of the story that took up important plot real estate. Also if SUPERfans are praising every chapter as you go (because that’s what pateron subscribers are) there’s probably not enough room for proper reflection and critical story crafting. Idk it’s just something I’ve noticed recently and I needed to get it off my chest.
This was probably my most anticipated read of the year - I love closure - and I am bummed.
Small spoilers:
There were some story threads that were weird
- The father/son dynamic wasn’t explored at all, which is honestly fine, BUT WHY EVEN MAKE IT A THING TO BEGIN WITH if you don’t bother addressing it.
- Kendrick being Aiden’s dad could have been a huge point of tension but was written off so fast. Kendrick was neglectful and willing to completely abandon his kid and was bad enough that Aiden wouldn’t acknowledge him as his father BUT was also benign enough for the Mulvaneys to work with? Why would Thomas, who would move heaven and earth for this boy, be ok working with his abuser? I don’t know it didn’t make enough sense to be written off so easily.
- All the women being incubators was… a… unique choice. Weird ass ending for Calliope if I’m honest.
February 21, 2023
fully obsessed with the first six books only for a finale that included two hp references in the year of our lord 2023 i've been bamboozled. hoodwinked. scammed.
also no one called anyone "daddy" i'm going home.
edit: the more i think about this the more mad i get actually
also no one called anyone "daddy" i'm going home.
edit: the more i think about this the more mad i get actually
February 17, 2023
I feel like I can finally breathe. I’ve been waiting for Thomas and Aiden for so long, too long and honestly, I think it was worth the wait.
Drunken Thomas loved Aiden more than his pride, more than his suffering.
I’m pretty sure if I re read the book, I could come up with some better constructive critisism but I flew through the book just wanting more of aiden and thomas so I didn’t stop to take notes. I think my biggest issue with Maniac was that the time spent for them to actually just bond and comfort each other, basically have more domestic moments without it leading to sex were minimal. I think their whole relationship started with just sex, and that’s not saying they didn’t have their moments, but it seemed like all the important and revealing scenes had sex as a coping mechanism.
There was not much angst or tension like I would’ve wanted. They’re relationship started very early on ( physical relationship ) but there was still a good amount of mutal pining and suffereing that was just chefs kiss. They had a good amount of fights and arguments that felt extremely raw and heart breaking and ngl, thomas was not at all what I expected here. He seemed to be a complete 180 from the man in the previous books. And that’s a good thing.
“Why couldn’t you have been willing to bear the weight of a little bit more scrutiny? For me? …
You’ve taken it all just fine. Even Avi’s and Felix’s hotel bloodbath scandal. Why were they more imporant than me”
Since this is the last book in the series, we got a little too much page time with the other siblings. I love them but I came here for aiden and thomas and I don’t want to sacrifice my time with them for sibling banter. Still, im so happy this series ended well.
Drunken Thomas loved Aiden more than his pride, more than his suffering.
I’m pretty sure if I re read the book, I could come up with some better constructive critisism but I flew through the book just wanting more of aiden and thomas so I didn’t stop to take notes. I think my biggest issue with Maniac was that the time spent for them to actually just bond and comfort each other, basically have more domestic moments without it leading to sex were minimal. I think their whole relationship started with just sex, and that’s not saying they didn’t have their moments, but it seemed like all the important and revealing scenes had sex as a coping mechanism.
There was not much angst or tension like I would’ve wanted. They’re relationship started very early on ( physical relationship ) but there was still a good amount of mutal pining and suffereing that was just chefs kiss. They had a good amount of fights and arguments that felt extremely raw and heart breaking and ngl, thomas was not at all what I expected here. He seemed to be a complete 180 from the man in the previous books. And that’s a good thing.
“Why couldn’t you have been willing to bear the weight of a little bit more scrutiny? For me? …
You’ve taken it all just fine. Even Avi’s and Felix’s hotel bloodbath scandal. Why were they more imporant than me”
Since this is the last book in the series, we got a little too much page time with the other siblings. I love them but I came here for aiden and thomas and I don’t want to sacrifice my time with them for sibling banter. Still, im so happy this series ended well.
November 3, 2023
ETA: I just listened to the audiobook of this and I really loved it. I kinda forgot how much I loved these boys and the whole fucked up family. Thomas and Aiden are just everything.
What really shined for me in the audio were the chapters were they first get home and there are just like 25 people in the war room together lol. The poor narrator with all those voices and dialogue!! But he nailed it perfectly.
August and Lucas still might be my favorite couple, Noah is my ultimate precious baby that must be protected and wrapped in blanket burritos, but THAIDEN. Damn. Power couple.
THAIDEN
yalllllll I’m reading this on Patreon and it’s everything my Thaiden loving heart could ever want.
What really shined for me in the audio were the chapters were they first get home and there are just like 25 people in the war room together lol. The poor narrator with all those voices and dialogue!! But he nailed it perfectly.
August and Lucas still might be my favorite couple, Noah is my ultimate precious baby that must be protected and wrapped in blanket burritos, but THAIDEN. Damn. Power couple.
THAIDEN
yalllllll I’m reading this on Patreon and it’s everything my Thaiden loving heart could ever want.
May 2, 2023
El pasado de Thomas regresa para hacerlo enfrentar su vida y su futuro, y solo hay una persona que sabe que puede ayudarlo a encontrar quien esta detras de todo esto, pero pedir ayuda a Aiden puede ser lo mas dificil que ha hecho en muchisimo tiempo. Pero cuando Aiden aceptar ayudarlo y solo pide que le cuente toda la verdad, Thomas sabe que ese sera el fin de su relacion con el, e incluso de su relacion con sus hijos y sus familias. Pero Aiden no se da por vencido y cuando por fin se entera de todo lo que Thomas estaba escondiendo, lo menos que quiere es dejarlo y sabe que sus "hermanos" tampoco lo haran. Ahora entre los dos mas toda la familia extendida, deberan encontrar y enfrentar los demonios que han regresado del pasado de Thomas y ayudarlo a entender que su futuro esta con ellos y lo demas no importa.
Este es el libro final y quizas uno de los mas esperados de la serie. Por fin conocemos el pasado de Thomas y sus razones para adoptar a los psicopatas y porque Aiden se unio a la familia. Tambien vemos una reunion familiar con todos los integrantes de la familia, incluyendo a los del grupo de Jericho, a la madre de los hijos de August e incluso a Calliope con su hijo y su pareja. Asi que mas que una historia de amor, como los otros libros, es realmente una historia de amor y apoyo de la familia hacia el hombre que les dio todo, lo que resulta en un libro bastante emotivo, en algunos momentos.
Lo unico que no me gusto del libro, (a mi, especificamente) fue que pusieran a Thomas como el que tuvo la infancia dificil y que no supo manejar al primer psicopata con el que se enfrento, esperaba que fuera Aiden el que estuviera en "problemas", pero me imagino que el autor lo que quiso hacer fue una reunion familiar donde se demuestre que el "padre" no es necesariamente perfecto, ni lo sabe todo.
En fin, fue una serie que me gusto bastante, quizas lea algunos de los spin-off que estoy segura que saldran de esta, solo para volver a saber un poco mas de estos personajes.
Este es el libro final y quizas uno de los mas esperados de la serie. Por fin conocemos el pasado de Thomas y sus razones para adoptar a los psicopatas y porque Aiden se unio a la familia. Tambien vemos una reunion familiar con todos los integrantes de la familia, incluyendo a los del grupo de Jericho, a la madre de los hijos de August e incluso a Calliope con su hijo y su pareja. Asi que mas que una historia de amor, como los otros libros, es realmente una historia de amor y apoyo de la familia hacia el hombre que les dio todo, lo que resulta en un libro bastante emotivo, en algunos momentos.
Lo unico que no me gusto del libro, (a mi, especificamente) fue que pusieran a Thomas como el que tuvo la infancia dificil y que no supo manejar al primer psicopata con el que se enfrento, esperaba que fuera Aiden el que estuviera en "problemas", pero me imagino que el autor lo que quiso hacer fue una reunion familiar donde se demuestre que el "padre" no es necesariamente perfecto, ni lo sabe todo.
En fin, fue una serie que me gusto bastante, quizas lea algunos de los spin-off que estoy segura que saldran de esta, solo para volver a saber un poco mas de estos personajes.
February 17, 2023
i think i had a better reading experience than some other people because i saw the reviews of everyone being disappointed before even starting to read which helped curb my expectations… but my god what a nothing burger of a love story considering they quite literally have 24 years of history between them.
i don’t think i can give this one star because i read it quickly and i did enjoy parts of it but i also can’t give it 3 stars because i truly feel nothing now that it’s over. what a disappointment. six books of build up, all for this?? (spoilers ahead)
also if them being technically a father son dynamic for the first part of their relationship is never explored why bother including it at all? aiden could’ve just as well been taken in by thomas without him adopting him in the first place. he still could’ve seen his brothers as his brothers but i don’t see why you would make him an adoptive son in the first place if u never want to explore that. if you don’t actually wanna write taboo then don’t but this half way in between anything meaningful thing was more annoying than anything.
now for another thing that bothered me. the treatment of women in this story. first of all i did like lola and calliope becoming a thing would like to read about it more actually. now what i didn’t like, absolutely despised actually, was the fact that every woman in this book for some reason had to somehow be involved in the birthing of the men’s children. why? genuinely why is every woman that was in this story being used as, what another reviewer rightfully pointed out as being an incubator? like why is calliope who as stated in the text doesn’t wanna feel like a mom to any more children so content to be their surrogate? she’s still gonna be pregnant, potentially go through a traumatic pregnancy and/or birth and after the birth her body is still gonna flood her system with oxytocin as if the baby were hers. sadly the human body doesn’t differentiate between a pregnancy and a surrogate pregnancy. so why in the world would she just agree to this when she doesn’t wanna feel any motherly attachment to any other child? surrogates often need therapy to get closure and move on with their lives. not to mention the fact that she will quite literally presumably be in this child’s life all the time which won’t make it any easier to not have any attachment.
yes this annoyed me to no end but the fact that ALL the women gave up some part of their bodies for these men to have children when they are all adopted and should see adopting as a viable option??? sickening! because yeah even donating your eggs can have some serious side effects
(also yes there are also some issues with adoption in the real world but since we’re talking about a world where a rich man managed to adopt psychopathic children in a super dodgy way to do super dodgy things and that is supposed to be seen as a positive i think we can just ignore that since this isn’t going for realism anyway)
i don’t think i can give this one star because i read it quickly and i did enjoy parts of it but i also can’t give it 3 stars because i truly feel nothing now that it’s over. what a disappointment. six books of build up, all for this?? (spoilers ahead)
also if them being technically a father son dynamic for the first part of their relationship is never explored why bother including it at all? aiden could’ve just as well been taken in by thomas without him adopting him in the first place. he still could’ve seen his brothers as his brothers but i don’t see why you would make him an adoptive son in the first place if u never want to explore that. if you don’t actually wanna write taboo then don’t but this half way in between anything meaningful thing was more annoying than anything.
now for another thing that bothered me. the treatment of women in this story. first of all i did like lola and calliope becoming a thing would like to read about it more actually. now what i didn’t like, absolutely despised actually, was the fact that every woman in this book for some reason had to somehow be involved in the birthing of the men’s children. why? genuinely why is every woman that was in this story being used as, what another reviewer rightfully pointed out as being an incubator? like why is calliope who as stated in the text doesn’t wanna feel like a mom to any more children so content to be their surrogate? she’s still gonna be pregnant, potentially go through a traumatic pregnancy and/or birth and after the birth her body is still gonna flood her system with oxytocin as if the baby were hers. sadly the human body doesn’t differentiate between a pregnancy and a surrogate pregnancy. so why in the world would she just agree to this when she doesn’t wanna feel any motherly attachment to any other child? surrogates often need therapy to get closure and move on with their lives. not to mention the fact that she will quite literally presumably be in this child’s life all the time which won’t make it any easier to not have any attachment.
yes this annoyed me to no end but the fact that ALL the women gave up some part of their bodies for these men to have children when they are all adopted and should see adopting as a viable option??? sickening! because yeah even donating your eggs can have some serious side effects
(also yes there are also some issues with adoption in the real world but since we’re talking about a world where a rich man managed to adopt psychopathic children in a super dodgy way to do super dodgy things and that is supposed to be seen as a positive i think we can just ignore that since this isn’t going for realism anyway)
February 28, 2023
I don’t know what to say honestly. I’m at a loss. I loved this book. This whole series. I have all the words in my head and my heart to wax poetically for days, but not a single one is coming out. I’ll try my best because Aiden and Thomas’s story deserves it.
Half of me has been dying to read this and half of me has been dreading it. I just didn’t want this series to be over. But, the dying to read side won because I’ve been wanting to read about Aiden and Thomas since day 1. And they didn’t disappoint.
I don’t know who I feel the most sorry for. Both Thomas and Aiden have been put through the wringer in their lives. Thomas’s pain stems from a terrible childhood, but most of Aiden’s pain is because of Thomas. He couldn’t give Aiden what he wanted, but he couldn’t let him go either. And Aiden couldn’t make himself leave. My sweet, sweet Aiden. He just wanted to love Thomas and be loved by him, but he never could get what he wanted. Their story hurt me almost as much as it made me happy.
The awful events that happened in this story is almost a blessing because it finally got the ball rolling between Aiden and Thomas thank god. They needed their happily ever after desperately, and I am so glad I got to see it. I was afraid something crazy would happen at the end and possibly prevent it since it is this author’s trademark to make wack shit happen, and something crazy did happen, but the HEA was still attained.
It was gorgeous when Thomas finally stopped fighting himself. Finally gave in to what he wants. And sooooooo hot. Aiden is so dirty. Just what we like.
The epilogue is exactly what I like to see in an epilogue. She gave you years of updates about the whole family, and it was fantastic. I was even shocked about some of the updates. Extremely happy, though.
This was such a bittersweet review to write. I’m upset to say goodbye to this family. I know that we will still see the characters in the author’s upcoming books (and what fabulous books they will be!), but I’m sad that this is the end of this particular series. This series is what got me into this author, and now she’s my one click girl. I’m very attached to this series. Good think I can always re-read.
Half of me has been dying to read this and half of me has been dreading it. I just didn’t want this series to be over. But, the dying to read side won because I’ve been wanting to read about Aiden and Thomas since day 1. And they didn’t disappoint.
I don’t know who I feel the most sorry for. Both Thomas and Aiden have been put through the wringer in their lives. Thomas’s pain stems from a terrible childhood, but most of Aiden’s pain is because of Thomas. He couldn’t give Aiden what he wanted, but he couldn’t let him go either. And Aiden couldn’t make himself leave. My sweet, sweet Aiden. He just wanted to love Thomas and be loved by him, but he never could get what he wanted. Their story hurt me almost as much as it made me happy.
The awful events that happened in this story is almost a blessing because it finally got the ball rolling between Aiden and Thomas thank god. They needed their happily ever after desperately, and I am so glad I got to see it. I was afraid something crazy would happen at the end and possibly prevent it since it is this author’s trademark to make wack shit happen, and something crazy did happen, but the HEA was still attained.
It was gorgeous when Thomas finally stopped fighting himself. Finally gave in to what he wants. And sooooooo hot. Aiden is so dirty. Just what we like.
The epilogue is exactly what I like to see in an epilogue. She gave you years of updates about the whole family, and it was fantastic. I was even shocked about some of the updates. Extremely happy, though.
This was such a bittersweet review to write. I’m upset to say goodbye to this family. I know that we will still see the characters in the author’s upcoming books (and what fabulous books they will be!), but I’m sad that this is the end of this particular series. This series is what got me into this author, and now she’s my one click girl. I’m very attached to this series. Good think I can always re-read.
February 16, 2023
4.5
I love the Mulvaneys and I'm sad to see the end of their series.
This was exactly what I was expecting from Thomas and Aiden, and even though there wasn't as much focus on their relationship, as with Archer and Mac in Lunatic, I really love when the whole family comes together.
I think rather than being considered a romance series, it's definitely more a series of vigilante group adventures with a main couple in each book, but I've found every book very entertaining.
I absolutely love any little snippet of Adam 🥰 and Noah, they're still my favourite couple by far, and Adam will always be my favourite Mulvaney ❤️ Ready for the novella of their wedding, I'm expecting it to be epic and full of Adam's bratty behaviour.
So excited for Jericho's boys books! Can't wait to see Arsen's story in Paladin 💙
I love the Mulvaneys and I'm sad to see the end of their series.
This was exactly what I was expecting from Thomas and Aiden, and even though there wasn't as much focus on their relationship, as with Archer and Mac in Lunatic, I really love when the whole family comes together.
I think rather than being considered a romance series, it's definitely more a series of vigilante group adventures with a main couple in each book, but I've found every book very entertaining.
I absolutely love any little snippet of Adam 🥰 and Noah, they're still my favourite couple by far, and Adam will always be my favourite Mulvaney ❤️ Ready for the novella of their wedding, I'm expecting it to be epic and full of Adam's bratty behaviour.
So excited for Jericho's boys books! Can't wait to see Arsen's story in Paladin 💙
February 23, 2023
3.5 stars!
I really wanted to love Maniac and while there were some really great one liners in here, it ultimately fell flat for me.
Why you ask?
Thomas and Aiden have pined for each other for YEARS AND YEARS (why? well we were never told or shown) and Thomas' reason for not being with Aiden was completely stupid and Aiden continuing to be a doormat was asinine.
These are grown men who could have had a lifetime together and instead they chose to treat each other like garbage.
I get it...Thomas has spent his whole life punishing himself for something that happened to him in his childhood that is now coming back to haunt him and his found family but had he just had a FREAKING conversation with Aiden, their love could have blossomed and bloomed into something beautiful without all of the chaos, pain, venom, and longing. I suppose then you wouldn't have had a story for them but I just wish their reasons for being apart had not been so weak. When they finally do get together, even Aiden is unsure if Thomas isn't going to turn around and say "sike!"
Who knows...maybe Thomas should have rejected him again. Aiden going full villain may have been more entertaining than the bullshit they had going on between them.
Am I being harsh?
Maybe a little. Thomas and Aiden had a lot to live up to in my mind and I wanted something more intentionally angsty and passionate. I didn't feel like they had any real conversations but always went to sex which was rather vanilla if you ask me. I'm glad Thomas finally got his head out of his butt though.
The saving grace for this story were the interactions with the rest of the Mulvaney family. I really enjoyed that and it gave some comedic relief to the dumpster fire of Aiden and Thomas' relationship. So overall, I liked this but it was nowhere near literary genius. Here's to Aiden and Thomas finally finding their HEA.
I really wanted to love Maniac and while there were some really great one liners in here, it ultimately fell flat for me.
Why you ask?
Thomas and Aiden have pined for each other for YEARS AND YEARS (why? well we were never told or shown) and Thomas' reason for not being with Aiden was completely stupid and Aiden continuing to be a doormat was asinine.
"But it was Aiden who Thomas called when he was drunk and lonely and desperate for some crumb of affection he couldn’t get from his sons. It was Aiden he called when he was in trouble. It was fucking Aiden he called in the middle of the night just to hear his voice. And Aiden answered. Every. Fucking. Time.
These are grown men who could have had a lifetime together and instead they chose to treat each other like garbage.
I get it...Thomas has spent his whole life punishing himself for something that happened to him in his childhood that is now coming back to haunt him and his found family but had he just had a FREAKING conversation with Aiden, their love could have blossomed and bloomed into something beautiful without all of the chaos, pain, venom, and longing. I suppose then you wouldn't have had a story for them but I just wish their reasons for being apart had not been so weak. When they finally do get together, even Aiden is unsure if Thomas isn't going to turn around and say "sike!"
“I’m not leaving you. And I’m not letting you leave me. I can’t,” Aiden said. “I know myself. And I know if you deny me again, it will literally become my villain origin story. I will go full-on scorched earth, Tommy. I’ll become the monster you feared your sons would be.”
Who knows...maybe Thomas should have rejected him again. Aiden going full villain may have been more entertaining than the bullshit they had going on between them.
Am I being harsh?
Maybe a little. Thomas and Aiden had a lot to live up to in my mind and I wanted something more intentionally angsty and passionate. I didn't feel like they had any real conversations but always went to sex which was rather vanilla if you ask me. I'm glad Thomas finally got his head out of his butt though.
“You have me, Aiden. Even when I’m not right next to you…you have me. There’s only ever been you.”
The saving grace for this story were the interactions with the rest of the Mulvaney family. I really enjoyed that and it gave some comedic relief to the dumpster fire of Aiden and Thomas' relationship. So overall, I liked this but it was nowhere near literary genius. Here's to Aiden and Thomas finally finding their HEA.
"Aiden and him just fit, like torn paper, edges frayed, but still perfectly matched.
September 9, 2023
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Ah, fuck.
I stayed away from any reviews of this book, because I kinda already knew. There was no way for it to live up to my expectations, but I’m genuinely bummed out about it. The first couple of chapters made me really excited, because it played on that anguish both MCs felt after basically 20 years of push and pull. Unfortunately, everything kind of fell away as soon as they slept together. I expected some epic groveling from Thomas for everything he had put Aiden through over the years, but we got absolutely nothing. Apparently Aiden had already forgiven him. Well, I fucking haven’t forgiven him. What Thomas did is emotionally cruel - I don’t want you, I’m letting you go, but not actually, I’ll drunk dial you whenever I’m sad and lonely and make you feel bad, I’ll pull you back in when it’s convenient, and you’ll never feel free - and he didn’t have to answer for *any* of it.
If there was ever a time to put the external drama away and focus on the relationship, this was it. It didn’t need the case-solving and murdering at all. Thomas’ secrets and revelations, along with some good relationship development with Aiden would’ve been more than enough, and could’ve given them the time and opportunity to develop said relationship.
In a vacuum, this isn’t a bad book. It reads exactly like the rest of the series. Alas, I have waited for this for 7 books. It’s the book that made me want to start the series in the first place. I’ve waited to see what happened between Aiden and Thomas for ages, not to mention how they would fix everything. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get to see how it all got fucked in the first place, and we didn’t get a believable solution to all of their issues. 20 years of problems is not solved by a good dicking, and you can’t goddamn tell me otherwise. I don’t like when emotional trauma is reduced to something cheap like that.
Repeat after me: cock is not therapy.
I can’t in good conscience rate this any higher than 3, but I don’t want to rate it any lower either. I guess I’m feeling a certain amount of loyalty to the series and characters. If I had started with this book and didn’t have the connection with the characters I have, and if I didn’t have so many expectations, I’m sure I would’ve rated it higher, but still no top scores. Ugh, this is so sad, honestly.
One of the most annoying bits is how the ‘potential scandal’ everyone kept commenting on in relation to Aiden and Thomas banging was glossed over when it finally happened. In literally every book there’s been a situation where someone says something about the media shit storm that would ensue if it came out that Thomas was dating his former adopted son, and it was barely mentioned in the epilogue. No. I wanted that shit ON page. Give me all of the drama. Being hounded by paparazzi? Tabloids going fucking crazy? Being bothered by journalists at the door? Seriously. I wanted all of that, and got exactly nothing.
I think I was more upset about this entire thing than I thought I was when I started the review, lol.
I’m just gonna rewrite this a little bit in my head, and pretend it’s all canon. I love Onley James and I feel bad about writing this review, but dang. It just fell short.
Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Second chance
Age gap
Former adopted son
Silver fox
Past trauma
Push and pull
Secrets
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Grooming (not between MCs)
Abusive ex
Mentions of parental neglect
Unsafe sex
Mentions of sexual assault (not detailed)
Graphic violence
Murder
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Ah, fuck.
I stayed away from any reviews of this book, because I kinda already knew. There was no way for it to live up to my expectations, but I’m genuinely bummed out about it. The first couple of chapters made me really excited, because it played on that anguish both MCs felt after basically 20 years of push and pull. Unfortunately, everything kind of fell away as soon as they slept together. I expected some epic groveling from Thomas for everything he had put Aiden through over the years, but we got absolutely nothing. Apparently Aiden had already forgiven him. Well, I fucking haven’t forgiven him. What Thomas did is emotionally cruel - I don’t want you, I’m letting you go, but not actually, I’ll drunk dial you whenever I’m sad and lonely and make you feel bad, I’ll pull you back in when it’s convenient, and you’ll never feel free - and he didn’t have to answer for *any* of it.
If there was ever a time to put the external drama away and focus on the relationship, this was it. It didn’t need the case-solving and murdering at all. Thomas’ secrets and revelations, along with some good relationship development with Aiden would’ve been more than enough, and could’ve given them the time and opportunity to develop said relationship.
In a vacuum, this isn’t a bad book. It reads exactly like the rest of the series. Alas, I have waited for this for 7 books. It’s the book that made me want to start the series in the first place. I’ve waited to see what happened between Aiden and Thomas for ages, not to mention how they would fix everything. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get to see how it all got fucked in the first place, and we didn’t get a believable solution to all of their issues. 20 years of problems is not solved by a good dicking, and you can’t goddamn tell me otherwise. I don’t like when emotional trauma is reduced to something cheap like that.
Repeat after me: cock is not therapy.
I can’t in good conscience rate this any higher than 3, but I don’t want to rate it any lower either. I guess I’m feeling a certain amount of loyalty to the series and characters. If I had started with this book and didn’t have the connection with the characters I have, and if I didn’t have so many expectations, I’m sure I would’ve rated it higher, but still no top scores. Ugh, this is so sad, honestly.
One of the most annoying bits is how the ‘potential scandal’ everyone kept commenting on in relation to Aiden and Thomas banging was glossed over when it finally happened. In literally every book there’s been a situation where someone says something about the media shit storm that would ensue if it came out that Thomas was dating his former adopted son, and it was barely mentioned in the epilogue. No. I wanted that shit ON page. Give me all of the drama. Being hounded by paparazzi? Tabloids going fucking crazy? Being bothered by journalists at the door? Seriously. I wanted all of that, and got exactly nothing.
I think I was more upset about this entire thing than I thought I was when I started the review, lol.
I’m just gonna rewrite this a little bit in my head, and pretend it’s all canon. I love Onley James and I feel bad about writing this review, but dang. It just fell short.
Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Second chance
Age gap
Former adopted son
Silver fox
Past trauma
Push and pull
Secrets
⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Grooming (not between MCs)
Abusive ex
Mentions of parental neglect
Unsafe sex
Mentions of sexual assault (not detailed)
Graphic violence
Murder
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
February 23, 2023
Soooo.... the build up to this final installment (I assume) of the Necessary Evils series didn't exactly satisfy me. I'll explain why:
Never set up my expectations and then not deliver 200%. I've wanted Thomas and Aiden's story since the first book. It ticks all my boxes: more mature men, both seem hot, lots of tension betw them, some tragic story, push and pull, age gap, etc. etc. Should make for some explosive passion...
Well, it sorta happened that way and sorta not. The biggest issue I have is that we never really found out WHY Aiden and Thomas fell in love. And WHY they loved each other. Yeah, we know it was chemistry at first sight (and apparently love at first sight according to Aiden, when he was just 17) but other than that, nada.
Supposedly, they've been in love with each other for 2 decades. Always, Aiden drops everything when Thomas calls, and Thomas only calls when he breaks down drunk. Meanwhile, I'm thankful there's no direct references to how they had other lovers this whole time, but of course they did. Bc Thomas decided that his deep dark secret and the taboo of marrying his adopted son would be too much for the family of PSYCHOPATHS to handle!
AND, he's feeling guilty and unworthy bc of what he thought he did when he was 13 involving the deaths of his entire family...
Now... I'm not entirely convinced by this explanation, and I'm left feeling Thomas is just plain STUPID and WEAK.
Most of the book he was the victim, which is not the Thomas I'm intrigued by. I liked Aiden a lot for not standing for his shit. And loyal Aiden still gives him so many chances, always letting him have his way. I just wanted to smack Thomas upside the head MANY TIMES. And wish Aiden or someone else did this to him.
In the end, like Thomas himself feared, I didn't feel like he really deserved Aiden. But then, because the author didn't explain how and WHY they loved each other so obsessively, I just shrugged.
Whatevs
Also, the sex scenes... there were lots of them, but they were short and kinda perfunctory. Didn't really get me hot and bothered. Didn't convey any sort of emotional, intense, obsessive love... more like obsessive sex. And esp. since I'm reading the beta read for
at the same time and the love there is SOOOOO intense and the sex embodies the love, I was left unsatisfied with this overall.
Still, at least I got their story. And the mystery was OK. And the resolution was OK. And it was fun to see the whole family altho I don't recall most of them except Adam and Noah from book 1.
I'd give this total series 3.5 stars. Likely round down to 3.
Never set up my expectations and then not deliver 200%. I've wanted Thomas and Aiden's story since the first book. It ticks all my boxes: more mature men, both seem hot, lots of tension betw them, some tragic story, push and pull, age gap, etc. etc. Should make for some explosive passion...
Well, it sorta happened that way and sorta not. The biggest issue I have is that we never really found out WHY Aiden and Thomas fell in love. And WHY they loved each other. Yeah, we know it was chemistry at first sight (and apparently love at first sight according to Aiden, when he was just 17) but other than that, nada.
Supposedly, they've been in love with each other for 2 decades. Always, Aiden drops everything when Thomas calls, and Thomas only calls when he breaks down drunk. Meanwhile, I'm thankful there's no direct references to how they had other lovers this whole time, but of course they did. Bc Thomas decided that his deep dark secret and the taboo of marrying his adopted son would be too much for the family of PSYCHOPATHS to handle!
AND, he's feeling guilty and unworthy bc of what he thought he did when he was 13 involving the deaths of his entire family...
Now... I'm not entirely convinced by this explanation, and I'm left feeling Thomas is just plain STUPID and WEAK.
Most of the book he was the victim, which is not the Thomas I'm intrigued by. I liked Aiden a lot for not standing for his shit. And loyal Aiden still gives him so many chances, always letting him have his way. I just wanted to smack Thomas upside the head MANY TIMES. And wish Aiden or someone else did this to him.
In the end, like Thomas himself feared, I didn't feel like he really deserved Aiden. But then, because the author didn't explain how and WHY they loved each other so obsessively, I just shrugged.
Whatevs
Also, the sex scenes... there were lots of them, but they were short and kinda perfunctory. Didn't really get me hot and bothered. Didn't convey any sort of emotional, intense, obsessive love... more like obsessive sex. And esp. since I'm reading the beta read for
at the same time and the love there is SOOOOO intense and the sex embodies the love, I was left unsatisfied with this overall.Still, at least I got their story. And the mystery was OK. And the resolution was OK. And it was fun to see the whole family altho I don't recall most of them except Adam and Noah from book 1.
I'd give this total series 3.5 stars. Likely round down to 3.
February 19, 2023
TL;DR Haiku
Others have said it:
This book blows. Disappointing
and insulting end.
Spoilers abound. Too disgusted with the series to dignify it with a tag.
I usually limit myself to 17 syllables, but this book was just a shitshow. None of these observations are original, but I need to rant.
1. The women—Calliope is in her 40s. Pregnancy takes a toll on a woman’s body no matter what. After 40 those risks increase. Cricket has had 3 children. That’s literally years of physical and
emotional labor, for which the billionaires undoubtedly paid her well, but that doesn’t mean it’s not significant work. And there’s something kind of gross about paying a “friend” to supply a womb and genetic material so you and your murderous hubby can have 3 or more kids. Because daddy’s a psycho or psychic killer is every child’s dream, amiright? And harvesting eggs is no walk in the park, though Lola doesn’t seem to mind. The disregard for the women is atrocious—even more because they’re described (literally) as gorgeous, brilliant badasses in one breath and baby factories in another. And let’s not ignore the legions of raped and/or murdered women in the series, or the final villain’s. mommy hatred.
2. My blood honestly ran cold when 30yo Thomas perved on the beauty of 16yo Aiden and then took him home to be his 7th son. For one brief and shining moment, it seemed like the book might go truly dark, albeit in a way I can’t stomach.
3. Maybe Thomas doesn’t want to know about Avi/Asa/Zane/Felix, but the rest of us do—and we don’t want to pay for the patreon.
4. What actually happened when Aiden came home from college? Full-on fucking, or just a handy? Inquiring minds want to know.
5. Why did Aiden kill the guy basically in front of his parents? He was personally connected to that. How and why did he kill others? For love of Thomas? Fun? And what up with the medieval torture devices? It was dropped in an early book to flesh out Aiden, back when there was an attempt at world building, and then briefly referenced here, but it’s another wasted opportunity.
6. These psychopaths sure do love their daddy and their kids, even though they can’t feel love.
7. How come Noah is so good at Mulvaney business? Is it just because he’s the only SO who didn’t already have a job?
8. The writing—from the purple prose to the typos to the epic poetry of “Fuck fuck fuck. Fucking him was just so fucking good,” it needed an editor or 6.
9. Thomas gaslit Aiden for 20 years. He fucked with his head. And then he refused to be with him unless Aiden said he forgave him. And then poor, manipulated Aiden, who’d been emotionally abused by his bio parents told the father figure he’d been crushing on since he was a teenager that not only did he forgive him, he’d forgive anything and wait forever for Thomas to tell him he loved him and to finally be with him.
10. Arguably, Thomas and Aiden had the most backstory, and this book had the deepest and longest-standing mystery. And, the fans—even those of us who’d mostly given up on the series—were dying to have all their questions answered and decades of pining depicted and our loyalty rewarded. This was the shortest book of the series, and it was mostly filler, family squabbling, vanilla sex, and set up for 2 (undoubtedly cookie cutter) spin-offs. Seriously. Longest anticipation/shortest book.
11. This is just a little thing, but I’m so fine with the humiliation kink, and the consensual “you’re such a whore for me, baby,” but when Thomas thinks to himself that Aiden “moaned like a whore,” I was squicked. Sex workers don’t have a monopoly on moaning, and the implication is either that they’re faking enthusiasm or pathetic sluts. Is this how you think of your soulmate? Maybe if you’re a manipulative, narcissistic, emotionally stunted 50yo man with a hot bod and a stepson for your husband and a baby carried by your only friend/employee, but not me.
Okay, I read it and finished it. I’d forgotten all about Theresa, too. I have a soft spot for Dmitri. I truly loved August and Lucas’s book, the (mild) primal play between Zane & Asa, the granola bars, and the delightfully, deceptively sweet intro to the series. But, like better reviewers have already said, this was just a mess of a series, with so many missed opportunities, samesies stories, and a disillusioning epic fail of a finale.
Others have said it:
This book blows. Disappointing
and insulting end.
Spoilers abound. Too disgusted with the series to dignify it with a tag.
I usually limit myself to 17 syllables, but this book was just a shitshow. None of these observations are original, but I need to rant.
1. The women—Calliope is in her 40s. Pregnancy takes a toll on a woman’s body no matter what. After 40 those risks increase. Cricket has had 3 children. That’s literally years of physical and
emotional labor, for which the billionaires undoubtedly paid her well, but that doesn’t mean it’s not significant work. And there’s something kind of gross about paying a “friend” to supply a womb and genetic material so you and your murderous hubby can have 3 or more kids. Because daddy’s a psycho or psychic killer is every child’s dream, amiright? And harvesting eggs is no walk in the park, though Lola doesn’t seem to mind. The disregard for the women is atrocious—even more because they’re described (literally) as gorgeous, brilliant badasses in one breath and baby factories in another. And let’s not ignore the legions of raped and/or murdered women in the series, or the final villain’s. mommy hatred.
2. My blood honestly ran cold when 30yo Thomas perved on the beauty of 16yo Aiden and then took him home to be his 7th son. For one brief and shining moment, it seemed like the book might go truly dark, albeit in a way I can’t stomach.
3. Maybe Thomas doesn’t want to know about Avi/Asa/Zane/Felix, but the rest of us do—and we don’t want to pay for the patreon.
4. What actually happened when Aiden came home from college? Full-on fucking, or just a handy? Inquiring minds want to know.
5. Why did Aiden kill the guy basically in front of his parents? He was personally connected to that. How and why did he kill others? For love of Thomas? Fun? And what up with the medieval torture devices? It was dropped in an early book to flesh out Aiden, back when there was an attempt at world building, and then briefly referenced here, but it’s another wasted opportunity.
6. These psychopaths sure do love their daddy and their kids, even though they can’t feel love.
7. How come Noah is so good at Mulvaney business? Is it just because he’s the only SO who didn’t already have a job?
8. The writing—from the purple prose to the typos to the epic poetry of “Fuck fuck fuck. Fucking him was just so fucking good,” it needed an editor or 6.
9. Thomas gaslit Aiden for 20 years. He fucked with his head. And then he refused to be with him unless Aiden said he forgave him. And then poor, manipulated Aiden, who’d been emotionally abused by his bio parents told the father figure he’d been crushing on since he was a teenager that not only did he forgive him, he’d forgive anything and wait forever for Thomas to tell him he loved him and to finally be with him.
10. Arguably, Thomas and Aiden had the most backstory, and this book had the deepest and longest-standing mystery. And, the fans—even those of us who’d mostly given up on the series—were dying to have all their questions answered and decades of pining depicted and our loyalty rewarded. This was the shortest book of the series, and it was mostly filler, family squabbling, vanilla sex, and set up for 2 (undoubtedly cookie cutter) spin-offs. Seriously. Longest anticipation/shortest book.
11. This is just a little thing, but I’m so fine with the humiliation kink, and the consensual “you’re such a whore for me, baby,” but when Thomas thinks to himself that Aiden “moaned like a whore,” I was squicked. Sex workers don’t have a monopoly on moaning, and the implication is either that they’re faking enthusiasm or pathetic sluts. Is this how you think of your soulmate? Maybe if you’re a manipulative, narcissistic, emotionally stunted 50yo man with a hot bod and a stepson for your husband and a baby carried by your only friend/employee, but not me.
Okay, I read it and finished it. I’d forgotten all about Theresa, too. I have a soft spot for Dmitri. I truly loved August and Lucas’s book, the (mild) primal play between Zane & Asa, the granola bars, and the delightfully, deceptively sweet intro to the series. But, like better reviewers have already said, this was just a mess of a series, with so many missed opportunities, samesies stories, and a disillusioning epic fail of a finale.
February 17, 2023
* 1 star *
disappointing...i would've liked to read more about their past encounters and what led to the fracture between their relationship. instead, some things were just hinted at 😐 what an odd and lazy choice.
plus, i'm not a fan of everyone and their mother (all the psychopaths basically) wanting to become parents and have their own little baby psychopaths. just seems so weird and ooc.
while i am glad for sapphic rep, i am pretty sure the only reason lola was added in the series was for the men to have another available womb because what'd ya know, it's every queer woman's dream to be a living incubator for other couples regardless of profession 😌
also, it hinted at a possible polyamorous parent-y quartet between asa/zane/felix/avi which is ??? strange considering their books were all about being super platonic with each other. did the author change her mind again? 😂 why not just write the poly book then instead of headcase & mad man?
oh well, the end of an era. this series had real potential and a spark of originality but it didn't deliver.
disappointing...i would've liked to read more about their past encounters and what led to the fracture between their relationship. instead, some things were just hinted at 😐 what an odd and lazy choice.
plus, i'm not a fan of everyone and their mother (all the psychopaths basically) wanting to become parents and have their own little baby psychopaths. just seems so weird and ooc.
while i am glad for sapphic rep, i am pretty sure the only reason lola was added in the series was for the men to have another available womb because what'd ya know, it's every queer woman's dream to be a living incubator for other couples regardless of profession 😌
also, it hinted at a possible polyamorous parent-y quartet between asa/zane/felix/avi which is ??? strange considering their books were all about being super platonic with each other. did the author change her mind again? 😂 why not just write the poly book then instead of headcase & mad man?
oh well, the end of an era. this series had real potential and a spark of originality but it didn't deliver.
May 12, 2023
Ngl the first like 60% of this book was a big ole who gives a fuck. and sure yeah ok it took me like two months to get through this, but bandying about my mood reading meant that at some point I knew that the vibe would recalibrate and that I would eventually reconnect to what I loved about this fked up series in the first place. And I did. Stars for Noah, sexy times and the last 25% of the weirdest but endearing to me (found) family dynamics I read these books for 🥰
Want to read
August 30, 2022O.M.G.
I have been waiting for this story from the very first book. I need this. I want this. I’m a little nervous to get it.
I have been waiting for this story from the very first book. I need this. I want this. I’m a little nervous to get it.
March 6, 2023
i’m going to miss them.
August 2, 2024
My first read in this series—figures that I’d read the last one 😂
It was ok. A lot of push-pull and internal angst. A bit of a contrived plot.
I had no issues following the story despite not having read the series.
Great narration.
My rec? Sure, and aside from psychopaths and assassins it was not very dark at all.
It was ok. A lot of push-pull and internal angst. A bit of a contrived plot.
I had no issues following the story despite not having read the series.
Great narration.
My rec? Sure, and aside from psychopaths and assassins it was not very dark at all.
April 1, 2024
reread April 2024
2/5 stars
I want a refund. I want my time that I wasted on this boring book back. I have always been waiting and wondering how amazing Thomas and Aidens book will be for it to turn out like this. All of the build up and anticipation was basically gone by the time I got 25% in. I’m only rating it two stars for the interactions that all of the Mulvaneys had.
2/5 stars
I want a refund. I want my time that I wasted on this boring book back. I have always been waiting and wondering how amazing Thomas and Aidens book will be for it to turn out like this. All of the build up and anticipation was basically gone by the time I got 25% in. I’m only rating it two stars for the interactions that all of the Mulvaneys had.
February 18, 2023
No me creo que se haya acabado la saga ya :(
Me ha gustado muchísimo, ha cumplido mis expectativas (menos mal) y me parece de los mejores de la saga, si no el mejor.
Thomas y Aiden son cuquisimos y adoro a todos los hermanos.
Me ha gustado muchísimo, ha cumplido mis expectativas (menos mal) y me parece de los mejores de la saga, si no el mejor.
Thomas y Aiden son cuquisimos y adoro a todos los hermanos.
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