Thank you to K. Webster and the team at Indie Sage PR for the advance reader copy of The Tangle of Awful.
This book is how you do a taboo romance! This book is not for the faint of heart, as our heroine cannot help but fall into bed with both her step-father and step-brother. So much of this book is bonkers, it is extremely out there! It was a wild ride, so if you are curious about a taboo romance pick up this one or the first story The Teacher of Nothing.
From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new steamy age-gap, enemies-to-lovers “why choose” forbidden romance!
He’s a successful attorney with a secret craving for his too-young stepdaughter.
He wants her badly. But his wicked son wants her too…
Love is an illusion.
In my world, collecting the shiniest trophies is what I do.
Beautiful wife. Swanky home. Expensive cars. Successful firm. Future attorney general.
Add in the Park family name and I’m the envy of every man in town.
True love, however, was never attainable, no matter how much I secretly wanted it.
The desire to be loved isn’t my only secret.
My wife is missing.
With my life under scrutiny as I run for office, I’m finding it difficult to lie away her whereabouts. People are starting to notice. My political opponent. Her best friend. And worst of all, my wife’s daughter, Aubrey.
Aubrey is finally back home after two long years with her dad, but she’s asking questions I don’t have answers to. Yet, that’s not all she’s doing…
She’s invading my thoughts and my heart, driving me insane with her beauty and vulnerability.
I want her.
She’s barely legal and my wife’s daughter.
Forbidden and morally wrong.
I can’t have her. I can’t.
My son, though, doesn’t live by the same code I do.
He wants her too.
But not to love…to destroy.
I’ll risk everything to keep him from her.
Even if this tangle of awful costs me my reputation, my campaign, and my son.
***This is a complete mfm standalone novel with a happily ever after. Characters are of legal age and there is no romantic involvement between blood relations. ***
Check out my more detailed thoughts below…
- Characters: Our heroine is Aubrey, who storms back into town in need of help from her step-family. Her character archetype is that classic good girl who turns bad after some serious drama. It does not take long for Aubrey’s newer reputation to bear fruit as she starts to chase after both her step-father Hugo and her step-brother Spencer. Hugo is very charming, a politician who knows how to stay buttoned up in public. Behind closed doors is another story. His son is Spencer, who comes across right away as a bully. He calls Aubrey leech for example. He had a more sensitive sight that only she was able to bring out.
- Setting: This story is set in Park Mountain. As the name suggests, this town is just overrun by the Parks family. It is the same setting as Teacher of Nothing, which featured Callum Park falling for Willa. They get some time in this story and I loved checking in on them. Plus it was so lovely to see Willa befriend Aubrey. Of course, the other Parks and Parks-adjacent characters are teased, and next up we are getting into Jude’s head.
- Pacing: I was really into this premise from the start. All I wanted to do was engulf the story. I had a few issues with the pacing and plot near the end of the story. Krisit through in some curveballs and not all of them landed with me.
- Romance: This is an unconventional love story. I fully trusted Kristi to deliver something hot and heavy, as her track record of controversial taboo stories speaks for itself. So yes there were countless sexy-as-sin scenes, not just between either duo but maybe a few with Aubrey enjoying both men at the same time. Teacher of Nothing had quite an emotional thread so I was pumped to see if this story would too. I found I was not as emotionally invested in either couple, as I flirted back and forth between whether Aubrey should explore keeping her relationships with boy men or just stay with one person. Lots of wild elements are thrown in near the end and it shifted the romance dynamic, but don’t let that sway you too much just accept that this book is a wild time and embrace it!
The Tangle of Awful receives four out of five stars.
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