First off, a huge thank you to the fab gals over at Forever Me Romance, whose giveaway I won! It was a Dark Romance giveaway, and this is most definitely dark! In fact, it was the single most disturbing romance I have ever read, but that doesn't make it a bad thing. It just means I wouldn't recommend the book to just anyone. This book is for adults, regardless of the fact that Goodreads users have labelled it as New Adult. NO! NO NO NO! This is an adult read, plain and simple. 
 It is BDSM in its most classic sense, with no holds barred. The sex scenes aren't sweet. They are rough and violent, so much so that I was actually a little surprised. I hadn't expected it to be as raw as it was. It most definitely will make some readers uncomfortable. Having said that, as brutal as the scenes are capable of being, they are also full and detailed, with a deep underlying sweetness. There isn't any kind of repetition, and I wasn't bored for a single second. Plus, the feels! So. Many. Feels. While there are a fair number of sexual scenes, they don't take over the entire plot. Pepper took the time to develop the characters and set the scene. That is so important to me in the erotica genre. 
 There are two main characters; Tess and Q. Tess truly is the strongest character imaginable. No matter the position she's in, she maintains a certain amount of power and control. Q, on the other hand, while he appears to the world to have all the power, he has a brutal internal struggle eating away at him. The secondary characters don't play a large role, but it's an important one. I really loved how Pepper didn't have a lot of useless characters cluttering the scene. It gave the book an overall crisp, finished feel. 
 Highly recommend to people who are looking to take a walk through the darkest of shadows.