Book: Bound to a Killer by Elora Reed
Reviewed by Anonymous
Rating: 3/5
✨ARC REVIEW ✨
Bound to a Killer by Elora Reed
Spice Level: 🌶️
Rae’s Rating: 💀💀💀
This is my honest opinion without being too critical. Of course I recommend to everyone to read these books themselves and form their own opinions but for anyone here for Rae's rambles... Here ya go~
Man, I love vigilante killers who are obsessed with just one girl. After Aria accidentally stumbles upon one of Ledger's kills, she finds herself his unwilling captive, putting Ledger in a very messy situation, risking everything he's trying so hard to protect.
The characters were the best part of this story.
Ledger is not like the normal unhinged killer characters.. Ledger is actually extremely intelligent. He has a plan, he's calculating, he's cold and ruthless except when it comes to Aria. You can tell he cares about her, he's protective and very sweet to her. I was squealing every time he crawled into bed with her while she was having her nightmares just to try and calm her down. That is such a sweet thing for him to do and even when he was angry at her for trying to escape... He still cared.
Now Aria? I am known for not liking FMC's. But she was okay. She wasn't just going to lie down and cry and just be his willing little captive. She was smart and planned her escape attempts and she actually got fairly close... Ledger was just a little smarter.
There was very little spice and honestly that was okay. This relationship didn't need a lot of spice to develop. Their relationship developed through actions. Ledger risking himself over and over again to protect her. Aria trusting Ledger to keep her safe.
Here's where the book lost me a little. The pacing was a bit weird. It felt backwards. The main conflict was resolved about halfway through the book and the second half just felt like it dragged on to develop the relationship? Like, I feel like the main conflict with Ledger and his boss should've been how the story ended instead of just dropping that scene in the middle of the book and leaving the second half for slow burn development?
I still had a really fun time reading this. I read it extremely quickly and it wasn't too dark at all. Definitely not really a dark romance in my opinion. It was just a slow burn romance with darker elements. It could feel a little insta-lovey at times with Ledger immediately being drawn to Aria and Aria torn between her hatred for him kidnapping her and her immediate attraction to him but it was done well. Aria didn't immediately trust him and Ledger definitely didn't trust her right away as well.
Thank you so much to Love Notes PR and the lovely Elora Reed for trusting me with your story ♥️✨