Release Blitz & Book Review: Malum: Part 1 by Amo Jones

 Malum Part 1
 by Amo Jones
Series: The Elite King’s Club #4
Genre: Dark Romance / Suspense 
Release Date: March 12th, 2019

 

Synopsis: 

 

“Love is savage, love is blind, love is something they may not find…”Once upon a time, there was a young girl who lived in a battered trailer, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks.
One day, she fell down The Elite Kings’ rabbit hole. Sucked into a dark vortex of lies, hate, and deceit, and spat out by money, glitz, and power.
There were things this little girl didn’t know, things she was about to find out and secrets that have been kept from her. Those secrets were guarded by the boys that were about to smash her world open and tear it all apart…
He may be a Malum, but she is a Stuprum, born into this world but neglected by the choice of her mother. Her eyes may not glisten with stars, but they roar with fire, and when she finally reaches her peak, it’s that same fire that will burn.
Them.
All.
Down.
My name is Tillie Stuprum, and my story is not like the rest.
Everything she thought she knew is a fabricated version of the truth. I’m Nate Riverside-Malum, the one your girl whispers about to her friends and whose initials are scratched down your back. Her story is not like the rest of them, because her story is dead.

 

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About the author:

Amo Jones is a small country girl totally winging this author thing (she's probably doing it all wrong). She likes cake, loves wine, and her religion is magic. She's a profound work-a-holic, but when she's not writing, you can find her chilling with her kids & partner at the nearest beach, with a cocktail in her hand.

New Zealand is not a state of Australia and rugby is the best sport ever played.

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 My review:

I was at war with this book because ever since I met Nate, I couldn't figure out if I liked or hated him. But I was so very curious for his story because I was sure that it would be a promising one.

Well, turns out my hopes were set too high because although Nate was intriguing in Madison's books no matter his douchiness, he was part of the reasons that ruined this book for me. I mean, there are assholes and there are assholes, he was the biggest of them all. He was so over the top cruel, disrespectful, crass and so very rude, I hated him more than I liked his character. His cruelness knew no boundaries and his hate no limit. He despised Tillie so much and he was just too hostile for my kind of man. If you dig such animosity between characters, you will probably like this book more than me.

What bothered me most was that I didn't see that he even cared for her a little bit. At times he wanted her close and I just never understood his mood changes. Talk about contradictory character. If he at least apologized to her or made up for how awful he was, but no, his behavior towards her was just mean and she always forgot what he did to her seconds later and still loved him. That's fucked up love and not what I was hoping for.

What killed the book for me was the constant and rather ridiculously annoying back and forth between Tillie and Nate for the majority of the story. I wanted to know how the story continued that started in Madison's books but there wasn't much of the mystery left that was going on in hers. So, I missed having more to the story than just the constant hostility between the characters, or rather his hostility towards her. I also never liked those idiotic games the Kings played, and that wasn't any different here because they just made no sense to me.

And please someone tell me how Tillie could still love and want him after all that he'd said and done to her!? Alone his bossing her around and cussing her out had my blood boiling. I would have sent him straight to hell had I been her. She seemed like a strong character but she obviously had no control when it came to him, because he played her like a puppet.

Since this wasn’t my first book by this author I knew she wrote twisted stories but I just didn’t see any purpose of this story or what was even going on until almost halfway at the end of it. Maybe I just missed the point of it all that leaded up to it.

Anyway, I think the real story picked up around 75% and that's when it got interesting. The cliffhanger ending has me impatiently awaiting the next book although I really hope that the story doesn't lose its pace from the last few chapters of this book. I couldn't handle going through the same motions again as with this one.

-- I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book given by Social Butterfly PR. --

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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