Corrupt: 1 (Devil's Night)

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The Devil's Night series is one of my favorite dark romance series of all time. Anything I say about it or this particular installment could never do it justice. Penelope Douglas deserves an endless amount of praise for the phenomenal job she did with this series though, so it's only right that I give it my best shot.

Dreams might be a heart’s desire, but nightmares are its obsession in the first novel of a dark romance series from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas. He was so sweet. Loved watching him pine for Emmy, but also I hurt when he hurt because of her stubborn ass too. I’m #TEAMWILL, and I don’t like Emmy. I sympathized with her. But maybe I didn’t sympathized with her enough because . . . GAH her hot and cold, push and pull game was pissing me off. The answer to this question is subjective. Some characters deserved better closure than they got. Also, a few things about this book were unreal. As the way these kids behaved is not something you would see in the real world. Some of the parts of this book are provoking, including murder, rape, attempted rape, child abuse, and coercion. So, if you are a bold-hearted reader who likes reading dark romances, then this book is worth your time.My rating is 3.75. I wish with all my heart it was higher. The epilogue definitely raised it for me, but the imbalance won out because it left me feeling like a big part of the book was missing. I'm going to write the trigger warnings for this book, do expand to read or skip if you don't wish to know. So yeah I sympathized with her but at the same time was really frustrated with her. I wanted to read about a different Emory during the present time, I wish she had changed over the years and had become a different person. A better version of her past self. Sadly that did not happen. Which leads me to my next point, Why was Will so in love with her? I finished the book and still don't have a proper answer. I just know that Will has always been in LOVE with her but WHY? What did he see in her? I failed to understand. You and your friends can try to scare me. You can try to push me. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me—and have ever since I was a girl—I think maybe what you seek is so much closer than you’ll ever realize. Stood next to me,” I gritted out. “Fit in with my friends. She’s smart, clever, resourceful, and she took the shitty hand life dealt her and still knows how to love people, unlike you.”

I had not expected things to escalate even further though. Ayden was a horrible character, I did not like him one bit, but he could have Alex, for all I cared. I just wish they would have gotten their own little novella, because all their bs, took time away from Will and Emmy figuring out their shit together. Almost every scene Will and Emory have has either Ayden or Alex in it or both!!! I needed them to have some `alone time` which they didn't get :( For those seeking to find a novel filled with an open mind of the sexual world, as well as being emotionally corrupted by the queen of all dark romances, then this series is one that you do not want to miss out on. This finale to an incredible series is what we all needed for sure. My hands are itching for Penelope's next novel, which I am hoping is Motel since I am a huge avid of Birthday Girl myself. Let's just wait to see what happens, and I cannot wait! How she’d push her grandmother in her wheelchair down to the village, both of them smiling and eating ice cream together. Emmy would hold her hand the whole time they sat. There seem to be some readers who have jumped to conclusions about something Pen said online. ***SLIGHT SPOILER AHEAD. For clarification, there is no orgy scene between one woman and a bunch of prisoners. There is a group scene, not group sex, and while it definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone as a reader, the scene is between a few of the couples in the series and completely consensual.*** Oh Will, he’s not only rare but he’s like a unicorn. Imagine a seventeen year old wanting nothing more than a family, as in a wife and kids. And he knew so early that he wanted all that with Emory.

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You were always pathetic,” I told him, sneering. “You know that? Always so naïve and clueless and pathetic.” This series is dark, difficult and it tests and pushes a lot of boundaries. It's like those shows on Netflix that you never think you'd ever watch, until you do and there's just something enthralling about them that manages to sort things out in your head and put some puzzles pieces together. It takes grey characters, holds them up to the world, sheds light on all their darkness but also their pain and their goodness. Everyone is the hero of their stories, but perhaps a villain in someone else's. I'm a huge Penelope Douglas fan. She wrote some of my all time favorite books (Bully, Until You, Punk 57), but I'm just going to say it: I'm not fond of her Devil's Night series or her latest releases. Nightfall is a case of " expected nothing, but still managed to disappoint". The opportunity is too good to be true, as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.