Take Me With You

rating-1.5/5
*Sighs * what even was that T_T. See I'm not gonna lie, I've read dark romance and GOOD dark romance.. this was NOT that.
I found this book on reddit, I think where somebody was talking about how insanely dark it is, I impulsively decided to pick it up.
(Kinda regret it ngl)

The writing was decent. The plot characterisation and pacing, however..just kept getting worse. The entire premise was all kinds of messed up, and all the author tries to do is justify it.

Probably wanted to scratch out my eyeballs while reading most of this book, make sure to pick it up, keeping that in mind.

This book is so good, magnificent and work of art. I would die for this to be a movie. A gripping page turner is putting it lightly, I could not put this book down. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this book on Amazon by accident. I was looking for a specific themed book and this one was recommended but not the theme I wanted, I read the description and said why not? Best happy accident ever. There is thrill, suspense, a HEA, character and plot development. I read a lot of the reviews, it seems like the 1 star reviewers don't understand Stockholm syndrome where it's entirely possible to fall in love with your kidnapper. That's not here nor there just an observation.

TW's: kidnapping, rape, miscarriage, almost abortion, explicit sexual scenes, murder, mental illness, attempted self harm.

Oh my god. 
I've read Debt, and it's definitely one of the best dark romances I've read, but this one is a whole other thing. 
The characters are so, so real. So well developed. The pain they face, the loneliness, it's devastating to read about. It reached me. 

Yes, the main character is a rapist, and this book plays with your mind that way. The entire time my mind was at conflict, because on one hand, he's a ruthless monster and on the other you get to see why. He's very clear in expressing his feelings. It leaves you unsure of whether you are rooting for this guy or hate him. It's this morally grey aspect that is done extremely well in this book that I enjoyed so much.

I was never bored throughout. The plot was fast, but also slow when required to build the characters' trauma. 

I had a great experience with this book. It's definitely gonna stay with me for a long time.

I know this book has a very vague TW but just be careful for SA and self harm.

“It's when you are secure in your sleep, in the safety of your warm covers, when you think you are most alone. That's when I come, when every last guard is down.”


Vesper Rivers lives a good life. A bubbly likable girl with a charming smile. The perfect girl with the perfect boyfriend. Until the day she catches the eye of The NIGHT STALKER. A man that invades the lives of his prey, leaving carnage and destruction in his wake.



A feeling of being watched and a glimpse of ice blue eyes has Vesper on edge, but intrigue. Longing for something more. Something less perfect. When she finally comes face to face with those cold, empty eyes, nothing in her life will be the same again.


“If you leave, I'll have to kill you, Vesp. I don't want to do that. Don't make me do it.” He's killed me a thousand different ways. Stolen countless breaths and hopes. Slaughtered the girl who had plans to marry a nice doctor. Killed the dream of helping people for a living. Snuffed a piece of her soul by pulling her out of her little brother's life. Pillaged her pride.”




I honestly don't know where to begin with this review. I LOVED every twisted fucked up moment of it. And there were A LOT of twisted fucked up moments that's for sure.

Sam is a ANTI anti hero. I should HATE this guy. I should LOATHE him. The things he does (has done) to women (including the heroine) should make me SICK. And they DID, but you see somewhere along the way I started to like this guy. Then we would get more and more hints about his past. We'd get these fleeting moments of kindness and vulnerability and I started to LOVE this guy and root for him. I'm not really sure I want to look too closely at what that says about me...


“Who am I?” he asks in that voice, dirty and broken. “I am the person who has nothing to lose but you.” He pushes himself inside of me, and even though I am ready, it is so sudden and hard, I nearly cry as I gasp. “I am a man who has risked everything to have you.” He pulls out slowly and plunges into me again. “You are the only thing, Vesp.” He draws himself out and buries himself inside of me. “And you...are my obsession.”




His and Vesper's relationship (a term I use loosely here) was all kinds of fifty shades of fucked up but I couldn't help myself. I was rooting for these two to get a HEA. I had NO clue how the author was going to get us there, but my fingers were crossed and she didn't disappoint.

This book isn't for the faint of heart that is for sure. I almost lost my lunch a couple times (yikes) It danced on the edge of crossing the line for me a few times, but this author can WRITE. I was sucked in from word GO and didn't stop until I reached the last page. That said I would be remiss if I didn't add that this would have been a 5 star read, but I did feel like it dragged a bit in the last 15% or so of the book.

So if you are like me and LOVE a good dark and twisted read with a fucked up hero and a heroine with a little “fucked up” in her as well, then this one should definitely be on your TBR shelf.