Endless Anger

 

Endless Anger
by Sav R. Miller
 
Book: Monsters Within #1
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pub Date: August 19, 2025
Genre: Adult, Dark Academia 
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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Sometimes the pomegranate doesn't fall far from the tree...

Asher Anderson is angry―at the world, at himself, at the way his best friend Lucy Wolfe seems determined to tune out this buzzing connection between them. He doesn't mean to solve all his problems with violence, but maybe he has too much of his father in him. That's why the faculty at Avernia College hates him, right? Because of the "evil" blood in his veins?

He should know better than to darken the old, ivy-covered university's door, but it's practically a law of the universe: wherever Lucy goes, Asher follows. Even if that means entering a twisting labyrinth of secret societies, human sacrifices, and a very personal history soaked in blood.

Lucy is used to being an outcast. She's even used to Asher being her dark, brooding shadow. What she isn't used to is him shattering her resolve by taking her up against library bookshelves as she desperately pretends her heart hasn't always been his. She should know better than to play with fire, but with unexplained deaths and pointed threats ripping apart the university's fabric, Asher and Lucy soon find themselves at the center of the turmoil…where they'll have to confront their feelings or die trying.

From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes the first in a dazzling spin-off trilogy focusing on the children of the original Monsters & Muses: a dark and twisted contemporary romance inspired by the Greek Furies, set at an exclusive (and dangerous) university.

 
My Review: Ummm... 
 
So this book actually took me a few days to figure out how I wanted to talk about it. 
 
I love Sav and her books, but for some reason, this one was hard for me to get into. Its the Monster & Muses series but the next gen featuring their kids. I'd say reading the M&M series first would be helpful to have that backstory before reading this series, you don't technically need to, but you might be confused at times.
 
It took me until about the halfway point to really get into this book and finally get hooked. Just something about Asher and Lucy having spats, ignoring feelings and not talking for a few years seemed way too juvinale to me. Granted they are young when it started but still, I just wasn't feeling it.
 
HOWEVER, I will say that despite how I felt about the first half, I did end up loving this book.
 
The pace quickens, tensions high and I'm on the edge of my seat. All starts when Lucy witness her roommate being murdered and Asher coming out of  o where and keeping them hidden from what's going on. 

It doesn't take long from there to be on the edge of my seat and then begging for more when it ended. In the end I ended up loving this book and can this series is going to be so worth it and I can't wait to dig into the next one. It's almost better than the original but I can't say for certain until I've read the rest of the series. 

 

My Rating:

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