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ClareR (6134 KP) rated Overspill in Books

Apr 19, 2026

Overspill

Charlotte Paradise | 2025 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

8.0

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I was about 1/3 of the way through Overspill before I decided whether I really liked it or not. Those first 100+ pages infuriated me, and if I’d been a different person, I would have DNF’d. But I persevered, because in all of the self-hatred of Sara and the things that triggered her frequent panic attacks, I could see that there was an explanation coming. Or I hoped it would, anyway.

This book is a lot, and there should be a raft of trigger warnings. I’m not even sure why I picked it up, but the last 100 pages were very welcome after those first 100, even though they were incredibly sad (no-one dies, FYI, and that’s not a spoiler).

The writing is incredible - but the book is a huge commitment and is pretty traumatic. Not my favourite subject matter, it has to be said.

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Moonville ( Gold Prophecy 1-4) in Books

Mar 1, 2024

40 of 220
Kindle
Booksirens arc
Moonville (Gold Blood Prophecy 1-4)
By K.J Devoir
⭐️⭐️

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Psycho gets the girl.

Leena Sperling has fallen into darkness. Darkness has a name...

ZAND BYRON

He’s larger than life. He’s also a deeply dangerous, twisted soul, a textbook psychopath. But, somehow...she makes him feel.

"You can run, Leena. But I will find you."

Leena: When I arrived to the City of Souls, the tiny cemetery town wrapping the Bay Area foothills where Moonvine Manor is located, I had no idea what to expect or how insane my life would become after moving into the former, Queen Anne, funeral home that belonged to my missing sister. I should have known that being greeted by a tombstone-shaped granite welcome sign was either a sick joke or a bad omen. But I could never have predicted that I would fall in love with the darkness.

Zand: I don’t want to ever stop making her cry. Her tears are full of human feelings, and I love the taste. She makes me feel, but part of me wants to end the human in her that brings out the human in me. In a heartbeat, I could make her nightmares infinitely darker. I'm a bad man, trying to be good.

Ok so this premise was good it gave me very much Morganville vibes but a little darker and steamy. The characters were ok and certainly lived up to the dark paranormal romance vibe.
But I had a few issues and I can only be honest. There were bits of the book that didn’t quite add up and there was something really off about it all. A few times I wanted to stop reading. It just wasn’t for me.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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