It's not a secret. I'm a hard core Stylo Fantome fan. Everything she's written somehow consumes my every thought. So, when I discovered she had a "bad" book, I was all over it and sold my soul to the she-devil herself to get an early copy. And boy was selling my soul worth it.
Dulcie and Constantine are "different" in the eyes of others. She's an outcast, gothic, outsider. He's a rich boy, handsome, loved-by-everyone kind of guy. Two people like them could never connect. Right?
Wrong.
"They were just friends, in everyone's eyes. Friends that can't stop sleeping together and don't understand what kind of monster they're becoming and maybe want to burn down the whole town. That kind of friends."
Con and Dulcie were so much more than friends. They were everything to each other.
"Con was the darkness, and she was simply drawn to it."
"Con was her dark little rainbow, spreading peace over her world."
BUT
"Con wasn't the only big bad wolf lurking around."
Sometimes, things aren't as they seem. And what we outwardly portray is not at all what lives, breathes, and festers on the inside. Sometimes, darkness seeks darkness. Evil finds evil. Shadows play with other shadows. And for Dulcie, she'd called to Constantine in a way no one ever had.
"Little red riding hood fell for the wolf."
Those two had a twisted, intense chemistry. It bled from the pages and I soaked every drop of it.
"He needed to devour something, it was clear, and she was fresh meat. She wanted to split open for him and lay at his feet."
This suspenseful, dark read had me devouring each page like a bloodthirsty monster. I felt at home with these twisted characters. They spoke to me in a way no other characters ever have. They were raw, intense, and brutal. But they also loved...in an odd, fascinating, and completely obsessive way.
"Maybe we're sick."
"If this is a sickness, then I don't want a cure."
I loved this book so much. I can't wait for everyone else to fall in love with them just as I have. Stylo, keep being friggin' amazing, girl.
"What a beautiful darkness we are."
"We are. Both of us. We're the bad ones. Together."
And bad never felt so good. This book is definitely a dark, twisted fairy tale unlike any you've ever read before.
"One of those tales that come out of the Black Forest, and ended with children being eaten and big bad wolves going home satisfied."
I know I was more than satisfied.
I guess that makes me a wolf.
And I'm okay with that because apparently wolves can be happy too.
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A dark and suspenseful romance dripping in red that I couldn’t put down!
This is my first read by Stylo and I will never be the same. The Bad Ones has sat in my kindle for far too long and when I finally dived in, I just knew I was in for a ride I would never forget with characters that would stick with me for a lifetime.Dulcie and Constantine are two people cut from the same darkness. One quiet and “invisible”, just focusing on surviving one day to the next, while the other blended into the crowds perfectly while no one ever saw the true monster that lurked beneath. I was mesmerized by their madness and toxic love for one another, showing how “being crazy” doesn’t just depend on how much money is in your bank account or how big your house is.Stylo wrote something that isn’t dark in the typical way romances usually go. This talented author wrote about a darkness that could lurk in anyone and that’s what got my attention. Honestly, I could gush for hours on how Stylo took me down a rabbit hole of madness I couldn’t take my eyes off of. It’s a story of two people drawn to each other’s darkness and the lengths they would go to get their happily ever after - not just spanning over a few months, but a few years. The build up is very real and I adore how this author didn’t feel the need to rush things or make a sugary sweet HEA. This isn’t sunshine and rainbows or even dark skies and thunderstorms - this is the boogeyman and his lover, dripping in blood, waiting for you in your safe place and I loved it. It’s uniquely dark and unnerving story with the perfect amount spice and emotion to cut through the bloodshed and violence, that I won’t soon forget, by a deviously talented genius. I will definitely be checking out her other works very soon.
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Carleen Riffle
Absolutely Brilliant Characters and Storytelling. Bad Has Never Felt So Good.
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2016
Mandy Desay
Dark and Gritty I loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2016