✨Im Literary Anxious✨

𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲🕒 2 minutes
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Shona Knight ✍🏻𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 475📖

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀: ⭐⭐⭐.5
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗽: Varies between MMCs
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Duet
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: HEA
𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: Stranded by Shona Knight
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Multi-POV

“𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆.”

🌷 Why Choose (x7)
🖤 Protective MMCs
🌷 Found Family
🖤 Survivor MFC
🌷 Touch Her and Die
🖤 Hunting a Killer

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚!?

The second installment of the Shattered Silence duet was good… but not great. It didn’t quite hit the same notes book one did.

The story picks up right where book one left off, with Mina having a rough afternoon (to put it lightly) and the guys swooping in to rescue her. (Not a spoiler—let’s be real, there wouldn’t be a book otherwise.)

Now that Mina’s out of that hellish environment and living with the guys, she starts talking again and slowly growing into herself. This book focuses on protecting Mina and uncovering the killer.

But then Mina finds out the guys were initially investigating her as part of the case. And somehow not a single one of them thought this might be… an issue? Men. 😒

I also felt like the actual plot took a backseat to the spice in book two. Mina still manages to land herself in trouble twice more, which had me muttering: “How many psychopaths can one girl know!?” Seriously, lady luck shat on Mina the day she was born.

And speaking of villains—when Mina ends up with Helen and Simon, we get the dreaded evil monologue. Sorry, but every time that happens I feel like I’m watching a Scooby Doo episode.

📝 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭:

• Brad = little psychopath, but not the killer.
  ✅ Problem solved (literally).
• Simon? Oh, he’s 100% the killer.
  Yes… but also no? How many psychos does one girl know?
• The twins will be her first intimacy.
  Ugh, fine, I called it wrong. Should’ve known it’d be Dom.
• And please, for the love of all things holy, let her mom rot in the deepest pit of hell.
  ✅Check

Overall, if you read and enjoyed book one, this is worth finishing for closure. Just know going in: less mystery, more spice, and a few too many villains giving Saturday-morning-cartoon speeches.