Bex (Beckie Bookworm)'s Reviews > Sick Bastard

This was a reread for me, I can't actually remember when I first read this one but it was a fair while back and i enjoyed it just as much this second time around. London and Dante's relationship is beyond fucked up. He's a complete and utter psycho and makes no apologies for this fact. London definitely gets off on his particular brand of Cray Cray, that's for sure. His hyper fixation and total obsession was curiously adorable as is his utter confusion regarding experiencing these feelings which is all new ground for Dante. I've experienced some sociopathic clueless asshole anti-heroes before but Dante takes it to a whole new level. He's an unapologetic steam roller with a definite god complex and London is the target firmly set in his sights.

He systematically sets out to wear her down, Dante wants her and is determined to acquire her, by whatever means necessary. Not that London is seriously that resistant no matter how much she protests it's basically all front. London's default setting is bitch and the constant push and pull between them is its own form of foreplay. She definitely gets off on Dante's stalkerish attentions in every way all whilst still recognising how unhealthy it all is.

But Dante is also keeping secrets ones that when London discovers the truth may break her. He's also arrogant enough that he believes he can still talk her round and gain her forgiveness after the fact. it never crosses his mind for one moment that his actions may potentially cost him the woman that he now loves.

This was such a trip and I enjoyed every second of it. Dante may be an utter head case but he also had at times a vulnerable charm, something that only London gets to witness first hand. Dante is an original and the chemistry between these two was electric and so intense the page sizzled with the heat they both projected. 

I'm looking forward to reading book two again especially with how we left things here. I definitely recommend this duet and it was such an easy well written read that had me in a bloody chokehold throughout.