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Serial Volume 3 ($0.99):  AMAZON US

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With Donovan closing in, his feelings growing for Ronnie, and the sudden realization where their paths crossed before, Jude's composure might be cracking. 

 Will Donovan get the CK? Will Jude make a fatal mistake? 

Will Patty make it out alive? And will we ever figure out where Ronnie and Jude met before? 

 Join us for Volume Three in a bold, exciting, dark new adventure from Lily White and Jaden Wilkes. Can anyone hope to find their happily ever after when a serial killer falls in love? 

 **Contains scenes of sex and violence that may disturb and revolt some readers. They may excite others, so yeah, you're kinda sick if they do. ;)

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ARC REVIEW

4 WTF STARS! ★★★★ 

 Holy Jude. This book is messed up on so many levels but I'm all for entirely farked up stuffs, so this was right up my alley. This was such a quick read that I enjoyed and picked up right after that nasty cliffhanger from Volume 2. We got to see more of Jude's past and the events that triggered his twisted behaviour. Honestly, my mind is still numb from the things that Jude is capable of (I still get the bejeezus creeps from bloodplay I tell ya..)

   

 Agent Donovan still leaves me on the fence, I'm not sure entirely what his real motives are but one thing's for sure; he's as twisted and royally messed up as Jude. But what really takes the cake for me in this read is Ronnie who I initially almost couldn't care about but the unexpected twist that came with her character definitely took me by surprise. 

 Aaand it ends with a damn cliffy again, GAH! With a huge revelation, FML. Well on the bright side, the next instalment is the last one, so only one more round of keeping me on the edge of my seat.

  Serial: Volume 3 is a collaborative work between Jaden Wilkes and Lily White and must be read in order. 

  ARC kindly provided by the authors in exchange for an honest review.

Latest Release & ARC Review - Serial: Volume 2 by Lily White & Jaden Wilkes

4 SERIAL STARS! ★★★★

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Follow along as Jude teaches Ronnie her new place in his life while battling the rising need to kill...while Ronnie adapts to Jude's mysterious ways and increasing demands...and as Donovan hunts Jude and fights his own dark urges. 

This is the second instalment in the exciting erotic thriller, Serial...a serial about a serial killer and the one he loves and the one who wants to destroy him.

{Read more for my 4 stars review!}

Book Review - Serial Volume 1 (Serial #1) by Lily White & Jaden Wilkes

3.5 NEED MORE CONVICTION STARS ★★★☆

 

"I believe I love my victims. Something about each and every one of them calls to me, draws me in and makes me fall in love. I just happen to destroy the things that I love." 

After reading Her Master's Courtesan, I swore off to read almost anything that Lily White writes & when I found out that a collaboration featuring her has been released, I jumped right at it.

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Serial, Volume One starts off with Jude Hollister. A wealthy CEO by day and a serial killer by night. He lives for the kill and gets off by killing women who entices him.

"I couldn’t stop now even if I wanted to. And why would I want to? I grant those I love the gift of eternal youth, beauty that will never fade or falter such as that of a withering flower. It’s my calling."

Ronnie, a waitress at Waffle House catches the attention of Jude and he's determined to capture her and make her his own. She's got troubles on her own but when Jude sweeps in to save her, little did she know that Jude has trapped her in his grasp.

There's also Agent Donovan Blake, the FBI agent on the Cascades Killer (aka Jude) case. We don't see that much of him in this instalment and so far all we know is that he's hell bent on catching Jude and may have some dark issues on his own. Oh and he's totally shagging his second-in-command lady, Agent Emily Chase (gotta love some dirty cop action *winks*).

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This was a fairly quick read and felt more like an introduction to all the MC's in the book, so I guess it's fairly safe to say that the thriller factor in this one is still very minimal. The only disturbing thing was being inside Jude's sick, twisted mind as he described how much he gets off during killing.

 

Due to the short length of the read, I barely find myself connecting to any MCs so far & also had me questioning a lot of things. Like why is Ronnie so different from the other women Jude kills? Why did he capture her and not kill her? Why is Ronnie seemingly calm under Jude's capture? 

Overall, I really enjoyed the dark humor that the book had to offer; being inside Jude's head was fairly disturbing but wickedly amusing. But it somehow lacked the oomph factor I was looking for in a dark erotic thriller read. Like I said, this book probably served as an intro and hopefully the later books are much more compelling to read.

I still have high hopes for this series as it sounds promising so far & with that abrupt cliffhanger at the end, I'm very eager to read the next one ;)