My Dark Desire: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Dark Prince Road)

I enjoyed the story of Zach and Farrow as these two very different people each deal with the deaths of their fathers in violent traffic accidents. Zachary is the wealthy son traumatized by being trapped under his dying father's body following an accident; Farrow's father died while she was competing in a fencing championship in Korea and her stepmother drained her bank account and cancelled her credit cards to prevent her from returning home for the funeral. The two cross paths when Farrow tries to steal a pendant once belonging to her father from the eccentric Zachary Sun's art collections. The spirited opposites meet and begin their battle for supremacy when Zach catches her in the act. Farrow escapes, leaving a battered shoe behind.

I enjoyed the characters in this story, and welcomed the reappearance of other characters from earlier stories involving residents of Dark Prince Road. Nice mixture of battling wits, contrasting family personalities, healing from past trauma, and revenge. However, my one big criticism is the grand gesture that comes before any HEA; it was too OTT , out of character for both of the MCs, and, frankly, overdone to the point that I personally would run the other way. Seriously, I almost deducted a star or two because I thought it was so badly done when compared to the rest of the book. In the case of this drawn out event, less would be more.

Otherwise, looking forward to Oliver's story.

I can eat this type of romance for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: My Dark Desire by Parker S. Huntington and LJ Shen.

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Dark Prince Road character series. Book 2.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓 on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Billionaire, enemies-to-lovers, broken MMC, suspense-lite, touch her and die, he falls first.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Farrow is reeling after the death of her father, and in the wake of her step mother selling all of his belongings. In her attempt to get back a prized pendant, she steals from Zachary Sun, a wealthy and mysterious billionaire with an aversion to touch who sees her as his anecdote.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: This character series has been absolutely delectable. Fairytale-coded, billionaire to the max, and just full of angst and tension. I absolutely devoured it.

Ok that’s probably too many food euphemisms, but seriously. I loved this book. Zach was a unique character, with a horrible back story and this incredibly vulnerable inner monologue. And Farrow was independent and witty and wonderful as well.

I loved the dynamic. I loved the unapologetic billionaire-ness of it all. I loved the story arch and the ridiculous happy ending.

Both books in this series have been legit. I’m only sad it took so long for me to pick them up.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶

So there’s something about Zach and Fae that silently spoke to me. It’s not a work of art and to be honest I should rate at four stars but I cannot put my finger on it but it’s a good read. I loved them, individually and as a couple (?)…I guess their banter and his unsuccessful need to try and control this strong and determined woman that gave it back to him…it just worked for me. I wasn’t crazy about Romeo and Dallas in the first book of this series but Zach and Fae, they had this smoldering fire that was so freaking delicious that I could not put the book down. And I’m not talking about sex although wtf was that scene in the pantry…uhm naw, anyway they had this intensity, hence the pantry scene, that was spellbinding in a weird but absolutely extreme and hopeful way that they would reach their HEA. The trauma each had to endure was so traumatic itself yet each was the antidote for the other. I enjoyed reading about Zach cultural practices and his mother with aunty who provided some levity to the storyline gave the read some depth. But the real reason I gave the full 5 ⭐️ rating is for the cover…SERIOUSLY, dude is FINE! Yes, I’m old school I get the word hot, but that mofo is FINE! DAAYUM, who is he and in my next life if there is one, can we meet with me younger and him a few years older, and can he become my loving, giving, trusting, caring, humorous, hygiene conscious, chef extraordinaire, with the intellect of a cosmologist, ready on a dime not needing time any day and any time, dedicated life-partner and baby daddy! I don’t care for cute or beautiful men, more into handsome (yeah this chick is the only one that needs a couple of hours to make an impactful appearance), but this guy is absolutely gorgeous! Whoever picked him I salute you! 😉