| Title | : | Ominous: Book I (Ecstasy, #2) |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | First published September 17, 2021 |
The consequences of lust driven bone-deep?
Eli and Eden are about to find out.
After a quiet meeting in their private school’s library, it doesn’t take long for them to recognize the hidden darkness in one another. Surrounded by a strange disappearance, skeptical friendships, and conflicting dreams born out of nightmares, together,
they
fall.
What will they lose along the way?
Their morals, innocence, and maybe, just a little of their minds.
Ominous: Book I (Ecstasy, #2) Reviews
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Five Holy Moly, What A Ride Stars. Let me tell you if I could give more than five. I would.
Ominous is one of my most anticipated books of the year. K.V. Rose did not disappoint and delivered an intense masterpiece. My mind is blown away, and I am just in awe of the author's imagination in how she articulates it onto paper. It just flows off the pages effortlessly and seems so flawless, especially with this monster of a book. I am highly impressed.
I fell in love with my favorite sociopath in Ecstasy. Ominous is about Eli in his senior year in high school and when he meets Eden. Both want each other secrets, deepest dark desires and are insanely attracted to each other.
I equally wanted to be Eli’s mother, be there for him, and strangle him. As much as I love Eden, I think she has more layers than she leads us to believe. I don’t think some people give Eli credit and have several secrets of their own. Eli is a lot smarter than they think. Be prepared for full steam ahead. It's hot and, to some, can be messed up or question yourself. I loved it.
I was taken on an intense, dark, twisted ride. Like Eli, I am fully obsessed and can’t get enough. This book just dug deep into me. I love a book that makes you think and gives you mind trickery—so many games in this one. If you want something dark, this book is for you; it’s a must-read. -
skim read 800 pages and I have no words... what even was this? I don't understand anything I read and Eli deserves a better book than this :/
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I have absolutely no fucking clue what to say right now. I just know I need the rest of this crazy shit. Lol
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shakespeare couldn’t write this
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convinced myself kv rose is jesus 🛐
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"He feels safe and thrilling all at once.
Danger wrapped in my shelter,
I don’t understand how he can be both something I want to run from, and to."
Ominous- KV Rose
It has been several days since I read Ominous and I’m still trying to put my thoughts into a review.
It truly took over my mental state as only KVs writing can do.
I picked the above quote out of the many I highlighted to help me describe how I felt.
"safe and thrilling all at once"
I was on edge and anxious the entire read however the safety i felt within the words knowing the authors love and care she took writing these characters and story.
"danger wrapped in shelter"
The danger that both characters continually test not only physically but mentally is intense however the shelter is my love of dark books that have deeply emotional and suspenseful plots like this.
"I don’t understand how "he" can be both something I want to run from, and to."
Several times I wanted to run from this read because of how much the characters overwhelmed me emotionally. But it’s something I need to run to so I can feel Eli and Eden’s vulnerability and searching for who they are and why they need or hate the things they do to themselves and each other.
This is not a pretty romance. It is dark, toxic, unnerving and a deep dive into the characters mental state. It was a reading experience that left me in tears and emotionally drained well after I finished.
"Do you want to play with me?
Do you want to hurt me?
Do you want to love me?
The questions are sudden inside my head, too fast, too soon, crashing into me in waves.
I FEEL EVERYTHING"
Just like Eli and Edens obsession with eachother I am obessed with KV Roses writing and all her books. If you love dark romance, I highly recommend you dive into all of hers.
5 stars.
Cliffhanger. NA. this is Dark. Please Check Triggers. Dual POV
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I don’t believe in fate. Life doesn’t care enough to be anything more than random. But something about her, it fits with something in me.
Ominous was easily one of my most eagerly awaited books of this year and KV Rose pretty much blew all my expectation right out of the water and spun a story, haunting in its beauty, and captivating in its intensity.These words seep inside you, twisting you up in every way you never knew you wanted. Dark academia is one of my favorite aesthetics ever and when you pair that with the absolute masterpiece this book was, I was pretty much in bookish heaven. Or hell, because Eden says hell is more fun and what Eden says goes. Did I mention? Top read of the entire year.
It's amazing how every single character was written so authentically. Their actions were imperfectly and achingly human, each action and thought, genuinely believable. Janelle, Dom, Seb, Luna, Jasper and Eric are probably my favorite secondary characters written. and there are no lies detected here.
About the two that are living rent free in my head and is going to for the foreseeable future. Eden and Eli. They understood and embraced each other and their darkness on some deep, molecular level. They provided a space, both safe and dangerous in its own way, for each other. There's this undertone of each other's imperfections being accepted and cherished that really is so precious. Eden's thoughts and relationships were seriously interesting to say the least. She's multifaceted and a damn queen. Plus she's into dark magic, just when I thought I couldn't love her anymore. Eli is that non-threatening shadow hovering in the edge of your vision that turns out to be a lethal presence come to take you to darkness. His personal and public persona and connections to the people around him was enthralling. They were both intellectual and smart, observant and watchful and this added so many layers to an already deep hitting book.
Immediate thoughts after reading :
I haven't read a book like this before. It's like a roller coaster thrill, your stomach is defying gravity and you don't think it can hold you back anymore. Electrostatic forces are nudging under your skin, sending shock waves to your brain. Your brain is trying to process everything but there's too many things you're feeling right now you don't know if you can understand all that you're feeling, all that KV wanted you to feel and felt herself because it's just a little too much and that's like fear except you like the fear. I know none of this makes sense. That's the point.
“So, whenever you start thinking you’re the worst person in the world, Eli, just remember, I’m the one keeping your secrets.” -
Eden: Drown me 👉🏼🥺👈🏼
Eli: Beg me
Me: *screaming but without the s*
Eden: *begs him*
Eli: *holds her under water*
Eden: You tried to fucking drown me, you’re insane. Get away from me 💁🏻♀️
I liked her, I really did. BUT, after reading the last 10 pages I now hate her and would like to curb stomp her stupid fucking face. Eli deserves better, (me). Also, I don’t think I have the emotional strength to make it through the next book. I just know it’ll hurt like a bitch. Anyways, 5 stars for daddy Eli -
First of all this this book was a whole ass vibe. KV's books just hit that sweet spot for me and this was no fckn different.
We met Eli in Ecstasy and if you're like me, then you just wanted more of him. Anything you could get your greedy lil hands on. What happened to Eli? Why is he the way he is?
Enter Eden Arella Rain. I was not expecting her at all, what a pleasant fckn surprise. Quite possibly the best fmc written by this author. Scrap that, she is. As the story progresses, we come to see that Eden holds more darkness in her then Eli.
"But I don't like the way he hurts me. It's not a prick of pain. Not a tease. Its a knife in my gut. But his obsession is almost like a bandage."
Eden piques Eli's interest after transferring schools and their first conversation solidifies the fact that she has layers that he is all to happy to peel back. Let the games begin. Play with me. But Eden isn't like the others, she isn't another pawn on Eli's chess board. He may have met his match.
He wants her secrets, she wants his. Her darkest thoughts and desires rival his and you just know this won't end well.
"God, you're fun."
Those 3 words were my favorite that Eli spoke in the story. They gave me chills. KV's writing takes you to a dark place which I love, her words get in your head, the feelings and thoughts she evokes are something that don't stop once you put the book down.
They linger.
This book releases Friday and you need this in your life.
p.s I wasn't sure if I was horrified or turned on by the pool scenes. Im still not sure. Ill get back to you.
p.p.s Eli will make you so mad once or twice you'll want to shake the fck out of him. -
Avis complet dispo sur TikTok!! 🥵🏴☠️🤌🏻
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“You can pretend you’re above it all, above fear, you can pretend these nasty things don’t eat you alive, Eden, but we all get scared.”
Reading Ominous kind of feels like a slow descent into madness. Things are calm at first, a little messed up but the deeper you get into the water the higher the waves get and then before you know it, you’re fully submerged and you don’t know which way is up or down.
We met Eli in Ecstasy, but in Ominous we get to meet him as a teenager in high school where he meet Eden. The one person he thinks will finally understand him. I won’t say much about the plot aside from its a messy first love full of drama, tension, sex and…drowning.
“I never believed I could tame him. I just assumed he wouldn’t bite me”
I really liked Eden as a character and I felt I understood her at times. She felt relatable. Eli on the other hand..he’s not relatable. I have read all kinds of dark and messed up books, but Eli Addison is by far the scariest character I’ve ever read about. He’s unpredictable. Calm at times and a violent storm at others. I felt like we got to see some of his soft edges in this book though and I really loved how he just obsessed over Eden.
Don’t go into Ominous expecting a sweet romance. This book is dark and kind of eerie. I’ll just sit here and cry while I wait for part two of their story.
“Sometimes there isn’t an origin story for horror.” -
Brilliantly addictive dark and toxic story !!!
This book is a masterpiece! I’ve been dying for this story and KV didn’t disappoint! Eli and Eden story is so raw and real there relationship is so toxically beautiful I’m obsessed with them! I’ve never read about a couple as damaged and toxic for each other as these two are there is so much pain and emotions that bleed from the pages I don’t know how this author survived after writing this story and this book is a beast of a book at a little over 800 pages and every page and word I savored I’m just hoping and praying that E & E are end game but I’m not sure these two are just so freaking toxic for each other they are both completely obsessed with the other and they have a dark past full of trauma they are both so damaged I just don’t see a happy ending for them but I’m definitely rooting for it nevertheless . KV Rose is one of my favorite authors in this industry I’m obsessed with her books and her characters every story I read I just don’t see how she can top and she does every single time! This book was dark it’s twisted and so freaking hot the sex scenes had me squirming in my seat the angst the passion the emotions it gives me goosebumps just thinking of this story. This book is definitely going down as my favorite read for 2021 !!! I can’t wait for the next book in this series!!! -
Infinite stars!!
I am in love. 🖤🖤 I amvery aggressivelyvery calmlythreatening (with a knife)telling everyone that Eli and Eden are fucking mine. They. Are. Mine. Don't dare fuck with me about this!!!!
Omg omg omg, I LOVED Ominous so much. I'll admit I was disappointed after I read Ecstasy (Book 1) because I was invested in Eli and.... well, if you've read it, you'll know what I was feeling after completing Ecstasy. But Ominous was such a goddamn treat! Eli's dangerous and delicious sociopathy coupled with Eden's cautious, intelligent mind and dark heart....it made the already high intensity in K's books explode to new heights.
My heart was pounding during the entire fucking read and I was experiencing a slew of emotions that I don't think I even have the capacity to distinguish. Ominous felt more like a drug than Ecstasy to me😆🖤🖤☠️
Recommend?! Hell, I would make you read this book at gunpoint if I could .. it's so worth it. 🖤
Quotes :
I think I hear something underneath his statement. Something darker. Hidden. Play in the shadows with me.
I squeeze my eyes shut tight, still facing away from him. What if we never come back into the light?
Would it scare you? The ways I want love?
You can’t scare me, Eli.
You have no idea, baby girl.
Besides, we’re the type of people to live forever, even if we don’t want to. Maybe because we don’t want to. I think God enjoys orchestrating a little suffering.
Her: You like bad girls, don’t you, Eli?
Me: I like you.
Her: An angel, remember?
Me: Be a devil for me.
She is a mess, she’s decided, and no one wants a mess. Not a real one. Not an unromanticized version of one.
Flared tempers and tension-filled fights can be appealing. Dreamy. Passionate.
Haunted memories, waking up in a cold sweat because they infected your dreams, remembering you have no future because you live with a brain which hates you, imagining someone you love walking out, over and over and over…
Therapists. Medications. Psychiatrists. Studies.
Blood on your hands.
No one wants that.
No one wants the reality of mental illness.
No one wants to be the recipient of one of those disorders with no cure, no treatment, no understanding. Those are the type of things people write angry blog posts about. Self-publish books on how to avoid people just like that.
Just like me.
Five Signs of a Sociopath: Run, Don’t Walk.
We skipped the small talk because two souls know when they’re conceived to collide. They don’t need an introduction. They just fucking ruin each other without a hello.
Why do you always have to pretend to be so goddamn tough? Break a little, just for me.
The torture kind of makes life worth living. The power makes me feel loved.
It’s why we won’t make it.
You can only survive so many knife wounds before you simply… bleed out.
“Show me how you hurt me when I can’t see.”
Our relationship is strange, and the warning signs are screaming at me, but I like the way they sound.
Everyone wants to pretend they’re sympathetic to people with mental illnesses until they start showing signs of being mentally fucking ill.
“What do I need to do?” she whispers, staring up at me with what I choose to believe is adoration but could just as easily be terror. I think, maybe, they’re the same thing.
I never believed I could tame him. I just assumed he wouldn’t bite me.
She turns her head to look up at me. "I’m going to fucking murder you."
I smile, smoke curling around my teeth. "Don’t tease me with a good time."
I’m all yours, Nightmare Girl.” I bite the side of her face, hard, and her calves tremble, wrapped around my waist. I flex my fingers tighter.
No breath leaves her lungs.
And if you want to keep breathing, you’re all fucking mine.
I’ve come to understand he needs his love drenched with a little blood, wrapped up tight in bruises. -
What the f*ck!? I’m so lost 🥴
Eden: “I want you to choke me to death”
Eli: *almost kills her*
Eden: “I can’t believe you want to murder me!”
Me:
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the eli i know would never let someone call him baby boy 🤣
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i don’t have the vocabulary to sit here and explain it like either you get the vibe or you don’t get the vibe.
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eden isn’t the only one seeing god right now
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If I already said that one book was my favorite one of 2021, it’s because Ominous wasn’t release yet. I love all the books that I read, but this one is another level. I feel like that I’m passionate with this book. Eli and Eden are just something else.
I know I always says this, but I connected myself so much with these characters. Especially with Eden. She is amazing and I really see myself in her. There’s some parts of the book that I was reading and I was like “wait this is so me”. I love when this happens, because I get more excited with the book.
Eli. What can I say about Eli? Especially High School Eli?! He is the best. I liked him in Ecstasy, but I needed Ominous to fall in love with him.
I’m glad that Eli was not with Zara. His soulmate is Eden. They are crazy? Yes, but they need each other. Everything about this book is so perfect. It’s huge, but it was necessary so we could understand more Eli. I’m excited to know more about him. We only met a part of him. He is complex. He is difficult to understand. But you understand him. It’s hard sometimes to deal with him, but you can understand him.
I loved this book. I’m so excited for Part Two and Sinister. Eli and Eden are amazing and they have my heart and my mind now. I will only think about them after this book. I wish I could explain how much I love it, but I don’t have words enough for this. The fact that KV did a book of 47 chapters is a risk, because most of the times, authors get lost in their own books, but KV knew what she was doing and that’s why I love her books. She knows what she is writing. I know she is scared about this book, because it’s DARK, but the only thing I can say is: Trust on her. She never fail. She knows how to deal with these little demons. -
Me before reading: drooling over cover🤤
Me After reading: f*ck! It sucks.. sometimes😖
Reason why it sucks for me.!
It was dark N' toxic no doubt and h & H has some really dark fantasies which they like to do with one another cuz they think they are alike. the storyline is good but I was pissed with their inner monologues sometimes. Some scenes are so repetitive like Eli & Luna and Dom & Eden making each other jealous.This scene was there in both the acts and That pisses me off. And I almost dnf it but I didn't and last I get that
Some questions are still unanswered like Dom's sister murder mystery and that why there is a second book to their story...
PS... I don't hate long book but sometimes I just want to get to the point. And that's why I'm pissed with this book.
☮️ Out.
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⭐️: 5/5
🌶: 3.5/5
🌚: 4.5/5
“So, whenever you start thinking you’re the worst person in the world, Eli, just remember, I’m the one keeping your secrets.” - Eden Rain💙
Omg, this book exceeded my expectations. It was everything and more. I f*cking love Eli Addison with all my dark heart. I got the same after feeling I had with Ecstasy (Book 1), I feel empty lol, like Eden and Eli took my heart with them. Eden is like the female version of Eli, its like she was perfectly made for him, both equally f*cked up, and both keep secrets from everyone around them. The connection they have is unlike any other, their chemistry is crazy, they understand each other so well, they’re not afraid of each other’s darkest confessions, it’s like they’re soulmates or something more tangled as KV would say. This book reached some levels of darkness that I definitely signed up for lmaoo. The steam was amazing like really really good. There is so much build up but it is all so worth it. I fell in love with each character the more I read. KV never disappoints with the plots she creates. Never. I am desperately waiting for part 2. -
⛈ dark psychological 'romance'
⛈ deep dive into mental illness
⛈ toxic obsession // love
⛈ murder mystery
⛈ elite highschool vibes
i honestly cannot come up with the words to explain how much this series means to me. i plan to post an in-depth review once i finish part II.
eli×eden forever🔪☠️💚 -
I can’t express into words how it is to wait for a book for almost a year and then get everything you hoped for and more
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parents will warn you about drugs and alcohol but not about edeneli
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The conventional rating system is usually out of 5. Fuck That. I rate this 100 stars. Take that goodreads lol.
I am currently writing this review at 3 am, devil’s hour, as Eden says. It only felt appropriate. I’m staring at my screen willing the adequate words to come to mind. However, I don’t think that’s gonna happen. I hope you enjoy anyways.
Ecstasy was a journey. Loving a character like 💚✞ 𝔼𝕝𝕚 𝔸𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤 𝔸𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟 ✞💚 is too. KV gives these morally grey characters such depth. I FUCKING LOVE IT. It’s real and raw. Ominous was an even crazier journey. It was about obsession and twisted desires. It was about giving in to these things, descending into darkness together. It also gave us better insight into Eli and the workings of his mind. I would love to say its made me understand every little thing about. Why he thinks the way he does or his actions. However, I don’t think we ever fully will and I love that. Is it a mask? Is it him? All I know is that 700+ pages has made my obsession infinitely worse. It’s not that young Eli was a knight in shinning armor (although judge me for thinking he was sweet) (judge me further because one of my favorite parts was “I hope this never washes out” like 🥺🩸 lol) He’s just fucking real and unpredictable. “𝕹𝖔 𝖔𝖓���� 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖑 𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘”. That line punched in the gut (along with 100 others, I swear half the book is highlighted).
Also can we talk about the way Eli described Eden?! I just about died and got butterflies 1000 times. Her stretch marks, the way she sweat, her PHAT ASS.
🔪✞ 𝔼𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝔸𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 ℝ𝕒𝕚𝕟 ✞🔪. I don’t think I could love a character more. It was unnerving how much I related to her. Her insecurities and thought process. Yet, it also felt weirdly comforting… like I was being seen by the words. I just love her fucking strength and will. Putting her life in Eli’s hands time after time. Knowing she should run, that it’ll never work but staying anyways. Pushing Eli back just as hard. Her fantasies, her magic practice, her fucking darkness. Eli met his match. I wish I had more words because I fell for her just as much as Eli but brain= mush.
Together Eli and Eden. It was fucking hot. Even when things took a slightly deadly turn… it made it hotter??? 👀🥵 (No thoughts, head empty, just car scene)
They both need obsession over everything. They want the other to NEED them. They want to hurt each other to leave scar tissue. A reminder that this was real. However that is exactly what they foresee will tear them apart (and will tear my whole soul into fucking shreds). “𝕴𝖙’𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖞 𝖜𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖓’𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖎𝖙. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖋𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖞… 𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖙.”
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God. Idk. I’m a mess. I’ve been bursting into tears. I’ll end it all by saying this is the best book KV has written to date and the best book of the year (of my life??). I wouldn’t change a SINGLE fucking thing. I also want to thank her for writing this. All the emotions I felt I can only imagine is a fraction of what you must feel writing. It is so appreciated. Books rarely make me feel the way this one did. For those of you who know me my next words are gonna tell you exactly how much this book means to me. It is mud vein status.
Anyways I apologize for this inadequate review. If you take anything away READ IT!!!
ALSO DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE LENGTH. I could have read 2,000 more pages. It was perfect. I felt as if I was there spying on Eli and Eden because the imagery was amazing. Every word, every page was purposeful and made the story what it is. -
Ominous is a one of a kind book that will forever stay with me, This book is thick, I am usually a one book a day type of girl but this book took me close to 4 days to read and that is a first.
There is so much to say about this book because it made me feel some type of way but with saying that there is a lot that I cannot say either because you know SPOILER'S.
There comes a time in your life where you meet people who will change your life and let me tell you that these two characters that you meet will do that. They go by the names Eli and Eden. From their first initial meeting you could tell that there was something special happening, it was like a calling but in reality they are just strangers who have just met. They are two people who you will fall for whole heartedly, you will fall fast and it will hurt. As their story flowed, it was a book I couldn't put down because I was just so absorbed in the world that this author created and the words that these characters were speaking.
It was like I was transformed into their universe and I was feeling their pain, their hurt and their darkness. The connection that Eden and Eli have is pure fire, it's like dark magic has been summoned and it clashed these two together. Their connection is unlike no other and its a connection that you need to understand properly to be able to understand why they fit so much and it isn't until towards the end of the book that you start to really grasp how much they mean to each other and to what lengths they will go to keep each other in their lives. Just like their connection, their attraction was instant but their attraction was like foreplay a lot of the time with the push and pull, the games and the back and fourth with who could hurt the other the hardest. The sexual tension in this book was electric, it was like electric shocks had been dragged down your spine, those ooze that sexual energy vibes through their looks, their touches and their words.
These two are obsessed with each other and I loved having that front row seat in being able to watch that develop no matter how messy and toxic they are, there is one thing for sure. These two characters right here, are toxic. A pair that in all things considered shouldn't be together but there is no denying the deep, emotional and physical connection they have. Eli and Eden are end game.
You know reading this book, I had no idea that my body could feel different whilst reading, because I was getting pulled in so much different directions. It was like an outer body experience happening, one I wasn't sure I was comfortable with but the other half of me was living for it.
Being a huge fan of Eli in Ecstasy, I didn't think I was going to love Eden, but I did. She is everything and if not more. She is exactly the person that Eli needs and he is everything that Eden needs. These two are so very different but the same if that makes sense, their dark souls speak to one another and it's so damn special but with saying that, could what they have really last or could it be a recipe for destruction or something more sinister ?
This book deserves many more stars then the five that we can give, let's just say I need that next installment like as soon as I can.
* ARC RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. -
I DID NOT CONSENT TO THIS NO ONE ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THIS FUCK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF U
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Tempus edax rerum.
This book - It captures the push and pull, indecision, and innocence of the years where one is old enough to be legally an adult, but life experience fails to balance want, need, impulse, and the actions of fantasy with the actual ending result of "what if?"
"What's the darkest thought you've ever had?" This is how it starts.
Ominous I is pivotal. Eli doesn't feel much, so he looks for things that get his adrenaline going. Eden doesn't like to be touched and almost seems afraid of herself early on. Their intense reactions to each other - It makes sense. Sustainability though? Before and after maybe.
The characters: Eli and Eden are broken edges that crashed together and broke a little more. Their relationship is a tangled web of lies, half truths, and chaotic bouts of honesty that are jarring and brutal. Their need for each other and the unapologetic way they cling to each other, put each other first, while breaking a little more just is.
"We skipped the small talk because two souls know when they’re conceived to collide. They don’t need an introduction. They just fucking ruin each other without a hello."
All the damage and the feels in one place.
"Our souls don’t know how to crawl closer. We run head on, seeing the impact up ahead, but we can’t stop. Or maybe we just don’t want to. We know the wreck will be worth it."
Eli: "Everything he owns overshadows me, and I used to worry he would eclipse me entirely. I’d disappear behind him, and he wouldn’t be able to find me. Or worse, he couldn’t care enough to look. Now, I’m the sole object of his affection, and I. Am. Terrified."
Eden: "Touch me, so I can see if I hate the way you feel like I do everyone else."
KV Rose: Her writing is like a spider spinning webs into my brain. Her webs link one line to the next. When I walk through it, sometimes, I just feel caught. It's brillaint. I love her. The way she writes is just so completely addictive. The momentum of being caught up in Eli and Eden's whirlwind is emotionally draining as a reader. That talent is what keeps me coming back to books. Her characters are authentic, flawed, and messy... chaotic and magnetic... uncontrolled and captivating. I am here for it. She could write a grocery list and I'd read it.
This book is HUGE. I read every word. My mind didn't wander or skip anything. I found myself rereading whole scenes. After a couple days, I realized I was still reading the same book. I got lost in Ominous I. That never happens. This time it did. "Tempus edax rerum. Time devours all things." I lost hours of time to this book and they felt like minutes. For a reader, this is what we hope for, "getting lost in a good book." Now, I'm drowning and I want more... Sinister, please, yes.
These characters live in my head now and forever. This isn't the first time her characters got me caught up. I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Side note: When reading this I kept thinking about Durkheim's theory of the sacred and profane. I thought of how Eli calls Eden an angel and put her on a pedestal. How Eden's ideas of magic, sigils, etc. would be "profane" by most people, but to her, even though her belief wavers at times would still be "sacred." I wondered if her beliefs in magic stemmed from or were an act of rebellion from the status quo or if she needed something that matched her mind's worldview. Yep, this book really sunk it's claws deep into my mind.
Props for Siiickbrain on the Spotify playlist. She's phenomenal live. -
This is not a romance. KV Rose warns you right from the beginning, and yet I still fell so madly in love with these characters.
I never got around to writing a review for this series. I'm unsure if I just couldn't wrap my head around my emotions or if it was some form of gatekeeping. Whatever it was, I am now writing a review because I couldn't have this series on my page without one.
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE! If you look at some of the books on my page and think this will be similar, DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK. Ominous is one of those stories I came across accidentally, and it's different from anything else I've read. It wasn't my introduction to dark romance, but it was certainly the book that changed my perspective on the genre. To me, this book is incredibly special, but there is a whole slew of TWs that will turn people away. So, tread carefully.
Eden Rain. Eden, Eden, Eden. She's in my top FMC of all time. She's not a carbon copy of me, we're actually incredibly different people, but there was something about her that spoke so clearly to me. The journey she goes on mentally is so similar to some of the things I felt in my final year of high school. Her thoughts aren't sugar-coated or glossed over. She's struggling with something and entering a life-changing relationship. Everything she does is so real to me. Like I don't know how I would react to someone acting the way she does in scenes or how someone else would react to me because I was ultimately struggling very similarly to her. She's just such a multilayered character that not everyone is going to like. FMCs will always get the short end when it comes to complaints about novels, but I can't even bring it in me to truly fault her for anything. I think the fact that she was alive and breathing at the end of the novel is an incredible feat on its own. There's an intense urge in me to just say she can do no wrong... but I will not because, honestly, I enjoy her doing wrong more than anything else. Oops.
Eli Addison. I read Ominous before I read Ecstacy because of the way I found the books. So, I'm not someone who had opinions on him from the first book or had any clue who he was. I loved him early on, and he was one of the first characters with ASPD that I had read about. I think I struggle sometimes with actually understanding that just based on the people I've been surrounded by in my life. I don't truly understand what it's like to interact with someone like Eli, so I'd be sitting there wishing he would just do something or say something to Eden, but then I'd have to constantly remind myself that is not within his character, he would never do that. I think with my limited knowledge, KV created a really interesting character and does not try to villainize ASPD in any way. It's very clear that she loves Eli. I love Eli. I think everyone loves Eli. In some books, I tend to get bored during MMCs POV chapters. I'm such a female-driven story girl, but in this book, it really would never work without hearing his side of the story. Without knowing how he operates. His home life, his past with his mother, and even his feelings toward Eden. He's a very unique but special character.
Eden and Eli. Not a romance, but a tale of twisted love for sure. They are very special to me. They'll probably always exist somewhere in my head because I've never read a story like them before. I highly doubt I'll ever read a story like that again. KV Rose honestly created a beautiful story that I want to live in forever. I've said it a million times, but I'll say it again, this is not for everyone. But holy shit, was this story for me. -
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ / 5
You know, I don’t even know where to start with this review. Ecstasy is one of my top reads of last year and mostly because of Eli characterisation. I was so intrigued by him and really wanted to dive into his character and psyche more. So you can all understand my excitement when I found out K.V was releasing more books in this series!
Ominous is set before Ecstasy where we follow Eli in his high school years alongside Eden Rain. I honestly came into this book for Eli but continued on and left with a new obsession for our main girl Eden. Are we even surprised that K.V. wrote yet another amazing character at this point?
Both Eli and Eden characters were just incredible and when they came together it was something so explosive and fucked up and I just could not get enough of it. At all. I love both Eli and Eden, they are both incredibly thought out characters and the fact we are going to get more of them too? I’m so excited and literally need the rest of the books in my hands right now.
I also can never get enough of how mental health issues are portrayed in all of K.V. Books. It’s always so raw and realistic and just so heavy. I couldn’t ask for her to write it any better, nothing is sugar coated or glamourised at all (as it shouldn’t be in any books regardless). It’s just so real and I have a mega appreciation for that.
Also her ability to make us literally adore a psychopath? Like damnnnn!
I could ramble on and on about how much I loved this but honestly, if you are a dark romance lover just check out both Ecstasy then Ominous yourself just to get lost in this world and K.V beautiful writing.
This book is one of my top reads of this year. It was everything I wanted and fucking more.
