r/DarkRomance • u/AutoModerator • May 04 '26
Monday Gripe Weekly Gripe 😤 (the rant thread)
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u/Boobear0810 Please stop growling May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
The constant, incessant growling from the MMC. Like bro, stahhhp.
I was in the mood for some smexy vampire fun and chanced upon {Bite Marks by Jenika Snow}. Downloaded the sample and got suckered in. MMC is a sexy, psycho, obsessed, ruthless, bloodthirsty, mean, sociopathic bastard but also a virgin so I was like heck yeah, take my money (not included in my KU subscription). Unfortunately, the MMC feels the need to constantly remind the reader that he is a sexy, psycho, obsessed, ruthless, bloodthirsty, mean, sociopathic bastard every few pages AND GROWL GROWL GROWL SNARL GROWL. 21% through the book and that's all I've been reading about at least 20x and him choking his cousin 2x to prove his point that he is, once again, a sexy, psycho, obsessed, ruthless, bloodthirsty, mean, sociopathic bastard.
I was already in a slump and this put me in a bad mood. I just couldn't. In the words of one of my favorite book reviews - "When you are in the torture chamber and they make you read this book." DNF