Make Me: The Silent Hollow, Book 2

This is the 4th book I read at the beginning of this year that I was hoping would be an audiobook. And this one did NOT disappoint!!! Look, I have a love/not love thing with one of these narrators, so not going to lie when I saw they were on this book my heart was a little sad. But the joke was on me big time because holy cow this was a fantastic audiobook! If you can, LISTEN to this book!!! Your ears will love you 😁 I promise!! On a side note... When I first read this book I didn't actually realize how absolutely bat poo crazy Ronan is! I mean I did because the guy talked to a stuffed animal for crying out loud 😅 but he is just out of his mind! Just a weird realization I made while listening! 🤭 Here is part of my 1st review... I was a little weary going into a MMM book again because the last one I read was really boring. I'm so glad I did because this book was not boring at all!! I absolutely loved this book! Each chapter was short and progressed so smoothly through each of the guys. It kept me so engaged with the story that it was like watching a movie. These men, Ronan, Logan, and Dakota. 🫠 Their stories were sad, heartbreaking, and painful. But watching them come together and heal, then fall for each other was just beautiful. The banter was hilarious! That Buffalo made me cry so hard. And holy hell these three were hot! 🔥🥵🔥 *phew*

Going in blind to this book for blookclub and I came out happily impressed. A Why Choose MMM serial killer/cop/excop dark romance with a lovable highland cow stuffie? What could go wrong? Nothing. Nothing went wrong. It was great. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. The character back stories? Horrific The characters themselves? Amazing The banter? Hilarious The storyline? Intriguing The spice? Obsessed The chapters were short and the book moved quickly. I do however think we could've possibly introduced our third MMC Dakota a bit differently. And I wish the "im not gay" thing would've stayed with once character not 2/3. But thats just a personal preference. All in all. Great book. Would recommend to anyone looking to feel a little something. This book has some dark terrible things so pls make sure to read your trigger warnings.

𝘼𝙣𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙤, 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡. 📖 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗲 ✍🏼 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝘠𝘦𝘴; 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 (𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴) 🖤 ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴄᴇɴᴀʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛɪᴄɪᴀɴ ʙʏ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅʀᴀ ꜱᴛ. ᴘɪᴇʀʀᴇ 🖤 ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ʙʏ ᴀʟɪɴᴀ ᴍᴀʏ “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.” 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗦 🔪 ᴍᴍᴍ 🔪 ꜱᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ 🔪 ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ 🔪 Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀᴘʟᴇ ꜱʏʀᴜᴘ 🔪 ᴄʀᴀᴡʟɪɴɢ 🔪 ᴅᴇɢʀᴀᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ⚠️ 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 ⚠️ First and foremost, this book has content warnings. This is definitely on the darker side as far as topics discussed. Please review them fully 𝘽𝙀𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 and proceed accordingly. 📖𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪📖 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♾️ I can’t begin to describe how excited I was to dive back into this world. I was introduced to the boys in 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣 and immediately fell in love with these characters. We encounter love in unexpected places, coming to terms with sexuality — and learning that it’s okay to be who you are, and to be utterly unashamed by that. 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗻: He’s seen so many horrible things during his time as a police officer. Especially…

I was exited for this book after I read the first book....... however....... This is the first book by this author I read and somehow I couldn't get into the writing style, that is off course not the authors fault. There are some heavy topics in this book, CA and internalised homophobia but when neither of the MC's had started to process either of these topics around the 60% mark I gave up. To me it started to feel like it would be a quick fix in the last 30% and I just couldn't commit to that beccause of how heavy those topics are. I skipped to the end just so I could leave a review.

PHEWWWW Alina seriously blew it out of the PARK with this book. I wasn't sure what to expect going into this read, but I absolutely devoured every word. The depth of the trauma Logan, Ronan and Dakota all had was heart breaking, and the way they found solace and healing hit me straight in my heart. The heaviness of the character's personal traumas gets balanced by the most HILARIOUS banter. I swear this book will have you crying, kicking your feet and laughing. Oh, and you'll probably never look at maple syrup the same way again. "Does my boy have a sensitive tummy? I snort. My boy. Sounds like I want him. I mean more in a he’ll-be-mine-when-I-dr@in-the-life-out-of-him kinda way." LIKE COME ON. These men have SO much depth, their inner dialogue is perfect for each character, and the way they grow throughout the story is done SO well. I THINK WE ALSO NEED STANDING OVATION FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER: Buffalo! ‘Oh god, I love him.’ Buffalo sounds absolutely thrilled. " Even Buff's little thoughts and input were sooo funny and adorable and really added such a fun touch to the story. Absolutely 5/5 stars, would read again, would devour again, will love Alina and her writing always.