Corrupted Chaos: An Enemies to Lovers Forced Proximity Romance (Tarnished Empire)

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Izzy is the twin sister of Lilah who is the FMC in Fractured Freedom. She is a recovering addict who carries a lot of guilt and a need to constantly prove herself to her loved ones and work colleagues. She lives in constant fear of relapse. Besides the awful characters and basically zero depth or research, the was this book was written made want to claw my eyes out of my face and throw them in acids. I love the dynamics of their relationship. I was so glad this was an enemies to lovers romance cause we get to see their relationship building. Obviously no relationship is perfect but I am glad they made their works. I was surprised by the amount of spice in this book. Compared to this last book this one's gotta be spicest one so far. Each scene was an absolute perfection.

Stuff begun happening in the second chapter. WITH NO CONTEXT. I don’t even know how they fell in love. Cade must’ve choked Izzy so bad, her brain wasn’t oxygenated anymore because clearly, she wasn’t thinking. And what’s with the choking anyway? Why don’t you come sit on my lap like you did his and see how much baggage I have. Then you can get a good comparison." I loved Dante and Delilah in the previous book and I absolutely adore Cade and Izzy with all my heart. Cade had easily replaced everyone in my book boyfriend list with his dirty talking. They didn't start their relationship on the right foot but the tension and chemistry between them was pure perfection I could feel it in my bones. HOWEVER and this is a very big turn off for me is that the FMC would give in at the slightest touch of the MMC. I HATE IT! She was supposed to be this fiery badass woman who HATED the guts of this man and vowed every freaking time that she would stay away from him. The minute he laid his eyes on her or just uttered one sexy word she threw those convictions out of the window. This happened like 5 times and I can't describve how angry it made me.Don’t women rule us? She owns my soul. I can control every computer you log into, the technology that protects your country, and I can control if you live or die. But she controls me. She says kill you, and I ask how she’d like it done. Do you understand? Take a look around you.” As I mentioned before these two have a situationship. This is a very spicy book that pops off in the second chapter and never stops. There is - IMPACT PLAY, BREATH PLAY, KNIFE PLAY, MASKS, PUBLIC SPICE, & PIRECED GENATALIA. There may be more, it was intense and there was a lot of spice.

Overall, if you’re just reading it for the enemies to lovers vibe and the spice and don’t mind that there is really no plot, the writing isn’t great and there is no context or depth to the characters, then this is your book. But I really enjoyed Izzy’s character development as she let go of control and reconciled with her innate self, instead of trying to be who she thought she should be. I also loved her growth as she worked through her haunting past and moved on with her future. Rose did a good job at making Izzy’s character relatable despite her outlandish circumstances. Shain Rose has done an immaculate job with this book. The writing was captivating, the author has really her way with words. The characters were well written and presented, I deeply cared for them. I can't wait to read more of her books in the future. If you have never read Shain's books before please note that while this can be read as a stand-alone, it will be much more emotionally gratifying if you read at least Shattered Vows & Fractured Freedom first. If you are really willing to take the plunge into the lives of the Armanelli family start with my all time favorite mafia duet Heart of a Monster & Love of a Queen.We also get a litter teaser for the next book that will focus on one of Izzy’s and Delilah’s brothers, Declan, who is a professional NFL player (yes, thank you). Words I would use to describe Cade & Izzy's "situationship" would be: Consuming, Primal, Chaotic, Electrifying, Sexually Explosive, and Genuine. Watch how we work, Izzy. You see us together here, holding this. It’s me making you feel everything, protecting you from the other side of destruction, and you holding my life in your hands. Me and you. We work.” I would recommend reading Fractured Freedom first to understand the context and references to previous events that are mentioned in Corrupted Chaos.

From the author of Fractured Freedom comes an angsty and spicy standalone romance with forced proximity and a ruthless CEO that will fight and grovel for his happily ever after with his spitfire assistant. Cade Armanelli, he's the younger brother of Sebastian Armanelli (from shattered vows!). Who is a very dangerous mobster. He's powerful, stotic and intimating man who dosen't take shit from anyone. I am seriously in love with his character development. The way he went from hating her to wanting to kill her will forever own my soul. Also he grovels too which I didn't expect from him. The FMC Izzy was one of the strongest characters I’ve read about. She had such a long hard journey in life but she came out so strong and determined to always better herself. I really admired her.Izzy was wild and exactly like him. Her insecurities are written so well. I liked her friendship with Lucas. Her family was so amazing. Her brothers were so protective. Also I loved her bond with her sister and brother in law. I still don’t get why Cade left Izzy after she was kidnapped like I get that you feel responsible for it and it shouldn’t have happened on your watch but it’s over now I hate when the MMC leaves the girl for her own safety after making her fall in love you should have thought about that before 😤😡 The story about Izzy and how she lost her first boyfriend was soo sad the way he was an addict and groomed her for then him to overdose and write her a suicide letter that she had memorised word for word was heart breaking and how Cade sat there and wiped her tears as she told him. Corrupted Chaos by Shain Rose is the second book in the Tarnished Empire series, focusing on the enemies-to-lovers romance between Caden and Izzy that was teased at the end of book one, Fractured Freedom. It is a dual POV, dark, contemporary, (sort of) mafia romance that is intense and super spicy.

I took my time typing in his Notes app, tears streaming down my face. Yet, Cade wiped them away, one by one, over and over again. Patiently, softly, caringly.” EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH THIS BOOK. It’s well beyond toxic relationships. Izzy is supposed to be “strong” and “angry” and a “mess”. But really, what did she do beside “holding Cade’s gaze” and spread her legs 2s after saying she’ll fight him? This story is very Izzy focused but that was okay. Out of all the Armenlli's, Cade probably has the least amount of baggage and the most amount of self-awareness. His role in this story is navigating his feelings for Izzy, while supporting her through her own struggles.

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Izzy Hardy has come a long way after dealing with her drug addiction past couple years before. She's left heartbroken and devastated due to past events in her and she also carries dark secrets in her heart which are yet to be exposed. I found Izzy's character quite relatable by how different she from her twin sister. Her attitude intimidates me alot and I love the way how the Author has portrayed her character. She was strong, sassy and absolute badass of a woman. You’re corrupting me, dollface. I tried to avoid you for days, and then I switched accommodations because I saw you look at another man. And I don’t know if I can concentrate with the smell of you in every corner of this cabin.”