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552 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 18, 2020
Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness and madness in love.
“The heart is a dangerous organ that isn’t meant to be free. Why else would God have built a cage for it?”
“Maybe that’s the reason they call him the devil. Because the madness that breathes within these walls is as real as the man who feeds it.”
"Between the grip of my throat and his mouth on mine, I can't breathe."
"I'd have given up my soul to the devil himself for you. If that isn't fucking love, then I don't know what is."Told in multiple POV, Master of Salt & Bones is a complex story with dark undertones and a lose Beauty and the Beast type theme. There is a well-developed plot with many twists and turns as the story unfolds. As the timeline shifts between the past and the present, the supporting ensemble of characters enhances the plot with expert precision. The lines between good and evil are blurred greatly, as the sparks between Lucian and Isa continue to burn into an inferno of passion and desire!
"I want you to come back."Overall, Master of Salt & Bones will appeal to readers who enjoy a dark romance with mystery, passion, and intrigue in their read. The plot is dense with a number of complexities and yet, as always, Ms. Lake displays her expert storytelling skills by captivating me with each page turn. There are certain aspects of the story that did not appeal to me and yet overall, I appreciated Lucian and the way in which he was able to overcome.
“Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness, and madness in love.”
TW: Violence, Cruel Language, Rape, S&M, Psychological Torment and torture.
If you know me, you know I have a real obsessions with the macabre. I started my journey watching horror movies at the age of 10 and I can't remember a single weekend in my life I haven't watched, played (videogames) or read something spooky. We, horror movie people, can find beauty in tragic, ghost stories. There is a romantic sadness, a longing, so many breathless moments you can only experience alongside fear. As Pam Godwin would say, "God, I truly have a weakness for cruelty wrapped in a beautiful package."
I hardly ever love a book from the very fist page. The connection I experienced with this book was out of this world. Have you ever felt something must have been written specifically for you? Every single element of this story was exactly the sort of movie/book I would write or create if I had the ability or the talent for it. Thank God people like Keri exist for that.
A mystery that will give you goosebumps and won't allow you to put the book down. One of the most carefully crafted psychological thrillers I have ever read. The book switches it's point of view from the past to the present back and forth and keeps you on edge while you try to put together the missing puzzle pieces of Lucian's and Isa's life. Scary, sensual, tragic, angsty, a real page-turner, haunting and unpredictable.
This book will give you Phantom of the Opera vibes all the way. A dangerous, secretive romance, that will break your heart, put it back together and leave you breathless by the end of it. I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I finished it and I don't think I will ever forget it. It made to my all time favorites list.
“I appreciate things that others tend to fear and cast off as evil.” I appreciate the tragic, twisted stories, the compulsive self-destructive type of love stories. That's when you know they're real. Unforgettable.
“Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness, and madness in love.”
“The girl has corrupted every fiber of my being, and no one will ever be good enough after her. No one will ever compare to the flesh and blood fantasy before me. She’s mine The breath of new life. The steady pulse in my veins. The long-awaited beat of a heart that’s been dead too long.
My kindred flame.”
“You’re my curse. Staying away from you, is like trying to hold my breath when the tide is rising … I want to drown in you.”
The idea that I’ve stirred this lack of control, made him want me to the point of savagery, it almost feels like too much power in my hands. Like I’m holding the reins of an untamable beast. Like I’m the one in control.
“You’d be surprised what lengths some will go to, to see what’s off limits.”
“All that mattered was the exquisite rush of fear and recklessness that burned inside of me.”