Toxic

A Dark Romance

De: Nicole Blanchard

Narrado por: Michelle Sparks, Aiden Snow

"Intense, filthy, suspenseful--Nicole Blanchard delivers all the goods in this addictive forbidden love story! I absolutely loved this book!"—USA Today bestselling author K Webster

My life has been a series of bad decisions.

Marrying an abusive man was the first... but falling for a dangerous inmate where I’m a nurse may be the worst.

He’s brutal, heartless, and twisted.

But he’s also the only one to notice the bruises on my skin.

His forbidden touch becomes my addiction.

His drugging kisses my obsession.

After I learn the truth about why he’s in prison, I try to escape, but he finds me.

This is a dark romance with content that may be difficult for some listeners. Please see my website for a list if needed. Toxic is a standalone with a pierced morally gray antihero and features no OW drama with a guaranteed HEA.

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The darkness is too rapey for me - audio is okay with one issue

I’m a fan of duet narration. The narrators do mostly a good job, but I was reading ebook text and listening and there were several times where I was like “mmm, that’s not the right tone/intonation for how *I* read that.

The plot of the book is a little rapey/abduction heavy for my taste. I like dark romance, but am very picky about the content. This was better than other books I’ve read with rapey/abduction themes, but still had levels of cringe for me.

SPOILERS AHEAD
In the scene where FMC is torturing bad guy-Andrew (I think that’s his name), there’s a paragraph that the audio book has the make narrator read, but I’m 90% certain it’s something FMC says. The writing doesn’t specify, but from context clues, it should be the female narrator saying that paragraph from FMC’s voice.

Talk about girl power!

I love how you really see the development of the FMC go from being abused & scared to standing up for herself & not taking anyone’s crap. The narrators were great- I always love Aiden & Michelle. This was a really good listen. I could see myself repeating this.

🖤TOXIC🖤

~My Review 🎧~
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~Toxic~Nicole Blanchard~

"What is broken inside me that I look for love in the worst places? Was it programmed inside me from birth, or is it a product of my parent’s neglect? Am I just so f**ked up that I’ll take affection wherever I can get it, even if it’s from the worst possible source?"

🖤Toxic was my first book from Nicole Blanchard, and it did not disappoint!! This book had me in a chokehold from start to finish. I ignored all of my responsibilities because once I started listening to it, I honestly could not stop 🤣. The narration was absolutely phenomenal 🥵. The storyline was gripping and twisty, which kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next. My jaw dropped to the floor multiple times throughout this read. If you have this on your tbr, you need to read it, and if you don't have this on your tbr, you need to!! Now Nicole, I'm going to need a continuation because I need more of these two 🫶

~As Always Happy Reading~

Everything

It was a hard book to get through but the ending was worth it! I enjoyed the book overall.

Evolved too quickly

Potential was there and could’ve seen this become much more but lacked development and ending(s) felt too clean. FMC overcame her traumas and changed entirely almost overnight. MMC had an influence that could’ve been built on with the storyline. More clean cuts than hard edges.