Reads & Reviews by Literary Havoc

👀 RELEASE DAY DRAMA 👀

The real drama isn’t WHAT I’m reading.

It’s WHO THE HELL DO I READ FIRST?! 😭📚

🐉 Threshing Day —
🦋 Sanctuary of Lies —
🩸 When Death Scars Us —
👑 The Dawn of the Cursed Queen — .v.nicole

Like… FOUR books dropped and y’all expect me to make a reasonable decision???

Absolutely not.

My TBR is holding me hostage and I need answers.
WHO ARE WE STARTING WITH?! 👀

A convicted murderer.
Four psychologically unwell men.
One deeply fu**ed up institute.

And somehow I’m supposed to PICK A FAVORITE???

🖤 BROOKLYN
Convicted murderer. Diagnosed schizophrenic. Completely shattered.
She enters Blackwood wanting to die.

Instead, she gets FOUR MEN WHO DECIDE SHE’S THEIRS.

🔪 KADE — possessive + volatile + “touch her and die” energy

🧠 HUDSON — calculated mastermind + human red flag + always ten steps ahead

🃏 ELI — chaotic wildcard + dark humor + absolutely ZERO impulse control

🖤 PHOENIX — quiet + observant + emotionally devastating

And Brooklyn?

SHE GETS ALL FOUR.

Because apparently choosing one emotionally unstable man was simply not enough. 💀

You’re getting:

🩸 Murder
🖤 Dark academia
🧠 Trauma
🔪 Violence
🚩 Obsession
🔥 Why Choose
💀 Four walking red flags

Basically:

BLACKWOOD INSTITUTE by SAID “WHAT IF WE MADE THERAPY WORSE?”

And if this sounds like your exact brand of terrible decision making…

WELCOME HOME. 🫠

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🎶 THE FIRST HINT IS HERE… AND IT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS. 🎶

The clues are starting to drop and Motley Chronicles is already making us work for it 👀

Hint #1: 🎼 Music Sheet

Something tells me we’re about to get a soundtrack to our next obsession. 🖤

HOW THE F**K DO YOU DISAPPEAR WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU? 👀

Ryan Holding literally won ALL THE AWARDS, walked offstage…

AND THEN VANISHED.

No goodbye.
No explanation.
No social media.
No Ryan.

Just ✨poof✨.

Six years later, a reporter decides she’s done wondering what happened and starts digging into Ryan’s life.

And babe…

THE DEEPER SHE DIGS, THE WEIRDER THIS S**T GETS. 🫠

Her best friend has a story.
Her first love has a story.
Her childhood teacher has a story.

And somehow NONE OF THESE STORIES ARE ADDING UP.

🎤 missing pop star
🔎 reporter with zero chill
👀 secrets everywhere
💔 complicated love
📱 celebrity obsession
🫣 everyone knows SOMETHING
🚨 someone might be lying

Did Ryan disappear because she wanted to?

Or did someone make her disappear?

Because six years later, the entire world still wants to know:

WHERE. THE. F**K. IS. RYAN. HOLDING?

Yeah. I need answers. Immediately. 🫠

Melissa de la Cruz