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Four Crows

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Four Crows is a surprisingly complex story filled with violence, pain, and even death. A dark and twisted fairytale that is extremely readable and engaging at the same time. Even through the worse, sad and awful parts of the story, I could not put this book down!

Though everything that happens drives the plot towards an epic, complex, heart-breaking, scary, and violent tale, it is also touching, emotional and full of hope regardless of the outcome.

It is hard to talk about the story without giving anything away; it is best to go into this book completely unspoiled. Each and every one of the characters are great, believable and important to the role they play in the story.

I highly recommend this unique and amazing roller-coaster ride of emotions.

I received an advance copy via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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Wow...I loved this book. Four Crows is a dark, gritty novel filled with suspense. It is about vengeance, evil, heartbreak, loss and forgiveness. I felt the gamut of emotions, sadness, fear, hate, anger and hope, as I read this amazing book. I could not put it down and devoured it in one sitting.

The story was quick paced but not rushed. I loved our hero Elliot. He is so broken but driven to find answers that can only hurt him more. Our heroine is innocence lost. She is good wrapped in evil. Maggie is so young but has already seen much.

When they meet, you know it is the beginning of something. You're just not sure if it's a good or a bad thing. You want it to be good. You want it to be a balm to their broken souls. Maggie has an internal conflict based on what she knows vs. what she feels. She doesn't always make the best choices. She is loyal, but, that loyalty can be misplaced. She has conviction and fire. Elliot is torn. He has a plan which gives him purpose, in an otherwise hopeless existence. When things begin to change, he tries to ignore it or explain it away, until, he can't.

One thing I learned reading author Lily White is to never take anything for granted because just when you think you know where the story is going, she hits you with a plot twist. How do you judge right from wrong when you cannot reconcile yourself with the demon you know and the love you feel? How do you choose? I felt myself questioning what I would do if I were in the characters shoes. That's how engrossed I was with this book.

Author Lily White hooks you, reels you in and wraps you in a web of darkness filled with raw emotion, terror, and despair. She teases you with a glimmer of hope, a sliver of light. She is an evil genius. Fans of her work and dark romantic thrillers will not be disappointed. Highly recommend.

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“I’m yours to do with what you want, Elliot. Tonight. Tomorrow. And for as long as you’ll have me.”

Extremely Dark, Raw and Gritty. Four Crows will have you sitting on the edge of your seat! Reading this book had me at the brink of my emotions....

I was ANGRY at the hand that Elliot and Maggie were dealt.
I was DEVASTATED at the events that they endured.
I was PISSED! Finding myself wanting to throw my kindle at the wall.
Finally I was CRYING my eyes out at the pure devastation that these characters go/went through.

My heart was torn in half just to be slowly and plainly mended back together again. This story was riveting, and yet disturbing. I was completely taken off guard with just how dark this book would go.

This is the first book I have read by Lily White, and she blew me away with this story. The writing was so well done, I truly can't believe I haven't read anything by her before! I will defiantly be picking up more books by this author.

If you love Dark books, I highly recommend Four Crows. It was well worth the read!

Warning: If you do have any type of triggers this book is probably not for you. It is very deeply dark.

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This was an interesting story, if you read before Lily White you know how amazing is her writing!Four Crows was an emotional and dark story with two complex characters.

It's a little bit different from her other books but still so good!Elliot and Maggie are brought together to a wild ride!

This is crazy in some way so get prepared because you will be emotional with this story!

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This was beautiful, heartbreaking, dark and hopeful. The writing is raw and emotional and your heart is ripped open and torn apart from all Elliott and Maggie go through in this book. It is so wonderful how they are able to save each other and find happiness after all they went through. 
From the moment you meet Elliott you feel his anguish, pain, sorrow and guilt. The guilt he feels for not being there. For feeling helpless and for thinking he failed. He is a stand up honest guy. Yes he does go down a very dark path but it is from the guilt and pain of loss eating away at him that this happens. His need to know what happened to his wife and son that draws him into the darkness and lose himself in revenge and grief.
So when he meets Maggie, a Crow and one of the family who happened to hurt his family he was surprised to feel light from her. to begin to feel again and not want just revenge. He starts to have a conscience when it comes to her and doesn’t  blame her. He gets to know her and see how innocent and kind she is.
Maggie learns about Elliott as well. She sees a good honest man mired in the pain of loss. She feels guilt over what her family did to his. She is also feeling protective of Elliott and her father. She knows Elliott wants revenge but can’ t let him harm the man that raised her and showed her love.
She goes through some unspeakably horrible things in this book because of family but even through it all she loves her dad and protects him. She almost loses Elliott due to this love. He though is a good man and realizes and understands more than Maggie thought. They forge a friendship and trust in the  darkest of circumstances. They find love and peace with each other as well. they pull each other out of the darkness and into light. They learn to love and find forgiveness and move on because of each other.
This is the heartbreaking, beautiful, raw story of Elliott and Maggie. All they went through due to Maggie’s family and how they found one another. How they lied to one another and yet trusted each other and found their way to forgiveness, love and each other.

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I’m always up for a new dark read especially by Lily White, so I couldn’t wait to read this one. Elliott’s life is destroyed by the Crows, a mysterious family that lives in town. Not much is known about them but they live a very secluded life. The Crows took the two most precious people from him and will stop at nothing to take vengeance. Maggie is the only daughter of the Crow family and she’s the pawn to Elliott’s revenge.

The prologue reeled me in but after a couple of chapters I felt conflicted. I felt something was missing. Don’t get me wrong, the writing was great but I just wasn’t feeling the characters. I was expecting the Hero to be little more sinister in regards to his vengeance. I felt the strong feelings they had for one another developed too soon into the story. I was hoping to see Maggie put a fight and not let her guard down so easily. For the most part I enjoyed the last couple of chapters. I look forward to reading more of Lily White’s books in the future

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*****5 Dark Stars*****
This was my kind of dark, twisted, revenge, thrilling read. This book was so intense I was glued to my kindle; the gut twisting story line and characters kept me spellbound through the whole book. The Crow family is a crazy, sick family all expect for one; Maggie Crow is not like the men in her family but she does not feel so innocent about what they do. Maggie did not choose to be born onto this family; she hates her brothers but loves her father very much. Elliot is a man on a mission to avenge his family death his wife and son was taken away from him while at war. Elliot has been tormenting himself since there death to find out what happened to his family; one of his leads that he has been working on has brought him right to the Crow family that never stick around and travel town to town for work.
How far would you go to get the answers you need?
How far would you go to protect your family?
How far would you go to do what’s right?
How far would go to find that light in that tunnel of darkness?
Maggie and Elliott will have to find answers to all these questions; but can they do it together or will the blame hurt too much for them to try. Everything will be tested between them and their feelings are very real from tragedy to hatred to loyalty to hope to strength to fear and love. Read it won’t let you down!
***ARC from The Next Step PR for review*****

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As soon as I read the blurb for Four Crows by Lily White I knew I wanted to read this book. And I was not disappointed. This story had me captivated. It was all-consuming. It was a tragic and heart-wrenching story of loss and devastation.

Maggie Crow did not ask to be born into the family she grew up with. She loved her father dearly and knew she was loved and treasured deeply by him. Her brothers? Well they were a different story, but as long as her dad was around, she knew she was as safe as can be. At least as safe as anyone can be when raised by monsters. Because that is what her father and brothers were.

She did not always know what her family was, but once she did, she felt powerless to change anything. What could she do? This was her family. In the beginning of the story, Maggie was a bit lost and despondent and at times weak and scared. But we saw her change and fight for what she wanted, even it if was not always the right thing, in her heart it was.

Elliot McLaughlin did not plan on becoming a husband and father at a very young age, but sometimes your dealt with cards you can’t change. Nobody knew this better than Elliot. To support the family he loved, he joined the Marines. He saw and did terrible things, but nothing could prepare him for what he would find when he returned.

Elliot comes back to find his family missing. No clues, no bodies, nothing. It is as if they just vanished. But their loss changes him and he vows revenge on those who stole what he valued most. Elliot was such a strong and brave man who lost his way. He did horrible things and hurt an innocent girl, and though he called himself a monster, he was just a broken and devastated man.

Lies and vengeance bring Maggie and Elliot together. One looking to escape the horrors of life and the other looking for answers he craved. But what they never expected was to find in each other what they least expected to need, want or desire. My heart continuously broke for Maggie and Elliot. They suffered such unspeakable horror at the hands of others. There seemed no end to what life threw at them.

Elliot is determined to avenge his family at all cost. But as he gets closer to the truth, can he let Maggie be pawn in his revenge? And at what cost? Will finding out the truth bring him the peace he so desperately wants and needs?

Four Crows is a dark story full of tragedies and despair. There are some very hard subjects in this story that may be hard for some, but it is a compelling story. I was consumed. I could not stop reading. Terrified of how it would end, but needing to know. It is hard to say I loved such a dark story, but I did. The author did an amazing job ensuring the readers felt every emotion, every tragedy and every heartbreak. Truly a great suspenseful read. Another must read for 2017.

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4.5 Thrilling Stars

Revenge-to avenge (oneself or another) usually by retaliating in kind or degree…And that my friends is what Elliott strives to accomplish. Returning early from serving time in the military, Elliot is faced with a missing wife and child. No longer any good serving his country to provide for his wife and child, he was discharged. Now we follow him as he seeks to make and and all suffer for what has happened to his family. After 14 years, has a clue finally become a reality in finding out who did this to his family?

At 4 yrs. old, a picture Maggie drew, would pave the road for how her live would go on… Red rain…Rubies…. They Sparkle… Now at 18, Maggie is at a crossroad. Living the life always moving, never having any friends that stayed for long, never going to school just her Dad and two brothers. A Dad that truly loves her and will do whatever to protect his baby girl. Brothers who would do anything to damage their sister. This is what makes up the Crow Family. Or, turning around now and putting trust into this stranger she just met. One who has managed to bring out new and different feelings. Feelings that Maggie has never felt.

Family is a strong word. One that means the world to both Elliot and Maggie. Are they willing to step over the line to help each other overcome what has happened in their family life? What these two have been through are horrible events that span across the entire rainbow of unhappiness. This is an emotional read and pretty detailed in some of the events that if you have Triggers, please be forewarned.

It’s a great page-turner that I enjoyed reading.

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Oh my dayz. I've just spent my weekend absorbed in this story with the Four Crows and Elliott and I totally loved it.

The Crow family consists of a father, two sons and a daughter Maggie. The make Crows are pure evil. Although Maggies father loves her she lives in fear of her family. Her brothers never fail to let her know how evil they are. She is caught up in her family's evilness. Can Elliott be her salvation?

Then she meets Elliott. He's about to change her life but she doesn't realise how much it will change.

Elliott is obsessed with finding out what happened his wife and son when they went missing. This search brings him to the Crow family. Elliott is broken to the point he doesn't care about anything except finding the truth.

My warped mind and over active imagination loved this story. I couldn't guess what way the story was going to go. Amazing read. If I could give this more than five stars I would.
Looking forward to reading more from this author.

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Elliot McLoughlin was a young soldier working hard to support his family. But when he came home, it was to an empty one. For years he was obsessed with finding out what happened to his wife and son. Finally he had a breakthrough and was ready for revenge no matter what or who in his path.

Maggie Crow was born and raised sheltered by her family. As a young girl, she was taught the value of secrecy and loyalty. As she grew up, she understood how important it was considering what her family dabbled in. When she finally had a chance to change her future, she must decide what she valued the most.

I have to say the cover is stunning. It lured me in with its dark, ominous vibe, and that perfectly reflected how the story is.

Elliot was dealt a bad card in life. When he lost his family, he lost a purpose in life except for his revenge and blind hatred to those responsible. I could definitely feel his pain and anger towards the Crows.

Maggie was thrown into a difficult position. As much as I didn't agree with many of her decisions, I did understand where she's coming from. The "values" instilled in her shaped her mentality and it was interesting to see how she rationalized her actions.

The story flowed well and the suspense element kept the pace consistent. I like the how the setting, the small town mentality and how the element of fear and manipulation played a big part in the direction of the story. One thing though, towards the end of the book, there was a revelation that wasn't significant to the story. I thought it could have been played more and would actually make an impact.

Four Crows weaved the tale of revenge and loyalty while blurring the lines between right and wrong. It would appeal to fans of dark thriller.

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With equal amounts of anticipation and anxiety I popped my Lily White cherry with Four Crows and read a book by this author for the first time. I was so excited by the teasers and the excerpts but equally anxious as I just wasn't sure what Ms. White had in store for us. Was I excited? You betcha! But was I terrified? Oh, hell yeah. This author has an impressive reputation of writing very dark books. But my final impression after reading Four Crows? One word: Mindblowing. Good God. What took me so long?! This was such an amazing yet equally heartbreaking work of art that highlighted the haunting struggle between wanting to live and living for vengeance and hate. 

Elliot Mclaughlin and Magpie "Maggie" Crow are brought together after tragedy has taken his family fourteen years ago. Still deeply grieving and consumed with the disappearance of his wife and child, Elliot is on a mission to discover what happened to them and plots his revenge. Through his personal investigation, he comes across the Crow family and deliberately sets out to meet Maggie. Unwilling to leave her alone, even though she is innocent and he is drawn to her, he strives to do what he feels he must in order to discover the truth and get his revenge.

Ms. White has an uncanny ability to transport you into the book through her vivid descriptions and heart-stopping prose. I felt like I was right there besides Elliot and Maggie the whole time. Furthermore after reading, I can't help but be sympathetic towards Elliot and all that he lost, but I personally wanted to wrap my arms around Maggie to shield her from Elliot's mindgames as well as the horrid and grotesque behavior of the Crows. All in all, I was consumed with the story and can not wait for my next Lily White Book! Bravo!! 4 stars!

I would like to thank NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

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*** I voluntarily reviewed this book, I gained no monetary incentives nor was I specifically requested to review the book, these are my honest ramblings and I hope you enjoy reading them - kat***

Ok I have deliberated and written this review (on paper) 3 times and scrapped them all. This is the 2nd Lily White book I have reviewed, and I knew it wasn't going to be a fairytale from that first offering Wake to Dream - I will say I am glad I said I would review it, I think its good to get out of your comfort zone and read something that is not all fluffy bunnies and rainbows - and WARNING this is no Romance story - it's got sex in it, yes, it may have two people who from attraction and circumstance they become attached to each other, but Romance, NOT IN MY BOOK. The storyline is brutal, vengeance is the key goal for Elliot our main Male lead character.

Why did I give it 4 stars, well this was because at the end I was not happy on how Ms. White ended it, I did not think Maggie should have gotten the ending she had. She may have been innocent as a child but in my book, as an adult, she knew perfectly well what her depraved family did, and she did nothing to stop it.

Also the scene where Eliott faces his wifes abductors had parts that I thought were dubious - as in how a trained soldier would forget something that he did in all the other cases, to ensure someone was locked in a vehicle, I am sorry that I can't say anymore as I do not do spoiler reviews, but I did let the author know, so maybe this could change?

OK I am just going to say how this book made me feel, It had me stuck to my kindle, waiting for Maggie to do the right thing, to grow up and stand up for what is morally right... I can honestly say I did not like this heroine no that word is wrong, main female character... she is no heroine, is she a victim? Well I had a very hard time trying to decide that and I am still on the fence. You can think Stockholm Syndrome, but in the end she made her choice, Family instead of what was right and just, and another life is ruined because of her actions... so I know these characters are not real, but she didn't deserve to...to enjoy life... ?? see I said I was having a hard time with this review. I just hated Maggie for her selfishness... Well that's just hard for me to get?

Agh this is so hard to write without spoiling the book!

OK Elliot... for 80% I was with him and understood his focus, his life was literally hinged on finding out what happened to his family, and he had no desire to continue after that happened, and I got that. If what had happened to his wife and child had happened my family, law's be damned, I would be the worst vengeful bitch the world would have seen, and after I had gotten my revenge I would have been done, ready to leave the earth for whatever came next.

And he was so determined to do that, he was using Maggie to find out more information, and yes I could understand his attraction, his reluctance at the growing feelings, and his need to save her... ( to have something good come out of all the horror) but when she chooses her family instead of him and justice... and he ends up forgiving her. Well, let's just say I would have preferred a black final ending where both didn't go off into the sunset, and this is why in the end I gave it a 4 star.

Does Lily White write books that grip and enthrall the reader... YES, and I have only read 2 books yet I realise that she has the skill to make the reader see more than just words on a page. I am still 5 days later thinking about this book, trying to write a justifiable review to the feelings it evoked in me - and probably failing!

Do I recommend this book - YES, but be warned it will make you feel a range of emotions, from rage to despair and all in between. I guess I could end with what I said to Lily's Agent, this book is more like Real Life, rather than a Fairytale.

There are monsters in real life, there are those who deserve a HEA that because of those monsters are denied it, and I guess there are those who find a HEA even when others feel they don't truly deserve it when they were culpable in the horrors of her family.

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3.5 stars

Genre: Romantic Suspense
POVs: Multiple, first person.

Elliott's obsession and determination to find out what happened to his missing wife and son leads him down a fiery warpath of revenge. They disappeared years ago while he was serving in the Marine Corps, and while he searched endlessly for all traces of them after being released, there wasn't any concrete evidence or helpful hints from the police to guide him. So Elliott takes matters into his own hands. Along the way, he's deceitful, cunning, and justice-driven in order to get the answers to the questions that have plagued him for fourteen years.

I loved the vigilante aspect of this book! This was a story about revenge, yes, but also first loves and empathy as the two main characters struggled to live their lives while enduring so much loss. I enjoyed the last thirty percent of this book most and found the epilogue to be satisfying. This is the second book that I've read from this author and I look forward to reading more of her work.

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So where in the world do I begin with this review? Why have I never read anything by this author before? This is a serious oversight that I will be correcting in the very near future.

This book was HEARTBREAKING. This book was COMPLEX. This book was VIOLENT. This book made me CRY. This book made me ANGRY. This book RIPPED ME TO PIECES. This book put me BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. This book was POWERFUL. This book was INSPIRATIONAL. This book made me SMILE. This book gave me HOPE.

On top of ALL that this book was fantastically written. It was well paced. The characters were multilayered and complex. Both Maggie and Elliot tore my heart to pieces, but they also made me SO angry at times with their actions that I wanted to shake sense into them. The Crow brothers were nothing but pure evil but damn if this author didn't make me feel sorry for the father. And let me just tell you I DID NOT like feeling sorry for that murdering rapist. But his love for Maggie and hers for him...well, like I said, the author managed to get me to FEEL for him. And really that is what made this book so amazing.

This wasn't an easy read. It was GUTWRENCHING in places. It was very violent and disgusting, but twisting through all that heartbreak and evil was a thread of hope. Two broken people finding each other and healing together. What more can I say? Two HUGE thumbs up from yours truly.

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All the evils and vile acts of the world exist in this story.
Rape, torture, kidnapping, abuse, even unmentionable ones.

The Crows are sinister men who committed unspeakable acts and have no conscience, their sister Maggie is the shining light of the story.

Elliot's wife and son have gone missing and he suspects The Crows, he plans to kill them but didn't plan on how he would feel about Maggie.

She's the innocent of the story.

If you love fucked-up-ness and warp situations you will love this, you will, however, need a strong stomach with some of the content

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Complicated was too simple a word for the position in which I found myself. Dangerous was more like it… or disastrous.
And that about sums up the story. There's a Sense of Dread that runs central in the story. Maggie is the Fourth Crow in the Family of Four Crows. As black and as ominous as the real crows, the Crows move from town to town just before a storm, but they leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Only their's are silent, the crime scenes wiped clean, footprints burnt to the ground and no clues left behind that could incriminate them.
But there are indelible marks on Maggie's life. She lives under the constant threat of evil, sick brothers-Brody & Finn. They're predators hiding in the shadowed sidelines, standing outside her doors in the inky darkness. Just waiting for Jonah Crow to die and leave Maggie unprotected, so they could inevitably step in...
And then there's a parallel story of Elliott McLoughlin. He's a man destroyed. And with nothing to loose any more, he's a dangerous hunter and tracker of his family's murderers. You see , while Elliott was off fighting for his country, somebody had robbed him off his beautiful wife , Katie and a young son , Michael. His heart died the same day.
I was damaged. I was broken. I had nothing left to lose, which made me the most dangerous type of man. I lacked fear. I lacked morality. I lacked every decent thing inside myself that made me care about consequences. Nothing mattered. And because of that, it made me the perfect predator too.The pain is unbearable. It’s never ending. And over the years that I’ve endured the agony, it’s developed into something far darker, far more deadly, than anything I knew could exist inside me.
He's just a walking-talking , empty shell of a man , left breathing because his enemies breathe...still.
And one man's pain leads to another person's agony.
Elliott meets Maggie and a tiny shred of human decency tries to rear it's head, which Elliott quashes with all his might. His mission of life needs no interruptions by any distraction or sympathy of any kind
I’m a rabid dog off his leash, a hungry tiger uncaged, a feral wolf that’s been injured and abused, only to be set free. Without you to hold the leash, I’ve become focused and intent on destroying everything in my path.
Maggie despises and is terrified of her brothers but she totally loves her father. He's loved her and nurtured her into this beautiful young girl, shielded her from all evils, spent time with her laughing and playing and hugging and smiling.
For as evil as Jonah was , he still cherished me, his only daughter.I loved him. More than anything I'd known in life, I loved my father. He wasn't the nicest man to most of the people who’d known him. He wasn't the best example of what a father should be. But he had been my world for so long, I was afraid to find out what life would be without him. When all you have is the worst of the lot, the worst becomes your normal because it's all you've ever known.
The coupling of Maggie-Elliott is a complicated relationship, yet very simple to understand. They are each other lean-to's. They have a common vein of empathy in them , so no need for words or explanantions. They are very familiar with the pain each has endured at the hands of the Crows.
I’ve shuddered through the entire story. The Goosebumps factor climbed a high 100 !
The plot is chilling in anticipation and equally horrendous in execution. The methods lily conjures up to expose the heinousness of diseased inhumanity , boggles my mind.
I'm scared to draw any resemblance to anything living or dead, coincidental or unintentional. The references to certain barbarisms in the book make my hair stand on end. They’re DEFINITELY TRIGGERS for sensitive readers.
As usual I can't escape the brilliant writing in shocking cruel story.
Read at your own risk, because you'll definitely have vigorous heart pounding palpitations, a bad case of cursingitis (I totally made that up . Cursing loudly) and may end up crying at a scene or two.
I just wonder though - her writing and us reading such stories, does it make us cynical at times?
I thought that there was more internal monologue towards the end but that actually went well with the darkness of the oncoming war of sorts, and carried the mood of the story. Light bantering or mindless chatter would have diluted the dark, intense mood of the story and Lily is very adept at not letting go of the characteristics and settings of the story , in the sense that her characters remain purest form of evil and venomous . The villains a rarely show compassion and don't spout useless repentant speeches, nor do they turnabout on a dime to seek redemption
No, she's unapologetic about her work and though her stories are clearly defined and sat ensconced in Dark black side ( no shade of grey here!) We accept it whole heartedly because she delivers what she promises
GR - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1795149141?type=review#rating_107438379

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I never wanted to yell at a fake character so much in my life. This book will make you so mad that your going to want to pull your hair out. A man who has nothing to lose is a dangerous man. Elliot will stop at nothing to find out what happened to his wife and kid. Maggie lived with evil all her life she just didnt know they wanted to treat her like the others. She also having a hard time choosing her family over someone she barely knows. She was a princess in her daddys eyes but to her brothers she was nothing. Once the reign has fallen she was on her own and they wanted to ruin her. Elliot and Maggie had secrets they bind them lies that destroyed them and truths that set them free. Is blood thicker than water. Can you right a wrong. Will time heal all wounds. No but you learn to breathe again learn to trust again. You learn the world isnt a nice place and sometimes even though you lived with it you still shine from not being tarnished

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Rated 3.5 Stars

I'm very conflicted on Four Crows on one hand I liked even loved certain parts of it and on the other hand there were parts of it that I didn't necessarily care for or enjoy and no it's not the dark parts. Truth be told I didn't really think it was dark. My issues with this book stemmed from the characters.

Elliott is supposed to be a tortured hero but it felt to me like more unnecessary angst than anything. Where Maggie is concerned I did not like the choices she made, I felt they were stupid and yes I get that she was naive and her decisions could but chalked up to Stockholm Syndrome where her family is concerned but it still irritated me.

Another issue I had with the book was logistical things, for instance the locking of a character into the back of a van (pickup) the back doors were jammed from the outside so the character couldn't get out but that same thing wasn't done to the front doors yet the character couldn't get out. While reading this all I could think was why couldn't the character just climb into the front seat and unlock the door which of course distracted me, brought me out of the story and took away from my overall enjoyment. This wasn't the only logistical thing that had my brain going off on a tangent.

However, I loved the tabooish element to the story as well as the enemies to lovers aspect. This is my first book by this author and I look forward to reading more of her work.

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Maggie has been sheltered all her life....she hears them screaming...but that is normal when they don't do what daddy says.

"Why is she screaming like that?" " They're just having fun, I guess. Grown ups are so weird," I answered. "You don't have to be scared. As long as your mommy gets enough sleep tonight, she'll wake up in time to go to the farm with us tomorrow."

Holy Shit Ya'll!!!! This book is Cray...Cray!!!! And why would I think anything different cuz if you have read anything from Lily White in the past...ummmm you definitely know what I am talking about!!! Sooo if you love dark books or you are new to dark books....ohhh this one is sooo good!!! Four Crows is a romantic thriller!!! And it was fan-damn-tastic!!!

Maggie Crow has a secret from her family...A Man...Elliot McLaughlin

Elliot's family has been missing for 14 years and he feels Maggie knows what happened to them. He befriends her to find out what happened all those years ago.

"The Crows-as they were called by the town-lived off their land mostly, rarely coming into town to purchase tools, sparse food, clothing and other odds and ends."

I have to say that sometimes while reading this book, I felt like I was going to hear banjos playing and felt like I was being thrown into a scene of Deliverance. lol Creeppyyyy...This book will sooo keep you up late at night and up early in the morning to find out what is happening next. Such a page turner!! I could not get enough, I wanted everything to stop until I had read the last page. lol

I gave this book 5 iScream Books Stars!! Gooo my dark book readers and one click ASAP...you will not be disappointed!!!

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