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The Beautiful Dead

The Darkness Within, Book 1

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The Beautiful Dead

By: Skyla Raines
Narrated by: Liam DiCosimo, Zachary Zaba
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Domino

They say I'm a monster. Cold. Unfeeling. A man born to rule with bloodstained hands. They're not wrong. I don't feel guilt when I kill—only euphoria. There's nothing like the rush of holding someone's life in my hands, knowing I control the exact moment it ends. Life is weak. Fragile. Death is the only truth.

Then I met Remi Cain. Quiet. Obsessed with the beauty of death, just like me. The second I see him, I want him. Not just his body, but his darkness—the parts no one else sees. I want to own him, break him, bind him to me with blood. I want him breathless in my grasp, heart pounding, knowing I could take him apart piece by beautiful piece and he'd let me. I'll destroy anyone who tries to come between us.

Remi

Life has always felt temporary, fleeting. People lie. Moments fade. But death? Death never changes. It's permanent. Unyielding. The only thing you can trust. That's what I've always believed—until Domino DeMarco came crashing into my world.

He's terrifying. Brutal. Beautiful in a way that should make me run. But I don't. I can't. Domino doesn't just thrive in chaos; he is chaos, and I crave it more with every beat of my heart.

We are bound by blood and obsession. In a world ruled by violence and betrayal, love is as deadly as death itself. But for us, maybe that's exactly what makes it beautiful.

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Performance, story, overall plot wonderfully fulfilled. If you’re into Dark Romance this is definitely a must read!!!

Dark Romance Through and Through!

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I loved this book so much, definitely went right to the top of my favorite list. The author went into so much detail not just about the obsessive love but also the obsession over murders. I love that it became something that they did and thrived together doing.
If you’re questioning to read this book this might just be your sign to go for it. I do highly recommend though before you read this book to read the trigger warnings. Just because I loved every part of this book doesn’t mean you will so put your mental health state first. If you’re all good after all that thought this book was beautifully brutal with a happy ending I wish it was longer or another book after going into more details after the fact. Like will they marry, I don’t see them having children or anything like that considering the type of relationship they have and I’m all for it, what will happen with his relationship with his family and will he continue to be the head?
I’m hoping the author continues to write more books in the same category and or continue with this story whether it be the main characters of this book or his “friends” or brothers.

The depth of the story and darkness was breathtakingly beautiful

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A lot of murder and torture. The story line is all over the place. Insta obsession by both psychopathic MMCs.
A lot of agressive spice. Where is the lube?! Seems totally unrealistic. A lot of knife play, blood play and biting.
The romance is limited to offerings of body parts and self sacrifice. The internal dialogue is often repetitive. There are a lot of 1 word sentences.

All in all it was a good listen but I probably wont listen again. Nothing that captivated me.

Very dark MM obsession story

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Probably one the darkest books I have read and I loved every second of it! It hoe story made me cringe in some parts when I read the torture Dom and/ or Remi would inflict but I couldn’t look away. I just kept reading. I should have taken a couple days to read but I read straight through and read it in a full day. It was perfectly spicy 🥵 and kinda funny and just overall exciting! Love this author! Hope to read more and listen to more in the future🙂🙂

Woah Dark Romance😍

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in my search for books I've experienced many varieties of dark and depraved and this one is a delight. I adored this relationship, very much obsession, like a fire where you're going to be burned but it's also burning away the rest. The story was worth it anyway, and this style of writing is so yummy, but when I think back to my favorite and most interesting couples to read about this one is just kinda perfect. so dark, so unhealthy, so beautiful

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