Book REVIEW 📚⭐️

Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

3⭐️

I had mixed feelings about this book. First I will say, I enjoyed reading it, and it was well written in terms of the actual writing. I did have problems with the content though. I read it for book club, so it was already not something I would’ve gravitated towards. First, it was very 🍇-y. There were a lot of loose ties left. Much of the story really didn’t logically make sense and was very far fetched. It seemed clear to me that the author probably didn’t research the kind of situation this book revolves around. And the quick resolution and acceptance of what ended up happening was odd. Probably wouldn’t read it again, wouldn’t recommend it, but if someone asked me I’d say “it was decent. 3 stars.”

-

#lemon8bookclub #lemon8challenge #bookwormsoflemon8 #BookReview #darkromance

2025/10/1 Edited to

Related posts

The image displays the front cover of the psychological thriller novel "Behind Closed Doors" by B.A. Paris, featuring the title in red and a dark keyhole design. Overlay text indicates "BOOK REVIEW" and a "10/10" rating.
Book Review✨🖤 Psychological Thriller
Book Review 🪻🌾✨ Book name: Behind Closed Doors Author: B.A Paris Genre: Psychological Thriller My rating: honestly.. 10/10, I’m hoping to find this thrill in another book. My review: I had no idea going into this book exactly what I was getting into. The words and details used made me picture
RM

RM

639 likes

The image displays the book cover for "The Power of the Pussy" by Kara King, featuring a black cat silhouette. Overlaid text indicates a review, stating "I Finally Read It" and "Here's My Review," along with the Lemon8 handle.
This image presents a book review for "The Power of the Pussy," highlighting its benefits for women with low self-esteem and confidence. It includes a rating of 8.5/10 and testimonials, along with the book's ISBN.
The image shows an open book with text, overlaid with instructions to get a paper copy online or an Ebook off Amazon Kindle. A sticky note encourages followers for more reviews, recipes, life hacks, and DIY ideas.
MY BOOK REVIEW ON THE POWER OF THE 🐈‍⬛
I saw this book all over this app & decided to give it a read! This is my review & rating #books #BookReview #booksoflemon8 #bookshelf #reading #readingrecommendations #thoughts
ImTheLoveWitch777

ImTheLoveWitch777

1574 likes

Book review
Murder Game~it was a pretty okay book not really much, it is good for people who don’t like those nail biting things more of a cozy murder thriller book. Five total strangers~ it started slow picked up in the middle then ended slowly. It is a good book just isn’t fast paced the entire book The pe
Aubrie📖🩷

Aubrie📖🩷

202 likes

The book cover for Maya Angelou's 'The Heart of a Woman' features a woman's silhouette and red-orange flowers on a dark background, resting on a white fluffy surface. A quote from Kirkus Reviews is visible.
Book Review
This book is absolutely amazing. Maya Angelou’s early life was truly one worth writing about. She eloquently writes of the duality of women and the lives our grandmothers were forced to live. Having a child at 17, receiving the assistance of her mother and shortly after taking full custody. May
Marlesia

Marlesia

500 likes

A copy of Marissa Meyer's book 'Cursed' lies on a gray blanket, featuring a dark castle and red moon on its cover. Text overlays highlight themes like ghost servants, demon court, monster queen, fake marriage to the Demon king, pregnant FMC, 'I want my wife back,' old gods, mythical creatures, and forbidden love, along with a 4/5 star rating.
Cursed Book Review
I loved this sequel! Fun end to a retelling of Rumplestiltskin. “Serilda and Gild attempt to break the curses that tether their spirits to Adalheid’s haunted castle before the Endless Moon, when the Erlking means to capture one of the seven gods and make a wish to return his lover, Perchta, from
Danielle

Danielle

239 likes

The book cover for J.T. Geissinger's 'Pen Pal,' featuring a tattooed man, with a 5/5 star rating and a chili pepper rating, indicating a dark romance novel.
A minimalist graphic for 'Pen Pal' by J.T. Geissinger, detailing its author, dark romance genre, 320 pages, and starring Aidan & Kayla, with a quote and scattered handwritten letters in the background.
A collage featuring handwritten letters, intertwined hands, a ring, and portraits of a woman (Kayla) and a tattooed man (Aidan), representing characters and themes from 'Pen Pal.'
Pen Pal Book Review!
WOW!!! This book was not what I expected! 🤯🤯🤯 What a twist!!! Absolutely loved it! Read it in a days time! Highly recommend reading it! It’s no where near what you think it will be AT ALL!!!!! 5/5⭐️ #penpal #bookrecommendations #BookReview #goodreads #darkromance
Squarebear

Squarebear

851 likes

A person with pink nail polish holds the book 'Hurricane Summer' by Asha Bromfield. The cover features a woman with dark curly hair and a pink flower, against a blue and green rainy background. The tagline reads 'Sometimes the storm is inside of you.' A Lemon8 watermark is visible.
Book review ‼️
My mom got me this book a few days a go and I was hooked since I picked it up! You will laugh, you will cry it will make you frustrated and proud all at the same time. Definitely felt all the feels but over all the book is beautifully written and I think the target audience will definitely apprecia
Milan Brown

Milan Brown

119 likes

A hand holds the front cover of the book "Tender Beasts" by Liselle Sambury, a YA thriller. The cover features two figures with a torn-paper effect, set against a dark green textured background. The image includes a "BOOK REVIEW" overlay.
Tender Beast Book Review 🐻🐾
Book Review : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Stars Meet the mysterious Behre family, where secrets and tragedy seem to follow them around. Sunny who definitely lives up to her name is determined to “Take Care of Dom” and prove his innocence when he’s accused of murder. The author definitely keeps you guessing until
rickeashonte

rickeashonte

154 likes

BOOK REVIEW: THE CARTEL 1-3
RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Yall said ima be in the ride for my life with this book…. WHEEWWWWWW BABYYYYY I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTOOO OKAYY!!!!! The cartel 1-3 was AMAZING!!!!! Like PAGE AFTER PAGE AFTER PAGE 🔥🔥🔥 I couldn’t put it down I swear I couldn’t I stayed up all night yester
˚ ꕥ Catera ꕥ˚

˚ ꕥ Catera ꕥ˚

150 likes

Book Review | My New Favorite Thriller🎀
❗️ NO SPOILERS❗️This is book is now on the list of thrillers that I’m OBSESSED with!! I can’t even express how good this book was!❤️ (jk i actually can LOL) Book name: They’re Watching You Author: Chelsea Ichaso Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Romance, YA, Mystery, Dark Academia My rating
Bri Bri🎀

Bri Bri🎀

481 likes

The book cover for "Men We Reaped: A Memoir" by Jesmyn Ward, featuring an old photograph of two young Black children, rests on a white fluffy surface. The cover includes a quote from The New York Times Book Review and the author's name. A Lemon8 watermark is visible at the bottom left.
Book Review 📚
If you are easily triggered, this may not be a book you would want to read. In order to go out into society and experience others without judgement, we have to know where they came from. The author perfectly illustrates the lives of four young, Black men who died very young. Their tragic deaths sho
Marlesia

Marlesia

265 likes

A hand holds the book 'If Only I Had Told Her' by Laura Nowlin, featuring a red rose on the cover. Overlays include 'Book Review', 'His POV', 'Friends to lovers', and a three-star rating, all on a light-colored bedsheet background.
Book Review: If Only I Had Told Her
You guyssss! I randomly decided to read if he had been with me two weeks ago and zoomed through it in two days without knowing there was a second on the way! Obviously I had to grab it to read Finnys - I’m half way through and right now I’m preferring the first over this. Thoughts? 📖🥀 #Lemon8Di
MarySylvia Fain

MarySylvia Fain

220 likes

A book review graphic featuring a dark-skinned man with a beard and gold chain. Text reads "MEL DAU Book Review" at the top, "B. LOVE PRESENTS" and "TERMS OF Love" at the bottom. A Lemon8 logo and username are in the corner.
Book Review
If you haven’t read a Mel Dau book before, I suggest you start with this one! Terms Of Love is such a great book. Love, childhood trauma, revenge, vindication and a strong bond between the male and female main characters ✅✅✅✅. Mel Dau also has some really good series that I’ll review soon. Bl
Jules J 🌿

Jules J 🌿

56 likes

🤯 BOOK REVIEW
So I had to take a break from my normal book readings lol, and pick me up a good thriller that I really enjoyed… I been eyeing this one all over KU but kept passing it by until today and it did not disappoint.. pretty much wish i read this sooner 🥴… A must read if you like suspense/ psychologica
💕✨TATIANA✨💕

💕✨TATIANA✨💕

155 likes

the September House book review 📖
SOOOO creepy and so good!! 👻 A friend lent this to me and I'm mad I waited this long to read it!! This one has absolutely everything I want in a creepy thriller...ghosts, captivating twists, and family drama! There's a bit of gore in this one, and while I usually don't like that, for
Lauren 🪴📚😻

Lauren 🪴📚😻

33 likes

A woman holds L.J. Shen's "Damaged Goods" (All Saints #4) and a stack including "Pretty Reckless" and "Broken Knight" from the All Saints series. She is in front of bookshelves, illustrating the book review of the series praised for its complex characters and emotional depth.
book review 💜
LJ Shen did what only LJ Shen could do, she broke our hearts made us fall in love with beautifully complex characters. This series was truly a journey and seeing Lev and Bailey’s relationship grow through complete darkness was brilliant. Bailey’s addiction is a major topic in the book, it’s not
Liz ✨🌼🎀

Liz ✨🌼🎀

44 likes

A stack of books on a bed with five yellow stars and five red chili pepper emojis, overlaid with the text "Recent Series I Gave 5 Stars," indicating a highly rated and spicy book series.
Book Review - LORDS Series | No Spoilers!
• I recently finished reading the L.O.R.D.S. Series by Shantel Tessier and this entire series was easily a 5 star read for me! These books are by far the spiciest books I have ever read, but there is so much more to them than that and I could’ve get enough. I’m all for smut but I need a good storyl
Taylor

Taylor

107 likes

The book cover for 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters' by Rick Riordan, featuring a cyclops and a ship, is displayed on a white surface. Overlaid text indicates a 10/10 rating, 279 pages, and reviewer reactions to plot points like Grover, Clarisse, Polyphemus, and Luke, noting it was read in one sitting.
PJO Book review pt. 2!!
I finished PJO Sea of Monsters recently so I wanted to do a review! Overall rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/10 Review: Grover gets kidnapped and pretends to be a female cyclops so he doesn’t get eaten. The barrier on Camp Half-Blood got poisoned by an unknown person. Supposedly where Grover is being h
Aisling 🤍

Aisling 🤍

198 likes

See more