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Dark romance • morally grey to pitch black horror •
psychological darkness, trauma,
obsession, angst, emotional wreckage
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“You’re mine now, little bluebird, and you won’t ever leave here.”

2 more days until Monsters Weep too, Little Bluebird by @donnakesslerauthor will be out!!

“Even the cruelest monsters weep and bleed, his brokenness devours me.”

#bookstagram #darkromance #bookrecommendations #preorder #indieauthor

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✨✨BOOK REVIEW✨✨

Monsters Weep Too, Little Bluebird
By Donna Kessler
Releases October 26

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Amazing writing! I have loved Donna’s books from the start not because they’re romantic-they definitely aren’t, but because they dig deeper into the core of each character

Malakar /Milo is deeply deeply disturbed the things he had to do as a child and into adulthood were beyond comprehension.

Starla’s life is no better. These untangling moments and memories are like a nightmare that never ends.

Definitely look at your triggers before reading but highly recommend for the psychological aspects

#psychological #pitchblack #disturbed #monsterious

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Monsters Weep Too, Little Bluebird
@donnakesslerauthor

📆 Release date: October 26

I ran from one monster and knocked on the door of another.

Malakar should have been my end, the man who chained me, hurt me and called it love because his mind was too broken to know better. I should have hated him until my last breath, but trauma does sickening things to a person.

It makes cruelty familiar. It makes softness confusing. It makes the monster who weeps after breaking you feel safer than the one who never cared at all.

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Current Situation... Reading two amazing arc books by some of our favorite authors. Monsters Weep Too By @donnakesslerauthor and Obsessive Heart by @fkinghayeswrites .

Monsters Weep comes out 10/6
Obsessive Heart comes out 11/30
💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Add these to your tbr!!!

#indieauthor #champagne #currentsituation #arc #reading

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✨️ 3 days until release! Pitch black, get mentally prepared. I will be diving into it tonight

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Monsters Weep Too, Little Bluebird
@donnakesslerauthor

📆 Release date: October 26

•Standalone
•Pitch-black erotic psychological horror
•Serial killer
•Captive and captor
•Stockholm syndrome
•Psychosis
•Unreliable narrator
•Predator and prey
•Obsession
•Trauma bonding
•Psychologically disturbing
•Depraved
•Traumatic
•Tragic

I ran from one monster and knocked on the door of another.

Malakar should have been my end, the man who chained me, hurt me and called it love because his mind was too broken to know better. I should have hated him until my last breath, but trauma does sickening things to a person.

It makes cruelty familiar. It makes softness confusing. It makes the monster who weeps after breaking you feel safer than the one who never cared at all.

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This book was so good I love it so much out October 26

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Monsters Weep Too, Little Bluebird

Rated: 🔥🔥🔥🔥

This book.. I was devastated from start to finish. I knew it would destroy me, and I was right.

From the very first page to the last.. I was hooked and on an emotional roller coaster.

Starla and Milo were two broken kids who found each other in darkness. They couldn’t hold on, no matter how hard they tried.

Starla and Malakar were two of the most damaged characters I have ever read about. Beyond repair, absolutely. They both suffered so greatly that anything felt like love.

This was one of the most heartbreaking books I have read in a long time. And I’ll think about it for even longer, I’m sure.

In my opinion, a good book is one that makes you feel something. This one made me feel everything.

Thank you, @donnakesslerauthor for allowing me to read this early. Starla and Malakar will be with me for a long time to come.

#monstersweeptoolittlebluebird #arcreview #erotichorror #donnakessler #starlaandmalakar

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Monsters Weep Too, Little Blue Bird
By @donnakesslerauthor

Releases October 26, 2026

A very dark psychological romance

Blurb:
I ran from one monster and knocked on the door of another.

Malakar should have been my end, the man who chained me, hurt me and called it love because his mind was too broken to know better. I should have hated him until my last breath, but trauma does sickening things to a person.

It makes cruelty familiar. It makes softness confusing. It makes the monster who weeps after breaking you feel safer than the one who never cared at all.

#monstersweeptoolittlebluebird #monstersweeptoo #darkpsychological #donnakessler #arcreader

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Monsters Weep Too By @donnakesslerauthor

OUR NEXT ARC READ!
Pitch black, erotic horror!!
🖤🖤💀☠️💀🔪🪓📖🥂🍾🥂📖🪓🔪💀☠️💀🖤🖤
So very very dark check your triggers !! (I love triggers and red flags)
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Release date 10/26.

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💙 𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖙𝖔𝖔, 𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖇𝖑𝖚𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖗𝖉 𝔟𝔶 @donnakesslerauthor 💙

“ᴍᴏɴsᴛᴇʀs ᴡᴇᴇᴘ ᴛᴏᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ.”

“𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲.”

“𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙. 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙙. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚.”

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ:
🪶 ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴠᴇ x ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴏʀ
🩸 sᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ
🪶 ᴅᴀʀᴋʟʏ ᴘsʏᴄʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ
🩸 sᴛᴏᴄᴋʜᴏʟᴍ sʏɴᴅʀᴏᴍᴇ
🪶 ᴍᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴏɴsᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴍᴄ
🩸 ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ
🪶 ᴘsʏᴄʜᴏsɪs & ʜᴀʟʟᴜᴄɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴs
🩸 ᴏʙsᴇssɪᴏɴ & sᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ
🪶 ɪsᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ
🩸 ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ
🪶 ᴄʏᴄʟᴇs ᴏғ ᴀʙᴜsᴇ

“ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ. ɪ ᴡᴀs sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏɴsᴛᴇʀ. ɪ ᴡᴀs sᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ sɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴄᴀɢᴇ.”

“ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʟ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ʟᴇғᴛ. ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴜɴɢᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴍᴏɴsᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇᴘᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ.”

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Monsters Weep Too, Little Bluebird is a pitch black psychological erotic horror. please read trigger warnings before reading. this book is not for everyone. even if you don’t think you have any triggers please make sure. however, it was very much for me. i love pitch black erotic horrors and that’s exactly what this book delivered with psychological thriller in there as well. I honestly couldn’t make up my mind on how i felt towards the Malakar. Malakar is a serial killer, and he is very much a monster but he is also so broken. i love how this book really make you think about trauma and what you do with your trauma and how that makes you who you are. it also is a choice whether you want to go down a similar path or change. The fact that they had met when they were younger BROKE MY HEART. they both had dreams and goals but their wings were cut short for this life. It makes you question are people born monsters, are they a product of their environment. Can they be saved? My stomach just sank at the end because i knew it was coming… however the last chapter was diabolical because it brought tears to my eyes.
“𝘍𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.”

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(Review em PT na legenda seguinte ->)
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Some stories scare us with the monsters they create… and then there are those that force us to look at the monsters living inside our own minds.

Malakar and Starla were both raised by monsters and haunted by them. He ended up becoming one of them, while she spent her life being haunted by the cruelty of those around her.

Their relationship explores the connection between trauma, attachment, and conflicting emotions, with a dynamic that evokes Stockholm syndrome.

And then… there’s Milo.

Milo and Malakar are the same person, but they represent completely different sides of someone who is constantly fighting against his own mind. Malakar is his darker side, sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness, driven by the voices that haunt him. Yet, despite claiming that Milo is dead, there are moments when he still allows him to surface.

What is real? What isn’t? Are the voices real, or are they the product of minds that seem determined to drag them further and further into the darkness? Both Malakar and Starla struggle with this, making the story as disturbing as it is impossible to put down.

Now, one more thing… I’ve read books where certain objects were used for rather unconventional purposes… Weapons, knives, screwdrivers… But BONES?! That’s a first. 😳

My only downside was that, at a certain point, the story started to feel like it was going around in circles… but even so, those very repetitions help reinforce the cruelty of their thoughts and the psychological spirals the characters find themselves trapped in.

Ultimately, this is a story about trauma, the monsters surrounding us, and the ones we carry within ourselves.

I finished this book speechless. It left my heart in pieces. 🖤

A special thank you to @donnakesslerauthor for choosing me as an ARC reader and for giving me the opportunity to read this book. 🫶🏼

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Há histórias que nos assustam pelos monstros que criam… e depois há aquelas que nos obrigam a olhar para os monstros que vivem dentro da nossa própria mente.

Malakar e Starla foram ambos criados por monstros e assombrados por eles. Ele acabou por se tornar num deles, enquanto ela passou a vida a

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