Show Off by Lani Lynn Vale Pages: 262
Series: Welcome to the Circus #3
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Source: ARC
Also in this series: Fun House, Freak Show, Clown Motel, Sold to the Circus, Killing Booth, The Fool
Also by this author: Execution Style, Charlie Foxtrot, Coup de Grace, Right to my Wrong, Shock Advised, Hail No, Beard Mode, Lights To My Siren, Fear the Beard, I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie , I'm Only Here for the Beard, Dragons Need Love, Too , Oh, My Dragon, Kevlar To My Vest , Keys To My Cuffs, Life To My Flight , Hissy Fit, Talkin' Trash, Lord Have Mercy, Hide Your Crazy, How About No, I'd Rather Not, Make Me, Sinners are Winners, If You Say So, Just Kidding, Herd That, Fries Before Guys, Crazy Heifer, Maybe Swearing Will Help, Keep it Classy, Chute Yeah, Get Bucked, May Contain Wine, Jokes on You, Somethin' About That Boy, Join the Club, Any Day Now, Say It Ain't So, Officially Over It, Nobody Knows, Depends on Who's Asking, Repeat Offender, Conjugal Visits, Jailbait, Quit Bein' Ugly, Doin' a Dime, Kitty Kitty, No Rep, Gen Pop, Jerk It, Inmate of the Month , Chalk Dirty to Me, Shakedown , Always Someone's Monster, Make Me Your Villain , Rattle Some Cages , Get Tragic , Strange and Unusual, Suck This, Never Trust the Living, Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty, Good Trouble, Cute But Psycho, Annoyed At First Sight, The Voices Are Back, Special Kind of Twisted, I'll Just Date Myself, Fun House, Freak Show, Clown Motel, Big Nick Energy, Sold to the Circus, Killing Booth, The Fool, No Cap, I Can't Even, Thirst Trap
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Seventy shades of messed up.
That was what she’d been told about herself for nearly her entire life.
From a young age, she knew what it was like to be hated. To be loathed so much by a person that they literally resented the air you breathed.
For her entire childhood, she fought to live, despite her father’s constant effort to make her life a living hell.
Her sisters and brother have no clue what kind of closet psychopath their father really was, and she’ll die before she ruins their picture-perfect view of him.
Why? Because she’s already broken. There’s no fixing this kind of damaged. But there’s no reason everyone else needs to suffer, too.
From the moment Hannibal Peters laid eyes on Hades Singh, he knew she was the one.
That was why he ran.That was why, when he saw her suffering, he couldn’t stay away.
Listen, I’m gonna be honest. I straight up disliked Hades after the last book. She was just a horrible person and awful sister. There was a nugget of information dropped at the end of that book that Hades might be redeemed. I was hella skep.
Hannibal was a wonderful hero. Honestly, I was struggling because I felt Hades wasn’t good enough. But, there is more to Hades than we (or her family) saw and SLOWLY I started to thaw. Hannibal and his friends just accept Hades and support her. It was really interesting. I loved how supportive Hannibal was. He didn’t judge her (like I did) and their relationship was easy. It wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was a good balance for the heavy that is Hades.
The story has a lot of suspense too! Hades is determined to figure out who is stalking her sister and Hannibal is going to help her. Overall, Show Off was just a delightful surprise that reminds me, things aren’t always what they seem.
- POV: dual 1st
- Tears: a few
- Triggers: View Spoiler »
- Series/Standalone: standalone within an interconnected series (you really need to read Freak Show first)
- Cliffhanger: View Spoiler »
- HEA: View Spoiler »
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authors like Piper Rayne, Vanessa Vale, Max Monroe…then you will probably like Show Off!
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I’ve really enjoyed some of this author’s other series, but this one just hasn’t called to me for some reason. But I might need to give it a try! Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear that Hades was able to be redeemed somewhat!