Wednesday, August 26, 2026

South Shore Serpents Book 1: Monstrous Serpent by EV Olsen

 

South Shore Serpent Book 1

I was never anyone's first choice. Until two monsters made me their only one.

One bad decision leads me into the woods and straight into the hands of two masked strangers who chase me through the dark, pin me down, and leave me questioning everything I thought I knew about myself.

Then I learn who they are.

Serpents.

And not just any Serpents, but six-foot-ten Hunter Kincaid and his other half, six-foot-eight Atlas Trembley.

Atlas gets under my skin like a splinter. He fights me, steals from me, and doesn't care that I want to kill him. He's counting on it.

Hunter doesn't speak. He takes. He decides. And he's decided on me.

They even call me Little Titan like I belong to them.

The worst part?

I want to belong to the two hockey players who fight over marshmallows and look at me like I'm the best thing that's ever happened to them.

But Hunter's past isn't done with him. And when it threatens to tear us apart, I learn exactly what kind of monsters my Serpents are.

Tropes:
MMM
Hockey Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Best Friends to Lovers
Masked men
Bi Awakening
Pining


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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Was so excited for this book and it did not disappoint! We return to this world of dark romance hockey but now we aren’t just with the Titans but with the Serpents. Out Titan, Cody, never imagined when he caught his girlfriend cheating on him, he would become the target of two Serpents, Atlas and Hunter. The two of them decided Cody was theirs and they aren’t letting him go. Not for anything. Hunter and Atlas are closer than any two people can get. Held together by friendship and surviving some pretty horrible things. And while Atlas knows how he feels about Hunter, getting Hunter to admit it is a whole other thing. Hunter can’t lose his best friend, his anchor. Better to deny they are anything more and cross any lines with just the two of them to make sure. But when they realize what Cody could be to them, it is only a matter of time until he’ll have to acknowledge his own feelings about his best friends. Cody doesn’t understand how he feels anything toward Atlas and Hunter. They fight on and off the ice, but the moment they put their hands on one another? Logic goes out the window. And maybe even his heart. There’s a lot of secrets and the past may threaten to tear them apart, but these three won’t let go of one another without a fight. I loved this book! The banter between these guys was absolutely the best and hilarious. We get those dark elements we have seen with the Titans series and now spilled over to the Serpents. Turns out, these teams aren’t so different. And it looks like we’ll definitely have some interesting stories to tell in this series and I can’t wait!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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