Black Iris, Leah Raeder
Black Iris, Leah Raeder
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Black Iris

Author: Leah Raeder

Narrator: Grace Grant

Unabridged: 11 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2015


Synopsis

The next dark and sexy romantic suspense novel from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Unteachable, praised for its “lush, haunting prose, deft storytelling, and scorching sensuality” (M. Pierce, bestselling author of the Night Owl trilogy), and called “one of the best forbidden romances” (Lauren Blakely, New York Times bestselling author).

Love is not a thing that we create. It’s an undoing.

It only took one moment of weakness for Laney Keating’s world to fall apart. One stupid gesture for a hopeless crush. Then the rumors began. Slut, they called her. Queer. Psycho. Mentally ill, messed up, so messed up even her own mother decided she wasn’t worth sticking around for. If Laney could erase that whole year, she would. College is her chance to start with a clean slate.

She’s not looking for new friends, but they find her: charming, handsome Armin, the only guy patient enough to work through her thorny defenses—and fiery, filterless Blythe, the bad girl and partner in crime who has thorns of her own.

But Laney knows nothing good ever lasts. When a ghost from her past resurfaces—the bully who broke her down completely—she decides it’s time to live up to her own legend. And Armin and Blythe are going to help. Which was the plan all along. Because the rumors are true. Every single one. And Laney is going to show them just how true. She’s going to show them all.

About Leah Raeder

Leah Raeder—known now as Elliot Wake—is the author of UnteachableBlack IrisBad Boy, and Cam Girl. Aside from reading his brains out, he enjoys graphic design, video games, fine whiskey, and the art of self-deprecation. Visit him at LeahRaeder.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 22, 2015

Two girls, cherry-mouthed, glitter-lashed, our skin luminous with moonlight and sweat, making out beneath pennants that still shivered with the afternoon’s boy bravado. If only you bastards could see me now. You want to know the bad thing about this book? I must have spent hours trying to single o......more

Goodreads review by Navessa on April 15, 2018

Gather the above words close to your heart and hold them tightly, for this is not a story about redemption or growth. This is not about forgiveness. Only vengeance. This book is dark, guttural. It speaks to that side of yourself you keep hidden from the rest of the world. That reptilian part of your......more

Goodreads review by Elle on January 14, 2021

"Why did you marry [Mom]?" I asked suddenly. "I loved her fire," he said from far away. "I didn't know I would burn." It has been a month since I read this book and I still have no freaking clue what to say about this. There is something very deeply twisted about this book, and Elliot......more

Goodreads review by Steph on October 05, 2015

Love is not a thing we create. It's an undoing. Black Iris is the story of Bonnie and Bonnie on Bitch Better Have My Money quest with a Bad Blood mentality. It's not a Redemption, Coming of Age or Happily Ever After story. So if you are looking for those elements, look elsewhere. It's mor......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on March 16, 2019

This was fucking FANTASTIC. I am officially obsessed with Elliot Wake. I love their writing style and how dark the stories really get and how every one of their books has a small connection to their others. UGH I LOVED THIS SO MUCH (Updated my review to they/them bc the author has come out as trans s......more