After finishing reading Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep series and reviewing it, I decided to read this duet as I heard one of the character’s perspectives was someone from the series who’s character I enjoyed meeting. The duet also takes place in that series’ world so was looking forward to reading this duet and see how I enjoy it. So let me begin by reviewing The Death Club, the first book in this duet.

The Death Club (Dead Men Walking #1)

Rating: 3 stars

Chaos. Carnage. Killing. The three Cs that make my life complete.

I know killing technically doesn’t start with a C – but wouldn’t life be better if it did? Just like it would be better if the Devil was my boyfriend, Santa wasn’t a d*ck and I didn’t live under a bridge.

I wished for my life to improve, but it didn’t. I was kidnapped, sold, sold again, stuck in a death game, sold AGAIN and now I’m living in a serial killer’s basement.

Oh, and there’s another dude down here who lives in a cage and doesn’t talk. I call him Dead Man on account of his soulless eyes. He either wants to kiss me or choke me out. I can’t decide which I want most.

Anyways, my hot, tattooed, muscular insane Irish captor thinks I might make a good hit woman once he trains me up. Which is a freaking insult by the way as I’m already the best killer in town. Ask anyone. Except the cops. Don’t ask them or they’ll send me back to that creepy asylum where they gave me the crazy pills. But shh, that’s a secret.

Want to know another one? I quite like it here. Every day is anarchy and that’s my favorite flavor.

So I think I’m gonna join The Death Club and let my freak flag fly.

This is a brand new dark menage series set in the same world as the Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep series with character crossover. Each series can be read independent of each other, and the lead female character will end up with more than one love interest.

This book is an interesting start to this duet. However, The Death Club isn’t my favorite read out of the books by these authors I’ve read so far. What I enjoyed about it though was the characters and their development as this book went on.

It was nice to read chapters from Niall’s perspective. Especially the chapters that crossed over from Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep because I was able to read his thoughts at that time when those events happened. I enjoyed his character in those books, so I was really excited to read and learn more about his character in this book and he didn’t disappoint. I also enjoyed the perspectives of Brooklyn and Mateo because I feel like they are interesting characters with interesting stories. And I enjoyed seeing Brooklyn’s dynamic with these two guys as this book went on because you can see how much she cares about both men and how much they also care about her. I especially enjoyed Brooklyn’s character because her thoughts and dialogue remind me a lot of how I am, so it was nice to read a character who reminded me a little of myself. I also enjoyed her development because you see her begin to trust these guys as the story goes on since she reveals to them the truth as to what happened to her that made her the way she is.

What I also enjoyed about The Death Club was the suspense that happened with regards to going after the people that helped destroy Brooklyn’s life. I felt like the moments in this book that really stood out to me and made this book an enjoyable read for me was when these characters went off killing people. I felt those moments here really stood out to me because you found out more about these characters and there were moments where things could’ve gone horribly wrong but then didn’t. I also enjoyed the way this book ended because the two characters who really didn’t like each other had no choice but to work together and I love that was something that happened here. Especially because I didn’t feel like I knew how things would play out considering everything I knew up to that point in this story. But seeing them working together was such a wonderful thing that I was really happy to see.

I would say my biggest complaint concerning reading The Death Club though is the story itself. The book starts off interestingly when these characters are introduced, and I see what happens to them that leads to the particular moment in the story. But then I feel like once Niall offers to train Brooklyn to be a killer like him, the story doesn’t really go anywhere for a majority of the book. There ends up being a whole lot of either Brooklyn or Mateo attempting to end Niall’s life and being unsuccessful but that’s really it for most of the plot. The way Niall attempts to train Brooklyn to be a killer is interesting but then whenever she doesn’t do things EXACTLY the way he wants, he accuses her of not being cut out for killing and wonders why he bothers with teaching her anything. And this happens EVERY time he’s training her, no matter what she does just because she’s not doing things the way he wants her to.

Overall I enjoyed reading The Death Club because I find these fucked up characters to be interesting. But the plot doesn’t go anywhere a majority of the time until near the end when Brooklyn leaves and decides to go after two of the people who hurt her on her own and what happens after that as well. I found each of the characters interesting, just wish there had been more with the plot besides when these characters go off and kill that added to the story. But because of how much I enjoyed these characters and the way this book ended, I also read Society of Psychos to see how this duet would end.

Society of Psychos (Dead Men Walking #2)

Rating: 3 stars

I’m the prince of death. A son of carnage born of wicked deeds and sin-filled nightmares. Nobody understood me. Until her.

My Spider. The wild girl I claimed from a sea of violent men. But others want her too…

The enemies who lurk within my walls seek to steal her from my grasp. They’re my captives, but maybe they’re the answer to my greatest fear too. Because the Grim Reaper shadows every move I make, and he’s always watching her.

Perhaps I need a ring of warriors to surround my little psycho and protect her from death’s claws. Because now she’s stolen my black heart, I can’t fail her like I’ve failed before.

This is a dark romance series where the main character will end up with more than one love interest. This series is set in the United States of Anarchy universe. All the series in this world can be read independently but if you’d like to enjoy the crossover characters then you may also want to check out Kings of Quarantine and The Harlequin Crew.

This was a good way to end this duet as I felt like this book did a wonderful job at picking up where The Death Club ended. It also gave us another character in the story that I wasn’t expecting but that I found myself wanting to know more about since he wasn’t in the first book.

I felt like this book did a wonderful job at tying all of the loose ends together with these characters and going after the people who ruined Brooklyn’s life. I continued to enjoy reading Niall, Mateo and Brooklyn’s perspectives and seeing how this story was going to play out. Angry Jack was an interesting addition to their group, especially when Mateo is the one who uncovers his story and how he ends up in the institution where he met Brooklyn. I would say I especially enjoyed the dynamic here between Mateo and Angry Jack as I feel they have a whole lot in common than you expect.

I also love that I finally see development between the guys Brooklyn cares about. Both Mateo and Angry Jack have a reason to hurt Niall but because of Brooklyn, I feel like that quickly changes here when they all work together to go after the people who ruined Brooklyn’s life. And I feel like Niall undergoes quite a bit of development in Society of Psychos when he realizes his relationship with Brooklyn isn’t like his last one and he actually starts to let go of his past.

If there’s anything with this book that I have criticism for, it’s the same criticism I had for The Death Club. Don’t get me wrong, the story that is here is interesting. But I found there were some moments here in this book too where the plot didn’t move forward. I also found a lot of the deaths of the people who ruined Brooklyn’s life were very anti-climactic as I felt like there was so much build up for them only for Brooklyn and her guys having very little difficulty in killing them. Still interesting in some ways, but very anti-climactic and disappointing too.

As a whole though, I did enjoy this series. I enjoyed getting to meet such interesting characters with dark stories and seeing how everything played out for them. It was nice to see chapters told from Niall’s perspective because I enjoyed his character whenever he made an appearance in Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep series, and I was glad to see him get the happy ending he deserved even if it wasn’t what I expected. Just wish the plot moved a little more quickly, but still enjoyed these books, nonetheless.

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