Rouge: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Tattered Curtain Series)

"You could've had sweet, wife, but you chose rough when you didn't choose me."5/5 ⭐️ 5/5 🌶️The second I saw there was a modern retelling of the movie Moulin Rouge set in Vegas, I knew I had to throw everything I was doing to the side to read it.Moulin Rouge is what made me fall in love with love. I was in second grade and my aunt was watching it while I hid behind the couch to watch it. Unfortunately for me, it turned me into a hopeless romantic. Rouge captivated me from the start and exceeded my expectations.My love for Lacey runs deep. She's stunning, smart and fierce as hell. She knew how to play the game and play it well. She was raised to be a prize to a man and to feel inferior and feeble. She wasn't meant to have thoughts or feelings, just play nice and be the perfect socialite. She had so much fire and spirit, there was no crushing that. Even in her weakest moments, she held on.Kian is a tattooed, pierced (yes, it's exactly where you think it is) assassin that's broody and morally grey while also having a beautiful heart. He is meant to destroy Lacey, but instantly feels the spark with her and changes his plans. He was still going to get his revenge, but in a much better way. Hell, he could a$$assinate me and I would thank him before he did it. I'd take any kind of attention I could get from him.Ohohoh and the tattoo he gets? Let's just say if a man doesn't get that done for me, I don't want him.Lacey and Kian had palpable chemistry. There was so much depth to both characters and I couldn't get enough. The passion was there from the beginning, even if she didn't want to acknowledge it. Did I cry during some parts? Abso-freaking-lutely. You're kept on the edge of your seat throughout the entirety of Rouge and I loved every second.Although there wasn't a whole lot of spice, when there was, I was having to clench my thighs. Even the scene before going backstage had me sweating, and they weren't doing anything! I would have unalived for more spicey scenes, but the plot was so perfect that I'm not even sad about it.

4.5-This book was so f’ing good.knew wanted to read this one because I loved book one of this series, Phantom has been one of my top reads this year, so I had huge expectations for rouge.This book has everything I look for when I'm looking for a dark romance. It has drama, amazing plot, characters that are dark and disturbed while still being understandable, aaaaaand spice. It has slight miscommunication trope at the end, but honestly, it was done so well and angsty, I didn't even mind it.Lacey O'Shea grew up in the garde where women are meant to sit and look pretty, not make choices. In trying to save her father from prison, she agree to marry the cruel Barron. When a family enemy steals her away and takes her for his own she starts to wonder if life with him really is the gilded cage she thought it would be, or is it really everything she could have dreamed for?I enjoyed reading this so much, it was so easy to pick this up and escape into the story and world built. If you enjoyed Phantom by Greer, I highly recommend continuing the series for more!

The story of Lacey and Kian has me reeling in what happens next! I couldn’t put it down! A great retelling!

I really enjoyed the book in the beginning, mainly because I liked the world building and the plot. But towards the middle I got quickly tired of the same old things: the “but my dad” and the rampant misogyny got old very quickly. I understand wanting to free your father, but a lot of what the MC did to “free him” was not smart. It was so obvious that her evil fiancé was the perpetrator behind her dad’s imprisonment, I don’t quite understand why her dad didn’t realize that himself, especially as the leader. She was so pitifully loyal to the point it got annoying. The whole misogyny aspect got overplayed— yes obviously misogyny is going to present but it was to the extent that it got excessive. Just something for the author to write about instead of being important to the plot. Felt very fairytaley at the end of it. I appreciate the effort that went into making the whole Las Vegas secret society seem realistic. The romance part was lacking for me though— just s scenes and they never once went on a date together. Not sure how they ended up falling for each other. More like obsession on his end for her being the reason he quit drinking and her getting with the only guy that isn’t a pos rather then genuine love. The plot overtook the romance for sure. Also sidenote, why did he allow her to stay with that guy for so long? Not typical in these types of books, usually they are more protective. It was decent enough to finish though. More character depth for the MC besides being a dancer and pawn would have bumped it up to a 4 for me. And more actual romance.

I absolutely 100% loved this book. There are no bad things about it. This is my second book by Greer Rivers and it was amazing...again. ikmew i was going to love it as soon as i read it was a retelling Moulin Rouge. That story always gets me.  I usually am more in to the spice in books but this plot had me on the edge of my seat. I would saythe spice level for me is a 3.5 🌶. But im stingey with my spice levels. But for this story the spice was perfect. And omg Kian 🥰😍🥰😍. Definitely, one of my top book boyfriends. There was a part where I almost cried too. I really thought she was going to die for a minute. That part was so sad. I mean she annoyed the hell out of me with the "but my dad" but honesty I wouldn't change her. Definitely 💯% recommend this book to everyone. This Definitely made the top 10 list for the year.

I just finished this book last night and oh my god. Very well written and highly addictive. I couldn't put it down.

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I don’t like the arranged marriage trope, UNLESS it’s done like this. This was everything I wanted and more. Pure art was made with this story! Can’t wait to read even more of this series

I loved Greer's book based on the phantom of the opera. So I had to read this one. This is my favourite. So hot with a great story line! 🥵

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Pure gold this book was😭😭😭 loved everything about thisThe chemistryThe charactersThe story ahhh the story the snippets of our plays was🤌🏻🤌🏻The smutt🤭Its been a while since i read a banger like this . Thank you for writing this♥️

Kian’s charm was hard to resist, I was instantly captured by his protective persona.Lacey is brave and sensitive, she was the perfect partner for Kian and also the best fit to finally subvert an old system to some new ways.