Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Stalking, Kidnapping, Captivity, Dubious consent, Non-consensual, Violence, Graphic violence, Medical experimentation, Trauma, PTSD, Manipulation, Coercive control, Drugging
Broken Obsession
by Chani Lynn Feener
Book 1 in Vicious Vices
an unhinged stalker MMC who watches his obsession through a video game and refuses to let go once he has him, with the kind of dub-con dark romance pressure that the genre demands
goodreads 4.11/5 542 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length343 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Rough / primal
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Obsessive love interest
- M/M
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Rough / primal
- Addictive read
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Dirty talk heavy
- Tension finally satisfied
- Stalker
- Predator x prey
- Dark / taboo style
- Feral brain activated
- Villain
- Captor/captive
- Rough / aggressive style
- The angst delivered
- Anti-hero
- He falls first
- Intense / passionate
- Feral/unhinged
- Power imbalance
- Possessive/protective
- Damaged survivor
- Marking hickeys
- Possessive alpha
- Wall pinning
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Rough but consensual
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Dubious consent elements
- Non-consensual fantasy themes (CNC)
- Punishment dynamics
- Edging/denial
- Pain play
- Fear play
- Corruption kink
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Stalker romance
- Workplace / office
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- Captive romance
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Antihero romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- High
- Gay
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- Intense
- Queer
- Tense
- Edgy
- Seductive
- Raw
- Unhinged
- Fast-paced
- Feral
- Atmospheric
- Gritty
- Dangerous
- Forbidden desire
- Slow descent into darkness
- Bargain with consequences
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 343 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book