Jagger

A Dark Romance (Archer High, Book 3)

De: Linzvonc

Narrado por: Marie Hawkins, William Macleod

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST ANOTHER GIRL I BROKE.

INSTEAD, SHE BROKE ME.

I’ve spent years running from everything—my family, my past, the blood on my hands. All I want is to waste my millions in peace. No feelings. No attachments. Just pleasure and control.

Then Molly crashes into my world with her sharp mouth, haunted eyes, and a fire I didn’t expect.

She wants nothing from me. That only makes me want her more.

But she doesn’t know who I am. What I’ve done. What I’m capable of.

She thinks she can handle me. She has no idea how deep this goes. Or how far I’ll go to keep her.

Even if it destroys us both.

©2024 Linzvonc (P)2025 Blue Nose Publishing

oh... Jagger

✨ALC REVIEW✨

Let me start by saying I ALC'd Kaden and I gobbled it up! I am a little unhinged, but this one hit me. Around chapter 14, something ripped me open (no spoilers) I had to put it down for a min. So glad I dealt with that and picked it back up! As always check your TW!

The story and the characters

ALC Review

Jagger by Linzvonc
Book 3 in the Archer High Series

Narrated in duet by Marie Hawkins and William Macleod

I finished this book in one sitting, and then I went on to listen to it again. Before going into this story, please check those trigger warnings. This is a DARK, PITCH BLACK romance. Is there romance in this story? Yes, but not for most of it. Jagger is a complex character who doesn’t truly believe in love because he has never truly felt it from anyone in his life. When his cousin, Aphrodite, comes to stay with him, she brings along her best friend, Molly. Molly and Jagger stay behind when Aphrodite is forced to hide out due to a stalker threatening her life. Things become contentious between Jagger and Molly quickly. When Molly is kicked out of Jagger’s house, she forgets her phone, so Jagger decides to go through her phone, inviting someone from Molly’s past to come to town. When this stranger comes to town, Jagger realizes he’s made a mistake, but the only way for him to fix things is to break Molly even more and become the villain in her story.

This story had me pulled in, desperately wanting to know what was going to happen next and wanting to throw things at Jagger if I could. I was angry, sad, happy, and everything in between while listening to this story unravel. I honestly didn’t know if this book would end with a hea or not. Linzvonc was a new-to-me author this year, but I have fallen in love with the characters and stories that she writes, and they have become some of my favorite books this year, with Jagger being one of my favorites. This story focuses on overcoming difficult situations and traumas. It shows how it’s okay to be broken, but that you have to get back up again. And how forgiveness can be a powerful tool.

Marie Hawkins and William Macleod really killed it as Molly and Jagger. The story and the narration were both so powerful and gripping that I just had to go and listen to it all over again once I finished it the first time. Marie really captured the vulnerability and brokenness of Molly’s character, and William played Jagger as a bully so perfectly.

If you love dark romance and have no triggers, I recommend adding this to your list ASAP. But start with Book 1 in the Archer High Series, Wolfe.

I liked this one a lot more!

This man!! He could’ve had it all, but he screwed it up. Well almost…it just took a little while for her to realize he is living with his choice as a nightmare every day. She almost destroys her life until she finally realizes that she can’t live without him.

Blue Nose is literally the best at producing duet audio. Marie Hawkins is legit a queen with anything she does, and this was the first time to listen to William Macleod and he did not disappoint!!!

Beautifully painful story!

I absolutely devoured this book, and it destroyed me in the best, most agonizing way. When Jagger did what he had to do, I didn’t just feel Molly break, I felt myself cracking right alongside her. And the worst part? I could feel every ounce of Jagger’s pain, that raw, agonizing anguish that lived under his skin long after the moment had passed. Every time she brought it up, the way he recoiled… the disgust he carried for himself was almost suffocating. It hurt. God, it hurt.

This story is tragic, but it’s also disturbingly beautiful. Molly and Jagger aren’t two halves of a perfect whole. They’re jagged shards, sharp edges and shattered pieces trying to make something resembling love out of their wreckage. They’re a puzzle that should never fit… and yet they do. Not cleanly. Not gently. But in a way that feels inevitable, like gravity pulling two broken stars into collision.

Their love isn’t soft or sweet. It’s ugly, raw, painful, and dark as hell. But that’s exactly what makes it mesmerizing. They are beautifully broken, bound together by wounds that should’ve kept them apart but instead stitched them closer. It’s twisted, it’s haunting, and I loved every unhinged second of it.

And the audiobook? Next level. Marie Hawkins took the visceral emotion and dragged it straight out of the pages and into my chest. And William MacLeod’s portrayal of Jagger… I could feel his torment, his self loathing, his barely contained desperation. They didn’t just narrate the story, they breathed life into it, sent it spiraling through my headphones and straight into my soul.

Molly and Jagger!!!

Marie Hawkins and William Macleod were so good as Molly and Jagger. I always enjoy listening to both of them whenever I can. Narrating seems to come very natural to them and the emotional scenes in this one....they nailed them!

With the way Jagger and Molly were teased in Kaden I couldn't wait for their story. I will admit it turned out to be totally different than I was expecting. Yes, they are enemies-to-lovers but there is much more to it than that. This is a slow burn compared to the previous books in the series and I was here for it!

Jagger and Molly can barely stand each other and anytime they are in the vicinity of each other arguing ensues which was their way of hiding the attraction they have for each other because believe me...it is there! Jagger is such a bully and quite honestly he had me not liking him at first. When he realizes the big huge mistake he makes by inviting Molly's past to her doorstep his mission becomes to save her.

Molly deserves so much better than the hand she has been dealt in life. When we get a look at what her past has been I just wanted to hug that poor girl. She perseveres and holds her head high every day until the person she was hoping to never see again shows up. From that moment on it becomes a matter of survival and just when she thinks her savior shows up in the form of Jagger, that hope is crushed.

Linzvonc does a phenomenal job of keeping the tension strong with these two. They are both stubborn, Jagger especially. So many times that man has the opportunity to speak up and he keeps things to himself. When truths are finally revealed I was yelling "finally" because these two definitely take their sweet time acknowledging the feelings that have been just below the surface the entire time.