Ever wonder what would happen if Romeo & Juliet ditched the tragic poetry and decided to stalk, murder, and dismember their way into happily-ever-after?
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Robin’s Review of Hang For Me

Title: Hang For Me

Author: Marla York

Genres: Horror, Gothic Romance

Pages:  229

Source: Kindle, Paperback

Hang For Me

Trauma doesn’t go away just because you found love; it sticks in your blood like a parasite you’ll always have to live with.

I have desired her for years, always protecting her from afar, and stealing the voices of those who harmed us—silencing their cruel words forever.

Driven by jealousy, I tear down walls until I find her, our love a haunting fixation that consumes my thoughts.

When her façade cracks, I find my soul connected to someone just as unhinged as I.

Will we see past our deep-seated insecurities, or will we burn the world to the ground first with our obsessions?

Robin’s Review

What Did I Just Walk Into?

⚠️ Check Your Triggers. Extreme trigger buffet: gore, obsession, stalking, trauma, violence, taxidermy, clowns, and just about every “do not read before bed” warning. Proceed with caution (or glee).

Ever wonder what would happen if Romeo & Juliet ditched the tragic poetry and decided to stalk, murder, and dismember their way into happily-ever-after? Yeah, me neither—but Marla York sure did, and she served it with extra gore and a sprinkle of spice.

Scarlett and Jackson are not your average dark romance couple. Forget “touch her and die”—here it’s “glance in her direction and I’ll feed you to my clown.” And the best part? She’s just as bad as he is. No meek little heroine here—Scarlett’s obsession is as sharp as his knife collection.

Here’s What Slapped:

Dual stalking. He’s outside her window, she’s outside his—finally, equality in psychopathy. 👏

Spice breaks. Because nothing says romance like taking five after a fresh unaliving. 🔥

Billy’s back. Our favorite unhinged side character from Savage Keepsakes gets promoted to haunted house ringmaster. Pay the entry fee in body parts.

Pasta-making scene. Not the Olive Garden kind. Carb lovers, beware. 🍝😬

What Could’ve Been Better:

The ending could’ve swung harder with the gore hammer, but by that point I was too busy gagging at the taxidermy and laughing at the clown insults to care.

Perfect for Readers Who Love:

Couples therapy but with chainsaws

Saw movies reimagined as date nights

Dark romance where “morally gray” gets yeeted straight into “pitch black”

Haunted houses that smell like bleach and blood

Clowns, but make them possessive and stabby

Quick & Dirty Take:

Hang For Me is deranged, delicious, and disturbingly addictive. It’s a fast read—you’ll devour it in under two hours, mostly because you won’t be able to look away from the carnage. Trauma, gore, obsession, spice, and some questionable DIY projects involving taxidermy.

This book doesn’t tiptoe into darkness—it kicks the door down with a bloody grin. If your idea of romance is “we stalk each other, we kill for each other, and we definitely need to be institutionalized together,” then congratulations—you’ve found your next read.

Reviewed by Robin for Robin’s Review

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