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THE INITIATION: Secret Society Dark Romance (4Horsemen Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
LA wasn’t home… just home for now.
Transplanted here to model I learned Hollywood isn’t where dreams survive the harsh reality of millions all sharing that same dream.
Executive assistant is who I am now.
Slave.
Hollywood’s darling took a liking to me. One not easily ignored when they give you a taste of the high life.
I was supposed to give up hope and give in to LA’s bad reputation but I had rules.
Well, just one: read the rules before you break them.
Unwilling to abandon all my morals, the filter came off my life to see the world I was one foot in was invitation only...
GRIMM
I’m not sure I was ever really Jason.
Whoever he was, was a distant memory now.
Grimm is who I am now.
Death.
I abandoned my birth name, companionship, happiness that wasn’t shaped like Xanax all because I was expected to be the kind of elite that pulls the strings.
Pull the strings but follow the rules.
No distractions.
No serious relationships.
Keep what we do secret.
Born into a rite I didn’t ask for, a society of puppeteers.
An invitation I marked not attending...
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 2, 2020
- File size4018 KB
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- "Grimm is dare I say it--PERFECT and Abigail is A BABE. The cult vibes are everything I didn't know I needed and I just wanted more and more and more." - Jess
- "I just love the uniqueness of this book...The plot twist ..the steamy scenes... the dark minds.... the cult traditions... all of them together make this unputdownable!!!" - Lilith
- "This author is a fantastic writer and truly has a way of pulling her readers in and helping them connect with the characters and the story." - Victoria
- "This is depravity at its best in it's truest form. This isn't the sweet kind of romance, it's the kind that tortures and consumes you." - Kodie
- "This is my very first book by Elena Monroe and OMG the level of hotness these alpha heroes have is hitting the roof!!" - Lenor, The Flamingo Bookshelf
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- ASIN : B08F6ZRHYM
- Publication date : August 2, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 4018 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 323 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #655,109 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #12,678 in Billionaire Romance
- #20,996 in New Adult & College Romance (Books)
- #64,244 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)
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About the author

Elena Monroe grew up in Florida scribbling down stories from a very young age. These stories were really just wavy lines filling the paper, but she knew each word, each emotion, each character's name, and there was no tricking her into forgetting what each line signified. Just like her unconventional way of writing as a toddler Elena is setting her own rules and just telling stories.
Much like her debut novel, The Best Years, life certainly imitated art. Transplanting from the South to the East Coast, Elena currently lives in Connecticut with her new husband, reformed bad boy.
Find her on her social media through Twitter at @elenamonroe, Instagram at @elenamonroewrites, Facebook at @elenamonroeauthor, and more!
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This book is based in Los Angeles and centers around a cult with an Illuminati feel. It has 4 horsemen, chaos, war, famine, and death. Each of the founding families has a son they have in their business doing their dirty work for them. This book (book 1 of 4) is based on Jason Rothschild. Jason or as he is known as Grimm is a monster. He is a trained killer. Having such a dark past Grimm does not let many in besides his three brothers. The complexity of Grimms character throughout the book is extraordinary. He is such an in-depth character and you learn so much about his personality and why he does things the way he does and functions certain ways. The growth and rawness you experience with him is some of my favorite for any character.
Abi is a LA transplant coming from Chicago with her own dark past. She works at Clave where the four horsemen run the business. She is abruptly removed from Victory’s desk as his assistant and moved to Grimms. The way these two start is almost like water and oil. Their love story is as warped as they are. But it has some incredibly adorable moments. They have to go through so many hurdles and hoops. This stirs up their past and peels layers upon layers of doubt, grief, and horrors to the surface. Bringing them closer causes risks especially when the family does not want impure blood in their cult. Do they have to accept their ultimate fate of always being alone due to the skeletons in their closet or can they find a way to make their love work? This was one heck of a rollercoaster.
Grimm is damaged and broken and carries demons from what he has to be in this so called life. He'll do what he has to do to quiet those demons. He never expected Abigail to come breaking at his hard shell, leaving behind the smallest of cracks. Their relationship is messy, painful, and oh so dirty.
Abigail isn't what she appears on the surface. She carries secrets of her own that'll bring you to your knees. Her and Grimm are perfectly imperfect. Their dark matching each other's darkness. Nothing is easy. Its broken and bruised from the start.
Another perfectly dark read from Elena that'll keep me coming back for more!
I loved the concept and storyline, it was interesting and kept me wanting more. It started off a bit slow but it did pick up towards the end. I absolutely loved Grimm, I know he is kind of a mess but my heart just loved him. Truthfully, I want more. I will continue this series and will explore the author's backlist. I'm hooked!
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The writing style is one I’ve enjoyed previously, the characters reactions don’t quite fit the situations, so rather than feeling intrigued, I was irritated by them quite often and couldn’t connect. It was as almost a dnf until 60%
It’s a theme that’s been done before, so I’d hoped for something to really wow me. I think it was the hyped expectation, waiting to binge the books, that this would have more punch than it did for me. Lots of telling, not showing, and errors needing correction.
Dark themes 3/5 Stars 3/5

Definitely a dark read! With and element of forbidden love.
I’ve read all of Elana’s previous books and have enjoyed all of them ! She is so creative and different to what I normally read and she hooks me in every time !
This first book of the 4 horsemen is the introduction to the clave (a messed up crazy cult led by “Zeus” himself ) , and our four leading men !
Grimm is messed up ! To put it lightly . And really a closet softy , though he’s had to squash that to fulfil his cult role - His role is death and he’s a real rule breaker. And he’s good at it.
Grimm is someone to be feared . And everyone does . Everyone But Abigail.
Abigail is a sassy control freak working as an assistant at the clave and she gets handed off to Grimm who instantly wants to protect her from certain death , though at first he’s not sure why .
Abigail isn’t afraid to say what she thinks and stands up to Grimm time and time again .
I loved that there was hints to link this series to the celestial bodies series and I hope that plays out more in the story line to come !
There is no cliffy at the end of this book ! Lots of questions and intrigue as to what will happen next but I was not left unsatisfied in terms of where Grimm and Abi stood to each other so tick to that !
I’m really looking forward to reading more of this series !!

Abigail is an awesome main character, with a great back story.
This book is so well written, the fine detail is really amazing. Looking forward to reading more
