{"id":2514,"date":"2022-01-05T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T04:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quirkycirce.com.au\/reviews\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2022-01-29T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T06:36:19","slug":"carnage-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quirkycirce.com.au\/reviews\/carnage-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnage Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#fbf8f4&#8243; min_height=&#8221;62.2px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||-74px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-130px|auto||auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; meta=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Cover&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;37%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;58%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-7px|||||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||-30px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;-7px||-30px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.75)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: 'Vollkorn SC';\">Author:<\/strong> Lexi C Foss<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=&#8221;Series&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.75)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||20px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: 'Vollkorn SC';\">Series:<\/strong> <em>Standalone<\/em> (Reject Island Series)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blurb&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Vollkorn||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.5)&#8221; text_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|1px|1px|1px|1px&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;rgba(223,133,137,0.12)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Welcome to Carnage Island.\u00a0<\/em><em>Home of brutal chaos.\u00a0<\/em><em>Blood and tears.\u00a0<\/em><em>And nefarious schemes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A half-breed.\u00a0<\/em><em>A reject.\u00a0<\/em><em>A wolf without a mate.\u00a0<\/em><em>My family doesn\u2019t want me.\u00a0<\/em><em>My Alpha disowned me.\u00a0<\/em><em>And my mate rejected me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So I\u2019ve just been given a new pack assignment.\u00a0<\/em><em>Carnage Island.\u00a0<\/em><em>Home to the worst of wolf kind.\u00a0<\/em><em>Vicious claws. 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Wicked deeds.\u00a0<\/em><em>I\u2019m not one of them.\u00a0<\/em><em>But I\u2019m not a Nantahala Wolf either.\u00a0<\/em><em>I\u2019m something distinctly other: an Omega trapped in an Alpha\u2019s skin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One step toward my fate, and all the males turn their heads.\u00a0<\/em><em>I\u2019m fresh meat.\u00a0<\/em><em>Property to be claimed.\u00a0<\/em><em>Hide-and-seek is now a game of life and death.\u00a0<\/em><em>With claws and teeth.\u00a0<\/em><em>And malice and pain.\u00a0<\/em><em>Only the strongest will survive.\u00a0<\/em><em>Enter at your own peril.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.11.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(248,225,218,0.35)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false&#8221; 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