📖 Book Review: Distorted by Nyla K (Alabaster Penitentiary #1)

Dorisa Bettencourt
Aug 11
3 min read

Welcome to Alabaster Penitentiary—where the monsters are locked up, the guards are worse, and love blooms in the darkest corners.

Let’s get one thing straight: Distorted by Nyla K absolutely shattered me… and I’d let it do it again.

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING

This is a dark romance with extremely heavy psychological and emotional triggers. Check the warnings before diving in. This is not a light read — it’s a journey into madness, obsession, and trauma. But if you can handle it? It’s worth every page.

🌛 Quick Overview

This is Alabaster Penitentiary...Where they send you when the world thinks you’re dead. And trust me, you’ll wish you were.

“We’re the stain on society. The freaks, the creeps, your favorite Netflix documentaries come to life.”

Our narrator is just a "lowly bank robber" — or so he thinks. But once inside Alabaster, it's clear that survival isn't about the other inmates. It’s about the guards. And one in particular…

They call him Officer.

Twisted. Dangerous. Magnetic. He’s a man with a gaze like ice and a soul made of barbed wire. And once he sets his sights on you? There’s no escaping. What starts as fear turns into something darker… more addictive.

The line between hate and want blurs. Until reality itself distorts.

🔥 What to Expect

If you love:💜 Enemies to lovers with brutal tension💜 Guard x inmate forbidden romance💜 Mental health rep that hits HARD💜 A dark setting, intense spice, and a hard-earned HEA

This book is for you.

🌟 My Rating

⭐ 4.5 Stars

🌶️ 4 Chili Peppers of Spice

💀 Book Hangover Level: Severe

💜 My Thoughts

HOLY MOLY.

This book left me absolutely wrecked. I devoured it like my life depended on it. The SPICE? Sinfully good. The EMOTION? Gut-punching. The PLOT TWIST?? I’m still recovering.

It's dark AF, so check those trigger warnings — but if you can handle it, this book will wreck you in the most exquisite way. Emotional, raw, and addictive.

The tension between the inmate and Officer is pure slow-burn fire — a sick game of power, need, and warped desire. It’s raw, it’s violent, it’s deeply psychological — and somehow, still romantic. The character work here? Top tier. Every breakdown, every craving, every crack in their armor — I felt all of it.

And yes… it gives you an HEA. But make no mistake — you’ll have to bleed for it first.

“We move around one another like a sun and a moon, revolving in an axis of confused lust and torment…”

Distorted is book one in the Alabaster Penitentiary series — and if this was just the beginning? I'm fully strapped in for the wild, wicked ride ahead.

💬 Final Verdict:

This book is for the dark romance reader who craves more than just smut — you want emotional chaos, twisted minds, and a story that makes you feel dirty and whole at the same time.

One of the most intense enemies-to-lovers books I’ve ever read. It’s disturbing. It’s filthy. It’s everything.

10/10 would spiral again.

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