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okay so first, i like how the FMC was pretty badass - there were moments when she messed up by not being careful and letting herself get drugged (you are a notorious gang-girly or some shit like that, you need to be on your guard 24/7!!) but she stood up for what she believes in while still keeping her level of bad-bitchery a secret to take them by surprise when needed
each of the guys has a pretty distinct personality, except Blaise’s felt fairly inconsistent and matched whatever the author needed for the time, going from warm and friendly to arrogant and cocky to quiet and brooding - i got whiplash damn
and the whole MMCs covering up the evil brother’s actions made no sense to me, i couldn’t figure out why they didn’t expose him
i also hated the flip in treating the FMC like garbage at the end when it finally felt like she had proven herself to be on their side, like there needs to be SERIOUS groveling or ELSE
there were gang politics i didn’t fully get but the whole story wasn’t entirely immersed in that which i appreciated
the MMC’s sister-relative-whatever Avery was such a bitch though for no good reason and like okay she apologized and became a friend at the end but i feel like the FMC accepted her apology WAY too quickly
and the FMC saved the other guy Harley from evil-gang-man or some shit so he like owed her his life but he ALSO tried to chase her out of the school at the end, with no gratitude at all for how she saved his life?? as i said before, the next book BETTER HAVE GROVELING.
the worst part of this book by far (other than some of the MMC’s complete disregard for the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse happening to the FMC that they could have intervened in) was the fact that even though she had the beautiful name Eclipse, this bitch went by LIPS. HER NAME IS LIPS. thank god they just called her Mounty (her old school’s nickname) most of the time (which is also an awful name) because the few times Lips was used i wanted to shoot myself
okay also we are completely ignoring the given ages in this because it is a) unrealistic-er than it already is and b) fucking creepy and weird as hell no thanks so they are in college like some other reviews have expressed thx lol

lexijas's review against another edition

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4.0

this book… pheww. the amount of drama that is in it and how much it gave me a whiplash is crazy. one thing that absolutely irked me is that this is set in a high school setting… meaning the characters that we are following are in the age range of being 15-19, mostly 15 because the main character is a high school freshman. because of that, the amount of drugs and sex that is mentioned and basically encouraged disgusted since they are still minors. especially when Lips is a gangster at the age of fifteen… (badass but lets be real here..) i know its fiction but the book (in my opinion) would have been better if it was placed in a college age setting.

we know that saying “eat the rich” yeah bish i completely agree with that statement✋

mrs_bomb's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed this book once I mentally changed the characters ages to college. They young ages just don’t make sense for some of the things they’ve claimed to have done.

lexxacat's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

monanava123's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I like this book 1 of 4 and I’m curious enough to continue on with the series. At times I wasn’t a huge fan but I think it’s more because I’m older and don’t like high school (academy) settings as much as I used to. I also really don’t like that the other guys are hooking up and she’s stumbling upon them hooking up with other women, but they are not together and they aren’t really friends yet. It just makes me feel meh, and there’s so much OW drama lol.

ksheetz713's review against another edition

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Going in I knew the series ends up a Why Choose but I didn’t know they were minors. Can’t get past the fact that they are 15.

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