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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
Dean Ruckus Cole will forever be the bookish love of my life. Even after reading 200 romance reads my heart will always go back to Dean and this world LJ Shen created. I love that I could feel everything in this book that the characters felt. Dean and Rosie are what goals are made of. I highly recommend reading the Sinners of Saint series in order then go to the All Saints High series.
I finally finished it.
The last 10% wasn't horrible. Dean's secret was a good mover - but WHY was that the best part of the whole entire book? The whole first 90% is just filler and endless loops of confusing information.
I'm not sure if I'll read Scandalous. It'll be awhile.
This book is pretty terrible.
People gave this five stars?
I'm only 50% into it and I'm trying reeeeeeeeally hard to just finish.
Rosie can't decide if she's "don't fuck with me" or "please love me, I'll do anything"
The whole family dynamic is so confusing. Her parents are unreasonable and mean for no reason at all. They should be proud that the daughter with a physical disability is out doing her own thing...living her life to the fullest, but instead they just want to make her feel really bad about it. I don't get it, AT ALL. And LJ Shen does a crap job of explaining and making things make sense. It's so discombobulated and just falls so flat.
I'm really disappointed so far. Its terrible.
The last 10% wasn't horrible. Dean's secret was a good mover - but WHY was that the best part of the whole entire book? The whole first 90% is just filler and endless loops of confusing information.
I'm not sure if I'll read Scandalous. It'll be awhile.
This book is pretty terrible.
People gave this five stars?
I'm only 50% into it and I'm trying reeeeeeeeally hard to just finish.
Rosie can't decide if she's "don't fuck with me" or "please love me, I'll do anything"
The whole family dynamic is so confusing. Her parents are unreasonable and mean for no reason at all. They should be proud that the daughter with a physical disability is out doing her own thing...living her life to the fullest, but instead they just want to make her feel really bad about it. I don't get it, AT ALL. And LJ Shen does a crap job of explaining and making things make sense. It's so discombobulated and just falls so flat.
I'm really disappointed so far. Its terrible.
3.5 stars
Can I be honest? I haven't picked up the rest of the Sinners of Saint series after I read Vicious YEARSSSSSS ago because I knew no one would beat Vicious. Sorry. But with the traditional pick-up of the series and I somehow fell down the rabbit hole of getting the sprayed edges...It was time to finally pick-up the rest of the boys because they're now a physical TBR! I did read Vicious recently so I was somewhat more excited to read this given it's Rosie and Ruckus.
While the story is a second chance romance and we kind of get the history of what happened in high school...I never really LOVED them. I should have felt more endeared to Ruckus for the fact he was almost "he fell first" in their new relationship. He was more open about it. He clearly was all in on her when she was hesitant for her sister's and then health's reasons. I mean, I get it. I do and I'm glad the drama of them dating no one really cared about (or the ones they cared about). Maybe Ruckus just wasn't quite as dark for me as Vicious and he was more, well, drugs and alcohol medicating and that's not quite my thing. I guessed part of Ruckus's history, but didn't see the twist. As much as everyone loved his dad and how close he was with everyone, it goes to show that you don't always know what's really going on with a person.
I'm glad they've gotten their HEA, though. I also loved Rosie's little chapter headers about what makes you feel alive. In ways, this book was a good reminder about life and living.
Can I be honest? I haven't picked up the rest of the Sinners of Saint series after I read Vicious YEARSSSSSS ago because I knew no one would beat Vicious. Sorry. But with the traditional pick-up of the series and I somehow fell down the rabbit hole of getting the sprayed edges...It was time to finally pick-up the rest of the boys because they're now a physical TBR! I did read Vicious recently so I was somewhat more excited to read this given it's Rosie and Ruckus.
While the story is a second chance romance and we kind of get the history of what happened in high school...I never really LOVED them. I should have felt more endeared to Ruckus for the fact he was almost "he fell first" in their new relationship. He was more open about it. He clearly was all in on her when she was hesitant for her sister's and then health's reasons. I mean, I get it. I do and I'm glad the drama of them dating no one really cared about (or the ones they cared about). Maybe Ruckus just wasn't quite as dark for me as Vicious and he was more, well, drugs and alcohol medicating and that's not quite my thing. I guessed part of Ruckus's history, but didn't see the twist. As much as everyone loved his dad and how close he was with everyone, it goes to show that you don't always know what's really going on with a person.
I'm glad they've gotten their HEA, though. I also loved Rosie's little chapter headers about what makes you feel alive. In ways, this book was a good reminder about life and living.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 ⭐️ yes, Dean was a man whore, but I still loved this book. The backstory for Dean and Rosie’s story both tugged at my heart. I had to let out a large breath after reading the last chapter before the epilogue.