4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book we find out the baby is not haels.

Victor and bern got married.

Bern had sex with Aaron and Oscar.

The list.
1. The stepdad ✅
2. The best friend
3. The social worker
4. The ex boyfriend✅
5. The principal✅✅
6. The foster brother✅
7. The mom

Yes, I really love the series and love to see Bern get revenge on the people who wronged her. But I hate how the boys keep saying that they have loved her before they even really knew her. Like yes they were kind of friends in elementary school, but then like she never really hung out with them when she dated Aaron so I don't see how they really loved her? Like I get being attracted to someone and wanting them, but how can you love someone when you don't talk to them and you don't interact? Ugh. My favorite's are still Hael and Callum, Aaron is very close to redeeming himself, and I loved his growth in this book. I think Vic really needs to step up. I also really hate the way Oscar treats her and there better be a lot of groveling from him in future books. We still don't know exactly what price Kali paid for tormenting her sophomore year, and we're finished with the second book, I feel like that could have been revealed already. Secondly, I don't like this stuff with Mitch's crew, like how do they have all this manpower all of a sudden.

I can’t with this series. The boys are horrible people...even by bully romance standards. Why am I supposed to like any of them when they all treat her like trash. Victor is a legitimate psychopath yet I’m supposed to believe that because he didn’t kill Bernie, he must love her? Don’t even get me started on the lack of birth control taking place. This girl is swallowing plan B like they’re tic-tacs. And it’s not like there aren’t condoms around, it’s because victor is actively trying to get her pregnant so that she’s trapped with them. In the first book the boys attack Bernies ex boyfriend for pretty good reasons but we later find out that they carved into his forehead and cut off his testicles. What?!?! Later, she mentions something about it to one of the boys and calls them a gang, to which the kid has the nerve to look offended and say he’s always just thought they were a family.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

Chaos is right!!

What a roller coaster ride that was!!! HAVOC came to play this go around!!! I’m obsessed! I’m nervous for these boys and Bernie but also excited to see what happens and where this will all lead!!! Ahhh I love it!!!!! On to the next one!
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i dont know if its just this authors writing style but one thing ive noticed is the monologues in between conversations are lengthy. it takes us down the rabbit hole of her thoughts and im always lost at what was first said that i hve to reread it.

also i dont know why she couldn't have just bought heather some shoes bc despite their "poverty" status they seem to be making dough from their criminal activities its a little confusing.

The HAVOC boys. What can I say? I was hesitant to read this series as I was judging it based on some negative reviews on here. Some reviews say the story line is unrealistic. I would have to disagree. Is it intense? Yes. Are the circumstances extraordinary? Yes. Is it fiction? Yes. However, the characters and why they behave the way they do makes sense given all that has happened to them. This is a story at it's core about teenagers that were exposed to poverty, addiction, rape, abuse, and violence from an early age by their parents and caregivers. These children had to adapt to their surroundings . They couldn't show weakness or expose vulnerabilities even through emotional expression or they could be raped or killed. They found each other and created a family out of the broken pieces. Is the family f*cked up? Yes. Had they been raised in healthy homes they would not be the way they are. There have been complaints about character building, however if CM Stunich would have exposed the characters vulnerable histories too soon it would not have been authentic to the characters themselves. These boys and Bernie have been hurt, badly, in their lives. They are closed off, they are in pain on the inside and they cope through sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence. However, through the bonds of this new family their shells start to crack, even Oscars and what we see is are broken, beautiful, souls that just want to be loved.  This is a series that will truly give me a book handover and one that I will reread over and over again. I am emotionally attached to them now. Please don't judge the book solely based on negative reviews. Keep in mind the overall rating and stick with it. I promise you will fall in love.