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cfletcher2319's review against another edition
challenging
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.75
cshell681's review against another edition
DNF at roughly 80 pages.
I loved Punk 57, and this being a WLW romance, I had such high hopes. I knew this was "enemies to lovers" (cool), read the trigger warnings at the beginning (out of my usual, but manageable), but this is NOT for me.
I'm supposed to believe they're love interests after the theater scene? Sorry, no.
If you're into bully romances (as I've heard this called on other reviews), this may be for you, but I need to go read something fluffier to cleanse my palette.
Disappointed, but not every book is gonna work for me, and that's okay. /gen
I loved Punk 57, and this being a WLW romance, I had such high hopes. I knew this was "enemies to lovers" (cool), read the trigger warnings at the beginning (out of my usual, but manageable), but this is NOT for me.
I'm supposed to believe they're love interests after the theater scene? Sorry, no.
If you're into bully romances (as I've heard this called on other reviews), this may be for you, but I need to go read something fluffier to cleanse my palette.
Disappointed, but not every book is gonna work for me, and that's okay. /gen
nat_reads09's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
meowrie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-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
3.5
wolfscout's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a typical Penelope Douglas book.
It makes you uncomfortable at times and then you are swooning the next !!
I loved this book simply because it talks about many subjects that are important such as harassment, bullying, and the huge pressure that society enforces on us to this day of being normal and following the rules even though you are unhappy, just stay quiet and keep everything a secret.
As always what I love about her books is the coming of age of the characters now I am not going to lie I liked Olivia more than Clay, her braveness, her courage, her ferocity when she loves and everything about her, absolutely loved it.
I liked Clay too but not as much as Olivia.
And her brothers, those I loved all.
Now I must say again, I would've loved the books a lot more if there was the trigger warning that doesn't ruin anything but to warn the readers that haven't read anything of this author before!!
Other than that I would definitely recommend this book.
It makes you uncomfortable at times and then you are swooning the next !!
I loved this book simply because it talks about many subjects that are important such as harassment, bullying, and the huge pressure that society enforces on us to this day of being normal and following the rules even though you are unhappy, just stay quiet and keep everything a secret.
As always what I love about her books is the coming of age of the characters now I am not going to lie I liked Olivia more than Clay, her braveness, her courage, her ferocity when she loves and everything about her, absolutely loved it.
I liked Clay too but not as much as Olivia.
And her brothers, those I loved all.
Now I must say again, I would've loved the books a lot more if there was the trigger warning that doesn't ruin anything but to warn the readers that haven't read anything of this author before!!
Other than that I would definitely recommend this book.
alyssa917's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
lrbarca9206's review against another edition
5.0
This is my 2nd time opening this book, the first time I DNF, I think due to it being a slow burner, but I guess this second time round has taught me to be patient.
I don’t know what I expected of this book, but after getting through the whole book, I don’t think I’ve ever related to any characters in a book more than I have with Olivia & clay, Olivia with having many brothers and being the only female and fighting amongst them to survive, and then with clay hiding who she really is and what she really feels to avoid judgement of others and avoid upsetting others. I absolutely loved this book because it felt like I was reading about both sides of myself. I definitely recommend this one. I’m so grateful for the gift that is the world of books/reading !
I don’t know what I expected of this book, but after getting through the whole book, I don’t think I’ve ever related to any characters in a book more than I have with Olivia & clay, Olivia with having many brothers and being the only female and fighting amongst them to survive, and then with clay hiding who she really is and what she really feels to avoid judgement of others and avoid upsetting others. I absolutely loved this book because it felt like I was reading about both sides of myself. I definitely recommend this one. I’m so grateful for the gift that is the world of books/reading !
deepbutdazzlingdarkness's review against another edition
4.0
Is this longer than it should have been? Probably, no romance novel needs to be almost 600 pages (though I mean, I’m not going to complain about all the the hot sex) and yet I ate. It. Up. What can I say, I’m here for the closeted rich girl/openly gay girl from the ~wrong side of the tracks shit. This was labeled a “bully romance” which isn’t a genre I’ve tried before, and from the name I was kind of worried about how far that would go, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Like, Clay definitely did some bad shit to Liv, but it was antagonistic on both sides and since we get POVs, we can see that it’s more nuanced than you might think on the surface. The climax conflict works because it’s the same conflict they’ve been dealing with the whole book, and the resolution was
lizeth26's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars!
It's been a few days since I read this book and I finally feel like am able to write this review with a clear head.
I did rate this a 3.5 star since the beginning, and I don't think that will change as of now.
What I mostly enjoyed about this book is the enemies to lover's situation they had going on.
I liked that Pen really made them enemies until the end and they weren't all lovey-dovey after they hooked up that first time.
One other thing I enjoyed was that we got to see their home situations. I think that really added to their stories and made both girls grow in the long run.
What I didn't like was the amount of homophobia that was included in the book, and it was mostly by one of the main characters! I hated it and that's why I wasn't able to give this a 5 star review or even a 4 star. I understand that this was a Dark Romance but still.
Overall, did enjoy it. It was good and it kept me entertained.
It's been a few days since I read this book and I finally feel like am able to write this review with a clear head.
I did rate this a 3.5 star since the beginning, and I don't think that will change as of now.
What I mostly enjoyed about this book is the enemies to lover's situation they had going on.
I liked that Pen really made them enemies until the end and they weren't all lovey-dovey after they hooked up that first time.
One other thing I enjoyed was that we got to see their home situations. I think that really added to their stories and made both girls grow in the long run.
What I didn't like was the amount of homophobia that was included in the book, and it was mostly by one of the main characters! I hated it and that's why I wasn't able to give this a 5 star review or even a 4 star. I understand that this was a Dark Romance but still.
Overall, did enjoy it. It was good and it kept me entertained.