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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
This is the story of Amalie and Jake, it's a bully romance from enemies to lovers. Where Amalie is a girl who, due to circumstances, had to move from London to live with her grandmother in the United States. Jake is the quarterback of Rosewood High, with a somewhat shady past and living in circumstances that he keeps secret. The story captures your attention from the first chapter, the characters are fantastic and I'm sure you'll love them. The interactions between Amalie and Jake will entertain you, and the story itself will captivate you. The boys from Rosewood High will definitely get into your heart. What are you waiting for to know this story?
La próxima vez que alguien me pregunte lo que es la misoginia, les regalaré este libro.
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First off, the main reason why I decided to read this series is Stella from Knight's Ridge Empire. She appears somewhere in here and I'm determined to find her. Unfortunately she didn't show up in this one.
I can't believe that the same author who wrote that wrote this too, because this was so bad. As bad as a fanfic written by a preteen girl 10 years ago. Whenever I mention fanfics like this I feel like I need to say I love them to death, but if you've been reading them for years you know exactly the ones I mean.
Amalie is not like other girls, which would be fine if we weren't reminded of that all the damn time. Not just by Amalie herself, but also Jake.
Jake is thehero villain of the
story, with no redeeming qualities. Not one.
Both of them judge other girls (mostly cheerleaders) for being sluts and dressing and acting in certain ways, and the only thing that's making Amalie different is that she didn't start off by throwing herself at Jake, likely because he had a misplaced hatred for her from the get go.
Amalie however is a complete doormat, she lets Jake do whatever he wants because he's hot. He will hurt her, lie about her, lie to her, spread a doctored photo of her through the school, insult her, talk shit about other girls and hurt THEM and Amalie will still act like it's all normal and still want to be with him (because she sees something in him or whatever).
Jake calls her a whore so many times, but when Amalie is like ok I'm a whore what now, Jake gets upset and says "don't call yourself that"???? But it's okay for you to keep calling her that??? Make it make sense.
And the whole time there's this nice guy, Shane, looking out for her, but Amalie won't have it. He's just not doing it for her. Which is funny, because I thought they had really good chemistry, but the author wanted her with Jake so bad that their attraction to one another felt forced.
I have to mention something about Shane which is kind of spoilery, but there was a party and Amalie got her drink spiked and of course Jake wants to believe its Shane because he doesn't like him. But Shane's never shown any sort of behaviour like that to make me believe that it was him.
The worst part is that WE DONT LEARN WHO IT WAS BY THE END!!!! If I, God forbid, ever had my drink spiked I'd want to know who it was, wouldn't you? Especially if I had to attend school with those people for two whole years. The person that did it could just be lying in wait to do it again, or is doing it to other girls...
I guess the answer depends on if Shane has a book in the series or not. If he does then I'm assuming that it wasn't him, and if he doesn't then it must've been him?
Now, both Amalie and Jake have sad backgrounds, but the difference is Jake hates everything and wants to burn the world down, and Amalie is just sad, and the victim of a lunatic (Jake).
Amalie's parents died just recently, and there's a suspicion that it wasn't an accident and even knowing this Jake still bullies her because, get this, SHE REMINDS HIM OF HIS MOTHER who left him.
And the super duper weird thing is that thoughts about his mother are often tied to his thoughts about Amalie, who he desires. He's got mommy issues to go around.
Literally, he will be thinking about his mother and how much he hates her and then a few seconds later about Amalie sucking his dick while thinking about how much she reminds him of his mother...TRY AND TELL ME THAT AIN'T WEIRD.
By the end Jake is "redeemed" when he finally shares his sob story with Amalie, but he doesn't change. Neither does Amalie. They're just publicly together now, but the same asshole behaviour continues.
If it wasn't for Stella I'm not sure if I'd continue this series. I think the next book is about Amalie's one and only friend and Jake's best friend. Both of those characters seemed alright in this one so hopefully the next book won't be this bad. It CAN'T be this bad. Jake is the worst.
I can't believe that the same author who wrote that wrote this too, because this was so bad. As bad as a fanfic written by a preteen girl 10 years ago. Whenever I mention fanfics like this I feel like I need to say I love them to death, but if you've been reading them for years you know exactly the ones I mean.
Amalie is not like other girls, which would be fine if we weren't reminded of that all the damn time. Not just by Amalie herself, but also Jake.
Jake is the
story, with no redeeming qualities. Not one.
Both of them judge other girls (mostly cheerleaders) for being sluts and dressing and acting in certain ways, and the only thing that's making Amalie different is that she didn't start off by throwing herself at Jake, likely because he had a misplaced hatred for her from the get go.
Amalie however is a complete doormat, she lets Jake do whatever he wants because he's hot. He will hurt her, lie about her, lie to her, spread a doctored photo of her through the school, insult her, talk shit about other girls and hurt THEM and Amalie will still act like it's all normal and still want to be with him (because she sees something in him or whatever).
Jake calls her a whore so many times, but when Amalie is like ok I'm a whore what now, Jake gets upset and says "don't call yourself that"???? But it's okay for you to keep calling her that??? Make it make sense.
And the whole time there's this nice guy, Shane, looking out for her, but Amalie won't have it. He's just not doing it for her. Which is funny, because I thought they had really good chemistry, but the author wanted her with Jake so bad that their attraction to one another felt forced.
I have to mention something about Shane which is kind of spoilery, but there was a party and Amalie got her drink spiked and of course Jake wants to believe its Shane because he doesn't like him. But Shane's never shown any sort of behaviour like that to make me believe that it was him.
The worst part is that WE DONT LEARN WHO IT WAS BY THE END!!!! If I, God forbid, ever had my drink spiked I'd want to know who it was, wouldn't you? Especially if I had to attend school with those people for two whole years. The person that did it could just be lying in wait to do it again, or is doing it to other girls...
I guess the answer depends on if Shane has a book in the series or not. If he does then I'm assuming that it wasn't him, and if he doesn't then it must've been him?
Now, both Amalie and Jake have sad backgrounds, but the difference is Jake hates everything and wants to burn the world down, and Amalie is just sad, and the victim of a lunatic (Jake).
Amalie's parents died just recently, and there's a suspicion that it wasn't an accident and even knowing this Jake still bullies her because, get this, SHE REMINDS HIM OF HIS MOTHER who left him.
And the super duper weird thing is that thoughts about his mother are often tied to his thoughts about Amalie, who he desires. He's got mommy issues to go around.
Literally, he will be thinking about his mother and how much he hates her and then a few seconds later about Amalie sucking his dick while thinking about how much she reminds him of his mother...TRY AND TELL ME THAT AIN'T WEIRD.
By the end Jake is "redeemed" when he finally shares his sob story with Amalie, but he doesn't change. Neither does Amalie. They're just publicly together now, but the same asshole behaviour continues.
If it wasn't for Stella I'm not sure if I'd continue this series. I think the next book is about Amalie's one and only friend and Jake's best friend. Both of those characters seemed alright in this one so hopefully the next book won't be this bad. It CAN'T be this bad. Jake is the worst.
I just couldn’t get over the mmc bullying for no reason and his anger at the mfc for zero reason because she “looked” like someone. I could only stomach it for so long before I had to stop reading. I’m all for a good bully romance but… it didn’t have any near element of realism at all.
Average Bully Romance
While I love a good bully romance book, this one just didn’t quite hit the spot. Their romance felt a little rushed and the reasoning behind why the main character Jake hated Amalie felt a little unreasonable, thus making it hard to get into. However, the set up of the next book seems more promising and I more intrigued about the incoming books!
While I love a good bully romance book, this one just didn’t quite hit the spot. Their romance felt a little rushed and the reasoning behind why the main character Jake hated Amalie felt a little unreasonable, thus making it hard to get into. However, the set up of the next book seems more promising and I more intrigued about the incoming books!
Wasn't a fan. But I do like her other books. I didn't feel the need to continue reading the rest of this series.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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