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acornfel's review
dark
funny
fast-paced
4.0
For the genre and the subject matter this book delivers exactly what you'd expect from a gossip girl type novel with some spice. It has a few moments that feel really awkward pacing wise, but overall it was fun to read and it was really easy to just sit in the world of this book and not get distracted or tired of reading it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Addiction
venturajai31's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Ok, had I known the MCs would be in high school, not sure I would’ve read it. That being said, once I got over that surprise, it was actually pretty good. I enjoyed this book a lot and found myself covering the next page so I didn’t jump ahead. I’m interested in the reading the other BUT be warned, their story does NOT END in this book. I was so bummed that I had another two books before it changed POV (in a five book series?! ughhh) but I will read it because I literally can’t not read them after the ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent
lucycharm9's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Honestly I love this book because I live for drama and good angst. It gave me the impression of Gossip Girls playing on CW.
Heat: 🔥
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Bullying
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death of parent
poatoe's review
he SA’d her RIGHT AFTER he saved her from being SA’d?????!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
deviousrizzlord's review
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
characters mid, smut mid, ends in a cliffhanger?!?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
madalina0_0's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Death of parent
dkgreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Solid bully romance. Thought the character development was on point. The characters felt real and complex. Definitely enjoyed the writing style. Mild in the spice department, but the tension was good. Definitely had my suspicions about the situation at the end. Will be continuing this set for sure.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Violence
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Cancer
teniamonet's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I started reading this book because I was listening to the audio drama ‘The Royals of Malibu’ which is based on this series. I was tired of waiting for weekly updates and at the time I thought the books would be just like the audio drama (I was wrong). I think I actually prefer the books over the audio drama.
This book definitely became a guilty pleasure because by no means is the drama and the relationships that are portrayed in this book healthy (that’s okay though because not every book needs to be.) There’s a lot of sexism and toxicity book the book is also based in the south so…
This is your typical “good girl x bad boy” romance. That is if you can even classify Ella as a good girl and Reed as a bad boy (aside from trying to ruin Ella’s life before she got to Astor Prep and illegal street fighting Reed really isn’t even that much of a bad boy). Cliches aside this book was so entertaining to me. There were definitely moments where i was like “Ella stand up, have a backbone” but we wouldn’t have our main pairing if she did.
Reading Paper Princess felt like I was just watching a new season of Gossip Girl. The ending of book 1 is pretty similar to how season 1 ended in the audio drama so i wasn’t too rattled, but Reed Royal count your days!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent
shayleejmaynard25's review
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Abandonment
geooo's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
This book reads like a wattpad story written by a 13 year old, there is no plot, the characters are so unlikable, the amount of slut-shaming and mysoginy and the rape scenes between the fmc and mmc and other people, everything a girl does in this book is for male validation. The fmc forgives everything the boys do to her because they're hot and the hate her for no reason. Also everything that happens in this book is illogical and unrealistic (the mmc character makes his brothers and the whole fucking school hate her like why do you listen to him, the dad basically kidnapped her and he gives her money to stay in that house also he is a creep (he watches Ella strip and dance for him but then says "oh Steve would be rolling in his grave" and supposedly he likes them young, her mom died and no one noticed like really, another thing her mother's boyfriend tried to sa her when she was twelve, she punched him and almost broke her hand and then he taught how to punch and they became friends like wdym you became friends with your almost rapist and that's not all) ,also the stereotypical characters like the queen and king of the school and the queen bee, the nerds, the bad boys. The mmc also sleeps with Ella when she's on drugs and underage( he previously saved her from being raped but does what he does to her), he treats her like trash the whole book, and the last 100 pages are them fucking and him telling her it's the last time only to do it again. Moreover, wtf was that ending , it was just a plot point made to write the sequel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual assault