3.79 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Complicated
challenging funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"She's Rocklin f*cking Revenaw, a queen in her own right. And me? I will be her king."

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description

"She's Rocklin f*cking Revenaw, a queen in her own right. And me? I will be her king."

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So worth the wait!

I really do love Bastian. He stole my heart in Brayshaw. And the Girls of Grayson are a great new group I hope to see them all get books. I totally want to go back and read Royce's book again now that we know who the secret girl is. I loved the flashbacks. Definitely a must read.



Method: ebook
Rating: 2/5 stars
H rating: 3/5 - Bastian
h rating: 3/5 - Rocklin
Drama: 3/5
Trope(s): dark romance
Thoughts: will add to the review later.
dark reflective sad tense 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

I found this interesting and it captivated me enough to get through this chonk of a book.

I quite liked the FMC and the introduction of this new series, very intriguing and is essentially a mafia school romance with a twist.

From Rocklins PoV, there seem to be night and day differences between the two so I’m actually looking forward to book 2 straight after this one.

Some parts of the plot seemed to be abruptly ended but I think this could be an editing issue (read on a Kindle) but I listened to a few chapters on Spotify Premium and um ladies…you’re going to go have a listen to the narrators voice. It’s…um…memorable 😂😜

Worth a read if you have the time to delve into a new series, fairly uncomplicated but deals with some complex underlying family issues.

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Another fantastic work by Meagan Brandy! We all know and love Bass Bishop and now we know and love Rocklin.

sterrefleur's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

Hated every fucking second. The writing was bad, everything was so unclear and didn’t make any sense.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I admittedly have a hard time with all the world building in this book.  It's overly complex but not out of necessity and that made it difficult to stay interested.  The plot and characters thoughts seemed to be all over the place at times. 

I also had a hard time liking the fmc Rocklin Revenaw and I can't really put my finger on why.  I did like the MMC Bastian Bishop more but even he had a hard time holding my attention. Their relationship is too insta-lust for me and I had a hard time understanding the attraction.  During most of the book, I was more interested in the Enzo guy they kept mentioning.  The man Rocklin's sister agreed to marry. (That's a whole different plot that will be picked up in book 2). 

The end of the book was written very well and I enjoyed that.  I think once a lot of the world building/explanation was out of the way, the book was much more interesting.  I am hopeful for the next book, Bad Little Bride because it should require less of the explanation and Enzo sounds like my favorite kind of character.