Reviews

Cruel Prince by Ashley Jade, A. Jade

caitd01's review against another edition

5.0

“I lost you once…and I’ll burn the whole fucking world to the ground before I ever make that mistake again.” - Jace

Dylan and Jace were best friends, they were each others everything, their safe place. When Dylan left town for a few years she left all of that behind.
When she returns to Royal Hearts for her senior year, she thinks it’s her chance to get her best friend back, but the Jace that she sees now is someone she doesn’t recognize and worse he hates her with such a passion.

I really liked this book, it was a quick easy read.
Jace is an epic asshole, everything he does comes from so much pain and trauma and it isn’t until the last 5% of the book that he starts to realize that maybe things aren’t has they seem. As much as he hates Dylan there are moments when he still protects her and takes care her.
Dylan has dealt with a lot but she is such a badass,
spoiler….
I mean the girl beats her cousins ass in the hallway. Chef kiss.

This book deals with a lot of loss and trauma. There are so heavy parts to this book.
read the trigger warnings.

amee_tista's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

jf_reads's review

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

bookishlychar's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Dylan finds herself back at Royal Hearts Academy five years after she left. She thought she would have one friend there, Jace Covington. Imagine her surprise when she finds that he hates her and doesn't know why. She must deal with him trying to make her life a living hell while getting through her last year of high school. 

I didn't know what to expect about this book, but I thought it was so good. Be aware that this is a dark romance, so please check trigger warnings if you need them. If you like angst, this is the perfect book for you. Jace and Dylan had such a strong connection, but Jace was dealing with so much pain and hurt. Jace tried to walk all over Dylan, but she was so strong, standing up to him. Under all the pain and hurt they had, you could see they genuinely cared about each other too. 

I also liked getting to know the other characters in the book that will be in future stories. The friends all had unique personalities that I wanted to know more about. I can't wait to pick up the next in this series! 

Read if you like: friends to enemies to lovers, hate to love, bully romance

maria8w4's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, and Drug use

ammee411's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

llucie_b's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely didn’t expect to like this one, but surprisingly there were happy tears after finishing it

gladish's review against another edition

4.0

דילן מוצאת את עצמה לאחר ארבע שנים נאלצת לגור עם דודה ולחזור לעיר ולסיים את התיכון באקדמיית רויאל הארטס , שם היא חושבת שלפחות לא יהיה כל כך קשה כי החבר הכי טוב שלה ג׳ייס נמצא שם אבל הוא כבר לא הנער המופנם שבו הייתה מאוהבת

ג׳ייס שגילן פוגשת עכשיו הוא אכזרי, מקועקע ונחוש למרר לה את החיים בלי שהיא מבינה למה ומה השתנה בזמן שהיו בנפרד?

דילן דמות מעולה היא לא מוותרת ולא נותנת לג׳ייס לרמוס אותו וגם לא לאף אחד אחר, והיא לא מוכנה להיכנע לשלטון של בני קובינגטון

מערכת היחסים של ג׳יחס ודילן התפתחה יפה ואהבתי את הטרופ של אוהבים-שונאים-אוהבים וגם דמויות המשנה היו מעולות ואני מחכה לשמוע את הסיפור שלהם ביוחד את הספר הבא על סוייר וקול

אבל הייתה לי גם בעיה עם העלילה או יותר נכון עם חוסר האמינות שלה ג׳ייס שונא את דילן בגלל משהו שקרה לפני ארבע שנים והוא החליט שהיא אשמה במשהו בלי שהיא יודעת מה היא כבר עשתה שגרם לו לשנוא אותה כל כך והטיפול של הסופרת בנושא הזה היה ממש טיפשי ולא הגיוני והרגיש לי שהיא בחרה פתרון שממש מזלזל באינטליגנציה של הקוראים ובגלל זה הניקוד של הספר ירד

חוץ מזה ספר טוב למי שאוהבת ספרי תיכון בולי ושונאים לאוהבים ממליצה

lilly_rebecca06's review against another edition

5.0

The ending

trengsin's review

1.5

this could've been cutdown a solid 150 pgs like yea bully romance but they were childhood bffs/lovers and then he hated her guts and she had no clue why and reveal was dumb as hell too 😭 yea jace and his family were grieving but idddk dylan being shocked that they hated her guts probably should've opened his eyes. 

there's very few bully romances where the fmc fights back and dylan did here but then she'd backtrack immediately.

will always love the whole eldest sibling turning into a parent etc thing so liked jace for that...