A review by fischers_reads
Dark Intentions: Wicked Intentions Series Book 1 by J.A. Owenby

medium-paced

3.0

I’ve had this book on my kindle for awhile and decided to finally pick it up. Avery was in the foster care system and was bullied really bad in high school by a girl name Chloe. Apparently Chloe thought her boyfriend Layne had a crush on Avery so she chose to make Avery’s life a living hell. This whole time Avery thought Layne was in on it and helped Chloe ruin her high school years. Fast Forward many years later and Avery is in college. While out one night she spots Layne. Is he there to continue to make her life hell? Or try and befriend Avery? This book is one of those ones that is very simple and easy to read and sometimes easy to not pick up but you also need to know how it ends. There are some heavy topics the more the book goes on so keep that in mind and read trigger warnings if necessary. This book was nothing like I thought it was going to be until what happened 50% in happens. I felt like they were trying to throw anything and everything into this book. I got a bit annoyed by the end. It’s like this book was on the lighter side but had dark themes randomly thrown in. I really loved Layne’s commitment to proving he isn’t who Avery thinks he is. This book is steamy at times and you couldn’t help but root for Avery and hope she gets the life she deserves.