A review by mar_cortz
The Rake by L.J. Shen

3.0

I liked this series so much and honestly I feel a bit disappointed on this last installment.

I hated Belle on some chapters, yeah I get it she had a traumatic experience as a teen, and then witnessed her father’s cheating but what she needed was therapy not just self defense classes.

I hated how at times it seemed she thought all the other girls were weak and she was the only accomplished and strong one, the only independent one.

I hated how toxic she was to herself even when she knew she was being toxic and how she kept comparing Devon with her coach when time and time again he tried to make things work.

I hated how little communication these two had for more than half of the book.

I hated how she magically got cured of all her toxic thoughts without professional help.

And I hate how she kept her secret to herself even when she had hundreds of chances to lean on her friends and learn to forgive herself for being a kid and naive and falling in the hands of a predator.

After the villain I was so excited for this book and maybe that’s one of the reasons why it felt like it didn’t deliver but that’s the sad true.

Also I hated there was no epilogue for all couples :(