shanisshelves 's review for:

Save Me by Mona Kasten

5.0

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The way that Save Me took over my life and became my entire personality is shameful. The whole book was one long game of will they or won’t they, and I could not put it down. I stayed up until 2 a.m. reading it, and I have no regrets. It’s set at a prestigious private high school and is filled with drama, angst, secrets, toxic relationships, and rich kids behaving badly. It was utterly addictive and I need to read the next book immediately. 

I adored Ruby and James. She’s a hard working scholarship student who is passionate, intense, and driven. And he’s the grumpy, unimpressed heir to a billion pound company who treats people like they’re disposable and only cares about lacrosse. They couldn’t be more opposite from each other, but they complement the other so well. They initially hate each other, but when they’re forced to help plan a school dance together, they spend time around each other and become friends. As they develop feelings, James fights against it because Ruby is everything his parents will never accept. Their relationship had all of the tension, chemistry, and pining I could ever ask for, and I could hardly stand how delicious it was. 

I’m fully obsessed with this series and plan to start the next book immediately, and once I finish that, I’ll binge watch the TV series, and then I’ll impatiently wait and gnaw at the bars of my enclosure until I get my hands on the third book.

Thank you to Berkley Romance, Berkley, Penguin Random House, Mona Kasten, and NetGalley for the ARC.

📔Save Me
✏️ Mona Kasten
📆 July 1, 2025
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READ IF YOU LIKE:
👜 private high school
👜 rich kids behaving badly
👜 strangers to enemies to friends to lovers
👜 they’re from different worlds 
👜 bad boy x good girl 
👜 will they or won’t they
👜 forced proximity
👜 forbidden love
👜 dual POV

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