A review by dalmak
Vicious by L.J. Shen

1.0

when i tell you this man was VILE. his nickname should have been that because he was worse than just vicious. i think i could go on and on about why this book was horrible. and i will.
first of all, mmc was absolutely horrible. he had no redeeming traits besides SOMETIMES being sweet to the fmc.
it took him until half of the book the act decently towards any character (and it was his love interest, not his friends). mans treated his friends horribly. not sure why they stuck around him. it was only in the last 100 pages that he continuously treated her and the people around him decently. i was also not a fan of the whole power imbalance they had going on when she worked for him.
he’s a horrible person and needs some (a lot of) fucking therapy before he gets with anyone.
second, i hated the whole
dean thing. it was so unnecessary and weird at some points. it would have been acceptable if he didn’t go and thirst over the fmc’s sister???? he literally dated and had sex w the fmc and now he’s gonna do the same to her sister in the second book. that’s gross.

third, the plot really lacked. i guess the whole he’s rich she’s poor thing came through but none of the other shit did. the build up to the reveal of his trauma wasn’t terrible but then it was used to excuse his actions (which were not excusable).
fourth, it’s not really related to this book (they were background characters) but can we talk about jaime and his wife???? he married and had a kid with his english lit teacher!!!! that’s disgusting. idc if he was of age it’s still so predatory.

i don’t know what this author is on but it can’t be good. all in all i do not recommend and i am not planning to read any more books from this series. not only is the main couple incredible toxic, it also gives a bad impression of how relationships should work. whatever. i give it one star bc there were some cute scenes. (though the bad ones seriously outweighed them) also i did like the fmc.
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