A review by book_lover_irl
Pretty Little Savage by Lucy Smoke

challenging dark 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

5.0

Dark, Twisted, Unexpected

Poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks ends up at an elite, private boarding school unofficially run by three wealthy, privileged boys with menacing reputations.

I was in a reading rut and looking for some to shock me out of it. Pretty Little Savage by Lucy Smoke delivered 110% and didn’t disappoint. It is a slow burn, bully romance with disturbing undertones that keeps you guessing. It ends on a cliffhanger and I CANNOT WAIT to pick up the next book as soon as I am done writing this review.

Avalon is a h@rd as nails, kick@ss, take no sh*t girl with a lot of cr@ppy life experiences. She doesn’t use those traumas as a crutch and instead uses them as armor to guard her feelings and teach herself how to be more bad@ss. 

I strongly encourage you to check the tr!gger warnings. As mentioned before this is a bully romance, emphasis on bully.

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
POV: Dual
HEA: It’s complicated. No.
Cliffhanger: Yes
Tropes: Bully romance, enemies to lovers, poor girl / rich boy

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this book
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really liked this book
⭐️⭐️⭐️ I liked this book
⭐️⭐️ Meh…  bored or annoyed
⭐️ Seriously? Not worth it. Most likely DNF

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ INFERNO. P@nty melting
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Blazing h0t
🌶️🌶️🌶️ Now we’re talking
🌶️🌶️ Meh… uninspired miss!onary
🌶️ Does weak f0replay count? 
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