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A review by sianny
The Monster by L.J. Shen
4.0
4.5 stars
Aisling has been in love/obsessed with Sam since she first met him at an amusement park when she was 17. He took her first kiss, mocked her openly, and treated her like trash. And yet she still craved more.
Ten years on and Aisling still can’t get over Sam. They’ve never been a thing, but their families are close. One night, she and her friend, Emmabelle, get dressed up for Halloween and head to Sam’s club. Aisling has been banned from The Badlands since the day it opened, but no one checks her ID that night, and for the first time, she’s in. She almost tricks Sam into sleeping with her as he doesn’t recognise her at first. But Sam would recognise her scent anywhere. He knows he should send her packing for her deception, but he cannot resist temptation and they have sex anyways.
Is this Aisling’s foot in the door to Sam’s heart? Or will he use and abuse her as he does with everyone else?
Oh man, Sam is a colossal douche! And yet you can’t help but root for him! He is not a good guy. At all. His only redeeming quality really is the way he protects those he loves. Even though he doesn’t believe he is capable of love. And Aisling scares him because she makes him feel, but he doesn’t understand his feelings and so treats her like scum. Takes what he wants, when he wants, and then humiliates and ridicules her.
But Aisling isn’t just the good girl everyone sees. Not even her family know the true depths of her soul, the secrets she keeps. And after being a doormat and taking everything Sam throws at her for far too long, she finally starts to fight back and give as good as she gets.
Additionally, Aisling’s parents are toxic AF, and it’s so frustrating the way she just lets her mother walk all over her too! I get that she was worried about her but honestly…I feel like it took her way too long to stand up for herself on that one.
A classic LJ Shen formula with a jerk/bully hero who is only good to the woman he loves (eventually), and a trampled but ultimately feisty heroine.
Aisling has been in love/obsessed with Sam since she first met him at an amusement park when she was 17. He took her first kiss, mocked her openly, and treated her like trash. And yet she still craved more.
Ten years on and Aisling still can’t get over Sam. They’ve never been a thing, but their families are close. One night, she and her friend, Emmabelle, get dressed up for Halloween and head to Sam’s club. Aisling has been banned from The Badlands since the day it opened, but no one checks her ID that night, and for the first time, she’s in. She almost tricks Sam into sleeping with her as he doesn’t recognise her at first. But Sam would recognise her scent anywhere. He knows he should send her packing for her deception, but he cannot resist temptation and they have sex anyways.
Is this Aisling’s foot in the door to Sam’s heart? Or will he use and abuse her as he does with everyone else?
Oh man, Sam is a colossal douche! And yet you can’t help but root for him! He is not a good guy. At all. His only redeeming quality really is the way he protects those he loves. Even though he doesn’t believe he is capable of love. And Aisling scares him because she makes him feel, but he doesn’t understand his feelings and so treats her like scum. Takes what he wants, when he wants, and then humiliates and ridicules her.
But Aisling isn’t just the good girl everyone sees. Not even her family know the true depths of her soul, the secrets she keeps. And after being a doormat and taking everything Sam throws at her for far too long, she finally starts to fight back and give as good as she gets.
Additionally, Aisling’s parents are toxic AF, and it’s so frustrating the way she just lets her mother walk all over her too! I get that she was worried about her but honestly…I feel like it took her way too long to stand up for herself on that one.
A classic LJ Shen formula with a jerk/bully hero who is only good to the woman he loves (eventually), and a trampled but ultimately feisty heroine.