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A review by nla0595
Thief by Hattie Jude
4.0
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
This is the second book in the Loxley Prep trilogy by Hattie Jude.
Book 2 starts off immediately following the end of book 1 in a continuation of events. Lennon has now fallen even deeper into the four boys world and is having to stay with them as the investigation for Cassie continues. And while her relationship with two of the boys has strengthened, the other boys are not ready to forgive or forget their past. Together, they have to figure out how to navigate this growing relationship and their feelings for each other.
I struggled with this book a bit more than the first one but was still interested to see where the rest of the story line would be going. I feel like Lennon was a bit more lenient during this book which made me more frustrated because I wouldn't let some of it slide. She was a bit more emotionally fragile during the fights then I would have expected from her character. I really started to like Wells and Ronan more but I still feel like it changed to an instant-love which isn't as much of my thing. I'd love to see Abel give in a little bit more to Lennon because I feel like he still hates her so much so it's hard to fall in love with him.
Throughout the story, we do see more flashbacks to what happened between the group of five at Camp and start to understand more why they all acted the way they did. There are still so many questions hanging out in limbo and I cannot wait for book three to find out what kind of crazy stuff her dad was up to, how Brewster is involved, and why her Aunt Darby is shady as heck!
There was a definite increase of spice in the second book which I was happy for but it started to feel like a plot device rather than natural. I believe that could definitely change when the other couple boys start to give in more. I'm hoping for even more group scenes in the last book!
The cliffhanger at the end ensures I'm going to be picking up the third book when it releases on June 9th. I do enjoy Jude's style of writing and will be checking out more of her stories in the future!
Thank you to Hattie Jude and Valentine PR for the opportunity to get an ARC for this book in exchange for my honest review.
Spice: 3/5
This is the second book in the Loxley Prep trilogy by Hattie Jude.
Book 2 starts off immediately following the end of book 1 in a continuation of events. Lennon has now fallen even deeper into the four boys world and is having to stay with them as the investigation for Cassie continues. And while her relationship with two of the boys has strengthened, the other boys are not ready to forgive or forget their past. Together, they have to figure out how to navigate this growing relationship and their feelings for each other.
I struggled with this book a bit more than the first one but was still interested to see where the rest of the story line would be going. I feel like Lennon was a bit more lenient during this book which made me more frustrated because I wouldn't let some of it slide. She was a bit more emotionally fragile during the fights then I would have expected from her character. I really started to like Wells and Ronan more but I still feel like it changed to an instant-love which isn't as much of my thing. I'd love to see Abel give in a little bit more to Lennon because I feel like he still hates her so much so it's hard to fall in love with him.
Throughout the story, we do see more flashbacks to what happened between the group of five at Camp and start to understand more why they all acted the way they did. There are still so many questions hanging out in limbo and I cannot wait for book three to find out what kind of crazy stuff her dad was up to, how Brewster is involved, and why her Aunt Darby is shady as heck!
There was a definite increase of spice in the second book which I was happy for but it started to feel like a plot device rather than natural. I believe that could definitely change when the other couple boys start to give in more. I'm hoping for even more group scenes in the last book!
The cliffhanger at the end ensures I'm going to be picking up the third book when it releases on June 9th. I do enjoy Jude's style of writing and will be checking out more of her stories in the future!
Thank you to Hattie Jude and Valentine PR for the opportunity to get an ARC for this book in exchange for my honest review.