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Fractured Rhymes #1
Butterflies & Vicious Lies
I told her my secrets and she told me gilded lies. The words that dripped from her lips like honey were nothing but empty promises.
Her betrayal blindsided me.
Posie had been my constant. My anchor. My calm. Until she wasn’t.
Now she’s my enemy.
Before I could even the score, she fled to the other side of the country where she thought she was safe from my wrath.
She was wrong.
It didn’t matter how far my butterfly flew, I always knew where she was. All I had to do was wait and prepare for her return.
After five years, Posie has flown back into town, and I have her cage waiting.
BUTTERFLIES & VICIOUS LIES is an enemies to lovers college romance and a complete standalone with a guaranteed HEA.
Author's Note: This book is intended for mature readers only. All trigger warnings and content warnings can be found at the beginning of the book.
Her betrayal blindsided me.
Posie had been my constant. My anchor. My calm. Until she wasn’t.
Now she’s my enemy.
Before I could even the score, she fled to the other side of the country where she thought she was safe from my wrath.
She was wrong.
It didn’t matter how far my butterfly flew, I always knew where she was. All I had to do was wait and prepare for her return.
After five years, Posie has flown back into town, and I have her cage waiting.
BUTTERFLIES & VICIOUS LIES is an enemies to lovers college romance and a complete standalone with a guaranteed HEA.
Author's Note: This book is intended for mature readers only. All trigger warnings and content warnings can be found at the beginning of the book.
386 pages, Paperback
Published January 12, 2023
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Kayleigh King
14 books1,491 followersUSA Today Bestselling author Kayleigh King is a writer of contemporary and paranormal romance. She creates love stories that will stick with you, almost like they’re haunting you.
She’s a Diet Coke and cold brew addict, sharing music is her love language, and she seriously lacks a filter. Anything she thinks, she usually says. And if she doesn’t say it, her facial expressions will say it for her. Currently residing in Denver Colorado, you’ll never find her on a snowboard since she avoids the snow like the plague.
Want to chat about books, music, or life in general? Make sure you join her Facebook reader group and follow her on Instagram. Her DMs are always open to her readers.
She’s a Diet Coke and cold brew addict, sharing music is her love language, and she seriously lacks a filter. Anything she thinks, she usually says. And if she doesn’t say it, her facial expressions will say it for her. Currently residing in Denver Colorado, you’ll never find her on a snowboard since she avoids the snow like the plague.
Want to chat about books, music, or life in general? Make sure you join her Facebook reader group and follow her on Instagram. Her DMs are always open to her readers.
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January 29, 2023
am I the only one who didn’t like this book?
First off the main MC was horrible and definitely need help. Cause the way he was treating Hosie for something she did to protect him and his brother made me sick. And then he sat there didn’t even try to heal and plotted “revenge” that was SA and drugged her ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER. and you wanna know the worst part? He only wanted to heal and forgive Posie after he had a conversation with his grandma??? where tf was she five-six years ago???? and although posie was one of the only tolerable characters in this book she was a complete dumbass for forgiving him so quickly. Posie, Paxton, Lark, Rome,and Zaydie were the only characters I tolerated and was the only reason I kept reading. Other than that this “dark romance” was complete shit. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE MC SA AND DRUG THE FMC AND MAKING HER SUFFER FOR SHIT SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER TO MAKE THIS BOOK A DARK ROMANCE.
⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
First off the main MC was horrible and definitely need help. Cause the way he was treating Hosie for something she did to protect him and his brother made me sick. And then he sat there didn’t even try to heal and plotted “revenge” that was SA and drugged her ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER. and you wanna know the worst part? He only wanted to heal and forgive Posie after he had a conversation with his grandma??? where tf was she five-six years ago???? and although posie was one of the only tolerable characters in this book she was a complete dumbass for forgiving him so quickly. Posie, Paxton, Lark, Rome,and Zaydie were the only characters I tolerated and was the only reason I kept reading. Other than that this “dark romance” was complete shit. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE MC SA AND DRUG THE FMC AND MAKING HER SUFFER FOR SHIT SHE HAD NO CONTROL OVER TO MAKE THIS BOOK A DARK ROMANCE.
⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 15, 2023
Kayleigh King's best writing to date. Emotionally immersive, complex, raw and emotional- this is a story about a complicated and unbreakable love, the tenacity of the human spirit, the grounding that is the human heart's capacity to love, and second chances that are hard fought but worth the battle. And battle they do- this is not an easy love story, it's heart wrenching and devastating in places, but at it's core is optimism and home. Hope that our hearts will find its way to the one it belongs to, hope that we'll find something beautiful within our own brokenness. Within the darkness that dwells in us all. And that's just what Rafferty and Posie do- the chemistry, the tension, the young love drama! The emotional energy vibrates off the pages, the push-pull, the fine line between longing and toxicity, love and hate. It makes for a volatile and tangled romance, but one that is all about love in the end. One about selflessness, unconditional love, and sacrifice...a story about the hardest part of truly loving someone: forgiveness. But what an epic love they have- even if you'll shattered long the way. It's a love that only they can share, a love only they can find. A love that is truly their own.
Triggers: please take note of the warnings
Triggers: please take note of the warnings
January 20, 2023
After more than five years gone, Posie Davenport returns to Washington to attend Olympic Sound University. Accused of committing the ultimate betrayal, Rafferty Blackwell has been biding his time to exact his revenge against her. Yet despite the plans he’s made, upon seeing his Butterfly again, their chemistry is undeniable, their love still palpable.
However, love didn’t come easily for Raff and Posie’s betrayal left him destroyed, a shell of who he was before with a darkness consuming him. Conversely, Posie loves with an unmatched ferocity. It’s that devotion that led them to tragedy.
Posie and Raff’s love is gritty and painful, it will leave you raw. Their heartbreakingly beautiful story of is one of strength, sacrifice, and ultimately, forgiveness.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🤔😤🥵😭😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA} 💕
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, College, Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity, Friends-to-Lovers, Manipulation, Miscommunication, Revenge, Rich AF, Second Chance, Tragic Past
💋 Kinks: Collar, Domination, Spit, Cum Jammer, Degradation, Exhibitionism
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: Addiçtion, ChiId Abusę (Past, Mostly Off-Page), Dub-Con, Suiçidę (Past, Off-Page), UnaIivîng (Not Detailed), and other triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Butterflies & Vicious Lies is part of the Fractured Rhymes series, but can be read as a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
However, love didn’t come easily for Raff and Posie’s betrayal left him destroyed, a shell of who he was before with a darkness consuming him. Conversely, Posie loves with an unmatched ferocity. It’s that devotion that led them to tragedy.
Posie and Raff’s love is gritty and painful, it will leave you raw. Their heartbreakingly beautiful story of is one of strength, sacrifice, and ultimately, forgiveness.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🤔😤🥵😭😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA} 💕
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, College, Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity, Friends-to-Lovers, Manipulation, Miscommunication, Revenge, Rich AF, Second Chance, Tragic Past
💋 Kinks: Collar, Domination, Spit, Cum Jammer, Degradation, Exhibitionism
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: Addiçtion, ChiId Abusę (Past, Mostly Off-Page), Dub-Con, Suiçidę (Past, Off-Page), UnaIivîng (Not Detailed), and other triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Butterflies & Vicious Lies is part of the Fractured Rhymes series, but can be read as a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
February 3, 2023
4.5 stars
This was a really good one! Wow, my heart hurts. Gahhh
Full review to come!
This was a really good one! Wow, my heart hurts. Gahhh
Full review to come!
February 4, 2023
dnf sorry the male lead is insane
August 22, 2023
Addictive, ott College Romance with Second Chance and bully vibes.
- What a crazy & dramatic read! -
Exactly the type of book I needed to binge in one sitting.
Butterflies & Vicious Lies kept me intrigued from start to finish, but did it check off all of my boxes? Kinda
Since this is a Second-Chance Romance where the MMC actively tries to make the FMC pay for what she did in the past, I do wish there would've been some groveling (or even an apology).
That would've made this from a good read to an "OMG, THIS IS SO GOOD" one.
🦋The MMC was a little unhinged, but maybe not always in a good way, haha. But I have a weakness for slightly toxic & obsessed Heros, and he definitely delivered on those parts.
🦋The FMC was okay, but not fully fleshed out. It felt more like watching the craziness happen through her eyes. She didn't do much and let things just happen (while, for a reason, it made me not overly fall in love with her).
I liked the beginning flashback scenes to their High School Years a lot! Honestly, I would've read that type of story on its own.
Some things were pretty underdeveloped, like the FMC’s friendship with the MMC’s brother. That was disappointing since it got mentioned repeatedly that these two were best friends (I wish we would've seen more of their friendship in the flashbacks).
But I honestly didn't mind for the rest since it wasn't integral to the story.
The book was also spicy, but it still kept that balance I am searching for these days.
🚨This book has some darker themes, so definitely check for your triggers!🚨
So overall, a fun oot story worth checking out and not my last book by this author!
⭐︎☆★☆⭐︎
🗂Genre: Dark Romance
📕Type: Standalone
🏷Tropes:
- Second Chance
- MMC taking revenge on the FMC
- Friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
- "I hate you, but I want you"
- Secrets & Betrayal
- College Setting
- MMC calls her Butterfly 🫠
🌶️Spice: medium/high (plot ~ spice)
⚠️Safety: No cheating, no omd/owd, trauma, child abuse mentioned (physical, sexual & emotional), suicide mentioned, drug & alcohol abuse, OD, car accident
📖Format: 1st person, dual POV
- What a crazy & dramatic read! -
Exactly the type of book I needed to binge in one sitting.
Butterflies & Vicious Lies kept me intrigued from start to finish, but did it check off all of my boxes? Kinda
Since this is a Second-Chance Romance where the MMC actively tries to make the FMC pay for what she did in the past, I do wish there would've been some groveling (or even an apology).
That would've made this from a good read to an "OMG, THIS IS SO GOOD" one.
🦋The MMC was a little unhinged, but maybe not always in a good way, haha. But I have a weakness for slightly toxic & obsessed Heros, and he definitely delivered on those parts.
🦋The FMC was okay, but not fully fleshed out. It felt more like watching the craziness happen through her eyes. She didn't do much and let things just happen (while, for a reason, it made me not overly fall in love with her).
I liked the beginning flashback scenes to their High School Years a lot! Honestly, I would've read that type of story on its own.
Some things were pretty underdeveloped, like the FMC’s friendship with the MMC’s brother. That was disappointing since it got mentioned repeatedly that these two were best friends (I wish we would've seen more of their friendship in the flashbacks).
But I honestly didn't mind for the rest since it wasn't integral to the story.
The book was also spicy, but it still kept that balance I am searching for these days.
🚨This book has some darker themes, so definitely check for your triggers!🚨
So overall, a fun oot story worth checking out and not my last book by this author!
⭐︎☆★☆⭐︎
🗂Genre: Dark Romance
📕Type: Standalone
🏷Tropes:
- Second Chance
- MMC taking revenge on the FMC
- Friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
- "I hate you, but I want you"
- Secrets & Betrayal
- College Setting
- MMC calls her Butterfly 🫠
🌶️Spice: medium/high (plot ~ spice)
⚠️Safety: No cheating, no omd/owd, trauma, child abuse mentioned (physical, sexual & emotional), suicide mentioned, drug & alcohol abuse, OD, car accident
📖Format: 1st person, dual POV
March 13, 2024
Quick read. Debating on giving 2 or 3 stars. Might change later.
I was excited for this couple like give me best friend’s brother to lovers to enemies to lovers anytime, because I was expecting great angst, grovelling, possessiveness here and there like it was supposed to give but it didn’t give what needed to be gave
The groveling was lacking
I was expecting the H to be ON HIS KNEES FOR FORGIVENESS ??? Where is ittttt ??? She was like omg imma protect you both until the end… as if the H didn’t almost choke her and stab her with his pocketknife, humiliated her, degraded her, drugged her for a bj, wasn’t celibate during separation, MEH.
I mean, the book wasn’t THAT bad, but it lacked potential. I’ll continue the series, but not very excited.
I was excited for this couple like give me best friend’s brother to lovers to enemies to lovers anytime, because I was expecting great angst, grovelling, possessiveness here and there like it was supposed to give but it didn’t give what needed to be gave
The groveling was lacking
I was expecting the H to be ON HIS KNEES FOR FORGIVENESS ??? Where is ittttt ??? She was like omg imma protect you both until the end… as if the H didn’t almost choke her and stab her with his pocketknife, humiliated her, degraded her, drugged her for a bj, wasn’t celibate during separation, MEH.
I mean, the book wasn’t THAT bad, but it lacked potential. I’ll continue the series, but not very excited.
December 24, 2025
should have listened to negative reviews 😕
January 13, 2023
This was an emotionally gripping story, dealing with the loss of both a romantic relationship,and friendships between childhood friends.
The reader has to ask themselves a question:
Which will cost you the most...the weight of your silence, or the aftermath of speaking out against abuse?
Rafferty and Posie are childhood sweethearts, who by a tragic string of events are separated by a promise Posie was forced to break, in order to protect the person they both love most in the world. Unfortunately for her, being a savior, also means becoming the villain.
Her decision costs the young couple 6 years of separation,and heartache. Years in which Rafferty allows the root of bitterness to take hold of his life, resulting in a final confrontation that proves that love heals,and forgiveness ultimately means freedom.
This was a beautiful story.
I absolutely loved Posie, as she is such a refreshing female main character.
I admired her strength and fortitude,and the patience she was able to maintain throughout every confrontation and test.
Rafferty is such an alpha character,but he also had such a depth of emotion. He may have initially been quick to anger,but his love for his brother, his loyalty to his friends,and his immediate inclination to apologize when wrong, endeared him to me.
*I look forward to seeing more of these characters,as well as their comrades, Rome and Lark in a future installment.
The reader has to ask themselves a question:
Which will cost you the most...the weight of your silence, or the aftermath of speaking out against abuse?
Rafferty and Posie are childhood sweethearts, who by a tragic string of events are separated by a promise Posie was forced to break, in order to protect the person they both love most in the world. Unfortunately for her, being a savior, also means becoming the villain.
Her decision costs the young couple 6 years of separation,and heartache. Years in which Rafferty allows the root of bitterness to take hold of his life, resulting in a final confrontation that proves that love heals,and forgiveness ultimately means freedom.
This was a beautiful story.
I absolutely loved Posie, as she is such a refreshing female main character.
I admired her strength and fortitude,and the patience she was able to maintain throughout every confrontation and test.
Rafferty is such an alpha character,but he also had such a depth of emotion. He may have initially been quick to anger,but his love for his brother, his loyalty to his friends,and his immediate inclination to apologize when wrong, endeared him to me.
*I look forward to seeing more of these characters,as well as their comrades, Rome and Lark in a future installment.
January 11, 2023
♾️ Stars
4 🌶️
🦋 childhood friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
🦋alpha/possessive OTT MMC
🦋revenge plot
🦋second chance romance
This book was absolutely perfection. Emotionally captivating and I was hooked immediately. It’s only January and already I’ve found a book to beat for 2023, this book is EVERYTHING. Posie is one of my new favorite FMC; she’s strong, fierce and loyal. With Posie’s help Rafferty is able to heal and grow in spite of a lifetime of trauma and tragedy. Trust me, go in blind, let the story lead the way and don’t read too many reviews or opinions. Watch their story unfold.
4 🌶️
🦋 childhood friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
🦋alpha/possessive OTT MMC
🦋revenge plot
🦋second chance romance
This book was absolutely perfection. Emotionally captivating and I was hooked immediately. It’s only January and already I’ve found a book to beat for 2023, this book is EVERYTHING. Posie is one of my new favorite FMC; she’s strong, fierce and loyal. With Posie’s help Rafferty is able to heal and grow in spite of a lifetime of trauma and tragedy. Trust me, go in blind, let the story lead the way and don’t read too many reviews or opinions. Watch their story unfold.
July 6, 2024
I loved this book. It was amazing. This book was a roller coaster of emotions. From feeling hatred towards Rafferty to feeling love and understanding for him. The suspense was a whole different thing.
Book Review:
What happens when you feel like your dreams are coming true but it comes with a risk? What happens when the risk is your long time best friend and his brother? What happens when you have done something so wrong that things can never go back how they were? What happens when you finally come across your fear? What do you think he has planned for you? What happens when the reason is so strong that you can't even beg for forgiveness? But, what happens when the truth is something more than what she has let him known?
Tropes & T/Ws:
>> Dark romance
>> College romance
>> Enemies to lovers
>> Revenge / Suspense
>> Possessive MMC / Jealousy
>> Death of parent
>> Bullying / Betrayal
>> Sp@nking / Collar
>> P!erced p**n
>> Best friend's brother
>> Degr@dation / Pr@ise
>> Marking / Biting
>> Chok!ng / Sw@llow
>> Sp!tting / Murder
>> Dub-con / Kidn@pping
>> Drug use / Rehab / Overdosing
>> Exhibitionism
>> Trauma / Second-chance
>> Physical and emotional abuse
>> Giving him BJ in inappropriate places
>> HEA
If you like college bully romance with a twisted suspense plot, do read this book. Also, be ready to face a roller coaster of emotions.
Book Review:
What happens when you feel like your dreams are coming true but it comes with a risk? What happens when the risk is your long time best friend and his brother? What happens when you have done something so wrong that things can never go back how they were? What happens when you finally come across your fear? What do you think he has planned for you? What happens when the reason is so strong that you can't even beg for forgiveness? But, what happens when the truth is something more than what she has let him known?
Tropes & T/Ws:
>> Dark romance
>> College romance
>> Enemies to lovers
>> Revenge / Suspense
>> Possessive MMC / Jealousy
>> Death of parent
>> Bullying / Betrayal
>> Sp@nking / Collar
>> P!erced p**n
>> Best friend's brother
>> Degr@dation / Pr@ise
>> Marking / Biting
>> Chok!ng / Sw@llow
>> Sp!tting / Murder
>> Dub-con / Kidn@pping
>> Drug use / Rehab / Overdosing
>> Exhibitionism
>> Trauma / Second-chance
>> Physical and emotional abuse
>> Giving him BJ in inappropriate places
>> HEA
If you like college bully romance with a twisted suspense plot, do read this book. Also, be ready to face a roller coaster of emotions.
January 13, 2023
Vicious Lies and Butterflies by Kayleigh King ☆☆☆☆☆
🦋'𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲.'🦋
What an achingly beautiful and heartbreaking masterpiece this book was. Kayleigh really has outdone herself with this one!
Please read the TW's, you need to go into this book in the right frame of mind. Vicious Lies and Butterflies is just a stunning book about grief, acceptance, forgiveness and everlasting love.
I'm not going to say much as I don't want to spoil anything, and I truly believe you should go in blind with this. But when I tell you Rafferty and Posie are up there with some of my all time favourite characters I'm not lying.
The emotional rollercoaster I went on with this book, I had tears in my eyes in places, you're going to have to buckle up and get on the 'you're going to have to hate Raff before you love him' train.
I adored Posie and Paxtons friendship and literally one line in the epilogue, and it was full blown ugly tears! Thank you Kayleigh for my first 5☆ read of the year, these two broken broken boys and the sacrifices Posie made to save them are going to stay with me for such a long long time!
🦋'𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥.'🦋
🦋'𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲.'🦋
What an achingly beautiful and heartbreaking masterpiece this book was. Kayleigh really has outdone herself with this one!
Please read the TW's, you need to go into this book in the right frame of mind. Vicious Lies and Butterflies is just a stunning book about grief, acceptance, forgiveness and everlasting love.
I'm not going to say much as I don't want to spoil anything, and I truly believe you should go in blind with this. But when I tell you Rafferty and Posie are up there with some of my all time favourite characters I'm not lying.
The emotional rollercoaster I went on with this book, I had tears in my eyes in places, you're going to have to buckle up and get on the 'you're going to have to hate Raff before you love him' train.
I adored Posie and Paxtons friendship and literally one line in the epilogue, and it was full blown ugly tears! Thank you Kayleigh for my first 5☆ read of the year, these two broken broken boys and the sacrifices Posie made to save them are going to stay with me for such a long long time!
🦋'𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥.'🦋
January 24, 2023
This book took me on one big emotional ride. It was heartbreaking yet at the same time beautiful within its darkness.
I won't go into too many details because I truly believe you should read this book.
Over 5 years ago, Posie left the town due to tragic circumstances. From the start, we get a vogue idea of the events that happened, but you have a lingering feeling that there is so much more into the story.
Posie and Raff were high-school sweethearts, but after what happened, Raff was left heartbroken and betrayed by the person he loved. Slowly fueled by his anger, grief, and gilt, he orchestrated her return with a vicious plan for his revenge.
"𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚑."
You will hate him before you have a chance to understand his feelings and fall in love with his character. Posie not only left Raff but also her best friend Paxton. My soul was aching for him throughout the book.
I absolutely admired Posie's strength. After everything Raff was putting her through, she still didn't want to break one of the promises she made to him.
"𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚍, 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."
She loves with everything within her and will sacrifice her own happiness to protect people she loves.
There are so many raw emotions here to explore, so get ready, and please make sure to check TW before reading this story.
This book will be one I'll always remember!
I won't go into too many details because I truly believe you should read this book.
Over 5 years ago, Posie left the town due to tragic circumstances. From the start, we get a vogue idea of the events that happened, but you have a lingering feeling that there is so much more into the story.
Posie and Raff were high-school sweethearts, but after what happened, Raff was left heartbroken and betrayed by the person he loved. Slowly fueled by his anger, grief, and gilt, he orchestrated her return with a vicious plan for his revenge.
"𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚑."
You will hate him before you have a chance to understand his feelings and fall in love with his character. Posie not only left Raff but also her best friend Paxton. My soul was aching for him throughout the book.
I absolutely admired Posie's strength. After everything Raff was putting her through, she still didn't want to break one of the promises she made to him.
"𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚍, 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."
She loves with everything within her and will sacrifice her own happiness to protect people she loves.
There are so many raw emotions here to explore, so get ready, and please make sure to check TW before reading this story.
This book will be one I'll always remember!
January 18, 2023
I enjoyed this Bully/Enemies, New Adult darkish romance story with several spice scenes from a new to me author.
I liked that the reason for the hate was meaningful and when revealed was emotional.
Looking forward to the other couples books.
Dual POV
It does have some dark themes (SA) so check triggers.
I liked that the reason for the hate was meaningful and when revealed was emotional.
Looking forward to the other couples books.
Dual POV
It does have some dark themes (SA) so check triggers.
February 11, 2023
After having a quick glimpse of Rafferty in Golden Wings and Pretty Things I was excited to dive into all things Posie and Raff.
Posie kept Pax’s secret at such a large cost and doesn’t even hesitate to be there for him the moment he needs her. Even when she hates raff, she loved him. Raff was relentless, spiteful and cruel and very very hot.
I honestly struggled with this book, which is odd because by book standards it’s well written, has a good balance of spice and plot. But for me, there was something lacking.
Posie kept Pax’s secret at such a large cost and doesn’t even hesitate to be there for him the moment he needs her. Even when she hates raff, she loved him. Raff was relentless, spiteful and cruel and very very hot.
I honestly struggled with this book, which is odd because by book standards it’s well written, has a good balance of spice and plot. But for me, there was something lacking.
February 5, 2023
I had two profound reactions to this book. Holy f*cking sh*tballs and absolute devastation. There’s no other words to describe the way this book takes you on a journey of hate, love and protection.
The book starts as a bully romance, there’s no beating around the bush with this one, Rafferty is an absolute dickweed. The things he does to Posie, or makes her do should I say, are dreadful. That’s not to say none of them aren’t extremely freaking hot. Because make no mistake, this book is one big hot tamale!! Honestly I do not recommend reading in a public place, like I did, unless you want people to wonder what’s wrong with your flushed face!!
Rafferty is one of the most conflicted book boyfriends you’l ever meet. And I adored him, even at his worst. And the way Posie knows what he needs and gives him it without question, it did a number on me. His heart beats for Posie, but his hate overrules his heart and he is determined to seek his revenge in the girl that ruined his life. And we’re not talking a little petty misunderstanding here, we’re talking ruined his life.
But as the book continues and you get to know these two characters, ther darkness and their light,the truth pushes it’s way out and it is soul shattering. I mean it. Those last chapters are one big brutal blubfest.
Posie is as selfless as they come, and I don’t want to say too much about her because it will ruin how you read her, but she is just amazing. Amazing. And I don’t say that lightly, I’m a harsh critic when it comes to a female protagonist.
The friendships between the characters is tight, Lark is one of my favourite bestie side characters ever, and Rome takes loyalty to a new level. But it’s Paxton that steals the whole damn show. His journey throughout the book from ex best friend to his reckoning is something else - and he’s not even the hero of this book. But he kind of is.
If you can deal with some hard topics and some kinky scenes (some of which are a little on the degrading side - which I’m not normally a fan of, but absolutely loved them in this book!) then you need to add this to your tbr for this year!!
And now we wait patiently for Pax and Rome’s stories ….
The book starts as a bully romance, there’s no beating around the bush with this one, Rafferty is an absolute dickweed. The things he does to Posie, or makes her do should I say, are dreadful. That’s not to say none of them aren’t extremely freaking hot. Because make no mistake, this book is one big hot tamale!! Honestly I do not recommend reading in a public place, like I did, unless you want people to wonder what’s wrong with your flushed face!!
Rafferty is one of the most conflicted book boyfriends you’l ever meet. And I adored him, even at his worst. And the way Posie knows what he needs and gives him it without question, it did a number on me. His heart beats for Posie, but his hate overrules his heart and he is determined to seek his revenge in the girl that ruined his life. And we’re not talking a little petty misunderstanding here, we’re talking ruined his life.
But as the book continues and you get to know these two characters, ther darkness and their light,the truth pushes it’s way out and it is soul shattering. I mean it. Those last chapters are one big brutal blubfest.
Posie is as selfless as they come, and I don’t want to say too much about her because it will ruin how you read her, but she is just amazing. Amazing. And I don’t say that lightly, I’m a harsh critic when it comes to a female protagonist.
The friendships between the characters is tight, Lark is one of my favourite bestie side characters ever, and Rome takes loyalty to a new level. But it’s Paxton that steals the whole damn show. His journey throughout the book from ex best friend to his reckoning is something else - and he’s not even the hero of this book. But he kind of is.
If you can deal with some hard topics and some kinky scenes (some of which are a little on the degrading side - which I’m not normally a fan of, but absolutely loved them in this book!) then you need to add this to your tbr for this year!!
And now we wait patiently for Pax and Rome’s stories ….
February 21, 2025
Absolutely Amazing!!!
I needed a gut wrenching emotional wild ride of a read and man oh man did I get this from this book!!
❤️🔥Enemies to Lovers
💖Childhood Friends to Loves to Enemies to Lovers
🥵Bully Moments
💗Second Chance
💚College Romance
🖤Childhood Trauma
Kayleigh King held nothing back in this story. She gave us her heart and soul and I thank her for it!!! The enemies to lovers, the push and pull was absolutely incredible with these characters!!! I wasn’t sure if they would get to the happy ending, I was on the edge of my seat the entire book!! I didn’t want to put this down, I’m obsessed!
Rafferty and Posie have sooooo much history together. I loveeeee when characters know each other forever, something happens and then they hate each other and then they have to make their way back to each other and this was exactly that!!! The incredible redemption is everything in this story. The journey was rough and toxic and absolutely incredible!!! This story had me crying for Rafferty and his brother Pax! And yet it had me on the edge of my seat!!
I loved the bully aspects in this story and how as much as Rafferty pushed Posie every step of the way, Posie pulled Rafferty right back and stood her ground!!! What a fun journey this story was. Absolutely amazing!!! ♾️⭐️
I needed a gut wrenching emotional wild ride of a read and man oh man did I get this from this book!!
❤️🔥Enemies to Lovers
💖Childhood Friends to Loves to Enemies to Lovers
🥵Bully Moments
💗Second Chance
💚College Romance
🖤Childhood Trauma
Kayleigh King held nothing back in this story. She gave us her heart and soul and I thank her for it!!! The enemies to lovers, the push and pull was absolutely incredible with these characters!!! I wasn’t sure if they would get to the happy ending, I was on the edge of my seat the entire book!! I didn’t want to put this down, I’m obsessed!
Rafferty and Posie have sooooo much history together. I loveeeee when characters know each other forever, something happens and then they hate each other and then they have to make their way back to each other and this was exactly that!!! The incredible redemption is everything in this story. The journey was rough and toxic and absolutely incredible!!! This story had me crying for Rafferty and his brother Pax! And yet it had me on the edge of my seat!!
I loved the bully aspects in this story and how as much as Rafferty pushed Posie every step of the way, Posie pulled Rafferty right back and stood her ground!!! What a fun journey this story was. Absolutely amazing!!! ♾️⭐️
January 22, 2023
✨ Butterflies & Vicious Lies ✨
By @kayleighkingwrites
Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I want to start by saying, this was my first by Kayleigh King and I was NOT disappointed.
This story took my heart and ran with it. I cried. I felt the pain. But I celebrated and I loved just the same.
Posie returns back home after a tragedy 6 years ago that took her best friend and love of her life away. Along with the only mother figure she ever knew. All because she betrayed them.
Rafferty is out for blood. He won’t rest until the woman he once loved is broken. Till she shares the pain that he and his family felt because of what she did.
The way that I instantly fell in love with these characters was magic. The secret of what posie had done kept me zoned in and unable to pull away. I thought I knew what it was but I was blown away once the secret came out. My heart felt like it was torn from my chest and stomped on.
All I can say is that I hope we hear more about these characters again. Especially Pax. He became someone I felt like I needed to protect too. I hope he gets his story soon.
Butterflies and Vicious Lies is an Enemy to lovers, second chance.
TW
Addiction
Overdose
Abuse
And more.
Please check the TW before starting this book.
By @kayleighkingwrites
Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I want to start by saying, this was my first by Kayleigh King and I was NOT disappointed.
This story took my heart and ran with it. I cried. I felt the pain. But I celebrated and I loved just the same.
Posie returns back home after a tragedy 6 years ago that took her best friend and love of her life away. Along with the only mother figure she ever knew. All because she betrayed them.
Rafferty is out for blood. He won’t rest until the woman he once loved is broken. Till she shares the pain that he and his family felt because of what she did.
The way that I instantly fell in love with these characters was magic. The secret of what posie had done kept me zoned in and unable to pull away. I thought I knew what it was but I was blown away once the secret came out. My heart felt like it was torn from my chest and stomped on.
All I can say is that I hope we hear more about these characters again. Especially Pax. He became someone I felt like I needed to protect too. I hope he gets his story soon.
Butterflies and Vicious Lies is an Enemy to lovers, second chance.
TW
Addiction
Overdose
Abuse
And more.
Please check the TW before starting this book.
January 13, 2023
Spoiler free review!
❤ Thank you so much Kayleigh King, for gifting me an eArc in exchange for an honest review. ❤
Posie comes back to her hometown after five years of absence. We learn really fast that something happened in the past with Raff and Pax which forced Posie to move away. It's starts as kinda bully college romance, but it transforms into an emotional rollercoaster at around the middle, and I was positively surprised how the story continues. Raff is angry, he hates Posie with everything he has, and he wants her to feel as bad as he did all the years. Without saying too much, he makes her responsible for his mother's dead. He is using Posie and is forcing her to do stuff for him to hurt her. But what happened? Is Posie the bad guy in this story, or is she the victim?
I'm going to clip her wings and, like the end of my cigarette, I'm going to burn her until there's nothing left but ash. Bit by bit, she'll float away into nothingness, and I'll finally regain what she stole from me.
Posie who lost her place at Julliard to help her Aunt financially, who is caring for her father after an accident, is back in Washington, the state she never thought of coming back to. She is a professional dancer, and between classes she works in a studio and teaches kids in ballet. She tries to stay low, so Rafferty will not know that she is back.
Rafferty wow he is the equivalent of possessive and territorial alphahole. At his last year of college he finally got the chance of his revenge on Posie, all his plans to get her back to Washington worked. He is blind in rage and anger and can't see through all the lies and stories to see the truth. But if revenge and hurting Posie really what he needs to heal from his trauma? Is the proximity to her what he wants? And damn he's hot af 🥵🔥
"I'm not good at this, Butterfly. Emotions and feelings... They're not where I excel.
"I'm going to mess up. Just promise you'll be patient with me."
"I promise"
I really loved the way Kayleigh told the story. The Dual timeline made it easy to follow current situations with the knowledge of the past, as well it gave us some kind of mystery vibes. I was spinning a lot of stories in my head what might have occurred. The main plot was something I figured out earlier, but there were some surprise moments that hit my hard.
In this moment, I hate you. I hate you almost as much as I love you, and my god, is that a deadly combination.
Honorable things and moments to mention
- Astor and Indie cameo (Golden Wings & Pretty Things)
- Sadie and Lark (I want a best friend like Lark 😍)
- Pax 🥺❤🙏
- The Seattle Art Museum scene 🔥🥵
Read if you like:
- standalone in a series
- promised HEA
- best-friends brother
- Dual POV / Dual Timeline
- Possessive and territorial MMC
❤ Thank you so much Kayleigh King, for gifting me an eArc in exchange for an honest review. ❤
Posie comes back to her hometown after five years of absence. We learn really fast that something happened in the past with Raff and Pax which forced Posie to move away. It's starts as kinda bully college romance, but it transforms into an emotional rollercoaster at around the middle, and I was positively surprised how the story continues. Raff is angry, he hates Posie with everything he has, and he wants her to feel as bad as he did all the years. Without saying too much, he makes her responsible for his mother's dead. He is using Posie and is forcing her to do stuff for him to hurt her. But what happened? Is Posie the bad guy in this story, or is she the victim?
I'm going to clip her wings and, like the end of my cigarette, I'm going to burn her until there's nothing left but ash. Bit by bit, she'll float away into nothingness, and I'll finally regain what she stole from me.
Posie who lost her place at Julliard to help her Aunt financially, who is caring for her father after an accident, is back in Washington, the state she never thought of coming back to. She is a professional dancer, and between classes she works in a studio and teaches kids in ballet. She tries to stay low, so Rafferty will not know that she is back.
Rafferty wow he is the equivalent of possessive and territorial alphahole. At his last year of college he finally got the chance of his revenge on Posie, all his plans to get her back to Washington worked. He is blind in rage and anger and can't see through all the lies and stories to see the truth. But if revenge and hurting Posie really what he needs to heal from his trauma? Is the proximity to her what he wants? And damn he's hot af 🥵🔥
"I'm not good at this, Butterfly. Emotions and feelings... They're not where I excel.
"I'm going to mess up. Just promise you'll be patient with me."
"I promise"
I really loved the way Kayleigh told the story. The Dual timeline made it easy to follow current situations with the knowledge of the past, as well it gave us some kind of mystery vibes. I was spinning a lot of stories in my head what might have occurred. The main plot was something I figured out earlier, but there were some surprise moments that hit my hard.
In this moment, I hate you. I hate you almost as much as I love you, and my god, is that a deadly combination.
Honorable things and moments to mention
- Astor and Indie cameo (Golden Wings & Pretty Things)
- Sadie and Lark (I want a best friend like Lark 😍)
- Pax 🥺❤🙏
- The Seattle Art Museum scene 🔥🥵
Read if you like:
- standalone in a series
- promised HEA
- best-friends brother
- Dual POV / Dual Timeline
- Possessive and territorial MMC
January 9, 2023
Thank you Author Kayleigh King For Providing Me With An eARC Of This Book.
“She was supposed to be the one person I could never hate. Instead, she’s become the one thing I despise the most.”
This book was nothing short of phenomenal. It’s one of my favorite books of this year. I loved the depth of the characters, the details in describing the scenes, the writing style that sucks you into the story keeping you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what exactly happened, and let’s not forget the dialogue between the characters it was just amazing.
I knew from the moment I read the blurb that this book will be angsty as hell so guys prepare yourselves for the roller-coaster ride.
I loved Raff he was a very complex and questionable character let’s also add dark or morally grey. I loved getting into his head and looking at the story from his perspective. It was very entertaining to see him so hung up on\obsessed with Posie even when they were teenagers. His possessiveness and obsession with her made the story ten times better considering that he claimed to hate her. I loved reading about him finally falling for Posie again after denying his feelings for her. The transition between hate and love for him was so smooth you’d want to focus to see when it happens.
And Posie oh that girl deserves the world for what she had to do I just want to give her one big hug. This selfless girl was so sweet it brought tears to my eyes when I finally learned the whole story. I loved her relationship with Pax and Raff before things went downhill for them and it was very wholesome to see them finally together again. I loved how patient and forgiving she was with Raff even after all that he’d done to her she understood what he was going through and was patient with him and at times I wanted nothing more than for her to just hit him.
I loved the side characters, especially Rome and Lark and I want a story about them so bad. The spice in this book was chef’s kiss, hotter than hell itself. If you guys love angsty romance with dark themes then this book is for you it comes out on January 13th. Also, make sure to check TWs because this book has dark themes.
“I want to dominate her thoughts while she’s awake, but also while she sleeps. At any part of the day, I want to consume her.”
✨My Rating✨
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
✨Type Of Book✨
📚Standalone📚
✨Tropes✨
- Childhood Lovers To Enemies Back To Lovers🔥
- Possessive MMC🔥
- Spice🔥
- Good Girl Kink🔥
- Voyeurism🔥
- Obsessed with her🔥
- Touch her and die🔥
- Dark Romance🔥
- College Romance🔥
- Second Chance At First Love🔥
- Morally Grey MMC🔥
✨Trigger Warnings✨
- Sexual Assault⚠️
- Drug and alcohol addiction⚠️
- Overdose⚠️
- Suicide⚠️
- Child Abuse⚠️
- Questionable consent between MC’s⚠️
- Drugging⚠️
- Car Accident⚠️
- Mental Health Issues⚠️
- Violence⚠️
- Grieving⚠️
- Murder⚠️
“She was supposed to be the one person I could never hate. Instead, she’s become the one thing I despise the most.”
This book was nothing short of phenomenal. It’s one of my favorite books of this year. I loved the depth of the characters, the details in describing the scenes, the writing style that sucks you into the story keeping you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what exactly happened, and let’s not forget the dialogue between the characters it was just amazing.
I knew from the moment I read the blurb that this book will be angsty as hell so guys prepare yourselves for the roller-coaster ride.
I loved Raff he was a very complex and questionable character let’s also add dark or morally grey. I loved getting into his head and looking at the story from his perspective. It was very entertaining to see him so hung up on\obsessed with Posie even when they were teenagers. His possessiveness and obsession with her made the story ten times better considering that he claimed to hate her. I loved reading about him finally falling for Posie again after denying his feelings for her. The transition between hate and love for him was so smooth you’d want to focus to see when it happens.
And Posie oh that girl deserves the world for what she had to do I just want to give her one big hug. This selfless girl was so sweet it brought tears to my eyes when I finally learned the whole story. I loved her relationship with Pax and Raff before things went downhill for them and it was very wholesome to see them finally together again. I loved how patient and forgiving she was with Raff even after all that he’d done to her she understood what he was going through and was patient with him and at times I wanted nothing more than for her to just hit him.
I loved the side characters, especially Rome and Lark and I want a story about them so bad. The spice in this book was chef’s kiss, hotter than hell itself. If you guys love angsty romance with dark themes then this book is for you it comes out on January 13th. Also, make sure to check TWs because this book has dark themes.
“I want to dominate her thoughts while she’s awake, but also while she sleeps. At any part of the day, I want to consume her.”
✨My Rating✨
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
✨Type Of Book✨
📚Standalone📚
✨Tropes✨
- Childhood Lovers To Enemies Back To Lovers🔥
- Possessive MMC🔥
- Spice🔥
- Good Girl Kink🔥
- Voyeurism🔥
- Obsessed with her🔥
- Touch her and die🔥
- Dark Romance🔥
- College Romance🔥
- Second Chance At First Love🔥
- Morally Grey MMC🔥
✨Trigger Warnings✨
- Sexual Assault⚠️
- Drug and alcohol addiction⚠️
- Overdose⚠️
- Suicide⚠️
- Child Abuse⚠️
- Questionable consent between MC’s⚠️
- Drugging⚠️
- Car Accident⚠️
- Mental Health Issues⚠️
- Violence⚠️
- Grieving⚠️
- Murder⚠️
May 20, 2023
I don't know what to say about this book. I have mixed feelings about it. The reason I managed to finish this book is I was intrigued to know what happened that makes him hate her so much. The way he treated her is unacceptable like how can you make her dressed like this and then show it to everyone. The revenge is lame. She was just trying to help them which her mother should have done, the only thing he cares about is her mother's reputation and how she would be devastated if her reputation got tarnished. And putting the blame on the fmc for letting the secret out is just so immature like for God sake she was just trying to help you.
I felt very bad for Paxton that poor boy has gone through a lot like a lot my heart aches for that poor boy but all these years he didn't tell his brother what happened which resulted in a lot of misunderstandings and hatred between the MCs. The only character I liked is mmc grandma she was the only one that is thinking and functioning properly.
And also the award for the horrible MMC goes to this man and here are reasons why.
The MMC fingerf*cks her in front of his friend just to show the man that has been hitting on her that she is mine and not only that she gives a blow job in front of them just to prove the ponit, it disgusted me to the core 🤢🤢
Secondly you can't just handcuff the h to a pole and ask her to Dance in front of the whole bunch of students to see and when she complaints about her clothes not being comfortable for this you just torn her clothes with a pocketknife in front 50 peoples to see that's embarrassing.
I felt very bad for Paxton that poor boy has gone through a lot like a lot my heart aches for that poor boy but all these years he didn't tell his brother what happened which resulted in a lot of misunderstandings and hatred between the MCs. The only character I liked is mmc grandma she was the only one that is thinking and functioning properly.
And also the award for the horrible MMC goes to this man and here are reasons why.
The MMC fingerf*cks her in front of his friend just to show the man that has been hitting on her that she is mine and not only that she gives a blow job in front of them just to prove the ponit, it disgusted me to the core 🤢🤢
Secondly you can't just handcuff the h to a pole and ask her to Dance in front of the whole bunch of students to see and when she complaints about her clothes not being comfortable for this you just torn her clothes with a pocketknife in front 50 peoples to see that's embarrassing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 26, 2023
Genre: Dark, College, Bully Romance
Series Type: Standalone
Book Length: Novel
POV: Alternating Dual
Setting: A university in Washington
Male MC: Rafferty Wilde is a college student and comes from a very wealthy family. He has loved Posie since they were teenagers, but after a tragic event destroyed their lives he has grown into an angry, bitter and vengeful man that’s filled with rage towards her. Rafferty is around 23 and has dark hair and blue eyes.
Female MC: Posie Davenport is a dancer and college student. She was forced to leave Rafferty and her life behind for 6 years, during which she was crushed by the guilt and pain of what transpired when she was 16. Posie is around 22 and has light-brown hair and pale honey-colored eyes.
Endearment: Butterfly and Baby
Spice Level: Medium/High
Frequency of Spice: Medium
Angst Level: High
Cliffhanger: No
Epilogue: Yes
My Review: I loved this story so much. It was angsty, intense and deliciously spicy. Raff and Posie have a very painful past and their journey finding love again was full of nail-biting tension and hate-filled passion. Only a true love like theirs can create such immense heartbreak and I loved the healing process for both of them. Their story was a little sad, a little suspenseful and a whole lot of beautiful. I really enjoyed it.
Series Type: Standalone
Book Length: Novel
POV: Alternating Dual
Setting: A university in Washington
Male MC: Rafferty Wilde is a college student and comes from a very wealthy family. He has loved Posie since they were teenagers, but after a tragic event destroyed their lives he has grown into an angry, bitter and vengeful man that’s filled with rage towards her. Rafferty is around 23 and has dark hair and blue eyes.
Female MC: Posie Davenport is a dancer and college student. She was forced to leave Rafferty and her life behind for 6 years, during which she was crushed by the guilt and pain of what transpired when she was 16. Posie is around 22 and has light-brown hair and pale honey-colored eyes.
Endearment: Butterfly and Baby
Spice Level: Medium/High
Frequency of Spice: Medium
Angst Level: High
Cliffhanger: No
Epilogue: Yes
My Review: I loved this story so much. It was angsty, intense and deliciously spicy. Raff and Posie have a very painful past and their journey finding love again was full of nail-biting tension and hate-filled passion. Only a true love like theirs can create such immense heartbreak and I loved the healing process for both of them. Their story was a little sad, a little suspenseful and a whole lot of beautiful. I really enjoyed it.
May 12, 2024
• Rating — 0.5 stars
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Where do I even start?
This book was as crappy as a car with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. The chemistry between the characters was so nonexistent, I think even my cat could feel the awkwardness. I don't even have a cat 😭 Was that supposed to be romance? I can't believe I wasted precious reading time on this 😭
And let's talk about the MMC. Hold onto your hats, folks, because this guy was so trashy, he made the Pacific ocean look clean! He assaulted FMC more times than I've accidentally left my friends' messages on seen. Physically, sexually, emotionally - you name it, he probably did it. He was so bad; it was like watching a car crash in slow motion, with a soundtrack of nails on a chalkboard. He LITERALLY cut Posie's neck.
And the ending? Oh boy, don't get me started. Where was the groveling? 😭 He was forgiven faster than I can finish a pint of ice cream. And FMC? Bless her heart, she was as strong as wet tissue paper for sharing the blame. I SWEAR she makes gravitational force look strong. She had to save her friend, HIS brother. IT WAS NOT AT ALL HER FAULT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO MMC'S MOTHER. She needed help, didn't seek it, leading to her ultimate demise.
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Conclusion:
It was like watching a soap opera written by a toddler on a sugar rush, or my friend when she's incredibly caffeinated.
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Where do I even start?
This book was as crappy as a car with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. The chemistry between the characters was so nonexistent, I think even my cat could feel the awkwardness. I don't even have a cat 😭 Was that supposed to be romance? I can't believe I wasted precious reading time on this 😭
And let's talk about the MMC. Hold onto your hats, folks, because this guy was so trashy, he made the Pacific ocean look clean! He assaulted FMC more times than I've accidentally left my friends' messages on seen. Physically, sexually, emotionally - you name it, he probably did it. He was so bad; it was like watching a car crash in slow motion, with a soundtrack of nails on a chalkboard. He LITERALLY cut Posie's neck.
And the ending? Oh boy, don't get me started. Where was the groveling? 😭 He was forgiven faster than I can finish a pint of ice cream. And FMC? Bless her heart, she was as strong as wet tissue paper for sharing the blame. I SWEAR she makes gravitational force look strong. She had to save her friend, HIS brother. IT WAS NOT AT ALL HER FAULT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO MMC'S MOTHER. She needed help, didn't seek it, leading to her ultimate demise.
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Conclusion:
It was like watching a soap opera written by a toddler on a sugar rush, or my friend when she's incredibly caffeinated.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 4, 2023
Mixed Feelings
I did enjoy reading this book, especially because I like sexy scenes, but the screaming toxic relationships, abuse, and Stockholm syndrome was very uncomfortable. This book gives me Colleen Hoover vibes (which is a compliment because I love CH’s sick, perversive mind!)
Spoiler:
It’s difficult to believe that Adrian would stand trial and go to prison without a lawyer or CPS person checking Pax for abuse also. Posie seemed like a very weak woman to lay down and let herself be abused just to save someone. Books that have women save toxic men are a growing trope I wish wouldn’t gain popularity. Raising two teenage daughters, I wouldn’t want them reading a book that romanticizes women as heroes for changing abusive men just because they had a shitty background.
I did enjoy reading this book, especially because I like sexy scenes, but the screaming toxic relationships, abuse, and Stockholm syndrome was very uncomfortable. This book gives me Colleen Hoover vibes (which is a compliment because I love CH’s sick, perversive mind!)
Spoiler:
It’s difficult to believe that Adrian would stand trial and go to prison without a lawyer or CPS person checking Pax for abuse also. Posie seemed like a very weak woman to lay down and let herself be abused just to save someone. Books that have women save toxic men are a growing trope I wish wouldn’t gain popularity. Raising two teenage daughters, I wouldn’t want them reading a book that romanticizes women as heroes for changing abusive men just because they had a shitty background.
May 28, 2023
I really tossed between whether to rate this a 4.5 or a 5 star. But when I got to the final chapters, I knew I’d go with the latter. This was the first book I’ve read of this author and it most certainly shall not be the last.
There was something so infinitely unique about this book. The perfect blend of spice, enemies to lovers vibe, trauma and angst. Don’t even get me started on the shock factor, that was deliciously sprinkled across various chapters. Some scenes left me gasping and mortified while others left me absolutely reeling with anticipation.
The plot twist absolutely broke me. My heart aches for what Paxton, Rafferty and Posie had to endure. The ending was well worth it and most definitely deserved.
This book gave me all kinds of butterflies, the good, the bad and the ugly.
There was something so infinitely unique about this book. The perfect blend of spice, enemies to lovers vibe, trauma and angst. Don’t even get me started on the shock factor, that was deliciously sprinkled across various chapters. Some scenes left me gasping and mortified while others left me absolutely reeling with anticipation.
The plot twist absolutely broke me. My heart aches for what Paxton, Rafferty and Posie had to endure. The ending was well worth it and most definitely deserved.
This book gave me all kinds of butterflies, the good, the bad and the ugly.
March 17, 2024
"𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕."
Kayleigh King has done it again!
This woman has the habit to write in a way that completely draws me in, it’s almost poetic at times and makes me fall in love with the characters almost immediately.
I devoured this book like it didn’t have TW at all, which it does, this is a very emotionally intense book. So pls make sure you check them before reading this!
I loved Posie and Rafferty’s journey although it was borderline painful, I cared for them both and loved the fact that Kayleigh invested into the side characters as well. It all felt well esthablished! I’m not going into much detail because I highly recommend going in blind, and make sure you have a tissue box within reach because this might hurt.
Kayleigh King has done it again!
This woman has the habit to write in a way that completely draws me in, it’s almost poetic at times and makes me fall in love with the characters almost immediately.
I devoured this book like it didn’t have TW at all, which it does, this is a very emotionally intense book. So pls make sure you check them before reading this!
I loved Posie and Rafferty’s journey although it was borderline painful, I cared for them both and loved the fact that Kayleigh invested into the side characters as well. It all felt well esthablished! I’m not going into much detail because I highly recommend going in blind, and make sure you have a tissue box within reach because this might hurt.
May 16, 2023
I get the hype for Rafferty now. 🫠
IF YOU LIKE:
😈 Alphahole
🙌🏽 Friends to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers
😏 Forced Proximity
😠 Revenge
🥰 Second Chance
❤️🩹 Angsty and Emotional
❤️🔥 Slow Burn
🥵 Spitting
🫦 Breath Play (Hand Necklace Ch0king)
😍 Praise
😮💨 Degradation
🍆 Pierced 🍆
🫣 Mild Exhibitionism
While this book was HOT, it’s also incredibly emotional with some twists that pierce your soul. 😭 It’s heart-breaking, and the path to healing huuuuuurts. But wow wow wow! What a book! Hands down a favorite from 2023. 🙌🏽
Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐️
IF YOU LIKE:
😈 Alphahole
🙌🏽 Friends to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers
😏 Forced Proximity
😠 Revenge
🥰 Second Chance
❤️🩹 Angsty and Emotional
❤️🔥 Slow Burn
🥵 Spitting
🫦 Breath Play (Hand Necklace Ch0king)
😍 Praise
😮💨 Degradation
🍆 Pierced 🍆
🫣 Mild Exhibitionism
While this book was HOT, it’s also incredibly emotional with some twists that pierce your soul. 😭 It’s heart-breaking, and the path to healing huuuuuurts. But wow wow wow! What a book! Hands down a favorite from 2023. 🙌🏽
Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐️
August 12, 2023
i mean i liked it but girl love yourself???? why the hell she take all that lying down😭😭😭😭😭 and honestly fuck paxton for never even standing up for her idgaf you have trauma
January 7, 2023
Oh my god what a masterpiece.
I went through a whirlwind of emotions reading this book. I wanted to scream at and simultaneously hug Raff, that poor broken boy. He’s written like a character you should hate but it’s just absolutely impossible to do so. You’ll be mad at him but you’ll love love love our morally grey boy. Him and Pax had it rough and the twists and turns Kayleigh took to get to that ending all payed off.
I LOVE Posie, she was an interesting one because you know there’s some suspicious backstory there, I loved that she didn’t regret the decisions she made, and whilst she regretted the fall out she stood by her decision and when you see the reasons why you understand. I loved her strength and fire mixed with that broken vulnerability.
Now put them together and you have a fire burning so bright between two characters you expect nothing less than for their relationship to be explosive. Two characters that seem so wrong but oh so right for eachother at the same time. It was an INTENSE journey, they’re heated moments were all in and the tensions had me on the edge of my seat but when we finally got those softer moments and the parts where walls started to shatter it just hit me in my feels so hard. They might not have had the perfect journey but they are made for each other.
I loved the flashback chapters and the placement of them throughout the book. It gave just enough information each time to slowly build Posie at Raff’s story and the cause of their inevitable destruction. It was also a welcome reprieve sometimes from the heavy story and made an intense story line easier to get through which gave it a great balance that I loved! It meant you could have the angst and heartbreak without it being overwhelming.
These beautifully broken characters are everything. Their story is hard to read at times and it’s definitely a ‘it gets worse before it gets better situation’. Whilst you’ll have a rollercoaster of MANY mixed emotions reading this book it is 10/10 highly recommended. You can see the heart that went it or this and It was totally worth the wait. That ending was more than perfect and now I’m hoping SO MUCH that Paxton is getting a book because my baby deserves his happy ending, I want to give him the biggest hug. No one breaks my heart and puts it back together again better than Kayleigh King.
This is one to take the TW seriously for!!
As much as I loved it it does cover some heavy stuff so read them before you dive in!
That being said, it’s WORTH it if you can handle them
I went through a whirlwind of emotions reading this book. I wanted to scream at and simultaneously hug Raff, that poor broken boy. He’s written like a character you should hate but it’s just absolutely impossible to do so. You’ll be mad at him but you’ll love love love our morally grey boy. Him and Pax had it rough and the twists and turns Kayleigh took to get to that ending all payed off.
I LOVE Posie, she was an interesting one because you know there’s some suspicious backstory there, I loved that she didn’t regret the decisions she made, and whilst she regretted the fall out she stood by her decision and when you see the reasons why you understand. I loved her strength and fire mixed with that broken vulnerability.
Now put them together and you have a fire burning so bright between two characters you expect nothing less than for their relationship to be explosive. Two characters that seem so wrong but oh so right for eachother at the same time. It was an INTENSE journey, they’re heated moments were all in and the tensions had me on the edge of my seat but when we finally got those softer moments and the parts where walls started to shatter it just hit me in my feels so hard. They might not have had the perfect journey but they are made for each other.
I loved the flashback chapters and the placement of them throughout the book. It gave just enough information each time to slowly build Posie at Raff’s story and the cause of their inevitable destruction. It was also a welcome reprieve sometimes from the heavy story and made an intense story line easier to get through which gave it a great balance that I loved! It meant you could have the angst and heartbreak without it being overwhelming.
These beautifully broken characters are everything. Their story is hard to read at times and it’s definitely a ‘it gets worse before it gets better situation’. Whilst you’ll have a rollercoaster of MANY mixed emotions reading this book it is 10/10 highly recommended. You can see the heart that went it or this and It was totally worth the wait. That ending was more than perfect and now I’m hoping SO MUCH that Paxton is getting a book because my baby deserves his happy ending, I want to give him the biggest hug. No one breaks my heart and puts it back together again better than Kayleigh King.
This is one to take the TW seriously for!!
As much as I loved it it does cover some heavy stuff so read them before you dive in!
That being said, it’s WORTH it if you can handle them
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