I Signori della furia (I reali della Forsyth University Vol. 2)

Royals of Forsyth University #2

by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue, V.C. Studios (Translator)

Mi fanno del male, mi usano, abusano di me… Sono stata io a metterci la firma. Letteralmente. Ho sottoscritto il contratto che mi ha resa la Signora dei Signori, una posizione che mi impone di fare tutto ciò che vogliono, ma solo pur di proteggermi da qualcuno di peggiore. Ho accettato di stare nei loro letti, in ginocchio, e di essere punita in caso di disobbedienza. Ma non mi aspettavo una punizione del genere. Killian è un uomo di un quintale di muscoli, di fisicità brutale e di puro disprezzo. Pensa che io non mi accorga che mi osserva mentre dormo. Tristian è biondo e affascinante per chi non lo conosce. Per me è l'uomo che cerca di controllarmi, col suo sguardo gelido e il suo atteggiamento possessivo. Rath è la tempesta dagli occhi scuri che mi ha portato nel suo letto. Anche se sono stata vittima della sua lingua tagliente, è il primo uomo ad avermi mai fatta sentire al sicuro. Non mi ero resa conto di quanto mi avessero sfinita e al contempo appagata, ma è venuto fuori che mi hanno devastato il cervello tanto quanto hanno abusato del mio corpo. Nonostante le atrocità che mi hanno inflitto, mi hanno fatta sentire speciale. Accudita. Protetta. E poi ho scoperto che era tutta una bugia. Le premure di Tristian, gli occhi vigili di Killian e, peggio ancora, i miei momenti di soddisfazione nel letto di Rath... faceva tutto parte di un gioco. Un gioco per stabilire chi è in grado di usarmi meglio. Un gioco che hanno fatto fin dal primo giorno. E ora? È diventato un gioco che sarò io a vincere.
“Signori della furia” è il secondo volume della trilogia Dark Bully College Why Choose (RH) Romance della serie “I reali della Forsyth University” delle autrici Angel Lawon e Samantha Rue. Tratta argomenti che potrebbero disturbare durante la lettura. Si invita a leggere le avvertenze a inizio libro. L’ordine di lettura è il 1) Signori del dolore, 2) Signori della furia, 3) Signori della pietà

Genres: Dark Romance, Dark, Romance, Why Choose, Enemies To Lovers, College, Contemporary

492 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 11, 2021

Reviews

[⚔Irunía⚔ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. ✨Cute book with a nice touch of ludicrousness.✨

Before starting the 2nd book, I was mentally prepared and excited to gush about it and hype everybody up for this story as if I were on the authors' payroll.

See where it got me?
MoneyLESS, joyLESS, senseLESS Irunía in search of her next read.

I swear if this series made a tiny shred of sense... a plausible turn of events, a realistic detail (in other words, if it had ✨a n y t h i n g✨ remotely coherent about it) I would have rated the first book 1 star and moved on without a care in the world.

Yet the more absurd the merrier.

If you're embarrassed that you are yet to achieve anything significant in your life, this book kisses it all better since

— my boys' (Rath🙃, Tristian🥵, Killian🤢) biggest accomplishment in their lives amounts to driving an innocent girl to suicide; 🤷🏼‍♀️

— my girl Story's (h) biggest accomplishment in life comprises siccing one lunatic monster on three other delusional monsters. Press reverse action. Play on repeat. 🧎🏻‍♀️


Anyway, to make the review short and simple:

I truly expected more darkness from this book. 🌚 The authors went to great lengths to warn sensitive readers that the story takes a darker, more twisted turn in the second installment. It forced me to expect the worst for only the first dozens and hundreds of pages before I realized that the worst happened while I was being caught up in the web of my own revenge fantasies. 😈

I guess abuse, non-con, mutilation, voyeurism, as well as dumb, arrogant, entitled men and excitable young women in romance books are no hard limit of mine anymore (probably never were, to be fair).

🎸Sum me up🎸

The driving force behind this book is three Lords who seek to drive their nails in their Lady's coffin (if ya know what I mean).

Preceding all the questions no one really wonders about, I'll tell you how the whole thing did go just in case:

— Killian would do it fast and roughly, forcing all his nails in the girl's coffin while she was fast asleep. Or pretended she was being fast asleep. 😗
— Tristian would do it with a saccharine, satisfied and evil smile on his face, making sure he gathered a nice, big group of people around to show off his finesse.
— Rath would do it with fake sweet concern, asking the girl how she prefers nails to be driven in her coffin. He might also have pretended a time or two that he hurt his fingers while at it so the girl kissed it all better later. 😉


I can start shitting on the revenge schemes of our girl Story and the retaliation she got when exposed, but I have more common sense than that.🤡 This is just a smutty book after all, not a goddamn thriller.

It was initially meant to be more about her rubbing her thighs together rather than rubbing her two brain cells together.

Yet I gotta mention (I swear, my brain won't let me rest until I've said my piece 😭🤬) that I was mildly satisfied with how elegantly and mercilessly she had fucked over the sweetest of the trio, Rath. 😂

This is something he could probably play in his sleep, but now his fingers lurch over the keys—the same fingers that have brought me such rapture and such misery—and his shoulders grow stiffer with each error.
I wonder if it feels like it felt for me, that night down in the basement. Is he trying to ignore us? Is he on the verge of crying? Does he imagine he’s somewhere else—somewhere softer and kinder?
Does he want to fucking die?

Unbelievable as the idea that Story's little stunt actually ruined Rath's musical career for good sounded to me, the boys thought otherwise, and that's what really counts. I was kinda happy the guys were distressed, unhappy and frantic to find the rat that had framed them. 🌚

When it was Killian's turn to experience one of her little revenge plans, my eyes rolled back into my head so damn hard.

My mind is still stuck on alternative, more bloodthirsty ways Story could have used that gun of hers in her grand plan to get back at Killian. Getting his dick wet would be the last thing on my mind.💀

The worst thing about this book, in my humble opinion, is literally everything that takes place during the last 20%.

All the events had the effect of a buzzkill. I couldn't turn pages fast enough to avoid those cheesy, unbelievable, anticlimactic conversations and situations that the characters found themselves in.

When authors force their heroine, the abused party that finally gave her abusers the taste of their medicine, to apologize to them willingly (that is, w/o any coercion/manipulation involved) it gives me such a whiplash. What a bullshit. 💀

That being said, I love ending my reviews on a high note so I'll try to drag a fly that I had single-handedly put in this ointment of a review out. 🤡

+ I still stand by what I said in my review for the 1st book. I loved the heroine, Story. I have a soft spot for sweet heroines that are neither a pushover nor a raging female badass. The one that has a backbone with a mean streak on top is an additional bonus. 😈

+ I enjoyed the relationship development between the four of them. That tracker implanted underneath Story's skin...Or those initials carved into her unmarred skin. 🤤 I expected nothing less of their fast progressing collective madness.

✨ The guys were so basic and hilarious when they leaped at a sliver of attention from Story. Her doe-eyed face and an occasional hint of gentleness in her voice turned them into addicted, affection-starved beasts. 😂

I’m not sure why or how or when that happened. It’s perfectly clear that Tristian cares for me more as an object than a person. Why should it matter to him whether I’m hot or cold?
Testing this theory, I reach for the hand still on the gearshift, gently resting my palm over his knuckles. He remains still, but I don’t miss the flick of his eyes to our hands, that sulky crevice between his eyebrows disappearing instantly.
Jesus.
So easy.

+ In the end, the book convinced me that they all were made for each other.

You just know you've found your true love when the idea of him/them caring about your consent sounds outrageously ridiculous to your ears. 🤤👉👈

She doesn’t just look like she’s sleeping.
She looks like she’s dead to the goddamn world.
My cock fills up instantly.

Story isn’t asleep. She’s drunk. Barely conscious and completely pliable. My dick gets harder the longer I watch her. Looking as though he’s testing the waters, Tristian reaches out to brush a strand of hair off her face. She sighs gently, but doesn’t wake.

+ Spoiled, entitled, obsessive, addicted, pathological, D U M B (Killian, sweetie...) male leads who truly believe that treating their woman as an animal is the epitome of kindness, patience, attentiveness (quoting them makes me giddy 🥵)

Anyway, who, if not me, can fully appreciate the lack of control when it comes to fictional lurve.

The way I jerk her panties to the side is bordering on violent, but I can’t stop it now. It takes one twist of my hips and a hard shove of her shoulders to impale her on my dick. She makes this shocked, bitten-off cry, right into the cavern of my mouth, and I capture it like an animal.
I fuck her like one, too.

In the third book, the authors will finally grant us a foursome or at least a threesome scene, right? Asking for a friend. 🥺👉👈

P. S. omg, what devil in the seventh level of hell possessed me to write so many fucking words. 😓

[bookaddict lass (kate) · Rating 5 out of 5]

she is pea-brained + they are pea-brained = perfect reverse harem smut.
if what i've read is not the epitome of the inanest attempt at revenge, I don't know what it is.
but I'm not very clever myself so... when on to the third book😭

[Mareeva · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

I went into this book fully expecting to hate it just as much as the first one. And I did.....kind of. I despised this 10x more than Lords of Pain and loved it about a million times better.

I thought I abhorred Killian before. Well, that has nothing on the hate I had for him when I started this. It has grown into a separate entity, it was now a living, breathing thing, expanding with each passing chapter of this book.

I even made a whole ass shelf dedicated for Killian, where he and other stupid fuckers like him can all rot in harmony.

Speaking of petty shit....I was supposed to be all about Story's revenge, but really, I was dreading it. I thought without a shadow of a doubt that girl will fuck it up somehow and all the progress she made with the boys would instantly go back a million steps.

Turns out I am just as stupid as Killian, because my assumptions obviously went in a very wrong direction.

The heroine finally grew some balls

Story went from being a dirty mop they used to clean their floors with to a manipulative, conniving, empty shell of herself and it was magnificent.

All that complaining I did about her being a naive child?


Her decision making and overall logic still lacked any sense whatsoever -like girl escape these abusive ass psychos tf is wrong with you - but I don't even care anymore. I have accepted the fact that she will make choices no one in this universe will ever understand so I've made my peace.

Plus the wonderful logic was made even better by all the more wonderful revenge😈

🛑SPOILERS🛑

🧹 She started out with small things. Like building the boys' trust, "unintentionally" getting under their skin, making them "eat out of the palm of her hand" as she liked to say. I wouldn't go that far but whatever makes you sleep at night Story dear<3

But then she moved on to bigger plans....

🧹 What she did to Dimitri? UNACCEPTABLE. He was the first of the trio she struck. It wasn't ruthless or bloody or really all that insane. But it was completely below the belt, humiliating, and hit him RIGHT where it hurts. It was such a dirty thing to do and I'm so mad I couldn't appreciate the cunningness of it because of how furious I was with her. Not only did she go for my favourite boy first but she hurt him the most too.

🧹 Killian's payback was real poetic and all but she could've been a tad more ruthless🙂. Like stabbing him in the heart for example.....Just an idea tho idk😗

🧹 The boys thought that any kind gesture they bestow upon her would bring her to her knees. They thought she was so easy to figure out. Jokes on them she was manipulating the entire time.

🧹 I liked the way she framed their rivals for things she did to them. She simultaneously made them pay while making the lords paranoid and distrustful of everyone.

🧹 Even though I was incorrect on her revenge being a total failure, she did get busted (shocker) and punished.

What do you buy someone after carving your initials into their flesh, jacking off onto their cheek, and then fucking them with the hilt of a knife and leaving them on the floor in a puddle of come, blood, and their own tears?
Hallmark doesn’t exactly make a fucking card for that.

But the way she handled it? Best moment of the series so far. All the hate, rants and pain was worth it for the speech she gave them👏👏👏 she learned.

🧹 This:

“So what, he followed you around the country, apparently murdered your gay roommate, and you just decided…‘ hey, might as well go see those three guys who done me wrong and hope he fucking kills them ’?” He pushes a fingertip into his temple. “Are you fucking crazy?!”

Homegirl thought all of that up and went

Personally I don't see the problem. Two birds, one stone if you catch my drift

Everything else got vastly better in the second half as well. The touch of ridiculousness was still there but it was backed up by character growth, relationship development and some pretty "crazy" yet interesting moments that made this a page turner. Even my hate for Killian went from a raging boil to a steady simmer for now (which speaks volumes)

TRIGGERS:attempted suicide, non-con, dub-con, murder, voyerism, sex trafficking, mutilation

Lords of Pain (1) - 2 stars
Lords of Wraths (2) - 4 stars
Lords of Mercy (3) - 3.5 stars
Dukes of Ruin (4) - 4 stars
Dukes of Madness (5) - 4.5 stars
TBR the rest when released

[Matilda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot for the series is basically this, the heroine is being stalked by a serial killer so she becomes the sex slave of her stepbro and his 2 friends so they can protect her.

In book 2, she gets pissed by the way they threat her so she decides to enact revenge on them by manipulating, assaulting and ruining their futures. In any other case, I would be like "yes bitch! Show them how it fucking feels", but ma'am...you are being stalked by a serial killer...I feel like there's a point where you gotta decide, do I wanna get dicked down by my stepbro while I pretend to sleep because he's into me being "unconscious" while he fucks me or murdered?



book 1 review
book 3 review

[Meredith is a hot mess · Rating 5 out of 5]

“You built the wheel, boys. I just gave it a nice little spin.”

I don't have it in me to write a proper review for this book; Lords of Wrath left me exhausted. If I'm inspired I might write a more cohesive review later. maybe.

Random thoughts/notes:

Story has a backbone in this book. She gets her revenge. I was never frustrated with Story's lack of agency in book 1, because I recognized the foundations for her revenge were being put in place. It all comes together here. I even felt sorry for all the guys at one point, despite everything they had done.

The writing was excellent. Excellent dialogue, excellent inner POVs (Especially for the guys. They really all sound like dudes), the smut was excellently written. Usually when I read erotica, there's always at least one or two cringeworthy lines...I was continually impressed with the authors' ability to write smut. This was also cleverly plotted. Although stepping stones were still being put in place for the first 50% of the book and things didn't ratchet up until around 55%.

The authors started out this book promising it was darker and way worse than Lords of Pain. I'm going to go against the grain and say they could have made it darker. There were a few scenes where I could tell the authors were holding themselves back. I've recently cut my teeth on BR's like Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters which has a way worse suicide attempt, and a way more irredeemable antihero and stuff like Stormfire - so while this series is refreshing for its unapologetic exploration of darkness, for lack of a better term, I think the authors were holding themselves back a bit. The first 50% of this book wavered between 3.5 to 4 stars for me.

Once the book reached about 55%, and Story started getting her revenge? All the moving pieces in the plot started coming together in a clever way that was amazing to read. It was perfect for the story. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm believing in the love and I hope this has one of those smooth, dark heas that I like the most. (if that makes any sense)

The last half of the book was so good, I'm rating this 5 stars. I struggle with the new adult genre a lot, so I appreciate it when I come across one that's as good as this. Also I don't typically like reverse harems, but I'm loving this one. Props to the authors for that. I want to read more new adult books like this one. I'm seeing some similarities between Penelope Douglas' latest release Six Tryst Venom when it comes to writing styles. Both of those books have good dialogue (not OTT cringeworthy dialogue other authors use), both books have dark humour & wit, both books have unique characters. I know each character's food preference, the type of clothes they like to wear, their tattoos, their pet peeves...nothing about the characters feel formulaic or commercial. The dynamic between all the characters feels 3 dimensional and real. And the writing is just smart. At no point did this book ever start to take itself too seriously. At times it even felt like a parody of the new adult genre, but written in an engaging way. You have to suspend a ton of disbelief to enjoy this series, but it's written so well you want to suspend disbelief.

TW: Noncon, dubcon, assault, violence, mutilation, suicide attempt (details): Heroine attempts to take her life by slitting her wrist with broken glass

The bullying:

“I regret being caught,” he says, eyes unabashed. “If you’d never found out about the game, then maybe you could have trusted me. And god knows I regret pissing you off, because you’re apparently really good at being a scheming bitch.”

I still have mixed feelings on what Story did to Rath. Emotionally she was hurt by him the most, but damn. She screwed him over in a much more serious way than what he deserved imo. The authors didn't hold back on that element, so I'm not deducting a star for it.

Another plus: This book is long! Over 100K words. This installment feels like a full story. The cliffhanger was soft, and while I can't wait for the next book, I'm leaving this installment feeling satisfied. I can't express how refreshing this is compared to most other authors who are churning out 'full length' books that barely reach a 50K word count.

Ok, I'm expanding on why the bullying didn't fully work for me in this book. I just read a 1 star review, and while this book is still 5 stars for me, I agree the way Story bullied Rath made her come across as unlikable (though I was able to get over it). I'm also going to explain why what Killian, Rath, and Tristian later did to Story as punishment didn't bother me all that much. Serious spoilers:

Making fun of people for learning disabilities, or their intellectual capabilities (or lack thereof) is a no-go for me. I guess it's the only thing close to a trigger I have, because I've worked with those with learning disabilities. Students who fall through the cracks and remain illiterate while they go through school is actually quite common in some lower socio-economic communities. This was the one thing that really warmed my heart towards Rath, and instead of thinking of him in a hot/sexual way I felt maternal towards him. (This is my difficulty with MF new adult books, sometimes I end up feeling maternal towards the guys). This doesn't occur as much when I read college-aged new adult stories, but Rath's illiteracy triggered my maternal feelings, I guess. I hope this doesn't sound too weird, lol. Anyway, public humiliation in regards to a person's learning abilities is not the kind of bullying I want to read in a bully romance between the two love interests. What did Rath do to deserve that? All he really did was trick Story into feeling comfortable with him and giving him bjs. All that public humiliation? The one guy who deserved that was Killian, for publicly humiliating Story in the basement. On top of all of that her bullying ruined Rath's best chance of getting away from South Side. This is something that will impact his future for years to come. And Story was an idiot for not putting it together that scouts might be there. As a reader I was able to guess that before it was confirmed by the authors. Story knew what she was getting into when she signed up to be a Lady, and she really shouldn't have been so surprised by finding out about The Game.

I mean sexual assault is real and common too, and could be a trigger for some reading this. So I'm totally being hypocritical for being bothered by the form of bullying Story did and not sexual assault. *shrugs

Then yeah, all the guys cutting Story and permanently marking her is horrid, but I was able to disconnect from reality and just kept thinking she'd be getting an HEA with all these guys - so it doesn't really matter. I can see this bothering others though. And I actually like the decision for that bullying to cause Story to attempt suicide, because what they did was horrid, and that caused Killian to deal with the consequences of his actions. In many dark romances there will be so much abuse I'll see a reader criticize it by saying: "I don't understand why the heroine didn't try to kill herself." So I kinda liked that the authors went there in the story. Though the authors very quickly had Killian save the day so I was never really worried about her. I do think something that serious was necessary to make the guys realize this had to stop.

[Namera [The Literary Invertebrate] · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'M BACK TO REVIEWING!!! This is the biggest break I've taken from book reviewing since I first set up my blog three years ago. I've had exams, which is super weird to think about, because the pandemic means I haven't even had to sit any exams that counted for anything since 2018. Crazy that my entire degree came down in the end to four papers...

Anyway, I've officially finished finals now and I graduate from uni next month. Nothing to do until then but catch up on the TON of books I've left unreviewed whilst I revised. What better book to start with than Lords of Wrath, which I've been DYING for ever since I read book one.

I was a bit nervous to start with, because my expectations were so high from Lords of Pain. I'm pleased to announce that LoW is even better. Here's why:

✔️ It's a good length. 144,000 words - which is long, and at times the book feels like it moves slowly, but I enjoyed being with the characters so much that I didn't mind. I had my penultimate exam the day I received the ARC, and I still managed to finish this book in one day!

✔️ The characters are getting even more complex and interesting - Story in particular. I thought the authors were great at conveying how conflicted she feels about the heroes, and (this is super rare for me) I felt like all her decisions and responses were relatable. We also get deeper into the psyches of Killian, Tristian and particularly Rath, though not as much as we do for Story.

✔️ I am most thrilled about the fact that any element of the book which threatened to become irritating was pulled back before it reached that point. What I mean is - it's dark, but not so dark I doubted the heroes' feelings. (Admittedly I can take a lot of darkness...) Story was vengeful, but not so vengeful that I lost patience with her. Then again, she also wasn't so forgiving that she turned into a saint. There are secrets and miscommunications in the book, but they aren't allowed to linger for so long that I get frustrated. Not everyone will say this, I'm sure, but to me everything struck the perfect balance.

✔️ I like Story's vengefulness and manipulativeness. It's not always effectively channelled, at least against Tristian and Killian, but what she does to Rath feels like real revenge with long-term repercussions.

✔️ I love the ending. I was worried it would end with a cliffhanger, or them separated, but neither of those things occur. I really like the place and mood we leave the characters in. I also can't wait to learn more about the other frats - the Princes in particular sound fascinating.

Obviously, you can tell I enjoyed this book because I gave it 5 stars, but there's no such thing as perfection really. So I will also say that:

❌ Story was honestly pretty terrible at coming up with a revenge that couldn't be traced back to her. I felt like there was a lot more she could have done to cover her tracks, because it was laughably easy for the heroes to expose her.

❌ The thriller element is not very well integrated into the book. It's absent for most of the story, apart from small communications from Ted, and then suddenly gets ratcheted up right near the end.

❌ There was less focus on the concept of a Game - whether it's the one Story discovered her boys playing, using her for points, or the one between all the frats - than I thought there would be. It may be that this is all coming in book 3, but we still don't know about how the points system works. Or like, are there other LDZ members trying to win the Game the way KTR did last year? Etc. In general, I would have liked to see the university setting - other students, frats, and so on - exploited a bit more rather than leaving it largely as window dressing.

On the whole, though, I'm really glad that the story enthralled me as much as book one did. Now to review the other 23570138 books waiting for me...

Warning: there's more violence directed at Story by the heroes than there was in book one, but I was personally alright with it. I've found that I can't tolerate heroes who smack the heroine around for the hell of it - this happened once in an Anne Stuart book and it INFURIATED me - but here there was more of a sexual/vengeful inflection. Overall, this is definitely not the darkest book I've ever read.

[Lisa (Remarkablylisa) · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a f*cked up novel. Half way through i was vibing with the dirty behaviour and our heroine sneakily fighting back but then the other half was straight up abusive. Our heroes are delusional freaks who cause our heroine pain because they thought she deserved it and should own her mind body and soul. She even tried to kill herself at one point. This is not romance. This is a book about sexual assault and abuse.

[Marti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yup.
This was a million shades of fucked up.
And I loved every second of it.

How unhinged is it of me to say that this might be my favorite read of the year so far? The only word I can think of is obsessed because that’s exactly what I am.
I don't understand why. The story is ridiculous. You keep thinking this is ridiculous while you're reading, but fuck. I couldn't put it down. I just couldn't. It blows my mind because really, I expected to find it just fine. Just a ridiculous, alright book.

This book is addictive. I expected it to be addictive. What I didn’t expect was how much I enjoyed Story as a character. If you know me, you probably know I end up hating most heroines. It has probably more to do with me than them, I am aware that I am too picky sometimes. But Story, she really hit the mark for me. Yeah, she did a lot of stupid shit. But at least she tried, you know?

The boys are all psychopaths obviously, but it’s not as simple as that, or this series wouldn’t be a thing. I hated Killian significantly less, and that’s how I know the character growth was great in this one. Not that I love him or anything, but the burning hate I felt during book 1 is (for the most part) gone.
Tristian solidified himself as my favorite of the boys, but I guess there's no surprise there. I clearly have a type 💀😂

A couple of you asked so yes, I can confirm that it is darker than the first book. Is it a lot darker? I don't really know if I'm the best one to answer that question, as I've already established I don't have many triggers. To me, it felt a little darker, not a lot. There are definitely a couple of scenes that have you cringing. Just to be safe though, be sure to check the trigger warnings to decide if it's something you can stomach or not. There's definitely more blood and gore.

[Valkyrie ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

My girl Story Austin is a fucking Queen and I’ll worship the ground she walks on for the rest of my life. What a legend, y’all.

The way she single-handedly ruined Rath’s life with a piece of paper… poetic cinema.

😌👌🏻

[Twiggy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrific.

My review of first book was very lukewarm as I thought some of the content was highly disturbing/demeaning in respect of the attitudes it endorsed as regards the position of women in College settings, especially in this day and age. However I said I wouldn't rule out reading no 2 to see if the heroine got her revenge.

I really wish I hadn't.

The whole thing just got sicker.

Killian brutalized Storey with rough sex and it turns out he has a sick fetish for sex with unconscious girls (aka rape), which he indulges.

Tristan wanks along with this on at least one occasion.

She gets some level of revenge but the way it is done makes heroine unlikable as well.

Storey gets caught out and events thereafter are grotesque. They mutilate her chest by carving their initials into it. They masturbate all over her and then use the knife on her in a sexual way. It's made clear that mutilation is in such a place that will be obvious forever more and looks pretty awful. No one has any remorse, even afterwards and they appear proud of what they have done.

There a weird side story of her stepfather who molested her and who turns out to be involved in the sex trade. At some stage she gets kidnapped and has filmed sex with Rath in front of a crowd of perverts at the instigation of the evil stepfather. Skim reading only by this stage so how/why this happened are beyond me.

The Lords decide to let her go as she is unhappy/suicidal at events but then of course she decides to come back. No idea why as was skim reading only.

This book is not sexy. It is not a romance. The male characters are vile. The misogyny is rampant. Women should not be treated this way. There is nothing acceptable about this story line.

The whole thing is just sick/disgusting.

Will not be reading anything further.

[Jessica ❥Chatterbooks Book Blog❥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm loving this series! I can't wait for the 3rd book! 😍

[Karla Martínez · Rating 3 out of 5]

este es de los libros que me averguenza que sepan que leo y disfruto JAJAJA.

[Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️ ilikebooksbest.com ❤️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unpredictable!



The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🤎🖤💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: ☺️🥲😚🥰

The heroine: Story Austin - at one time, she may have fallen in love with her stepbrother Killian Payne, but he saw something he shouldn’t have and thought it was something it wasn’t. From then on, he has been her bully. He and his friends abused her, and she left. Though someone found her, and she came back to them because she thought her stepbrother and his two friends were the only ones strong enough to protect her, since they were now the Lords of Forsyth University. But after being used and abused by them time and again, she struck out and the one that found her is now after all of them.

The Heroes: Killian “Killer” Payne, Tristian Mercer, and Dimitri “Rath” Rathbone - They are the Lords of Forsyth University, they are powerful and manipulative.
Killian - He is a tattooed god of the football team at Forsyth. He is always angry and can be cruel.
Tristan - He is a tan, blond, blue-eyed hunk of a man who shows a charming façade to the world, while inside he is able to plan and scheme with the best.
Rath - He is dark and broody, ruled by his emotions. He is also dangerous and calculating. He can be sweet and gentle one minute and devious the next.

The Story: Story is still the Lady to the Lords, though now she knows that everything is a game to them and when she thought they were actually changing and seeing her as a real person, they were only manipulating her for their game. She decides to start doing some manipulation of her own, as far as she can and do whatever it takes to get back at them. There are still so many secrets in this book, like the secret of her stalker, Ted and the fact that Story sent him proof that her virginity was taken, the secrets of the games the guys are playing with the other Fraternities, the secret of what Story’s stepfather did to her that made her want to run away in high school, and the secret of what the guys do on the South Side of the city.

I sometimes hate all the secrets in books. Especially the secrets that even the reader doesn’t know about. In this book we know most of Story’s secrets, but don’t really know most of the secrets the guys have until they come out into the open. Even though this book is told in all four points of view. But the secrets do make for a suspenseful book. This book had a lot more steam than the first, though the first book had plenty of steamy scenes, I was glad that Story finally lost her virginity at the end of the first book. I liked the fact that Stormy and Killian had more than just hate going on between them in this book.

Much of this book is about Stormy getting revenge on the guys for using her in the way that they have, though I like the fact that she is standing up for herself in her own way, I really just wanted her to tell them what she found out when she looked at Killian’s computer and found the “Game” file. The way she went about her revenge was just too mean spirited for my tastes and I ended up feeling bad for the guys and disliking her. Especially since she basically provoked a murderer to come after them. I also kind of loved Rath in the first book and even though I could really see how what he did to her hurt her the most, I thought what she did to him was so much worse.

Like the first book, this one was unpredictable. There were some big surprises that I didn’t guess until right when they were happening. There were also some that I didn’t guess at all, which I love in a book. The plot often takes the reader to uncomfortable places, but it certainly never left me feeling bored. I have no clue where the story will go from here but again, I can't wait to find out.

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[Melluvsbooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, this was straight ridiculous. 🤡 And I kinda like ridiculous. But there were several elements here that made it difficult for me to relax and enjoy the OTT crazy.

I’m just gonna post my reactions as I read:

- Rath gets hard for the secretary 😒

- Ms Crane confirms that Story is not the first f*ck toy for these guys - 😐

- Where’s the kid that was acting as the assistant?? - MIA

- Now that Story popped her cherry she had no issue slutting it up for these assholes - full porn star virgin mode. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

- They force her to meet and make nice with the bitches who lured her into a kidnapping and attempted rape - good times

- she asked to sleep with Rath again - the guy that used her and tricked her into trusting him in the last book - the very worst betrayer… I realize this is probably part of her plan, I’m pretty squicked out at this point - revenge via cuddles and mind blowing sex??? Guuurl… 👀

- Now she’s really into cars 🙄- not like other girls 😎

- Oh look Killian is trying to fuck around with bimbos. Again

- Oh. Nevermind. Killian and Tristian are just gonna be creeps with Story. 😬👀😒

- Awesome. And now Tristian is getting hot thinking about screwing his ex. Standing next to Story. Cool.

- Still thinking about the ex while intimate with Story. 🤢 you know what really makes me swoon? When the jackass H compares the h to other women while they are having sex.

- Oh we’re really gonna see this plan through. I’m sure f*cking these guys will be great revenge. 🙄


- Great. These losers are regular visitors to a whore house- first name basis….. probably have a Frequent Flyer punch card. 💅🏻

- Just realized there have been no condoms. 😱🤢🤬

Hot sex
Hot sex

Carve her up, rape her with the knife, cover her with spunk, then send their last f*ck toy in to clean her up. Cool.

- kinda sorta Suicide attempt - that wasn’t important enough to mention to the other dudes - sure thing

- oh for Pete’s sake, Now she’s a race car driver. 🤡

- This explanation just makes my head hurt

- They carved her up like a jack o’lantern and completely traumatized her, and now are all, “if you love something you have to let it go” 😐 - are you freaking kidding me??

- and she’s back. 😵‍💫




BOTTOM LINE? I’m going to take a break from this sh*t show. Not feeling particularly compelled at the moment to know who Ted is. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Sex scenes are hot when they aren’t creeptastic. The plot is… well… I don’t even know what to say. I like crazy plots… I think it’s the subpar relationships here (or the lack of anything real from either side) and that no one is particularly likable anymore. Story’s revenge (on Rath) made me cringe. If it’s that bad, babe, just leave. 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⭐️⭐️ 1/2


⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️

- no cheating - again, not for lack of trying by Killian

- sharing - its RH 🤷🏼‍♀️ - plenty of exhibitionism with loads of men watching Story get it on. Again.

- OW drama - Tristian’s ex he’s all messed up over shows up at their college. He goes down a sexual memory lane in his head. Mind blowing sex and all that… 😐

- OM drama - Killian is still convinced that the girl he deflowered himself, very recently, was a slutty seductress with his father when she was an underaged teen. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

- dubcon/noncon - including somnophilia and drugged forced sex

- h has gone from blushing virgin to professional seductress using her body for revenge. 🤡

- no condoms to be had or discussed despite these dudes being manwhores who frequent brothels. Fantastic. 😵‍💫

[Lana ❇✾DG Romance❇✾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite in the trilogy. I'm OBSESSED

[Miftahul · Rating 1 out of 5]

I said in my review for the first book that i like Story, Tristian and Rath...yeah i take it back. The heroine is so fucking obsessed with sex that she asks for forgiveness to the heroes after they abuse her, fucks her in her sleep, mutilate her body by carving their initials, humiliates her, degrades her, forces her to do shit, controls her ... and the end of the day our “strong and amazing” heroine 🙄 asks for forgiveness to THEM. These guys dont even feel remorse. I get it that it was a dark romance and again, the dark aspect of the book does not bother me. But this is supposed to be romance book. Heroine almost takes her revenge but then saves them, and also apologises to them after they did so much shit to her. Like how obsessed are you with sex dude? These guys dont even feel bad, they are psychopaths who think that the heroine is “asking for it” literally tho they are the guys who rape the heroine and said “you were asking for it”. They mutilate her body and say “you deserve it, my dick is getting hard”. They hurt her and think she likes it. 🙄🙄🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️
Someone tell me where their university is located so i ll find the nearest psychiatrist hospital and room for 3 patients.

Again, whatever they did was the dark side of the book which i have no problem but it is disgusting how they dont feel bad even after the heroine tried to kill herself. Whats worse is that THE HEROINE APOLOGISING TO THEM. WHAT THE FUCK. I CANT ANYMORE. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU SEX OBSESSED FREAK. Lord idiots are literally brain dead, they are delusional people. I swear Lord limp dick (killian), Lord half brain cell ( Rath) and Lord dumber than the dumbest person in the world needs a good slap or 50. Seriously tho, is it so hard to make the heroine at least make them regret? Like seriously, is it that hard to make her strong? Throughout the whole book she manipulated them and used them without letting them know so she can fuck them over BUT at the end she saves them and did i mention she apologieses to lord idiots? CUZ YES SHE DOES.

It was done for me when she tried to kill herself and the heroes didnt feel anyone. Like thats not love. They didn’t feel bad carving her body or didnt even care that she might be hurting, THEY WERE FOCUSED MORE ON THEIR LIMP DICK GETTING HARD. Like why try to hard to rise smtg that is already fallen. Ugh

[mira · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️

“They say if you care about something, you should let it go.” There’s a long beat of charged silence, and then he finally lifts his eyes to mine. “For the record, that’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. If you really cared about something, you’d put that shit behind lock and key and never let it out of your sight. I voted to make you stay.”

i'm kinda disappointed with this book. i still love the series and the characters but this book, imo, was kinda boring. idk something about the first 60% was so hard to get through i was about to give this book a 1 star but then the punishment came <3

my psycho ass finally woke up and got some action. that scene is the only reason why this book is getting 3 stars. that scene ALONE just holds me hostage. i'm a whore for these men.

anyways, story surprised me. i didn't think she would get through with all the revenge shit. but i'm also crusty af bc what is this personal attack on rath for???? i don't get it. i felt like the most manipulative was tristian. that man didn't get any revenge on him????? wtf is this. this is so unfair.

i felt so bad for rath. poor boy DIDNT DO ANYTHING and got the most ass whopping tf.

killain <3 <3 <3 ya he's def my fav man. something about him wanting to fuck her in her sleep has me on a chokehold. idc i love him way too much.

i liked tristian in this book way more than in pain but i feel like he was more background in this book. he wasn't featured that much. so i'm probs gonna LOVE him in mercy.

[Grace Btrs · Rating 3 out of 5]

🤔 I Knew… But Not Like This
I don’t know why I told myself it wouldn’t be pushed this far.
But I think I knew, it just wasn’t going to be like this.

🎢 I’m Here for the Ride (Not the Plot)
The characters could definitely use more depth, and the world building? Needs love.
Some things seem important to what’s going on, and yet… they’re brushed over. Sacrificed in favour of filling the word count with smut.

🔥 Smut Overload?
The smut is good -not phenomenal- but good.
Still… we could really slow down with it.
We are taking sexual exploits (and exploitation) to a whole new level here.
At some point, it became too much while still somehow being too little… and honestly? Kinda boring.

--
Pre-read:
Apparently, I'm in the mood to swoon over 3 abusive assholes. Oh well.

[Neelakshi · Rating 4 out of 5]

first of all
BITCH GREW A PAIRRR

Okay so.

“Killian…I know because of my mother…because of everything…you think I’m a whore, but—”
“You are a whore,” he says, snorting. “But you’re our whore, Sweet Cherry, and my boys and I don’t share with anyone but each other.”

Romance much? 👉👈

• she was a dumb bitch. But a smart dumb bitch if you're getting me because see the thing is...... She has a fucking tracker IN her skin and she thinks about going away and shit like that.
(Continuing the smart dumb bitch thing..)
She really had to decide? About the fact that she's getting stalked by a murderer or living with the guys?

• the thing about turning the guys and Ted against each other? Smart. Very smart. But ehhh really? I mean....

• I would say I wasn't impressed by the way she got back the guys. But seriously what happened with Dimitri was A LOT. That was wrong for the man.
What was written for Killian happened to Rath. I SO BAD wanted her to rip it off Killian because what she pulled on Rath was ruthless.

• Killian grew a little on me in here.

• She played them well I'll give her that. She wasn't some rag doll in this one.

• Low-key wanted to see Tristian going down harder because even though the sister hit was nice I could still do with more.

• Her ACTUALLY leaving would have been a 'take-it-in-your-face' but with the plot that built by the end I understand her coming back.

• The plot around Ted was a clusterfuck. I said it before I'll say it again. Smart dumb. Because Ted should have been the thing she fought with first. She could have taken down Ted first with the guys and after one problem dies she could have taken the three guys down. She also could have HURT DEEP if she gave them a little more that she could strip away.

• Killian should have shot Daniel right in the middle of his ribs for fucks sake.

• KNEW IT SHE'D BLOW UP WHEN SHE CALLED HIM BIG BROTHER.

• Her dealing with the aftermath and not even flinching and refusing to sob and beg when it blew up and giving them the cold stare stays the highlight. Because the guys wanted her to rile up and down and SHE GAVE THEM NOTHING.


Pls again ...
These are college kids but okay.


“Can we go back to this Ted fucker?” Rath asks, spreading his arms. “So what, he followed you around the country, apparently murdered your gay roommate, and you just decided…‘hey, might as well go see those three guys who done me wrong and hope he fucking kills them’?” He pushes a fingertip into his temple. “Are you fucking crazy?!”

^^^the book in a nutshell basically.

[TrippyBooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disgusting. Vile, offensive and even worse than book 1. All the lords deserve to d1e. Just nasty nasty men.

See you for book 3.

[Aplis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another perfect example of how the second book in a series topped the first book!

TW- dubcon, physical harm, suicide attempt

This book is so much darker than book 1 and I surprisingly kept reading and enjoying it (Yep..I have officially changed). After Story finds the score sheet, she purposely keeps the guys at a distance.. wondering if every touch is just another game for them. I've always been disappointed in books where the heroine tries to get revenge from the guy/guys and it's almost always nothing big! Like she manages to cut off their hair or something equally mediocre, especially when the guy/guys have managed to do far worse things to her! And don't get me started on how the heroines melt whenever the guy/guys touch her!

Here...Story knows what the guys are capable of and each step she takes is to make sure that they finally get punished. That goal is pretty much always in her head whenever the guys initiate anything with her or when she initiates anything with them. This added drama of "I know what you did" was entertaining to read because the guys are on the side of being clueless, unlike in the first book!

Story's revenge tactics DO NOT disappoint!! What she did to Killian was daring, but what she did to Rath??! RUTHLESS!!! She played on his insecurities and managed to destroy his dreams. To be honest, I felt sad for him. But at the same time, I was confused because Story deserved to get back at them regardless of how they may or may not have "changed".

Story waiting for her stalker to arrive felt like a sick joke and I couldn't stop *evil laughing* wondering what the guys' reactions would be to see a murderous middle-aged man standing in their way. However, the stalker is still left under the dark and it's so much more confusing about who this *sick man* could be?!

But, everything is finally out in the open and that ending, after all the unexpected drama, was something that helped to calm me down. Now I can peacefully check out till October when the next book releases.

Again...I DON'T recommend this book to everyone. It's dark...really dark. So proceed cautiously. But to those dark romance lovers out there, this one you will definitely enjoy!❤️

[Ash Muzzz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Their arcs took me by a surprise, the characters aren’t just their seemingly superficial reputations, their deep-rooted issues are slowly unraveled as they spend more time together. Their relationship is complicated and a unabridged enigma, it’s what makes this book so alluring along with the world-building established for the next book.

This is about VENGEANCE. Raw, ugly, brutal. But also spicy, fiery, and passionate. The Lords will suffer the wrath of our Lady as she refuses to concede docilely.
The only reason she signed the contract to be their Lady is to escape a stalker that goes by a pseudonym. (**Book 1 delves into this**) Taking advantage of the protection offered but at a cost, she gives them a part of herself knowing they will delight in ruining her. If they play the game, she will play too. A fight for survival while trying to preserve her sanity. 2 dangers. Lets kill 2 birds with one stone.

Most dark romances often glorify the harmful ministrations of morally grey characters and the heroine ends up being quite forgiving. Maybe, at first, with slight resistance or uncertainty. There’s nothing wrong with it, I actually love reading those kind of books. it humanizes all of us— flaws and all. But this series steps outside the box, talking about the reality and severity of the things people will do to survive— submit, k!//, steal, r@p3, backstab, and retaliate. (**check the trigger warnings**) The Lady doesn’t fall in love with the Lords, she HATES them even though she does empathize with them— just not enough to forgive them. So she gives them a taste of their own medicine.

I thought I knew what was coming, the identity of Story’s stalker seems to be clearly hinted, WRONG. The authors tricked me😂 The story about Story is unpredictable, keeping me on my toes with the wild twists. This series is just as f%^ked up as Haunting Adeline but this has the upper hand for element of mystery and surprise.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

*audiobook

Now that the hilarity and the novelty of the first book have worn off, I was now left with a very annoying heroine who left me dissatisfied with her actions/lack thereof.

...Literally what is wrong with her?

You either own it or stop complaining...

Especially during the whole mirror room scene... (I was so bored with her during that scene.)

Her revenge was so fucking lame!

I rolled my eyes every time she repeated the same things over and over again in her inner monologue, and then proceeded to let these guys do things to her...

Like, girl, you have a choice... Many choices actually. From the beginning actually.

If these 2 authors insist on writing such a comically depraved story, the least they can do is give me a heroine to root for!

I don't root for doormat heroines and heroines with critical body betraying syndromes that overpower their personality/decisions.

[Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, but WOULDNT RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE! (unless you are fucked up like me..)
Please do not read this book or my review if you are not 18+ or bothered by any of these trigger warnings! This book is dark and terribly graphic!

Trigger Warning: This book contains graphic abuse, somnophilia, non-consensual sexual situations, pyromania, intense bullying, abuse/assault, public and private humiliation, physical mutilation, suicidal ideation, self-harm, blood and knife play, murder, and other uncomfortable situations.

This one quote really shows how the entire book is...

These men are thugs. They get off on this lifestyle. Revenge, chaos, pain, and torture.

Thoughts through the book:
Honestly the thought going through my head while reading this book was, "oh my god...", "really", "why..", "WHY!!", "oh no", "oh fuck..", " holy shit", "fuck, that's hot", "OH MY FUCKING GOODNESS"..... this book gives me whiplash!! I lovingly hate these three Lords.... the way they treat Story ranges from walking sex toy/object to "She's our Lady, touch her and you die!"
This book is 10x more fucked up and dark than book 1! But with how it ended, I believe book three will have more fun scenes between them because they finally start to understand each other. And they slowly will work towards forgiveness and trust again.

Book Play-by-Play:
- Killian has her sleep in his room, fucks her while he thinks she is asleep. She moans Dimitri's name
- Tristian takes her to set Perez's car on fire. she gives him road head then they get ice cream.
- Killian fucks her while she's (fake) asleep again, she moans Tristian's name and he "wakes her up" and gets pissed off. He tries again by eating her then fucking her. Afterward, he makes her a sandwich and then she cuddles him a little.
- Boys go see Daniel, he's pissed about the Fire tells them to clean it up. (He knows about the road head which shows he has cameras and is TED?)
- Story is shown around campus by Marcus and has a run-in with Saul Cartwright. Previous Sugar Daddy
- Tristian and Killian agree to put a tracker in her neck/ back of the ear, "to protect her".
- She goes to Rath's room because he is the only one that disagreed with the tracker, He asks her to take bath with him, shares his weed, then gives her a massage that leads to fingering her.
Tristian gives her a new car to say sorry for the tracker...Story gets drunk at the pregame party. Killian titties fucks her while Tristian watches/helps. This is his new pregame ritual.....
- She goes and meets Daniel for the homecoming plans. Rath goes with her after she does his biography and turns it in for him.
- Tristan waits for her outside her class. Gets a message threatening his sisters and then runs into Genevieve. Story gives the best head in the classroom. She sleeps in his room that night.
- Story wakes up and makes Tristian food (fancy vegan shit). Then while watching Killian's football game, they fuck in the movie room. Later that night she gets the message from TED with the video of them fucking...
• Killian has Story come with him to run errands. They go to a whorehouse and Killer buys a gun. Then kissed story as if his life depended on it
• Killian expedited the book delivery, Rath and Story take the books to the community center. Rath reads to kids and gets embarrassed, runs out, and yells at Story...
• Killian doesn't bother her while sleeping! Whooo!!! Takes her to learn to shoot a gun, ends with them fucking in the car! (First time she had actually wanted him) HE CALLS HER BEAUTIFUL AND HOLDS HER
• Rath's alumni concert program bio was fucked with by Story (he doesn't know it was Story yet) and performed terribly in front of talent scouts. Takes his rage out on the Prince's baby room by throwing animal blood all over the room with Story.
• Tristian helps wash the blood off Story and Rath. Ends up fucking Story as Rath watches.
• Pregame party, Story drugs, tries up and fucks Killian, he says I love you before passing out
• She drugged Tristan too... The next morning they all wake up and she plays dumb. Killian tells Tristian that Story has been playing them
(ADDED THE REST OF THE PLAY BY PLAY)
• HOMECOMING CARNAVAL- She goes to meet Tristian in the funhouse but is confronted by all of the Lords, then they carve their initials down her chest. K-T-_?. She vows to Rath, The initial D would be the only D he would ever give her.
• Then they all cum on her face and fuck her with the handle of a blade, edging her and leaving her there in the funhouse covered in blood and cum.
• Tristian has Previous Lady Charlene get Story home and clean her up.
• Upon going to her room, she looks at herself in the mirror and breaks it, then starts having suicidal thoughts with a mirror shard in hand toward her wrist. Killian stops her from killing herself and holds her.
• Killian: This woman broke the one thing I can’t look past. The one thing that makes us Lords. Trust. But deep down, beneath the tattered squares that define my fabric, is the knowledge that she’s probably right about one thing. We struck first.
• Killian gets her to take a shower then cleans and bandages the wounds they left on her. They sleep in the same bed without touching.
• Ted send Story another email, this one has a picture of the Lords in the Southside with their current location. Then starts sending her messages counting from 1 going up with more real-time photos.
• She realizes Ted is counting Avenue numbers and get to them to kill their attacker (Ugly Nick). However, Killian was shot before she got to kill Ugly Nick! She is the getaway driver when they hear police sirens.
• Tristian starts giving directions to a family bunker. Upon arriving at the bunker, they try to first aid Killian back together until Ray can get there.
• Story tells them all about Ted and they finally are all on the exact same page! They give her the opportunity to leave if she wants to.
• With Killian laying by the fire, she cuddles up to him, and wakes up to Tristian cuddling them as well. Rath and Story smoke a blunt and finally talk about how the game hurt her. They Kiss then go back to the bed with Tristian and Killian. Rath big spoons her laying across Killian and Tristian on the other side. She says "goodnight Dimitri" (extending an olive branch).
• Tristian looks at her chest wound and helps take care of it, finally revealing that the final initial is R and not a D. Tristian apologizes for his initial, once he confirms she had nothing to do with the threats against his sisters
•

Story & Tristain: “R,” she breathes, touching Rath’s initial.
Because she looks confused by the choice, I say, “It had to be Rath. You know why, don’t you?” When she just gives me a curious look, I explain, “Because Dimitri never would have done that to you.”

• Tristain and Story talk about Ted more, she realizes the connection between Daniel and Ted, and while the guys aren't watching she takes the car to Daniel's Office to get answers by herself.
• She confronts Daniel and finds out he started at Ted but claims to not be Ted now... "only using the account for 3 months back when she was 16...
• Daniel exclaims she much repay him for the cover-up of everything that transpired and explains that she will be fucked on the lifestream for money.
• The boys wake up to her gone and Rath decides he is going to go and get her back because she actually called him Dimitri. He realizes that they all love her.
• Rath uses the Tracker to find her and it shows her in Daniel's office. Then the tracker starts to move, and he follows it all the way to the warehouse. He finds out about Daniel's "show" involving Story and Pretty Nick.
• He runs around to find her to help her escape and becomes the one that gets to fuck her in the "show" because he made a deal with Daniel...
• When she enters the "show" she sees Dimitri there at the bed waiting for her. He kisses her and places 2 wireless earbuds in her ears with the virginity playlist he made for her. He gives her the full experience of "losing her virginity" and he is gentle with her even as the watchers are yelling for more.
• Killian sneaks away from Tristian and goes to the warehouse to find Daniel. He finds Rath first, then finds Daniel counting the money with Story in the room to "make sure he got enough"
• Daniel and Killian get into a pissing match. Daniel points a gun at Story. Killian shoots Daniel in the shoulder as Rath comes in and tackles story to the ground and shields her with his body. Tristain comes (out of nowhere) and helps Rath and Story up.
• Killian lets his father live and they walk out to their cars. They all give her something for her trip to Colorado. Then they watch her drive away...
• They watch the tracker as she passes the boarder. Then they get drunk and tell Mrs. Crane all that happened. Pretty Nick sends them a picture and they come to the conclusion that Ted is framing them somehow.
• Story realizes she misses the guys already and turns around to head home to her Lords. She walks in the find them all drunk. She declares that she makes all of her own choices now and wants to be their equal. They all agree, then she goes and kisses all of them one by one.
THE END
I made a spotify playlist for this book... (also still working on this!! send me song recs)

[Abstract ♥ Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Star Rating : 4.5 / 5 Stars

POV : Dual

Cliffhanger : Yes

Hero : Rath , Killian , Tristian

Heroine : Story

Pace of the story : Moderate

Angst Rating : 5/10

Heat Rating : 7/10

Triggers Involved : Abuse , Knife play , Bully (Dark) , Self harm , Suicide Attempt

Plot Summary :
Everything Story thought she knew has been a lie. She knows that the Lords are monsters but she still hoped that they all were reaching a common ground only for them to bring her smashing to the earth , making her realize that everything has been a game all alone. And now it’s their turn to be destroyed. She is going to use their weakness against them all in the worst way possible to make them feel the same pain. There will be no stopping her until she sees them as broken as her.

Overall Opinion :
Holy shit , This series definitely has to be one of the best romances of all time!! I am a huge fan of Dark romance and this series is making my heart soar. I wanted to read the first book when it came out but then I got a whiff of the fact that the cluffy in that one is so freaking bad so I held off reading until book 2 was out and now I finally binged them both. The cliffhanger in this book is not that bad , at least it is better than book 1 and I will be waiting for book 3 in a more patient way than a violent one lol.

Now let's talk about emotions , this book made me soooo pissed! Not in a bad way lol because I loved the book , it’s just the heroes were such asses. I hope they grovel especially for the ending part because I swear if they act all manly about that too , my soul will be haunted forever. Killian specially, because he messed up the most and the fastest. Story went through so much and seeing her so broken in some scenes of this book had me blinking back tears! I just love these characters so much. The most shocking and amazing part is that I literally hated the male characters in book 1 because they were downright repulsive , but their character's progress has been good and I am softening towards them. I won’t say I love them all because that would be a stretch since I am still pretty pissed but I am more lenient towards them now.

The ending of the book was a calm one and for that i am grateful , i can;t handle another bad cliffy lol since the next book is almost 3-4 months away. This trilogy has a shit ton of triggers so if you don’t like 3 messed up , irredeemable heroes who torment the poor h , then please stay away. They do some messed p shit and I will admit that it is not for everyone. However if you love those twisted characters then by all means one click this trilogy , it’s one of my top reads of all time in every genre it had!! Highly recommended.

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[MG *Bury Me with My Kindle.. & a REALLY Long Charger*]

Ok, so this is the second book in the series which, as I mentioned in the review section of book 1, is really just a long, continuous story. I don't rate those until I get to the end because it would be like rating stand alone books after only reading 1/3 of it.

This book got much darker, though. If you read the first one, you are probably thinking, "How?" This one has physical and mental harm being done to the mcs, and there is a possible trigger with the h that involves thoughts of suicide (I don't put that as a spoiler because I think that is a trigger that has to be clearly noted).

Yeah... hold onto your pearls because this one is a definite clutcher.

Note: Cover art is Rath/Dmitri for this one.

Plot --- /5
Main Characters --- /5
Supporting Cast --- /5
Steam Level* --- 4.25/5 (no menage action yet - just some watching activities; no M/M or anal)
Violence --- Yes, and some on the h by the H's (in addition, the h technically rapes one of the H's bc she drugs him, but he does not complain about her taking advantage of him)
Language --- You betcha
POV --- Multiple; the POV was rotating (though h probably had a solid 1/2 of the book)

*Note that steam level is not a rating so much as a how hot was it: 0/5 - clean; 1/5 - mild (nothing descriptive); 2/5 - 3rd base action/1 home run; 3/5 - now we're getting somewhere (a couple of full-on steamy scenes); 4/5 - yes please! (erotica territory); 5/5 - they did EVERYTHING in this one, y'all

[&#x1f4a4; · Rating 2 out of 5]

she’s so stupid el oh el, they’re all so stupid and she didn’t even take revenge and they treated her like shit so i don’t even know why this silly bitch went back to her like did u forget what they did to you 2 days ago??? girly has issues xx and the boys r literal psychos they all need to go to therapy together

𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉. “𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳, 𝒅𝒂𝒅.”

like bffr… i’m surprised he didn’t emote after this 🫤 anyway as shit as this was i’m On my way! to read the third book 🤣

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible writing.

[nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read 27/02/24: I'm pretty sure y'all are sick of me yapping about this series atp😂

Re-read 13/11/23: Damn. I don't think I've re-read a series this many times. With that being said, the Princes will ALWAYS be number one for me. Then the Lords. And finally the Dukes (because their trilogy was painful AF)

Re-read 16/09/23: 4⭐️
Is it weird if I say this series grounds me and is my comfort series (as fucked up as it is)?😂 The men in this series are characters that piss me off and soften me up (eventually) in equal parts. I love to hate them and hate to love them lmao. One thing's for sure though...I def wouldn't want men like them irl lolololol. Ngl, but this series is addictive asf. It's my personal source of crack (or Viper Scratch ifykyk teehehehe)

Re-read 03/08/23: 4⭐️
I hate them I love them I hate them I love them. Pretty accurate description of how I feel about the guys. For more than half of this book, I wanted to do very violent and unspeakable things to Killer, Tris and Dimitri. But the ending made up for all the shit they put my poor baby Story through. Also can I just say how fucking proud I am of my girl? Like the way she got back at them will never not hit. That shit was poetic fr. The second book def has a lot more drama and pain (which makes me honestly scared for PoA lol) but it also led to a deeper connection between the characters. Also for those of y'all saying that the Princes always looked at other women...let me tell y'all so did the Lords. So did the Dukes (before they got with their fl obv - except for that dipshit Remy). Not that I'm excusing it or justifying it. But I've come to notice that all the guys from the frats like to be delulu when it comes to how badly they're into their fl (in the first book mainly. It's a pattern I've noticed fyi). Which is why they like pretend and think that their dick doesn't belong to their woman when SURPRISE SURPRISE it does!!! The third book is my fav from the entire trilogy (for obv reasons aka the HEA) and I can't wait to re-read LoM. Also, I just realised that exactly one month from now, it'll be one year since I stumbled across this series and became an addict.

P.S. I had a fucking migraine that was threatening to split my skull open while reading this baby, but I still finished it in less than a day. THAT'S how obssessed I am.

[Red Panda · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is such a bad book that I feel bitter. And surprisingly not because of the huge amount of violence, no, we were warned that this is coming.

I feel bitter about a completely stupid plot, about the reason why the heroes hate the heroine and want to humiliate her. As if they need a reason, the idea that they are bad, not because they are bad, but because they have some reason to be.

It saddens me that they do not feel remorse, even if these are my high expectations. When they find out the whole truth, they regret that they only hurt her because it was a punishment. And then, even so they are turned on by it.

I like stories where the heroines are so worth the heroes that they give in return as much as they can get.

But it upset me completely that when the heroine executed revenge, she feels regret. That at the last moment she saves them, that she asks for forgiveness, that she is so obsessed with sex that she behaves more like an animal unable to think and ready for anything to have orgasm.

It saddens me that she took revenge on only two of them. And it saddens me that her revenge was so quickly exposed and she was punished. We do not have time to feel the sweetness of revenge. I was hoping that in the second book she would mess with them in secret, but in fact we are only given a couple of chapters. The rest of the time she is hurt.

It saddens me that she comes to her stepfather, finally realizing (finally, the mystery of the century!) Without weapons, without anything, by herself. For what? And she drives herself into an uncomfortable situation and a trap.

"I find myself lost in a suspended moment of acknowledging how utterly stupid I am. Walking in here and telling him I’m the one who killed Ugly Nick. Telling Daniel to leave them alone was giving him a peek at my hand—at the things I care about."

Yes girl, I can agree with you here. What the fuck was that anyway?

I am saddened in this book by the double standards that women are ashamed for sex, but for men this is absolutely normal.

And it absolutely pisses me off that everyone is so obsessed with innocence and purity. Fuck them!

I expected a strong and willed heroine who would avenge herself, but in the end we have another doormat, sex crazed girl, pitiful creature.

Oh well.