She could never predict a tattooed giant to be thrown into her life.
Ella Miller is not a massive believer in love. Especially in high school. Sure, she thinks that it is good in movies and books, but real life is not exactly a fairytale. Although things might take a turn at the arrival of a large, tattooed male.
This fiery green haired girl was in for a challenge as one night, she runs into a mountain sized problem. A ridiculously good looking, dark and broody problem.
She thinks that she will only have to deal with this large and slightly terrifying looking guy for one night but that quickly changes.
Being thrown together at every opportunity, she has no other choice but to deal with possessive, protective and pain in the ass Stone who happens to enjoy teasing and being around Ella constantly.
It is the green haired nerd versus the motorbike-riding giant but are they really against each other?
Stone is mysterious and has dark secrets. He is not exactly Prince Charming. However, Ella is no Princess. If only they drew back the swords and lived some sort of happily ever after.
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I actually liked this book so much that felt the need to write a review right away, which is something I never do.
The story follows the rollercoaster of a relationship that Ella and Stone have; from the first time they meet and instantly fall for each other trying to mask it with hilarious banter, to one of the sweetest epilogues I've ever read.
We get to see a lot of the relationship development, and they go through many things. Some of them made me mad at Stone, and sometimes I thought the heroine was being way too difficult. However, real humans are flawed, and I like that they really showed the mistakes they made. The author made great work of conveying the feeling of having such a strong love for somebody that you're afraid the other person has all your life in their hands and the capacity to actually break you. It was beautiful seeing them surrender to that one-of-a-kind love.
Even though this is from Wattpad, this is an extremely well written novel: I truly felt the characters emotions at all times, and they made me understand why they acted the way they did. It was a perfect mixture of enemies to lovers, funny dialogue, and creativeness. I truly admire the well-thought plot, I was shocked at the amount of cult-classics and mythology references, it made the story have so much depth.
It is extremely long, so much so that I think we would have gotten the slow-burn feeling with much fewer pages... that said, I would still not change anything about it.
Their love story is something I could just dream of having.
Disclaimer: this has lots of grammar mistakes and is in serious need of an author. I was still able to look past it.
Every moment was painful, the same situations and conversations kept happening over and over again. Stone is fully described in a way that conjures the image of a fully grown adult man like Sandor Clegane… near the end it’s revealed he’s actually 21 so not a teenager, so I have no idea who allowed him to enrol in a highschool and be around actual teenagers.
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Re-read #infinity: Nah this book is FIRE. Probably my best comfort read. This book is god awful, so many issues, but nobody else can say that. Only me. It's a hot mess, but it's mine.
Full disclosure: totally bought this book on a whim after reading one quote I saw on Instagram like a year ago 🚨
Another full disclosure: I have a feeling this book is self published or just printed straight from Wattpad. The amount of grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and structural mistakes is kind of overwhelming. For example not once do they contract the words “they are” into “they’re” or “I will not” into “I won’t.” And stuff like that bothers me because I think it takes away from the flow of the writing. That being said… if you think you can handle stuff like that without being bothered then I think this book is definitely worth the read. Also, the paperback/printed version of the book doesn’t have page numbers fyi and the font is EXTREMELY small, turning six hundred pages into nine hundred pages, easily.
Okay, all that being said, I really did enjoy this book. The nicknames. The bickering. The banter. The “he falls first and harder trope.” The possessiveness from Stone. The jealousy. The story. The friendships. Ugh. I think the book was *chefs kiss.* I will say that the 3/4 breakup was super unnecessary and the way Ella was trying to push away from stone for the last 60 pages of the book was honestly unmotivated and borderline ridiculous. I feel like all of her insecurities about whether she was good enough for anyone kinda came out of no where.
Both Ella and stone were super good characters, I had no problem reading from Ella’s point of view the whole time, I think her inner monologues are so entertaining and interesting. Seeing her resist stone at first and then fall in love with him was so so so cute and I think the author did a good job at making her side of the relationship super natural. Her green hair and eccentric personality made this book super fun and not boring to read which is awesome, because 600 pages can be a lot sometimes. She definitely kept the story fresh with her theories and cute outlooks on life. Her story regarding her mom who committed suicide and her father who was a drunk Alcoholic was super sad and made me pretty emotional ngl. Her situation required for Ella to grow up too fast and I think the situation was handled pretty well.
Stone was a great character, he was essentially an animal. So if you like that whole huge dude, growls at anyone who comes near you, super protective, possessive, jealous, clingy, motorcycle riding mechanic who will do anything and destroy anyone for the fmc… then this is definitely your man. He is the quiet brute with a dark past, who only loves one thing in the whole world, which is our fmc, Ella. The way that this man was described through Ella’s eyes was immaculate so I don’t think I could even remotely handle a chapter from his point of view because that would lowkey make him better. Aside from the fact that this guy is 21 and in high school, which was never fully explained , it was just mentioned and then brushed over, his character made a lot of sense. And I use that term very loosely because he was essentially an intelligent caveman from the 21st century. Overall, i liked his character but someone mentioned the other day on my TikTok feed how the “touch her and I’ll kill you” trope doesn’t really work for books in which the main characters are in high school and I’m gonna have to agree. I was kinda like: calm down bro SHES 19.
All in all, I think this was a super cute book. Gave off major lilah vibes, but if lilah liked to keep a few insults in her back pocket and had fairytale green hair, and if grey dialed up the caveman behavior by like 50% and was down to marry lilah from pretty much the second he met her. Obbsessed I say!!
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Best book I’ve ever read, honestly lost the count of rereads. Wholesome? Yes. Angsty? Yes. Spicy? Yes yes yes. Stone, the epitome of perfection and Ella, the love of my life. You’re seriously missing out if you haven’t read this yet.
I am a voracious reader and romance is my favourite genre. When i say this , i have read over 150 books and lemme say this, this might be gold!!!
This book was right in so many ways and i can't explain to go on about it. The characters were so enchanting and the story was very mainstream just how i like it. Nothing defeats grumpxsunshine trope. Period. Although the book is a bit too long, but it doesn't seem dragged at all. It is exactly what you need with a cuppa coffee in your hand. This book melted me. It was just warm and fuzzy and gaahhhhh i can go on but belive me it would be the best investment of your time. Happy reading y'all! Much appreciation to the author. You're a gem girl!
I don’t often write reviews. However, the errors in the book drove me nuts. I loved the story but the author needed someone else to read it first. Gnarled? I don’t think that word means what you think it means……
This book is just best... Stone and Ella 💚 Their bond... Love.. Communication.. That's just awesome.. I loved the way Stone loved Ella.. This is one of my Most Fav books.. But Fairytale Green is my NO. 1 💚
I have re-read this book 5+ times. This book is my favorite book of all time. It literally makes me go feral just thinking about it. It is literally everything I could ever want in a book.
Grumpy x Sunshine ✅, Tattooed MMC ✅, MMC Falls First✅, Witty Banter ✅, Pining ✅, “Touch Her You Die” ✅, etc
I read it in one sitting because the story line and characters make me feel happy and content. The story line and quotes from this book are absolutely impeccable.
Stone is my all time favorite book boyfriend. He has a rough exterior and comes off as intimidating and scary but he is literally a Build-A-Bear. His love for Ella is something you literally can’t find in other books in my opinion. It’s so pure and heartwarming I just melt when thinking about him. He’s just crazy enough to be the perfect protective boyfriend but I don’t think he ever crosses the line (At least my line that I have drawn).
Ella is so badass, I want to be her so badly. Her band t-shirt and her neon green hair make her unique but uniquely Ella. She doesn’t take shit from ANYONE and she knows who she is. Her love for Stone is what I want to love someone like. She cares for him and gets nervous when he’s around but is still herself and loves with her whole heart.
I promise you that if you read this book you will not be disappointed (unless you have awful taste). This book will live in my head rent free for the rest of my life and I’m not mad about it at all.
Am I biased because I had a crush on the OG Lurch from the 1960s show? Not at all.
I was in a nostalgic mood so I redownloaded Wattpad. I ran across a book called Fairytale Green where the author mentioned in the first chapter it had been published. I’d come across this before and usually it is a barely cleaned up version of a underdeveloped story but I decided to give it a shot. This book was a beautiful surprise, if I had discovered it on Goodreads or Amazon, I would have never realized it originated from Wattpad. I found myself highlighting so many lines and smiling to myself the whole book. The characters didn’t just make sense, they were enchanting and endearing. There wasn’t a moment when I didn’t want the two of them together. I will definitely look forward to the friend’s book with I assume Bachus AKA rock god. I don’t know if I’m interested in hearing more about Brennan and Lacey but I might read it for more Medusa/Stone content.
Okay that was a long book full a stereotypes. Like FULL of stereotypes. Did I still love it tho ? Hell yeah. If the stereotypes are not hurtful, i don’t care. But still if you want to read it be warned that it is stereotypes after stereotypes. Also, the writing type is kind of weird. My first thought was it seems like a Wattpad book. The fact that it was full of errors didn’t help in making me feel like it was a Wattpad story. The writing is just really particular. It give a juvenile vibe to it. And be warn of the fact that the characters thoughts are also quite juvenile. It was still a really good book tho. The characters were really cute together and they had the love story of everyone dream. I swear Ella and Stone made me want to live in a stereotype. I give this a 3,75 ⭐️
Edit : I just checked and IT IS a wattpad story which explains a lot. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a good book tho.
I will say this author definitely improved as this was her first book. Her latest book was amazing so I definitely recommend you read Greed by her. It’s my all time favourite from her
Edit : I ended up finish reading it cause I felt bad that I had the book. Surprising after reading it I changed my 2 stars to a 3. The ending was really cute with the way Stone wrote that romantic essay I was literally giggling with how cute it was🤭
On another note wth happened to the author she took down her books from Amazon and kindle where did she go?!? I wanted to read her other books but can’t find them anywhere 😣
Dnfed at 22% (THAT IS A LOT, considering each chapter is like 20+ pages). I’m shocked to see such high ratings, bec how???
The book is ridiculously long. The writing errors kept annoying me. Super cringey. Their conversations seemed very repetitive. The banter wasn’t ‘bantering’. Also it’s just single pov so I have no idea about the H bec the one the h describes him is giving nothing.
The h kept calling him giant, large, huge like EVERYTIME SHE TALKED ABOUT HIM, like I get it the guy is huge, JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!!!
The H is always grunting, growling, grumbling, smirking and releasing weird noises I haven’t heard of.
One of my comfort books! Ella & Stone are one of my fav couples, I read it when it was first released on Wattpad and then as soon as it was published on Amazon I bought it! I’ll definitely be buying all her books! (Mainly super excited for the 2nd book to come out of this series) I wonder if Hendrix & Lana will top Stone & Ella!😅
A fun story full of cliches and tropes. This was originally Wattpad-published, and you can definitely tell. The book is somewhat unedited, and the formating is egregious. But there's lots to love as well.
My favorite part about this book has to be the clear love and effort put into it. This is a long story, and Miss Silvers clearly poured her soul into it. Also, FMC Ella is a delightful cliche of the manic pixie dream girl. Despite her stereotypical behavior, I found her simultaneously endearing and annoying. 😅💖
MMC Stone was a mixed bag for me. I loved how soft he was for his girl, but I really hated how he was an actual grown man going to high school? Don't get me wrong, I can suspend my beliefs for a lot of stuff. But this kinda threw me, lol.
The book was long, and they only really got together 60% in. After that, they screwed like rabbits, which was funny more than spicy for me. I know it sounds like I am dragging this book, but hear me out! I loved how ridiculous everything was. My only HUGE complaint is that the book could have been 150 pages shorter, and I would be happy. I got really bored the last 20%.🙃
Overall, if you like cliches and Wattpad, this book is for you! Give it a go.🐥💕
This is a hard one to review. I genuinely really enjoyed it BUT there are some glaring problems with it. I don’t know how I can notice all these negative things yet still have adored the story lol, but here we are. There were a lot of grammatical/spelling errors, scenes pretty much repeated themselves, it was much longer than needed around the 70% mark, there was a lot of “I love you but I’m not good enough” near the end that felt like it went on forever, and the emphasis of how huge the hero was and how small the heroine was felt like it was mentioned on every other page throughout the entirety of the book. While those are all things that typically would make me hate a book and DNF, the banter in here was SO good! I also loved that it took a long time for the heroine to come around and the pacing of that felt really natural. Also, the losing virginity scene.. it was pretty decent. Typically, in romance novels it seems like they pound away and it’s amazing, and while that DID happen after a bit, and I don’t like that, the initial penetration was done really well. No “slamming home”. It was really sweet but then took off in the unrealistic direction of orgasming like dozens of times haha. Ultimately, the banter is what sold this for me. It really was THAT good.
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warning: this is a book i rated fully on vibes, and this isn't a critical review because this had quite a few grammatical and structural mistakes.
•what i liked:
- the characters. they were fun, cute, and honestly entertaining.
- the banter. OH MY GOD. THE BANTER. it literally had me screaming, crying, throwing up, and grinning psychotically to myself. because of all the banter and bickering you might've *almost* missed that the main trope for this book was insta-love.
•what i disliked
-the way some of the dialogue was written, no one actually says, "i cannot, they are, would not etc.." like it was never, "can't, they're, I'm, etc..."
-the repetition. a lot of the stuff in this book was quite repetitive and the ending could've been at least 100 pages shorter if not for the "i want to but i can't, i love him but i shouldn't". also we get that ella's short we get it.
Are we going to act like their relationship isn't near toxic. He just met you and he's acting like he owns you. At the mention of any man that's not him he keeps growling. He's violent, just because he's not violent to her doesn't change the fact that he's violent. She's pretty much not allowed to have male acquaintances talk more of male friends. What's with her allowing him to get away with anything he wants to, she literally can't stand her ground with him. She'll tell him she's staying and he'll carry her out of there like she's a child. I don't think I read up to 30% of the book but I know it's not for me. I really cannot deal with the fact that she lets him get away with anything, like girl, stand up!!!
when Kayla Silvers writes slowburns — it’s nothing like any other book. her slowburns hits SOOOO good and i’ll eat it up every time. yes, she badly needs an editor and i’m sure this book is like 600+ pages but the banter, the chemistry, the bickering, the crazy boy obsessed man that Stone is to Ella is everything. i love how utterly infatuated Stone was with Ella since the beginning and he constantly showed it by his actions. this man was sooooo obsessed and i ate it up. he would do anything for Ella and it was such a sweet high school romance 🥰
safety: dual virgins, no owd • omd- heroines ex causes some problems