The pieces to the puzzle fall in place. Secrets are exposed when a dangerous new enemy emerges. I was looking in the wrong place all along. But now I know the truth: drastic measures must be taken to save us from ruin.
Author's note: This series contains bullying, fighting, cussing, violence, explicit sex scenes, and drug use.
I highly anticipated this series after reading The Huntsmen. This story had no depth, in plot, or in character development. Honestly, the amount of grammatical errors and missing words deemed it practically unreadable. I strongly suggest you seek different beta readers and editors.
- incorrect grammar. - Missing words. You would have to infer who they were talking about because there was no subject of the sentence. - Incorrect pronouns. - Incorrect names. - No plot. - In fashion of this series, the ending was incredible rushed. - The relationship between Em and Austin took one chapter. - There was no climax. I think it was the shooting, but I'm not sure. - The outcome of the entire series was described in two paragraphs. - She ends up pregnant, but we're they all together? Aron says that Austin and himself would be the uncles, but not Em's partners. There was no conclusion there. It was not clear. Because Austin and Em made it seem like they were together. Aaron never made his mind. But it was just... So incredible rushed. - No character growth. Nobody learned nothing. Perhaps Austin a bit in the last chapter or so. ..........
- What happened with the idiot sister and this whole plan that was just practically seeking attention? - Who contacted the mob? Who was the snitch, Bri or Harley? - What happy with the remainder of the grandparents debt? - were Em's parents effectively death? - Please note that Em was showing pregnancy symptoms the Day after the deed. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Did Xavier had supernatural cream power? -Why did Harley put Bri's phone in Aaron's pack? - How did the grandparents paid for the rent of the space but could buy food? I mean. We're the photos more important than feeding yourself? - Where was the money? Why were the mob behind Bri? Only because she had information? - nothing related to the mob, Bri's desapearence, Bri's phone, Bri's secrecy makes sense. Nothing in this series makes sense.
The plot holes are going to drive you mad. So is the main character, who was criticizing cheerleaders the whole series, but wasn't she the one doing it with three brothers? Like.... Let's talk about double standards. And just to be clear, she never had the girlfriend status, not with any of the three brothers.
So here's the thing: this series had a lot of potential, and before reading the third book, I might have rated it 3.5 stars. Sadly, that did not happen.
**THE GOOD**
1. The conflict felt realistic in the sense that a mob might be behind the sister's disappearance to cover their tracks, and she fakes her disappearance. 2. The main leads genuinely reacted like normal university students. There was no superhuman strength or army of loyal soldiers at their disposal. They were scared, just like anyone would be, and tried doing the best they could.
**OK, NOW THE BAD**
1. I have to say, Em was a really annoying protagonist. I don't think she truly cared about her sister, and the whole conflict felt like a minor inconvenience to her. If her friend hadn't pointed it out, I'm not sure she would have noticed anything amiss about her sister's "vacation." 2. Yes, I get it—she's "geeky" and "nerdy." We don't need to be reminded that she's a "wallflower" every few sentences in literally everyone's POV. 3. So what exactly was the deal with the mob? Who snitched? Were they prosecuted in the end? Are we supposed to assume Bri contacted them? If so, for what reason? Blackmail? To be a good Samaritan? I'm confused. 4. The relationship development happened so late in the series. I'm pretty sure Em didn't even have a conversation with Aaron or Austin until about 70% of the way through the first book. (P.S. Austin got one chapter of romance in the entire trilogy.) 5. Was she actually their girlfriend, or were they just sexually attracted to her? Is she only going to be with Xavier now? 6. Why did we spend the last two chapters talking about pregnancy when we could have tied up all the loose ends and given the story a proper ending?
This doesn't even cover the grammatical and typographical errors. Reading this felt more like reading a rough draft than a published book. I've read other books by this author, and I know they can do better, but this one just wasn't it.
TIME TO HIRE A NEW EDITOR! I’ve noticed it in previous books, but I felt like this one was especially bad. Incorrect parentheses usage, like quotes only have one instead of two to close off the quote…. so so many. Missing words, like a word was completely deleted out of the sentence. Auto correct was another big issue that wasn’t caught in the editing process.
Overall this was a good read, but there were so many grammatical and editorial mistakes. The first and second book - yea, I can get past it, but as you continue the trilogy and mixing up the characters as you're reading, doesn't sit well for me.
Again, it was a good book, felt a little rushed to me.
Really, others have said it before, and I gotta say it too: who did the proof reading on these books? It was awful. Mixed names, mixed genders, missing words galore. I should have just highlighted all three books with all the stupid errors.
Couldn’t connect its characters, there is a little action although plot was good. Everything seems to focus on details that doesn’t matter rather than the main plot or characters. End up DnF it was felt an absolute drag I couldn’t focus