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Hockey Gods #1
Brutal Obsession
He's a hockey god... and she's the one who got in his way.
A brand new standalone, DARK college bully romance by S. Massery
Blurb coming soon.
A brand new standalone, DARK college bully romance by S. Massery
Blurb coming soon.
544 pages, Hardcover
First published December 2, 2022
About the author
S. Massery
50 books5,923 followersS. Massery is a dark romance author who infuses all her stories with a dash of suspense. Formerly from Massachusetts, she now resides in Southern California with her dog, Alice.
Before adventuring into the world of writing, she went to college in Boston and held a wide variety of jobs—including working on a dude ranch in Wyoming (a personal highlight). She has a love affair with coffee and chocolate. When S. Massery isn’t writing, she can be found devouring books, playing outside with her dog, or trying to make people smile.
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Before adventuring into the world of writing, she went to college in Boston and held a wide variety of jobs—including working on a dude ranch in Wyoming (a personal highlight). She has a love affair with coffee and chocolate. When S. Massery isn’t writing, she can be found devouring books, playing outside with her dog, or trying to make people smile.
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December 17, 2022
controversial opinion:
i’d rather read about an unapologetic rapist as a hero who knows he is a monster and straight out unhinged than the pussy loser named Greyson we got in this book. a “man” who was driving too fast and hit another car (the heroine is the girl who got hit), thenlets forces his date to take the fall while he calls daddy dearest and flees the scene. not only is this the most coward move of all moves, but then he gets pissy when the consequences of his OWN actions get to him lol.
i just know his dick is small and that this princess gets home and lets his Senator daddy rail him with a 10 inch dildo. 🥰
i’d rather read about an unapologetic rapist as a hero who knows he is a monster and straight out unhinged than the pussy loser named Greyson we got in this book. a “man” who was driving too fast and hit another car (the heroine is the girl who got hit), then
i just know his dick is small and that this princess gets home and lets his Senator daddy rail him with a 10 inch dildo. 🥰
December 6, 2023
I developed anger issues while reading this book
March 10, 2023
this chick's cooter has to be gold plate with the way not 1, not 2, but THREE people were obsessed with her (and i don't mean they liked her i mean they did DERANGED shit in the name of love lmao)
April 8, 2023
Wow, this was actually torture.
My skin is still crawling with disgust.
I think the final straw was when the hero forced the heroine to suck his friend off, and guess what the author decided to write the heroine do...
If you thought it was walk away...
Nope. You are wrong.
Did she tell him no and tell him to go to Hell? Tell him to go fck himself and get herself the fck out of that toxic environment?
Nope. Wrong again...
She did it, yall.
Yep.
The heroine just... did it.
She just sucked him off because the hero said to...
I was sitting there like... um, what.
Sitting there imagining some asshole who crashed into me with his car and ruined my dancing career as well as my leg, who continually tortures me, and now was telling me to give his friend a BJ, and i just laughed so hard. Because I just know that anyone in their right mind would make sure someone lost a dick in that situation. If not the hero, then the other guy. If I was put in that situation, male appendages would be IN DANGER.
Common sense...
I am sitting there imagining what I would do, what anyone would do, and all of the scenarios I imagined included violence and me going off, but NONE of them included me actually going down on my knees to just... do it.
That was preposterous!
So, yeah, this is the kind of book this is.
Look, I ain't gonna judge you for the type of heroine you like to read, if you enjoyed this book...
But as for me, babes, I would rather rub my face onto concrete than read about a pathetic heroine who doesn't stand up for herself...
And this was the most critical case of No Backbone I have ever read!
Like really critical. As in, this heroine just acted like a robot. Every time the hero humiliates her, she just muses in her monologue about something or other, never even asks her "best friend" for help or anyone else. She just... takes it.
I found that to be such perplexing behavior...
Look, I will be honest... and say that as I am writing this review, I have only gotten about 30% through the audiobook.
But I have questions...
Was this specifically for readers with a humiliation kink or...?
Because I seriously wanted to vomit throughout...
Is that what all "bully" romances are like?
Cause I started reading another one in the middle of this one, and that also made me want to peel my skin off from disgust.
And the thing is, I'm not even mad at the bullying part. Bullies will bully.
The hero is meant to be an asshole and get redeemed, I guess.
But it's the way this author chooses to write how the heroine reacts to this treatment... that bafles me.
Like... what?
I hated her more than the hero because of how pathetic she was.
Who acts like this...? So nonsensical. Even someone who had the self-esteem of an abandoned dog would have reacted better than this trash heroine.
She was literally so awful.
Her leg was fked in the accident and she had to get physical therapy, but in my opinion, the only type of therapy that she desperately needed to take priority of, was the mental health kind.
Has this heroine ever heard of self-respect? Loving oneself, and I don't know, acting like a real human being, and not a plank of wood, or piece of gum at the bottom of one's shoe.
This was painfully embarrassing... and pathetic.
I did not enjoy this experience, and I don't believe I will finish this piece of trash.
And i don't think this author is for me, as I have seen some other reviewer say heroines like this is a trend in her work. So i will probably avoid her work from now on.
DNF!
My skin is still crawling with disgust.
I think the final straw was when the hero forced the heroine to suck his friend off, and guess what the author decided to write the heroine do...
If you thought it was walk away...
Nope. You are wrong.
Did she tell him no and tell him to go to Hell? Tell him to go fck himself and get herself the fck out of that toxic environment?
Nope. Wrong again...
She did it, yall.
Yep.
The heroine just... did it.
She just sucked him off because the hero said to...
I was sitting there like... um, what.
Sitting there imagining some asshole who crashed into me with his car and ruined my dancing career as well as my leg, who continually tortures me, and now was telling me to give his friend a BJ, and i just laughed so hard. Because I just know that anyone in their right mind would make sure someone lost a dick in that situation. If not the hero, then the other guy. If I was put in that situation, male appendages would be IN DANGER.
Common sense...
I am sitting there imagining what I would do, what anyone would do, and all of the scenarios I imagined included violence and me going off, but NONE of them included me actually going down on my knees to just... do it.
That was preposterous!
So, yeah, this is the kind of book this is.
Look, I ain't gonna judge you for the type of heroine you like to read, if you enjoyed this book...
But as for me, babes, I would rather rub my face onto concrete than read about a pathetic heroine who doesn't stand up for herself...
And this was the most critical case of No Backbone I have ever read!
Like really critical. As in, this heroine just acted like a robot. Every time the hero humiliates her, she just muses in her monologue about something or other, never even asks her "best friend" for help or anyone else. She just... takes it.
I found that to be such perplexing behavior...
Look, I will be honest... and say that as I am writing this review, I have only gotten about 30% through the audiobook.
But I have questions...
Was this specifically for readers with a humiliation kink or...?
Because I seriously wanted to vomit throughout...
Is that what all "bully" romances are like?
Cause I started reading another one in the middle of this one, and that also made me want to peel my skin off from disgust.
And the thing is, I'm not even mad at the bullying part. Bullies will bully.
The hero is meant to be an asshole and get redeemed, I guess.
But it's the way this author chooses to write how the heroine reacts to this treatment... that bafles me.
Like... what?
I hated her more than the hero because of how pathetic she was.
Who acts like this...? So nonsensical. Even someone who had the self-esteem of an abandoned dog would have reacted better than this trash heroine.
She was literally so awful.
Her leg was fked in the accident and she had to get physical therapy, but in my opinion, the only type of therapy that she desperately needed to take priority of, was the mental health kind.
Has this heroine ever heard of self-respect? Loving oneself, and I don't know, acting like a real human being, and not a plank of wood, or piece of gum at the bottom of one's shoe.
This was painfully embarrassing... and pathetic.
I did not enjoy this experience, and I don't believe I will finish this piece of trash.
And i don't think this author is for me, as I have seen some other reviewer say heroines like this is a trend in her work. So i will probably avoid her work from now on.
DNF!
November 30, 2022
OH HELL NO. THE HERO LET THE HEROINE SUCKED HIS BEST FRIEND OFF IN FRONT OF HIM TO “TEST HER” LIKE CRAZY BOY SAY WHAT???!! AND THIS IS BEFORE THEY WERE DATING… THEY WERE JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND THE HERO ONLY ONCE TOUCHED AND MADE THE HEROINE COME ONE TIME WITH HIS FINGERS. AFTER HE MADE HER COME AND MEET UP WITH HER AGAIN, HE TOLD HER TO GO THE GAME AND MEET UP WITH HER AFTER. THE HERO EVEN TEXTED HER WHY SHE WAS LOOKING AT ONE OF HIS FRIEND AT THE GAME BECAUSE HE SO WAS SO JEALOUS😂 AND AFTER THE GAME, SHE MEET UP WITH THE HERO AND SUDDENLY HE WAS WITH HIS BEST FRIEND. THE HERO THREATENED HER WITH SOMETHING AND TOLD HER TO SUCK HIS BEST FRIEND. SHE DID. AND WHEN IT WAS ABOUT TO BE FINISHED, THE HERO CAN’T STAND IT ANYMORE AND GO TO THEM TO DRAG OUT THE HEROINE. BEFORE HE DID, THE BEST FRIEND COMES TO HER MOUTH. THE HERO WAS FURIOUS AND SO MAD AND THE BEST FRIEND EVEN COME IN HER MOUTH. THE HERO DRAG THE HEROINE OFF THE BEST FRIEND AND TOLD HIM TO STOP IT AND GO AWAY. THE BEST FRIEND GOES AWAY IMMEDIATELY….
AND THEN AFTER THAT THE HERO PULLS HIS JUNK OUT AND PROCEED TO PUT IT IN TO THE HEROINE MOUTH. AND EVEN TOLD HER: “That was the last dick you’re ever going to touch that isn’t mine,”. LIKE WHAT????! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🤮 HIS REASON WAS TO TEST THE HEROINE IF SHE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO SAVE HERSELF FROM THR STUFF HE WAS THREATENING HER WITH. LIKE OF COURSE YOU DUMBASS.
Also when he made her to give him a BJ, after that he grab the towel and just throw at the heroine’s lap. And immediately just leave her there without even taking her home. What a azzhole hero here. Like i just have to stop myself right there after reading that🙄 NOPE. NO UH….
I IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT THIS BOOK WILL BE A HELL LOT OF TOXICITY 🙄🙄🙄 AND HELL NOOOO. I WILL NOT CONTINUED THIS AFTER THAT SCENE 😒😒😒 LIKE NOPE. EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK AND WHEN THE HERO WAS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER THE BULLYING WAS SUPER ANNOYING AND TOO MUCH🙄🙄🙄 Like childish much?! 🙄 because the hero’s pov is too childish😂😂😂 Many unnecessary childish drama happening🙄 It even hurts my eyes to read cause how childish this is😒 The book says it’s a dark romance, dark romance my ass. This is childish nonsense romance if you ask me🙄
I really don’t like a book that start with that or have scenes like that because that’s not on my lists of books. If you like to read this book then be my guest. I bet after that maybe there’s a happy ending but I will still not continue any further…
I give this book two stars because of the hero is so super over the top possessive and alpha male. And also because the heroine is sweet too. But beside that, the hero is childish and stupid. Not classy and not even a gentleman. Shame 🙄
Even the hero’s pov is too confusing and too childish for me to even understand what he is saying or what he thinks. The hero doesn’t even know how to be a decent human being. Too toxic like in real life human being these days😂😂😂 It give me a headache 🙄
So no.
Never again🙄
👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽Thank you so much for reading my review❤️❤️ For you who loves my review and follow it, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I did not get paid or be told to do a review on a book. I’m here just to write review about a book so i can remember it. Its my honest opinion😚 I didn’t know at first people will find me and follow me and trust me to be honest, I was surprised myself to look at the notifications from people who reach out to me😆 So everything i write down here on a review is based on my personal opinion and based on my true writing. I DID NOT COPY SOMEONE’S REVIEW OR WRITING SKILL because at first when i was using this app for one year i didn’t know how to scroll down on a book and see the reviews from others😂😅🤣 I know, silly me but hey I finally learned my lesson 😛😛😛 Thats why when people assume i copy someone’s review i was like what? Because at first i didn’t know how to use this app properly and i didn’t know how to open someone’s review because for a year i never follow someone or add friends or someone😂😂😂🤣 (I’m laughing so hard) 🤪 AND I NEVER COPY SOMEONE’S REVIEW EVER. IF I WRITE SOMETHING WRONG OR DOESN’T MAKE SENSE PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND BE NICE OKAY. 👈🏽👈🏽👈🏽✋🏽✋🏽 IF YOU'RE BEING MEAN AND NEGATIVE ALREADY WITH A WARNING AND NOT BEING WISE TO ME, I WILL NOT ENTIRELY READ YOUR COMMENT AND REMOVE YOU EASILY AND FAST. I DO NOT TOLERATE NEGATIVE COMMENT SO KNOW YOUR PLACE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I’m writing my disclaimer again here cause many negative people still don't get it or still be stupid enough not to understand my POV when I already write it so many times before. So here I am writing it again to you beautifuls human being😁😁 WHEN YOU READ MY LONG OR SHORT REVIEW, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT A STORY AND CHARACTERS RIGHT... IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEN HERE IT IS: I LIKE A BOOK WITH VERY POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE ALPHA MALE, NO CHEATING, AND PLEASE NO MANWHOR3, NO MANY PUSHING AWAY, NO DOORMAT HEROINES, NO MANY OW DRAMA, NO S3X SCENE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. AND SAFE ALL THE WAY AND A HAPPY ENDING. Something that I don't like it very much if the hero or heroine have a crazy fvcked up personality and likes. Example: killing someone and let the heroine watch it all and push the heroine to lick all the blood of his victim and made her have to eat the meat of humans. and fvcks many woman in front of the heroine while telling her he loves her. I DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF SH*T AT ALL. That's just who I am, that's what I like and I don't like on a book. Maybe you love that, but I don't. We humans are different, we think very differently from one another. You have your likes and I have mine, you have your opinions and I have mine of my own. You think it's stupid of me to love such a book or to not love a book or to hate it whatever lol, I think it's bad you think that way cause I respect people's opinions cause I know for a fact we have our differences. YOU AND ME ARE DIFFERENT FOR PETE'S SAKE. I even have my own friends or people I follow here that shows how much they don't like the book I like, I never even give them a long comment or short Comment. Cause I respect their opinions. I don't like to give people I hard time here cause life itself is already hard enough. I do respect your opinion if you say my review is bad or whatever negative things about it, but in the end of the day I will not changed my mind about what book I dislike and how my thoughts about it. You can't tell me what to do. You can give me advice but it's me who decided to know what's right for me, this is my life and not yours. Read that again. Don’t assume things about me that is not even real, just don’t. cause when you do you’re more small minded for sure. You're thinking why I'm telling you all of this when you already know? Is because you still hating on my opinions and don't understand my POV and don't respect my POV. You think i like writing this disclaimer when obviously you're an adult already? no i personally think this is unnecessary... but because there are people out there who still don't get it *rolling my eyes*. Hopefully they or the people who read this disclaimer can use a beautiful thing called a brain:) AND WHEN YOU READ MY REVIEW, READ IT VERY CLEARLY TO SEE IF I FINISHED THE BOOK OR NOT. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND YES ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WRITING, THEN IT MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH. I DO NOT TOLERATE BULLYING, NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND MEAN WORDS. PLEASE USE A WISE WORDS SO WE DON'T ATTACK EACH OTHER. SIMPLY, I DON’T LIKE TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH STRANGERS LIKE YOU CAUSE I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO😚 BUT IF YOU STILL WANT TO BE AMBER HEARD KARENS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND MY DISCLAIMER AFTER I JUST WRITE IT DOWN, THEN GO ENJOY YOUR DAY AND GO AWAY. IT'S VERY EASY FOR A HUMAN COULD DO YA KNOW. IF YOU STILL HERE HATING ME OR ANNOYED WITH ME, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. NOT ME PROBLEM. HASHTAGS BURN😂😂 DON'T TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY ON ONLINE CAUSE WE ALL A STRANGERS, WE NEVER EVER MEET. WE'RE ADULTS HERE SO LETS BE WISER. LAST, I BLOCK NEGATIVE PEOPLE! SO GET WELL SOON TO THE HATERS. HOPEFULLY YOUR HEART AND MIND WILL BE MORE POSITIVE 🙏🙏🙏 AND THIS DISCLAIMER MAY SEEMS LIKE TOO HARSH ON YOU BUT HEY I DON'T LIKE TO SUGAR COATED THINGS. I LIKE TO SAY TO THE POINT WITH MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OWN THOUGHTS, CAUSE THAT'S HOW HUMANS ARE. WE ARE DIFFERENT REMEMBER👍 HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
AND THEN AFTER THAT THE HERO PULLS HIS JUNK OUT AND PROCEED TO PUT IT IN TO THE HEROINE MOUTH. AND EVEN TOLD HER: “That was the last dick you’re ever going to touch that isn’t mine,”. LIKE WHAT????! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🤮 HIS REASON WAS TO TEST THE HEROINE IF SHE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO SAVE HERSELF FROM THR STUFF HE WAS THREATENING HER WITH. LIKE OF COURSE YOU DUMBASS.
Also when he made her to give him a BJ, after that he grab the towel and just throw at the heroine’s lap. And immediately just leave her there without even taking her home. What a azzhole hero here. Like i just have to stop myself right there after reading that🙄 NOPE. NO UH….
I IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT THIS BOOK WILL BE A HELL LOT OF TOXICITY 🙄🙄🙄 AND HELL NOOOO. I WILL NOT CONTINUED THIS AFTER THAT SCENE 😒😒😒 LIKE NOPE. EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK AND WHEN THE HERO WAS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER THE BULLYING WAS SUPER ANNOYING AND TOO MUCH🙄🙄🙄 Like childish much?! 🙄 because the hero’s pov is too childish😂😂😂 Many unnecessary childish drama happening🙄 It even hurts my eyes to read cause how childish this is😒 The book says it’s a dark romance, dark romance my ass. This is childish nonsense romance if you ask me🙄
I really don’t like a book that start with that or have scenes like that because that’s not on my lists of books. If you like to read this book then be my guest. I bet after that maybe there’s a happy ending but I will still not continue any further…
I give this book two stars because of the hero is so super over the top possessive and alpha male. And also because the heroine is sweet too. But beside that, the hero is childish and stupid. Not classy and not even a gentleman. Shame 🙄
Even the hero’s pov is too confusing and too childish for me to even understand what he is saying or what he thinks. The hero doesn’t even know how to be a decent human being. Too toxic like in real life human being these days😂😂😂 It give me a headache 🙄
So no.
Never again🙄
👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽Thank you so much for reading my review❤️❤️ For you who loves my review and follow it, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I did not get paid or be told to do a review on a book. I’m here just to write review about a book so i can remember it. Its my honest opinion😚 I didn’t know at first people will find me and follow me and trust me to be honest, I was surprised myself to look at the notifications from people who reach out to me😆 So everything i write down here on a review is based on my personal opinion and based on my true writing. I DID NOT COPY SOMEONE’S REVIEW OR WRITING SKILL because at first when i was using this app for one year i didn’t know how to scroll down on a book and see the reviews from others😂😅🤣 I know, silly me but hey I finally learned my lesson 😛😛😛 Thats why when people assume i copy someone’s review i was like what? Because at first i didn’t know how to use this app properly and i didn’t know how to open someone’s review because for a year i never follow someone or add friends or someone😂😂😂🤣 (I’m laughing so hard) 🤪 AND I NEVER COPY SOMEONE’S REVIEW EVER. IF I WRITE SOMETHING WRONG OR DOESN’T MAKE SENSE PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND BE NICE OKAY. 👈🏽👈🏽👈🏽✋🏽✋🏽 IF YOU'RE BEING MEAN AND NEGATIVE ALREADY WITH A WARNING AND NOT BEING WISE TO ME, I WILL NOT ENTIRELY READ YOUR COMMENT AND REMOVE YOU EASILY AND FAST. I DO NOT TOLERATE NEGATIVE COMMENT SO KNOW YOUR PLACE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I’m writing my disclaimer again here cause many negative people still don't get it or still be stupid enough not to understand my POV when I already write it so many times before. So here I am writing it again to you beautifuls human being😁😁 WHEN YOU READ MY LONG OR SHORT REVIEW, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT A STORY AND CHARACTERS RIGHT... IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEN HERE IT IS: I LIKE A BOOK WITH VERY POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE ALPHA MALE, NO CHEATING, AND PLEASE NO MANWHOR3, NO MANY PUSHING AWAY, NO DOORMAT HEROINES, NO MANY OW DRAMA, NO S3X SCENE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. AND SAFE ALL THE WAY AND A HAPPY ENDING. Something that I don't like it very much if the hero or heroine have a crazy fvcked up personality and likes. Example: killing someone and let the heroine watch it all and push the heroine to lick all the blood of his victim and made her have to eat the meat of humans. and fvcks many woman in front of the heroine while telling her he loves her. I DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF SH*T AT ALL. That's just who I am, that's what I like and I don't like on a book. Maybe you love that, but I don't. We humans are different, we think very differently from one another. You have your likes and I have mine, you have your opinions and I have mine of my own. You think it's stupid of me to love such a book or to not love a book or to hate it whatever lol, I think it's bad you think that way cause I respect people's opinions cause I know for a fact we have our differences. YOU AND ME ARE DIFFERENT FOR PETE'S SAKE. I even have my own friends or people I follow here that shows how much they don't like the book I like, I never even give them a long comment or short Comment. Cause I respect their opinions. I don't like to give people I hard time here cause life itself is already hard enough. I do respect your opinion if you say my review is bad or whatever negative things about it, but in the end of the day I will not changed my mind about what book I dislike and how my thoughts about it. You can't tell me what to do. You can give me advice but it's me who decided to know what's right for me, this is my life and not yours. Read that again. Don’t assume things about me that is not even real, just don’t. cause when you do you’re more small minded for sure. You're thinking why I'm telling you all of this when you already know? Is because you still hating on my opinions and don't understand my POV and don't respect my POV. You think i like writing this disclaimer when obviously you're an adult already? no i personally think this is unnecessary... but because there are people out there who still don't get it *rolling my eyes*. Hopefully they or the people who read this disclaimer can use a beautiful thing called a brain:) AND WHEN YOU READ MY REVIEW, READ IT VERY CLEARLY TO SEE IF I FINISHED THE BOOK OR NOT. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND YES ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WRITING, THEN IT MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH. I DO NOT TOLERATE BULLYING, NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND MEAN WORDS. PLEASE USE A WISE WORDS SO WE DON'T ATTACK EACH OTHER. SIMPLY, I DON’T LIKE TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH STRANGERS LIKE YOU CAUSE I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO😚 BUT IF YOU STILL WANT TO BE AMBER HEARD KARENS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND MY DISCLAIMER AFTER I JUST WRITE IT DOWN, THEN GO ENJOY YOUR DAY AND GO AWAY. IT'S VERY EASY FOR A HUMAN COULD DO YA KNOW. IF YOU STILL HERE HATING ME OR ANNOYED WITH ME, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. NOT ME PROBLEM. HASHTAGS BURN😂😂 DON'T TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY ON ONLINE CAUSE WE ALL A STRANGERS, WE NEVER EVER MEET. WE'RE ADULTS HERE SO LETS BE WISER. LAST, I BLOCK NEGATIVE PEOPLE! SO GET WELL SOON TO THE HATERS. HOPEFULLY YOUR HEART AND MIND WILL BE MORE POSITIVE 🙏🙏🙏 AND THIS DISCLAIMER MAY SEEMS LIKE TOO HARSH ON YOU BUT HEY I DON'T LIKE TO SUGAR COATED THINGS. I LIKE TO SAY TO THE POINT WITH MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OWN THOUGHTS, CAUSE THAT'S HOW HUMANS ARE. WE ARE DIFFERENT REMEMBER👍 HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
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November 21, 2022
Ermergerd…
Greyson Devereux, the star left wing for Crown Point University’s hockey team, has a sordid past.
With his secrets threatened by the former dancer, Violet Reece, he sets about a plan to keep her quiet. What he doesn’t expect is to become enamored with her in the process.
I can’t say there weren’t a few times that I didn’t despise Grey. BUT, I FLOVED him in equal measure. Grey is top tier obsessed and I’m about it. I can’t wait to see what happens next at Crown Point University!!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩😳🤬🥵😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Contemporary Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Blackmail, Bully, College
💋 Kinks: Primal, Orgäsm Denial, Somnophilia, Edging, Exhibitionism, Breath Play
⚠️ Warning: This book may cause blushing, squirming, combusting panties, and/or self-care.
🚩 Safety Squad: There are triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Brutal Obsession is a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
Greyson Devereux, the star left wing for Crown Point University’s hockey team, has a sordid past.
With his secrets threatened by the former dancer, Violet Reece, he sets about a plan to keep her quiet. What he doesn’t expect is to become enamored with her in the process.
I can’t say there weren’t a few times that I didn’t despise Grey. BUT, I FLOVED him in equal measure. Grey is top tier obsessed and I’m about it. I can’t wait to see what happens next at Crown Point University!!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😩😳🤬🥵😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Contemporary Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Blackmail, Bully, College
💋 Kinks: Primal, Orgäsm Denial, Somnophilia, Edging, Exhibitionism, Breath Play
⚠️ Warning: This book may cause blushing, squirming, combusting panties, and/or self-care.
🚩 Safety Squad: There are triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Brutal Obsession is a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
July 31, 2024
1 star
What in the literary garbage?! Calling this a book is an insult to trees that died for its paper. I love happily ever afters, always. But i would've loved it if this ended with Violet dumping that daddy's fucking princess 'Greyson' because THAT BITCH IS SO DELUSIONAL & UGLY!
I never had expectations for this book, i knew it would be bad, but it turned out worse. I just wanted to read book three, and damn if I didn't suffer from this.
• Whiny daddy's little princess Greyson is the dumbest, ickiest, and ugliest motherfucker ever alive. My anger issues are not in check because this guy? He's a piece of shit. I can't believe he tried to bring daddy issues into his personality because dude, fuck off, no one gives a shit. he had the audacity to be angry at her for FORRRRR FILING A LAWSUIT BECAUSE HE ENDED HER CAREER??!!
• Violet is just horny. tbh I don't even want to blame her because she got blackmailed a lot by Greyson, BUT she could've been stronger (my previous read's FMC would've killed Greyson if he so much as said a word to her). But here she was literally defenseless. I mean, make him obsessed and dump his ass gurl!
It copied the cutest MF scene from my favorite book, The Deal, in the worst way possible, and the mystery here sucked. It was boring and made this book even more unbearable.
• Aside from:
- Shattering Violet's leg in a car accident while being drunk
- Blaming it on the girl that was with him
- Blackmailing and leaking her video with her boyfriend, labeling her as a 'slut'
- Dumping wine over her head in public and making crude remarks
- Making her give a blowjob to his friend Steele and then having a BJ too
- Finger-fucking her forcefully against a wall + cutting her breath at that time too
- Kissing another girl in front of the whole university after having 'forced sex' with her
- Pressing her scars
- Even after half the book, having the girl named Paris cling to her
- The worst? When he tackles her to the ground, HE DIDN'T EVEN TURN HIS BACK TO THE GROUND (bitch how dare you!!!!)
Umm... Erik's character was kind of mysterious and cool ig?, but guess what? HE'S NOT GETTING HIS FUCKING BOOK 🤡
Willow & Miles better have an amazing story because I love, love Willow here. Knox is dating her because of a bet – that moron – but I'm glad it's not a typical bet story, and she'll be with his brother ✋🏻
﹒⪩⪨﹒ratings ﹒⪩⪨﹒
• Brutal Obsession – 1 star
• Devious Obsession [Steele & Aspen] – tbr
• Secret Obsession [Miles & Willow] – tbr
• Twisted Obsession [Jacob & Melody] – tbr
• Fierce Obsession [Knox & Aurora] – tbr
What in the literary garbage?! Calling this a book is an insult to trees that died for its paper. I love happily ever afters, always. But i would've loved it if this ended with Violet dumping that daddy's fucking princess 'Greyson' because THAT BITCH IS SO DELUSIONAL & UGLY!
I never had expectations for this book, i knew it would be bad, but it turned out worse. I just wanted to read book three, and damn if I didn't suffer from this.
• Whiny daddy's little princess Greyson is the dumbest, ickiest, and ugliest motherfucker ever alive. My anger issues are not in check because this guy? He's a piece of shit. I can't believe he tried to bring daddy issues into his personality because dude, fuck off, no one gives a shit. he had the audacity to be angry at her for FORRRRR FILING A LAWSUIT BECAUSE HE ENDED HER CAREER??!!
• Violet is just horny. tbh I don't even want to blame her because she got blackmailed a lot by Greyson, BUT she could've been stronger (my previous read's FMC would've killed Greyson if he so much as said a word to her). But here she was literally defenseless. I mean, make him obsessed and dump his ass gurl!
It copied the cutest MF scene from my favorite book, The Deal, in the worst way possible, and the mystery here sucked. It was boring and made this book even more unbearable.
• Aside from:
- Shattering Violet's leg in a car accident while being drunk
- Blaming it on the girl that was with him
- Blackmailing and leaking her video with her boyfriend, labeling her as a 'slut'
- Dumping wine over her head in public and making crude remarks
- Making her give a blowjob to his friend Steele and then having a BJ too
- Finger-fucking her forcefully against a wall + cutting her breath at that time too
- Kissing another girl in front of the whole university after having 'forced sex' with her
- Pressing her scars
- Even after half the book, having the girl named Paris cling to her
- The worst? When he tackles her to the ground, HE DIDN'T EVEN TURN HIS BACK TO THE GROUND (bitch how dare you!!!!)
Umm... Erik's character was kind of mysterious and cool ig?, but guess what? HE'S NOT GETTING HIS FUCKING BOOK 🤡
Willow & Miles better have an amazing story because I love, love Willow here. Knox is dating her because of a bet – that moron – but I'm glad it's not a typical bet story, and she'll be with his brother ✋🏻
﹒⪩⪨﹒ratings ﹒⪩⪨﹒
• Brutal Obsession – 1 star
• Devious Obsession [Steele & Aspen] – tbr
• Secret Obsession [Miles & Willow] – tbr
• Twisted Obsession [Jacob & Melody] – tbr
• Fierce Obsession [Knox & Aurora] – tbr
July 11, 2023
this set women's rights back 500 years.
Did Not Finish
December 2, 2022DNF @ 7% - I was hearing all the buzz on this one. I’ve enjoyed NA books by this author before. I got a bunch of spoilers that seemed like red flags, but I always try these books because I know that some of my all time favorite books I would never have touched if I’d had spoilers first
(**cough** UNTOUCHABLE **cough**)
HOWEVER, I just can’t get on board with this hero. He drives drunk. Crashes into the h’s car. Flees the scene and tries to pin it on the random girl he picked up from the bar. And hides. Like a baby-man pansy COWARD. AND THEN he bullies the h because she pressed charges. 👀🤔😒 As if the h was supposed to cover for a stranger who all but crippled her. She was a dancer and he completely wrecked her future with his selfish actions. Yes. HE bullies HER. The victim. He never takes responsibility for it. He runs and hides. Yuck. There’s no way I’ll ever like him. And knowing that he publicly humiliates the h and calls her “gimp” and makes her blow his friend… and allows all his teammates watch him have sex with her. Nope.
I saw people try to say he’s like Sam Mariano’s Carter, but I couldn’t disagree more. Carter might not be a groveler, but he’s not someone who would run from his responsibility. He’d be aware of his privilege and probably not much would happen to him for his crimes, but he would not run and hide and blame some random girl. That’s not the style of a Mariano hero at all. 🤷🏼♀️
(**cough** UNTOUCHABLE **cough**)
HOWEVER, I just can’t get on board with this hero. He drives drunk. Crashes into the h’s car. Flees the scene and tries to pin it on the random girl he picked up from the bar. And hides. Like a baby-man pansy COWARD. AND THEN he bullies the h because she pressed charges. 👀🤔😒 As if the h was supposed to cover for a stranger who all but crippled her. She was a dancer and he completely wrecked her future with his selfish actions. Yes. HE bullies HER. The victim. He never takes responsibility for it. He runs and hides. Yuck. There’s no way I’ll ever like him. And knowing that he publicly humiliates the h and calls her “gimp” and makes her blow his friend… and allows all his teammates watch him have sex with her. Nope.
I saw people try to say he’s like Sam Mariano’s Carter, but I couldn’t disagree more. Carter might not be a groveler, but he’s not someone who would run from his responsibility. He’d be aware of his privilege and probably not much would happen to him for his crimes, but he would not run and hide and blame some random girl. That’s not the style of a Mariano hero at all. 🤷🏼♀️
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September 6, 2023Do you ever wonder what the heck you just read?
Yea, that is me with this book.
I don't even know how to rate this. Between the shitty parents, the weird bully romance, and the many stalkers, idk what was happening half the time.
The author should really pick a struggle. Despite all of this, I couldn't stop reading it.
Make it make sense.
I am never trusting booksta and booktok again😤
Yea, that is me with this book.
I don't even know how to rate this. Between the shitty parents, the weird bully romance, and the many stalkers, idk what was happening half the time.
The author should really pick a struggle. Despite all of this, I couldn't stop reading it.
Make it make sense.
I am never trusting booksta and booktok again😤
January 11, 2024
inspired me to never talk to a man again
April 19, 2024
i love nasty men but imbeciles is where i draw the line
November 20, 2023
1⭐️
If this man existed I’d be running for the sake of my mentality.
Greysons ego is bigger than his dick and that’s really hard to achieve
⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅
╰┈➤ Play "Bad Things"- Machine Gun Kelly, Camila Cabello
"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙜. 𝙊𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙨. 𝙊𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙚? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚."
🚩He’s the moodiest guy I’ve ever met. Like I don’t get him sometimes (and I don’t want to understand him but I guess I have to)
🚩A childish loser who can’t take responsibility for his OWN actions
🚩FORCED AND BLACKMAILED the fmc to the point where he forced her to SUCK his friend
🚩The fmc is the biggest doormat I’ve ever met
🚩 I think Greyson fucked her so hard literally he banged her head against the wall multiple times that i think she had memory loss cause she forgot all the horrible things the mmc did to her
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
𝙎𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?"
Greyson our mmc decided to drive really fast one day and he hit our fmc. This loser can’t admit he’s at fault so he makes his date take the fall for him while his daddy sorts it out.
HE is the one who hit our fmc Violet and yet he’s mad at her when the police found out that it was him who hit her car and then he got arrested for it. Like what???💀 He was so angry that he vowed to make her life hell when this dumb bitch was the one who LITERALLY HIT HER??! Like hello she didn’t ask to be hit that day she lost her ability to dance after the accident and he only lost his reputation. He’s being a bitch about it by telling her she ruined his whole life, WHEN BITCH SHE CAN’T EVEN DANCE ANYMORE.
"𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥. 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩-𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙩."
Violet our fmc where to start… She annoyed me so much. If you thought you were supposed to feel bad for her… then no you won’t. She is the biggest doormat I have ever met. She let Greyson do whatever he wanted with her. I was like a girl… kick him in his nuts or something… fight back? Okay what really drew the line was when Greyson blackmailed her with violating NDA. It’s a type of agreement where she’s not allowed to disclose any information on the accident or claim any statements without evidence or something regarding him hitting her. So in the locker room he tricked her by asking her about the accident and she replied “you hit me”, which violated NDA and he even recorded it. SO THIS DUMBASS blackmailed her with the video where if she doesn’t want the video out SHE HAS TO GIVE HIS FRIEND STEELE A BLOWJOB. HUH??? It was to “test” her to see how far she would go. So… Violet did it and here's where the moody bitch comes in. HE GETS MAD THAT SHE’S SUCKING HIS FRIEND WHEN HE’S THE ONE WHO FORCED HER TO. Then after she’s done with his friend, he's really mad so he then forces her AGAIN to give HIM a blowjob this time.
"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚," 𝙄 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧.
Oh my god then like a few days later after the locker scene, they had sex when not long ago babes he forced you to bj his friend. AND YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT? I think he hit her head against the wall too hard when they were banging. I can't with this book.
𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟏/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟑
Greysons ego is bigger than his dick and that's hard to achieve.
He belongs in the 🗑️
No absolutely not. Lines were crossed and drawn when this dumb bitch forced the fmc to SUCK his friend off to "test" her
RTC maybe if I can mentally prepare myself to open this book again.
If this man existed I’d be running for the sake of my mentality.
Greysons ego is bigger than his dick and that’s really hard to achieve
⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅
╰┈➤ Play "Bad Things"- Machine Gun Kelly, Camila Cabello
"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙜. 𝙊𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙨. 𝙊𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙚? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚."
🚩He’s the moodiest guy I’ve ever met. Like I don’t get him sometimes (and I don’t want to understand him but I guess I have to)
🚩A childish loser who can’t take responsibility for his OWN actions
🚩FORCED AND BLACKMAILED the fmc to the point where he forced her to SUCK his friend
🚩The fmc is the biggest doormat I’ve ever met
🚩 I think Greyson fucked her so hard literally he banged her head against the wall multiple times that i think she had memory loss cause she forgot all the horrible things the mmc did to her
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
𝙎𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?"
Greyson our mmc decided to drive really fast one day and he hit our fmc. This loser can’t admit he’s at fault so he makes his date take the fall for him while his daddy sorts it out.
HE is the one who hit our fmc Violet and yet he’s mad at her when the police found out that it was him who hit her car and then he got arrested for it. Like what???💀 He was so angry that he vowed to make her life hell when this dumb bitch was the one who LITERALLY HIT HER??! Like hello she didn’t ask to be hit that day she lost her ability to dance after the accident and he only lost his reputation. He’s being a bitch about it by telling her she ruined his whole life, WHEN BITCH SHE CAN’T EVEN DANCE ANYMORE.
"𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥. 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩-𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙩."
Violet our fmc where to start… She annoyed me so much. If you thought you were supposed to feel bad for her… then no you won’t. She is the biggest doormat I have ever met. She let Greyson do whatever he wanted with her. I was like a girl… kick him in his nuts or something… fight back? Okay what really drew the line was when Greyson blackmailed her with violating NDA. It’s a type of agreement where she’s not allowed to disclose any information on the accident or claim any statements without evidence or something regarding him hitting her. So in the locker room he tricked her by asking her about the accident and she replied “you hit me”, which violated NDA and he even recorded it. SO THIS DUMBASS blackmailed her with the video where if she doesn’t want the video out SHE HAS TO GIVE HIS FRIEND STEELE A BLOWJOB. HUH??? It was to “test” her to see how far she would go. So… Violet did it and here's where the moody bitch comes in. HE GETS MAD THAT SHE’S SUCKING HIS FRIEND WHEN HE’S THE ONE WHO FORCED HER TO. Then after she’s done with his friend, he's really mad so he then forces her AGAIN to give HIM a blowjob this time.
"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚," 𝙄 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧.
Oh my god then like a few days later after the locker scene, they had sex when not long ago babes he forced you to bj his friend. AND YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT? I think he hit her head against the wall too hard when they were banging. I can't with this book.
𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟏/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟑
Greysons ego is bigger than his dick and that's hard to achieve.
He belongs in the 🗑️
No absolutely not. Lines were crossed and drawn when this dumb bitch forced the fmc to SUCK his friend off to "test" her
RTC maybe if I can mentally prepare myself to open this book again.
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August 25, 2023he has a small dick, don't let the fmc fool you she has brain damage bc he hit her with his car.
January 18, 2023
"How many ways can a person break before they can be re-shaped into something new?"
Greyson Devereux.
A god on the ice. And a devil off of it.
Or maybe a devil all the time.
At least to Violet Reece.
One night. One car crash.
Greyson ruined her life.
Violet ruined his.
Now they are going to the same school.
But the past is far from over.
Greyson can't get Violet out of his mind.
And he has no plan on making her go down easy.
"You ruined a whole lot for me. So how about I do the same to you?"
For those of you who know me you know that this book is really special to me. Sara Massery started this whole universe with this book and it will forever be one of my all-time favorites (as you know since I recommend it all the time).
This is very dark so you were warned but OMFG it is so worth it.
Somehow (I didn't know it was possible) I loved it more now in the reread. Greyson and Violet will forever be cemented in my mind and this whole dark twisted book will forever live in my heart. Loved it from the first chapter and this reread will be EVERYTHING 💓💓
(Also shout out to the Steele chapter on the ice because as I have said before that scene ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY I SWEAR)
"I guess there's a thin line between being a demon on the ice and off of it."
You have Violet Reece. Previous ballet dancer. And I say previous because of one man only. Greyson Devereux. I swear when I first picked up this book I was like "Am I seriously going to read a book about a hockey player hitting a girl with their car and they fall in love?" and the answer is simply… YES. YES I AM. And I am going to recommend it. Now this is hardcore bully romance as you can tell by the last sentence but I promise if you take a chance on this series you will not regret it!! Violet and Greyson have a special place in my heart and my head and I pray they will never go away. Greyson being the toxic morally grey man that he is and Violet being the girl with the dark side - LOVE IT!! To the book that started it all 🩷🩷
"She walked into my trap, and now she's mine."
"I'm always going to be the monster hunting you down. I'm always going to be right behind you wherever you go."
Now, the playlist is very much "Brutal Obsession" if that makes sense and I am very proud (cue tear shed) 😇😇
(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7An... )
🎵 "Enter Sandman" - Alessia Cara, The Warning
🎵 "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" - Taylor Swift
🎵 "Feel Like GOD" - NIKKO, Kiraw
🎵 "favorite sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Beauty" - Layto
🎵 "The Wolf" - The Spencer Lee Band
🎵 "Moth To A Flame" - Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd
🎵 "happy ending" - Bailey Spinn
🎵 "I Want To" - Rosenfeld
🎵 "Dance Without You" - Skylar Grey
🎵 "the AUDACITY" - emlyn
🎵 "STFD" - TeZATalks
🎵 "Take What You Want" - Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott
🎵 "Selfish" - Madison Beer
🎵 "Fire Up the Night" - New Medicine
🎵 "Eve" - Precious Pepala
🎵 "Sinner" - Of Virtue
🎵 "Feel Me Now" - If Not For Me
🎵 "Love Made Me Do It" - Ellise
🎵 "Talk" - Retronaut, Salvatore Ganacci
🎵 "IF THERE IS A GOD, IT'S ME" - PLVTINUM
🎵 "Heaven" - Julia Michaels
🎵 "Saints of the Sinners" - The Faim
🎵 "Saints" - Echos
🎵 "RUNRUNRUN" - Dutch Melrose
🎵 "Parasite" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "House of Memories - Slowed Down Version" - Panic! At The Disco
🎵 "HEARTBEAT" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Animal" - Chase Holfelder
🎵 "The American Nightmare" - Ice Nine Kills
🎵 "Tear You Apart" - She Wants Revenge
🎵 "engravings" - Ethan Bortnick
🎵 "Mad Hatter" - Melanie Martinez
🎵 "Toxic" - omido, Rick Jansen
🎵 "Renegade" - Aaryan Shah
🎵 "Oxytocin" - Billie Eilish
🎵 "Scream" - Besomorph, RIELL
🎵 "Big Bad Wolf" - Roses & Revolutions
🎵 "I JUST REMEMBERED I HATE YOU" - lil aaron
🎵 "Sick Thoughts" - Lou Bliss
🎵 "Darkside" - grandsom
🎵 "Every Breath You Take" - Chase Holfelder
🎵 "Twisted" - MISSIO
🎵 "Imaginary" - Evanescence
🎵 "In Too Deep" - Why Don't We
🎵 "Don't Blame Me" - Halocene
🎵 "What's It Like" - You Me At Six
🎵 "Devil Side" - Foxes
🎵 "you broke me first" - Our Last Night
🎵 "Cross" - Echos
🎵 "she's all I wanna be" - Tate McRae
🎵 "Angel With A Shotgun" - The Cab
🎵 "Narcissist" - Lauren Spencer Smith
🎵 "Taste" - Ari Abdul
🎵 "Hate Me" - Nico Collins
🎵 "Colors - Stripped" - Halsey
🎵 "Just Pretend" - Bad Omens
🎵 "The Chain" - Evanescence
🎵 "stalker" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Seven Nation Army" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Venom" - Icon For Hire
🎵 "Harder To Breathe" - Letdown.
🎵 "Fake Fiction" - Picturesque
🎵 "Suffocate City" - The Funeral Portrait, Ice Nine Kills
🎵 "Burn" - Tom Walker
🎵 "lovely liar" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Do Your Worst" - Outline In Color, Loveless
🎵 "Bleed" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "Say My Name" - NELLO
🎵 "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" - Halocene
🎵 "All I Need" - Within Temptation
🎵 "Dirtier Thoughts" - Nation Haven
🎵 "BABYDOLL" - Ari Abdul
🎵 "vicious" - Tate McRae
🎵 "Not Dead Yet" - Fame on Fire
🎵 "Call Me a Saint" - YONAKA
🎵 "BLURRY" - Neoni
🎵 "Good Girl" - Thomas LaRosa
🎵 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎵 "Careful What You Wish For (the doctor said to)" - Jack Harris
🎵 "Way down We Go" - KALEO
🎵 "Call Out My Name - Live" - The Weeknd
🎵 "Me and the Devil" - Soap&Skin
🎵 "Morally Grey" - April Jai
🎵 "Like A God" - Lia Maria Johnson
And because you know I love it - spice is turned up to 11 and this is just the first book of the series 😈😈
"You're mine. Your mouth is mine. Your cunt is mine. Every fucking thought that runs through your head belongs to me."
"I want to hear you. I want anyone who lingers here to know exactly who's fucking you."
"Your cunt looks like it was made to hold my cum."
🏒 Tropes 🏒
🩰 Dark Romance
🩰 Sports Romance (Hockey)
🩰 Bully Romance
🩰 Hate to Love
Book Edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/C-cxlvQok...
Greyson Devereux.
A god on the ice. And a devil off of it.
Or maybe a devil all the time.
At least to Violet Reece.
One night. One car crash.
Greyson ruined her life.
Violet ruined his.
Now they are going to the same school.
But the past is far from over.
Greyson can't get Violet out of his mind.
And he has no plan on making her go down easy.
"You ruined a whole lot for me. So how about I do the same to you?"
For those of you who know me you know that this book is really special to me. Sara Massery started this whole universe with this book and it will forever be one of my all-time favorites (as you know since I recommend it all the time).
This is very dark so you were warned but OMFG it is so worth it.
Somehow (I didn't know it was possible) I loved it more now in the reread. Greyson and Violet will forever be cemented in my mind and this whole dark twisted book will forever live in my heart. Loved it from the first chapter and this reread will be EVERYTHING 💓💓
(Also shout out to the Steele chapter on the ice because as I have said before that scene ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY I SWEAR)
"I guess there's a thin line between being a demon on the ice and off of it."
You have Violet Reece. Previous ballet dancer. And I say previous because of one man only. Greyson Devereux. I swear when I first picked up this book I was like "Am I seriously going to read a book about a hockey player hitting a girl with their car and they fall in love?" and the answer is simply… YES. YES I AM. And I am going to recommend it. Now this is hardcore bully romance as you can tell by the last sentence but I promise if you take a chance on this series you will not regret it!! Violet and Greyson have a special place in my heart and my head and I pray they will never go away. Greyson being the toxic morally grey man that he is and Violet being the girl with the dark side - LOVE IT!! To the book that started it all 🩷🩷
"She walked into my trap, and now she's mine."
"I'm always going to be the monster hunting you down. I'm always going to be right behind you wherever you go."
Now, the playlist is very much "Brutal Obsession" if that makes sense and I am very proud (cue tear shed) 😇😇
(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7An... )
🎵 "Enter Sandman" - Alessia Cara, The Warning
🎵 "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" - Taylor Swift
🎵 "Feel Like GOD" - NIKKO, Kiraw
🎵 "favorite sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Beauty" - Layto
🎵 "The Wolf" - The Spencer Lee Band
🎵 "Moth To A Flame" - Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd
🎵 "happy ending" - Bailey Spinn
🎵 "I Want To" - Rosenfeld
🎵 "Dance Without You" - Skylar Grey
🎵 "the AUDACITY" - emlyn
🎵 "STFD" - TeZATalks
🎵 "Take What You Want" - Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott
🎵 "Selfish" - Madison Beer
🎵 "Fire Up the Night" - New Medicine
🎵 "Eve" - Precious Pepala
🎵 "Sinner" - Of Virtue
🎵 "Feel Me Now" - If Not For Me
🎵 "Love Made Me Do It" - Ellise
🎵 "Talk" - Retronaut, Salvatore Ganacci
🎵 "IF THERE IS A GOD, IT'S ME" - PLVTINUM
🎵 "Heaven" - Julia Michaels
🎵 "Saints of the Sinners" - The Faim
🎵 "Saints" - Echos
🎵 "RUNRUNRUN" - Dutch Melrose
🎵 "Parasite" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "House of Memories - Slowed Down Version" - Panic! At The Disco
🎵 "HEARTBEAT" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Animal" - Chase Holfelder
🎵 "The American Nightmare" - Ice Nine Kills
🎵 "Tear You Apart" - She Wants Revenge
🎵 "engravings" - Ethan Bortnick
🎵 "Mad Hatter" - Melanie Martinez
🎵 "Toxic" - omido, Rick Jansen
🎵 "Renegade" - Aaryan Shah
🎵 "Oxytocin" - Billie Eilish
🎵 "Scream" - Besomorph, RIELL
🎵 "Big Bad Wolf" - Roses & Revolutions
🎵 "I JUST REMEMBERED I HATE YOU" - lil aaron
🎵 "Sick Thoughts" - Lou Bliss
🎵 "Darkside" - grandsom
🎵 "Every Breath You Take" - Chase Holfelder
🎵 "Twisted" - MISSIO
🎵 "Imaginary" - Evanescence
🎵 "In Too Deep" - Why Don't We
🎵 "Don't Blame Me" - Halocene
🎵 "What's It Like" - You Me At Six
🎵 "Devil Side" - Foxes
🎵 "you broke me first" - Our Last Night
🎵 "Cross" - Echos
🎵 "she's all I wanna be" - Tate McRae
🎵 "Angel With A Shotgun" - The Cab
🎵 "Narcissist" - Lauren Spencer Smith
🎵 "Taste" - Ari Abdul
🎵 "Hate Me" - Nico Collins
🎵 "Colors - Stripped" - Halsey
🎵 "Just Pretend" - Bad Omens
🎵 "The Chain" - Evanescence
🎵 "stalker" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Seven Nation Army" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Venom" - Icon For Hire
🎵 "Harder To Breathe" - Letdown.
🎵 "Fake Fiction" - Picturesque
🎵 "Suffocate City" - The Funeral Portrait, Ice Nine Kills
🎵 "Burn" - Tom Walker
🎵 "lovely liar" - Stevie Howie
🎵 "Do Your Worst" - Outline In Color, Loveless
🎵 "Bleed" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "Say My Name" - NELLO
🎵 "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" - Halocene
🎵 "All I Need" - Within Temptation
🎵 "Dirtier Thoughts" - Nation Haven
🎵 "BABYDOLL" - Ari Abdul
🎵 "vicious" - Tate McRae
🎵 "Not Dead Yet" - Fame on Fire
🎵 "Call Me a Saint" - YONAKA
🎵 "BLURRY" - Neoni
🎵 "Good Girl" - Thomas LaRosa
🎵 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎵 "Careful What You Wish For (the doctor said to)" - Jack Harris
🎵 "Way down We Go" - KALEO
🎵 "Call Out My Name - Live" - The Weeknd
🎵 "Me and the Devil" - Soap&Skin
🎵 "Morally Grey" - April Jai
🎵 "Like A God" - Lia Maria Johnson
And because you know I love it - spice is turned up to 11 and this is just the first book of the series 😈😈
"You're mine. Your mouth is mine. Your cunt is mine. Every fucking thought that runs through your head belongs to me."
"I want to hear you. I want anyone who lingers here to know exactly who's fucking you."
"Your cunt looks like it was made to hold my cum."
🏒 Tropes 🏒
🩰 Dark Romance
🩰 Sports Romance (Hockey)
🩰 Bully Romance
🩰 Hate to Love
Book Edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/C-cxlvQok...
April 10, 2023
one day s massery will answer for her crimes at the hague
December 3, 2022
Boooooooooo! DNF at 30% I think
Greyson and Violet have ZERO chemistry. Violet is a push over which would be fine if the smut was good. But the smut is bad, the story is bad, and the characters are unlikeable.
Greyson is the definition of a rich entitled prick. Fine. He gets drunk, hits Violet’s car, ruins her dance career. Also fine. Time jump 6 mo. They are at the same university, run into eachother and Greyson decides to ruin her life some more because he got in a tiny bit of trouble for nearly killing her. That was unsavory becuase I was expecting some sort of obsession to start when they first meet again… but it doesn’t. Whatever’s fine. From here they go from 0 to 60. One minute he’s embarrassing her in a bar and pouring a drink over her head…. After he released a sex tape of her, and the next minute he’s finger f*cling her in an alley. We’re told she orgasms but that’s the extent of t he description of her enjoyment or lack there of the encounter. There were no angsty moments leading up to this. Then they go abt their lives. They eventually have sex….again the same day that he blackmails her into blowing his teammate. She doesn’t seem to care much in the moment but throws up later. No internal dialogue abt why she gave in with zero hesitation, or if she was secretly into it, no major thoughts about it being disgusting or horrifying. Nope. She devotes like maybe 2 sentences to noting that I was wierd she just gave in and maybe she should feel ashamed and the pukes. Which would be fine if she didn’t screw him later.
I think the smut scenes keep happening from his point of view maybe. I dont remember. But there was a level of apathy from both characters. That just made the already nonsensical plot more ridiculous.
There are much better bully romances out there. Also I picked up this book because it was recommended for the girlies that love and OTT possessive H that doesn’t take no for an answer….. but he literally shares her and then tells her that if she wants him to stop just say “stop” and he will…… sooo yea I was lied to.
Greyson and Violet have ZERO chemistry. Violet is a push over which would be fine if the smut was good. But the smut is bad, the story is bad, and the characters are unlikeable.
Greyson is the definition of a rich entitled prick. Fine. He gets drunk, hits Violet’s car, ruins her dance career. Also fine. Time jump 6 mo. They are at the same university, run into eachother and Greyson decides to ruin her life some more because he got in a tiny bit of trouble for nearly killing her. That was unsavory becuase I was expecting some sort of obsession to start when they first meet again… but it doesn’t. Whatever’s fine. From here they go from 0 to 60. One minute he’s embarrassing her in a bar and pouring a drink over her head…. After he released a sex tape of her, and the next minute he’s finger f*cling her in an alley. We’re told she orgasms but that’s the extent of t he description of her enjoyment or lack there of the encounter. There were no angsty moments leading up to this. Then they go abt their lives. They eventually have sex….again the same day that he blackmails her into blowing his teammate. She doesn’t seem to care much in the moment but throws up later. No internal dialogue abt why she gave in with zero hesitation, or if she was secretly into it, no major thoughts about it being disgusting or horrifying. Nope. She devotes like maybe 2 sentences to noting that I was wierd she just gave in and maybe she should feel ashamed and the pukes. Which would be fine if she didn’t screw him later.
I think the smut scenes keep happening from his point of view maybe. I dont remember. But there was a level of apathy from both characters. That just made the already nonsensical plot more ridiculous.
There are much better bully romances out there. Also I picked up this book because it was recommended for the girlies that love and OTT possessive H that doesn’t take no for an answer….. but he literally shares her and then tells her that if she wants him to stop just say “stop” and he will…… sooo yea I was lied to.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 26, 2022
4 STARS
If you know me even a little then you already know that I love my fictional men mean. Like MEAN. Ya know? I want to hate them for the majority of the book and then I need them to change my mind irrevocably at the end. And Greyson Devereux is a menace to my ovaries if I ever found one. I am OBSESSED. Completely obsessed. And if you're a fan of the bully romance trope, this book is not to be missed.
So let's see. Greyson is a cocky, rich and privileged with some extreme daddy issues. Coming home one night he gets into an accident that causes a severe injury to the other car's occupant. So what's a guy to do? Put his date in the driver's seat, check to make sure the other occupant is alive, call his dad, and then escape the scene of the crime. Suffice it to say he's not a good guy.
Now look, if this already sounds like it isn't your cup of tea, then I suggest skipping this one. This girl? Needed a good redemption arc and happy to report I got one.
Violet Reece is back at school following an accident that took the dream of dancing from her. So imagine her surprise when the guy behind the wheel of the other car that night of the accident is at her school, and looking at her like she did something wrong.
Thu begins their back and forth dance of hate lust, pure hate, blackmail, bullying, and unwanted attraction. I saw the author mention that this is the darkest book she's ever written, and while I didn't find it to be particularly dark, I can see it won't be for everyone. There's dubcon, blackmail, and bullying. And while I love my MFC with a backbone and thought Violet gave in too easily in some parts, I did love the way she fought back in others. One scene of blackmail in a locker room particularly comes to mind. But I digress.
Was this book a sweet romance? Not even a little. Did I find it dark? No, but it certainly had dark undercurrents. Was it addictive? Very much so. Do I need to read everything else by this author immediately? Absolutely.
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She’s breathing hard, although I’m not sure if she realizes it. Her chest rises and falls rapidly. It’s an elixir I didn’t know I needed, so I open my mouth and give the only order she’ll listen to. “Run.”
If you know me even a little then you already know that I love my fictional men mean. Like MEAN. Ya know? I want to hate them for the majority of the book and then I need them to change my mind irrevocably at the end. And Greyson Devereux is a menace to my ovaries if I ever found one. I am OBSESSED. Completely obsessed. And if you're a fan of the bully romance trope, this book is not to be missed.
So let's see. Greyson is a cocky, rich and privileged with some extreme daddy issues. Coming home one night he gets into an accident that causes a severe injury to the other car's occupant. So what's a guy to do? Put his date in the driver's seat, check to make sure the other occupant is alive, call his dad, and then escape the scene of the crime. Suffice it to say he's not a good guy.
Now look, if this already sounds like it isn't your cup of tea, then I suggest skipping this one. This girl? Needed a good redemption arc and happy to report I got one.
Violet Reece is back at school following an accident that took the dream of dancing from her. So imagine her surprise when the guy behind the wheel of the other car that night of the accident is at her school, and looking at her like she did something wrong.
Thu begins their back and forth dance of hate lust, pure hate, blackmail, bullying, and unwanted attraction. I saw the author mention that this is the darkest book she's ever written, and while I didn't find it to be particularly dark, I can see it won't be for everyone. There's dubcon, blackmail, and bullying. And while I love my MFC with a backbone and thought Violet gave in too easily in some parts, I did love the way she fought back in others. One scene of blackmail in a locker room particularly comes to mind. But I digress.
Was this book a sweet romance? Not even a little. Did I find it dark? No, but it certainly had dark undercurrents. Was it addictive? Very much so. Do I need to read everything else by this author immediately? Absolutely.
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February 28, 2024
rant incoming...
this? THIS? this is what booktok is going feral over? what the fuck was this? i love dark romance, that is no surprise if you know me and i didn't even mind that part of the book. it was the fact there was absolutely no chemistry between the main characters. there was only sex here. did they even have one actual serious conversation? every encounter between them was either violet putting up a "fight" which led to greyson forcing himself on her, and it being okay because she was "liking it" or....🤔....literally nothing else because that's all they did.
the first 60% of this book bored me so much. i was 🤏 close to dnfing 10 times but i didn't because i want to read the other books in the series. although i did heavily skim for the last 30% because i needed to get this book over with. how is that even possible with a plot like this book? idk but somehow this author managed it.
the part that made this book one of the shittest things i've ever read is where was the romance? obviously it's not going to be romantic or sweet, considering the TWs but where was the connection between the mcs? where was the substance? where was what makes me want to root for this couple? i hated them together. and i hated them as individual characters as well. i genuinely can’t tell you anything about them besides that they like to fuck each other. they both had half a brain cell. they were flat, no depth, violet was a complete doormat, greyson was entertaining as hell with his thoughts but i couldn't help but think of how much of a fucking idiot he was. bro forces violet to give his bestfriend a blow job and then he gets insanely jealous over it afterwards. another, since violet is not cooperating with him, greyson kisses one of his previous hookups, sits her on his lap, all in front of violet, but has the audacity to be mad because violet showed no reaction AHAHAHAHAHAHAH. this had me absolutely rolling 🤣 how stupid can one character be? he needs help.
the plot of this book is greyson ruining violet's life. he’s drunk driving and crashes into her car, it breaks her leg which ruins her career, he blames it on the girl who was in his passenger seat, and then leaves the scene. and when his reputation gets hurt, he then proceeds his plan to ruin her life like it wasn’t his fault in the first place? i want to know how the author came up with this plot. this man actually deserves jail for the rest of his life. i can't even understand how his brain works like that. his ego was the size of the LARGEST planet in our solar system. wtf did violet see in him? he fucks her good? okay and? like???? that's it.
there was a sweet moment in this book. when they were all on the bus and greyson couldn't get in the zone. so he got violet, put her in his lap and put his headphones in. violet got comfortable on him and laid her head on his shoulder, and she even took one of his headphones to put in her own ear and they just laid there. it was cute. but then greyson ruins it by shoving his hands down her pants. like can we have one moment where there is no sex involved????????
also can we just say that for someone who is so "possessive", there was none of that here. greyson has sex with her in front of his friends on multiple occasions, he made her give steele a blowjob, like who tf would label this as possessive? he was feral obsessed with her, but did this shit. make it make sense.
i know you need to suspend your beliefs to read this, maybe if i felt even a little bit of chemistry between them i could have liked it more.
this? THIS? this is what booktok is going feral over? what the fuck was this? i love dark romance, that is no surprise if you know me and i didn't even mind that part of the book. it was the fact there was absolutely no chemistry between the main characters. there was only sex here. did they even have one actual serious conversation? every encounter between them was either violet putting up a "fight" which led to greyson forcing himself on her, and it being okay because she was "liking it" or....🤔....literally nothing else because that's all they did.
the first 60% of this book bored me so much. i was 🤏 close to dnfing 10 times but i didn't because i want to read the other books in the series. although i did heavily skim for the last 30% because i needed to get this book over with. how is that even possible with a plot like this book? idk but somehow this author managed it.
the part that made this book one of the shittest things i've ever read is where was the romance? obviously it's not going to be romantic or sweet, considering the TWs but where was the connection between the mcs? where was the substance? where was what makes me want to root for this couple? i hated them together. and i hated them as individual characters as well. i genuinely can’t tell you anything about them besides that they like to fuck each other. they both had half a brain cell. they were flat, no depth, violet was a complete doormat, greyson was entertaining as hell with his thoughts but i couldn't help but think of how much of a fucking idiot he was. bro forces violet to give his bestfriend a blow job and then he gets insanely jealous over it afterwards. another, since violet is not cooperating with him, greyson kisses one of his previous hookups, sits her on his lap, all in front of violet, but has the audacity to be mad because violet showed no reaction AHAHAHAHAHAHAH. this had me absolutely rolling 🤣 how stupid can one character be? he needs help.
the plot of this book is greyson ruining violet's life. he’s drunk driving and crashes into her car, it breaks her leg which ruins her career, he blames it on the girl who was in his passenger seat, and then leaves the scene. and when his reputation gets hurt, he then proceeds his plan to ruin her life like it wasn’t his fault in the first place? i want to know how the author came up with this plot. this man actually deserves jail for the rest of his life. i can't even understand how his brain works like that. his ego was the size of the LARGEST planet in our solar system. wtf did violet see in him? he fucks her good? okay and? like???? that's it.
there was a sweet moment in this book. when they were all on the bus and greyson couldn't get in the zone. so he got violet, put her in his lap and put his headphones in. violet got comfortable on him and laid her head on his shoulder, and she even took one of his headphones to put in her own ear and they just laid there. it was cute. but then greyson ruins it by shoving his hands down her pants. like can we have one moment where there is no sex involved????????
also can we just say that for someone who is so "possessive", there was none of that here. greyson has sex with her in front of his friends on multiple occasions, he made her give steele a blowjob, like who tf would label this as possessive? he was feral obsessed with her, but did this shit. make it make sense.
i know you need to suspend your beliefs to read this, maybe if i felt even a little bit of chemistry between them i could have liked it more.
avoid
February 21, 2023Avoid.
H- her bully- forced her to suck off his bff”s dick in front of him. Then his own after the bff finished in her mouth.
🤮
H- her bully- forced her to suck off his bff”s dick in front of him. Then his own after the bff finished in her mouth.
🤮
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January 11, 2023
I would rather drink phenyl than read this book again
August 15, 2023
obsessive, unhinged, delulu people in love, so slay
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February 20, 2024
3 ⭐️
I’m still in confusion but it’s safe to say that the last 30% was the saving grace and the reason this was 3 stars to me. If not, i’d have thrown it out across the room. I don’t really care about both of the MCs. Greyson was a psychopath and a big bully, that’s very obvious. I expected that of him. His reason to bully Violet isn’t justified enough so he’s basically acted like a toddler throwing tantrums most of the time. I still think he did not redeemed himself enough for whatever fucked up, brutal things he did to Violet. Violet, OMG, Violet Reece just got on my nerves with everything she did. I know this is a bully romance but i expected her to atleast have some fire in her to fight Greyson but she was a straight up doormat. And the fact that both of them were only in their junior year like freaking 20 years old but Greyson be acting like he’s mightier than god? Be serious now. Make them atleast in their senior year and i might take them seriously
Okay, so i may despise the MCs but the last 30% of the book got me excited and seated with the suspense. It kinda made up for it or maybe i’m just in the mood for some shitty book. Hence, the 3 stars. Other than that, i feel like others side characters were more exciting that the MCs. Especially Willow and Knox. I love Willow tbh. Her character was lovable. Though i know she won’t end up with Knox but his brother instead, i actually can’t wait to see how that will turn out. Knox was mysterious and i just know that he will be more unhinged than Greyson or atleast that’s what his vibes gave off in this book. So, i will continue the series when i’m in the mood for it.
I’m still in confusion but it’s safe to say that the last 30% was the saving grace and the reason this was 3 stars to me. If not, i’d have thrown it out across the room. I don’t really care about both of the MCs. Greyson was a psychopath and a big bully, that’s very obvious. I expected that of him. His reason to bully Violet isn’t justified enough so he’s basically acted like a toddler throwing tantrums most of the time. I still think he did not redeemed himself enough for whatever fucked up, brutal things he did to Violet. Violet, OMG, Violet Reece just got on my nerves with everything she did. I know this is a bully romance but i expected her to atleast have some fire in her to fight Greyson but she was a straight up doormat. And the fact that both of them were only in their junior year like freaking 20 years old but Greyson be acting like he’s mightier than god? Be serious now. Make them atleast in their senior year and i might take them seriously
Okay, so i may despise the MCs but the last 30% of the book got me excited and seated with the suspense. It kinda made up for it or maybe i’m just in the mood for some shitty book. Hence, the 3 stars. Other than that, i feel like others side characters were more exciting that the MCs. Especially Willow and Knox. I love Willow tbh. Her character was lovable. Though i know she won’t end up with Knox but his brother instead, i actually can’t wait to see how that will turn out. Knox was mysterious and i just know that he will be more unhinged than Greyson or atleast that’s what his vibes gave off in this book. So, i will continue the series when i’m in the mood for it.
February 22, 2023
5⭐️
4.5🌶️
Describe this book in one word? UNHINGED
I loved it. I listened to it on audible and Teddy Hamilton/ Heather Firth narrate it perfectly 🥵
The spice was INTENSE. It’s dark, twisted, and crossing many lines but that doesn’t stop me from reading lol.
I love how Grayson and Violets relationship evolved. Grayson is almost as feral as Zaddy and that’s tough to find. His possessiveness and obsession only grows and it’s so hot.
This is definitely not your typical hockey romance but it’s everything I could ask for in a book.
Read this if you enjoy:
🖤Possessive, obsessive, morally black, arrogant, control freak MMC
🖤sports romance
🖤bully romance
🖤stalking
🖤cnc
🖤bsdm/knife play
🖤enemies to lovers
4.5🌶️
Describe this book in one word? UNHINGED
I loved it. I listened to it on audible and Teddy Hamilton/ Heather Firth narrate it perfectly 🥵
The spice was INTENSE. It’s dark, twisted, and crossing many lines but that doesn’t stop me from reading lol.
I love how Grayson and Violets relationship evolved. Grayson is almost as feral as Zaddy and that’s tough to find. His possessiveness and obsession only grows and it’s so hot.
This is definitely not your typical hockey romance but it’s everything I could ask for in a book.
Read this if you enjoy:
🖤Possessive, obsessive, morally black, arrogant, control freak MMC
🖤sports romance
🖤bully romance
🖤stalking
🖤cnc
🖤bsdm/knife play
🖤enemies to lovers
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December 29, 2022DNF @60%
Not sure how I made it that far.
Not sure how I made it that far.
July 9, 2026
DNF 25% very much not for me.
And you might wonder, omg Bee you didn't check this is a bully romance??
Well listen, that's the whole point of picking up this book, I love a really good shattering bully romance that makes me absolutely angry and want to punch the mmc through the fucking pages, but then SOMEHOW makes me swoon for him in the end that I quite frankly question my morals. But this was definitely NOT that.
Unfortunately, the writing very much pulled me out of the book many times. I have found a style that simply doesn't work for me.
"I did this and then ran. I moved. I haled gas. I'm so sad." These are not direct quotes from the book, this is just how some of them read for me. Generally it's a very simple sentence structure that makes THE WHOLE book up to this point lack complete depth and emotional presence and feels super sterile. And it's a damn near 600 pages book so I will not put myself through the ringer anymore.
And the FMC makes no sense to me, she's literally the one bullied, he ran into her car, destroyed her career and has done so many other things up to this point that are nasty, and then what, she goes off and she's like yeah fuck it I will sleep with this guy.
I know this is not a slow burn but could we at least have a fucking reaction ?? Can she have some sense of SELF? if not self awareness at least SELF PRESERVATION? NOTHING?
And can we NOT just thrust up into this woman without a smidge of prepation like cmon, she must be raw and maybe have some sort of internal bleeding, no? Nope, we gotta wrap it up guys the scene needs to be 2 sentences long. This is was the experience reading this, wow.
Okay cool. Got it. I'm so disappointed because this series is quite popular and like I said, a good bully romance is hard to find sometimes.
And you might wonder, omg Bee you didn't check this is a bully romance??
Well listen, that's the whole point of picking up this book, I love a really good shattering bully romance that makes me absolutely angry and want to punch the mmc through the fucking pages, but then SOMEHOW makes me swoon for him in the end that I quite frankly question my morals. But this was definitely NOT that.
Unfortunately, the writing very much pulled me out of the book many times. I have found a style that simply doesn't work for me.
"I did this and then ran. I moved. I haled gas. I'm so sad." These are not direct quotes from the book, this is just how some of them read for me. Generally it's a very simple sentence structure that makes THE WHOLE book up to this point lack complete depth and emotional presence and feels super sterile. And it's a damn near 600 pages book so I will not put myself through the ringer anymore.
And the FMC makes no sense to me, she's literally the one bullied, he ran into her car, destroyed her career and has done so many other things up to this point that are nasty, and then what, she goes off and she's like yeah fuck it I will sleep with this guy.
I know this is not a slow burn but could we at least have a fucking reaction ?? Can she have some sense of SELF? if not self awareness at least SELF PRESERVATION? NOTHING?
And can we NOT just thrust up into this woman without a smidge of prepation like cmon, she must be raw and maybe have some sort of internal bleeding, no? Nope, we gotta wrap it up guys the scene needs to be 2 sentences long. This is was the experience reading this, wow.
Okay cool. Got it. I'm so disappointed because this series is quite popular and like I said, a good bully romance is hard to find sometimes.
June 20, 2023
He stares at me. He’s a starer. I don’t know if he realizes it, because he doesn’t stare at anyone else. Just me. And it’s kind of creepy, sometimes. But other times, it feels like he’s trying to carve out a spot in my soul for him, and that does seem nice. Like he wants room inside me for him.
5+++/5 ⭐ 4.5/5 🌶️
I’m stunned ! After 600 pages, a sh*tone of highlights, and an unhealthy addiction to Greyson, I declare it a hit! This book goes straight to my top reads of the year. It climbed up that shelve and it ain’t going down. This delivered a very dark, bully romance to p·e·r·f·e·c·t·i·o·n. The most captivating part of the book was the mcs. Greyson and Violet were gorgeous. I love them to the moon and back! But I also have to applaud the writing. It flowed and adapted amazingly to the mcs.
The plot was so good. It kept me on my toes till the very end. It was a fun time. Maybe not the ordinary type of fun. More like twists and turns, and jaw-dropping moments between the mcs. Oh and of course, so much drama! It kept feeding my hungry soul.
Now I usually start with the mmc. And Greyson is THE MMC. I don’t think I will ever forget him and if I ever feel like he is getting blurred in my mind, I will just reread the book - asap-. But Violet deserves some spotlight too because that beautiful, heartwrenching, angry soul was everything. I adore her! She had depth, jagged sides, and some soft ones too. She had those whiplashes that I loved, going from vulnerable to a terror and then back again. I can’t resist an fmc with a dark, twisted side! I just can’t, especially Vi!
In the tws, there was a note that Greyson doesn’t grovel, which obviously intrigued me. He is a certified a*hole from page one and remains so. He is an incredibly good and egoistical college hockey player, turned part-time stalker, and full-time obsessed bully of Violet. Especially the obsession and possessiveness with Vi, it’s just scaling up. He does some very questionable things and stays unapologetic. 20% in the book I was already in love with him, while he was in his prime as*hole era. His povs were magnificent. Grey in love was a force to be reckoned with. Sprinkle that with hot chips of possessiveness. Yeap, I love him.
Bully romances, when done well, tend to be intense, and emotionally charged. This had every good quality of a bully romance. The chemistry between the mcs is like a dr*g. Addictive!
If you introduce an mmc like Greyson from book one, who went high in the top 5 of my dark book boyfriends list, how can you top him? He can’t be topped. He is in a league of his own.
Did I like it? *sinister laugh* oh man, did I like it?!
Would I reread it? A million times.
5+++/5 ⭐ 4.5/5 🌶️
I’m stunned ! After 600 pages, a sh*tone of highlights, and an unhealthy addiction to Greyson, I declare it a hit! This book goes straight to my top reads of the year. It climbed up that shelve and it ain’t going down. This delivered a very dark, bully romance to p·e·r·f·e·c·t·i·o·n. The most captivating part of the book was the mcs. Greyson and Violet were gorgeous. I love them to the moon and back! But I also have to applaud the writing. It flowed and adapted amazingly to the mcs.
The plot was so good. It kept me on my toes till the very end. It was a fun time. Maybe not the ordinary type of fun. More like twists and turns, and jaw-dropping moments between the mcs. Oh and of course, so much drama! It kept feeding my hungry soul.
Now I usually start with the mmc. And Greyson is THE MMC. I don’t think I will ever forget him and if I ever feel like he is getting blurred in my mind, I will just reread the book - asap-. But Violet deserves some spotlight too because that beautiful, heartwrenching, angry soul was everything. I adore her! She had depth, jagged sides, and some soft ones too. She had those whiplashes that I loved, going from vulnerable to a terror and then back again. I can’t resist an fmc with a dark, twisted side! I just can’t, especially Vi!
In the tws, there was a note that Greyson doesn’t grovel, which obviously intrigued me. He is a certified a*hole from page one and remains so. He is an incredibly good and egoistical college hockey player, turned part-time stalker, and full-time obsessed bully of Violet. Especially the obsession and possessiveness with Vi, it’s just scaling up. He does some very questionable things and stays unapologetic. 20% in the book I was already in love with him, while he was in his prime as*hole era. His povs were magnificent. Grey in love was a force to be reckoned with. Sprinkle that with hot chips of possessiveness. Yeap, I love him.
Bully romances, when done well, tend to be intense, and emotionally charged. This had every good quality of a bully romance. The chemistry between the mcs is like a dr*g. Addictive!
If you introduce an mmc like Greyson from book one, who went high in the top 5 of my dark book boyfriends list, how can you top him? He can’t be topped. He is in a league of his own.
Did I like it? *sinister laugh* oh man, did I like it?!
Would I reread it? A million times.
June 29, 2024
”Two parts charm, one part insanity and a powerful family name to boot.”
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚🖤💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😊😄😘😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration
The Hero: Greyson Devereux - he grew up with a father who acted like they were Kings, above all the rest of the commoners. His father is a senator, and they always did what they wanted, when they wanted and didn’t care what anyone else thought. Everybody knew who he was because of his last name. He is now the star of the Crown Point University hockey team and is the guy all the other guys want to be, and all the girls want. One-night while out with some girl, he gets into a bad accident with another car, though he and his date walked away without injury.
The heroine: Violet Reese - she was on the dance team at Crown Point University and dated a guy named Jack, who was on the football team, until she was injured in a terrible car accident and spent six months in the hospital. Her leg took the brunt of the accident and she had to relearn how to walk and did a lot of therapy to build up her muscles in her leg. Now that she has returned to school, she can no longer dance, and she doesn’t want to wear clothes that will show her injured leg.
The Story: Violet thinks something broke in her after her accident. She has nightmares about the accident. She was a classically trained ballet dancer and practiced over five hours a day. Though she loved it, she also really liked the dance team which was just a way for her to make friends. She was going places in ballet; she was on track to be a principal dancer. Though that dream was crushed along with her leg in that accident.
Violet returns to school after six months in the hospital and attends a party her first night back. She hears all about the newest hockey star on the team and when she comes face to face with him, she immediately knows that he is the one that ruined her life in that terrible accident. Greyson also knows immediately after hearing her name, that she is the one he hit in the crash. He is immediately attracted to her, but he sees her as the girl that choked his future.
Greyson was kicked out of his school when the news came out that he was arrested after the accident, his name and reputation were damaged by the fact that he had tried to get his date to say she was driving, and his relationship was his father was damaged as well. He blames Violet for everything that happened to him, since she was the one to tell the police that he was driving. Greyson is too arrogant to even realize how everything was really his doing, not hers. Even though Violet signed an NDA and dropped the charges.
Of course, it was easy to like Violet at the beginning and really hate Greyson. Not only did he injure her so badly, but he bullies her for something that he was the cause of. Talk about blaming the victim. His sense of entitlement was through the roof, and it was hard to feel anything for him even though he explained from the beginning that he was raised to feel that way by his father from a very young age. Though it turns out that Violet is a bit kinky as well. She ends up liking everything Greyson does to her, and she can’t turn away from him. These two are both crazy, they need to stay out of the news, and they keep doing things in public places, I just don’t get it.
This audiobook was told in multiple points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Heather Firth. I really like Heather Firth’s voice; it sounds completely age appropriate for Violet and is pleasant to listen to. Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite male narrators. I specifically pick books that are narrated by my favorite male narrators, because no matter how good the story is, a bad narrator can ruin it.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚🖤💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😊😄😘😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration
The Hero: Greyson Devereux - he grew up with a father who acted like they were Kings, above all the rest of the commoners. His father is a senator, and they always did what they wanted, when they wanted and didn’t care what anyone else thought. Everybody knew who he was because of his last name. He is now the star of the Crown Point University hockey team and is the guy all the other guys want to be, and all the girls want. One-night while out with some girl, he gets into a bad accident with another car, though he and his date walked away without injury.
The heroine: Violet Reese - she was on the dance team at Crown Point University and dated a guy named Jack, who was on the football team, until she was injured in a terrible car accident and spent six months in the hospital. Her leg took the brunt of the accident and she had to relearn how to walk and did a lot of therapy to build up her muscles in her leg. Now that she has returned to school, she can no longer dance, and she doesn’t want to wear clothes that will show her injured leg.
The Story: Violet thinks something broke in her after her accident. She has nightmares about the accident. She was a classically trained ballet dancer and practiced over five hours a day. Though she loved it, she also really liked the dance team which was just a way for her to make friends. She was going places in ballet; she was on track to be a principal dancer. Though that dream was crushed along with her leg in that accident.
Violet returns to school after six months in the hospital and attends a party her first night back. She hears all about the newest hockey star on the team and when she comes face to face with him, she immediately knows that he is the one that ruined her life in that terrible accident. Greyson also knows immediately after hearing her name, that she is the one he hit in the crash. He is immediately attracted to her, but he sees her as the girl that choked his future.
Greyson was kicked out of his school when the news came out that he was arrested after the accident, his name and reputation were damaged by the fact that he had tried to get his date to say she was driving, and his relationship was his father was damaged as well. He blames Violet for everything that happened to him, since she was the one to tell the police that he was driving. Greyson is too arrogant to even realize how everything was really his doing, not hers. Even though Violet signed an NDA and dropped the charges.
Of course, it was easy to like Violet at the beginning and really hate Greyson. Not only did he injure her so badly, but he bullies her for something that he was the cause of. Talk about blaming the victim. His sense of entitlement was through the roof, and it was hard to feel anything for him even though he explained from the beginning that he was raised to feel that way by his father from a very young age. Though it turns out that Violet is a bit kinky as well. She ends up liking everything Greyson does to her, and she can’t turn away from him. These two are both crazy, they need to stay out of the news, and they keep doing things in public places, I just don’t get it.
This audiobook was told in multiple points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Heather Firth. I really like Heather Firth’s voice; it sounds completely age appropriate for Violet and is pleasant to listen to. Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite male narrators. I specifically pick books that are narrated by my favorite male narrators, because no matter how good the story is, a bad narrator can ruin it.
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December 17, 2022DNF @ 25%
Greyson is out driving drunk one night when he crashes into a Violet's car. He tries to pin the accident on his date and leaves the scene of the crime only to be arrested. Months later, Violet has lost her future as a dancer and has permanent damage to her leg. Greyson has transferred to her college to escape the damage to his family name and plays on their hockey team. Greyson then decides he has to make Violet pay for... something?
Seriously couldn't take this book anymore. I'm so fucking pissed off. I don't understand why Greyson decided to bully Violet. She lost her entire future and didn't even try to have him prosecuted, just rolls over and accepts her fate. Why on earth did he hate her? Can't get on board with him at all. People are comparing Greyson with Sam Mariano's Carter and I want to tell these folks to shut their whore mouths. Greyson is nothing like Carter. His actions are unstable and erratic, so much so that even he doesn't know why he did the things he did. Petulant and pathetic. Sam Mariano's anti-heroes are methodical and while they do terrible things, it's always part of their diabolic plan.
Violet was such a doormat that I couldn't root for her at all. **Warning Spoiler territory** Greyson decides to humiliate her by posting online a sex video he made of her and her ex. When she confronts him at a bar, he pours a drink on her head and calls her gimp in front of everyone. Then when she slinks away to go home attacks her in an alleyway and she gets off on it. The sex scenes where so cringey and I spent the entire time being embarrassed for her. For whatever reason she agrees to meet him in a locker room after a game to show him her leg. (Why the fuck?) Of course he's not alone and forces her to give his teammate a blowjob which she does to completion. (Yuck). He gets jealous and kicks out said friend then makes her give him a blowjob. Aside from throwing up, Violet barely has any reaction to these incidents and never questions why she doesn't resist. Doesn't fight back. No self respect. Other reviews say he later has sex with her in front of the team. Let me just say that Sam Mariano's anti-heroes would never allow their women to be viewed naked by anyone. In fact, they have no issue taking murderous revenge on anyone who wronged their queens, no matter how long ago. They're far too jealous and possessive to share any part of their women with anyone. They take responsibility for the heinous shit they do and view men who don't as weak. There is no comparison to Sam Mariano's villains.
Greyson is out driving drunk one night when he crashes into a Violet's car. He tries to pin the accident on his date and leaves the scene of the crime only to be arrested. Months later, Violet has lost her future as a dancer and has permanent damage to her leg. Greyson has transferred to her college to escape the damage to his family name and plays on their hockey team. Greyson then decides he has to make Violet pay for... something?
Seriously couldn't take this book anymore. I'm so fucking pissed off. I don't understand why Greyson decided to bully Violet. She lost her entire future and didn't even try to have him prosecuted, just rolls over and accepts her fate. Why on earth did he hate her? Can't get on board with him at all. People are comparing Greyson with Sam Mariano's Carter and I want to tell these folks to shut their whore mouths. Greyson is nothing like Carter. His actions are unstable and erratic, so much so that even he doesn't know why he did the things he did. Petulant and pathetic. Sam Mariano's anti-heroes are methodical and while they do terrible things, it's always part of their diabolic plan.
Violet was such a doormat that I couldn't root for her at all. **Warning Spoiler territory** Greyson decides to humiliate her by posting online a sex video he made of her and her ex. When she confronts him at a bar, he pours a drink on her head and calls her gimp in front of everyone. Then when she slinks away to go home attacks her in an alleyway and she gets off on it. The sex scenes where so cringey and I spent the entire time being embarrassed for her. For whatever reason she agrees to meet him in a locker room after a game to show him her leg. (Why the fuck?) Of course he's not alone and forces her to give his teammate a blowjob which she does to completion. (Yuck). He gets jealous and kicks out said friend then makes her give him a blowjob. Aside from throwing up, Violet barely has any reaction to these incidents and never questions why she doesn't resist. Doesn't fight back. No self respect. Other reviews say he later has sex with her in front of the team. Let me just say that Sam Mariano's anti-heroes would never allow their women to be viewed naked by anyone. In fact, they have no issue taking murderous revenge on anyone who wronged their queens, no matter how long ago. They're far too jealous and possessive to share any part of their women with anyone. They take responsibility for the heinous shit they do and view men who don't as weak. There is no comparison to Sam Mariano's villains.
July 6, 2023
4 🌟 (check trigger warnings!! i cannot stress this enough)
i loved the ballerina x hockey player trope so much, truly my favorite aspect of the book!!
while the spice was pushing past some of my limits, i liked how it was a perfect balance of “dark romance” and focusing on the separate parts of their lives as a ballerina and hockey player!! also love a good friend group-found family trope and cannot wait to read steele’s book hehe
i was hooked right from chapter one and was kept on my toes throughout a majority of the book from the suspense (exactly what i needed to get me out of my reading slump)
my rating would be higher without the spice but at the same time i don’t think it would’ve been as entertaining (this is where i’m conflicted)
i loved the ballerina x hockey player trope so much, truly my favorite aspect of the book!!
while the spice was pushing past some of my limits, i liked how it was a perfect balance of “dark romance” and focusing on the separate parts of their lives as a ballerina and hockey player!! also love a good friend group-found family trope and cannot wait to read steele’s book hehe
i was hooked right from chapter one and was kept on my toes throughout a majority of the book from the suspense (exactly what i needed to get me out of my reading slump)
my rating would be higher without the spice but at the same time i don’t think it would’ve been as entertaining (this is where i’m conflicted)
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