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Keily #1
Crushing On My Bully
288 pages, Paperback
Published April 10, 2024
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February 6, 2025
I got sucked in to the story by one of those Instagram ads and the prom scene isn’t even in it smh… total clickbait and I fell for it. This is possibly the worst thing I’ve ever read but I was absolutely enthralled couldn’t put it down lmao.
September 1, 2024
Disclaimer: the title on Galatea was “Keily”, not “Keily: Crushing on my Bully”. If I had known, I wouldn’t have read it.
Unfortunately I fell victim to Galatea and only due to how incredibly preposterous this book was, I managed to finish. It was like watching a drunk driver get in an accident, get out say omg I’m so sorry, then get back in the car and run someone over.
How on earth anyone would think this is acceptable literature, let alone for young girls, is baffling to me. If a man, boy, person, WHOEVER, ever made me or my daughter feel this way I’d probably kill em. No, first I’d cry because how could I raise a daughter to be so dumb!
As a plus sized woman myself, having been so my entire life, if a man ever fat shamed me just because he had a crush on me????? The last thing I’d ever do, no matter how hot, is think “hmmm I think I love him” LIKE WHAT???
This book and this app (Galatea) need to be burned.
Unfortunately I fell victim to Galatea and only due to how incredibly preposterous this book was, I managed to finish. It was like watching a drunk driver get in an accident, get out say omg I’m so sorry, then get back in the car and run someone over.
How on earth anyone would think this is acceptable literature, let alone for young girls, is baffling to me. If a man, boy, person, WHOEVER, ever made me or my daughter feel this way I’d probably kill em. No, first I’d cry because how could I raise a daughter to be so dumb!
As a plus sized woman myself, having been so my entire life, if a man ever fat shamed me just because he had a crush on me????? The last thing I’d ever do, no matter how hot, is think “hmmm I think I love him” LIKE WHAT???
This book and this app (Galatea) need to be burned.
May 22, 2024
After much IG promotion, I finally caved & read on Galatea - which seemed to me a platform for reading & discovering lesser known authors & I completely support that.
I should have done more research on the app I’ve never heard before this & have since deleted. What a scam! I actually spent money to finish it, hoping the story would improve, when I should have bailed at the first 6hr wait for the next chapter - EVERY chapter after the first 4-5.
And for the money I spent in the app, I could have bought the paperback from Amazon & the author would have seen more money.
I wanted to love this story. Bully romance, friends to lovers, high school awakening, etc. Keily’s internal thoughts, past bullying & resulting low confidence & self worth were real & relatable.
The new school bully’s blatantly disgusting, rude, cruel jabs should have gotten a smack in the mouth many times over - and the surrounding friends, including Keily’s cousin, should have been lined up to deliver. To me, they were complicit in her ongoing abuse.
I feel like the author tried to create some diversity in the characters which is great - in most cases simply a nod to skin color but most well done in exploring a teen lesbian & her fears for her families cultural rebuke.
My biggest pet peeve though of the story? The math didn’t math. Does the author know anything about high school football programs (tryouts, conditioning, preseason, regular season, championships, etc)? It may have been the back drop, but the holes kept pulling my brain right out of any brief interest.
I should have done more research on the app I’ve never heard before this & have since deleted. What a scam! I actually spent money to finish it, hoping the story would improve, when I should have bailed at the first 6hr wait for the next chapter - EVERY chapter after the first 4-5.
And for the money I spent in the app, I could have bought the paperback from Amazon & the author would have seen more money.
I wanted to love this story. Bully romance, friends to lovers, high school awakening, etc. Keily’s internal thoughts, past bullying & resulting low confidence & self worth were real & relatable.
The new school bully’s blatantly disgusting, rude, cruel jabs should have gotten a smack in the mouth many times over - and the surrounding friends, including Keily’s cousin, should have been lined up to deliver. To me, they were complicit in her ongoing abuse.
I feel like the author tried to create some diversity in the characters which is great - in most cases simply a nod to skin color but most well done in exploring a teen lesbian & her fears for her families cultural rebuke.
My biggest pet peeve though of the story? The math didn’t math. Does the author know anything about high school football programs (tryouts, conditioning, preseason, regular season, championships, etc)? It may have been the back drop, but the holes kept pulling my brain right out of any brief interest.
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September 8, 2024Is this is a good book? No
Should teenagers be reading this? Absolutely not
But did my lizard brain slightly enjoy reading this? Yes
Should teenagers be reading this? Absolutely not
But did my lizard brain slightly enjoy reading this? Yes
August 20, 2024
Was this possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever read? Yes, yes it was.
Did I get completely sucked in, finished it in a day and ended up loving it? Why yes, yes I did!
Did I get completely sucked in, finished it in a day and ended up loving it? Why yes, yes I did!
July 20, 2024
Why the hell is she blushing every time someone throws an insult at her.
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On a separate note I really need to stop reading books from the newsfeed section.
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On a separate note I really need to stop reading books from the newsfeed section.
February 27, 2025
Ok, the copy I got was badly formatted cos it read like a bad translation, which didn't help the story,especially as the pronouns kept getting mixed up too.
The story itself had promise but was badly executed and the FMC was far too quick to forgive the MMC who was oo cruel. Sure he explained it away that he was jealous etc but he behaved more like a 13 year old boy than an 18 year old man. If his cruelty had been less immature it may have been believable...
The story itself had promise but was badly executed and the FMC was far too quick to forgive the MMC who was oo cruel. Sure he explained it away that he was jealous etc but he behaved more like a 13 year old boy than an 18 year old man. If his cruelty had been less immature it may have been believable...
January 19, 2025
Like Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, I could not stop consuming this disaster. I can’t tell if it’s AI, a translation, or something else all together. Whatever it is, I’ve (maybe) learned my lesson and will stop reading Instagram ads.
September 13, 2024
Cringy. I caved in because I saw it on Instagram being promoted as super spicy. It was absolutely not. It was so misleading that I felt cheated.
I read it in Galatea having to wait for each chapter because I refused to pay the app fee.
The way their friends describe her makes you think she is just curvy, not fat, but then her inner monologue and the way she is being bully confused you because it makes her sound like an obese person.
It was frustrating how submissive she was when insulted by James. I know they are 18 and at that age you are extremely immature, but he was downright toxic.
I finished it because I hate myself apparently. Reading the second book synopsis made me want to gag. Everything circules back to her insecurities and her doubts of how someone like James can like someone like her.
I read it in Galatea having to wait for each chapter because I refused to pay the app fee.
The way their friends describe her makes you think she is just curvy, not fat, but then her inner monologue and the way she is being bully confused you because it makes her sound like an obese person.
It was frustrating how submissive she was when insulted by James. I know they are 18 and at that age you are extremely immature, but he was downright toxic.
I finished it because I hate myself apparently. Reading the second book synopsis made me want to gag. Everything circules back to her insecurities and her doubts of how someone like James can like someone like her.
September 2, 2024
Would not recommend this to anyone, I am genuinely horrified that I enjoyed it 🙃
January 3, 2025
listen i was baited by ads
July 10, 2024
I ended up reading this on Galatea. I saw the big push on Instagram for this book. And honestly they did a good job marketing it. I’m in my 30’s now, so I really don’t read a lot of high school YA. But something about it being a curvy girl falling for the mean football player is like a modern Cinderella story to me.
I like that stories are being written for girls that aren’t super skinny. Having a little curve is womanly and great.
This first half of this story is addicting to read. It isn’t first rate writing but it has that quality about it that an old WB teen drama has — you just want to see what happens. I don’t love all the insults James gives Keily. They are like a 90s/2000s bully type insults ‘fat and dumb, cow, piggy’. And all the other kids just roll their eyes, or scoff, or give half hearted objections. Nothing new or original with this enemies to lovers. And honestly it goes a little to long in the bullying. Although there are hints from others that James is ‘jealous’ and they keep staring into each other’s eyes intensely.
The second half of the book has real teen problems down to menstruating and body image. Which still found a way to be weird reading it. It just felt forced. But this is when Jame starts to become better. I’m guessing this was written by a non white author, because at one point Keily is looking in the mirror and thinks ‘I have an average face for a white teenage girl’ which is kind of a strange description of oneself, to just name her race like that.
I did end up waiting on the chapters and not paying the 70 bucks for the year subscription. I somehow liked waiting out the 5 ish hours, it was like a game in a way — Overall, It’s a simply written story with modern twists that, honestly, a few could have been left out. Definitely had some major cringe attached to it. Yet, it still kept me reading, cringe moments and all
⭐️⭐️ 1/2 stars for a fun but basic YA.
I like that stories are being written for girls that aren’t super skinny. Having a little curve is womanly and great.
This first half of this story is addicting to read. It isn’t first rate writing but it has that quality about it that an old WB teen drama has — you just want to see what happens. I don’t love all the insults James gives Keily. They are like a 90s/2000s bully type insults ‘fat and dumb, cow, piggy’. And all the other kids just roll their eyes, or scoff, or give half hearted objections. Nothing new or original with this enemies to lovers. And honestly it goes a little to long in the bullying. Although there are hints from others that James is ‘jealous’ and they keep staring into each other’s eyes intensely.
The second half of the book has real teen problems down to menstruating and body image. Which still found a way to be weird reading it. It just felt forced. But this is when Jame starts to become better. I’m guessing this was written by a non white author, because at one point Keily is looking in the mirror and thinks ‘I have an average face for a white teenage girl’ which is kind of a strange description of oneself, to just name her race like that.
I did end up waiting on the chapters and not paying the 70 bucks for the year subscription. I somehow liked waiting out the 5 ish hours, it was like a game in a way — Overall, It’s a simply written story with modern twists that, honestly, a few could have been left out. Definitely had some major cringe attached to it. Yet, it still kept me reading, cringe moments and all
⭐️⭐️ 1/2 stars for a fun but basic YA.
March 8, 2025
Lees geen rare pdf boeken van Facebook 😂
Don’t ask. Maar moet hem er wel bijzetten want ik heb gelezen dus doei
Don’t ask. Maar moet hem er wel bijzetten want ik heb gelezen dus doei
September 16, 2024
1 star
aw man that was just as bad as I thought it would be.
aw man that was just as bad as I thought it would be.
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October 1, 2024absolutely heinous, and it gives google translate vibes so hard... but i still read it to the end so 🙄
November 20, 2024
I too fell victim to clickbait and read this book on Galatea. I really wish that I hadn't. I spent the first half hating it, but continuing in hopes it would get better. It did get better, but it was still all very icky. Galatea is a huge disappointment.
August 8, 2025
Honestly, I don’t know why I read this. It was trash. I couldn’t put it down and finished the entire thing in a day. This book is terrible and lowkey addictive. Do I recommend this book? Absolutely not. Will I read the second one? Probably.
September 5, 2024
Story ist sehr gut, aber es hat mich nachdenklich gemacht. Es sollte Dinge wie Bodyshaming und Mobbing nicht geben. Trotzdem sehr fesselnd geschrieben.
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January 11, 2025Ehhh dit boek in de kerstvakantie gelezen, na een Instagram ad. Ik verwachtte geen goed boek en dat was het ook niet. Maarja, ik heb mij stiekem toch erg vermaakt en moést verder lezen
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January 30, 2025fantastic
February 9, 2025
Well. That’s time I’ll never get back.
August 22, 2025
2,5 ⭐️
December 19, 2024
What can I say? It wasn’t a bad read, just fine for passing the time. However, as a plus-size girl, I couldn’t tolerate James' toxic attitudes, nor could I ever love someone like that. To be honest, I couldn’t connect with Keily’s story, even though we share the same insecurities. It’s a shame.
December 11, 2025
It was a very simply written enemies to lovers book. Was it the best thing I’ve ever read? Absolutely not. Did it let me escape for a bit and relive some high school trauma while also blocking out irl? Yep.
It’s a nice read, definitely very “high school.”
It’s a nice read, definitely very “high school.”
March 29, 2025
creo que hay una frases que resumen este libro.
"Wow! If I had a nickel for every time keily se sonroja cuando james le hace bullying, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right?" — Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Me rompe las pelotas el shift forzado de un bully romance, justificando sus acciones por que estaba enamorado desde el día uno ya quería su ‘atención’.
Ni hablar de que Keily tiene la personalidad de una servilleta de papel, puedo decir que esos tres días que Ariel no hablo en la sirenita me dio más contenido que esta mujer en 288 páginas.
"Wow! If I had a nickel for every time keily se sonroja cuando james le hace bullying, I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right?" — Dr. Doofenshmirtz
Me rompe las pelotas el shift forzado de un bully romance, justificando sus acciones por que estaba enamorado desde el día uno ya quería su ‘atención’.
Ni hablar de que Keily tiene la personalidad de una servilleta de papel, puedo decir que esos tres días que Ariel no hablo en la sirenita me dio más contenido que esta mujer en 288 páginas.
August 5, 2024
Definitely a book for in between and for very boring days.
Promo of the book was good, I became aware of it via Instagram. However, the price is a bit high for the content and quality.
No matter whether you read it via Amazon, Gre.... or others.
To be honest, the characters are rather mediocre and have hardly any depth. Keily herself is comparatively boring and doesn't develop any further in the story.
Promo of the book was good, I became aware of it via Instagram. However, the price is a bit high for the content and quality.
No matter whether you read it via Amazon, Gre.... or others.
To be honest, the characters are rather mediocre and have hardly any depth. Keily herself is comparatively boring and doesn't develop any further in the story.
January 23, 2025
So much better than the "movie." I liked the development of the characters and how James realized his wrongs and fixed it quick.
May 2, 2024
The audiobook was read in a choppy way and not performed well which did take away from the story but I did really enjoy the story itself.
September 9, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 🌶️
I got had by an ad not once but twice.
Do those ad reels/posts for Galatea work? Yes. Yes they do. Should you also delve into that crazy world? Maybe. If convoluted, nonsensical, hyper sexual amateur writing is your thing. Which, clearly, it’s mine.
Keily’s promotions got me. An insecure curvy girl hardcore crushing on the guy who treats her like garbage. Plot twist: It’s because he’s jonesing so hard for her! 😈 Who DIDN’T have or feel like they had this experience in high school and desperately long for the same result? Not me. Not at all. Sigh. 😔
I was expecting it to be a post high school jumble of filth; thank goodness it wasn’t down and dirty because it’s set in high school. 🤢 I was actually pleasantly surprised. The story itself was pretty decent. The FMC was a little grating, especially with her complete inability to stand up for herself. But having lived through HS, while frustrating it was also very realistic. The MMC, what an 🫏 Totally giving the Chalamet vibes again. But his character growth was the highlight of the book.
With entertaining and positive supporting characters, it kept itself relevant and relatable. The events that transpire really keep you interested and engaged. 🗡️ 🎡
That being said it’s still a seriously unhealthy idea of romance. Girls, you can absolutely do better than someone who treats you like 💩 From someone with experience.
If you’re looking for a spice filled story, this is not that. It is more of a coming into oneself romance with focus on self love rather than physical love. ❤️
Not saying that it’s worth the subscription but I was sucked in and will continue the series.
You get that dream guy, honey! 🙌
I got had by an ad not once but twice.
Do those ad reels/posts for Galatea work? Yes. Yes they do. Should you also delve into that crazy world? Maybe. If convoluted, nonsensical, hyper sexual amateur writing is your thing. Which, clearly, it’s mine.
Keily’s promotions got me. An insecure curvy girl hardcore crushing on the guy who treats her like garbage. Plot twist: It’s because he’s jonesing so hard for her! 😈 Who DIDN’T have or feel like they had this experience in high school and desperately long for the same result? Not me. Not at all. Sigh. 😔
I was expecting it to be a post high school jumble of filth; thank goodness it wasn’t down and dirty because it’s set in high school. 🤢 I was actually pleasantly surprised. The story itself was pretty decent. The FMC was a little grating, especially with her complete inability to stand up for herself. But having lived through HS, while frustrating it was also very realistic. The MMC, what an 🫏 Totally giving the Chalamet vibes again. But his character growth was the highlight of the book.
With entertaining and positive supporting characters, it kept itself relevant and relatable. The events that transpire really keep you interested and engaged. 🗡️ 🎡
That being said it’s still a seriously unhealthy idea of romance. Girls, you can absolutely do better than someone who treats you like 💩 From someone with experience.
If you’re looking for a spice filled story, this is not that. It is more of a coming into oneself romance with focus on self love rather than physical love. ❤️
Not saying that it’s worth the subscription but I was sucked in and will continue the series.
You get that dream guy, honey! 🙌
December 22, 2024
For me the building of the relationship is deeply flawed, toxic at best, it’s undermining and degrading.
I’m not sure there is a plot that could have made this work, a bully romance that is built on name calling and body shaming and I couldn’t find it in me to enjoy the Male lead without a valid reason for his actions, I felt a deeper meaning was needed, the relationship didn’t flow as a result.
Scenes used as redemption for the male lead felt out of place and I didn’t feel there was enough depth to him and the female lead was a wet blanket!
I finished but at many points wanted to stop. I like a bully romance but I don’t like a bully for the sake of a bully. A deeper plot would have made a difference
I’m not sure there is a plot that could have made this work, a bully romance that is built on name calling and body shaming and I couldn’t find it in me to enjoy the Male lead without a valid reason for his actions, I felt a deeper meaning was needed, the relationship didn’t flow as a result.
Scenes used as redemption for the male lead felt out of place and I didn’t feel there was enough depth to him and the female lead was a wet blanket!
I finished but at many points wanted to stop. I like a bully romance but I don’t like a bully for the sake of a bully. A deeper plot would have made a difference
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