It’s a new semester at Regalia University, and by the end of it, five men will die. My sister was good, kind, loving, and the Royals of Regalia bullied her till she killed herself.
I set foot on campus ready to right some wrongs when the most handsome bunch of stone-cold weirdos asked if I needed a little help…
It’s the five of us against the most powerful and untouchable of Regalia. No one thinks we can win, but I like my chances. To take down a Royal, you need a Rogue. And I have four.
Ruby Vincent is a published author with many novels under her belt but now she's taking a fun foray into contemporary romance. She loves saucy heroines, bold alpha males, and weaving a tale where both get their happy ever after.
Wow. This was really bad. I’m not sure what happened here. There are errors galore, name changes (June to now Mara), major inconsistencies, and it’s just one big giant mess. This is a pretty established author by this point in her career so she should have a decent proofreading and editing team behind her so I really have no clue what happened.
The revenge stuff was so badly written. There’s no suspense, no mystery. Everything feels like it’s happening without any sort of emotions.
Her relationship with Victor is the only reason why I kept reading but even that was so underdeveloped here. My expectations for a Ruby Vincent read is super low already but this was worse than usual.
The sex scenes are god awful. She goes from virgin to porn star in like all of two sexual experiences. The scenes with her and Don were so cringey with all the completely obscene dirty talk. She was so virginal in book one and blushing and now she’s calling herself a “c*msl*t”. Honestly I couldn’t even read them. They made me throw up a little in a mouth and the chemistry and intimacy is nonexistent.
And seriously, what’s up with Leon? He talks about how he doesn’t take hits/contracts that have teens/kids but he takes everleighs? Yeah, that’s annoying. I mean at least make this kind of stuff fun and not nonsensical with everything else we’ve been told.
Raced through the pages to the breathtaking finale but be warned there’s another dang cliffhanger.
The sequel to the Rogues of Regalia is more satisfying I dare say because the Royals who messed with Luna’s sister and forced her to commit suicide are finally getting their due.
And the genius of it is Luna … who is the center of the chaos and destruction. At times she’s a little thick-headed as revenge colors her judgement. And her moral compass is adrift … a lot.
But in all good fun, the characters surrounding Luna add to the crazy ride. I can hardly decide who is nuttier.
Lucian, the self-proclaimed vampire, with the smooth martial arts killer moves. Rafael, the mastermind behind the heinous acts of vengeance. Cato, his psycho brother who wears a muzzle but is uber protective of Luna. Or Wilder, the conspiracy theorist.
And then there’s Luna’s fiancé Victor and his gorgeous brother Adonis. Yeah, mull on that for a moment.
This is escapism for anyone who’s been bullied, abused or tortured emotionally, psychologically or physically. Revenge is never sweeter!
I LOVED the first book and I’ve been dying for the second. But it felt like this book just devolved into a story about all of these men just falling head over heals in love with the h for ?? reasons?? I guess?? And there are so many men that I didn’t feel like I got to know or spend as much time with the Rogues I loved in the first story. I guess I fell a little out of love with our h in this book, and got a little exhausted by the plot and the “mmm let’s collect more men for my harem” of it all. Big cliffy so I’ll probably check in for the third, but I was honestly skimming pretty early in this book and imagine it’ll be much the same with the next unless they’re able to bring back the first book’s focus and magic.
🔪 😈 📕 🌟 BOOK REVIEW 🌟 Trade in Vengeance by Ruby Vincent
We finally have book two of the Rogues series and it was awesome. I loved every part of this book and found myself on edge throughout the book. The twists and turns that were around every corner definitely held my attention. As was the spice factor since the book was way spicer than the first.
Speaking of spice, Luna finds herself adding to her harem! Not only do we have the rogues, but it would seem that Victor and Adonis are on her sights to join in. That in itself causes so much drama, yet not with the rogues.
Luna in this book sprouts as even more bad ass in hopes of avenging her sisters death. After getting set up to take the fall of a murderer, her mindset flips. She takes what she wants when she wants it. Including her professor and fiancés brother, Adonis. I will say, despite me not liking Victor much in book one, I find myself rooting for these two and then some! All are rogues at heart, and they all belong with Luna.
The end. Let me say, this last chapter was a mindfuck. All the things I thought I knew of The Phantom, wrong. When they revealed their identity, shit….. and the blasting ending…. 😅. Not sure how these men will get Luna back now, yet I found myself wondering why they didn’t try to have help from a certain soon to be father in law. He did this once, he can do it again! Right?
Highly recommend this book, but you need to start with book one! It’s dark and twisted with a murder tk solve. Every answer leads to even more questions and I can’t wait to see where it goes!
I loved this book as much as the first one, so much happened, betrayal, secrets, romance, mystery, murder, plots, the characters evolved more and more, the relationships grew and became stronger and stronger each time. It was amazing. I suffered, I laughed, I got excited, I got angry so many times. I haven't enjoyed an RH book this much in a long time.
I loved that Luna always had an answer for everything, the way she took revenge and destroyed the royals was beyond wonderful. And the love interests...needless to say I loved each and every one. Victor, Adonis, Cato, Lucien, Raphael and Wilder will have a special place in my heart, they are all (except Adonis) so psychotic, yet so sweet that they stole my heart. But my favorites will always be Victor, Adonis and Cato.
The only reason this book has 4 stars is because I didn't really like how Luna handled the relationship with Victor and Adonis in some parts, I think she needed to be honest with both of them and leave aside the part of cheating on them and playing with both of them, I don't know, when she was with Adonis I loved it, but I couldn't stop thinking about how Victor would react and it was a bit hard for me to enjoy both of them to the fullest. The rest was wonderful and if it were up to me, the 3rd book would never have existed. Unfortunately, it was necessary to conclude everything.
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Amé este libro tanto como al primero, pasaron tantas cosas, traición, secretos, romance, misterio, asesinatos, complots, los personajes evolucionaron cada vez más, las relaciones crecieron y se volvieron más fuertes cada vez. Fue increíble. Sufrí, reí, me emocioné, me enojé tantas veces. Hace tiempo no disfrutaba tanto un libro de RH.
Amé que Luna siempre tuviese una respuesta para todo, la forma de vengarse y destruir a la realeza fue más que maravillosa. Y los intereses amorosos... no hace falta decir que me encantaron todos y cada uno. Víctor, Adonis, Cato, Lucien, Rafael y Wilder tendrán un lugar especial en mi corazón, son todos (excepto Adonis) tan psicóticos, pero a la vez tan dulces que me robaron el corazón. Pero mis favoritos siempre serán Víctor, Adonis y Cato.
La única razón por la que este libro tiene 4 estrellas es porque no me gustó mucho cómo Luna manejó la relación con Víctor y Adonis en algunas partes, creo que necesitaba ser sincera con ambos y dejar a un lado la parte de engañarlos y jugar con los dos, no sé, cuándo ella estaba con Adonis me encantaba, pero no podía dejar de pensar en cómo reaccionaría Víctor y me costó un poco disfrutar al máximo de ambos. Del resto todo fue maravilloso y sí por mí fuera, el 3er libro jamás existió. Lastimosamente, era necesario para concluir todo.
I started off this book still liking this series. But, something is changing. While the plot is still interesting, I feel like Luna has stopped growing as a character. In book 1 she had Lucien teaching her to fight. That showed that she was taking things seriously. But in this book I feel like she's reverting back to her old self. I was actually irritated with her because her actions made no sense. She gets closer to her guys and yet she still goes off half cocked doing stupid stuff. It's like she's so sure she knows it all and nobody can do it better that she forgets the promise to her guys....to include them. She also forgets that she doesn't have the same capabilities as them and needs them. She does this more than once in this book. Luna also seems to forget that she's in danger and stops being cautious. The last thing she did, which causes our cliffhanger, was so dumb that I actually thought she deserved what she got. That's not to say that I wasn't surprised by the "who". Anyway, I'm still onboard with the plot, but I hope that the author brings back the teachable Luna. I'm not liking this Luna because she seems like a liar and also very self centered.
This book just continued from the last. There are way too many questions, still, though. It will be a lot to wrap up in the next book. I always knew her parentage had something to do with it, though.
I didn't fully trust Victor until the end. On one hand, he does so many sweet things, but at the same time, he had moments where he seems really suspicious and says some really odd things. For a while there, I suspected him of being the Phantom.
That whole scene with her dressing up and messing with Adonis in class was just wayyy too cringey and immature. It was honestly a turn-off. It annoyed the hell out of me.
Why was she always so stupid? So many people want her dead, and she continuously goes places alone. And every time, she gets attacked. Does she never learn?
Then, at the end... it is so obviously a setup. Why wouldn't she tell them sooner? She has this annoying thing about going off half-cocked and it backfiring, but she keeps doing it over and over. Like I said: stupid.
The spice was 🔥 even though some were fade to black when details could have been had. The drama was great! Lots of secrets and things are hidden coming out. Victor shocked me, but finally! Lunas relationship with the rogues is amazing, although I did find some didn't have much build up beforehand, but it all works out. Still allot of information that can make it a little tangled. I didn't expect the ending!! That left me reeling!! Like WHAT!!! annoying points: •why doesn't luna listen •how is she not pregnant yet •Victor boat scene, in what world was it okay to let him 😳 after his brother 😳. •she acts so bratty sometimes just stop ✋️ and do what the professionals say
Overall an amazing read! I cannot wait for the 3rd!!!
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Wow! The MMCs are likeable as usual though I feel like Lucien and Cato were frequently lost in the story and didn't have nearly enough presence. The relationship with Adonis just felt unnecessary and seemed to occur randomly more for shock value than to move the story forward. I stuck with this book to see what would happen to Victor when I really wanted to DNF. The FMC is even more selfish and self-centered in this book. It was also baffling how she could barely say sexual words to her abruptly referring to herself as a c*m sl*t and more. There were just so many things in the story that made no sense. Also, she continued to make dumb plans in this book that really didn't work out and required her to need to be rescued again. This was such a disappointment.
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Extremely frustrating. Luna is extremely dumb. She does the dumbest things. The plan is that she is working with the rogues but she goes off and does the dumbest things by herself. All publicly. And where is Victor in all of this? Living under a rock? Everyone on campus knows what’s going on except Victor. The Adonis storyline is just cringe worthy and should have been left out. It would have been better with just the rogues and Victor. Difficult enough to grow that many relationships properly. We get just bits and pieces of time with each individual rogue. Not enough to fully engage in those relationships. I just found this book overall frustrating. Hopefully the third is better
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Luna & her Rogues are back and picking up where we left off after book one. The action and relationship growth in this book are amazing and draw you in for every single piece! Some of the progress has definitely given me a new adoration for an existing character that I was absolutely NOT expecting but I’m here for it! The secrets blown wide open are horrific & overdue to be brought to light but there’s absolutely a ton of secrets and mysteries left. The cliffhanger is absolutely brutal and I’m so glad I’ve already preordered because wow.
I couldn’t put it down although throughout I was having mixed feelings esp about Luna. I was hoping by book two I would love her as much as the rogues but there’s just few things that irk me so bad about her. As I was nearing the book way too late to have stayed up I felt it would join the first at around 4 stars. Then the twist blindsided me and oh boy that happens rarely where I don’t even have an inkling. This one has me wanting to reread the first and second before moving onto the next one just to see how i missed it coming lol. I’m looking forward to book 3 tho.
What the fuck was that ending I didn't expect any of that. I am truly speechless right now. I didn't see any of that coming at all, with Victor or Everleigh. I had so many emotions reading this book, from laughing out loud to being so angry and wanting to throat punch the royals. This story just keeps on twisting and twisting. I need to read the next book now to find out what the fuck happened. Ruby Vincent, you have me hooked
Book 2 continues with the disappointment. Lots of characters-way too many for this short read. We don’t get to know them-author only touches the surface. I will say the author is keeping me guessing on who the Phantom is. I still want to get to know the characters better. Still really no growth especially Luna. She should be learning from her mistakes and she’s not. Based on what I know of the guys, I really like them. I hope book 3 is better and more entertaining.
This book wasn't as good. The FML got brain rotted with her slutiness in this one where it effected the plot. Wym ur still getting married and plan to have kids with someone you dont like when you have hot rich guys that would die for you. And her being upset and then suddenly going ho brained for her fiances brother. Adonis poems were awful. The FML switches up her plans so often it made me roll my eyes. Sex scenes were spicy. I love cato
Un tome 2 encore plus passionnant le, harem inversé se met enfin en place et on est sur de la romance slow burn. L’héroïne doit déjouer des machinations en plus de sa vengeance et tout prend un nouveau tournant ici. J’aime aussi le côté « Gossip Girl » et les complots pour contrer la reine du campus. Mon seul bémol dans cette suite et ce que je n’ai pas dit dans le premier tome sont les fautes de français et la mise en page parfois bancale. Mais, j’aime tellement que je passe outre.
Because of the weird sex scene with victor AND the terrible, toxic, fetishized relationship with his older brother / their professor AND the fact that the revenge plot kept feeling like one step forward two steps back AND because third book had terrible reviews
- the development with victor felt kinda rushed especially when he asked her to woo him and then she…didn’t and barely had scenes with him after that. but she takes time to chase after his brother? um ok. (not that i dislike it it just didn’t make sense to me tbh) - also the reveal was underwhelming tbh
The story in itself is ok. I like the guys personalities. But I dont like Luna much. And I dont like how she went from virgin in the 1st book to sex hungry pornstar fiend in the second book. Not that sex scenes are a downer. But when more than half the book in itself is a straight up porno. It's a bit much. Not your best work.
Too over the top and too long (books 1 &2). I don't understand when authors go on and on instead of combining it to one book. Some readers (me) lose interest real fast and it makes me want to discontinue with the series. I've read some other books that I enjoyed by this author, but this book leaves me in a funk because it's just too long.
Oh my God, what an amazing read! Twists and turns and sexy guys. What else can a girl ask for, only down side is now I have to wait for the next book! But it'll be worth it!
I timed my reread wrong now. I have a whole day until the last book in the series comes. I love this series so far. I always love Ruby's morally grey characters. This series really reminds me of Saint and all them and what'd they'd be like younger.
Wowsers now that was a book. And I did not see that little twist. Oh I love it when the author gets you. Book 2 for sure was so much better than book 1 This series is the perfect combination of revenge, games and so much passion.
Holy…I don’t have words.none. This is so good. I did think Luna was a flakey skunk for a while. I mean good lord keep it in your pants. This story is taking turns I never saw. Enough of this I’m off to read more.
I’m enjoying this series. I feel like a lot of stuff is just fluff and could be cut out, but it doesn’t bore me death, so I can deal with it. I’m excited to get to the conclusion of Lina’s story.
That was the most unexpected moment in the game of war in the whole world of political power struggle in the series. Lina’s whole world imploded when she started this revenge plan and she became a victim of a vicious cycle of violence and hopefully survive.