The Wallflower's Revenge

by SweetBlunch

Russian heiress Tatiana Rostova thought that her 'happily ever after' would be with her beloved fiance. However, the people she cared about most, betrayed her and left her for dead. Saved by a handsome Italian duke, a plan of revenge blooms.
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Tatiana Rostova took it upon herself to seek revenge on the two people she loved the most after their betrayal left her half-dead, even if it meant she had to sell herself to the devil-especially since the devil is in the form of the handsome six-foot-two, silver-eyed Italian duke named Lucca Cavelli. This wallflower vowed to take everything that is rightfully hers. But in the process of her revenge, will she be willing to risk her heart again?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Love, Marriage, Young Adult, Mystery

190 pages, ebook

First published August 30, 2015

Reviews

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ} · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5! Enjoyable on a guilty pleasure read kind of level. Stumbled on this on Wattpad by coincidence. I liked seeing how far Tatiana would go but honestly, as much fun as it was to read, I really did feel like I was wasting time reading it. Hence, guilty pleasure read! And something I'd probably read every once in a while or maybe never unless I'm in the mood for smexy hot billionaires who are possessive demons in love and the women they fall in love with, generally over some kind of other reluctant scheme or another and eventually have a baby with!

The romance was expected, had my eyes rolling a lot there, but I liked seeing the revenge parts the most! The ending though kind of fell flat for me oddly. As expected, harlequin!

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[Mira · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best story in Wattpad for me. I really like the way the author narrates the story.

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Finished the book version on October 15, 2015. :)

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing!!! I started reading it yesterday and now I'm finished. I can't believe I scrolled pass this book ever so often but never thought to read it!! It was a good read, very well written. I like the language and 'vibe' of the book. The language was good without becoming monotonous. It contained the right amount of romance without being too vulgar. It possessed that certain......spark that many books now-a-days lack. I'm glad I took the time to read this book. But, that's just my opinion.

[BURMA · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very poorly written. Simplistic plot. Boring. Unreal and stupid. I could not finish it.

[Jyotsna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I happened to read this series in a very haywire manner. But all the books were enjoyable. The women characters are strong on this series.

[Clair · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to finish this book because this was one of my favorites on Wattpad when I was a teenager. Unfortunately the writing was not as good as I remembered 😔

[Vanessa Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, I was really so down. Not because the story was bad (actually, it was way beyond awesome!), but because of what happened to its characters, huhu. The last few chapters of the book keeps circling in my mind and I can't help but get teary-eyed. So to cheer myself up I decided to visit my wattpad account (because actually, I've got tons of reading list there and I am dying to read them all). My first choice was to go for a Jonaxx story but decided to give other authors a chance, so woolah! This story just came up.

Aside from love-hate relationships, stories about revenge also perks me up. And reading the sypnosis above, this story didn't gave me any chance to think twice and just go with it. At first, I really thought this story is going to be written in Tagalog because the author is from the Philippines, but to my surprise, it's in English! I was in the mood to read some Tagalog-romance story at that time but I gave this story a chance until I find myself finishing it in just one sitting.

This story is just a wattpad version of the book, so obviously, the published version is much better and improved. I am not recommending anyone to read this instead of the published version but either way, I'm sure you'll enjoy both versions.

As stated above, this story started when Tatiana Rostova was left to death by two of the most important people in her life at the sea. After claiming her second life, she planned for a revenge. Sounds interesting eh? Having said that, I was really expecting a lot from this story. The story was fine, but I was really expecting some action-pack revenge thingy from Tatiana but it wasn't what I expected. The "supposed"to be intense revenge thingy isn't that intense, it was a bit light for my taste.Well, you can't blame me, my thinking is way more evil when it's about revenge haha.

While reading this story, I can't help but noticed some cheesiness in it. But I think it wasn't that annoying because I was able to finish it, haha. The story line was amazing, but I think the execution of lines and scenes isn't that effective enough, which I hope the published version was able to correct that. The guy's character I think was ok, but there are times that I think they sounded gay. Also, the make-up part of the two sisters (I'm sorry for that bummer geys *wink) here is somewhat too easy considering how grave the other sister did. But I have to say that I didn't expected the turn out of the real "bad guy" in here, though I still think it's a bit questionable in my part. One great thing about this story though is that most of the characters here have their own POVs, but I don't think it's necessary to repeat each scenes.

The main characters in this book was fine for me I guess. Lucca, even if how many times he's being sold out here, I still can't find myself squealing for him. He's fine, but I guess dukes aren't my type, haha lol. Tatiana on the other hand was ok for me. I love the transformation of the wallflower Tatiana to this beautiful and eye of the party Tatiana. I still can't fathom how easily she went to bed with Lucca considering how defiant she was to him at first, lol. And lastly, I think the idea of Tatiana just dropping off her plotted revenge was so sudden and it wasn't that convincingly written.

Aside from the two main characters, I also got my eyes hooked to this pair that is quite interesting. Who are they? They're Marco and Francesca. So yeah, it's not gonna be my last time to read a story from the author.

I am giving this story a three-star rating but I will not deny the fact that it entertained me. I also love that the author included epilogue and special part in its wattpad version.

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[Bookreviewgirl_xo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A looked at him in the eyes and said. “A man should not let the jewel he found slipped away in his hands. Some men were fool enough to do that but not me.” I took Tatiana’s creamy hand and kissed it. “When I found this woman I knew I should have her.”

Rating - ★★★½

Tatiana + Lucca

● Wallflower Heiress/ Italian Duke
● Marriage of Convenience
● Hidden Identity
● Age Difference : 7 years H was 31 and h was 24 years old
● Virgin h/ Experienced H
● Push/ Pull From h
● Separation : 8 days
● Multiple POV
● HEA

Like :

► I love the fact that instead of just wallowing in self-pity and cowering away like a doormat heroine, Tati was dead set on getting her revenge for the betrayal of her cheater fiancé and greedy step-sister.

► Gosh! I loved Lucca. He was not the regular hero we get to see in most books with 'marriage of convenience' trope. I liked that he was faithful and possessive.

► Loved the quotes in the beginning of each chapters.

► Lucca's jealousy was hot!😍

► Oh! Tati came back with a bang! Lol! The look on Sabrina's face was priceless. Not that I could see but I could certainly imagine. Still can.

► I loved how Lucca referred to his wife as 'My Tatiana' or 'Duchess' sometimes. For some reason, it always made me swoon.

► The hint on the second book. I loved Marco and can't wait to read his book. He's the fun one in the friends group after all. And according to him, he's too clever to fall for the thing called 'love'. His words, not mine. But I have a feeling that's gonna change pretty soon.

► The way Lucca asked for Tati's forgiveness was swoonworthy. It was touching. And he didn't even do anything bad. Men should learn from him how to grovel.


Dislike :

► I hated Sabrina's guts. B***h! Also her cheater fiancé. Not to mention what they did to her after she found out. And her not-so-sob story at the end didn't make sense.

► Grammatical mistakes and repetitive sentences were there. I read the unedited version. So I can't tell if the edited version which is the physical copy of this book has the same problems or not.

► I really really wish this book was steamy. The relationship between Tati and Lucca was sweet and polite. It's not a bad thing. I really enjoyed it. But I was hoping for a hot chemistry. It would've fit perfectly with the plot.

► I hated it when Lucca and Tati fought with each other. Specially the last one.

► It's like Paolo's personality shifted 180 degree. He went from a money hungry cheater to murderer to brokenly in a love with his dead fiancée to psychopath. Sheesh!


I've wanted to read this book for a while. I've seen this on Wattpad. I really liked the plot. It was a sweet, heartbreaking but enjoyable read. I did have a few issues. But not enough to dislike it. Like I said I enjoyed it. If you don't mind the editing mistakes or grammatical errors, you can give this one a chance.

Trigger Warnings : Cheating, Abduction, Attempt to murder

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of the best stories I've found on wattpad so far. The characters are well developed and the plot was well structured, there were no filler chapters which was a nice change as everything had a purpose. I thought the ending was a bit abrupt and I agreed with the duke when he said that she forgave her stepsister too easily . I really liked the take of revenge but kind of wished that she got a bit more justice for what was done to her. I would also like to know how others in her life reactions were to her being found, such as her stepmother.

[iluv2read · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the Wattpad version. It wasn't the grammatical issues that I struggled with but the lack of character development. It was a great premise and had real potential...perhaps the published version made some adjustments...

[Shiela · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite stories on wattpad.

This is well-written and I love the twists in the story. Not typical, I must say.
The author made sure that the readers will surely love every page of this book.

This is a quick read and I'd like to recommend this to everyone.

[Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the book.

[Jessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ❤ this book that I read it again and again.

[Omaima Binga · Rating 3 out of 5]

not bad

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the first few episode because of the transformations.. and the ending.. :)

[Nancy Raphael]

i didnt even read from here but from wattpad and she has a whole series

[SalOni AroRa]

One of the best books I have read till now

[ricah (andthebooks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I STARTED READING THIS TODAY AND FINISHED IT IN ONE SITTING. THIS IS SO GOOD. YOU SHOULD READ IT. LUCCA IS SO HOT.

[Leslie Bridget · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished reading but its a need to snare the physical copy. So, Bye imma go on bookhunting

[Grace Ndayishimiye · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book, over all I think they could have done a better job at editing the book or maybe it's a way of expressing and explaining the Russian English.

[Tracy]

i actually loved the book. as soon as i was done i went right back to chapter one and started again

[RomCom Lover · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75****

[Brandilynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my third story by SweetBlunch that I read on wattpad, and I will probably read anything that she writes at this point because I've loved everything so far!

[Aerial · Rating 5 out of 5]

Greats

It was so beautiful I loved how they were at first frenemies in a way and then just came together

[Saki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked Tatiana or how she got her revenge. The sweet, naive wallflower turning into a devious, hot empress should I say duchess.

[Alexandra G.]

Why do I torture myself with Wattpad stories......?

[Tiffany Ackerland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it on Wattpad and bought it once available on Amazon! Loved it

[Tiffany Ackerland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it on Wattpad and bought it once available on Amazon! Loved it. I have enjoyed the whole series!

[Aldehyde · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high expectations for this, and it disappointed me. Everything was too fast in the book and the female lead was too annoying. The author tried to make her a likable character though, by at least letting the readers understand where she's coming from. But it just didn't work out. She made all the wrong decisions and was so irrational (everyone in this book is). You'd think she was cultivated well since she was born in an affluent family, but she's surprisingly not. I tolerated her throughout the book but I wanted to slap her so many times. It's either she just doesn't think or she's really stupid. She's frustrating. She seemed promising in the prologue though I was surprised with her character in the first few chapters that followed. I was expecting a strong and smart female lead, but I got the opposite. In addition, the male lead and the other characters gave me headaches. They too, like the female lead, were so immature. They are supposed to be adults implied to be very capable in life, especially when they hold such high positions in society. What a disappointment.
All in all, the premise was good but it wasn't executed well. The characters seriously need character development. At least make them act and think their age. It's frustrating that they're like a bunch of fifteen-year-old kids when they are supposed to be adults in the story.
This was such an upsetting read. I bought all the books in the series and I hope each book will be better than the last, I hope they are better than this.