BULLY THE NEW GIRL Book One of the King of Cruelty
I'm the hockey captain. King of Hilltop Academy. Untouchable.
And she made the mistake of not knowing who I was. She spilled coffee on me her first day. Rejected me in front of my team. Then walked into the locker room and saw me completely naked.
Within hours, I made it my mission to destroy her. Spread rumors. Sabotaged her scholarship opportunities. Made her life hell. She was a nobody—a charity case who didn't belong in my world. But she wouldn't break. Wouldn't run. Wouldn't stop looking at me like she could see straight through every wall I'd built.
Then she saw me at my worst. Found me drowning in a panic attack before the biggest game of my life. And instead of using it against me, she helped me breathe.
I should have stayed away. Should have left her alone. Instead, I kissed her in a dark parking lot like I was starving for her. Then I took her virginity while telling her she mattered.
And the next morning, I made sure everyone at school knew she meant nothing. Because I'm my father's son. Because I destroy everything I touch. Because letting her in means showing weakness I can't afford.
She's leaving in four weeks. Transferring schools to escape me. And I should let her go. But obsession doesn't care about should.
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BULLY THE NEW GIRLis a dark high school hockey bully romance with explicit content, emotional manipulation, and an irredeemable hero who gets worse before he gets better. This is Book One of the King of Cruelty. Trigger warnings apply.
This book has a lot of potential but needs to be edited. There are two chapters about the same thing but are written a bit differently. Very annoying. Some things in the book that make no sense. It doesn’t need a lot of fixing but it does need it. Unfortunately, the same can be said for the second book. Just in the first chapter and there is already something wrong that doesn’t match the first book.
This was TERRIBLE. Poor writing that you have to guess your way through at times, very repetitive, I’m choosing to believe AI was used because no way this is completely original (and the em dashes were falling off the pages).
There were THREE unrelated characters named Marcus, TWO unrelated named Ms. Chen, and a girl named Madison who is a brunette field hockey player in one chapter and then a blonde cheerleader in the next chapter.
It was so bad that at one point I almost convinced myself it was intentional… like every character was an unreliable narrator, but nope. No crazy twist at the end.
The sequel is just as bad but add in the FMC being told by EVERYONE she’s the only one who can save her abuser, including her own MOTHER.
This is not a dark romance book. I love dark romance. This was abuse with a couple of kisses/sex scenes. In the end, the MMC even acknowledges he doesn’t know anything about the FMC.
I wish I was better at DNFing books.
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Like others mention this book needs to be reviewed and edited.. there were several spots in the book where there was potential but with the repeats it just lost the momentum for me. The author mixes up character profiles a few times for instance marcus her boss at the coffee shop has to stay late but then the fmc tells him to leave to go home to his wife but in book 2 marcus is a hockey teammate and bestfriend of the MMC. With the book being written for dual point of view it would have almost made more sense to write each book from one characters perspective and just split it into two books instead of the one. I initially wanted to read this book based off of a FB ad but honestly even with the minor twists in the book I wish I hadn't read it or the one after. The mmc throughout the book is just an absolute jerk to the MFC and there is hardly any redeeming qualities in him. The book does end abruptly and felt like the author just chopped the store in two rather than leaving it on a cliffhanger.
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There was so many things wrong with this book. For starters I didn’t expect him to bully her the ENTIRE book. There was literally no reason for him to bully her after she helped him. Every chapter was repetitive and the same exact scenario. She helps him, he bully’s her in return. There were moments the book could have taken a turn but it just doesn’t. This is the first bully romance I disliked. There were scenes that were told from each of their perspective but written completely different. There was inconsistencies all throughout. One minute she caught a bus and the next she had a car. She worked full time but didn’t have clothes. It was all over the place and I would love to know the outcome in book two but I can’t see myself reading more of them. I didn’t fall in love with either character.
This author is new to me, and I was unsure what I was getting into. Just a few pages in, though, and I knew I was hooked. To the point that, as it got toward the end, I was getting anxious because I didn’t realize it was a 2-part book, and I was scared to death the ending would be crammed into the last few pages and ruin an otherwise intense and thrilling book for me! I immediately bought the second one and am typing this as fast as I can so I can dive back in!! Excellent work❤️
I loved the punch and pull between two characters Colt dose some crappy at Stuff to Harlow the fmc but some how finds that she hates him at the same time likes him Colt I just want to give you a big hug this book does end on a cliff bagger and UT got me of my reading slum so thank you
I have read so many bully romances and this is the first book where I can honest say I hope there isn’t a happily ever after, I have to give you credit I haven’t hated a MC in what feels like forever the whole time I just wanted to scream. This book hit me in all the feels I have to start the second one immediately
I thought this book had potential but was disappointed by the abrupt ending. seemed like an unfinished story. The tormented character and heroine in the story did seem to have some chemistry but certain elements could have been flushed out better. The nasty sidekick was repetitive ad could have had more of a storylune himself too.
I have read some bully books before, but this one takes the cake. I have been mad, sad, crying and the ending just seeing red.. This guy is a piece of work, He has been abused and taught sickly by his dad, he has lost his mind.. All I can say is Therapy is needed pronto...
100% written by AI... No. Just no. How are you going to set the same scene in 2 POVs and have them be completely different dialogue? Writing was so repetitive and the details didnt even match. BAD.