Ruthless

by Cassidy Vale

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 16, 2026

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t understand how this book has such good ratings. I could get past the typos, and even some major plot holes due to detail inconsistencies (many of them), but what I could not get past was the fact that this was NOT a romance book. Not once do you read any sort of romantic chemistry between the MCs. There is no physical interaction besides one moment of interwoven hands during a moment of comfort (not described as romantic). Then all of the sudden the book ends with declared love on the second to last page of the epilogue? That was not a romance book. If anything it was a trauma recovery story (for him and his daughter). I’m so confused by the high ratings.

[Becky · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to throw my kindle against a wall by the time I finished this. This book is just … not good. I don’t even know how to elaborate on that. It’s surely not a romance. There’s zero romance, not even something I’d consider a friendship between the MCs, and then all of a sudden, they’re confessing their love in the epilogue. Huh? Sarah gets licensed in London and immediately has her own office and career to where the MC and his daughter spend more time in London than NY. Huh? How? I skipped some parts here and there when in reality, that should’ve been my sign to put this book down entirely. There’s nothing appealing about any of the characters except maybe the daughter. It’s only 200 pages, but isn’t worth the read at all.

[Corey Lovato · Rating 3 out of 5]

three stars because I finished it

I literally only giving this three stars because I finished it and to be honest I never had any intention of not finishing it, but it is not good. The writing is fine, but the story was kind of awful. I guess I was completely misled because the blurb and the title of the book has nothing to do with the actual book. I mean, I guess I thought it was gonna be some kind of romance, but it's not. It's about the tragedy of a little girl losing her mom and the adults in her life trying to get past their own tragedies. if the story was about that and I was expecting that the book would've been fine good even but I was just expecting a romance and it's absolutely not that.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book but…

This book was not bad, but the title is misleading, and the blurb, as well. I don’t believe that the main characters were falling in love, and I don’t buy the ending. Again, I think the writing is good overall but the character development just wasn’t there for a romance. I’d buy a friendship, definitely.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually thought maybe this was a first work for the author, but it turns out it just needs more work. There’s a core of a story here, but the author could do so much better with a good developmental editor to fix plot holes and give direction to the plot, and a proofreader to catch the spelling and grammar mistakes.

[Isabella C · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome

I read this book and couldn’t get enough. You could feel their emotions all through the book. It was an Awesome read!!

[Sue Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, but I couldn’t really relate to the main characters. I liked the relationship between Sarah & Lily. Really didn’t feel the connection between Sarah & Hector.

[Judy Vang · Rating 5 out of 5]

tear jerker

It was a great book! I couldn’t put it down. Will have to read more of her books soon. Major tears!

[Rachel Wagner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good but no steamy scenes

No love scenes! Cute story but wish it moved faster and had some heat. Had to wait for the epilogue for the first kiss.