The Scarab Beetle: Books 1-4

The Scarab Beetle #1-4

by C.L. Stone

Books 1 - 4 in the wildly successful (and swoon-inducing) Academy Scarab Beetle Series, together for the first time at a low price. This bundle Thief - Book 1 Liar - Book 2 Fake - Book 3 Accessory - Book 4 Hoax - Book 5 (sneak peek)

Genres: Mystery, Ebooks, Contemporary Romance

1821 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2019

About the author

C. L. Stone likes :chocolate_bar: and #findingburiedtreasure. Her books are about :revolving_hearts: and @dark_themes and #chocolatechippancakes.

If lots of book boyfriends scare you...run. Run now.

Reviews

[Coco.V]

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[Debbie Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accessories was very good! So glad the relationships are moving along in this book. Some confusion due to Corey telling kayli in an earlier book he was bi not gay and now she thinks he is gay again??? Also had to reread some parts over 2-3times to understand due to editing errors. Overall very good and glad relationships are moving right along. Can't wait to start the next one! Keep up the good work!!!

[Pat M · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are 4 books in this collection. It took time for me to get into book 1. It’s not my normal fare. Once I finished book 1 the story really started to get my interest. How this young woman was coping with her drunken father and her younger brother; trying to keep the family together, roof over their heads, food to eat and protecting her brother from the abusive drunk dad. She resorts to picking pockets at the mall nearby; never taking all the cash, not using credit cards and leaving the wallet behind to be found. She catches the eye of a group of young men who catch onto her income stream and decide she could be useful in their group. She instinctively makes the right moves to avoid getting caught all the while only taking what she needs and never leaving an empty wallet. They set a trap and with each member playing a part, they catch her in a sting of their own. The fellas convince her to join the group and have an easier way of looking out for her family. She agreed because they had her between a rock and a hard place; she agrees to move into the apartment building they live in. The flow of these books is a story of intrigue, complicated relationships and goes forward into the underground of the life they lead. Each book continues from the last but is a new situation every time. I didn’t find it boring and not a lot of cursing or explicit sexual detail.

[K Adams · Rating 2 out of 5]

Amazon Reader

I got this book set as a freebie.
I have read a lot of this book box set. I was super excited about the storyline it was fresh and new, and I thought great! I overlooked a lot of the grammatical errors, spelling errors, whichever you want to focus on. The book got old and tiring. it's the same storyline with every new novel. same story same issues, rearranged differently. this is a huge box set and I really hoped the author would evolve but honestly if you read the first one, pretty much the second one and third one etc. is going to be the same. I didn't like the female in the story, however I didn't judge about it, but after the repetitive continuation, I just removed it. and I took a lot of time with this set. too bad, I was just really disappointed with this author and this series.

[Liz Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written. A totally enthralling balance between hanging on the next word, trying to figure out where this was going,  and JUST enough to keep you from giving up, until almost the end, when it goes CRAZY, then BAM, TOTAL CLIFFHANGER!! The heroine is impulsive and reckless, and someone SERIOUSLY needs to get her into meditation, before she gets herself killed, but you still like her, and want to see how she manages to stay alive.

[VoraciousReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thief (Book 1) - 3 stars. This first book was just good enough to make me continue to the second book to see if it gets better.
Liar (Book 2) - DNF. At halfway through the second book in the series, the h is still waffling back and forth about who is the bad guy and who is the good guy. By this point, I don't care anymore.

[Kimbra Parmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Addictive storylines

I got the first 4 books free in a book club. At the end of each one I couldn't wait to start the next to discover what happened next. The only problem is that sometimes while reading there are parts where words are left out, misused, or put in the wrong place. Makes it hard for the reading to flow. Very frustrating!

[Corazon Beedle · Rating 5 out of 5]

SaCRaL Beetle I

Very interesting. All the intrigue, the confusion, and the conflict among th characters made for an interesting story. You don't know what to expect at every turn.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little long, some action.

While action is good, too much interpersonal confusion. Great character development, but too much sappy personal strife. Hope next group is more action.

[Marguerite Marburger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have loved all of C L Stone's books. These were so good I read them 3 times.

[mirba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good series, great writer, for some things it works much better than the academy. Things are clearer, there's more action, the fmc is less useless and pathetic to start with.

I am intrigued by lots of the connections with the academy serie, so I hope the new books will come out soon and solve questions for me

[Angelma'at · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this omnibus for the last book in it, Accessory. I have the other one's separately. I liked this one much better because the guys and Kayli were all working together as a team instead of going separate ways all the time. It worked better, it flowed better. So far my favorite book in this series.

[janet havrilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this author

Another great series by this author. I just love her work. Her writing just seems to flow and you just want to keep on reading.

[Key · Rating 5 out of 5]

Next pleaaaaaase