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At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is God.
Trust me, I should know.
I’m the girl who's watched him manipulate and ruin and break—the nobody he’s done all those things and so much more to.
Saint swears he had his reasons.
He vows that he’s not the enemy.
He even promises to tear down kingdoms to keep me safe. To possess me. To keep me.
I think he’s wrong.
Because we were star-crossed—the vicious god and the unsuspecting mortal—from the moment I stepped foot on campus.
And there’s only one way this will end.
EDEN is a full-length, 110,000 word new adult/ mature high school romance with enemies-to-lovers and bullying themes. It is not recommended for readers under 17 as it contains dubious situations and triggers that some readers may find offensive. It is the third book in the Angelview Academy series and is the conclusion of the story line started in SAINT and MALICE.
Trust me, I should know.
I’m the girl who's watched him manipulate and ruin and break—the nobody he’s done all those things and so much more to.
Saint swears he had his reasons.
He vows that he’s not the enemy.
He even promises to tear down kingdoms to keep me safe. To possess me. To keep me.
I think he’s wrong.
Because we were star-crossed—the vicious god and the unsuspecting mortal—from the moment I stepped foot on campus.
And there’s only one way this will end.
EDEN is a full-length, 110,000 word new adult/ mature high school romance with enemies-to-lovers and bullying themes. It is not recommended for readers under 17 as it contains dubious situations and triggers that some readers may find offensive. It is the third book in the Angelview Academy series and is the conclusion of the story line started in SAINT and MALICE.
377 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2020
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July 10, 2020
Hmm.....I’m just not sure how I feel
Ugh...I really liked book 1 & 2, but I just couldn’t get into this last book. Mallory was driving me NUTS with her attitude. I mean, I get it, Saint was a huge d-bag but honestly had a lot of forgiving qualities in this book. However, never once did they finally let the animosity go between them and it was just kind of irritating. I mean he finally admitted his true feelings and she basically had no reaction to it...every scene that was supposed to feel like a climax was anticlimactic!! WTH?!! The ending was also pretty abrupt and the whole story felt rushed and seemed to have a lot of repeat situations. Ie...Saint’s kinda rude but tries to make up for it, and Mallory just won’t have it and is rude and ignores him (oh but she’ll happily jump his bones each and every time.) I swear this scenario just played on repeat throughout the whole book. BOTH of their mood swings gave me whiplash the entire book! And while I liked the epilogue, it left me feeling incomplete and just kind of scratching my head. I’m sad I didn’t like this one. 😔
Ugh...I really liked book 1 & 2, but I just couldn’t get into this last book. Mallory was driving me NUTS with her attitude. I mean, I get it, Saint was a huge d-bag but honestly had a lot of forgiving qualities in this book. However, never once did they finally let the animosity go between them and it was just kind of irritating. I mean he finally admitted his true feelings and she basically had no reaction to it...every scene that was supposed to feel like a climax was anticlimactic!! WTH?!! The ending was also pretty abrupt and the whole story felt rushed and seemed to have a lot of repeat situations. Ie...Saint’s kinda rude but tries to make up for it, and Mallory just won’t have it and is rude and ignores him (oh but she’ll happily jump his bones each and every time.) I swear this scenario just played on repeat throughout the whole book. BOTH of their mood swings gave me whiplash the entire book! And while I liked the epilogue, it left me feeling incomplete and just kind of scratching my head. I’m sad I didn’t like this one. 😔
July 12, 2020
The only reason this even gets a 2 star is because it got wrapped up.
PROS
- it’s over
- Saint kills his own dad
CONS (where to begin..)
- I didn’t know if I’d be able to finish this book. I eventually skipped from the 50% mark to 75% and didn’t feel like I missed a thing. 90% of this book is the same stuff as the second book. It’s just Mallory and Saint going back and forth while nothing relevant to the overall story happens. It felt like the author just starting writing without an outline or destination for the story. The book just kept rambling on and on. Book 2 and 3 should have been combined and dropped a lot of the back and forth with Saint and Mal.
- Mallory went from being a good strong heroine in the first book to the most annoying, stupid, hypocritical and pathetic heroine. 1) she was appalled that Saint may have done something unthinkable but she didn’t seem to mind when he got rid of a deadly body to protect her. 2) she constantly would sleep with Saint and then say she was over him. Then as soon as he touched her she would cave again. This happened over and over. 3) yes, Saint is a jerk but he was constantly protecting her and all she did was get mad at him and treat him like crap. She did the same thing when he did something sweet for her. 4)she kept going places by herself when she knows people are out to hurt her. Of course, Saint comes to her rescue every time and she still treats him like crap.
- the ending to this whole drama is very abrupt and only takes up the last 4% of the book. The author is not good at building up drama (of course, what does this say about me since I kept reading).
- I was actually excited at the start of the book because I thought we were going to get Saint’s POV but it was only in the epilogue.
- Laurel and the means girls was stupid. It was the same thing over and over.
- Jameson Angelle doesn’t have any problems with killing people. He would have easily had her killed in a car accident or something. This is a flaw on the authors part. There should have been a reason he couldn’t kill her.
- she accidentally recorded her conversation with Saint’s dad. This was so lame and stupid.
PROS
- it’s over
- Saint kills his own dad
CONS (where to begin..)
- I didn’t know if I’d be able to finish this book. I eventually skipped from the 50% mark to 75% and didn’t feel like I missed a thing. 90% of this book is the same stuff as the second book. It’s just Mallory and Saint going back and forth while nothing relevant to the overall story happens. It felt like the author just starting writing without an outline or destination for the story. The book just kept rambling on and on. Book 2 and 3 should have been combined and dropped a lot of the back and forth with Saint and Mal.
- Mallory went from being a good strong heroine in the first book to the most annoying, stupid, hypocritical and pathetic heroine. 1) she was appalled that Saint may have done something unthinkable but she didn’t seem to mind when he got rid of a deadly body to protect her. 2) she constantly would sleep with Saint and then say she was over him. Then as soon as he touched her she would cave again. This happened over and over. 3) yes, Saint is a jerk but he was constantly protecting her and all she did was get mad at him and treat him like crap. She did the same thing when he did something sweet for her. 4)she kept going places by herself when she knows people are out to hurt her. Of course, Saint comes to her rescue every time and she still treats him like crap.
- the ending to this whole drama is very abrupt and only takes up the last 4% of the book. The author is not good at building up drama (of course, what does this say about me since I kept reading).
- I was actually excited at the start of the book because I thought we were going to get Saint’s POV but it was only in the epilogue.
- Laurel and the means girls was stupid. It was the same thing over and over.
- Jameson Angelle doesn’t have any problems with killing people. He would have easily had her killed in a car accident or something. This is a flaw on the authors part. There should have been a reason he couldn’t kill her.
- she accidentally recorded her conversation with Saint’s dad. This was so lame and stupid.
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August 2, 2023
What in the name of sweet baby goats was this flaming garbage ENDING?!?!?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Pissed doesn't nearly describe how I feel about this book. FURIOUS! 🔥 SEETHING! 🤬 ENRAGED!💀 THIS is what I spent my sleep hours on? 🤢🤡🤡
Full transparency: if the last couple of chapters and the EPILOGUE were done differently, I would've given this book 3 stars, maaaaybe even 4, since the last two books were so great. I could've been generous. But the author managed to throw in the GARBAGE all the work she did in the previous books for this s#it!
THE FOLLOWING BASHING WILL BE FILLED WITH SPOILERS! 🚩🚩🚩 PROCEED WITH CAUTION! 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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The story continues with the saga of the hero's, Saint Angelle, and the heroine's, Mallory Ellis, tumulous relationship, the ups and downs and the secrets, that surround them. The secrets part was actually not bad: somewhat predictable, somewhat shocking, somewhat OTT dramatic, but entertaining nonetheless👌 What I liked about this book, was the hero: he was an asshole, the kind you just KNOW won't get a complete redemption and personality transplant after he gets with the heroine, which I respected.
The bullying aspect was at times childish, at times cruel, but NEVER CROSSED THE LINE OF NON-CON 👌👌
The heroine was TSTL tbh. All three books we only have her POV, she wants to get more from the hero, wants some clarity to what they are (justified), spends hours upon hours thinking about him and wanting to be with him, but when he confesses her love to her (which is a big deal to him considering his abusive father and painful past), she NOT ONLY doesn't say it back, she ignores him, doesn't trust him, avoids him and creates unnecessary drama between him. The author wrote the tension between them so great in book 1 and 2, it baffles me how she screwed it up in book 3. There were no justifications for the couple to act the way they acted. For God's sake, they went on a spring break to Hawaii and instead of being together and fucking like bunnies, they ignored each other the whole week FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 And there were plenty similar situations!
The heroine knew that the hero's father wanted her gone, whatever it took, and knew that the hero vowed to put his father in prison to keep her safe. The heroine was tricked to meet his father (very stupidly, might I add), and after the hero was WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER and blew up her phone with messages, she though: "i'M nOt In ThE mOoD tO aNsWeR hIm" 🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀 and proceeded with her mani/pedi and hair for prom🤦♀️
There were no breakthrough in their relationship. The hero confessed his love and his past, where he was abused. The heroine didn't comfort him or respond in any kind of way, they went to prom, where the fire started and the hero was in the house, so the heroine rushed in....THE END! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Who the fuck ends the book that way! And then we have the IDIOCY that is the EPILOGUE: from the POV of their FRIEND 😂😂😂😂 we see the memorial service for Saint, who's been dead for a year, all the friends mourn him, the heroine is tragically broken. The friend, whose POV we read was always into the heroine, so he follows her in hopes of getting a chance with her, since the hero is dead 💀 only to find out that the hero is alive, they have a child together and for some illogical reason he decided to fake his death...🤯🤯🤯🤯 The hero says 'I love you' to the heroine, to which she responds 'yOu ToO' (never once in the books she said she loves him), the friend thinks to himself "Oh good, now they can be happy and leave the drama behind them".
NOW IT'S OFFICIALLY 'THE END' 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Pissed doesn't nearly describe how I feel about this book. FURIOUS! 🔥 SEETHING! 🤬 ENRAGED!💀 THIS is what I spent my sleep hours on? 🤢🤡🤡
Full transparency: if the last couple of chapters and the EPILOGUE were done differently, I would've given this book 3 stars, maaaaybe even 4, since the last two books were so great. I could've been generous. But the author managed to throw in the GARBAGE all the work she did in the previous books for this s#it!
THE FOLLOWING BASHING WILL BE FILLED WITH SPOILERS! 🚩🚩🚩 PROCEED WITH CAUTION! 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
.
.
.
.
.
The story continues with the saga of the hero's, Saint Angelle, and the heroine's, Mallory Ellis, tumulous relationship, the ups and downs and the secrets, that surround them. The secrets part was actually not bad: somewhat predictable, somewhat shocking, somewhat OTT dramatic, but entertaining nonetheless👌 What I liked about this book, was the hero: he was an asshole, the kind you just KNOW won't get a complete redemption and personality transplant after he gets with the heroine, which I respected.
The bullying aspect was at times childish, at times cruel, but NEVER CROSSED THE LINE OF NON-CON 👌👌
The heroine was TSTL tbh. All three books we only have her POV, she wants to get more from the hero, wants some clarity to what they are (justified), spends hours upon hours thinking about him and wanting to be with him, but when he confesses her love to her (which is a big deal to him considering his abusive father and painful past), she NOT ONLY doesn't say it back, she ignores him, doesn't trust him, avoids him and creates unnecessary drama between him. The author wrote the tension between them so great in book 1 and 2, it baffles me how she screwed it up in book 3. There were no justifications for the couple to act the way they acted. For God's sake, they went on a spring break to Hawaii and instead of being together and fucking like bunnies, they ignored each other the whole week FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 And there were plenty similar situations!
The heroine knew that the hero's father wanted her gone, whatever it took, and knew that the hero vowed to put his father in prison to keep her safe. The heroine was tricked to meet his father (very stupidly, might I add), and after the hero was WORRIED SICK ABOUT HER and blew up her phone with messages, she though: "i'M nOt In ThE mOoD tO aNsWeR hIm" 🤡🤡🤡💀💀💀 and proceeded with her mani/pedi and hair for prom🤦♀️
There were no breakthrough in their relationship. The hero confessed his love and his past, where he was abused. The heroine didn't comfort him or respond in any kind of way, they went to prom, where the fire started and the hero was in the house, so the heroine rushed in....THE END! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Who the fuck ends the book that way! And then we have the IDIOCY that is the EPILOGUE: from the POV of their FRIEND 😂😂😂😂 we see the memorial service for Saint, who's been dead for a year, all the friends mourn him, the heroine is tragically broken. The friend, whose POV we read was always into the heroine, so he follows her in hopes of getting a chance with her, since the hero is dead 💀 only to find out that the hero is alive, they have a child together and for some illogical reason he decided to fake his death...🤯🤯🤯🤯 The hero says 'I love you' to the heroine, to which she responds 'yOu ToO' (never once in the books she said she loves him), the friend thinks to himself "Oh good, now they can be happy and leave the drama behind them".
NOW IT'S OFFICIALLY 'THE END' 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
August 17, 2020
Ugh. I really wanted to love this series. I felt like it had the potential to be really amazing and there were some definite missed opportunities on the author’s part.
First, Mallory changed from the girl throwing an apple at the bully’s head to just letting him shit on her in front of the whole school without demanding an apology or explanation - all in the name of defined abs and good sex. I get it, abs are great, but so is having a little respect for yourself. He aired her most sacred secrets and even after she decided to return to school, she never really asked why he did it and just fell right back into his bed. We don’t get even a tiny explanation of his actions until book three. She NEVER asked how he figured out about her relationship with Dylan which just seemed weird that she accepted he figured it out. I thought she was finally getting some back bone back when she had some post coital regret and embarrassment when she had to confess sleeping with Saint again to Loni, but that quickly just went away. There were just way too many back and forth scenarios where she’d hook up with Saint, he’d demean her and ignore her for several days then she’d be right back praying to his alter.
One of the biggest missed plot opportunities, in my opinion, was the lack of back and forth with Liam. That relationship manifesting with a little sexual tension would have given Mallory a reason to have more gumption when it came to Saint. Saint and Liam already had weird energy between them that could have been heightened/ explained further if Liam and Mallory actually expanded on the relationship. I mean, Liam kept saying he was going after her but the feelings were never reciprocated which just kind of fell flat and was a huge distraction for me. In the first book, I loved their relationship in the pool and I kept waiting on that to build and it never did. She seemed so curious about him and his tattoos as well as wanting a genuine friendship with him that just seemed to dissipate after that first book. (Also, why was his talent in art/tattooing himself not brought up again?!) I was really hopeful a relationship was happening when he showed up in Atlanta - which would have been a great time for him to swoop in and woo her- but he just popped in and disappeared. Even if she ended up going back to Saint, a little jealousy would have made Saint seem more human and hint that he had actual feelings for Mallory other than being entitled to her body because he deemed it so. A relationship with Liam would have also helped explain Liam’s insistence on trying to chase Mallory and following her to the beach house in the epilogue.
I really wish that Gabe had been developed more. I love the thought of him being a televangelist’s son and capitalizing on the religious guilt/judgement of others like he did in that one scene against Laurel. He is portrayed as the clown and it would have been fun if he was flirty and more friendly with Mallory without being another actual love interest. He just kind of randomly flips his shit in Hawaii which seems odd and mean for someone who wasn’t portrayed that way except for maybe in that initial bus ride when he and Laurel pick her up at the airport. I would have loved more insight on him and Loni also.
Speaking of Loni- it was hinted at that Henry had a crush on her and that she was sneaking off to the gym to see Gabe but we didn’t get anything else on that front. She’s such a good friend to everyone that I wish we got to see her have a little more happiness/ romance.
As many others have mentioned, we have a gazillion scenes of Mal and Saint having the same back and forth followed by sex but the dramatic plot conclusion is wrapped up pretty abruptly.
This point seems a little petty but it’s something that definitely irked me- why the hell is the guy on the cover not blonde if Saint is supposed to have this amazing blonde god status?! I feel like the cover is the only glimpse that we get of the characters as the author imagines them (if they’re on the cover, of course) and the fact that the dude doesn’t look like his description is beyond annoying to me.
I don’t know that I’ve ever written a review for a series before so this all just kind of came out as word vomit, but I felt this series had real potential and it ended up leaving a lot to be desired when all of the elements for a great story were right there and just not capitalized on.
First, Mallory changed from the girl throwing an apple at the bully’s head to just letting him shit on her in front of the whole school without demanding an apology or explanation - all in the name of defined abs and good sex. I get it, abs are great, but so is having a little respect for yourself. He aired her most sacred secrets and even after she decided to return to school, she never really asked why he did it and just fell right back into his bed. We don’t get even a tiny explanation of his actions until book three. She NEVER asked how he figured out about her relationship with Dylan which just seemed weird that she accepted he figured it out. I thought she was finally getting some back bone back when she had some post coital regret and embarrassment when she had to confess sleeping with Saint again to Loni, but that quickly just went away. There were just way too many back and forth scenarios where she’d hook up with Saint, he’d demean her and ignore her for several days then she’d be right back praying to his alter.
One of the biggest missed plot opportunities, in my opinion, was the lack of back and forth with Liam. That relationship manifesting with a little sexual tension would have given Mallory a reason to have more gumption when it came to Saint. Saint and Liam already had weird energy between them that could have been heightened/ explained further if Liam and Mallory actually expanded on the relationship. I mean, Liam kept saying he was going after her but the feelings were never reciprocated which just kind of fell flat and was a huge distraction for me. In the first book, I loved their relationship in the pool and I kept waiting on that to build and it never did. She seemed so curious about him and his tattoos as well as wanting a genuine friendship with him that just seemed to dissipate after that first book. (Also, why was his talent in art/tattooing himself not brought up again?!) I was really hopeful a relationship was happening when he showed up in Atlanta - which would have been a great time for him to swoop in and woo her- but he just popped in and disappeared. Even if she ended up going back to Saint, a little jealousy would have made Saint seem more human and hint that he had actual feelings for Mallory other than being entitled to her body because he deemed it so. A relationship with Liam would have also helped explain Liam’s insistence on trying to chase Mallory and following her to the beach house in the epilogue.
I really wish that Gabe had been developed more. I love the thought of him being a televangelist’s son and capitalizing on the religious guilt/judgement of others like he did in that one scene against Laurel. He is portrayed as the clown and it would have been fun if he was flirty and more friendly with Mallory without being another actual love interest. He just kind of randomly flips his shit in Hawaii which seems odd and mean for someone who wasn’t portrayed that way except for maybe in that initial bus ride when he and Laurel pick her up at the airport. I would have loved more insight on him and Loni also.
Speaking of Loni- it was hinted at that Henry had a crush on her and that she was sneaking off to the gym to see Gabe but we didn’t get anything else on that front. She’s such a good friend to everyone that I wish we got to see her have a little more happiness/ romance.
As many others have mentioned, we have a gazillion scenes of Mal and Saint having the same back and forth followed by sex but the dramatic plot conclusion is wrapped up pretty abruptly.
This point seems a little petty but it’s something that definitely irked me- why the hell is the guy on the cover not blonde if Saint is supposed to have this amazing blonde god status?! I feel like the cover is the only glimpse that we get of the characters as the author imagines them (if they’re on the cover, of course) and the fact that the dude doesn’t look like his description is beyond annoying to me.
I don’t know that I’ve ever written a review for a series before so this all just kind of came out as word vomit, but I felt this series had real potential and it ended up leaving a lot to be desired when all of the elements for a great story were right there and just not capitalized on.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 6, 2020
I didn't love this as much as the previous two books in this series but that ending.... *sob* they truly get their happily ever after.
I think the main reason the story dragged was because of Mallory's unexplainable behaviour. Saint finally tells her , and she never really lets up on letting Saint off the hook for some of his behaviour (but also sleeps with him any chance she gets). I felt like I was getting emotional whiplash with the way these two were behaving and just when I thought they were putting their miscommunication aside. one of them would abruptly start acting like a jerk again with little provocation and the cycle continued over and over which got a bit boring to read after three books of this.
While the epilogue was cute, the entire ending felt very rushed and a bit unsatisfying overall.
I think the main reason the story dragged was because of Mallory's unexplainable behaviour. Saint finally tells her , and she never really lets up on letting Saint off the hook for some of his behaviour (but also sleeps with him any chance she gets). I felt like I was getting emotional whiplash with the way these two were behaving and just when I thought they were putting their miscommunication aside. one of them would abruptly start acting like a jerk again with little provocation and the cycle continued over and over which got a bit boring to read after three books of this.
While the epilogue was cute, the entire ending felt very rushed and a bit unsatisfying overall.
July 21, 2020
Obsessive Bully, School Drama and Crazy Parents
The third in the Angelview Academy series, continues that love/hate relationship between Saint and Mallory.
It also delves further into the evil doings of Jamison (Saints father) & Nora (Mallory’s birth mother)
Jamison, is doing everything in this evil playbook to make sure Mallory doesn’t graduate and receive her father Benjamin’s billions
Meanwhile, crazy birth mother Nora has an agenda of her own to claim the wealth SHE feels she’s owed from Husband Benjamin’s estate.
Add in the toxic, messy, co-depend, at times strange relationship between Saint and Mallory. Plus, the usual gaggle of friends as secondary characters Loni, Liam, Gabe to help push the story (and the main couple) along, and you have a book full of evil family based drama along with the usual bunch of annoying mean girls.
I cannot tell you how many issues I have with the characters in this book.
Let’s start with Mallory: a girl who doesn’t want her boyfriend to kill anyone on her behalf but, gets turned on by him being violent towards others for her.
Have a dollar for every time she says
“How f ‘d up am I”
Also, count how many time Saint appears standing in a hallway when Mallory opens a door (dorm, bathroom,)
How many time’s Mallory isn’t paying attention and walks into Saint.
How many time’s they get together and end up in bed.
How many time’s Saint grabs Mallory by the wrist, slamming her against his chest and she says “What the hell do you think your doing!” (come on...she knows what he’s doing)
Yeah...You get the picture.
Saint. Crazy, obsessive, stalker-ish, bossy, demanding Saint.
Puts a tracker on Mallory’s phone...BEFORE they’re an official couple.
Follows her constantly (whats that you say?...it was only protect her from his father...No he was obsessed & controlling)
He would drag her around campus against her will, and we are supposed to believe Mallory was a smart, tough, badass.
A badass who wanted Saint to wrap his arms around her and protect her.
Why do the women in these stories NEED the men for protection? This is 2020!
FFS! She was learning how to box...Why couldn’t she defend herself?
While the overall story and plot through out offered up some good twists, enough to keep me engaged, I just couldn’t stomach Mallory’s flip-flop personality and Saints overbearing attitude.
Three stars. So disappointed with this book....OMG! And wait til, you get to the absolute cop out HEA...Ugh!
The third in the Angelview Academy series, continues that love/hate relationship between Saint and Mallory.
It also delves further into the evil doings of Jamison (Saints father) & Nora (Mallory’s birth mother)
Jamison, is doing everything in this evil playbook to make sure Mallory doesn’t graduate and receive her father Benjamin’s billions
Meanwhile, crazy birth mother Nora has an agenda of her own to claim the wealth SHE feels she’s owed from Husband Benjamin’s estate.
Add in the toxic, messy, co-depend, at times strange relationship between Saint and Mallory. Plus, the usual gaggle of friends as secondary characters Loni, Liam, Gabe to help push the story (and the main couple) along, and you have a book full of evil family based drama along with the usual bunch of annoying mean girls.
I cannot tell you how many issues I have with the characters in this book.
Let’s start with Mallory: a girl who doesn’t want her boyfriend to kill anyone on her behalf but, gets turned on by him being violent towards others for her.
Have a dollar for every time she says
“How f ‘d up am I”
Also, count how many time Saint appears standing in a hallway when Mallory opens a door (dorm, bathroom,)
How many time’s Mallory isn’t paying attention and walks into Saint.
How many time’s they get together and end up in bed.
How many time’s Saint grabs Mallory by the wrist, slamming her against his chest and she says “What the hell do you think your doing!” (come on...she knows what he’s doing)
Yeah...You get the picture.
Saint. Crazy, obsessive, stalker-ish, bossy, demanding Saint.
Puts a tracker on Mallory’s phone...BEFORE they’re an official couple.
Follows her constantly (whats that you say?...it was only protect her from his father...No he was obsessed & controlling)
He would drag her around campus against her will, and we are supposed to believe Mallory was a smart, tough, badass.
A badass who wanted Saint to wrap his arms around her and protect her.
Why do the women in these stories NEED the men for protection? This is 2020!
FFS! She was learning how to box...Why couldn’t she defend herself?
While the overall story and plot through out offered up some good twists, enough to keep me engaged, I just couldn’t stomach Mallory’s flip-flop personality and Saints overbearing attitude.
Three stars. So disappointed with this book....OMG! And wait til, you get to the absolute cop out HEA...Ugh!
July 13, 2020
A little disappointed
***Slight spoilers ahead***
So I’m pretty conflicted about how this series ended. I really enjoyed the first two installments and was really excited to see how everything tied up in this one. That being said, this book felt a little rushed to me, and by the time loose ends were being tied, it seemed halfhearted.
I really loved Saint and Mallory together, especially their love-hate dynamic, and while we get that here, it was almost too much. I didn’t really feel like their relationship was resolved or developed like it could have been. I think they are so strong together and would have loved to see them work together a lot more than they ended up doing.
Lastly, the conflict and plot twists in the first two books kept me guessing on how Mallory could come away the victor. And while that was still the case, the new twists just felt overly-villainous, almost cartoonish. Like I said earlier, the resolution felt very rushed; for as smart as Mallory and Saint are, it would have made a lot more sense for their victory to have been methodically planned rather than a stroke of luck.
***Slight spoilers ahead***
So I’m pretty conflicted about how this series ended. I really enjoyed the first two installments and was really excited to see how everything tied up in this one. That being said, this book felt a little rushed to me, and by the time loose ends were being tied, it seemed halfhearted.
I really loved Saint and Mallory together, especially their love-hate dynamic, and while we get that here, it was almost too much. I didn’t really feel like their relationship was resolved or developed like it could have been. I think they are so strong together and would have loved to see them work together a lot more than they ended up doing.
Lastly, the conflict and plot twists in the first two books kept me guessing on how Mallory could come away the victor. And while that was still the case, the new twists just felt overly-villainous, almost cartoonish. Like I said earlier, the resolution felt very rushed; for as smart as Mallory and Saint are, it would have made a lot more sense for their victory to have been methodically planned rather than a stroke of luck.
August 12, 2021
1.5 stars. This was just wild.
July 10, 2020
Mallory ruins it all
Idk what else to say beyond that. I wrote it in my review of the last book that she’s a walking contradiction and it was so much worse this time around. Saint, albeit in an unconventional way, literally does everything to protect her and all she does is drop crap on his doorstep.
It’s all a lot of “oh I know I should tell him the truth, but he would hate me and never look at me again” 🙄🙄🙄. She’s supposed to be this strong, take-no-crap heroine, but it completely misses the mark.
The storyline was honestly really good.. Mallory just ruins it all. Period.
Idk what else to say beyond that. I wrote it in my review of the last book that she’s a walking contradiction and it was so much worse this time around. Saint, albeit in an unconventional way, literally does everything to protect her and all she does is drop crap on his doorstep.
It’s all a lot of “oh I know I should tell him the truth, but he would hate me and never look at me again” 🙄🙄🙄. She’s supposed to be this strong, take-no-crap heroine, but it completely misses the mark.
The storyline was honestly really good.. Mallory just ruins it all. Period.
January 29, 2021
4.5 stars
I really enjoyed the intrigue in this story and was very much looking forward to how things would pan out. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two. Here are the reasons:
- Still only the heroine's POV until the epilogue. I think the story would have been much richer, particularly with the ending having at least the hero's POV.
- Some things were left unexplained: What happened to Dylan, what is Jenn's prognosis, what of Carly (the foster mother's) relationship?
- How is it the heroine never kicked the mean girls asses after all that physical bullying and taunting? She just took it, and I was over that.
- Unsatisfying conclusion. It was bittersweet, but largely unsatisfying.
What I enjoyed about this book was Saint, loved his personality and alpha possessiveness. I liked the side characters: Loni, Liam, Gabe, and Rosalind, and would like their stories to be told. It would be great and believable to have Loni as POC. This book was so steamy, and the attraction between the two MC was passionate, tangible.
The ending really distorted my opinion of the entire book. Overall still a great story despite my critiques.
I really enjoyed the intrigue in this story and was very much looking forward to how things would pan out. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first two. Here are the reasons:
- Still only the heroine's POV until the epilogue. I think the story would have been much richer, particularly with the ending having at least the hero's POV.
- Some things were left unexplained: What happened to Dylan, what is Jenn's prognosis, what of Carly (the foster mother's) relationship?
- How is it the heroine never kicked the mean girls asses after all that physical bullying and taunting? She just took it, and I was over that.
- Unsatisfying conclusion. It was bittersweet, but largely unsatisfying.
What I enjoyed about this book was Saint, loved his personality and alpha possessiveness. I liked the side characters: Loni, Liam, Gabe, and Rosalind, and would like their stories to be told. It would be great and believable to have Loni as POC. This book was so steamy, and the attraction between the two MC was passionate, tangible.
The ending really distorted my opinion of the entire book. Overall still a great story despite my critiques.
July 9, 2020
Wow, what a great ending to the series. Can't wait to read more from this author. Loved it. It was entertaining, with a dramatic rollercoaster. Highly recommend this series!
January 25, 2021
the ending was so rushed in this?? idk it kinda ruined it for me. also a lot of stuff didn’t make sense, like why didn’t saints dad just kill her lol, she was a massive problem to him and he sure didn’t care about killing people?? also when saint just suddenly killed his dad then it was never talked about? the book just stopped and it was yay happily ever after. didn’t hear from mal or saints pov at all after the fire like i wish it explained what actually happened, the main part the whole book was building up to was basically skipped, it lasted like 4 pages. then it just randomly went to liams pov for the epilogue? but anyways i really loved the first 2 books but this one was pretty repetitive and disappointing tbh
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July 9, 2020
I did enjoy this. I probably would have rated this higher but finding out that saint slept with Nora at 13 was just gross 🤮🤮. Why it couldn’t have to be one of the other women I don’t know. Other than that it was a good read.
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July 9, 2020
Best one of the series
The plot and the whole dynamic of this book was excellent. I loved everything about it. The only thing that bothered me was the relationship between Mallory and Saint. It's like the girl wanted to be tortured. He would use her and this discard her, she's angry but then caves the next time she's alone with him. She had no backbone whatsoever and that really annoyed me. I get giving into your dark desires,but the way she was treated by him, I would've cut him off a long time ago. Then when she does, it when her past comes back to bite her. Really!! All this stuff he's done to you but when someone from your past comes back then you cut him out of your life? Of course that only last like 12 hours and then caves again. Mallory was just disappointing to me as a charcter. Now that ending. I will say I didnt see coming and I look forward to more stories from the series
The plot and the whole dynamic of this book was excellent. I loved everything about it. The only thing that bothered me was the relationship between Mallory and Saint. It's like the girl wanted to be tortured. He would use her and this discard her, she's angry but then caves the next time she's alone with him. She had no backbone whatsoever and that really annoyed me. I get giving into your dark desires,but the way she was treated by him, I would've cut him off a long time ago. Then when she does, it when her past comes back to bite her. Really!! All this stuff he's done to you but when someone from your past comes back then you cut him out of your life? Of course that only last like 12 hours and then caves again. Mallory was just disappointing to me as a charcter. Now that ending. I will say I didnt see coming and I look forward to more stories from the series
March 17, 2021
Books in the Trilogy:
Saint (Angelview Academy #1)
Malice (Angelview Academy #2)
Eden (Angelview Academy #3)
E.M. Snow
Saint (Angelview Academy #1)
Malice (Angelview Academy #2)
Eden (Angelview Academy #3)
E.M. Snow
August 20, 2022
I honestly don't even know why I continued with this series. Saint finally has a chapter in this one. It was the prologue and didn't make much sense and the epilogue was in Liam's POV. Which was better than half the book. The ending was rushed and kind of just ends. Like okay I'm glad I wasted my time reading Mallory's bullshit thoughts and feelings.
This really should have been a duet.
~ The back and forth bickering between Mal and Saint got old fast. Mallory is an idiot and a bitch in this one.
~ Laurel has way too much clout and page space.
December 28, 2020
Wow
I was extremely disappointed in the 3rd book. Everything gets wrapped up in literally 1 chapter. It almost felt like the author was so wrapped up in trying to maintain the bully aspect that they forgot there was supposed to be an actual romance and plot. This book was an epic fail, which is sad to say being that I enjoyed the first two & was looking forward to this one. Saint & Mallorys relationship never felt like love. There was never a point where their relationship hit a turning point. The plot itself was weak & the way the author finished it off left me unsatisfied. With that being said, DONT BOTHER READING. 🙃
I was extremely disappointed in the 3rd book. Everything gets wrapped up in literally 1 chapter. It almost felt like the author was so wrapped up in trying to maintain the bully aspect that they forgot there was supposed to be an actual romance and plot. This book was an epic fail, which is sad to say being that I enjoyed the first two & was looking forward to this one. Saint & Mallorys relationship never felt like love. There was never a point where their relationship hit a turning point. The plot itself was weak & the way the author finished it off left me unsatisfied. With that being said, DONT BOTHER READING. 🙃
July 11, 2020
I Loved Her First and the second book but the third one kind of left me scratching my head.... Saints and Mallory were all over the place like they did not know what to do with each other... like I know this book could had big-time potential but I felt it was rushed especially the ending like seriously Laurel couldn't something bad happen to her for how much shit she gave Mallory.....and It would have been nice to know more about the pregnancy...i kind of had a feeling she was pregnant as i was reading then the book rushed and thats it...so disappointed 😒
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July 31, 2020
I read this series hoping it would get better and the h would start having self respect and make the H pay. But that never happened. He got away with treating her like shit, even if it were for her protection (bullshit!!) I wanted to see him pay for his shit and grovel his way out of the doghouse. But that never happened and she just rewarded him for his bad behaviour. Also her hot and cold wishy washy attitude towards him was pathetic and childish.
August 25, 2020
Strong end to the series
A little drawn out, like book one. The pace flags in the middle but starts and ends strong. Mallory’s lack of agency throughout is a little wearisome, but I guess you have to take her youth into account. If you’re looking for a bully romance with a kick ass heroine like Hannaford Prep, this isn’t it, but Mallory’s masochism has its own kind of strength. There’s no RH and Saint is an insanely J/P hero that you’ll love to hate. Recommended.
A little drawn out, like book one. The pace flags in the middle but starts and ends strong. Mallory’s lack of agency throughout is a little wearisome, but I guess you have to take her youth into account. If you’re looking for a bully romance with a kick ass heroine like Hannaford Prep, this isn’t it, but Mallory’s masochism has its own kind of strength. There’s no RH and Saint is an insanely J/P hero that you’ll love to hate. Recommended.
October 19, 2020
Redundant
Repetitive
Drawn-out.
I was hoping upon hope that they'd all come together as a team- the 3 girls & the 3 guys, maybe Loni's guy friend too, with the foster mom & Loni's dad... but nope.
See, that would make sense. It would have an emotional impact. Just as using evidence against the 2 cookie-cutter baddies would make sense...
The foster mom's reaction & behavior was BEYOND what any human would do. Cops? Lawyers? Her rich MMA boyfriend? Ask Mallory questions? Nope.
Yeah, that made sense.
FRIEND ZONE, MALE & FEMALE EDITION
Liam: friend zone ahole. Either you're Mallory's friend or you're not. The "good" guy, who immediately hits on her the instant they're back to being friends, then pretends to warn her off his BEST friend. Dude, if your friend is so bad, why are you friends with him? There is no friend zone. Either you're her friend, or you're a straight up creep lying in wait to get into her underpants. Take no for an answer. If you can't handle the no, stop being friends. If Saint didn't exist, it would still be a no. Gross. Liam wasn't a good guy- he was a creep.
Laurel: this was such a disturbing mockery of how the author must think girls behave. Yet another odd friend zone situation. As if Saint doesn't choose who he's with. As if Mallory didn't exist, she would be with her. It doesn't work that way. Men are not hostages. He either wants you or he doesn't. If he wanted you, he'd be with you. This was BEYOND ridiculous. Same with the baby killer nonsense for a miscarriage. All of it was idiotic, even for a scorned woman.
Dylan. How about we have 2 seconds of voicing how he blamed Mallory for "seducing" him. A full grown teacher & a 16 yo child. Or how there was zero empathy over their lost child.
1 or 3 sociopathic, rapist crazies in a story, but an entire campus of sociopaths with no one with a drop of empathy? No one? The comments didn't sound like educated elites. Sounded like elementary kids on the playground in my rural backwoods school district.
Sure, those parents cover up their children's misdeeds, but generally they punish them in horrible ways & raise them to protect their public image at all costs. None of them would put out a call to commit numerous assaults on social media, as it would take their parents competitors seconds to use it against them. 1 jackhole on campus, sure. The entire school filled with jackholes that would make their family's PR team livid... NFW! They'd all be cut out of the will to save a reelection campaign.
I enjoyed book 1. Book 2 was nothing but redundancy. Book 3 was more redundancy of the Groundhog Day variety. The drama was simply shock-value with no plotting.
....and the biggest plot hole of all...
If Mallory had to graduate from there to gain her inheritance, & Saint's dad knew she existed since before she attended school... If didn't need anyone to tell her to leave school, he'd just kill her. It's not like he wasn't a morally bankrupt rapist, captor, & murderer. He already tried to kill her as an infant. Anyone who had the balls to murder his business partner & his entire bloodline to gain their half of the company, he would have executed Mallory without a thought. There needed to be a reason he didn't, & there wasn't. Just as there was no reason Mallory's birth mom thought she would get access to the inheritance upon graduation when Mallory would be a legal adult, the woman was legally dead & couldn't hold property, so she wouldn't get a cent. The baddies made ZERO SENSE
Repetitive
Drawn-out.
I was hoping upon hope that they'd all come together as a team- the 3 girls & the 3 guys, maybe Loni's guy friend too, with the foster mom & Loni's dad... but nope.
See, that would make sense. It would have an emotional impact. Just as using evidence against the 2 cookie-cutter baddies would make sense...
The foster mom's reaction & behavior was BEYOND what any human would do. Cops? Lawyers? Her rich MMA boyfriend? Ask Mallory questions? Nope.
Yeah, that made sense.
FRIEND ZONE, MALE & FEMALE EDITION
Liam: friend zone ahole. Either you're Mallory's friend or you're not. The "good" guy, who immediately hits on her the instant they're back to being friends, then pretends to warn her off his BEST friend. Dude, if your friend is so bad, why are you friends with him? There is no friend zone. Either you're her friend, or you're a straight up creep lying in wait to get into her underpants. Take no for an answer. If you can't handle the no, stop being friends. If Saint didn't exist, it would still be a no. Gross. Liam wasn't a good guy- he was a creep.
Laurel: this was such a disturbing mockery of how the author must think girls behave. Yet another odd friend zone situation. As if Saint doesn't choose who he's with. As if Mallory didn't exist, she would be with her. It doesn't work that way. Men are not hostages. He either wants you or he doesn't. If he wanted you, he'd be with you. This was BEYOND ridiculous. Same with the baby killer nonsense for a miscarriage. All of it was idiotic, even for a scorned woman.
Dylan. How about we have 2 seconds of voicing how he blamed Mallory for "seducing" him. A full grown teacher & a 16 yo child. Or how there was zero empathy over their lost child.
1 or 3 sociopathic, rapist crazies in a story, but an entire campus of sociopaths with no one with a drop of empathy? No one? The comments didn't sound like educated elites. Sounded like elementary kids on the playground in my rural backwoods school district.
Sure, those parents cover up their children's misdeeds, but generally they punish them in horrible ways & raise them to protect their public image at all costs. None of them would put out a call to commit numerous assaults on social media, as it would take their parents competitors seconds to use it against them. 1 jackhole on campus, sure. The entire school filled with jackholes that would make their family's PR team livid... NFW! They'd all be cut out of the will to save a reelection campaign.
I enjoyed book 1. Book 2 was nothing but redundancy. Book 3 was more redundancy of the Groundhog Day variety. The drama was simply shock-value with no plotting.
....and the biggest plot hole of all...
If Mallory had to graduate from there to gain her inheritance, & Saint's dad knew she existed since before she attended school... If didn't need anyone to tell her to leave school, he'd just kill her. It's not like he wasn't a morally bankrupt rapist, captor, & murderer. He already tried to kill her as an infant. Anyone who had the balls to murder his business partner & his entire bloodline to gain their half of the company, he would have executed Mallory without a thought. There needed to be a reason he didn't, & there wasn't. Just as there was no reason Mallory's birth mom thought she would get access to the inheritance upon graduation when Mallory would be a legal adult, the woman was legally dead & couldn't hold property, so she wouldn't get a cent. The baddies made ZERO SENSE
August 30, 2023
Okay, this book.. where do I begin.
After reading the first book I rated it 4 stars. It had such a captivating storyline, and I was excited to read the rest of the series.
The second book was so repetitive, and their relationship was so confusing. I felt like most of the book was her coming home from swimming and finding Saint in he bedroom, or ghost. I can’t even tell you what else was in the book.
The third book was a little better with more coming to light.
Overall, this series had so much potential, if only the relationship between Mallory and Saint was different. They were so back and forth, and not trusting of each other, I couldn’t never guess whether he was actually being nice or trying to fuck her over again.
It was like an enemies to lovers book without to lovers. Mallory had more chemistry with Liam than Saint. I kept hoping she would choose him instead.
And at the end of the book, after all they went through it was disappointing the main characters weren’t even really friends in the end. It was SO disappointing. So many loose ends, and storylines not explained.
I found it very frustrating to not have any answers until the last 30% of the final book. Like I just wanted to get through it so I knew what the ending would be.
After reading the first book I rated it 4 stars. It had such a captivating storyline, and I was excited to read the rest of the series.
The second book was so repetitive, and their relationship was so confusing. I felt like most of the book was her coming home from swimming and finding Saint in he bedroom, or ghost. I can’t even tell you what else was in the book.
The third book was a little better with more coming to light.
Overall, this series had so much potential, if only the relationship between Mallory and Saint was different. They were so back and forth, and not trusting of each other, I couldn’t never guess whether he was actually being nice or trying to fuck her over again.
It was like an enemies to lovers book without to lovers. Mallory had more chemistry with Liam than Saint. I kept hoping she would choose him instead.
And at the end of the book, after all they went through it was disappointing the main characters weren’t even really friends in the end. It was SO disappointing. So many loose ends, and storylines not explained.
I found it very frustrating to not have any answers until the last 30% of the final book. Like I just wanted to get through it so I knew what the ending would be.
October 27, 2021
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Sooo I read the whole Angelview Academy series in 2 days. 2 DAYS. Because that’s how good it is.
This book is the concluding novel to Saint and Mallory’s story and it was so good! I loved how we got to see the more domestic and cute moments and whilst also still maintaining that kinda toxic but 🦋🦋🦋 dynamic!
Although I loved this book I didn’t like how
I have to admit it isn’t like TOP NOTCH writing as some storyline’s are quite repetitive but it is VERY close and extremely entertaining. I read this on Apple iBooks as I don’t want to buy paperbacks of books I might not like but let me tell you I’m already planning to buy all 3!!
This series was an amazing introduction to the works of E.M Snow and I can’t wait to read more of her work!!
Sooo I read the whole Angelview Academy series in 2 days. 2 DAYS. Because that’s how good it is.
This book is the concluding novel to Saint and Mallory’s story and it was so good! I loved how we got to see the more domestic and cute moments and whilst also still maintaining that kinda toxic but 🦋🦋🦋 dynamic!
Although I loved this book I didn’t like how
I have to admit it isn’t like TOP NOTCH writing as some storyline’s are quite repetitive but it is VERY close and extremely entertaining. I read this on Apple iBooks as I don’t want to buy paperbacks of books I might not like but let me tell you I’m already planning to buy all 3!!
This series was an amazing introduction to the works of E.M Snow and I can’t wait to read more of her work!!
December 29, 2021
Over all, this wasn't my favorite book out of the three.
I think it was due to the fact that is bored me about half way through, I loved the push and pull from both characters from the last two books. But, COME ON, three books of getting back at each other, just say you love each other and screw it out!
I think this one could have been a tad better if they would have actually gotten together sooner, then it wouldn't have felt so rushed to end.
This was a good series, and I would still recommend it to my peeps.
I think it was due to the fact that is bored me about half way through, I loved the push and pull from both characters from the last two books. But, COME ON, three books of getting back at each other, just say you love each other and screw it out!
I think this one could have been a tad better if they would have actually gotten together sooner, then it wouldn't have felt so rushed to end.
This was a good series, and I would still recommend it to my peeps.
July 12, 2020
At one moment was going to be really really disappointed with the ending but God forbid it didn’t happen ;D After reading and watching too much drama filled content I guessed it couldn’t be true... or else fans would be heartbroken.
Anyhow, I’m glad we have closure. Even though the first book will always be the best out of 3 However, each book has something dear to heart to remember ;)
Anyhow, I’m glad we have closure. Even though the first book will always be the best out of 3 However, each book has something dear to heart to remember ;)
July 10, 2020
2.5 stars
This just wasn't the series for me. There are some good moments, but most of it felt repetitive and overwrought, if I'm being honest. I feel like the story could have been pared down into two books or less and that there could have been more substantive moments between the heroine and the hero.
This just wasn't the series for me. There are some good moments, but most of it felt repetitive and overwrought, if I'm being honest. I feel like the story could have been pared down into two books or less and that there could have been more substantive moments between the heroine and the hero.
July 10, 2020
It’s ok
The ending feels a bit rushed and derivative (I’ve definitely read that conclusion before), but I liked the first two books so much, it’s fine.
Definitely my least favorite of all three books; it’s just not as engaging or fun. Maybe we’ll get a spin-off with some of the other boys? Liam and Gabe were fun!
I’ll definitely keep reading this author’s book.
The ending feels a bit rushed and derivative (I’ve definitely read that conclusion before), but I liked the first two books so much, it’s fine.
Definitely my least favorite of all three books; it’s just not as engaging or fun. Maybe we’ll get a spin-off with some of the other boys? Liam and Gabe were fun!
I’ll definitely keep reading this author’s book.
July 9, 2020
Made me angry!! Can’t believe I wanted for that ending!!! Ugh!
Otherwise good series!
Otherwise good series!
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February 28, 2021DNF at 21%. The h is spineless when it comes to the H and it’s tiring.
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