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Highgate Preparatory Academy #1
Captured
Who of us isn't a little bit of a monster too?
Rivers of red changed my life, in ways that even I am unaware of.
I went from being a happy, carefree, and comfortable London girl to moving across the pond and landing at the exclusive Highgate Preparatory Academy, a school for the kids of the rich and powerful, right before my senior year.
Fate placed me into the arms of four beautiful, broken, rich boys; the Black Knights of Highgate Prep.
Loki, Jax, Kai, and Ash.
All rich as Midas, all beautiful, and yet they all carry scars that run so deep, I don't know if there's a way to ever heal them.
Our connection is immediate and earth shattering. The stuff of f***ing fairy tales. My knights wear tarnished armour. They’re angels that have fallen into the pits of hell and been baptised anew in blood, emerging devastatingly beautiful but with the souls of demons.
But fate is a b***h, and one night my life tips on its axis again, making me doubt my dark knights as their terrifying secrets are revealed.
Yet life is never quite what it seems, and even knights must bow to tyrant kings.
Apparently, the grass is not always greener on the other side.
It's covered in crimson too. And none of our hands are clean.
Rivers of red changed my life, in ways that even I am unaware of.
I went from being a happy, carefree, and comfortable London girl to moving across the pond and landing at the exclusive Highgate Preparatory Academy, a school for the kids of the rich and powerful, right before my senior year.
Fate placed me into the arms of four beautiful, broken, rich boys; the Black Knights of Highgate Prep.
Loki, Jax, Kai, and Ash.
All rich as Midas, all beautiful, and yet they all carry scars that run so deep, I don't know if there's a way to ever heal them.
Our connection is immediate and earth shattering. The stuff of f***ing fairy tales. My knights wear tarnished armour. They’re angels that have fallen into the pits of hell and been baptised anew in blood, emerging devastatingly beautiful but with the souls of demons.
But fate is a b***h, and one night my life tips on its axis again, making me doubt my dark knights as their terrifying secrets are revealed.
Yet life is never quite what it seems, and even knights must bow to tyrant kings.
Apparently, the grass is not always greener on the other side.
It's covered in crimson too. And none of our hands are clean.
475 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 2, 2021
About the author
Rosa Lee
25 books2,059 followersRosa Lee lives in a sleepy Wiltshire village, surrounded by the beautiful English countryside and the sound of British Army tanks firing in the background (it’s worth the noise for the uniformed dads in the local supermarket and doing the school run!).
Rosa loves writing dark and delicious whychoose romance, and has so many ideas trying to burst out that she can often be found making a note of them as soon as one of her three womb monsters wakes her up. She believes in silver linings and fairytale endings...you know, where the villains claim the Princess for their own, tying her up and destroying the world for her.
If you’d like to know more, please check out Rosa’s socials or visit
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Rosa loves writing dark and delicious whychoose romance, and has so many ideas trying to burst out that she can often be found making a note of them as soon as one of her three womb monsters wakes her up. She believes in silver linings and fairytale endings...you know, where the villains claim the Princess for their own, tying her up and destroying the world for her.
If you’d like to know more, please check out Rosa’s socials or visit
www.rosaleeauthor.com
https://Linktr.ee/RosaLeeAuthor
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November 29, 2025
Firstly, I never write reviews. I literally made this account purely to rant about this book, which I shall not be finishing. I got halfway through and gave up, so here we go.
The writing was so shockingly painful to read. I struggled massively to connect with the characters, and the plot was non-existent, aside from there is a girl sharing a dorm room with four boys. The main girl was so disgustingly cringy I have genuinely never felt cringe like it. The author was desperately attempting to incorporate some form of humour but failed miserably every time. I genuinely cannot believe there are people out there giving this book five stars.
The boys have the weirdest nicknames for her, and the spicy scenes are terrible. Considering the story is based in a school, you never get any insight into what her day to day school life is like. It’s written like ‘I went to my classes all week and now it’s Friday evening.’ That’s a whole week’s worth of character development and interactions we miss out on which is pretty crucial during the beginning.
The second hand embarrassment was ASTOUNDING.
For example, after arriving in her new dorm room for the first time, she decides to immediately take a shower, only to waltz out the bathroom fully naked, all oblivious and ditzy, in front of her new dorm mates after forgetting to use the towels on display. WHO FORGETS TO USE A TOWEL AFTER A SHOWER??!! The next day, she strips naked and sits on the toilet for a pee, completely and utterly oblivious to the boy butt ass naked having a shower in the same room!!! She’s all like, “omg I didn’t realise you were in here. My bad” How tf is she so unaware of her surroundings? Like I understand this is a fictional story but omfg this is just completely unrealistic.
Slight spoiler, but this frustrated me so badly I must mention it. So basically, one of the boys falls head over heels in love with her after 2-3 weeks of knowing her (I’m very unsure of the time frame. It was hard to understand with all of the time skips) and this was the point that well and truly tipped me over the edge. There was practically no insight into their relationship at all, other than they shared a bed and were fcking from day 1. There’s no emotional connection, but he’s somehow became infatuated with this girl when the only thing he knows about her is how to make her orgasm and that her mother died.
The only thing in the whole book that the author went into great detail over was her outfits. THE OUTFITS SHE WORE WERE HORRENDOUS!!!!!!
Example of one of the outfits:
“I'm wearing one of my favourite original nineteen-fifties cotton dresses. It has a fitted bodice, is pinched in at the waist, and has a huge flared skirt with a red net petticoat underneath, making it stick out more and giving it a wonderful swish. It's covered in red, orange, and yellow flames, and I've paired it with what I call my Dorothy shoes; red sequined heels, with a cute crimson satin bow on the front, and made by Irregular Choice. I may have a slight addiction to a certain shoe brand….”
HORRIFIC. The book literally had a modern day timeline but all of her outfits were like this. wtff.
If the writing was better, although I doubt this can be salvaged, if the main girl was less annoying and had better fashion sense, then perhaps I wouldn’t have felt the need to leave a review. I still cringe over some of the weird insults she comes up with, which I’m assuming are supposed to sound British considering she’s from London, but I’ve never heard anyone in the UK lower themselves to use these phrases. I’m not sure if the author is British, but if not then she definitely went over board when trying to make the main girl sound less American.
I would have more to say, but I can’t comment on the plot much because I’m not really sure what the fck was going on.
Thank you for reading.
If you’re thinking of starting this book. Don’t.
The writing was so shockingly painful to read. I struggled massively to connect with the characters, and the plot was non-existent, aside from there is a girl sharing a dorm room with four boys. The main girl was so disgustingly cringy I have genuinely never felt cringe like it. The author was desperately attempting to incorporate some form of humour but failed miserably every time. I genuinely cannot believe there are people out there giving this book five stars.
The boys have the weirdest nicknames for her, and the spicy scenes are terrible. Considering the story is based in a school, you never get any insight into what her day to day school life is like. It’s written like ‘I went to my classes all week and now it’s Friday evening.’ That’s a whole week’s worth of character development and interactions we miss out on which is pretty crucial during the beginning.
The second hand embarrassment was ASTOUNDING.
For example, after arriving in her new dorm room for the first time, she decides to immediately take a shower, only to waltz out the bathroom fully naked, all oblivious and ditzy, in front of her new dorm mates after forgetting to use the towels on display. WHO FORGETS TO USE A TOWEL AFTER A SHOWER??!! The next day, she strips naked and sits on the toilet for a pee, completely and utterly oblivious to the boy butt ass naked having a shower in the same room!!! She’s all like, “omg I didn’t realise you were in here. My bad” How tf is she so unaware of her surroundings? Like I understand this is a fictional story but omfg this is just completely unrealistic.
Slight spoiler, but this frustrated me so badly I must mention it. So basically, one of the boys falls head over heels in love with her after 2-3 weeks of knowing her (I’m very unsure of the time frame. It was hard to understand with all of the time skips) and this was the point that well and truly tipped me over the edge. There was practically no insight into their relationship at all, other than they shared a bed and were fcking from day 1. There’s no emotional connection, but he’s somehow became infatuated with this girl when the only thing he knows about her is how to make her orgasm and that her mother died.
The only thing in the whole book that the author went into great detail over was her outfits. THE OUTFITS SHE WORE WERE HORRENDOUS!!!!!!
Example of one of the outfits:
“I'm wearing one of my favourite original nineteen-fifties cotton dresses. It has a fitted bodice, is pinched in at the waist, and has a huge flared skirt with a red net petticoat underneath, making it stick out more and giving it a wonderful swish. It's covered in red, orange, and yellow flames, and I've paired it with what I call my Dorothy shoes; red sequined heels, with a cute crimson satin bow on the front, and made by Irregular Choice. I may have a slight addiction to a certain shoe brand….”
HORRIFIC. The book literally had a modern day timeline but all of her outfits were like this. wtff.
If the writing was better, although I doubt this can be salvaged, if the main girl was less annoying and had better fashion sense, then perhaps I wouldn’t have felt the need to leave a review. I still cringe over some of the weird insults she comes up with, which I’m assuming are supposed to sound British considering she’s from London, but I’ve never heard anyone in the UK lower themselves to use these phrases. I’m not sure if the author is British, but if not then she definitely went over board when trying to make the main girl sound less American.
I would have more to say, but I can’t comment on the plot much because I’m not really sure what the fck was going on.
Thank you for reading.
If you’re thinking of starting this book. Don’t.
January 17, 2025
So unbearably cringy it got to a point where I had to skim
December 13, 2023
if they could stop having sex with eachother for 5 minutes the plot might progress quicker
May 16, 2022
Can't believe i'm saying this but there was too much sex, like to the point i was just skipping the sex scene, like don't get me wrong i love a good smut but this book was basically porn without plot, where's the plot? What's the characters motivation? Are there any people other than the 4 boys, Lily and the mean girl? Why should i care about any of these characters? I'm halfway through this book and i don't really care about finishing it and i really want it to like it. Does Lily make any friends? Why are the other girls have to always be written like this just to make fmc look better? I think the author should focus more about world building and character development next time she write a book and not just smut because this feel like lazy writing in my opinion...
January 3, 2026
Ok so here’s the thing, the writing is like actually garbage and it reads like shitty self-insert fan fiction, and the cringe is next level. However, I am kind of invested now and I’m ashamed to say it. There are some moments where, if you’re single, you’re kinda like “aw I want that” but not enough to qualify it as good romance. Def gonna finish the series but if you’re gonna read this it’s not worth the money when you can pirate it online. I honestly didn’t even want to post the fact that I read this but I want it to count towards my books read in 2023 so I thought I might as well write a review so people know I didn’t love it and I’m not crazy lol. Also girly’s fashion sense is abysmal.
Edit: since my reviews have been getting a bit more traction and I’m trying to review more ARCs, just wanted to clarify that I don’t encourage pirating, just have a flair for the dramatic and wanted to emphasize the “please don’t spend your money on this” nature of my opinion lol. (If you’re a broke student pirating your textbooks or other books bc you can’t afford to purchase and don’t have access to libraries, not talking about you and sending peace and love your way I’ve been there) Support small authors and publishers, and get a library card and support your local library!
Edit: since my reviews have been getting a bit more traction and I’m trying to review more ARCs, just wanted to clarify that I don’t encourage pirating, just have a flair for the dramatic and wanted to emphasize the “please don’t spend your money on this” nature of my opinion lol. (If you’re a broke student pirating your textbooks or other books bc you can’t afford to purchase and don’t have access to libraries, not talking about you and sending peace and love your way I’ve been there) Support small authors and publishers, and get a library card and support your local library!
May 9, 2023
I dnf at like 90% bc it just got so boring.
So I knew this book wasn't Gonna be the best, but I read it anyway because I just needed something to fill the time, so yeah.
the book itself was okay. The writing was mediocre at best. somethings were so weirdly described that i couldn't even figure out what the author meant by them.
let's get to the mcs:
so Lilly is a "normal" girl whose mom got murdered so she switches schools and moves to a new country all alone. she is "preppy" and different then the others and referrers to dicks as men meat and had apparently no sense of shyness or self-respect.
her first day at the school, she doesn't know who her roomies are yet but she assumes it's gonna be some girls right. wrong. it's a bunch of guys. so as she is showering ( whit her clothes all left outside) she puts on the cringest song ever and starts singing to it. ( mind you it's the middle of the night). as she steps out of the shower a guy just steps in to the bathroom and stares at her naked body. lilly doesn't see a problem with this and let's the stranger dry her hoff and kneel in front of her.
then she steps out of the bathroom obviously in a towel only to meet the 4 hottest guys ever and find out she lives with them. then the guy who she calls lucifer tells her she can't have the room that is empty for whatever reason and girly decides that she's just gonna sleep in the room of the guy who just dried her of bcs sleeping on the sofa is no option at all.
she proceedes to be eaten out by the same guy on her first night there and also sees no problem with this.
“Always happy to lend a hand to a damsel in distress.” He smiles. “Or a tongue...or cock…”
this being the thing said to her after the first 10 mins of knowing this guy she still goes and sleeps in his bed
the next morning she goes to use the bathroom and apparently our mc is a dumb blind bitch bc she can't see that someone is showering already. so while she is peeing with her tits out bc this bitch thinks you have to take off a night dress to sleep the so called he men just steps out of the shower and sees her tits. but she is just hypnotized by his big dick and doesn't care about anything else. as this is going on her new bed mate just casually steps into the bathroom as well and now there are just 3 people casually chilling in the same bathroom half naked.
all this aside the book progressed pretty ok from there on. obv everyone was obsessed with lilly and wanted to fuck her bc what else is supposed to happen. lillys atrocious sense of style a
who apparently Nobody has a problem with and her hypocritical and cringe comebacks aside. she is a pretty decent character.
except she refers to people she doesn't like as cumstais/ jizzstains all in all this girl has a bad obsession with cum and calls everyone else a slut for doing things she does with FOUR guys. 😭
the guys are all also supper mid characters who don't really have personalities except being hot and good in bed.
the things they all say to each other made me want to throw my phone across a room several times and also made me scream out loud from how bad they were.
here some expapels it gets worse dw I didn't quote everything:
"Well, this sucks hairy goat balls"
"Holy fuck with a waffle on top!"
"By the way, Clark Gable was a hundred times more of a gentleman than you’ll ever be. So I wouldn’t attempt to emulate him again. At least have some originality so everyone knows what a prick you really are.” ( said by lilly to the alpha male leader of the group who Noone dares to speak up to)
"My favourite novels are reverse harem...”
"She’s wearing a faded pink ‘save the turtles’ baggy cropped t-shirt, a shell necklace, light blue cropped denim jeans, and white trainers. In her hand, she carries a metal water bottle covered in stickers and has a backpack slung over one shoulder.
Oh, my giddy aunt! Is this...is she…a VSCO girl?!"
"I hear Mine by Joseph Vincent start to play, and as he pushes into me, he starts to sing along in a sexy, raspy voice that sets me alight." ( Yay singing during sex🥰)
"I came across a website the other night, How to Give A Great Blowjob, and decided that there's no time like the present to practice some of the suggested tips."
"Cradles by Sub Urban starts to play, filling the basement with eerie sounds."
some other things:
- the guys don't wear underwear bcs why should they
- these people regularly make out in public school hallways and grind on each other everywhere.
- the mean girls are vsco girls who wear save the turtles shirts
- it's a private school for rich kids but they don't have a uniform?
- the school is said to be small but the doorms have stairs that lead up and are like legit flats ?
- the guys are the kings and knights of the school and like Super popular.
-the put child pornography in the pcs of others to frame them for stuff ( where they get this child pornography from idk)
- their outfits like never match and also don't make sense.
but I have to say it got semi better over time.
I didn't really relise what the plot was supposed to be because the where fucking like every chapter. and I do like smut but this smut just kinda got boring over time bcs it was always the same which I didn't even know could happen.
I was really hoping and waiting for things to pick up but they really didn't. this book had so many opportunities to make the plot pick up but it just didn't happen. 😭😭 you aren't even left with questions there are just facts that don't make sense but I also don't want to make sense of them anymore 😭😭
all in all this book felt like I was reading a wattpad book which was made out to have a plot but is just written to have smut and nothing else.
like the weirdly specific details about the music they're listening to in every instance?? what does it bring me to know what they are listening to during sex if the music itself is even as bad as the book😭
in one paragraph the mc was describing which lipstick she was wearing down to the shade and brand ( like is this marketing right here ) but the author failed to mention the simple age of some characters.
the SA in this book was just super random and could have been done so much better in my opinion.
here are some questions I have after basically reading this whole books that were still not answered:
- who is lillys uncle
- why didn't her moms friends reach out
- where is her dad
-where are the other guys parents
- where is the plot with ashers dad?
- what's up with the murder of lillys mom
- if they are so good at everything why can't they just find the murder?
- what's up with ashers brother luc and why does Noone care about that ?
- what about the guys past except the cabin??
- how is lillys uncle connected to the guys dad's and is he even connected?
thinking about it this book could have been so much better but it just wasn't. Am definitely not gonna read the next book after seeing its a surprise pregnancy trope with lilly like only being 17/18 😭
So I knew this book wasn't Gonna be the best, but I read it anyway because I just needed something to fill the time, so yeah.
the book itself was okay. The writing was mediocre at best. somethings were so weirdly described that i couldn't even figure out what the author meant by them.
let's get to the mcs:
so Lilly is a "normal" girl whose mom got murdered so she switches schools and moves to a new country all alone. she is "preppy" and different then the others and referrers to dicks as men meat and had apparently no sense of shyness or self-respect.
her first day at the school, she doesn't know who her roomies are yet but she assumes it's gonna be some girls right. wrong. it's a bunch of guys. so as she is showering ( whit her clothes all left outside) she puts on the cringest song ever and starts singing to it. ( mind you it's the middle of the night). as she steps out of the shower a guy just steps in to the bathroom and stares at her naked body. lilly doesn't see a problem with this and let's the stranger dry her hoff and kneel in front of her.
then she steps out of the bathroom obviously in a towel only to meet the 4 hottest guys ever and find out she lives with them. then the guy who she calls lucifer tells her she can't have the room that is empty for whatever reason and girly decides that she's just gonna sleep in the room of the guy who just dried her of bcs sleeping on the sofa is no option at all.
she proceedes to be eaten out by the same guy on her first night there and also sees no problem with this.
“Always happy to lend a hand to a damsel in distress.” He smiles. “Or a tongue...or cock…”
this being the thing said to her after the first 10 mins of knowing this guy she still goes and sleeps in his bed
the next morning she goes to use the bathroom and apparently our mc is a dumb blind bitch bc she can't see that someone is showering already. so while she is peeing with her tits out bc this bitch thinks you have to take off a night dress to sleep the so called he men just steps out of the shower and sees her tits. but she is just hypnotized by his big dick and doesn't care about anything else. as this is going on her new bed mate just casually steps into the bathroom as well and now there are just 3 people casually chilling in the same bathroom half naked.
all this aside the book progressed pretty ok from there on. obv everyone was obsessed with lilly and wanted to fuck her bc what else is supposed to happen. lillys atrocious sense of style a
who apparently Nobody has a problem with and her hypocritical and cringe comebacks aside. she is a pretty decent character.
except she refers to people she doesn't like as cumstais/ jizzstains all in all this girl has a bad obsession with cum and calls everyone else a slut for doing things she does with FOUR guys. 😭
the guys are all also supper mid characters who don't really have personalities except being hot and good in bed.
the things they all say to each other made me want to throw my phone across a room several times and also made me scream out loud from how bad they were.
here some expapels it gets worse dw I didn't quote everything:
"Well, this sucks hairy goat balls"
"Holy fuck with a waffle on top!"
"By the way, Clark Gable was a hundred times more of a gentleman than you’ll ever be. So I wouldn’t attempt to emulate him again. At least have some originality so everyone knows what a prick you really are.” ( said by lilly to the alpha male leader of the group who Noone dares to speak up to)
"My favourite novels are reverse harem...”
"She’s wearing a faded pink ‘save the turtles’ baggy cropped t-shirt, a shell necklace, light blue cropped denim jeans, and white trainers. In her hand, she carries a metal water bottle covered in stickers and has a backpack slung over one shoulder.
Oh, my giddy aunt! Is this...is she…a VSCO girl?!"
"I hear Mine by Joseph Vincent start to play, and as he pushes into me, he starts to sing along in a sexy, raspy voice that sets me alight." ( Yay singing during sex🥰)
"I came across a website the other night, How to Give A Great Blowjob, and decided that there's no time like the present to practice some of the suggested tips."
"Cradles by Sub Urban starts to play, filling the basement with eerie sounds."
some other things:
- the guys don't wear underwear bcs why should they
- these people regularly make out in public school hallways and grind on each other everywhere.
- the mean girls are vsco girls who wear save the turtles shirts
- it's a private school for rich kids but they don't have a uniform?
- the school is said to be small but the doorms have stairs that lead up and are like legit flats ?
- the guys are the kings and knights of the school and like Super popular.
-the put child pornography in the pcs of others to frame them for stuff ( where they get this child pornography from idk)
- their outfits like never match and also don't make sense.
but I have to say it got semi better over time.
I didn't really relise what the plot was supposed to be because the where fucking like every chapter. and I do like smut but this smut just kinda got boring over time bcs it was always the same which I didn't even know could happen.
I was really hoping and waiting for things to pick up but they really didn't. this book had so many opportunities to make the plot pick up but it just didn't happen. 😭😭 you aren't even left with questions there are just facts that don't make sense but I also don't want to make sense of them anymore 😭😭
all in all this book felt like I was reading a wattpad book which was made out to have a plot but is just written to have smut and nothing else.
like the weirdly specific details about the music they're listening to in every instance?? what does it bring me to know what they are listening to during sex if the music itself is even as bad as the book😭
in one paragraph the mc was describing which lipstick she was wearing down to the shade and brand ( like is this marketing right here ) but the author failed to mention the simple age of some characters.
the SA in this book was just super random and could have been done so much better in my opinion.
here are some questions I have after basically reading this whole books that were still not answered:
- who is lillys uncle
- why didn't her moms friends reach out
- where is her dad
-where are the other guys parents
- where is the plot with ashers dad?
- what's up with the murder of lillys mom
- if they are so good at everything why can't they just find the murder?
- what's up with ashers brother luc and why does Noone care about that ?
- what about the guys past except the cabin??
- how is lillys uncle connected to the guys dad's and is he even connected?
thinking about it this book could have been so much better but it just wasn't. Am definitely not gonna read the next book after seeing its a surprise pregnancy trope with lilly like only being 17/18 😭
November 20, 2025
Nope. DNF.
This might be a debut novel and def kudos to doing your thing girl, but I couldn’t move past the first 20% of this book.
The fmc Lilly was so so annoying. Her outfits. 🤢Her inner dialogue🙄 (and the book is mostly inner dialogue) her selfish twat manner😒. She was just an idiot.
Author-we need less tell and more show. More dialogue. We need less g-d awful outfit descriptions. Where were the adults? What is the actual plot here?
Why is Lilly so stupid?
OMG even writing this review and having to think about what I read is pissing me tf off.
I’m out. It’s not worth the read. I left notes on my hilights. Hit those up if you want.
It looks as if my highlighted quotes from this book have disappeared. Truly odd.
This might be a debut novel and def kudos to doing your thing girl, but I couldn’t move past the first 20% of this book.
The fmc Lilly was so so annoying. Her outfits. 🤢Her inner dialogue🙄 (and the book is mostly inner dialogue) her selfish twat manner😒. She was just an idiot.
Author-we need less tell and more show. More dialogue. We need less g-d awful outfit descriptions. Where were the adults? What is the actual plot here?
Why is Lilly so stupid?
OMG even writing this review and having to think about what I read is pissing me tf off.
I’m out. It’s not worth the read. I left notes on my hilights. Hit those up if you want.
It looks as if my highlighted quotes from this book have disappeared. Truly odd.
July 5, 2021
My suggestion would be to just go commando while you read this book otherwise you will be changing your chonies way to often this baby is spicy AF! We have five characters that are completely broken each in their own way but Lilly while broken she is the missing piece to all of our guys somehow she is the light to their dark and although they all know she would be better off without all of them they can’t let her go. But it’s not just them those guys all belong to Lilly she couldn’t go through life without these guys now that she has found them. It was great seeing how Lilly’s relationship with each guy grows and develops and their struggles that they are each going through. These four guys would burn the entire world and anyone that gets in their way to the ground to protect Lilly and in all honesty I think she would do the same. There is plenty of mystery and questions that I still need answered and I can’t wait until book 2 I have a feeling we are barely scratching the surface and there is something way more sinister going on!
August 9, 2021
Good debut!
Captured is Rosa Lee's debut novel. It's a fast burn, insta-love RH set in an academy. There's some extremely light bullying from outside of the harem, but not from the harem itself. Although set in an academy setting, very little of the book focuses on the school aspect.
Okay ladies, let's talk. Steam. Smut. Spice. Whatever you want to call it, this book is full of it. By far the most smexy scenes I have ever seen in a book. If too much steam is a turn off for you, then this one isn't for you. I'd estimate a good 60-70% is dedicated to steamy scenes.
Unusually for me - I liked all of the main characters. I'm used to maybe licking one harem to keep as mine, but this time, I wouldn't be able to choose. They are all delicious. Lilly is also very likeable, and I liked the dynamic between her and the guys. I'd quite happily take her place.
I was able to feel quite a few emotions while reading, which I always find a bonus. The unanswered questions throughout built up nicely, and I'm looking forward to finding out answers in upcoming books.
Captured is Rosa Lee's debut novel. It's a fast burn, insta-love RH set in an academy. There's some extremely light bullying from outside of the harem, but not from the harem itself. Although set in an academy setting, very little of the book focuses on the school aspect.
Okay ladies, let's talk. Steam. Smut. Spice. Whatever you want to call it, this book is full of it. By far the most smexy scenes I have ever seen in a book. If too much steam is a turn off for you, then this one isn't for you. I'd estimate a good 60-70% is dedicated to steamy scenes.
Unusually for me - I liked all of the main characters. I'm used to maybe licking one harem to keep as mine, but this time, I wouldn't be able to choose. They are all delicious. Lilly is also very likeable, and I liked the dynamic between her and the guys. I'd quite happily take her place.
I was able to feel quite a few emotions while reading, which I always find a bonus. The unanswered questions throughout built up nicely, and I'm looking forward to finding out answers in upcoming books.
June 30, 2024
Wow, just wow! I love Rosa Lee but I still hadn’t read any of the Highgate series and kicking myself because it was so full of drama and emotion! I have gone through so much healing with her books and this is no different, describing the feelings, the darkness, the obligation. Please read triggers, there is one section that ugh felt terror for the villian that would make any boy shutter, I mean he had it coming so Team Knights but yeah that was cringe worthy. Coming from a survivor that was powerful and healing, yes f*$ked up but you can either curl up or fight. Lots of spice, and I’m jumping right into next.
November 17, 2023
This was FAT NO for me - DNF 35%
I didn’t finish this but I’m marking it as read so I could review it as it was TERRIBLE and I need these points to be herd. The beginning was hilarious and had so much promise but it was nothing but a fat flop….
1 👉🏼 The amount of times she “gushed” over something turning her on.. hun if you’re gushing that much you NEED TO GO TO A DOCTOR!!!
2 👉🏼 The nick name calling, it was overdone to the point Jax calls her baby girl three times in the one sentence. PLIS the 50 odd made up nick names at the start and throughout made it extremely tacky and lacked humour. Don’t try so hard to be funny and it might actually be.👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
3 👉🏼 “I look up to see his beard dripping in my juices”… hellll nah!! No one likes soggy beards🤢🙅🏻♀️
4 👉🏼 From 1% to 35% it was all smut and nick name calling. She arrives at the school then gets off on his hand the first night… it literally continued like that until I got over reading it.
5 👉🏼 The bad fashion being force fed to readers ughhhhh!!!! I could NOT stand were the outfit choices this author chose 🤮 and to mention the brad over and over again THEY ARE HORRIBLE - An example… She goes on her first date with Floki who is dressed in a normal (yet questionable) outfit and she comes in a red dress that has a tight bodice with a flare petticoat bottom looking like a flamethrower threw up on it and tied the look together with red sequin Dorothy shoes? FFS… I intentionally chose to IGNORE them and pretend it was something completely different.. it was a real struggle🥴🥴🥴
I hate this book. End. Of. Story.
Rating: ⭐️
Heat:🌶️🌶️🌶️
I didn’t finish this but I’m marking it as read so I could review it as it was TERRIBLE and I need these points to be herd. The beginning was hilarious and had so much promise but it was nothing but a fat flop….
1 👉🏼 The amount of times she “gushed” over something turning her on.. hun if you’re gushing that much you NEED TO GO TO A DOCTOR!!!
2 👉🏼 The nick name calling, it was overdone to the point Jax calls her baby girl three times in the one sentence. PLIS the 50 odd made up nick names at the start and throughout made it extremely tacky and lacked humour. Don’t try so hard to be funny and it might actually be.👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
3 👉🏼 “I look up to see his beard dripping in my juices”… hellll nah!! No one likes soggy beards🤢🙅🏻♀️
4 👉🏼 From 1% to 35% it was all smut and nick name calling. She arrives at the school then gets off on his hand the first night… it literally continued like that until I got over reading it.
5 👉🏼 The bad fashion being force fed to readers ughhhhh!!!! I could NOT stand were the outfit choices this author chose 🤮 and to mention the brad over and over again THEY ARE HORRIBLE - An example… She goes on her first date with Floki who is dressed in a normal (yet questionable) outfit and she comes in a red dress that has a tight bodice with a flare petticoat bottom looking like a flamethrower threw up on it and tied the look together with red sequin Dorothy shoes? FFS… I intentionally chose to IGNORE them and pretend it was something completely different.. it was a real struggle🥴🥴🥴
I hate this book. End. Of. Story.
Rating: ⭐️
Heat:🌶️🌶️🌶️
June 6, 2023
DNF at 30%
This felt like the author wasn't sure if she wanted to make her characters adults or keep them as teens in high school. There were elements where the boys had definite roles and jobs, that a high schooler would not be privy to, but then it's bookended by them attending classes.
There's no depth to the protagonist. We barely get a look into who she is, before she attends the school, and we get no growth from her. She's cringey - specifically the way in which she acts when she first gets to the school and the British phrases that the author clearly only learned from Googling, rather than having visited England.
This felt like the author wasn't sure if she wanted to make her characters adults or keep them as teens in high school. There were elements where the boys had definite roles and jobs, that a high schooler would not be privy to, but then it's bookended by them attending classes.
There's no depth to the protagonist. We barely get a look into who she is, before she attends the school, and we get no growth from her. She's cringey - specifically the way in which she acts when she first gets to the school and the British phrases that the author clearly only learned from Googling, rather than having visited England.
January 30, 2024
I tried to give this book a chance I really did but, did a 13 year old write this ? The plot is … nonexistent and the writing in this book is beyond questionable lol. The FMC needs to stops trying prove she’s such a badass and actually be one 🙄 and omg the inner dialogue is so cringeworthy, also the over excessive use of the word “cunt” in about every chapter was just too fucking annoying
- was going through my reviews and I also remembered the FMC fashion sense jn this book was just downright terrible lmao 🤣 I’m sorry but it was just so fucking bad … so fucking bad
- was going through my reviews and I also remembered the FMC fashion sense jn this book was just downright terrible lmao 🤣 I’m sorry but it was just so fucking bad … so fucking bad
November 10, 2024
2% plot 98% smut
Smutt starts in chapter 1 the fastest burns
Smutt starts in chapter 1 the fastest burns
August 13, 2023
3.75 stars
Was really enjoying it at the beginning but then it got very repetitive and there was (I can't believe I'm saying this) too many 🌶 scenes
It honestly felt like there was one every chapter.
Will I continue this series? Probably but not right now. Because I did really like the characters mainly loki and kai but it's not gonna be for a while
Also there was quite a few cringey moments usually I don't mind but again there was quite a bit but I would still definitely recommend
Was really enjoying it at the beginning but then it got very repetitive and there was (I can't believe I'm saying this) too many 🌶 scenes
It honestly felt like there was one every chapter.
Will I continue this series? Probably but not right now. Because I did really like the characters mainly loki and kai but it's not gonna be for a while
Also there was quite a few cringey moments usually I don't mind but again there was quite a bit but I would still definitely recommend
May 1, 2024
I didn't think there could actually be too much spice... I was wrong ahaha but I have started now and what little plot there is I just have to read the next one because I just cannot cope with a cliff-hanger... its on kindle unlimited so see you on the other side.
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May 21, 2024The writing was too bad - use of cusses like Smeghead, cockwomble and Twatwaffle.
“All eyes snap to me, and it’s like looking at a sea of jewels, if jewels could look hungry and sinful.”
“Her Vagisty”
“All eyes snap to me, and it’s like looking at a sea of jewels, if jewels could look hungry and sinful.”
“Her Vagisty”
December 6, 2024
DNF, page 79.
The insta lust and insta love gave me the ick so damn hard. Couldn’t even enjoy the other character introductions.
The insta lust and insta love gave me the ick so damn hard. Couldn’t even enjoy the other character introductions.
June 19, 2026
DNF 50%
I tried my absolute best but the author did not make it easy.
“short golden yellow dress, fishnet pantyhose, and these sparkly green heeled shoes with a cute little bow on the front.”
no bc what is this. this is not an outfit least of all it is not cute
“ I can't believe she tried to Mean Girl me. Fucking harpy cumdumpster.”
stop calling people nicknames with cum and jizz in them. it’s not cute, it’s not funny. Also HASHTAGS?? what? this isn’t instagram this is a published novel a professional novel no matter how smut filled it is.
the way humor was tried to be made was painful. it was truly never funny it was cringy and just over no good.
Also the main girls story? yeah you barely get any of it. Basically her mom died then she shows up and has sex with them through so many painful chapters where nothing is truly getting accomplished. There is no character development, there is no relating to the characters, there is nothing written that makes you like them. There are good guys and bad guys but that line is vague at best. I truly don’t get how anyone could give this book 5 stars unless the skimmed entire thing and even then.
I tried my absolute best but the author did not make it easy.
“short golden yellow dress, fishnet pantyhose, and these sparkly green heeled shoes with a cute little bow on the front.”
no bc what is this. this is not an outfit least of all it is not cute
“ I can't believe she tried to Mean Girl me. Fucking harpy cumdumpster.”
stop calling people nicknames with cum and jizz in them. it’s not cute, it’s not funny. Also HASHTAGS?? what? this isn’t instagram this is a published novel a professional novel no matter how smut filled it is.
the way humor was tried to be made was painful. it was truly never funny it was cringy and just over no good.
Also the main girls story? yeah you barely get any of it. Basically her mom died then she shows up and has sex with them through so many painful chapters where nothing is truly getting accomplished. There is no character development, there is no relating to the characters, there is nothing written that makes you like them. There are good guys and bad guys but that line is vague at best. I truly don’t get how anyone could give this book 5 stars unless the skimmed entire thing and even then.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2023
This book is the first time I've read Rosa.
They've been on my TBR FOREVER.
From page one, I was riveted and couldn't put it down.
A Superb plot that had me addicted.
The storyline is about Lillys, who goes to Highgate Preparatory. On arrival, she is taken to her dorm, and there she has to room with Loki, Ash, Kai, and Jax, who soon entwine with her life.
Each boy brings a different outlook on Lilly's life.
This book is a Romance, Dark Contemporary with alpha male/ RH/ boarding school/ Billionaire tropes.
Also, lots of spice, of the chart spice, which left me needing a cold drink.
Now onto book two, as this ended in a cliffhanger, leaving me wanting more asap.
They've been on my TBR FOREVER.
From page one, I was riveted and couldn't put it down.
A Superb plot that had me addicted.
The storyline is about Lillys, who goes to Highgate Preparatory. On arrival, she is taken to her dorm, and there she has to room with Loki, Ash, Kai, and Jax, who soon entwine with her life.
Each boy brings a different outlook on Lilly's life.
This book is a Romance, Dark Contemporary with alpha male/ RH/ boarding school/ Billionaire tropes.
Also, lots of spice, of the chart spice, which left me needing a cold drink.
Now onto book two, as this ended in a cliffhanger, leaving me wanting more asap.
July 19, 2024
Okay nope can’t do it. I tried. I got 5 pages in and the amount of swearing and cringe words “twat waffle” is too much. Seeing as the author is English I would have expected a better understanding of the language but nobody says stuff like that and as for the amount of swearing I feel that it’s just not needed. I read a few more pages and there was a swear word every couple lines it’s just too much. This is probably the first bad review I’ve ever left but I can’t do it DNF.
December 13, 2024
Wtf was that cliffhanger....😭 how are we gonna have some holiday fun then get hit with that. Now I have to run to the next book because I just have to know 🙃.
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April 21, 2026
Reviewing this book wasn't a choice. It was a duty. An obligation. An absolute, unmistakable necessity. Why?
His gaze changes slightly, the heat flaring in it brighter than before, like he wants to do naughty bad things to me, and Her Vagisty perks up at the thought.
Her. Vagisty.
You brought this on yourself, Rosa Lee.
We open with heroine Lilly Darling--okay, we already need to pause. Lilly Darling? Really? Was Patsy McWeaksauce taken? Anyway, we open with Lilly thinking "Well, this sucks hairy goat balls" after telling off a handsy Uber driver, then we abruptly shift to a flashback of her coming across her murdered mother's remains. She handled that one much more poetically:
Ribbons of dark crimson flow across the white lino floor, unstoppable in their path... My eyes follow the river to its source, lying there so still, in a pure white peaceful serenity... A strange sense of numbness settles over me like a cape, shielding me from the maelstrom of my anguish.... My hands frantically press into the cold liquid, lips trembling when they come away stained with the claret of life.... Black starts to creep in around the edges, the blissful dark of ignorance welcoming me in its comforting embrace.
Somehow this emocide has brought Lilly from the UK to Highgate Preparatory Academy in the Rocky Mountains. Think Dracula's castle from the 1992 movie on the outside and Gryffindor Tower on the inside. Lilly goes to the red-and-gold room she'll be sharing with three other people--note that I didn't specify which sex--which includes a fireplace, multiple sofas, a bay window, a kitchenette, and an enormous shower. After an endless description of her embarrassing song-and-dance in the "divine water" to something called "Get Off My Dick", we get Lilly's first encounter with one of her male roommates, who takes it upon himself to towel her off. While she's naked. And he's naked. And they're both under 18. Highgate is fine with all this. But more importantly, this is where "Her Vagisty" comes from. Brace yourselves:
Obviously, I play it cool, and I definitely don't screech like a fucking banshee whilst jumping about five feet in the air. Nope, not at all terrified, no siree!
...holy Mary, mother of all things hotness!...
And his ink. Oh, be still my fucking beating heart!...
On his right hip, just above the waistband of his low-slung grey sweats--which should be fucking illegal, by the way--is a bright red lipstick tattoo....
Yep, I'm still naked. In front of a hot as fucking sin stranger. Cue facepalm....
He proceeds to towel me from my feet, up my calves, and to my thighs. He pauses as he gets to the apex--thank goodness I had a Brazilian wax a few days ago!--and... did he just sniff me?! A low growl escapes him, and my breath hitches as I swear I can feel my core dripping, my pussy pulsing at the animalistic sound....
Taking a step back in a bid to rein in Her Vagisty who's about to go rogue, I can feel my body flush pink. "Darlin...I--I mean Darling. That is, I am Darling. My name. My name is Lilly Darling," I manage to choke out, my whole body alight with embarrassment. God smite me now and save me from myself. Real fucking smooth, Lilly. Jesus. I realize that "Get Off My Dick" is still playing on repeat...
Maybe I haven't seen enough crazy-hot guys in my time. I certainly haven't blundered into any crazy-hot naked guys in the bathroom. But... YIKES. This may be the only inner monologue ever written that out-cringes E.L. James. If this guy can hear her thoughts right now, it would only be the decent thing for him to go soft.
This fellow, Loki, is one of Lilly's four crazy-hot male roommates, described as a redheaded "fallen angel." There's also Jax, the blond "Viking warrior"; Asher, the black-haired "Lucifer himself"; and Kai, the Byronic brunet "tortured soul." All the classics in one package: the cocky mischievous one, the quiet protective one, the dark evil one, the shy nerdy one. And in all four hair colors! I'd call Lilly a very lucky girl if the idea of four roommates didn't make me want to fling myself from the nearest turret.
Let's talk about the reverse-harem trope for a minute. For some women, having a 24-hour pick of three to 10 godlike boyfriends, all of whom want to do nothing but pamper her and flatter her and make her cum all day long, is a delicious daydream. For me, it's HELL. That's too many people, too little solitude, and too little agency for my hyperindependent self to handle. So all of you will do whatever I ask without question? Fabulous. GET OUT.
Anyhoo. Lilly manages to keep her overresponsive genitals at bay long enough to attempt to go upstairs. Because this dorm room is a fucking duplex. Asher snaps that nobody gets to sleep upstairs, so Lilly will have to choose one of their beds to share. She decides he's her least favorite so far and internally calls him a "fucktrumpet" and a "twatwaffle." As if she won't be wrapping her twatwaffle around his fucktrumpet later. She gets dressed in her favorite lacy underwear and chooses Loki as her first bedmate. He fingers her into an orgasm that all the other guys hear, nearly reaching a simultaneous climax just from the sound. Yeah, okay, let's just pretend high-school-age guys come this perfect-looking and this sexually considerate. Let's also pretend this girl, who seems to have the psychological maturity of my first LiveJournal, is enthralling enough for one of them, much less all. Sorry, no. Can't suspend that much disbelief.
Kai looks into Lilly's adoptive uncle, "a Mr. Adrian Ramsey":
"...billionaire recluse who lives in the wilds of Wiltshire near Stonehenge. Not much is known about him, or his fortune, although we do know he's one of the world's richest bachelors. According to urban myth, he was involved in a huge scandal in his younger days, but no one knows what, and had his heart broken which caused him to shut himself away in his glorious mansion, never to emerge and never to love again."
"Fucking gossip writers, vultures all of them," Kai grouses. No, Kai, vultures would have found some information worth eating, instead of offering up speculation written like... well, a Rosa Lee flashback.
Lilly wakes up to Loki's smell, "like freshly baked vanilla shortbread, and hot chocolate by the fire when it's snowing outside, all mixed with a manly musk that has my nostrils flaring to take in more." Writers, please never use the word "nostrils" when you're trying to keep the reader turned on. And please don't pretend that a 17-year-old male smells like anything other than ass and additional ass when he wakes up. I have a younger brother. I know better.
Then, while Lilly is mid-piss, Jax and his enormous "man meat" enter the bathroom. By the time she arrives at the breakfast table, she decides she wants to "keep them all," then internally chastises herself for "reading too many reverse harem books."
She goes up to dress in red lingerie, a white top, white knee socks, "red gingham" heels "with fake cherries on the toes," and a "rainbow corduroy pinafore mini dress." If this were any closer to a Claudia Kishi ensemble, she'd also wear earrings that look like picnic baskets. Thankfully Loki barges in to eat her out before she can put that disaster on. After she does, we get more outfits:
Loki: "...light blue denim low-slung jeans, a green faded band T-shirt, and a black leather jacket." Do guys wear "low-slung" jeans? I thought that was just for gray sweatpants. Also, Rosa, was it really that difficult for you to think of a band to name?
Kai: "...a sexy geek look, with mustard yellow chinos, a black and white gingham shirt all buttoned up and complete with a cheeky red bow tie, and a charcoal knit cardigan left open. His black framed glasses are back in place, and his chestnut hair is sticking up..." There is nothing sexy about mustard yellow. Ever. And if you're not imagining that he also has big buck teeth and a habit of shouting GLAYVIN! for no reason, you're a better woman than I.
Jax: Just look up a picture of Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok. It's basically that.
Ash: "...a navy suit... with a gray pinstripe waistcoat, crisp white shirt, and dark blue tie, complete with an oak leaf motif in gold. His jet black hair is slicked back..." Why doesn't this preparatory academy have uniforms? Or are students just told to dress as close to their tropes as possible?
Somewhere in between studying "cool subjects like Botany and Yoga," Lilly and Loki abscond to the Beauty and the Beast-grade library--could there be any other kind?--for a fingerbang. The librarian catches them, but she just snarks instead of bouncing their butts to the headmaster's office. She must be used to this sort of thing.
Loki reflects:
...I can finally take a big breath of pure fresh air when I touch her. She makes me forget that I'm damaged, a devil, filled with a black soul and rotten on the inside.... I'm also pretty damn sure that we're no good for her. We give pain and suffering, what else can we offer her besides that?
FUCK RIGHT OFF. You're not damaged or rotten or devilish, just a manipulative sex maniac with a sob story. You'll get over it the second Lilly decides not to care.
We meet Amber, a "VSCO girl" (I'm so not with it) who immediately sets to "fluttering her eyelash extensions and twiddling her hair" at Loki. She greets Lilly with a "sneer," so Lilly decides she "officially hate[s] the bitchtits." This amuses Loki, who continues leading her away.
Amber isn't actually going to matter, is she?
Lunch passes in a blur of propositions from Loki, glares from Ash, and seething jealousy at a distance from "cumdumpster"/"jizzmuffin"/"that bitch" Amber. Elsewhere in the dining hall sits an increasingly agitated Goodreads reviewer shouting THIS FUCKING THING HAS NO PLOT at her laptop. Is it Lilly learning how to take four at a time? Is it defeating Amber? Is it breaking through Ash's emotional wall? Is it something about the mysterious uncle?
Well, there is a fancy party that the guys are required to throw. The theme was supposed to be "Saints and Sinners," but Ash changed it to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" because it's Lilly's favorite play. In that spirit, dessert is MDMA. Lilly takes one and gets even hornier, until Amber teases her about her murdered mom. Why not just give her some puppies to turn into a coat? That's enough for Lilly to go for a second tab, which makes Ash get angry and threaten to "put [her] over [his] fucking knee." As if anyone in these books ever considers that an actual punishment. But he understands, for his "blackened heart" is grieving too. For what, I don't know. His dignity?
Later, Lilly gets dressed for a date with Loki:
I'm wearing one of my favorite original nineteen-fifties cotton dresses. It has a fitted bodice, is pinched in at the waist, and has a huge flared skirt with a red net petticoat underneath, making it stick out more and giving it a wonderful swish. It's covered in red, orange, and yellow flames, and I've paired it with... red sequined heels, with a cute crimson satin bow on the front... and my makeup is subtle fifties, with black cat eyes and bright red lips.
So it's what Katniss would wear for her interview if Cinna couldn't draw. Cute.
Lilly and Loki fuck. Ash turns out to be grieving for his dead twin brother. Jax takes steroids and thinks about what a "fucked up asshole" he is and how much he'd enjoy Lilly's fear of him. I don't know what Kai's up to, probably wondering who's been screwing with the gas chromatograph. Later Jax rescues Lilly from some grabby asshole, then they go off to fuck:
My mouth drops open as his hard erect cock jumps out. Fucking hell with a waffle on top! His hammer--snort--is even bigger standing to attention, and a thread of doubt runs through me as I genuinely wonder if it'll fit in Her Vagisty.
The next morning, after Loki joins them to grab a handjob before breakfast, we learn that Jax has zero refractory period:
"How the fuck are you ready to go again?!" I gasp out, although Her Vagisty seems open to the idea, quite literally fluttering around his cock like a fucking butterfly on a dick flower.
The three of them plan a full weekend of fucking:
...[Loki] smirks, giving me that panty melting grin and making Her Vagisty perk up like a fucking dog waiting for a treat.
Rosa? FUCKING. STOP.
Out of nowhere, we cut to the boys blackmailing and beating up some random skeeve. His mistress is somehow an employee of their families' company and also fifteen years old. As if that's not confusing enough, this inspires Loki to go home and declare his love for Lilly mid-fuck. I wanted stuff to start happening in this book, but can it at least happen for a REASON?
Off to Ash's house for his birthday party. He gets so jealous watching Lilly dance with Loki and Jax that he spirits her to his room for a blowjob. Then they all play Truth or Dare at Amber's behest, because she's 12. She dares Lilly to strip, not knowing that her dead mother was a stripper whose colleague taught Lilly a move or two. Does ANYONE in this universe get a proper childhood? Anyone?
I could tell you about the next sex scene, but I don't have the character space or the brain juice for that, so just assume they all go like this:
My moans elicit agonized howls from all the dogs in a 20-mile radius as Jax slams me again and again with his ginormous thunder hammer. "You're gonna kill me, Baby Girl," he huskily roughs into my ear, "and then these guys are gonna get you shitfaced on funeral ale and fuck you until you're ready to get stabbed and strangled and thrown onto my fire boat." Oh, that inveterate penis pastry! Behind me I can feel Loki groan in appreciation as he takes off his goat-horn helmet and--crappity-crap and this complete breakfast!--uses it to tear away my truly, truly, truly outrageous Jem-style girdle. Her Vagisty springs open for him, like a fucking jack-in-the-box with a clitoris inside it instead of a creepy clown doll or whatever. And somewhere through my cream-filled sugar-dusted chocolate-topped sex haze, I know Ash is watching us, aggressively masturbating with one hand and strangling kittens with the other.
Between this and Amber getting jealous because the guys are down for threesomes with LILLY and NOT YOU, neener neener neener, Kai wonders if the lack of intel on her uncle means they can't trust her. The guys decide not to care because they need her to fill their emotional voids. And because she needs them to fill her non-emotional voids.
Lilly wears "a short golden yellow dress, fishnet pantyhose, and those sparkly green heeled shoes with a cute little bow on the front" for a visit with Loki's seven- and five-year-old nieces. Their nanny makes eyes at Loki, so he and Lilly head upstairs for bang session #291. "Checkmate, nanny jizzstain!" Lilly thinks. At least Ana's nicknames for every woman in Christian's vicinity weren't this graphic. Then the other three guys come over so she can at last take all four of them consecutively. Thank God Loki's house is big enough that those little girls won't ask what "OH FuUuUuUuUCK!" means.
The boys tell Lilly about their roles as their dads' official skeeve beaters. All of them were threatened and blackmailed into it at age 14. She freaks out, which gives them all a sad. But she doesn't freak out enough to wear something better than blue corduroy overalls "with a red and white striped T-shirt, an oversized red knitted jumper," and blue and red plaid heeled boots.
Kai flogs Loki to soothe the pain. But they're "not into each other that way." Probably for the best. Any further up the LGBTQ spectrum and one of them might actually criticize Lilly's outfits.
The grabby asshole from before nearly rapes Lilly, but she fights him off and runs to the guys for help. They resolve to use their skeeve-beating powers for her. Nothing like a little attempted rape to gloss over your romantic tribulations!
Lilly dresses so as not to call attention to her bruises: red tartan overalls, a black roll-neck sweater, white lace ankle socks, red snakeskin shoes with sparkly heels and toe bows. Mission accomplished.
For the Halloween dance, we have Jax as He-Man, Loki as Dorian Gray, Kai as Christian Grey, Ash as Lucifer, and Lilly as cultural appropriation. We also have the entire school doing lines and engaging in "several orgies" on the grounds. Amber is blowing some guy while touching herself, which Lilly considers "gross." Bear in mind that she spent the evening dirty dancing with her four boyfriends, partly to piss off Amber. Go ahead and get it, Lil, just don't be a hypocrite. Later she joins the guys while they lop off Robert's balls.
I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but... aren't these people supposed to be in high school?
I haven't mentioned Ash's evil dad, but many, many chapters ago he met Lilly and looked at her creepily. Now Ash overhears him promising some guy that the "little flower is being well taken care of." Use a less obvious code next time, Dad. Might I suggest "eye burner"?
A distraught Ash runs home for some spanking, light knife play, and another four-car train on Lilly. Whatever Evil Dad has planned for Lilly had better be good, because there's probably nothing she can't handle after all this.
The rest of the book is nonstop Lilly/Loki fucking, ending with her discovering a picture of her mother on his wall.
I so don't care. If you people want to suffer through more of Her Vagisty emerging from her neon orange patchwork corduroy cocoon, do it without me.
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January 29, 2024
✩‧₊ 1.25 stars ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
･ ｡ﾟ☆:Captured *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ
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🎶 There is an indentation in the shape of you. Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo 🎶
Lilly Darling (h) now attends the exclusive Highgate Preparatory Academy, and her four roommates happen to be the most alluring guys she’s set her eyes on – Loki, Jax, Kai, and Ash(H) and they all form an instant connection, some more than others, but there’s more than meets the eye.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: THOUGHTS*.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
[Locke]
How do I put this nicely? It was very insta-love that I wanted to DNF immediately but decided to push through. Lilly is quite unbearable, and I am constantly reminded that she is British. I swear the dialogue was terrible. This is not how British people speak? Is it…Correct me if I am wrong, but this felt forced. Plus, she moans at everything she eats. SHUT UP. Not to mention, she sees Loki and invites herself to his bed on the first day because Ash tells her she cannot take the spare bedroom, and suddenly, he is fingering her. GIRL. I mean, get it…but on day one. I needed some tension and build-up, but this was too fast and cringed. A few weeks later, they all confess that they love each other and how she makes them complete…please. Not to mention, she antagonizes all the women in this book. In hindsight, yeah, they were terrible, but she made it worse by pointing out that she was fucking them all. Girl, you don't really have to tease the girls and then get mad that they dislike you. It wasn't even her defending herself. She was being spiteful, and the guys just encouraged her to do it.
[Asher]
The boy hated her from the start for no reason. He was an asshole and told her to find somewhere else to sleep. Then, suddenly, he throws me for a loop because now he's calling her princess, is attracted to her, and wants to join her harem. Now, the hatred was really lust; it was just a mess. I didn’t care for Ash. His backstory is sad and tragic, his father is a shitty person, and he lost his brother because of it, but the whole possessive act didn’t cut it for me. It might be because he is eighteen and still in boarding school; act your age.
[Jax]
Turns out this man is on steroids, and it’s why he was so big the entire time. Throughout the book, she is fascinated with his size, and then she discovers he is on drugs, but the reason behind it is sad. He wants to be stronger than his father so he can defend himself, and he feels powerless without them. Anyway, he never feels like he is in control, except when he is with her, and he is a gentle giant. He wants to protect her and would never harm her ever, not intentionally, at least. She entered the ring when he had just finished and he choked her like girl, don’t do that.
[Kai]
Kai was the only likable one, to be honest, if he wasn’t the cliche nerd type who is a freak in the sheets. The boy couldn’t talk to her without turning into a tomato, but he was so sweet. He was teaching her how to cook and taking her out on hikes; I don’t think she really knew how to treat Kai. Still, he had a total personality shift when he gained confidence once they were sexually active, and he was into BDSM and safe words…okay, Kai. Yeah, she was into all that and didn’t expect it from him, especially because he’s pierced and all.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: OVERALL *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ──
The book was not good. I lost the plot of the story because there was so much smut involved that nothing was going on the majority of the time. I wish I could say something positive about it, but I wanted to skim the entire time because that’s how many smut scenes there were. If you took them all away, nothing happened in this book. At some point, I think she stopped caring about her dead mother and figuring out who killed her because she never paused to think about it besides the nightmares she had.
･ ｡ﾟ☆:Captured *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ
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🎶 There is an indentation in the shape of you. Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo 🎶
Lilly Darling (h) now attends the exclusive Highgate Preparatory Academy, and her four roommates happen to be the most alluring guys she’s set her eyes on – Loki, Jax, Kai, and Ash(H) and they all form an instant connection, some more than others, but there’s more than meets the eye.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: THOUGHTS*.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
[Locke]
“Boys!” he suddenly hollers, eyes still holding mine and startling me out of my dirty angel fantasies with a jump. “Our new roomie is here!”
“So, you’re the new student,” a low voice drawls, disdain and dismissal clear in his tone.
How do I put this nicely? It was very insta-love that I wanted to DNF immediately but decided to push through. Lilly is quite unbearable, and I am constantly reminded that she is British. I swear the dialogue was terrible. This is not how British people speak? Is it…Correct me if I am wrong, but this felt forced. Plus, she moans at everything she eats. SHUT UP. Not to mention, she sees Loki and invites herself to his bed on the first day because Ash tells her she cannot take the spare bedroom, and suddenly, he is fingering her. GIRL. I mean, get it…but on day one. I needed some tension and build-up, but this was too fast and cringed. A few weeks later, they all confess that they love each other and how she makes them complete…please. Not to mention, she antagonizes all the women in this book. In hindsight, yeah, they were terrible, but she made it worse by pointing out that she was fucking them all. Girl, you don't really have to tease the girls and then get mad that they dislike you. It wasn't even her defending herself. She was being spiteful, and the guys just encouraged her to do it.
[Asher]
“You can't escape it forever, Lilly,” he tells me, his grip on my arm loosening a little, his other hand coming up to stroke the side of my face. “You’ll have to face your grief sooner or later, Princess. We all do.”
The boy hated her from the start for no reason. He was an asshole and told her to find somewhere else to sleep. Then, suddenly, he throws me for a loop because now he's calling her princess, is attracted to her, and wants to join her harem. Now, the hatred was really lust; it was just a mess. I didn’t care for Ash. His backstory is sad and tragic, his father is a shitty person, and he lost his brother because of it, but the whole possessive act didn’t cut it for me. It might be because he is eighteen and still in boarding school; act your age.
[Jax]
“Jax, hey, I’m okay,” I assure him, feeling so protected when I’m in his presence, like nothing will ever hurt me again.
“Don’t touch me yet,” he says roughly, my hand immediately stilling. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
“I trust you, Jax. You won't force me to do anything I don’t already want with you,” I whisper, surprised at how quickly my fear has given way to lust.
Turns out this man is on steroids, and it’s why he was so big the entire time. Throughout the book, she is fascinated with his size, and then she discovers he is on drugs, but the reason behind it is sad. He wants to be stronger than his father so he can defend himself, and he feels powerless without them. Anyway, he never feels like he is in control, except when he is with her, and he is a gentle giant. He wants to protect her and would never harm her ever, not intentionally, at least. She entered the ring when he had just finished and he choked her like girl, don’t do that.
[Kai]
I ignore him, crossing my arms and turning to Kai. “How was your morning?”
Poor guy blushes berry red and stutters out, “F–f–fine, thank you,” then buries his head back into his iPad.
Kai was the only likable one, to be honest, if he wasn’t the cliche nerd type who is a freak in the sheets. The boy couldn’t talk to her without turning into a tomato, but he was so sweet. He was teaching her how to cook and taking her out on hikes; I don’t think she really knew how to treat Kai. Still, he had a total personality shift when he gained confidence once they were sexually active, and he was into BDSM and safe words…okay, Kai. Yeah, she was into all that and didn’t expect it from him, especially because he’s pierced and all.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: OVERALL *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ──
The book was not good. I lost the plot of the story because there was so much smut involved that nothing was going on the majority of the time. I wish I could say something positive about it, but I wanted to skim the entire time because that’s how many smut scenes there were. If you took them all away, nothing happened in this book. At some point, I think she stopped caring about her dead mother and figuring out who killed her because she never paused to think about it besides the nightmares she had.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 3, 2026
Does this book make sense? No. Are the plot twists screamingly obvious. Yes. Do any of the characters really have any personality or depth? No. Do their outfits sound absolutely ridiculous. Yes. But does that really matter in this kind of book?
July 27, 2023
Does any woman actually name their vagina? Really? Plus Her Vagisty? What the actual fuck is that? Also do men in real life actually refer to their dicks in third person? I’m always super turned off when this happens in books.
I did finish this book but only because I liked the Boys. I detest Lily and found myself skipping large sections of the book because she is poorly written at best and an abominable character at worst. She spends a lot of time in her head, every chance she has really, saying I know it’s not a feminist ideal all like smash the patriarchy but I love the guys taking care of me. Look that is a feminist ideal. Feminism is about women making there own choices, among other things, it’s about accepting women and men and everyone else as they are and allowing them to make their own choices. It’s got a lot of other faciets, obviously, but that’s one of them. It seems like the author didn’t understand feminism or is anti feminist and just didn’t want to say outright? I am unsure her writing is bad. Also how Lily speaks is just headache inducing. I swear by all the gods is she is described as “squealing” one more time I might scream. I also think the author was going for kick ass woman but Lily comes across as idiot teenager with a heavy doses of cringe. Also of course this woman gets pregnant at the end of the story because clearly that is the ultimate goal of all women. Keep in mind this girl is eighteen and that struck me as odd. If the guys weren’t all rich af this would read a whole lot different.
The Sex: this deserves its own section because god damn there was a lot of it. I found myself actually getting tired of reading there fuck sessions. I skipped a few if I’m honest. I wasn’t bothered by the kinks for the most part this author does a better job of writing BDSM than E.L. James, thank fuck for that. There are a few instances where Ash or Kai doesn’t explicitly do after care but for the most part it’s done pretty well. Also I wasn’t bothered by the threesomes or anything I’m a Poly woman and whatever gets you off. I have my kinks they have there’s. Whatever. The most part I thought the sex was good. Although can we fucking stop making rape, or near rape in this case, a fucking plot device? I am happy with the boys reaction but by Odin find a different way to go about this authors I’m begging you.
The Boys:
Ash- the leader and the head dominant one of the group. I actually liked him probably the best of the lot. I have a links for doms sue me. His backstory is awful like the other guys, I felt like maybe he was more fleshed out as a character, in this book, then his friends were. I felt like we got a bit more story for him. I liked him is what it comes down too. I appreciated that while they were doing what they had to to Robert Ash was protecting Lily. It was a nice thing to see
Kai-tech guy second Dom. I liked him but we don’t really get to see him until book two. He had some demons and I get that. I didn’t like the implication that because he had his demons he was a Dom who liked to cause pain. That implies people don’t have a choice and it’s somehow wrong or deviant to do that. Perfectly happy “normal” people are doms and like the pleasure/pain threshold don’t imply that if you like that you are somehow fucked up. He was actually sweet.
Jax- probably one of my least favorite. He’s the medic/muscle and fine. He has an addiction and how that was handled…was to kinda gloss over it toward the end. This book is 416 pages long,kindle edition, if there had been less fucking and more character development maybe this could have been handled better.
Loki-stealth guy-he is a bit much for me. The care free happy go lucky person he is makes me tired. I liked him but he just got on my damn nerves sometimes. I’m an introvert so he is clearly an extrovert and damn man too much sometimes.
The Story: okay so this wasn’t much we get hints of plot here and there, but for the most part it’s fucking. There are also huge time skips that make no sense to me. We go okay Friday now it’s three weeks later? What? Why? I swear I got whiplash sometimes. Also we have hints that there is more going on, grand, but no further clues just fucking. Did I mention the fucking because there’s a lot of it. Also the writing is, for the most part, horrible. I do not now, nor do I ever, need to know a designer by designer play by play of the clothes people are wearing. Once maybe, every fucking time Lily puts something on we get a play by play of her outfit and the designer. Fuck me stop. I don’t care most people won’t, unless that’s your kink in which case sorry I bad mouthed it. The constant name dropping of songs throughout made me want to strangle someone. I don’t give a damn about which song plays when they fuck or why. Once when Loki was singing to her, okay I’ll give you that one but every second of every song while they fuck, did I mention the fucking, made me roll my eyes so far in my head I thought they would get stuck up there. Also my main take away from this book is Therapy everyone needs it.
I did finish this book but only because I liked the Boys. I detest Lily and found myself skipping large sections of the book because she is poorly written at best and an abominable character at worst. She spends a lot of time in her head, every chance she has really, saying I know it’s not a feminist ideal all like smash the patriarchy but I love the guys taking care of me. Look that is a feminist ideal. Feminism is about women making there own choices, among other things, it’s about accepting women and men and everyone else as they are and allowing them to make their own choices. It’s got a lot of other faciets, obviously, but that’s one of them. It seems like the author didn’t understand feminism or is anti feminist and just didn’t want to say outright? I am unsure her writing is bad. Also how Lily speaks is just headache inducing. I swear by all the gods is she is described as “squealing” one more time I might scream. I also think the author was going for kick ass woman but Lily comes across as idiot teenager with a heavy doses of cringe. Also of course this woman gets pregnant at the end of the story because clearly that is the ultimate goal of all women. Keep in mind this girl is eighteen and that struck me as odd. If the guys weren’t all rich af this would read a whole lot different.
The Sex: this deserves its own section because god damn there was a lot of it. I found myself actually getting tired of reading there fuck sessions. I skipped a few if I’m honest. I wasn’t bothered by the kinks for the most part this author does a better job of writing BDSM than E.L. James, thank fuck for that. There are a few instances where Ash or Kai doesn’t explicitly do after care but for the most part it’s done pretty well. Also I wasn’t bothered by the threesomes or anything I’m a Poly woman and whatever gets you off. I have my kinks they have there’s. Whatever. The most part I thought the sex was good. Although can we fucking stop making rape, or near rape in this case, a fucking plot device? I am happy with the boys reaction but by Odin find a different way to go about this authors I’m begging you.
The Boys:
Ash- the leader and the head dominant one of the group. I actually liked him probably the best of the lot. I have a links for doms sue me. His backstory is awful like the other guys, I felt like maybe he was more fleshed out as a character, in this book, then his friends were. I felt like we got a bit more story for him. I liked him is what it comes down too. I appreciated that while they were doing what they had to to Robert Ash was protecting Lily. It was a nice thing to see
Kai-tech guy second Dom. I liked him but we don’t really get to see him until book two. He had some demons and I get that. I didn’t like the implication that because he had his demons he was a Dom who liked to cause pain. That implies people don’t have a choice and it’s somehow wrong or deviant to do that. Perfectly happy “normal” people are doms and like the pleasure/pain threshold don’t imply that if you like that you are somehow fucked up. He was actually sweet.
Jax- probably one of my least favorite. He’s the medic/muscle and fine. He has an addiction and how that was handled…was to kinda gloss over it toward the end. This book is 416 pages long,kindle edition, if there had been less fucking and more character development maybe this could have been handled better.
Loki-stealth guy-he is a bit much for me. The care free happy go lucky person he is makes me tired. I liked him but he just got on my damn nerves sometimes. I’m an introvert so he is clearly an extrovert and damn man too much sometimes.
The Story: okay so this wasn’t much we get hints of plot here and there, but for the most part it’s fucking. There are also huge time skips that make no sense to me. We go okay Friday now it’s three weeks later? What? Why? I swear I got whiplash sometimes. Also we have hints that there is more going on, grand, but no further clues just fucking. Did I mention the fucking because there’s a lot of it. Also the writing is, for the most part, horrible. I do not now, nor do I ever, need to know a designer by designer play by play of the clothes people are wearing. Once maybe, every fucking time Lily puts something on we get a play by play of her outfit and the designer. Fuck me stop. I don’t care most people won’t, unless that’s your kink in which case sorry I bad mouthed it. The constant name dropping of songs throughout made me want to strangle someone. I don’t give a damn about which song plays when they fuck or why. Once when Loki was singing to her, okay I’ll give you that one but every second of every song while they fuck, did I mention the fucking, made me roll my eyes so far in my head I thought they would get stuck up there. Also my main take away from this book is Therapy everyone needs it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 14, 2023
3.5 stars. Okay. No joke, okay guys. There are over 20 SMUT SCENES!!! OVER 20!!! And it all started in CHAPTER 3!!! AND THEN, there was a tension-filled moment in CHAPTER 1 after she got out of the shower. If you want to read this for plot, you will not find it. It is pure SMUT. Nothing wrong with that of course, but I thought there was going to be more. If anything, we learn about the guys' dark side of their lives that was created by their respective families so they can later take of their businesses. We learn about their pasts and that's about it. There's a hint that something is going to happen with one of the guys' fathers, but nothing yet.
Quick summary, Lilly Darling has to move from London to America after her mother's death to finish her last year of high school at her uncle's old private school. Lilly is a sassy, takes no shit kind of girl, AND SHE READS more specifically she reads RH books. After she gets settled in her dorm, she finds that her roommates are all male. We have Loki, the red-haired fallen angel as termed by Lilly. He is bold, confident, and very forward which Lilly apparently loves since she has a spicy moment with, in CHAPTER 3!! Next, we have Jax who resembles a Viking warrior with his long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, and he is a scary big dude who only has a sweet spot for his friends and Lilly. Then, we have Ash, Lucifer's look alike who is the leader of the group. Finally, we have Kai, who is the "sexy boy next door geek," and appears to be sweet and shy, but in the sheets he transforms, AND the man knows how to cook. And after meeting, there is SMUT SCENE AFTER SMUT SCENE. Basically, it's insta lust, and I'd say insta-love when the L-word is used before chapter 15. Aside from the smut, these boys speak to Lilly as if they are poets declaring their love. AND all of these men are into some dirty, dirty things such as *starts whispering* ropes, blindfolds, whips, use of code words and more. But then, most of them have their sweet, heart melting moments. And I love that the author incorporates the songs into the scenes, and it makes us feel like we're more immersed into the story.
Favorite quotes/scenes:
-"It's like she's the sun, and my soul leans towards her, desperate for any light." (Kai)
-"I'm an addict, and you are my Fucking. Perfect. Drug." (Loki)
-"God, she's like a fucking temptress, a siren whose call I'm helpless to resist." (Ash)
-"Lilly makes me feel more alive than I've felt in a long time. She has breathed life into me, waking me up as if from a deep slumber. And I need her breath, like a dying man needs the kiss of life." (Kai)
-"They're all here, we're all together like this, and it feels so fucking right, like it was always meant to be this way. I can't explain it, but I know deep down that this is where I belong. Where we all belong. (Lilly)
-"And I realize that they may be monsters, but they are beautiful monsters. And they're mine. They will burn down the entire world and everyone in it for me." (Lilly)
-"My whole fucking soul and everything that I am, or ever will be, belongs to her now." (Jax)
-"When I think about you, I burn inside, Princess. My entire being, everything I am and ever could be is yours. I love you, Lilly Darling, and I will love you until I draw my last breath and my soul descents into the depth below. And when the stars fall from the sky, and the Earth shatters into a million pieces my love for you will be in every fucking atom of the galaxy."
"You're the piece of me that was missing, Ash. Even if they were to cut me open, they would find you there. All of you are fused to my very cells, and nothing can truly separate us."
-"You have no idea how precious you are, Lilly. You are full of light that draws us in like moths to a flame, and we would willingly burn in the depths just for a single taste." (Kai)
-"We've belonged to each other since the moment of our conception, Lilly Darling. And we are never letting you go." (Kai)
And there are SO MUCH MORE quotes that I love, but I don't want to put so much. So, go read this if you want to hear these amazing words that come out of these men's mouths. These guys will make you think why can't every guy declare their love like this.
Quick summary, Lilly Darling has to move from London to America after her mother's death to finish her last year of high school at her uncle's old private school. Lilly is a sassy, takes no shit kind of girl, AND SHE READS more specifically she reads RH books. After she gets settled in her dorm, she finds that her roommates are all male. We have Loki, the red-haired fallen angel as termed by Lilly. He is bold, confident, and very forward which Lilly apparently loves since she has a spicy moment with, in CHAPTER 3!! Next, we have Jax who resembles a Viking warrior with his long blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, and he is a scary big dude who only has a sweet spot for his friends and Lilly. Then, we have Ash, Lucifer's look alike who is the leader of the group. Finally, we have Kai, who is the "sexy boy next door geek," and appears to be sweet and shy, but in the sheets he transforms, AND the man knows how to cook. And after meeting, there is SMUT SCENE AFTER SMUT SCENE. Basically, it's insta lust, and I'd say insta-love when the L-word is used before chapter 15. Aside from the smut, these boys speak to Lilly as if they are poets declaring their love. AND all of these men are into some dirty, dirty things such as *starts whispering* ropes, blindfolds, whips, use of code words and more. But then, most of them have their sweet, heart melting moments. And I love that the author incorporates the songs into the scenes, and it makes us feel like we're more immersed into the story.
Favorite quotes/scenes:
-"It's like she's the sun, and my soul leans towards her, desperate for any light." (Kai)
-"I'm an addict, and you are my Fucking. Perfect. Drug." (Loki)
-"God, she's like a fucking temptress, a siren whose call I'm helpless to resist." (Ash)
-"Lilly makes me feel more alive than I've felt in a long time. She has breathed life into me, waking me up as if from a deep slumber. And I need her breath, like a dying man needs the kiss of life." (Kai)
-"They're all here, we're all together like this, and it feels so fucking right, like it was always meant to be this way. I can't explain it, but I know deep down that this is where I belong. Where we all belong. (Lilly)
-"And I realize that they may be monsters, but they are beautiful monsters. And they're mine. They will burn down the entire world and everyone in it for me." (Lilly)
-"My whole fucking soul and everything that I am, or ever will be, belongs to her now." (Jax)
-"When I think about you, I burn inside, Princess. My entire being, everything I am and ever could be is yours. I love you, Lilly Darling, and I will love you until I draw my last breath and my soul descents into the depth below. And when the stars fall from the sky, and the Earth shatters into a million pieces my love for you will be in every fucking atom of the galaxy."
"You're the piece of me that was missing, Ash. Even if they were to cut me open, they would find you there. All of you are fused to my very cells, and nothing can truly separate us."
-"You have no idea how precious you are, Lilly. You are full of light that draws us in like moths to a flame, and we would willingly burn in the depths just for a single taste." (Kai)
-"We've belonged to each other since the moment of our conception, Lilly Darling. And we are never letting you go." (Kai)
And there are SO MUCH MORE quotes that I love, but I don't want to put so much. So, go read this if you want to hear these amazing words that come out of these men's mouths. These guys will make you think why can't every guy declare their love like this.
May 11, 2024
I loved the plot, I loved the characters, but I hated how the main character seemed to only speak in 2012 tumblr memes. She literally called her vagina, her vagisty. At first I laughed but then she kept saying it over and over to the point I wanted to scratch out my eyeballs.
December 24, 2021
Rosa Lee is a new author to me and this is her debut novel. Captured begins with our female main character Lilly Darling who transfers to Highgate Prep after the tragic death of her mother. Along with having to cope with her mothers death she also has a mysterious new uncle she has never met before AND moving to another country!
Needless to say there's a lot of change and Lilly shows her strength of character by taking each new revelation as it comes. Of course, she's not superwoman so she has her wobbles. She is also a lot different to some recent females I've read about because of her cavalier attitude towards sex which begins almost instantly!
Highgate Prep is an American boarding school for the rich and elite of American society and unfortunately Lilly finds herself having to share a room .... with four smoking hot and sexy guys! First up is my favourite, Asher Vanderbilt, the leader who does not take to Lilly. Next, is Kai, the sweet, caring geek of the group with his love for technology and smart mind.
Jax made my heart ache at the end of the book with his deeply protective nature, he doesn't show emotion easily but with Lilly it's different. Finally is Loki and he lives up to his name being the player of the group he is the one Lilly is drawn to first. But she has to be careful as the boys have dark secrets and a hidden dark past. Can she accept it and help them to overcome their demons?
Overall, I throughly enjoyed the book with the storyline and the twists and turns Rosa weaved captured my attention and held it. Personally for me, there was too much sex at the beginning which made it difficult to fully get hooked right away. However, the storyline between these scenes did capture my attention which is why I gave it a 4 star rating and I'm glad I persevered. I have no doubt that someone who enjoys the fast burn of the book would give it 5 stars.
Well done, Rosa an epic start to a wonderful series!
Needless to say there's a lot of change and Lilly shows her strength of character by taking each new revelation as it comes. Of course, she's not superwoman so she has her wobbles. She is also a lot different to some recent females I've read about because of her cavalier attitude towards sex which begins almost instantly!
Highgate Prep is an American boarding school for the rich and elite of American society and unfortunately Lilly finds herself having to share a room .... with four smoking hot and sexy guys! First up is my favourite, Asher Vanderbilt, the leader who does not take to Lilly. Next, is Kai, the sweet, caring geek of the group with his love for technology and smart mind.
Jax made my heart ache at the end of the book with his deeply protective nature, he doesn't show emotion easily but with Lilly it's different. Finally is Loki and he lives up to his name being the player of the group he is the one Lilly is drawn to first. But she has to be careful as the boys have dark secrets and a hidden dark past. Can she accept it and help them to overcome their demons?
Overall, I throughly enjoyed the book with the storyline and the twists and turns Rosa weaved captured my attention and held it. Personally for me, there was too much sex at the beginning which made it difficult to fully get hooked right away. However, the storyline between these scenes did capture my attention which is why I gave it a 4 star rating and I'm glad I persevered. I have no doubt that someone who enjoys the fast burn of the book would give it 5 stars.
Well done, Rosa an epic start to a wonderful series!
September 14, 2023
Mmmmm. No. Nope. Not a vibe. Some or the phrases that were used in here alone were almost enough to make me dnf. The ONLY reason I kept going was the smut.
Yes the smut was pretty good overall. Some parts were a little out there in terms of what I believe is physically possible but I mean I can turn a blind eye to most of it.
What I COULDNT condone was the use of “Her Vagisty” when the FMC referred to her vagina. AND THE CRIME WASN’T COMMITTED JUST ONCE. OH NO, FRIENDS. THE ENTIRE. BOOK.
Also. The amount of times the author used the phrase “my nipples pebbled” was obscene. Thesaurus. Please girl. I beg.
The plot? Who is she? We dont know her. Completely ludicrous at some points and non existent in others.
The pacing in the relationships? Wack.
The weird amount of details in her outfits made it feel like a Y/N wattpad fanfic where they show pictures of the outfits before the story?? And the amount of music that was referenced was like?? I dunno. Just overall not a vibe.
The writing was just so full of cringe, I just couldn’t deal. It was a struggle fam.
Again I just finished this because I wanted it to count towards my reading goal and the spice was aight but def wont be going to the next one. Thank yew.
Yes the smut was pretty good overall. Some parts were a little out there in terms of what I believe is physically possible but I mean I can turn a blind eye to most of it.
What I COULDNT condone was the use of “Her Vagisty” when the FMC referred to her vagina. AND THE CRIME WASN’T COMMITTED JUST ONCE. OH NO, FRIENDS. THE ENTIRE. BOOK.
Also. The amount of times the author used the phrase “my nipples pebbled” was obscene. Thesaurus. Please girl. I beg.
The plot? Who is she? We dont know her. Completely ludicrous at some points and non existent in others.
The pacing in the relationships? Wack.
The weird amount of details in her outfits made it feel like a Y/N wattpad fanfic where they show pictures of the outfits before the story?? And the amount of music that was referenced was like?? I dunno. Just overall not a vibe.
The writing was just so full of cringe, I just couldn’t deal. It was a struggle fam.
Again I just finished this because I wanted it to count towards my reading goal and the spice was aight but def wont be going to the next one. Thank yew.
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