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Rogues of Regalia
It’s a new semester at Regalia University, and by the end of it, five men will die.
My sister was good, kind, loving, and the Royals of Regalia bullied her till she killed herself.
I set foot on campus ready to right some wrongs when the most handsome bunch of stone-cold weirdos asked if I needed a little help…
Don’t get me started on Lucien. He fancies himself a vampire—complete with sharpened canines, cape, and a coffin, but if anyone knows how to make a man bleed, it’s him.
Wilder’s on another level, and you’re not allowed. He’s out to expose every conspiracy from Area 51’s alien relocation program to the trackers implanted in our brains. The man doesn’t kiss a woman without patting her down twice, but if you need to get your hands on an arsenal, his is unmatched.
My growling, snapping Cato escaped his last mental institution. Now he has a new obsession: ripping out the throat of anyone who looks at me sideways. Don’t worry, he can’t bite you through the muzzle.
Then, of course, there’s their leader, Rafael. The son of a hitman dances his way around campus, and only takes his headphones off to hear the obscene amount you’ll pay him to take care of your problems. Otherwise, stay out of his blissful world, or he’ll blow it up with you inside.
These four are as determined to make up for not protecting my sister as they are to protect… and keep… me.
They’re freaks. Weirdos. Psychos. But damned if they’re not taking my heart like they do everything else—without mercy or permission.
It’s the five of us against the most powerful and untouchable of Regalia. No one thinks we can win, but I like my chances.
To take down a Royal, you need a Rogue.
And I have four.
The Rogues of Regalia is a dark contemporary reverse harem romance and book one of the series. It gets wild in these pages, if you can handle that, dive in!
My sister was good, kind, loving, and the Royals of Regalia bullied her till she killed herself.
I set foot on campus ready to right some wrongs when the most handsome bunch of stone-cold weirdos asked if I needed a little help…
Don’t get me started on Lucien. He fancies himself a vampire—complete with sharpened canines, cape, and a coffin, but if anyone knows how to make a man bleed, it’s him.
Wilder’s on another level, and you’re not allowed. He’s out to expose every conspiracy from Area 51’s alien relocation program to the trackers implanted in our brains. The man doesn’t kiss a woman without patting her down twice, but if you need to get your hands on an arsenal, his is unmatched.
My growling, snapping Cato escaped his last mental institution. Now he has a new obsession: ripping out the throat of anyone who looks at me sideways. Don’t worry, he can’t bite you through the muzzle.
Then, of course, there’s their leader, Rafael. The son of a hitman dances his way around campus, and only takes his headphones off to hear the obscene amount you’ll pay him to take care of your problems. Otherwise, stay out of his blissful world, or he’ll blow it up with you inside.
These four are as determined to make up for not protecting my sister as they are to protect… and keep… me.
They’re freaks. Weirdos. Psychos. But damned if they’re not taking my heart like they do everything else—without mercy or permission.
It’s the five of us against the most powerful and untouchable of Regalia. No one thinks we can win, but I like my chances.
To take down a Royal, you need a Rogue.
And I have four.
The Rogues of Regalia is a dark contemporary reverse harem romance and book one of the series. It gets wild in these pages, if you can handle that, dive in!
485 pages, ebook
Published March 3, 2022
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73 books1,226 followersRuby Vincent is a published author with many novels under her belt but now she's taking a fun foray into contemporary romance. She loves saucy heroines, bold alpha males, and weaving a tale where both get their happy ever after.
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March 22, 2022
!CLIFFHANGER WARNING! I liked this book, but it was definitely dark and heavy, so pay attention to the ⚠️trigger warnings⚠️ for suicide, rape, sexual assault, and bullying. Rest assured that none of the bullying or sexual violence comes from any of the MC's love interests. Later books may include the MC in a romantic relationship with one of her professors (27 years old), but I can't tell for sure whether that's where their relationship is heading. That relationship wasn't focused on in this book, and so far all they've done together is kiss (a tiny peck) before they knew they were going to be student and teacher (in a college setting, so the MC isn't underage).
I ultimately took off a star from my rating because, although I was interested in the story, I was still ready for the book to end, and the cliffhanger was a good one but still not enough for me to wish the book was longer. I actually found myself relieved the next book wouldn't be out soon (not for nearly a year btw) so that I didn't have to decide whether to start book 2 now. I think maybe it was because the story content was so heavy. It may have been too much to binge-read, which is my default reading style.
Now that the content warnings are out of the way, let me just say that I really like the love interests, even (most of) the ones I'm not even sure are end-game love interests. This is some of the highest praise I can give tbh, because an RH book is only as strong as its harem, and strong characters in a harem can even save an RH book with a weak plot or MC for me.
Love Interests - Rogues
Cato is a former psych-ward patient who doesn't really respect others' boundaries and has a unique way of looking at things. For some reason, his behavior was endearing rather than creepy, and I ADORED the way he just casually said he loved the MC, slipped a ring on her finger, and claimed they were a "couple" (with ambiguous intent behind his use of the word, lol). He had some really sweet and funny moments.
Lucien claims to be a vampire. Even now, I'm not entirely clear on whether he's actually a vampire, whether he's a human who genuinely believes he's a vampire, or whether he's a human who KNOWS he isn't a vampire but also knows that he can't be made to testify against his criminal family if everyone thinks he's insane. If he's playing a role, he's hella committed, and it was interesting trying to parse through his dialogue with the MC to try to decode his words and find the bits of truth.
Rafael is my favorite. He is so funny, sweet, charming, and deceptively smart, showing people what they want to see while he pursues his own goals. He seems to be the ringleader of the Rogues, and he's the first to offer to help the MC with her revenge. Most of the dialogue I highlighted and gave a heart or laugh emoji was from him.
Wilder is a conspiracy-theorist hacker and weapons nut, so he had some entertaining moments as well, but they weren't as heartwarming or mentally stimulating for me, so he's probably my least favorite Rogue even though I still like him (1. Rafael, 2. Cato, 3. Lucien, 4. Wilder).
Love Interests - Not Rogues
I honestly have no idea if these 2 will be end-game love interests or not. I'm not into student-teacher relationships, and I prefer when all harem members are part of a tight-knit group (like the Rogues), so I won't be sad if these 2 aren't end-game, even if I like them as characters.
Victor is the MC's Royal fiance through an arranged marriage that was set up for mysterious reasons on the side of his family. Neither he nor the MC like each other at the beginning of the book, but he grew on the MC and me, and I respected the way he tried to give them a chance. He also had moments that made me smile.
Adonis (lol) is the MC's professor. He's the flattest "love interest" so far and the one I'd be most willing to see left out of the harem. He basically disappeared from the last third of the book.
Beyond the characters, I was decently engaged with the story, and I honestly prefer morally gray characters like the MC over Mary Sues who face long internal dilemmas over doing what needs to be done to move the story along (lol).
I ultimately took off a star from my rating because, although I was interested in the story, I was still ready for the book to end, and the cliffhanger was a good one but still not enough for me to wish the book was longer. I actually found myself relieved the next book wouldn't be out soon (not for nearly a year btw) so that I didn't have to decide whether to start book 2 now. I think maybe it was because the story content was so heavy. It may have been too much to binge-read, which is my default reading style.
Now that the content warnings are out of the way, let me just say that I really like the love interests, even (most of) the ones I'm not even sure are end-game love interests. This is some of the highest praise I can give tbh, because an RH book is only as strong as its harem, and strong characters in a harem can even save an RH book with a weak plot or MC for me.
Love Interests - Rogues
Cato is a former psych-ward patient who doesn't really respect others' boundaries and has a unique way of looking at things. For some reason, his behavior was endearing rather than creepy, and I ADORED the way he just casually said he loved the MC, slipped a ring on her finger, and claimed they were a "couple" (with ambiguous intent behind his use of the word, lol). He had some really sweet and funny moments.
Lucien claims to be a vampire. Even now, I'm not entirely clear on whether he's actually a vampire, whether he's a human who genuinely believes he's a vampire, or whether he's a human who KNOWS he isn't a vampire but also knows that he can't be made to testify against his criminal family if everyone thinks he's insane. If he's playing a role, he's hella committed, and it was interesting trying to parse through his dialogue with the MC to try to decode his words and find the bits of truth.
Rafael is my favorite. He is so funny, sweet, charming, and deceptively smart, showing people what they want to see while he pursues his own goals. He seems to be the ringleader of the Rogues, and he's the first to offer to help the MC with her revenge. Most of the dialogue I highlighted and gave a heart or laugh emoji was from him.
Wilder is a conspiracy-theorist hacker and weapons nut, so he had some entertaining moments as well, but they weren't as heartwarming or mentally stimulating for me, so he's probably my least favorite Rogue even though I still like him (1. Rafael, 2. Cato, 3. Lucien, 4. Wilder).
Love Interests - Not Rogues
I honestly have no idea if these 2 will be end-game love interests or not. I'm not into student-teacher relationships, and I prefer when all harem members are part of a tight-knit group (like the Rogues), so I won't be sad if these 2 aren't end-game, even if I like them as characters.
Victor is the MC's Royal fiance through an arranged marriage that was set up for mysterious reasons on the side of his family. Neither he nor the MC like each other at the beginning of the book, but he grew on the MC and me, and I respected the way he tried to give them a chance. He also had moments that made me smile.
Adonis (lol) is the MC's professor. He's the flattest "love interest" so far and the one I'd be most willing to see left out of the harem. He basically disappeared from the last third of the book.
Beyond the characters, I was decently engaged with the story, and I honestly prefer morally gray characters like the MC over Mary Sues who face long internal dilemmas over doing what needs to be done to move the story along (lol).
June 7, 2024
I'm stopping at page 273. I liked the thought of the book but I felt like the fmc just wasn't a good fit. Idk how else to explain it except she's always doing dumb tstl things. I just decided it be best to give up before I get more invested and am left disappointed. I also read reviews on the next 2 books and it seems she gets worse the farther along the book goes so yeah I'm giving up. I'm rating it a 2 because someone could like it, it's just not for me.
August 18, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
I really enjoyed the story, but by the time I reached the end it started to drag, and I just wanted it to wrap up.
Luna, the FMC, was pure gold. Total baddie - I loved her. The rogues were definitely weird at first and took some getting used to, but by the end I ended up liking them too.
This book also had some of my favorite tropes, like arranged marriage and teacher x student. I’m rooting for Victor and Adonis going forward.
That said, while it was good, it did feel a bit bland at times.
My ranking of the boys (as of book #1, though I see potential in all of them):
1. Cato – the “mine” moment sealed it for me.
2. Rafael – he’s so sweet, but his dirty talk made me cringe.
3. Lucien – chapter 13… enough said.
4. Wilder
5. Victor – yes, he’s a hoe, but I still want to get inside his head.
6. Adonis – only this low because we didn’t see much of him yet. he was so grumpy.
Theory: Winter was murdered after being threatened about revealing that she and Luna were Burkhardts.
I really enjoyed the story, but by the time I reached the end it started to drag, and I just wanted it to wrap up.
Luna, the FMC, was pure gold. Total baddie - I loved her. The rogues were definitely weird at first and took some getting used to, but by the end I ended up liking them too.
This book also had some of my favorite tropes, like arranged marriage and teacher x student. I’m rooting for Victor and Adonis going forward.
That said, while it was good, it did feel a bit bland at times.
My ranking of the boys (as of book #1, though I see potential in all of them):
1. Cato – the “mine” moment sealed it for me.
2. Rafael – he’s so sweet, but his dirty talk made me cringe.
3. Lucien – chapter 13… enough said.
4. Wilder
5. Victor – yes, he’s a hoe, but I still want to get inside his head.
6. Adonis – only this low because we didn’t see much of him yet. he was so grumpy.
Theory: Winter was murdered after being threatened about revealing that she and Luna were Burkhardts.
March 5, 2022
This. Book. Is. Everything. Oh, man. I binged this book in a little over a day. I was completely consumed and cared about nothing else except for reading the next page. The men are so weird and so delicious, it is the strangest yet best combination ever! Is there something wrong with me that Cato is my favorite? Probably but I am sure I am not the only one! There is so much depth to this book that I know I will have one nasty book hangover as I try to process everything. To sum it up, this book is phenomenal, which coming from Ruby is not surprising in the least. But did you really have to hit me with a cliff hanger like THAT, Ruby?! Is it February 27th yet? Because I need the next book NOW!
April 12, 2022
I started this book late in the evening, and regret how late I stayed up hoping shit would happen.
First thing first. The heroine is a dumb bitch. Seriously. I understand wanting to avenge her sister, but how is stalking and then trying to slit a a dudes throat the smartest way to do that? Also, I’d prefer Victor over all of the others, or at least Cato can be part of that too. The rest? Meh. The heroine just annoyed the shit out of me. She has a fiancé who is trying to make their relationship work even though it’s not something either of them really wanted and what does she do? Throws it in the fucking drain and is a bitch the entire time. Fuck her. There was no smut until the last 20% of the book, and you wanna know why I read romance novels? For the smut. Which wasn’t even that great in my opinion. Am I curious about the big mystery, sure. Did it go anywhere for 500 fucking pages? No. So why the fuck would I read another book to probably be disappointed again and let it drag on going nowhere?
Ps. The reason I gave this book a-go was because of all the good reviews on Amazon… maybe I’m just old.
First thing first. The heroine is a dumb bitch. Seriously. I understand wanting to avenge her sister, but how is stalking and then trying to slit a a dudes throat the smartest way to do that? Also, I’d prefer Victor over all of the others, or at least Cato can be part of that too. The rest? Meh. The heroine just annoyed the shit out of me. She has a fiancé who is trying to make their relationship work even though it’s not something either of them really wanted and what does she do? Throws it in the fucking drain and is a bitch the entire time. Fuck her. There was no smut until the last 20% of the book, and you wanna know why I read romance novels? For the smut. Which wasn’t even that great in my opinion. Am I curious about the big mystery, sure. Did it go anywhere for 500 fucking pages? No. So why the fuck would I read another book to probably be disappointed again and let it drag on going nowhere?
Ps. The reason I gave this book a-go was because of all the good reviews on Amazon… maybe I’m just old.
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July 8, 2023
This is a weird one and super convoluted but kind of fun. It was long though and tedious to get through.
It’s hard to gather my thoughts on this one because it’s so all over the place and there’s so much going on. Sometimes I like the h, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I like the Hs and sometimes I don’t. Same with the plot. I do like all the college scenes.
I’m honestly just confused with a lot of the characters reactions to things. This chick is constantly getting bullied and beat up but she has all these guys who are seemingly into her and want to protect her, yet they like don’t?? Her engagement ring gets taken yet her fiancée never realizes. She’s constantly attack and the fiancée doesn’t realize until the h brings it up? What is this dude doing? The girl should basically be covered in bumps and bruises 24/7. There’s just a lot of stuff that didn’t make a lot of sense. Everyone is just so casual about everything. It’s super weird.
It’s hard to gather my thoughts on this one because it’s so all over the place and there’s so much going on. Sometimes I like the h, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I like the Hs and sometimes I don’t. Same with the plot. I do like all the college scenes.
I’m honestly just confused with a lot of the characters reactions to things. This chick is constantly getting bullied and beat up but she has all these guys who are seemingly into her and want to protect her, yet they like don’t?? Her engagement ring gets taken yet her fiancée never realizes. She’s constantly attack and the fiancée doesn’t realize until the h brings it up? What is this dude doing? The girl should basically be covered in bumps and bruises 24/7. There’s just a lot of stuff that didn’t make a lot of sense. Everyone is just so casual about everything. It’s super weird.
March 21, 2022
It was okay. Book 2 comes out February 2023 but who knows.
Until 50% I could not stop reading. Then it got a little bland. I hope we see more of “Don” the professor.
Until 50% I could not stop reading. Then it got a little bland. I hope we see more of “Don” the professor.
May 2, 2022
This was definitely different and twisted, it kept things entertaining. This had Gossip Girl level drama with unique MC's that don't behave in the usual ways. Looking forward to the next book.
March 17, 2025
Rating: 2.5 stars
This story has an interesting plot, but it fell short in a lot of ways. There are dark elements that primarily have to do with the FMC's deceased sister as more gradually gets revealed about what happened to her. However, so much was given early on that the things revealed about the sister didn't exactly feel like new information or a big reveal.
The FMC gets bullied a lot, which is crazy because her whole MO is revenge and she's initially written as a "badass," but she repeatedly makes very dumb choices that require her to be rescued by multiple MMCs or she's not rescued at all and is injured. For whatever reason, she continues to feel empowered to do things alone everywhere as if she has zero enemies when there are people attacking her multiple times per day. At one point she's having lattes thrown at her head 4x/day and keeps changing clothes after each incident even after moving off campus so I'm not sure how she has not unlimited supply of clothes readily available. The "revenge" is "dark," I guess, but the FMC has a very low threshold for the revenge she wants against those who have harmed her sister, so it doesn't really read like a revenge story. Even the big revenge elements at the end of the book could've been easily written off as gossip by an attorney because none of it was stated with actual proof, so it was meh.
For there to be so many MMCs, the romantic chemistry was lackluster with all of them. The FMC seems to have chemistry with Adonis (her professor), but we only see it in brief moments, and most of their interactions are centered around how harshly he judges her writing abilities in his class. At best it seems like they both may have a crush on each other, but we really don't see much interest from his side of things. The "romance" between them is never really cultivated, so it'll be interesting to see what comes of it in book 2. There's more chemistry between her and Victor (arranged marriage fiancé), and he genuinely talks often about wanting to try to have a real relationship with her and tries to protect her in his own ways...and she doesn't give him any of that return. She requests he be exclusive but then proceeds to kiss the Rogues while also having a crush on his brother and flirting with his brother in front of on more than one occasion. Rafael, Cato, Wilder, and Lucien put in the majority of the work in terms of romantic chemistry with the FMC--each in their own way. Everything from her end gives off friendship until she's kissing them because of how "hot" they are and how safe they each make her feel. She has nightmares, so Cato sleeps in her bed, cooing to her that she's safe, and she has the best sleep ever but yells at him a few times before eventually admitting that she likes it. She honestly just comes off as selfish throughout the whole book.
This story has an interesting plot, but it fell short in a lot of ways. There are dark elements that primarily have to do with the FMC's deceased sister as more gradually gets revealed about what happened to her. However, so much was given early on that the things revealed about the sister didn't exactly feel like new information or a big reveal.
The FMC gets bullied a lot, which is crazy because her whole MO is revenge and she's initially written as a "badass," but she repeatedly makes very dumb choices that require her to be rescued by multiple MMCs or she's not rescued at all and is injured. For whatever reason, she continues to feel empowered to do things alone everywhere as if she has zero enemies when there are people attacking her multiple times per day. At one point she's having lattes thrown at her head 4x/day and keeps changing clothes after each incident even after moving off campus so I'm not sure how she has not unlimited supply of clothes readily available. The "revenge" is "dark," I guess, but the FMC has a very low threshold for the revenge she wants against those who have harmed her sister, so it doesn't really read like a revenge story. Even the big revenge elements at the end of the book could've been easily written off as gossip by an attorney because none of it was stated with actual proof, so it was meh.
For there to be so many MMCs, the romantic chemistry was lackluster with all of them. The FMC seems to have chemistry with Adonis (her professor), but we only see it in brief moments, and most of their interactions are centered around how harshly he judges her writing abilities in his class. At best it seems like they both may have a crush on each other, but we really don't see much interest from his side of things. The "romance" between them is never really cultivated, so it'll be interesting to see what comes of it in book 2. There's more chemistry between her and Victor (arranged marriage fiancé), and he genuinely talks often about wanting to try to have a real relationship with her and tries to protect her in his own ways...and she doesn't give him any of that return. She requests he be exclusive but then proceeds to kiss the Rogues while also having a crush on his brother and flirting with his brother in front of on more than one occasion. Rafael, Cato, Wilder, and Lucien put in the majority of the work in terms of romantic chemistry with the FMC--each in their own way. Everything from her end gives off friendship until she's kissing them because of how "hot" they are and how safe they each make her feel. She has nightmares, so Cato sleeps in her bed, cooing to her that she's safe, and she has the best sleep ever but yells at him a few times before eventually admitting that she likes it. She honestly just comes off as selfish throughout the whole book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 15, 2025
Very corny and even more unbelievable, barely any spice but ya know what? I’m hooked! On to the next, full review at the end of series.
April 21, 2022
Omg? INCREDIBLE but I have notes!
Love love LOVE this story! I haven’t been able to put it down for several days, and it sucks because I’m so busy, but Jesus this was captivating! Loved the FMC, although sometimes her “fierceness” was bordering on stupidity (but that’s okay I love a little hard headedness!), and I like her banning together with the Rogues to exact her sisters revenge. I do have to say I personally didn’t feel any “romantic” connection toward any of the outlined harem, they all would have been more platonic if I were in the FMC’s shoes. Victor was perfect, they had a beautiful budding little romance that almost mimicked a couple that was already married, and I was a bit confused as to why the author decided to build such a pretty romance with them just for him to not be in the harem? And then to squash things so quickly…heartbreak lol. I would have liked to see the older brother in it as well, both are preferred romantically over the odd yet entertaining characters of the actual harem. That said, I cannot WAIT for the next book! This is my first series by the author and I already love how she keeps you on your toes and immersed in the story, definitely have to check out more ❤️❤️
Love love LOVE this story! I haven’t been able to put it down for several days, and it sucks because I’m so busy, but Jesus this was captivating! Loved the FMC, although sometimes her “fierceness” was bordering on stupidity (but that’s okay I love a little hard headedness!), and I like her banning together with the Rogues to exact her sisters revenge. I do have to say I personally didn’t feel any “romantic” connection toward any of the outlined harem, they all would have been more platonic if I were in the FMC’s shoes. Victor was perfect, they had a beautiful budding little romance that almost mimicked a couple that was already married, and I was a bit confused as to why the author decided to build such a pretty romance with them just for him to not be in the harem? And then to squash things so quickly…heartbreak lol. I would have liked to see the older brother in it as well, both are preferred romantically over the odd yet entertaining characters of the actual harem. That said, I cannot WAIT for the next book! This is my first series by the author and I already love how she keeps you on your toes and immersed in the story, definitely have to check out more ❤️❤️
December 23, 2023
A story of a girl going to a university to get revenge on her sisters bullies and falling for a group of guys who help her.
I contemplated DNFing a few times.
I found this book very very slow and not a whole heap happened
I contemplated DNFing a few times.
I found this book very very slow and not a whole heap happened
June 12, 2022
****CLIFFHANGER****
If I had known the second book wasn't coming out until 2023, I would have saved all of this time slogging through this mess, trying to get to the end of it. The story is preposterous anyway.
If I had known the second book wasn't coming out until 2023, I would have saved all of this time slogging through this mess, trying to get to the end of it. The story is preposterous anyway.
July 29, 2023
It was ok.
I feel like Victor, Adonis and Cato were the only characters I actually felt real romance towards Luna. All the others felt extremely forced. I wish Cato had more scenes. He was fun.
Beginning of book was very jumpy and almost made me stop reading because it was very confusing. Sometimes it was hard to figure out who was talking.
I feel Luna did nothing the whole book. She sat back getting hazed while waiting for others to get her revenge. Would’ve been better if she’d actually been involved.
Also, there was barely any character descriptions besides outfits. I thought Luna was white but the end sex scene made her seem Hispanic or African.
The story and background was really good but I feel like it could’ve had better relationship building. Victor was great and it made him seem like he had a redeeming arc.
Katie was awful. Hated her. I don’t understand how her verbal abuse was tried to be pushed off as caring.
I feel like Victor, Adonis and Cato were the only characters I actually felt real romance towards Luna. All the others felt extremely forced. I wish Cato had more scenes. He was fun.
Beginning of book was very jumpy and almost made me stop reading because it was very confusing. Sometimes it was hard to figure out who was talking.
I feel Luna did nothing the whole book. She sat back getting hazed while waiting for others to get her revenge. Would’ve been better if she’d actually been involved.
Also, there was barely any character descriptions besides outfits. I thought Luna was white but the end sex scene made her seem Hispanic or African.
The story and background was really good but I feel like it could’ve had better relationship building. Victor was great and it made him seem like he had a redeeming arc.
Katie was awful. Hated her. I don’t understand how her verbal abuse was tried to be pushed off as caring.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2023
3.5/5 stars
Okay I have I say that it felt like I have been reading this book for WAY longer than two days. I honestly feel a little embarrassed that I have been caught reading this book, but I don’t regret it. I will say that I feel this book was way to long. Almost 500 pages?? Like I was just wanting the book to be over the closer we got to the end.
That cliffhanger I’m still just a little confused about but I don’t think it was enough for me to want to continue reading. I have read some reviews of the second and third books, and all of them are just saying how downhill the series went.
I also really struggle with these types of books. Like all of the rich people drama just makes me mad. Like everything that this book revolves around I just didn’t care. Like they are ruthless bullies, and I hate how entitled they all are.
Now for the rogues… I love them. Nothing else to really be said except that they are all COMPLETE PSYCHOS!!! Yet I still love them all, sooooo……
Okay I have I say that it felt like I have been reading this book for WAY longer than two days. I honestly feel a little embarrassed that I have been caught reading this book, but I don’t regret it. I will say that I feel this book was way to long. Almost 500 pages?? Like I was just wanting the book to be over the closer we got to the end.
That cliffhanger I’m still just a little confused about but I don’t think it was enough for me to want to continue reading. I have read some reviews of the second and third books, and all of them are just saying how downhill the series went.
I also really struggle with these types of books. Like all of the rich people drama just makes me mad. Like everything that this book revolves around I just didn’t care. Like they are ruthless bullies, and I hate how entitled they all are.
Now for the rogues… I love them. Nothing else to really be said except that they are all COMPLETE PSYCHOS!!! Yet I still love them all, sooooo……
May 8, 2022
This is definitely a bully romance, although all the bullying comes from outside the harem. Well, what I assume is going to be her harem... because her harem isn't actually formed by the end of this book. But you can see who's on her side and who she's physically attracted to, so... yes, I'm pretty sure I know who's going to be in her harem.
Since I don't normally read bully romance, I don't have a scale to compare with to tell you how bad the bullying is, but to me, it's pretty darn bad. It's both physical and psychological.
This book requires a heavy suspension of disbelief, more so than some other high school / university / academy books that I've read, like The Sainthood by Siobhan Davis (which I already thought was over the top and highly unbelievable). I'm supposed to believe that everyone knows that the father of two students is a 'fixer' or hitman. The thing is, with that kind of profession, it's supposed to be secret because nobody goes around advertising that they're a hitman, and also, it's a good way to invite retaliation from enemies you've crossed.
More than that, I'm also supposed to believe that there's a student who belongs in a mental asylum, but was broken out of the asylum by his brother and allowed to remain at the school... because his father is a hitman (yes, same father) who twisted some arms or threw around some threats to make it possible. And this student really doesn't seem 'normal' in any sense of the word -- he walks around campus wearing a muzzle because he is known to bite people! Plus, another student has stockpiled all kinds of different weapons in his room on campus? Really?
The story is based around the separation of students into different classes -- the "Royals" and the "dregs", the Royals being the founders of the town and the ones with money & influence; the dregs are all the others. It's not a particularly creative or unique take on school. Obviously, the Royals would lord it over the student body and bully the dregs.
What makes it different is Luna's mission to take revenge on specific Royals who made her elder sister's life such a misery that her sister committed suicide. Her sister left her a letter in which she named the culprits and explained what they had done to her. Well, then. Luna's idea of revenge is to unalive all the guys named in the letter, but she had not thought beyond that to how she would be able to do it undetected and stay out of jail.
Cue the hitman's two sons and their best friends, one of whom is a paranoid conspiracy theorist (the guy with the stockpile of weapons) and the other totally convinced he's a vampire who's lived since the 17th century. The four guys don't fit in the school's hierarchy, so they're a law unto themselves -- The Rogues. They decide to step in and help Luna because they know how to be sneaky and not leave a trail, plus they were friends of her sister and want to avenge her sister, too.
The four guys are clearly going to be in the harem, and by the end of the book Luna has fooled around with or slept with three of them. I don't know how to feel about them; they aren't your typical heroes, and are a tad too weird or "too much" for me. They aren't the kind of guy you 'like'... and again, I've said this before, I feel that RH authors are now purposely writing in so-called "psycho men" into the harem ever since Den of Vipers made it big. It's a trend and a trope that I'm seeing in current RH. Most recently, I saw this in The Cleanup by Mila Sin and Manuela Rouget. Personally, I don't see the attraction because the fictional guys I like tend to be the same sort of guys I'd like in real life. I find it hard to root for mentally unstable people or bloodthirsty people who delight in torture and killing.
Anyway. If you ask me, Luna is not too smart -- did you see the part where I said she hadn't thought beyond killing the guys? She doesn't have the resources to go against all the Royals, and obviously they'd stick together. There's the typical 'mean girl posse' and then the sicko guys who think they can do whatever they want and get away with it. I was not super impressed with Luna because I felt she was mostly acting on emotion and impulse, and she let emotion blind her. Also, she's so happy to watch each guy on her sister's list suffer that I felt she was lowering herself down to their level and becoming just as bad as they were.
I wasn't sure what role Luna's fiancé, Victor, is meant to play. Theirs is an arranged marriage. For some reason, Luna's stepfather wants her to marry Victor, and he agrees to cover her tuition fees on the condition that she will agree to the marriage (obviously, he and her mom don't want her to attend this school which had caused her sister to kill herself). Luna can't understand why he wants the marriage so badly, and why Victor's parents want it. Their family are Royals and they don't gain anything by having Victor marry her. I'm unsure if Victor will be part of the harem. He is protective of her to an extent, but not caring - it's hard to describe. And Luna also has some attraction to his older brother, who is their English literature professor. I have a feeling that the older brother may somehow become a part of Luna's harem, but not so sure about Victor.
The book ends on a cliffhanger, of course. I didn't feel that it was a very bad cliffy, but then again I wasn't that invested in the story that I was reading. I give it four stars because it was interesting, but the bullying was hard to read, I didn't totally identify with Luna's character (but at least she wasn't TSTL or annoying) and I didn't fall in love for the harem or want them for myself. I don't know if I'll read the next book.
Since I don't normally read bully romance, I don't have a scale to compare with to tell you how bad the bullying is, but to me, it's pretty darn bad. It's both physical and psychological.
This book requires a heavy suspension of disbelief, more so than some other high school / university / academy books that I've read, like The Sainthood by Siobhan Davis (which I already thought was over the top and highly unbelievable). I'm supposed to believe that everyone knows that the father of two students is a 'fixer' or hitman. The thing is, with that kind of profession, it's supposed to be secret because nobody goes around advertising that they're a hitman, and also, it's a good way to invite retaliation from enemies you've crossed.
More than that, I'm also supposed to believe that there's a student who belongs in a mental asylum, but was broken out of the asylum by his brother and allowed to remain at the school... because his father is a hitman (yes, same father) who twisted some arms or threw around some threats to make it possible. And this student really doesn't seem 'normal' in any sense of the word -- he walks around campus wearing a muzzle because he is known to bite people! Plus, another student has stockpiled all kinds of different weapons in his room on campus? Really?
The story is based around the separation of students into different classes -- the "Royals" and the "dregs", the Royals being the founders of the town and the ones with money & influence; the dregs are all the others. It's not a particularly creative or unique take on school. Obviously, the Royals would lord it over the student body and bully the dregs.
What makes it different is Luna's mission to take revenge on specific Royals who made her elder sister's life such a misery that her sister committed suicide. Her sister left her a letter in which she named the culprits and explained what they had done to her. Well, then. Luna's idea of revenge is to unalive all the guys named in the letter, but she had not thought beyond that to how she would be able to do it undetected and stay out of jail.
Cue the hitman's two sons and their best friends, one of whom is a paranoid conspiracy theorist (the guy with the stockpile of weapons) and the other totally convinced he's a vampire who's lived since the 17th century. The four guys don't fit in the school's hierarchy, so they're a law unto themselves -- The Rogues. They decide to step in and help Luna because they know how to be sneaky and not leave a trail, plus they were friends of her sister and want to avenge her sister, too.
The four guys are clearly going to be in the harem, and by the end of the book Luna has fooled around with or slept with three of them. I don't know how to feel about them; they aren't your typical heroes, and are a tad too weird or "too much" for me. They aren't the kind of guy you 'like'... and again, I've said this before, I feel that RH authors are now purposely writing in so-called "psycho men" into the harem ever since Den of Vipers made it big. It's a trend and a trope that I'm seeing in current RH. Most recently, I saw this in The Cleanup by Mila Sin and Manuela Rouget. Personally, I don't see the attraction because the fictional guys I like tend to be the same sort of guys I'd like in real life. I find it hard to root for mentally unstable people or bloodthirsty people who delight in torture and killing.
Anyway. If you ask me, Luna is not too smart -- did you see the part where I said she hadn't thought beyond killing the guys? She doesn't have the resources to go against all the Royals, and obviously they'd stick together. There's the typical 'mean girl posse' and then the sicko guys who think they can do whatever they want and get away with it. I was not super impressed with Luna because I felt she was mostly acting on emotion and impulse, and she let emotion blind her. Also, she's so happy to watch each guy on her sister's list suffer that I felt she was lowering herself down to their level and becoming just as bad as they were.
I wasn't sure what role Luna's fiancé, Victor, is meant to play. Theirs is an arranged marriage. For some reason, Luna's stepfather wants her to marry Victor, and he agrees to cover her tuition fees on the condition that she will agree to the marriage (obviously, he and her mom don't want her to attend this school which had caused her sister to kill herself). Luna can't understand why he wants the marriage so badly, and why Victor's parents want it. Their family are Royals and they don't gain anything by having Victor marry her. I'm unsure if Victor will be part of the harem. He is protective of her to an extent, but not caring - it's hard to describe. And Luna also has some attraction to his older brother, who is their English literature professor. I have a feeling that the older brother may somehow become a part of Luna's harem, but not so sure about Victor.
The book ends on a cliffhanger, of course. I didn't feel that it was a very bad cliffy, but then again I wasn't that invested in the story that I was reading. I give it four stars because it was interesting, but the bullying was hard to read, I didn't totally identify with Luna's character (but at least she wasn't TSTL or annoying) and I didn't fall in love for the harem or want them for myself. I don't know if I'll read the next book.
April 23, 2023
Whoa, not your typical “girl goes off to college, gets engaged and gets bullied” story. Nope, the “p” is popped.
It’s dark, built around themes of blackmail, murder, and REVENGE served icy cold. And I loved it.
Luna Sinclair is out for revenge and doesn’t care that she has only her Catholic school upbringing to plot the demise of the mean Royals who drove her sister to suicide.
Thankfully, she has the Rogues… four guys who are deliciously crazy, and I mean that in a hot, psychotic, intensely brilliant way.
Still if you can’t handle the triggers, oh and there’s a lot, please read with caution. But I’m all in when it comes to giving bad people what they deserve. Karma is a b—!
It’s dark, built around themes of blackmail, murder, and REVENGE served icy cold. And I loved it.
Luna Sinclair is out for revenge and doesn’t care that she has only her Catholic school upbringing to plot the demise of the mean Royals who drove her sister to suicide.
Thankfully, she has the Rogues… four guys who are deliciously crazy, and I mean that in a hot, psychotic, intensely brilliant way.
Still if you can’t handle the triggers, oh and there’s a lot, please read with caution. But I’m all in when it comes to giving bad people what they deserve. Karma is a b—!
May 5, 2022
Holy moly... I don't give 5 stars out very often anymore... But this was amazing. It was dark, gritty and completely sucked you in!
I cannot wait for the next one which is out next year 😬
Amazing!!!!
I cannot wait for the next one which is out next year 😬
Amazing!!!!
October 19, 2023
My goodness, I haven't loved a reverse harem book as much as I loved this one in a long time. There were things I didn't like, as with every book I read, even if I give them 5 stars. Like the fact that they put the typical Mean Girls in here too. There are no women who don't hate the main character except Katie (and sometimes it made me doubt that she didn't hate her xD) and that's something I never liked and never will like in books, especially if many of those women attack the other one for a man and also Luna sometimes made a few stupid decisions that made me want to strangle her. But of the rest...
I've been reading RH books where the relationships were based on the characters having sex at like 100 pages or where there was insta-lust, or where the MC kept having sexual thoughts and sexualizing the male characters (Wilder, for example), or where there wasn't as much character development; however, I hadn't found a book where there was slow-burn and where the relationships took time to form. And thank goodness I stumbled upon this trilogy.
The character development was great, the love interests were distinguishable from each other, not a carbon copy of each other, I loved each of them, they were intriguing, (a little crazy, but no one is perfect haha), protective, cruel when they had to be. Luna was strong, but sensitive at the same time, she wasn't like other protagonists where they go supposedly to avenge the death of a loved one, but forget about that the moment they meet the love interest. There was drama, bullying, romance, enemies to lovers, teacher - student, forced engagement, mystery, murder... in short, this book was amazing and I don't want to finish the trilogy :(.
****
Dios mío, hace tiempo que no amaba tanto a un libro de harén inverso como amé este. Habían cosas que no me gustaron, como en todo libro que leo, así les dé 5 estrellas. Como el hecho de que aquí también pusieron a las típicas Mean Girls. No hay mujeres que no odien a la protagonista excepto Katie (y a veces me hacía dudar de que no la odiara xD) y eso es algo que nunca me ha gustado ni me gustará en los libros, especialmente si muchas de esas mujeres atacan a la otra por un hombre y también Luna a veces tomaba unas cuántas decisiones estúpidas que me daban ganas de estrangularla. Pero del resto...
He venido leyendo libros de RH donde las relaciones se basaban en que los personajes tuvieran sexo como a las 100 pág o donde hubiese insta-lujuria, o donde la MC se la pasara teniendo pensamientos sexuales y sexualizando a los personajes masculinos (Wilder, por ejemplo), o donde no hubiese tanto desarrollo de personajes; sin embargo, no había encontrado un libro donde hubiese combustión lenta y donde las relaciones se tomaran su tiempo en formarse. Y gracias a Dios me topé con esta trilogía.
El desarrollo de personajes fue genial, los intereses amorosos eran diferenciables entre sí, no una copia al carbón del otro, amé a cada uno de ellos, eran intrigantes, (un poco locos, pero nadie es perfecto jaja), protectores, crueles cuando tenían que serlo. Luna era fuerte, pero sensible al mismo tiempo, no era como otras protagonistas donde van supuestamente a vengar la muerte de un ser querido, pero se olvidan de eso en el momento en el que conocen a los intereses amorosos. Hubo drama, bullying, romance, enemigos a amantes, profesor - alumna, compromiso forzado, misterio, asesinatos... en fin, este libro fue increíble y no quiero terminar la trilogía :(.
I've been reading RH books where the relationships were based on the characters having sex at like 100 pages or where there was insta-lust, or where the MC kept having sexual thoughts and sexualizing the male characters (Wilder, for example), or where there wasn't as much character development; however, I hadn't found a book where there was slow-burn and where the relationships took time to form. And thank goodness I stumbled upon this trilogy.
The character development was great, the love interests were distinguishable from each other, not a carbon copy of each other, I loved each of them, they were intriguing, (a little crazy, but no one is perfect haha), protective, cruel when they had to be. Luna was strong, but sensitive at the same time, she wasn't like other protagonists where they go supposedly to avenge the death of a loved one, but forget about that the moment they meet the love interest. There was drama, bullying, romance, enemies to lovers, teacher - student, forced engagement, mystery, murder... in short, this book was amazing and I don't want to finish the trilogy :(.
****
Dios mío, hace tiempo que no amaba tanto a un libro de harén inverso como amé este. Habían cosas que no me gustaron, como en todo libro que leo, así les dé 5 estrellas. Como el hecho de que aquí también pusieron a las típicas Mean Girls. No hay mujeres que no odien a la protagonista excepto Katie (y a veces me hacía dudar de que no la odiara xD) y eso es algo que nunca me ha gustado ni me gustará en los libros, especialmente si muchas de esas mujeres atacan a la otra por un hombre y también Luna a veces tomaba unas cuántas decisiones estúpidas que me daban ganas de estrangularla. Pero del resto...
He venido leyendo libros de RH donde las relaciones se basaban en que los personajes tuvieran sexo como a las 100 pág o donde hubiese insta-lujuria, o donde la MC se la pasara teniendo pensamientos sexuales y sexualizando a los personajes masculinos (Wilder, por ejemplo), o donde no hubiese tanto desarrollo de personajes; sin embargo, no había encontrado un libro donde hubiese combustión lenta y donde las relaciones se tomaran su tiempo en formarse. Y gracias a Dios me topé con esta trilogía.
El desarrollo de personajes fue genial, los intereses amorosos eran diferenciables entre sí, no una copia al carbón del otro, amé a cada uno de ellos, eran intrigantes, (un poco locos, pero nadie es perfecto jaja), protectores, crueles cuando tenían que serlo. Luna era fuerte, pero sensible al mismo tiempo, no era como otras protagonistas donde van supuestamente a vengar la muerte de un ser querido, pero se olvidan de eso en el momento en el que conocen a los intereses amorosos. Hubo drama, bullying, romance, enemigos a amantes, profesor - alumna, compromiso forzado, misterio, asesinatos... en fin, este libro fue increíble y no quiero terminar la trilogía :(.
September 21, 2022
I don't know how to rate this one.
The good: The writing was smooth, the premise was interesting, and I didn't feel like any of the guys were cardboard cutouts. It was a gloriously soapy bit of melodrama, and while I was reading it, I ate it up with a spoon. I appreciated that Luna, our heroine, was a stone-cold, bad-ass bitch without losing some of her vulnerability.
I do have to knock off a star for the fact that literally every other woman in the book is insufferable, including Luna's supposed friend. If you can't sell me on every man wanting to be with the heroine without knocking other women in the process, you have not written an effective why-choose book, in my opinion.
There were parts of the book that didn't pass the sniff test. I realize the point of these academy books is not to tell a story about a character actually learning stuff in college or whatever, but given how much the book talks about how the education at Regalia University is top-notch, all the professors (except the one who's going to end up as one of her men, natch, who has this whole Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society thing going on, except sexier) seem very ineffective at actually doing their jobs. I just don't believe that an administration would be so corrupt that they would ignore the kind of ridiculous nonsense Luna is subjected to from her fellow students without someone suing the crap out of them.
As for Luna, I did think her characterization was somewhat inconsistent, too. It kept me from loving her the way I wanted to, because I felt like she was a bad-ass or a damsel in distress according to whatever criteria the author needed at the time.
As for the men, Cato and Wilder were my favorites. I'm also holding out hope that Victor will either turn out to be part of her stable or the secret big bad the whole time. I did think the Rogues craziness was a little too over the top to be believable. I kind of wanted Luna to... not be sure of them at first, since she takes everything they say to her at face value and never seems to question any of it. But I didn't hate any of them, which is always nice.
The book was also a shade too long. The last couple of chapters dragged a bit and I kept wanting to wander off and do something else.
Like I said, it's a mixed bag. The book isn't without its flaws, but that isn't going to stop me from reading the next one when it comes out!
The good: The writing was smooth, the premise was interesting, and I didn't feel like any of the guys were cardboard cutouts. It was a gloriously soapy bit of melodrama, and while I was reading it, I ate it up with a spoon. I appreciated that Luna, our heroine, was a stone-cold, bad-ass bitch without losing some of her vulnerability.
I do have to knock off a star for the fact that literally every other woman in the book is insufferable, including Luna's supposed friend. If you can't sell me on every man wanting to be with the heroine without knocking other women in the process, you have not written an effective why-choose book, in my opinion.
There were parts of the book that didn't pass the sniff test. I realize the point of these academy books is not to tell a story about a character actually learning stuff in college or whatever, but given how much the book talks about how the education at Regalia University is top-notch, all the professors (except the one who's going to end up as one of her men, natch, who has this whole Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society thing going on, except sexier) seem very ineffective at actually doing their jobs. I just don't believe that an administration would be so corrupt that they would ignore the kind of ridiculous nonsense Luna is subjected to from her fellow students without someone suing the crap out of them.
As for Luna, I did think her characterization was somewhat inconsistent, too. It kept me from loving her the way I wanted to, because I felt like she was a bad-ass or a damsel in distress according to whatever criteria the author needed at the time.
As for the men, Cato and Wilder were my favorites. I'm also holding out hope that Victor will either turn out to be part of her stable or the secret big bad the whole time. I did think the Rogues craziness was a little too over the top to be believable. I kind of wanted Luna to... not be sure of them at first, since she takes everything they say to her at face value and never seems to question any of it. But I didn't hate any of them, which is always nice.
The book was also a shade too long. The last couple of chapters dragged a bit and I kept wanting to wander off and do something else.
Like I said, it's a mixed bag. The book isn't without its flaws, but that isn't going to stop me from reading the next one when it comes out!
January 29, 2024
Needlessly long, mismarketed as a romance and revenge-light. I'm 66% in and I can't do it anymore I hate to dnf once I've spent so much time with a book but...no one has so much as kissed yet and I feel the need to say its a very long book. That's not necessarily a bad thing but again, it's marketed as romance and there's no romance. Anywhere. There's a lot of potential as the characters are very interesting and well thought out as far as their motivations and backgrounds. The majority of the story centers around this girl making it as obvious as possible that she's here to get revenge and making sure everyone sees her doing it with half baked terrible plans to minorly annoy the bullies while they constsntly kick her a$$. They're fine but I've finally had my limit.
Also, I was hoping for some grade A revenge but all I'm getting is a girl being tortured and bullied then lightly inconveniencing the bullies back. She clearly didnt have plans to enact revenge in great detail because she's bound and determined to get caught at her first attempt. When she finally does one semi coolish thing she freaks out and regrets it so it was ruined.niws not the time to develop misplaced morals, Annika deserved it. Nothing they've done so far is remotely satisfying but they all seem to think a falsely maxed out credit credit card to an obscenely wealthy guy who is STILL wealthy is so clever.
One thing I will say is the banter is excellent! So funny and witty but cannot save this overall slog of a story. Way too much time spent setting up the story and very little actual story. Interesting character but I'm afraid I can't stick around for the end.
Also, I was hoping for some grade A revenge but all I'm getting is a girl being tortured and bullied then lightly inconveniencing the bullies back. She clearly didnt have plans to enact revenge in great detail because she's bound and determined to get caught at her first attempt. When she finally does one semi coolish thing she freaks out and regrets it so it was ruined.niws not the time to develop misplaced morals, Annika deserved it. Nothing they've done so far is remotely satisfying but they all seem to think a falsely maxed out credit credit card to an obscenely wealthy guy who is STILL wealthy is so clever.
One thing I will say is the banter is excellent! So funny and witty but cannot save this overall slog of a story. Way too much time spent setting up the story and very little actual story. Interesting character but I'm afraid I can't stick around for the end.
May 8, 2023
𝐹𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉; 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀!
𝑅𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 ‘’𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈/𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶’’ 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓈𝓉𝓎, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓅𝒶𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎. 𝑅𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝓊𝒷𝓎 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓌 𝒶 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝓊𝓏𝓏𝓁𝑒, 𝐼 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓉, 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝟣𝟢𝟢 – 𝟣𝟧𝟢 𝓅𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝐼 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒶𝒸𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓂𝓎 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉?
𝐼 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓉, 𝒞𝒶𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝒻 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃𝓈. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶. 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓌 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝓁. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶’𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒦𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑒.
𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒮𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇, 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓁𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽, 𝒫𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒢𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓊𝓅𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒪𝓌𝑒𝓃, 𝒢𝒾𝑜𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾 𝑒𝓉𝒸 𝑒𝓉𝒸.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀.
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.
𝑅𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 ‘’𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈/𝓇𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶’’ 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓈𝓉𝓎, 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓅𝒶𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎. 𝑅𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝓊𝒷𝓎 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒𝒹. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓌 𝒶 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝓊𝓏𝓏𝓁𝑒, 𝐼 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓉, 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝟣𝟢𝟢 – 𝟣𝟧𝟢 𝓅𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝐼 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝒶𝒸𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓂𝓎 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒷𝑜𝓎𝓈 𝓋𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉?
𝐼 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓉, 𝒞𝒶𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝒻 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃𝓈. 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶. 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓌 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝓁. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝐿𝓊𝓃𝒶’𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒦𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑒.
𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒮𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇, 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓁𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽, 𝒫𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒢𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓊𝓅𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒪𝓌𝑒𝓃, 𝒢𝒾𝑜𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒾 𝑒𝓉𝒸 𝑒𝓉𝒸.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀.
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.
April 14, 2025
This book was actually pretty good, despite the FMC being so completely stupid over and over again. I did like the writing, but there are still so many questions, plus I have a feeling what the big secret is, which also answers some other questions, as well. I'll put if I was was right or not in the reviews for one of the next books, when it finally comes out.
I do like slow burn books like this, where everyone doesn't just immediately jump into bed with each other. I like to see the development between everyone. That being said, though, in addition to her 4 guys, there is also potential for more people to be a love interest, which could be the same as you would see in real life. There could be multiple people out there that like each other but nothing more evolves between them. I can't wait to see how that goes.
Luna (and the guys) keeps making stupid decisions over and over again. They know they shouldn't leave her alone, but then drop her off at the door, rather than checking inside? This happens repeatedly, yet they don't really learn.
I really can't wait until everyone in this place gets taken down a few notches. To be honest, I can't really stand Katie all that much, either. Sure, I trust her slightly more than I initially did, but I absolutely do not like her. She is too much into herself. She does have moments where some humanity shines through, but her day-to-day personality is just off-putting to me.
I will be continuing to the next book to see where things go.
I do like slow burn books like this, where everyone doesn't just immediately jump into bed with each other. I like to see the development between everyone. That being said, though, in addition to her 4 guys, there is also potential for more people to be a love interest, which could be the same as you would see in real life. There could be multiple people out there that like each other but nothing more evolves between them. I can't wait to see how that goes.
Luna (and the guys) keeps making stupid decisions over and over again. They know they shouldn't leave her alone, but then drop her off at the door, rather than checking inside? This happens repeatedly, yet they don't really learn.
I really can't wait until everyone in this place gets taken down a few notches. To be honest, I can't really stand Katie all that much, either. Sure, I trust her slightly more than I initially did, but I absolutely do not like her. She is too much into herself. She does have moments where some humanity shines through, but her day-to-day personality is just off-putting to me.
I will be continuing to the next book to see where things go.
May 28, 2024
Excellent
Wow! And I don't say that often with a first book of a series. I don't even know where to start....
We start off with Luna going to the university to get revenge on some people. I'll be as vague as possible so I don't spoil anything for you. She meets the Rogues and becomes friends with them. She is engaged to Victor, but it's an arranged marriage. Again, I'm being vague on purpose. Basically, nothing can happen between her and the Rogues because of her engagement. However, that makes their relationship start off as friends and "co-workers", which makes the relationship building excellent. The plot is being developed slowly, but so much is happening that all you can ask is " why did that happen? Why did they do that? What is she going to do about it? " You get the idea. What I appreciate is that Luna starts out not really strong, but definitely determined. But, she's growing and learning as the story progresses. I appreciate when authors can show a characters growth so smoothly and convincingly.
The only negative thing I can say is that the concept that in college the students would behave this way is a little unrealistic. But, the author makes it convincing since the students are wealthy and can buy off police, etc. I can't wait to see what happens next!
Wow! And I don't say that often with a first book of a series. I don't even know where to start....
We start off with Luna going to the university to get revenge on some people. I'll be as vague as possible so I don't spoil anything for you. She meets the Rogues and becomes friends with them. She is engaged to Victor, but it's an arranged marriage. Again, I'm being vague on purpose. Basically, nothing can happen between her and the Rogues because of her engagement. However, that makes their relationship start off as friends and "co-workers", which makes the relationship building excellent. The plot is being developed slowly, but so much is happening that all you can ask is " why did that happen? Why did they do that? What is she going to do about it? " You get the idea. What I appreciate is that Luna starts out not really strong, but definitely determined. But, she's growing and learning as the story progresses. I appreciate when authors can show a characters growth so smoothly and convincingly.
The only negative thing I can say is that the concept that in college the students would behave this way is a little unrealistic. But, the author makes it convincing since the students are wealthy and can buy off police, etc. I can't wait to see what happens next!
November 13, 2024
What the hell is this? (I mean this in the best way)
I was kinda hesitant to start this cause I mean really? A guy who thinks he’s a vampire but you’re telling me this isn’t a paranormal book… I am obsessed! I wasn’t bored once and had to stop everything else I was doing cause I just needed to keep reading.
Rafael - So adorable with his dancing. Sweet and funny. Not my favourite of the rogues though.
Cato - Rafael’s brother. Wears a muzzle and crouches, growls and charges people. I’m not sure what it says about me but he’s definitely my favourite. I’m obsessed that he just tells her “you’re mine” and “love you too” immediately.
Wilder - I find him so funny with his conspiracy theory ways. I probably love him the most after Cato.
Lucien - the vampire thing is a little bit weird I’m not gonna lie but he’s super sweet and lovely so I can overlook.
And then the other love interests…
Victor - I like him and feel like it would be funny to watch him interact with the rogues. He’s actually quite protective and his banter is good too.
Adonis - don’t get me wrong, I like him but It feels like he doesn’t fit into the harem well.
Can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
I was kinda hesitant to start this cause I mean really? A guy who thinks he’s a vampire but you’re telling me this isn’t a paranormal book… I am obsessed! I wasn’t bored once and had to stop everything else I was doing cause I just needed to keep reading.
Rafael - So adorable with his dancing. Sweet and funny. Not my favourite of the rogues though.
Cato - Rafael’s brother. Wears a muzzle and crouches, growls and charges people. I’m not sure what it says about me but he’s definitely my favourite. I’m obsessed that he just tells her “you’re mine” and “love you too” immediately.
Wilder - I find him so funny with his conspiracy theory ways. I probably love him the most after Cato.
Lucien - the vampire thing is a little bit weird I’m not gonna lie but he’s super sweet and lovely so I can overlook.
And then the other love interests…
Victor - I like him and feel like it would be funny to watch him interact with the rogues. He’s actually quite protective and his banter is good too.
Adonis - don’t get me wrong, I like him but It feels like he doesn’t fit into the harem well.
Can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
June 6, 2022
words hold a thousand meanings
Like wow, I can’t even begin to tell you how much this book drew me in. I couldn’t put it down and I swear you’ll not regret owning this book. I think the only down side is I have to wait for the next book to come out.
You will love these boys just like they are meant to be. I feel like there was slowly going to be more added at least it seems like it would be leading that way, but nope not happening. I like the four main guys but I’m secretly hoping attests 1 more joins the ranks. I’m still on the rocks about the other guy I feel like with the ending events I’m seeing him in a whole new light.
The ending though a part of me thinks that the mystery style of this book just reach epic suspense motives. Spoiler alert it’s all about names and how much power they truly hold. A royal isn’t just a title it’s the legacy of name.
Can it be next year already please! I’m looking forward to this series and I’ll wait patiently for the next book to come out.
Like wow, I can’t even begin to tell you how much this book drew me in. I couldn’t put it down and I swear you’ll not regret owning this book. I think the only down side is I have to wait for the next book to come out.
You will love these boys just like they are meant to be. I feel like there was slowly going to be more added at least it seems like it would be leading that way, but nope not happening. I like the four main guys but I’m secretly hoping attests 1 more joins the ranks. I’m still on the rocks about the other guy I feel like with the ending events I’m seeing him in a whole new light.
The ending though a part of me thinks that the mystery style of this book just reach epic suspense motives. Spoiler alert it’s all about names and how much power they truly hold. A royal isn’t just a title it’s the legacy of name.
Can it be next year already please! I’m looking forward to this series and I’ll wait patiently for the next book to come out.
February 7, 2023
Good read
*Triggers: know yours, read the warnings and stop shaming those who enjoy & authors who write them.
*Personal pet peeve if mine reviews that vash a book for being book 1 or for the timeframe of the next release. Most authors give an ETA for additional books, but life happens. Sometimes that next book may arrive quicker or be delayed. You're not perfect, so don't expect the rest of us to be.
I enjoyed this book. It is a slow burn, teenage RH. The feelings and angst are there, but the sp!cy scenes are so far tame given the characters high school setting. Luna is a strong FMC, but I'm not always happy with her choices. I'm wondering just how big her har€m will be and who be her final choices. Victor and Adonis are both in a position to challenge the Rouges for her. Rafael, Cato, Wilder and Lucien have their own unique issues and Luna compliments them well. Cato is my personal favorite from this book. I'm hoping her future choices don't hurt him.
*Triggers: know yours, read the warnings and stop shaming those who enjoy & authors who write them.
*Personal pet peeve if mine reviews that vash a book for being book 1 or for the timeframe of the next release. Most authors give an ETA for additional books, but life happens. Sometimes that next book may arrive quicker or be delayed. You're not perfect, so don't expect the rest of us to be.
I enjoyed this book. It is a slow burn, teenage RH. The feelings and angst are there, but the sp!cy scenes are so far tame given the characters high school setting. Luna is a strong FMC, but I'm not always happy with her choices. I'm wondering just how big her har€m will be and who be her final choices. Victor and Adonis are both in a position to challenge the Rouges for her. Rafael, Cato, Wilder and Lucien have their own unique issues and Luna compliments them well. Cato is my personal favorite from this book. I'm hoping her future choices don't hurt him.
May 23, 2024
I really tried to like this book, but it failed me so many times. I'm honestly surprised I finished it.
I love revenge plots as much as the next girl, but this book was all over the place and truly lost me less than halfway through.
The author lost track of her characters often. It was like she said, "Did you forget about this character? Me too! Here is a random scene that doesn't flow to remind you about them."
Cato was my favorite, and he wasn't mentioned at all towards the end.
The rest of the MMCs were "meh" at best.
Also, the smut was subpar and sparse. I'm all for the focus not being on the s*x as long as the story is good. The story was neither good and the spicy scenes were just... not well written.
I really disliked the FMC. She was whiny, annoying, and kind of dumb.
Cliffhanger, as well. Once again, I'm cool with as long as I end wanting to keep going.
I do not want to continue at all.
This one was not for me.
I love revenge plots as much as the next girl, but this book was all over the place and truly lost me less than halfway through.
The author lost track of her characters often. It was like she said, "Did you forget about this character? Me too! Here is a random scene that doesn't flow to remind you about them."
Cato was my favorite, and he wasn't mentioned at all towards the end.
The rest of the MMCs were "meh" at best.
Also, the smut was subpar and sparse. I'm all for the focus not being on the s*x as long as the story is good. The story was neither good and the spicy scenes were just... not well written.
I really disliked the FMC. She was whiny, annoying, and kind of dumb.
Cliffhanger, as well. Once again, I'm cool with as long as I end wanting to keep going.
I do not want to continue at all.
This one was not for me.
March 7, 2022
6 STARS!
This book...what can I say? There are no words that I feel I can say that does it justice. I'm an avid reader, reading well over 400 books a year and can say with certainty that this is my top favorite book in a long, long while. I usually blow through books but with this little gem I found myself finding excuses to stop for a few minutes just to prolong the ending from coming. When I wasn't reading it I was thinking about it. This book made me laugh, made me cry and hit me right in the heart. I loved Luna, Cato, Lucien, Raphael and Wilder. Although the guys were quirky, I love their commitment to protecting Luna. Plus, them being sexy didn't hurt either. I have to say though, Cato stole my heart. The characters were so well fleshed out and I feel as if I really know them. If you like Murder mystery, college life, secrets, revenge, sercret clubs this book is definately for you. I highly recommend you give this beautiful book a try. You won't be sorry.
March 30, 2022
Fantastic!!!
Loved this book! It was so different from what I was expecting. I’m a big Ruby Vincent fan and love the unique spins she gives her stories. I really like Luna and empathize with why she feels she needs to avenge her sister. The guys are great! It’s hard to pick a favorite. Lucien and his sensual creature of the night mystique. Wilder and his brilliant, germaphobe, conspiracy-loving mind. Raphael and his gorgeous, protective ways. And then Cato and his straight-forward, primal self. (I must say I may love Cato a bit too much!) And of course, there are the outliers that I may be rooting for to be added to Luna’s harem - a certain fiancé and his brother, wink-wink. The Royals are true villains. They’ve done horrible things. They’ve said hateful things. And they deserve nothing but whatever vengeance the Rogues help Luna exact. I can’t wait for the next book!
Loved this book! It was so different from what I was expecting. I’m a big Ruby Vincent fan and love the unique spins she gives her stories. I really like Luna and empathize with why she feels she needs to avenge her sister. The guys are great! It’s hard to pick a favorite. Lucien and his sensual creature of the night mystique. Wilder and his brilliant, germaphobe, conspiracy-loving mind. Raphael and his gorgeous, protective ways. And then Cato and his straight-forward, primal self. (I must say I may love Cato a bit too much!) And of course, there are the outliers that I may be rooting for to be added to Luna’s harem - a certain fiancé and his brother, wink-wink. The Royals are true villains. They’ve done horrible things. They’ve said hateful things. And they deserve nothing but whatever vengeance the Rogues help Luna exact. I can’t wait for the next book!
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