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Savage Hate

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There are three names that have haunted me for ten years.

Silas, Damon, Jude.

I never wanted to come back to Greythorn, MA. And I never thought I’d see Silas Huxley, Damon Brooks, or Jude Vanderbilt again—especially not after what happened.

But here they are, in all of their grown, badass glory—brutal, tatted, muscular, and no longer the boys I knew at Ravenwood Academy—the boys I bullied relentlessly.

I made their life a living hell back then, so they plan on making my life a living hell now.

They’re out for blood—my blood. Their ruthless thirst for revenge turns my skin to ice, and I soon discover just how savage and hateful they are.

But despite popular opinion, my life was never full of butterflies and sunshine. I’ve endured a hell of a lot worse than what they plan to do to me.

They may think I’m back in Greythorn with my tail between my legs, all battered and bruised—but what they’ve forgotten is that I am the original Queen of Ravenwood Academy.

And I refuse to be dethroned.

Savage Hate is full-length enemies-to-lovers/bully reverse harem romance. It is a spinoff of the Ruthless Royals duet, which does not have to be read first. It is book one of the Savage Hearts series, and while it doesn’t end with a true cliffhanger, there will be unanswered questions. Book two will be releasing on February 15, 2022. It is advised to read them in order. *Please note Savage Hate contains explicit language, bullying, needles, and violence. There are flashbacks of abuse/grooming/trauma. The series will have a HEA.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2021

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Amanda Richardson

59 books2,680 followers
I write love stories with badass heroines and mysterious, brooding heroes. I survive on coffee and live in Yorkshire, England with my family.

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146 reviews
February 23, 2022
Hilariously bad.

Reverse Harem is one of my favourites to read, but I just couldn’t get into this one. I gave it 40% but couldn’t go any further.

Lennon bullied the 3 guys all through high school.
Graduation night they stop her from being raped and then she turns around and gets them beat up by her would be rapist
10 years later she’s back in town because her fiancé cheated on her (oh no.. so sad.. blah blah)
She moves in upstairs from the 3 extremely handsome guys that she used to bully
They give her the job as admin person, because they want to get revenge on her.

When she’s not doing the admin stuff, they ask her to clean the bathroom and order them dinner and she is immediately like ‘omg this has to be revenge for high school’ like no bitch, it’s just your job. That’s not unusual for the admin person to do that when it’s such a small shop with minimal employees.

This is their big revenge? For a couple days they have her cleaning the bins and scraping gum, all while paying her $200-$300 per night. Oh no, they’re so bad.

Then at the 40% mark, they drag her into the tattoo studio and I think, ok some actual real revenge is about to take place… nahh, they have her would be rapist from high school drugged and they’re like ‘oh he raped another girl and he wanted to rape you so you’re gonna kill him’ and she’s like ‘what? I’m not gonna kill him’ and they’re like ‘ok you passed the test’ LOL what?! What kind of test was that?

It’s also at this point where all 3 seem to have just completely had a 180 in attitude and want to get revenge FOR her. The next day she’s all sad cause her mummy stood her up and the guys are immediately worried and are like ‘what happened?’…

Really? 3 days of cleaning and ignoring her and now you’re all good? That was the enemies portion all done and dusted? Just so terrible that it had me laughing.

I also hate the type of writing where we get a detailed description of every action the people take. Why did we need an entire page and a half detailing her getting up and walking into the shower and getting dressed and putting her hair up and walking out the door and walking over to the cafe and sitting down blah blah blah. Unnecessary details pull me out of a story and make my eyes glaze over in boredom.

DNF @ 40%.
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2,789 reviews400 followers
January 19, 2022
Dark. Edgy. Twisted. Filthy. Amanda Richardson's words were sharp and fierce in Savage Hate. And I loved every sinful, aching and adrenaline filled moment. I didn't know how the time passed while reading this dark reverse harem beauty. A must read if you love complex characters and even more complex emotions with intriguing suspense.

This is book one of Savage Hearts duet. Lennon Rose is back to her hometown Greythorne after ten years and her life is nothing like she wanted it to be. She left behind a cheating fiance, a posh but empty life style and her last belongings. Her mother let her leave in an apartment and she scores a job in the tattoo shop downstairs. Little did she know that Savage Ink is owned by Silas Huxley, Damon Brooks and Jude Vanderbilt. The three guys she bullied in high school while trying to cover her own broken life. They have become this powerful, gorgeous and bada## group now. Will they use this opportunity to take revenge? Or will they find love in the most unexpected way?

Like the guys, I didn't like Lennon initially. Then the author started to peel off her layers and we get to see the insecure, unloved, unappreciated and sad girl inside. My heart started breaking for her. She used her bullying as a defense mechanism to avoid attention on her neglected life. Years have passed and she has worked on herself and she understands she was wrong. She is ashamed and she is a beautiful soul inside. Her life is being ripped apart and the three brutal enemies provide unlikely support to her. The three men..where do I start? Silas is the tormented silent soul while Damon is the lighter yet dangerous side and Jude walks the thin line between psychopath and sanity. Together they wanted to torture Lennon but as her flaws and issues and wounds get exposed..they become her protector. Oh don't worry..they are still ruthless and savage and deviant. They will chill you to the bones with their sinister bones and also warm you from inside with their sweetly obsessive ways. They have enemies and secrets and Lennon has unknowingly got tangled into the web. That cliffhanger was so intense and I am so ready for the next book!

I reviewed an early copy voluntarily
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Author 72 books208 followers
March 5, 2023
Konu, karakterler ve arkaplan elinde mis gibi hazır. Cidden iyi. Kız lisedeyken zorbanın teki. Evet, kendisi de aile hayatında bir şeyler yaşıyor ama zorba yani. Özellikle de okuldaki üç oğlana karşı. Çocukların ergenlik hayatlarını burunlarindan getirmiş, hatta iftiraya varan seyler.

On beş yıl sonra, kız kasabaya geri dönmek zorunda kalıyor. Nişanlısı aldatmış ve dolandırmış. O da annesinin ufak bir stüdyo dairesine geçmek zorunda kalıyor, alt katında da bir dövme salonu var. Üç tane zebellak gibi, yakışıklı, seksi, devvvv, ikisi dövmeli, biri Jacob ladderli adam... Ve bunlar lisede zorbalık yaptığı kisiler... Ama böyle bı değişim yok gk.

Neyse, kızımız burada ise giriyor. Sırf kızın burnundan getirmek için diye ise alıyorlar. Ama hep kıza karşı yumuşak yanları varmış aslında.

Aaa şu ana kadar anlamadiysaniz, bu bir reverse harem... Yani tersten harem işte, adamlar üç tane, kız bı tane. Hepsi aynı kadıni...seviyor 🙃

Yani bakıldığında karakterler ve konu guzel ama sona doğru bazı gereksiz hamleler gördüm.

Öte yandan bu bir seri. Daha devam kitapları var, ondan öyle gelmiş de olabilir.

En azından üç dört saatliğine de olsa kafamı aldı, uzaklaştirdi. Hiçbir şey düşünmedim. Şu dönemde en ihtiyacım olan şeydi, bu yüzden de yeterli benim için.

Yorum yazmayacağım, iki satır yazar bırakırım diye çıktığım bu yolda, neler oldu böyle diyerek yorumu sonlandiriyorum.
10 reviews1 follower
March 15, 2023
Sometimes I’m a fan of a quick read that’s entertaining, but this was honestly so bad. I’m not sure I could actually summarize what happened because I was so unattached to the characters and the plot. I kept reading the series thinking it would get better and it just never did.
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28 reviews3 followers
November 16, 2023
10/10 glad I didn’t pay money for this book. Poorly written and the plot was so rushed I felt like I must have missed a chunk of the book. Don’t waste your time
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1,458 reviews413 followers
January 21, 2022
Savage Hate is the first book in the Savage Hearts Series by Amanda Richardson. This book does have minimal spice, but the scenes are fire! I'm new to Amanda but let me tell you, she did not disappoint with this book.

Lennon Rose was a bully to Silas Huxley, Damon Brooks, and Jude Vanderbilt in High School. Fast forward ten years later, and she is back in her hometown of Greythorne. Her fiance cheats on her leaving her broke and homeless; Lennon moves back and stays in one of her mother's rental properties. Desperate for a job, she goes to the tattoo shop below her apartment and asks for a job. On her first day, she realizes that the men who own Savage Ink are Silas, Damon, and Jude, the boys she brutally bullied in High School—not expecting her to be a bada$$ taking any and everything they throw at her. This strange man keeps popping up around town and warning her to stay away from Silas, Damon, and Jude. Can she trust them, or will she give in and believe the stranger?

This book was a wild ride, and when the spice happens, it's hot! This book has everything I want in my dark bully reverse harems. I can't wait for the next book.
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108 reviews263 followers
November 26, 2023
Fast paced but not enough enemies and hate, she was their HS bully and almost got them beat to death and they punish her by making her clean toilets… k lame. literally one 🌶️ scene in the whole book…. The storyline overall was super interesting though and I am intrigued with the whole church cult backstory so I’ll give book 2 a try… hopefully we get a lil more darkness and spice plz 😇

🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
⭐️⭐️💫
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125 reviews2 followers
September 13, 2024
I’m glad this was a shorter story as I don’t think you can stretch out this kind of plotline for too long, but I’m (nervously) intrigued where this story will go
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517 reviews34 followers
January 21, 2022
* I received an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review *

This was my first read for this author. After reading the blurb of this story I was concerned that I was not going to like the bully trope especially with the heroine as the bully. It was not a turn-on to see how she was able to terrorize them throughout high school. On the plus side, the guys have definitely grown up and were able to change the way I saw them as the book went on. I wish we got to see more of what happens between the four of them. I felt like that moment we got to see them finally get together the story was over.

** Go to redhotromanceblog.com to check out more reviews like this. **


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446 reviews70 followers
November 14, 2023
❤️‍🔥RH MFMM (past MM mentioned, possible future MM?)
❤️‍🔥Bullying (FMC bullied MMCs)
❤️‍🔥Revenge
❤️‍🔥Enemies To Lovers
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn
🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy

Lennon was the bully to Silas, Jude & Damon in high school. After some not so nice events in her life, she comes back to town 10 years later to try and start over. The guys are all grown up and ready to take revenge.

I would give this 3.5... I felt that the guys forgave WAY too fast for what she did to them in high school, but other than that it's pretty good. It's a quick read, and has an interesting side cult story going on.
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Author 1 book169 followers
December 17, 2024
Rare attending author. This trilogy is available as a limited edition for the event.

Bully romance. She was the bully in high school now it’s time for the guys to get their revenge.
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55 reviews
November 19, 2023
This book was terrible and super weird. I thought the writing left so much to be desired, the pacing is strange, the enemies to lovers makes no sense and happens almost immediately. The plot makes minimal sense and the characters all behave outlandishly and almost comically villainous. There's no build up to any character actions, everyone's 0-100 with no subtly. I hated the main characters outfits so much oh my god.

Despite all of this, will I be continuing with the series? Probably. One of the characters only has tattoos on . That is just too ridiculous for me not to find out how the author tops it in the next book.

Side note: if you know me in real life mind your business pls & thx <3
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167 reviews
January 29, 2022
Savage Hate is dark, raw and edgy. This is the first book in the Savage Hearts series and will keep you invested until the very last page. It’s a slow burn but in the best possible way. The heat and tension are always present, and it doesn't waver until the final fuse ignites and the sparks fly. Now I'll be over here waiting impatiently for Savage Gods.
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144 reviews1 follower
November 2, 2023
It’s written very choppy, they mc hate e/o for a decade because of what happend in high school they meet again and they just instantly fall in love with each other all of them. Know explanation no quality time spending, no dates just from one day to an other they are on top of e/o.
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896 reviews22 followers
January 25, 2022
This is an ARC review.

My first book by Amanda Richardson and I really enjoyed it. I will be looking for more from her.

This is a dark romance but as far as dark romance goes this one is not terribly dark. It also has a difference of the female MC being the bully at the beginning, the roles do reverse for a while but she is the one that caused the most hurt.

The chemistry between the 4 is really good and the first time they come together as one is hot as hell. These 3 alpha, tatted-up, slight psycho guys will tick all the boxes if you like the dark, reverse harem trope.

As this is part of a series there is more to come. It doesn't have a cliffhanger necessarily but there are plenty of unanswered questions and I am really looking forward to book 2 for more of their story.

Lennon is returning home to Greythorne after 10 years, a place she never wanted to return to again. She hated her childhood there and despite what everyone thought she did not have a dream life. So Lennon spent her high school life taking it out on others in particular the "dork storks", Silas, Jude, and Damon. Now her life is falling apart and she has no choice but to deal with her Mother and try to figure out her life.

Silas, Damon, and Jude hate Gretythorne and a lot of the people in it, but when Silas has to return home to deal with his parents Damon and Jude follow to help him out. They miss Boston but since starting up another tattoo shop they deal with being there, at least for now.

What they don't expect is for Lennon Rose to show up living above their shop, worse their part-time assistant has hired her to work for them. They intend to get some revenge for what she did to them all through high school particularly graduation night. If they can break her maybe it will make up for the past.

Lennon regrets her past and what she did to Silas, Jude, and Damon but she's never been able to say it, she can understand the guy's reaction to her what she can't understand is why she wants to be around them despite how they treat her.

Something is going on around town though and she keeps getting warned away from the guys. She doesn't know what is going on or the secrets they are keeping. Every day though she senses a change, and the chemistry in the air pulls tighter and tighter till it can't be denied. Maybe they don't hate her as much as she thought.

Despite Silas, Damon, and Jude wanting to hurt Lennon as much as she hurt them they end up being pulled to her. There was always something there but with how she behaved with them they can't just let it go. But their protective instincts kick in with her and it leads to them letting their guard down. Before long they no longer want to hurt her, they want her.

Happy Reading
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20k reviews257 followers
January 24, 2022
This is the first in a duet and is an intriguing reverse harem story. Lennon is down in her luck, and she returns to her hometown after being away for 10-years and is living on one of her mother’s rental properties, which is above a tattoo shop where she is lucky enough to find a job. One her first day she learns who the owners are of the tattoo shop and that is Silas, Damon, and Jude, the three guys she bullied in Ravenwood Academy. Her biggest nightmare has come back to haunt her, as these three are not boys anymore, they are tatted, bad$$$, ruthless, powerful, and deviant, and they are out for revenge against her. Lennon has insecurities, and is flawed, and broken, and is unloved. What will Silas, Damon, and Jude do when they begin to uncover the many layers which is Lennon? This is a well written story which is dark, raw, gritty, and with secrets, revenge, bullying, violence, undeniable chemistry, and love. This story ends in an intense cliffhanger, and I cannot wait to read the second part of this incredible duet. I highly recommend this talented authors’ work.
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190 reviews6 followers
March 8, 2023
eu tô passando mal. sei nem o que dizer sobre esse livro então vou continuar passando mal e amanhã eu volto pra comentar. jesus cristo.

UPDATE (demorei mas voltei).
eu gosto de ler reverse harem por alguns motivos. um deles muito interessante é perceber a personagem se apaixonando por diferentes pessoas simultaneamente. claro que em livros com pegada de dark romance, os personagens masculinos tem uma tendência a serem pelo menos um pouco parecidos, geralmente fisicamente e na perspectiva sobre relacionamentos. mas o que todos os reverse harem que eu tinha lido até esse aqui tinham em comum era que as autoras escrevia personagens hétero (nada contra tenho até amigos que são). mas a amanda ter feito os caras se olharem durante o vamo ver, de ter deixado claro que eles também se relacionam com homens, por mais que não se reconheçam (ainda) como bissexuais, foi um suspiro de alívio. porra, se tem 4 pessoas transando, não faz mais sentido ter interesse sexual entre todos?
enfim. esse tipo de construção de história nunca me dá vontade de ler uma continuação. eu acho o suficiente um único livro e sigo em frente e nem me lembro dos personagens depois de um tempo. mas com esse aqui... existe uma grande possibilidade de lermos a continuação em breve.
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969 reviews59 followers
February 26, 2023
Holy S***!!! What was this book! Omg!! I’m seriously obsessed and I could not stop reading it! The ending spicy scenes omg 🔥 I can’t wait to see more of these 4 together in the next books! I’m diving straight to book two, it’s going to be a long night here 😏
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December 21, 2022
shout out to amanda richardson for getting me through my reading challenge
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138 reviews1 follower
February 17, 2023
Snickers is really good... i dont get why people keep saying that it's basic like... 😳😳 have you tasted it??? 😔💔
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101 reviews
September 14, 2024
i couldn’t get past the bully storyline and the language used, but i’ll continue regardless tbh
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5,193 reviews73 followers
January 25, 2022
This is the story of Lennon Rose and in high school she was the most horrible bully there ever was. People thought that she had this really amazing life and she really did and the only way she coped with it was to bully the kids at school. Her favorite victims were who she called the Dork Storks. Silas, Damon and Jude. She was horrible to them and then she just up and left and they never got their revenge. But now is there chance because the last person they ever expect to be living above their tattoo shop is Lennon Rose, and even more shocking is that their assistant has hired Lennon to work for them part time. This book has a lot going on. It gets a little dark but isn't the darkest book I have ever read but it is oh so good. It is a story that sucks you in from the very beginning and you can't wait to see what happens next.
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25 reviews
March 8, 2023
Horrible book. I got this book recommended off bookstagram expecting it to be amazing but boy was I wrong.

For one what a shitty fl. This bitch was such a asshole. For one this bitch relentlessly bullied them for 4 fucking years and even lied and falsely accused them of r@pe and that’s were I draw the line. She bullied them and expected them to “get over it” because it happened in high school. Wtf?! You think someone is ever gonna get over that. And the way the author was trying to make her seem like she was this broken person because she had a so called “bad child hood” like please don’t piss me off.

If I’m being real I dnf’ed it because it was pissing me off. This was a shitty ass book and I don’t recommend it.
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44 reviews1 follower
May 21, 2022
dnf 40%

honestly, there are no words. this was just no. i started reading this series because i saw a video about the third book that interested me. so now i’m going to forget about this first book and just read the third 😃
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58 reviews2 followers
March 27, 2023
there's are so many places where it doesn't make sense at all, weird descriptive words every few chapters that no one uses
then like no slice until last few chapters
characters have paper personalities
honestly can't care less about Lennon, guys had so few pages
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2,122 reviews20 followers
October 26, 2023
Definitely enjoyed the premise of it, and I did not see some of the turns the plot took coming! I'm excited to read book 2!
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29 reviews
June 22, 2023
I hate her but I’m already invested.
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