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Bully Mate
Claire Summers is finally free of her bullied high school life and living on her own while she attends college. Finally free of her prison, she thinks her troubles are over until her high school bully shows up and crashes her chances of enjoying her college years.
Axel Davers realizes as soon as he steps into his first college class that his mate is in the room. However, it blindsides him when he sees Claire Summers, the one girl he loathed in high school, sitting there with a rebellious snarl on her face.
Not only did he hate her growing up, but she's also human and doesn't know anything about supernaturals. Knowing he has no choice but to pursue his mate, he finds it more challenging than ever to break down that wall he built when he bullied her years before.
When lycans begin to terrorize the neighboring packs and the college campus, Axel finds himself doing whatever it takes to protect his mate. However, Claire hates seeing him, and even if she feels an invisible pull, she pushes him away until she breaks.
She never realized that Axel held so many secrets, and when they come to light, her entire existence flips upside down, and she's bombarded with a truth she never knew was real.
Axel Davers realizes as soon as he steps into his first college class that his mate is in the room. However, it blindsides him when he sees Claire Summers, the one girl he loathed in high school, sitting there with a rebellious snarl on her face.
Not only did he hate her growing up, but she's also human and doesn't know anything about supernaturals. Knowing he has no choice but to pursue his mate, he finds it more challenging than ever to break down that wall he built when he bullied her years before.
When lycans begin to terrorize the neighboring packs and the college campus, Axel finds himself doing whatever it takes to protect his mate. However, Claire hates seeing him, and even if she feels an invisible pull, she pushes him away until she breaks.
She never realized that Axel held so many secrets, and when they come to light, her entire existence flips upside down, and she's bombarded with a truth she never knew was real.
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329 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2022
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December 21, 2022
How could this story be only 54 episodes, I even want to know more about Claire and Axel's development. I don't think any girl who likes mature guys can say no to Axel. Please let me shout, this story really brought me many surprises.
April 8, 2026
I will start off by saying that all in all the writing wasn't bad. It's actually written better than most mate books, especially those about werewolves. It was still quite a bit repetitive towards the later chapters when they find out the Lycan wants Claire.
For a book about being bullied, there wasn't a lot of that in it and she forgave him way too quickly. I suppose you could argue it's because they are mates and she can't resist him but it's sort of a weak excuse, as well as an easy out to winning her over. She also just accepted that he was a werewolf and that Lycans also existed without even the least bit of hesitation. I mean I get it both were staring her in the face but sometimes it takes your mind a while to play catch-up. She was too calm about it all.
I don't like fated mate books where one of them (always the guy) has been with multiple people beforehand, especially when they are on the younger side. I feel like them knowing they have a mate somewhere but still playing the field is disrespectful to their future mate. "Sorry love, I know you are my one and only and a gift from the Goddess but I just couldn't wait to stick my dick in sole strange before you". Yeah, doesn't sit well with me. Especially if I have to read fractions of his time with other women through memories or thoughts... whatever it is, it doesn't matter. Don't make a fated mate book if you're just going to ruin it by going back on the importance of it by doing things like this.
The POV was my biggest issue as it switched back and forth between 3rd person and then 1st person randomly. You need to pick a lane, either the book is 3rd person or 1st, not whatever you feel like writing when you feel like writing it. Well that and the fact that Axel's mom's name changed from Helen to Sydney. I mean, for one there is already a character named Sydney in the book (the coffee shop owner). I guess the author remembered that and then switched the mother's name to Grace later on. Even Axel's name was briefly changed to Derrick for a part in one of the later chapters, but then it was also used as Axel's father's name as well in the same chapter even though his father's name was Luke... I'm not sure if the author plagiarized this book, or completely forgot who her characters were. Either way, it's not a really good look.
I'm gonna go back and talk about the mate thing and how, in this book it's tradition and as a sign of respect to wait to mark your mate before engaging in sex, but what? It's not insulting if you've fucked other women before? Or how about the fact that their first time is in the back of his pick up truck, was that being respectful too? Aside from, Axel leaves her alone a lot later in the book because he's next in line to be Alpha, proving that he chooses to put his pack duties over her. I understand that it's hard to be a leader and all that but you would think she'd still be important enough to him that he would want her to stay with him at the very least. He even leaves her to face off against Tristan and Jaxon by herself. I get she's a hybrid and all but she literally just got her wolf...
The last bit of the book doesn't make any sense with Demetria being the witch that put the spell on Claire, and her mother being Demetria's sister. For one, Claire's mother is a werewolf, and her father is a Lycan, making her a hybrid, and yet... Demetria had to use a spell with Claire's hair to find out what she was? As I said, she was the one who put the spell on her for one. Two, her sister was a werewolf, which Demetria says she never knew because she only got her powers at 18. And fine, I'll buy that but surely she knew what Claire's father was? She knew what Axel was the moment she met him, so she couldn't have also been blinded to Claire's dad?
There is also the fact that Axel takes his phone out and shines its flashlight when they are in the dark. I thought at first it was for Claire's benefit, but he does it later on in the book when he's with her dad and another pack member... why? Who knows. Maybe the writer forgot at this point that he was a werewolf. But then again, the writer also forgot that Claire was chained to the bed but she still somehow managed to stand up and try to run towards the bedroom door when it opened. Let alone that Claire's character forgot that Jaxton was a part of all this. He's Tristan's brother and she saw him earlier when she first came to after being kidnapped. Again, there is also another part where she kills Jaxton and then in the next scene he attacks her and she kills him again. 😒 Or maybe once again the author confused her characters because when Cat dies Tristan is the one to kneel next to her in pain before running away but... Jaxton was with Cat? Tristan had wanted Claire to be his mate. This whole scene makes no sense because why let the Lycan King escape? It's later mentioned it was Jaxton that got away, even though he was killed. Twice.
For a book about being bullied, there wasn't a lot of that in it and she forgave him way too quickly. I suppose you could argue it's because they are mates and she can't resist him but it's sort of a weak excuse, as well as an easy out to winning her over. She also just accepted that he was a werewolf and that Lycans also existed without even the least bit of hesitation. I mean I get it both were staring her in the face but sometimes it takes your mind a while to play catch-up. She was too calm about it all.
I don't like fated mate books where one of them (always the guy) has been with multiple people beforehand, especially when they are on the younger side. I feel like them knowing they have a mate somewhere but still playing the field is disrespectful to their future mate. "Sorry love, I know you are my one and only and a gift from the Goddess but I just couldn't wait to stick my dick in sole strange before you". Yeah, doesn't sit well with me. Especially if I have to read fractions of his time with other women through memories or thoughts... whatever it is, it doesn't matter. Don't make a fated mate book if you're just going to ruin it by going back on the importance of it by doing things like this.
The POV was my biggest issue as it switched back and forth between 3rd person and then 1st person randomly. You need to pick a lane, either the book is 3rd person or 1st, not whatever you feel like writing when you feel like writing it. Well that and the fact that Axel's mom's name changed from Helen to Sydney. I mean, for one there is already a character named Sydney in the book (the coffee shop owner). I guess the author remembered that and then switched the mother's name to Grace later on. Even Axel's name was briefly changed to Derrick for a part in one of the later chapters, but then it was also used as Axel's father's name as well in the same chapter even though his father's name was Luke... I'm not sure if the author plagiarized this book, or completely forgot who her characters were. Either way, it's not a really good look.
I'm gonna go back and talk about the mate thing and how, in this book it's tradition and as a sign of respect to wait to mark your mate before engaging in sex, but what? It's not insulting if you've fucked other women before? Or how about the fact that their first time is in the back of his pick up truck, was that being respectful too? Aside from, Axel leaves her alone a lot later in the book because he's next in line to be Alpha, proving that he chooses to put his pack duties over her. I understand that it's hard to be a leader and all that but you would think she'd still be important enough to him that he would want her to stay with him at the very least. He even leaves her to face off against Tristan and Jaxon by herself. I get she's a hybrid and all but she literally just got her wolf...
The last bit of the book doesn't make any sense with Demetria being the witch that put the spell on Claire, and her mother being Demetria's sister. For one, Claire's mother is a werewolf, and her father is a Lycan, making her a hybrid, and yet... Demetria had to use a spell with Claire's hair to find out what she was? As I said, she was the one who put the spell on her for one. Two, her sister was a werewolf, which Demetria says she never knew because she only got her powers at 18. And fine, I'll buy that but surely she knew what Claire's father was? She knew what Axel was the moment she met him, so she couldn't have also been blinded to Claire's dad?
There is also the fact that Axel takes his phone out and shines its flashlight when they are in the dark. I thought at first it was for Claire's benefit, but he does it later on in the book when he's with her dad and another pack member... why? Who knows. Maybe the writer forgot at this point that he was a werewolf. But then again, the writer also forgot that Claire was chained to the bed but she still somehow managed to stand up and try to run towards the bedroom door when it opened. Let alone that Claire's character forgot that Jaxton was a part of all this. He's Tristan's brother and she saw him earlier when she first came to after being kidnapped. Again, there is also another part where she kills Jaxton and then in the next scene he attacks her and she kills him again. 😒 Or maybe once again the author confused her characters because when Cat dies Tristan is the one to kneel next to her in pain before running away but... Jaxton was with Cat? Tristan had wanted Claire to be his mate. This whole scene makes no sense because why let the Lycan King escape? It's later mentioned it was Jaxton that got away, even though he was killed. Twice.
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February 7, 2023
Okay this one was actually good. Quite unexpected. From other reviews I thought it would be those amateur wattpady author types.. Well it was kind of wattpady but a good kind of wattpady. The author has potential for sure.
I was surprised how the characters are very real and down to earth. It was not over the top wannabe types where the characters constantly make irritating decisions. But instead we see normal and relatable traits. It was low on angst factor though.. I expected a little bit more. The tone was light and sometimes a little funny as well. The H was convincing as reformed bully and I liked how he outright accepted his bad behavior and apologised. He knew he had to work for gaining his mate's trust and he owned up to it. I liked the h too. She was bullied but she is actually strong and has personality more than any other fated mate heroines who try too hard to be unique. Instead the author here made the h a simple yet strong girl who has a backbone and is behaving and reacting like a normal college going girl should. For example when the Lycan attacks her and she discovers about werewolves, she contemplates leaving the university... Which is actually what a normal human being would do. It's a breath of fresh air to see down to earth characters in a college NA based book nowadays. Otherwise you only get the same old pre-determined character tropes tried and tested in every other NA book- manwhore, college slut, virgin doormat, the quintessential"I am not like other girls" annoying one, the ostracised and bullied with TSTL characterics... The "I am a feminist so I will sleep with every guy that breathes". and so on.... You get the drift.
It also lacked on the heat factor. I would have loved more sizzling chemistry between the H/h and some more eroticism into the sex scenes. It's a werewolves story come on.. It should burn the pages.
Anyway. The only problem in the book is editing and writing coaching. The author sometimes skips from third person narrative to first person. And sometimes its not clear who is who while describing a scene.. Minor inconsistencies which can be avoided by professional proof reading and editing.
I was surprised how the characters are very real and down to earth. It was not over the top wannabe types where the characters constantly make irritating decisions. But instead we see normal and relatable traits. It was low on angst factor though.. I expected a little bit more. The tone was light and sometimes a little funny as well. The H was convincing as reformed bully and I liked how he outright accepted his bad behavior and apologised. He knew he had to work for gaining his mate's trust and he owned up to it. I liked the h too. She was bullied but she is actually strong and has personality more than any other fated mate heroines who try too hard to be unique. Instead the author here made the h a simple yet strong girl who has a backbone and is behaving and reacting like a normal college going girl should. For example when the Lycan attacks her and she discovers about werewolves, she contemplates leaving the university... Which is actually what a normal human being would do. It's a breath of fresh air to see down to earth characters in a college NA based book nowadays. Otherwise you only get the same old pre-determined character tropes tried and tested in every other NA book- manwhore, college slut, virgin doormat, the quintessential"I am not like other girls" annoying one, the ostracised and bullied with TSTL characterics... The "I am a feminist so I will sleep with every guy that breathes". and so on.... You get the drift.
It also lacked on the heat factor. I would have loved more sizzling chemistry between the H/h and some more eroticism into the sex scenes. It's a werewolves story come on.. It should burn the pages.
Anyway. The only problem in the book is editing and writing coaching. The author sometimes skips from third person narrative to first person. And sometimes its not clear who is who while describing a scene.. Minor inconsistencies which can be avoided by professional proof reading and editing.
April 14, 2023
Story 5 stars / Editing 1 stars = average 3 stars
So many books are ruined by lack of an editor, or maybe just a decent one. Heck, run it through an ARC site to get feedback. Is it really hard to get names correct? At one point, the FMC Claire is called Delaney, and the first time you’re introduced to Axel’s mom she says her name is Sydney which is actually the coffee shop manager and her name is in fact Grace. Then of course, there’s spelling character’s names incorrectly, and when one brother is called by the other’s name. There were minor typos I could deal with, but these... USE AN EDITOR! Heck, email me on Goodreads, and I'll edit the book for free, it was a really great story. Although, I guess I sort of did, as I reported everything on the Kindle App.
I really did enjoy the story. I liked how Axel worked to earn Claire's trust. I did think the Cat was a little too all over the place, I mean, at first she was pro-Axel, then anti-Axel, and towards mid-book she seemed anti-Claire. I liked that I couldn't figure out who the big-bad was since too often I know the whole story before I'm even halfway in. I loved how Claire eventually had to save herself because that's what women really want. We want a guy to back us up, but to let us save ourselves. I read this in one sitting, but fortunately, I'm off tomorrow so...
I think the last two chapters should have been titled differently since they are really just setting up book 2.
So many books are ruined by lack of an editor, or maybe just a decent one. Heck, run it through an ARC site to get feedback. Is it really hard to get names correct? At one point, the FMC Claire is called Delaney, and the first time you’re introduced to Axel’s mom she says her name is Sydney which is actually the coffee shop manager and her name is in fact Grace. Then of course, there’s spelling character’s names incorrectly, and when one brother is called by the other’s name. There were minor typos I could deal with, but these... USE AN EDITOR! Heck, email me on Goodreads, and I'll edit the book for free, it was a really great story. Although, I guess I sort of did, as I reported everything on the Kindle App.
I really did enjoy the story. I liked how Axel worked to earn Claire's trust. I did think the Cat was a little too all over the place, I mean, at first she was pro-Axel, then anti-Axel, and towards mid-book she seemed anti-Claire. I liked that I couldn't figure out who the big-bad was since too often I know the whole story before I'm even halfway in. I loved how Claire eventually had to save herself because that's what women really want. We want a guy to back us up, but to let us save ourselves. I read this in one sitting, but fortunately, I'm off tomorrow so...
I think the last two chapters should have been titled differently since they are really just setting up book 2.
January 15, 2023
Great story
It kept me guessing by introducing characters and leaving me wondering how they tied in and who was the lycan terrorizing the campus. So it’s a werewolf romance
The only reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 was because of a major name fumble which caused me major confusion and had me rereading what I had just read in an effort figure out if I misread a killing scene in chapter 51 on page 292 (maybe the 26th paragraph of the chapter) in my kindle app. Without giving too much away, the author used the name Tristan instead of Jaxton in a key scene. Unless the author reads my review and fixes this mistake, you will understand when you get there. I’m including
It kept me guessing by introducing characters and leaving me wondering how they tied in and who was the lycan terrorizing the campus. So it’s a werewolf romance
The only reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 was because of a major name fumble which caused me major confusion and had me rereading what I had just read in an effort figure out if I misread a killing scene in chapter 51 on page 292 (maybe the 26th paragraph of the chapter) in my kindle app. Without giving too much away, the author used the name Tristan instead of Jaxton in a key scene. Unless the author reads my review and fixes this mistake, you will understand when you get there. I’m including
April 19, 2023
Bully mate
Enjoyed this book. I wouldn’t say this is a bully romance, it talks of bullying but no actual bully apart from on flashback scene. No cheating, Hea and all the characters are likeable. The writing is good and capturing. This is the first book I’ve read by Georgia and I’m looking forward to reading some of her other books.
Enjoyed this book. I wouldn’t say this is a bully romance, it talks of bullying but no actual bully apart from on flashback scene. No cheating, Hea and all the characters are likeable. The writing is good and capturing. This is the first book I’ve read by Georgia and I’m looking forward to reading some of her other books.
November 25, 2022
It's well written, but the guy literally says he's stuck with the h because they're mates so he has no option but to pursue a relationship with her. It soured the whole thing. That's not romantic in the least.
December 21, 2022
Never believe that I would be immersed in such a story, you know, I have always been a person who likes gentle mates. So when I saw the title of Bully mate in Readict, I didn't have any expectation. But it's really such an attractive story that I even changed my ideal type.
December 30, 2022
Good read
I liked everything about this book. It has everything you need, action, love, hate, but just when it gets exciting it leaves you hanging. I can't stand that! You have to.wait until the other part comes out, by then you have forgotten about it.
I liked everything about this book. It has everything you need, action, love, hate, but just when it gets exciting it leaves you hanging. I can't stand that! You have to.wait until the other part comes out, by then you have forgotten about it.
October 26, 2022
I read it on Readict. I do like the storyline!
November 14, 2022
Good book
It was good book. There was some misspelling but good story. I will be looking for the second one now.
It was good book. There was some misspelling but good story. I will be looking for the second one now.
December 21, 2022
This story really caught my eye and ate my time, I love Grace so much, she is the most interesting female character in fiction I have ever seen, I can't wait to recommend this book to me Friends!
January 29, 2023
很不错的一本书，超nice
June 19, 2023
Engaging
I truly enjoyed this book. It is not overly mushy, had just the right amount of suspension and backstabbing. Love that it segwayed into the next book.
Great read!!
I truly enjoyed this book. It is not overly mushy, had just the right amount of suspension and backstabbing. Love that it segwayed into the next book.
Great read!!
October 12, 2024
Bully turned mate with a twist. Throw in Lycan King and some witches and you have a good story.
February 1, 2025
interesting enough but there are many grammar errors as a result of the translation and the book ends on a cliffhanger at ch 54. unknown if there is a second book or if the book is in progress...
December 19, 2023
I really enjoyed this book. I found it on Readict
It's a sort of enemies to lovers book about a warewolf who finds out his mate is "human" but shes the girl he used to bully so he has to prove hes sorry and has changed
It's a sort of enemies to lovers book about a warewolf who finds out his mate is "human" but shes the girl he used to bully so he has to prove hes sorry and has changed
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January 7, 2023
Jfc if the shitty photoshopped cover didn't make me want to my bury my fist in someone's face the hideous premise would seal the deal like an envelope big enough to fit the planet in. I can't believe I'm saying this but the bottom-feeders of modern online "books" have taken one theme from the historic romance genre, reduced it down to its lowest concept - much like I imagine people on those TV shows everyone seems to like boil toxic drugs down into a dirtier, cheaper, more caustic version to sell to poor people - and hacked out this bullshit in droves.
I'm an old fan of historical romance as I used to read them in high school, and let me tell you this shit should not be mentioned in the same breath as those books. A good deal of those had actual historical research in them, a coherent plot and, most essentially, effort. This is the opposite of that.
These are written, if you even want to use that word, by multiple people/hacks/algorithms, and by Christ does it show. If reading a book is listening to voices taking turns to tell you a story, this is like being trapped in a restaurant booth while busting for a bathroom and listening to half a dozen people you hate telling the same story in different voices, tempos and volumes. I don't actually know how one would read this tripe and gain anything positive from the experience, assuming you could even follow everything that was supposedly going on.
We all read things with bad behaviour and concepts in them so we can indulge a small part of our psyches in safety and without damaging our real lives. But shit like this isn't a bad concept dressed up in fiction so we can try it on without having to buy it and wear it. It's so bare and bad that it feels like just trying it on may glue it to your skin.
I weep for the concept of reading comprehension after this. All I can do is hope fervently that the girls reading this garbage have enough innate sense to separate the concepts of romance and love from the idea of having something supremely fucking stupid like "fate" validate being bullied into any type of relationship with an abuser that does not involve a bailiff and bulletproof glass.
We're better than this, ladies. You can find indulgence for the desire to read about surly men slowly falling in love with you in so many other places, and it will be a much better and richer experience, trust me.
As for you, the legion listed as Georgia St. James, find anything else to do with your time. The world doesn't need your garbage.
I'm an old fan of historical romance as I used to read them in high school, and let me tell you this shit should not be mentioned in the same breath as those books. A good deal of those had actual historical research in them, a coherent plot and, most essentially, effort. This is the opposite of that.
These are written, if you even want to use that word, by multiple people/hacks/algorithms, and by Christ does it show. If reading a book is listening to voices taking turns to tell you a story, this is like being trapped in a restaurant booth while busting for a bathroom and listening to half a dozen people you hate telling the same story in different voices, tempos and volumes. I don't actually know how one would read this tripe and gain anything positive from the experience, assuming you could even follow everything that was supposedly going on.
We all read things with bad behaviour and concepts in them so we can indulge a small part of our psyches in safety and without damaging our real lives. But shit like this isn't a bad concept dressed up in fiction so we can try it on without having to buy it and wear it. It's so bare and bad that it feels like just trying it on may glue it to your skin.
I weep for the concept of reading comprehension after this. All I can do is hope fervently that the girls reading this garbage have enough innate sense to separate the concepts of romance and love from the idea of having something supremely fucking stupid like "fate" validate being bullied into any type of relationship with an abuser that does not involve a bailiff and bulletproof glass.
We're better than this, ladies. You can find indulgence for the desire to read about surly men slowly falling in love with you in so many other places, and it will be a much better and richer experience, trust me.
As for you, the legion listed as Georgia St. James, find anything else to do with your time. The world doesn't need your garbage.
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