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St. Mary’s Rebels #2
A Gorgeous Villain
NOTE - This book is a STANDALONE set in the world of St. Mary's. The book contains NO CHEATING.
Two years ago, Reed Jackson betrayed Calliope Thorne and broke her heart. So she stole his most prized possession – a white mustang – and drove it into the lake for revenge.
Now, Callie is stuck at a reform school while Reed is off at college, living his life without repercussions.
Until he comes back.
With him comes back all the feelings that Callie has been trying to bury: anger and heartbreak.
But most of all, desire. At the sight of his beautiful but lying lips and his gunmetal gray eyes that still taunt and smolder when he looks at her.
Whatever though. It’s not as if Callie is ever going to fall for her ex-boyfriend again. Or let him corner her in a bar one night and touch her, kiss her…
Neither is she going to kiss him back. Or worse, sleep with him.
Because that would make her naïve and foolish.
Oh, and also pregnant.
And there’s no way Callie is ever going to get pregnant at eighteen and with Reed’s baby, no less. The guy she hates.
The guy who taught her all about heartbreak. Who might look like a gorgeous hero but really is the villain of her story.
Two years ago, Reed Jackson betrayed Calliope Thorne and broke her heart. So she stole his most prized possession – a white mustang – and drove it into the lake for revenge.
Now, Callie is stuck at a reform school while Reed is off at college, living his life without repercussions.
Until he comes back.
With him comes back all the feelings that Callie has been trying to bury: anger and heartbreak.
But most of all, desire. At the sight of his beautiful but lying lips and his gunmetal gray eyes that still taunt and smolder when he looks at her.
Whatever though. It’s not as if Callie is ever going to fall for her ex-boyfriend again. Or let him corner her in a bar one night and touch her, kiss her…
Neither is she going to kiss him back. Or worse, sleep with him.
Because that would make her naïve and foolish.
Oh, and also pregnant.
And there’s no way Callie is ever going to get pregnant at eighteen and with Reed’s baby, no less. The guy she hates.
The guy who taught her all about heartbreak. Who might look like a gorgeous hero but really is the villain of her story.
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First published June 3, 2021
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Saffron A. Kent
37 books5,654 followersSaffron A. Kent is a USA Today Bestselling Author of Contemporary and New Adult romance.
She has an MFA in Creative Writing and she lives in New York City with her nerdy and supportive husband, along with a million and one books.
She has an MFA in Creative Writing and she lives in New York City with her nerdy and supportive husband, along with a million and one books.
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January 15, 2022
yes, all the rumours are true. Kissing the Coronavirus does in fact have better smut scenes than this book, there is not even a comparison bc one is satire and the other one is suppose to be "romance".
A Gorgeous Villain is getting out of KU and it's finally time to remove this book from my library so I'm just going to throw in some quotes to remember the trauma. #neverforget
*me looking at my arm*
*me staring at the wall comtemplating what I did wrong in this life*
*sigh *
People who have a whole ass speech about their dicks and pussies in third person deserve some time on the electric chair.
Now lemme introduce the main characters:
↬ ROMAN REED JACKSON a.k.a. Edward Cullen's twin (Hero number one)
↬ ROMAN REED JACKSON'S COCK a.ka. the true gorgeous villain (Hero number two)
↬ CALLIOPE THORNE a.k.a. a wannabe Tinkerbell (heroine)
I went through all my highlights and I couldn't find a quote for Callie, because all she talks about is Roman Reed Jackson and Roman Reed Jackson's hands and Roman Reed Jackson's dick, Roman Reed Jackson's mustang, so there is nothing left for herself.
↬ HONORABLE MENTION
- Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang
TOP 5 of words that were clearly superior to other words in AGV
⚓ 5th place:
wolf eyes (70 times)
⚓ 4th place:
hoodie (76 times)
I'll never forget that one page when Callie desribes Roman Reed Jackson's white hoodie.. how white it is... how soft it is.... how he loves his hoodie so much... how she loves his hoodie so much... how his hoodie is so famous.
🥉 3rd place:
villain (145 times)
It's a bit surprising for me that villain "only" made it to third place, because it felt like villain was shoved down my throat so many times. If I counted "villainous" (15 times), it would have taken 2nd place, but well ...
🥈 2nd place:
Mustang (147 times)
Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang made it to second place. In my eyes deserved. This car was mentioned so many times. Another honorable mentioned characters. Even if you didn't read the novella, one thing that was mentioned a millain times is how Callie stole Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang and drove it into a lake.
🥇 1st place:
*
*
*
🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚
Fae (162 times) + fairy (79 times)
I know this is lowkey cheating, because those are two words, but they have the same meaning.. I was just taking them together.
Fairy was clearly the dominant word in this book. Congrats to this words for beating all the other words. All the fairies are cheering for you now. ✊
FAV SCENE
Hands down the epilogue.
UGH THIS IS SO CUTE I CAN'T OKAY 🤚
CONCLUSION
This book was bad, but I liked it a little bit more then My Darling Arrow. As much as I make fun of Callie and especially Roman Reed Jackson, I still liked them a little more than Arrow and Salem. This book also has no business being this long when NOTHING is happening. The only plot is Callie's pregnancy, but otherwise not much depth to the characters. I think I know know more about Reed Roman Jackson's hoodie and Mustang than I know about him.
┍━━━━━━━━━━━━━┑
ST. MARY'S REBELS SERIES
#1 My Darling Arrow – 2 stars
#2 A Gorgeous Villain – 2.5 stars
#3 These Thorn Kisses – 1.5 stars
#4 Hey Mister Marshall – tbr
┕━━━━━━━━━━━━━┙
A Gorgeous Villain is getting out of KU and it's finally time to remove this book from my library so I'm just going to throw in some quotes to remember the trauma. #neverforget
"You know how I'm going to do that? How I'm going to make you cry for me Fae?"
"H-how?"
"With my dick," he rasps. "With my big fucking dick. Tell me how big my dick is."
I can't tell him anything right now but I try. I try my hardest "As big as ... my arm."
"Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here." His thumb makes me see stars at here. "When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it's going to feel like the first time. It's going to feel like the first dick you've ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you're going to forget all about your Toby."
*me looking at my arm*
*me staring at the wall comtemplating what I did wrong in this life*
"It's killing me that I made her cry and I didn't get to lick her tears off. I didn't get to soothe her with my tongue. She must've been all sore and puffy. Swollen and red. After the way I abused her. After the way I beat her up with my cock and I didn't even get to suck that soreness away. I didn't even get to make nice with her with my mouth. I didn't even get to tell her that my dick, the thing that hurt her, he's a horny bastard. He wants to hurt her again and again. He wants to use her up but I won't let him. I won't. Not until I take away her pain. Not until I kiss it all better. It's killing me, Fae."
I let him talk to my pussy, tell her how sorry he is. How he was an asshole to her that night. How he should've known. He should've known that she was tight and untouched. She was innocent and daisy fresh before he plowed into her. Before he destroyed her and trashed her and made her cry. Made her bleed. How he knocked her up.
*sigh *
People who have a whole ass speech about their dicks and pussies in third person deserve some time on the electric chair.
Now lemme introduce the main characters:
↬ ROMAN REED JACKSON a.k.a. Edward Cullen's twin (Hero number one)
I've never ever seen that vampire skin mold over the broad muscular shoulders, those jutting collar bones. Or that sparkling skin stretching over his taut arched pecs.
↬ ROMAN REED JACKSON'S COCK a.ka. the true gorgeous villain (Hero number two)
His monster, villainous, tasty dick, dick that got me pregnant, that never fits in my god girl, fairy mouth.
He greases up his cock with my juices so he can put it in my ass. So he can dip his slippery head inside my tightest hole and make me arch and moan. And when it still doesn't go in smoothly, he spits on it. He spits on his cock like a beautiful vulgar beast and rubs it all over his length, mixing his spit with my juices before trying again.
↬ CALLIOPE THORNE a.k.a. a wannabe Tinkerbell (heroine)
I went through all my highlights and I couldn't find a quote for Callie, because all she talks about is Roman Reed Jackson and Roman Reed Jackson's hands and Roman Reed Jackson's dick, Roman Reed Jackson's mustang, so there is nothing left for herself.
↬ HONORABLE MENTION
- Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang
TOP 5 of words that were clearly superior to other words in AGV
⚓ 5th place:
wolf eyes (70 times)
⚓ 4th place:
hoodie (76 times)
I'll never forget that one page when Callie desribes Roman Reed Jackson's white hoodie.. how white it is... how soft it is.... how he loves his hoodie so much... how she loves his hoodie so much... how his hoodie is so famous.
🥉 3rd place:
villain (145 times)
It's a bit surprising for me that villain "only" made it to third place, because it felt like villain was shoved down my throat so many times. If I counted "villainous" (15 times), it would have taken 2nd place, but well ...
🥈 2nd place:
Mustang (147 times)
Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang made it to second place. In my eyes deserved. This car was mentioned so many times. Another honorable mentioned characters. Even if you didn't read the novella, one thing that was mentioned a millain times is how Callie stole Roman Reed Jackson's Mustang and drove it into a lake.
🥇 1st place:
*
*
*
🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚
Fae (162 times) + fairy (79 times)
I know this is lowkey cheating, because those are two words, but they have the same meaning.. I was just taking them together.
Fairy was clearly the dominant word in this book. Congrats to this words for beating all the other words. All the fairies are cheering for you now. ✊
FAV SCENE
Hands down the epilogue.
Halo raises her arm then, tugs on her hair barrette–this one's white and shaped like a daisy–and gives it to him. Which he dutifully takes from her small hands. Before he sets her down on the island, her legs dangling off the edge, and combs her dark hair with his large, beautiful fingers, putting it back on.
She nods at him. Like this is such a serious business, putting a hair barrette on, and he nods back like he agrees.
UGH THIS IS SO CUTE I CAN'T OKAY 🤚
CONCLUSION
This book was bad, but I liked it a little bit more then My Darling Arrow. As much as I make fun of Callie and especially Roman Reed Jackson, I still liked them a little more than Arrow and Salem. This book also has no business being this long when NOTHING is happening. The only plot is Callie's pregnancy, but otherwise not much depth to the characters. I think I know know more about Reed Roman Jackson's hoodie and Mustang than I know about him.
┍━━━━━━━━━━━━━┑
ST. MARY'S REBELS SERIES
#1 My Darling Arrow – 2 stars
#2 A Gorgeous Villain – 2.5 stars
#3 These Thorn Kisses – 1.5 stars
#4 Hey Mister Marshall – tbr
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December 26, 2021
DNF at 30%. Better late than never. 😌 No, at this point I legit don't care whether he is fairy pussy whipped or not. 💦 And no, it won't get better. Harboring false hope is detrimental to your mental health.
It feels like my brain has been assaulted in the most brutal way possible but then again I willingly subjected myself to this gem of a story so I have no one else to blame. 🤧 First, I literally take everything as a joke to giggle at and then I reap the fruits of such a lousy attitude.
I guess this prank got a bit out of hand
coz I accidentally missed the moment when this book started devouring my brain cells.
The funny part is that I didn't even reach the smut scenes and, as the rumor has it, they contain the cringiest dirty talk pearls we've ever had the pleasure to come across. That being said, NEED NOT WORRY, my friends. This book licks, sucks round and chews over those 6 letters — 💥c r i n g e💥 — regardless.
But first things first. A piece of advice from a person who initially got sucked into this story : d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶m̶.̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶u̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶,̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶d̶u̶d̶e̶,̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶s̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶e̶l̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶ please, don't take this book seriously or you'll end up just like me:
Before I go on minding my own business, I'll just let this book speak for itself because no matter what I say here it won't do this book any justice lmaooo (the following quotes are taken from A Gorgeous Villain and The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy respectively).
Excerpt 1. irunia wonders whether she developed diplopia overnight (I am trying to distance myself from this reading experience as much as I can so don't mind me referring to myself in third person won't you)
“Calliope Juliet Thorne. I know what your name is, Fae. I also know what my name is. Do you?”
Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I do.
I do know his name.
I know his name like I know how to breathe.
Press 'repeat the same damn thought non-stop' and your sales will rise. #thenewyourtimesbestsellerssecrets
Excerpt 2. irunia's world is shattered to pieces because the title of Captain Obvious goes to...
It was established years and years ago. Probably when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Okay, fine.
That’s an exaggeration.
It was established in 1939. All dinosaurs were long extinct by then, but still.
1...
2...
3 ...
to our fairy pussy aka Calliope. This title should have been mine. 😭😛 Now now don't be shy, raise your hands those of you who thought that dinosaurs still roamed our planet a century ago.
Excerpt 3. Does Calliope's fairy pussy by any chance have fairy ears as well? The guy tried so hard to reach out to her pussy that it would be truly heartbreaking to see those efforts wasted in case she didn't hear our loverboy.
“Yeah, you know that I’d become what they call me. That if I catch even a whiff of her scent, I’ll go wild. I’ll become an animal and I’ll snap my teeth and I’ll snarl. And nothing would calm me down except her, except the sight of her, the taste of her. You know I’ll become a villain for your fairy pussy.”
As you can witness, I lied about not getting a glimpse of smutty goodness, which probably explains why I am still wheezing. 🤪
Excerpt 4. That was just... lowkey deep? romantic? 🤤
Because I’m his Fae, the dancing fairy and he’s my Roman, the wild mustang.
Excerpt 5. (wait a sec, I am searching for the fitting illustration)🔎
He becomes dark in his intentions and dangerous in his beauty.
He looks me up and down in his villainous way... (bla bla bla)
A villain with wolf eyes and vampire skin.
Besides... his skin glows. On many occasions.
Now, the time has come to meet Roman ( I wonder if I need to insert Jacob's photo too to fit the puzzle):
(my deep apologies to Pattinson btw)
What a pity my photoshopping skills suck.
Anyway, while I'm at it, let me show you an image of Calliope as well
Excerpt 6. You will never guess what Calliope has been preparing herself for, though. Irunía could barely catch a break...
“You told me the other day, in the storage closet that… that you’re not so easy to take care of…”
“You said that if I took care of you, I’d have bruised knees, so I…”
“So I get down on my knees. At night.”
“We’ve got hardwood floors at home. So I get down and I… I stay there.”
“A long time. Until I...” I press my knees into his legs. “Until they start to feel all numb. And sore.”
As you might have gathered, my major issue with the story amounted, more or less, to the writing style that is a s̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶l̶y̶ repetitive piece of maddeningly long bedsheet, stained with thoughts and inner monologues of such depth, profoundness and importance for everyone involved in this mess that I simply couldn't catch up.
In regard to the plot...
I didn't detect any character development that was bound to happen over a period of 2 years when our lovely protagonists had been apart.
Callie was still a little, naive, 'not like other girls' girlie with the Madonna-Whore complex who couldn't see the hypocrisy of her own thinking even if it slapped her right in the face. Roman was still a regular asshole who talked like a weird, cheesy little shit. Calliope, a connoisseur of Cringe Talk, was eating it up with stars in her eyes.
The author was scraping the bottom of the barrel, trying to create angst and drama. But when you have two dumbasses as the leading characters, those things get easier. I guess.
What else mmmm
I just feel like I gotta stop right now because why waste my time on reviewing when I have something probably even more useless to do. 🤩
Being a positive person, I will give the author some credit for forcing a smile or two out of me.
Being a negative person, I cannot help pointing out that this book made me think that Ms. Kent was questioning my reading comprehension skills throughout the storyline (I have no other explanation for the constant repetition of every.damn.piece.of.information.presented.in.the.book). 😭 I need answers.
P.S. On a serious note, internal misogyny is not cool.
Murder, rape, abuse make someone a bad person worthy of contempt.
Not their love for short dresses and skirts, not their sex appeal, not their confidence, not their desire to catch a guy's attention. No need to be so judgemental about "other girls' choices".
It feels like my brain has been assaulted in the most brutal way possible but then again I willingly subjected myself to this gem of a story so I have no one else to blame. 🤧 First, I literally take everything as a joke to giggle at and then I reap the fruits of such a lousy attitude.
I guess this prank got a bit out of hand
coz I accidentally missed the moment when this book started devouring my brain cells.
The funny part is that I didn't even reach the smut scenes and, as the rumor has it, they contain the cringiest dirty talk pearls we've ever had the pleasure to come across. That being said, NEED NOT WORRY, my friends. This book licks, sucks round and chews over those 6 letters — 💥c r i n g e💥 — regardless.
But first things first. A piece of advice from a person who initially got sucked into this story : d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶m̶.̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶u̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶,̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶d̶u̶d̶e̶,̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶s̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶e̶l̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶ please, don't take this book seriously or you'll end up just like me:
Before I go on minding my own business, I'll just let this book speak for itself because no matter what I say here it won't do this book any justice lmaooo (the following quotes are taken from A Gorgeous Villain and The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy respectively).
Excerpt 1. irunia wonders whether she developed diplopia overnight (I am trying to distance myself from this reading experience as much as I can so don't mind me referring to myself in third person won't you)
“Calliope Juliet Thorne. I know what your name is, Fae. I also know what my name is. Do you?”
Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I do.
I do know his name.
I know his name like I know how to breathe.
Press 'repeat the same damn thought non-stop' and your sales will rise. #thenewyourtimesbestsellerssecrets
Excerpt 2. irunia's world is shattered to pieces because the title of Captain Obvious goes to...
It was established years and years ago. Probably when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Okay, fine.
That’s an exaggeration.
It was established in 1939. All dinosaurs were long extinct by then, but still.
1...
2...
3 ...
to our fairy pussy aka Calliope. This title should have been mine. 😭😛 Now now don't be shy, raise your hands those of you who thought that dinosaurs still roamed our planet a century ago.
Excerpt 3. Does Calliope's fairy pussy by any chance have fairy ears as well? The guy tried so hard to reach out to her pussy that it would be truly heartbreaking to see those efforts wasted in case she didn't hear our loverboy.
“Yeah, you know that I’d become what they call me. That if I catch even a whiff of her scent, I’ll go wild. I’ll become an animal and I’ll snap my teeth and I’ll snarl. And nothing would calm me down except her, except the sight of her, the taste of her. You know I’ll become a villain for your fairy pussy.”
As you can witness, I lied about not getting a glimpse of smutty goodness, which probably explains why I am still wheezing. 🤪
Excerpt 4. That was just... lowkey deep? romantic? 🤤
Because I’m his Fae, the dancing fairy and he’s my Roman, the wild mustang.
Excerpt 5. (wait a sec, I am searching for the fitting illustration)🔎
He becomes dark in his intentions and dangerous in his beauty.
He looks me up and down in his villainous way... (bla bla bla)
A villain with wolf eyes and vampire skin.
Besides... his skin glows. On many occasions.
Now, the time has come to meet Roman ( I wonder if I need to insert Jacob's photo too to fit the puzzle):
(my deep apologies to Pattinson btw) What a pity my photoshopping skills suck.
Anyway, while I'm at it, let me show you an image of Calliope as well
Excerpt 6. You will never guess what Calliope has been preparing herself for, though. Irunía could barely catch a break...
“You told me the other day, in the storage closet that… that you’re not so easy to take care of…”
“You said that if I took care of you, I’d have bruised knees, so I…”
“So I get down on my knees. At night.”
“We’ve got hardwood floors at home. So I get down and I… I stay there.”
“A long time. Until I...” I press my knees into his legs. “Until they start to feel all numb. And sore.”
As you might have gathered, my major issue with the story amounted, more or less, to the writing style that is a s̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶l̶y̶ repetitive piece of maddeningly long bedsheet, stained with thoughts and inner monologues of such depth, profoundness and importance for everyone involved in this mess that I simply couldn't catch up.
In regard to the plot...
I didn't detect any character development that was bound to happen over a period of 2 years when our lovely protagonists had been apart.
Callie was still a little, naive, 'not like other girls' girlie with the Madonna-Whore complex who couldn't see the hypocrisy of her own thinking even if it slapped her right in the face. Roman was still a regular asshole who talked like a weird, cheesy little shit. Calliope, a connoisseur of Cringe Talk, was eating it up with stars in her eyes.
The author was scraping the bottom of the barrel, trying to create angst and drama. But when you have two dumbasses as the leading characters, those things get easier. I guess.
What else mmmm
I just feel like I gotta stop right now because why waste my time on reviewing when I have something probably even more useless to do. 🤩
Being a positive person, I will give the author some credit for forcing a smile or two out of me.
Being a negative person, I cannot help pointing out that this book made me think that Ms. Kent was questioning my reading comprehension skills throughout the storyline (I have no other explanation for the constant repetition of every.damn.piece.of.information.presented.in.the.book). 😭 I need answers.
P.S. On a serious note, internal misogyny is not cool.
Murder, rape, abuse make someone a bad person worthy of contempt.
Not their love for short dresses and skirts, not their sex appeal, not their confidence, not their desire to catch a guy's attention. No need to be so judgemental about "other girls' choices".
July 14, 2021
How rude or how much would it hurt a man’s pride if I was standing there listening to paragraphs and paragraphs of his attempt at “dirty talking” and then in the middle of it all...I burst out laughing???
November 7, 2021
2 🧚🏻♀️✨
This review was hard to write because Saffron Kent is a one-click author for me, I really enjoy her books but this one, I don't know where to start, so...
what I liked
↬The friendship of these girls, how they support each other is the best. I loved the group scenes.
↬Callie's siblings, the support for her is incredible. I really can't wait for their own books.
↬also I'm kinda excited for the next two books,
- Wyn and Conrad (that little snippet 🛐 )
- Poe ande her guardian pls ***chefs kiss***
but at the same time I want to keep my expectations low after this book.
↬The epilogue was so cute. Sorry, I just love kids. 😭
what didn't work for me and some thoughts
- reed + wolf eyes + vampire skin + villain. Vampires, wolves, fairies? Is this a fantasy book?🕵🏽♀️
- The internal monologue and writing style as if this were some kind of shakespearean tragedy, dramatic, poetic and everything so repetitive like a broken record. He is bad, my lipsticks, fairy, ballerina, my brothers, villain, blahblah.
- there was no plot honestly. Arrow and Salem at least worked at that point.
- After everyone found out about the pregnancy the story declined, I was so bored. I feel like this book was too long and I'm not counting the prequel.
and finally the Dirty Talk I- 😭
@plsHELP
image:
me if i were callie,
image:
nah but seriously,
I like SAK's books but this didn't work for me. The tropes were good but as someone mentioned it's the little things that make everything else out of place. I understand why many like it (even me) but this book feels like any other smut story but a longer one.
Ps: excuse me for any grammar mistakes.
✩｡:*•.───── ❁🌼 ❁ ─────.•*:｡✩
El coño de hadas, el tampón, él hablando de su coño en tercera persona.
A muchas personas puede gustarle pero para mí fue demasiado. Si alguien me habla de esa forma lo primero que hago es salir corriendo.
Reed Jackson es el tipo del que yo libremente elegiría alejarme.
This review was hard to write because Saffron Kent is a one-click author for me, I really enjoy her books but this one, I don't know where to start, so...
what I liked
↬The friendship of these girls, how they support each other is the best. I loved the group scenes.
↬Callie's siblings, the support for her is incredible. I really can't wait for their own books.
↬also I'm kinda excited for the next two books,
- Wyn and Conrad (that little snippet 🛐 )
- Poe ande her guardian pls ***chefs kiss***
but at the same time I want to keep my expectations low after this book.
↬The epilogue was so cute. Sorry, I just love kids. 😭
what didn't work for me and some thoughts
- reed + wolf eyes + vampire skin + villain. Vampires, wolves, fairies? Is this a fantasy book?🕵🏽♀️
- The internal monologue and writing style as if this were some kind of shakespearean tragedy, dramatic, poetic and everything so repetitive like a broken record. He is bad, my lipsticks, fairy, ballerina, my brothers, villain, blahblah.
- there was no plot honestly. Arrow and Salem at least worked at that point.
- After everyone found out about the pregnancy the story declined, I was so bored. I feel like this book was too long and I'm not counting the prequel.
and finally the Dirty Talk I- 😭
“With my dick,” he rasps. “With my big fucking dick. Tell me how big my dick is.”
I can’t tell him anything right now but I try.
I try my hardest. “As big as… my arm.”
“When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.
And when you meet that good guy you’re so dying to meet, when he fucks you, your pussy will still hurt for my cock. She’ll still cry for it.”
@plsHELP
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I hurt your fairy pussy that hasn’t had anything inside her. Has she?”
“No.”
“No,” he rasps, his eyes flicking over my features. “Not a single thing, huh?”
I swallow again, blush burning my cheeks. “My fingers. Sometimes. And a t-tampon.”
“A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
“It’s killing me that I made her cry and I didn’t get to lick her tears off. I didn’t get to soothe her with my tongue. She must’ve been all sore and puffy. Swollen and red. After the way I abused her. After the way I beat her up with my cock and I didn’t even get to suck that soreness away. I didn’t even get to make nice with her with my mouth. I didn’t even get to tell her that my dick, the thing that hurt her, he’s a horny bastard. He wants to hurt her again and again. He wants to use her up but I won’t let him. I won’t. Not until I take away her pain. Not until I kiss it all better. It’s killing me, Fae.”
How he was an asshole to her that night. How he should’ve known. He should’ve known that she was tight and untouched. She was innocent and daisy fresh before he plowed into her. Before he destroyed her and trashed her and made her cry. Made her bleed.
me if i were callie,
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nah but seriously,
I like SAK's books but this didn't work for me. The tropes were good but as someone mentioned it's the little things that make everything else out of place. I understand why many like it (even me) but this book feels like any other smut story but a longer one.
Ps: excuse me for any grammar mistakes.
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El coño de hadas, el tampón, él hablando de su coño en tercera persona.
A muchas personas puede gustarle pero para mí fue demasiado. Si alguien me habla de esa forma lo primero que hago es salir corriendo.
Reed Jackson es el tipo del que yo libremente elegiría alejarme.
June 16, 2021
1 star
I’M FINALLY FREE !!!!!!!
➣ it's been 4 days now since i read this book and the only thing that i remember is "fairy hole/pu$$y wolf eyes, predator, vampire skin, ballerina [insert every body part]"
➣ this was sold as exes w/pregnancy trope and neither one is true. they were not exes, they hung out a couple times in the past. and the pregnancy only kicks in at about 65%
➣ reed was one of the worst H's i have ever read. all does his talk about his d*ck and how he's a villain (he's really not).
➣ for a book titled "a gorgeous villain", reed was anything but that. he was always obsessed with callie the way she was with him, and had a weird fixation with her.
➣ little to no angst at all, the characters feel like cardboard cutouts talking to each other, i don't buy into their relationship.
the few parts i did like ...
➣ poe. i don't want to have any expectations for her book after this, but she's the only st. mary's girl who might have a different trope than unrequited love and she has a very strong personality. the hate between her and her mysterious guardian is the most intriguing thing about this series for me.
➣ i liked a couple of callie's scenes with her brother as well, and reed getting along with them towards the ending was nice.
i think the most disappointing part is that reed and callie seemed so interesting in that bonus scene from my darling arrow only for their dynamic to be completely different (and not in a good way).
𝐬𝐭. 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬:
𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 ➝ 𝟯 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀
𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 ➝𝟭 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 ➝ 𝗧𝗕𝗔
𝐡𝐞𝐲, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 ➝ 𝗧𝗕𝗔
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calliereed serving exes angst, second chance, betrayal, family drama AND pregnancy trope ... a win for me.
I’M FINALLY FREE !!!!!!!
➣ it's been 4 days now since i read this book and the only thing that i remember is "fairy hole/pu$$y wolf eyes, predator, vampire skin, ballerina [insert every body part]"
➣ this was sold as exes w/pregnancy trope and neither one is true. they were not exes, they hung out a couple times in the past. and the pregnancy only kicks in at about 65%
➣ reed was one of the worst H's i have ever read. all does his talk about his d*ck and how he's a villain (he's really not).
➣ for a book titled "a gorgeous villain", reed was anything but that. he was always obsessed with callie the way she was with him, and had a weird fixation with her.
➣ little to no angst at all, the characters feel like cardboard cutouts talking to each other, i don't buy into their relationship.
the few parts i did like ...
➣ poe. i don't want to have any expectations for her book after this, but she's the only st. mary's girl who might have a different trope than unrequited love and she has a very strong personality. the hate between her and her mysterious guardian is the most intriguing thing about this series for me.
➣ i liked a couple of callie's scenes with her brother as well, and reed getting along with them towards the ending was nice.
i think the most disappointing part is that reed and callie seemed so interesting in that bonus scene from my darling arrow only for their dynamic to be completely different (and not in a good way).
𝐬𝐭. 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬:
𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 ➝ 𝟯 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀
𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 ➝𝟭 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 ➝ 𝗧𝗕𝗔
𝐡𝐞𝐲, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 ➝ 𝗧𝗕𝗔
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calliereed serving exes angst, second chance, betrayal, family drama AND pregnancy trope ... a win for me.
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August 7, 2022
st. mary’s rebels :
#1: my darling arrow
#1.5: the wild mustang & the dancing fairy
#2: a gorgeous villain
#3: these thorn kisses
#4: hey, mister marshall
apparently, 𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂’𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 because i couldn’t for the life of me bring myself to rate 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 and i’m not about to rate 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏, either. notwithstanding, you really don’t wanna know my rating for 𝒂𝒈𝒗 as it is.
𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 : 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 ⋆ 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭
just while we’re talking about 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁ℯ, i’ll say, i really truly do miss saffron's old style. the style that once upon time penned novels such as my all-time favourite, 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟖, as well as a couple others that had me addicted and seriously obsessed such as 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 or even 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬. the style of romance with whimsical storytelling and prosaic writing, both of which, i always esteemed as beautiful and enchanting. that is, as opposed to lacklustre and repetitive, what 𝒂𝒈𝒗 was. you’ve no idea how much it literally kills me to say that, btw.
i was on the verge of tears, not because of 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾ℯ𝓇ℯℯ𝒹, but because i finally *inhale* fucking *exhale* finished this.
me : K, you did 733 pages in less than 24hours!
also, me : those less than 24hours were hours of boredom that border-lined on depression, headaches and masochism.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ :
➭ poe.
➭ calliope's brothers.
➭ calliope's (FYI i’m gonna keep calling her calliope because i’m srsly finding it fun to say and i’m saying it every time i write her name in this review) group of girlfriends in general.
➭ the whole st. mary’s guide to lip lovin' thang
➭ at 60% i finally felt a flutter of…something.
➭ there wasn’t the dreaded 3rd act separation.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ :
➭ there wasn’t a separation but, um, idk, maybe that’s because calliope and reed NEVER even ACTUALLY make their relationship official. TILL. the. very. fucking. END. grrr.
➭ i felt…nothing.
➭ for a full 50% of it?
➭ reed roman jackson.
➭ the repetitiveness. the inner monologue. the…words.
oh how the listlessness and monotony of it all had me—
➭ the ethereal smut.
➭ i never bought their love.
i’m so sorry, but i didn’t.
✄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈
not me bitchin' about long ass books and my inability to wanna read ‘em, only to start all 700+ pages of this.
hey, i personally recommend, in fact, i highly encourage, just closing your eyes before swiftly turning the page over, because that way you won’t have to subject your pretty eyes to that cover. like, no one, nobody ever, needs to see a sight like that; i mean, it’s what i’m doing, anyway, you’re welcome.
#1: my darling arrow
#1.5: the wild mustang & the dancing fairy
#2: a gorgeous villain
#3: these thorn kisses
#4: hey, mister marshall
apparently, 𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂’𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 because i couldn’t for the life of me bring myself to rate 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 and i’m not about to rate 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏, either. notwithstanding, you really don’t wanna know my rating for 𝒂𝒈𝒗 as it is.
𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 : 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 ⋆ 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭
just while we’re talking about 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁ℯ, i’ll say, i really truly do miss saffron's old style. the style that once upon time penned novels such as my all-time favourite, 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟖, as well as a couple others that had me addicted and seriously obsessed such as 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 or even 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬. the style of romance with whimsical storytelling and prosaic writing, both of which, i always esteemed as beautiful and enchanting. that is, as opposed to lacklustre and repetitive, what 𝒂𝒈𝒗 was. you’ve no idea how much it literally kills me to say that, btw.
i was on the verge of tears, not because of 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾ℯ𝓇ℯℯ𝒹, but because i finally *inhale* fucking *exhale* finished this.
me : K, you did 733 pages in less than 24hours!
also, me : those less than 24hours were hours of boredom that border-lined on depression, headaches and masochism.
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ :
➭ poe.
she my baby.
she my lil bean.
i’m not kidding when i say every single quote except for one belonged to poe. aw poor 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 only got one lol.
➭ calliope's brothers.
Conrad, first and foremost, because he gives me daddy vibes but more importantly 𝐦𝐫. 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 vibes.
the twins whose names i honestly do not remember.
yeah so i liked her brothers.
ew, not Ledger tho.
➭ calliope's (FYI i’m gonna keep calling her calliope because i’m srsly finding it fun to say and i’m saying it every time i write her name in this review) group of girlfriends in general.
the rebels of st. mary’s. i adored how united they all were. i high-key wish i had a friend group like that when i was in high-school. anyway, they’re funny (poe) and melancholy (wyn) and lovesick (salem) and it was cute.
➭ the whole st. mary’s guide to lip lovin' thang
sometimes, i’d close my eyes just because (no, let’s be honest, i needed a reprieve from reading agv) and proceed to imagine which shades i’d wanna try out.
no one asked,
but still, i deduced ⇣
⇢ red addict
⇢ cherry picker
⇢ good bad girl
⇢ cute corruption
⇢ purple witchcraft
⇢ pinky winky promises
➭ at 60% i finally felt a flutter of…something.
for, like, 2%, but still.
➭ there wasn’t the dreaded 3rd act separation.
that said…
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ :
➭ there wasn’t a separation but, um, idk, maybe that’s because calliope and reed NEVER even ACTUALLY make their relationship official. TILL. the. very. fucking. END. grrr.
➭ i felt…nothing.
absolute, clear-cut, nothingness.
that’s something that has never ever ever ever happened to me with a saffron a. kent book before. earlier, i said i couldn’t rate mda but that doesn’t mean i didn’t feel every single thing. i did. agv, however, elicited zilch and zero emotions from me. unless a desire to bash my head against my bedroom wall or drill my brain through counts.
➭ for a full 50% of it?
the number one question-thought-vexation left brewing at the very forefront of my mind was…
why the fuck ain’t she pregnant yet? and i only questioned-thought-vexed this because this book was arguably sold on its pregnancy trope. but, i digress.
➭ reed roman jackson.
unfortunately, i never once actually felt for reed what i unequivocally felt for, let’s say—i’ll play fair and stick to guys his age—𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 or 𝐳𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. the latter two? i felt their mutual love and obsession for their respective girls and i loved them individually, too. reed? yeah, callinope.
➭ the repetitiveness. the inner monologue. the…words.
oh how the listlessness and monotony of it all had me—
➭ the ethereal smut.
i ain’t taking about it tho because enough said. instead i’ll just show you what i took to doing whenever it appeared.
➭ i never bought their love.
i’m so sorry, but i didn’t.
✄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈
not me bitchin' about long ass books and my inability to wanna read ‘em, only to start all 700+ pages of this.
hey, i personally recommend, in fact, i highly encourage, just closing your eyes before swiftly turning the page over, because that way you won’t have to subject your pretty eyes to that cover. like, no one, nobody ever, needs to see a sight like that; i mean, it’s what i’m doing, anyway, you’re welcome.
June 7, 2021
FIVE FAIRY STARS🧚🏻⭐️
(If i was sane i would give this 1 star but where’s the fun in that👀💀)
No one is more surprised than I am. No one is more shocked than I am. THIS BOOK YALL. Where has this been my whole life😭😭 I got a lot of threats for giving this book 5 stars from my friends but yk what? ITS WORTH IT. THIS BOOK IS WORTH IT✨ I’ve never enjoyed any book like this one💀 This was so hilarious that I couldn’t help but enjoy it. I heard a lot abt Calliexreed but nothing could prepare me for this book.
This review might be all over the place and that’s because I’m all over the place. I don’t know how to gather my thoughts so i will try my best for this review to make sense.
Meet Reed Roman Jackson aka the “guy with a monster cock”, the one obsessed with his “white hoodies”, his “white mustang” and “his dick”.💀 I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a H like i did w Reed. He’s so dumb and so pathetic that I couldn’t help but enjoy his dumbness and everything he did👀
Just tell me how can you not love a guy who not only cares for you but is so loving he talks to your pussy and calls her fairy pussy🧚🏻😌💀 how can you not like him😭😭😭
Dead,y’all. I’m done. Gone. Never the same. Rip me.
—> the sex talk
In my whole history of reading books I’ve never witnessed the dirty talk like this. How can author come up with this... HOWWWWWW😩😩😩
MIND-BLOWN. THERES ACTUAL TEARS IN MY EYES, Y’ALL (from laughing but whatever). How can anyone top this book, how?😭
—> Calliope Juliet Thorne .
Wow, I’ve never read about a h like Callie.
She was a good girl.
But now gone bad.
Because she feel in love with a villain.
A villain who drove Mustang, who wore white hoodies.
A Gorgeous Villain.
How can you not fall in love with a writing style like this ? SAK TAKE MY MONEY, TAKE MY BABIES, YOU ARE THE BIG DEAL🙌 thankyou for making my year and ruining the word “fairy”, “mustang”, “gorgeous” for me😘✌🏻
Real talk, This book was so entertaining y’all I can’t tell you😌😭. I had like the best time ever reading this book and specially while my friends were getting annoyed with this book, I was laughing my lungs out. I had no hopes for this book honestly and what I’ve rated is solely for how much it entertained me which is 5 stars⭐️✨ My main reason for reading this book was to bring in some enjoyment in my life and imo, this was what i needed.So if you’re looking for a book which has no plot, dumb as hell characters, when you want a fun time, i would recommend this. I love to waste my time and had nothing better to doooo soo i read this and won’t say I’m disappointed cause nothing has brought me this much joy than reading this book did in my last week.
Since everyone here is excited for Poe’s book i will probably hop on the trend train like i did with this one and give it a chance but don’t really have high hopes 🤷🏼♀️
(If i was sane i would give this 1 star but where’s the fun in that👀💀)
No one is more surprised than I am. No one is more shocked than I am. THIS BOOK YALL. Where has this been my whole life😭😭 I got a lot of threats for giving this book 5 stars from my friends but yk what? ITS WORTH IT. THIS BOOK IS WORTH IT✨ I’ve never enjoyed any book like this one💀 This was so hilarious that I couldn’t help but enjoy it. I heard a lot abt Calliexreed but nothing could prepare me for this book.
This review might be all over the place and that’s because I’m all over the place. I don’t know how to gather my thoughts so i will try my best for this review to make sense.
“With my dick,” he rasps. “With my big fucking dick. Tell me how big my dick is.”
I can’t tell him anything right now but I try.
I try my hardest. “As big as… my arm.”
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.” His thumb makes me see stars at here. “When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
Meet Reed Roman Jackson aka the “guy with a monster cock”, the one obsessed with his “white hoodies”, his “white mustang” and “his dick”.💀 I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a H like i did w Reed. He’s so dumb and so pathetic that I couldn’t help but enjoy his dumbness and everything he did👀
Just tell me how can you not love a guy who not only cares for you but is so loving he talks to your pussy and calls her fairy pussy🧚🏻😌💀 how can you not like him😭😭😭
““It’s killing me that I made her cry and I didn’t get to lick her tears off. I didn’t get to soothe her with my tongue. She must’ve been all sore and puffy. Swollen and red. After the way I abused her. After the way I beat her up with my cock and I didn’t even get to suck that soreness away. I didn’t even get to make nice with her with my mouth. I didn’t even get to tell her that my dick, the thing that hurt her, he’s a horny bastard. He wants to hurt her again and again. He wants to use her up but I won’t let him. I won’t. Not until I take away her pain. Not until I kiss it all better. It’s killing me, Fae”.
Dead,y’all. I’m done. Gone. Never the same. Rip me.
—> the sex talk
In my whole history of reading books I’ve never witnessed the dirty talk like this. How can author come up with this... HOWWWWWW😩😩😩
”They make my pussy leak too.
She cries for him like he told me she would and eases the way for his cock”
MIND-BLOWN. THERES ACTUAL TEARS IN MY EYES, Y’ALL (from laughing but whatever). How can anyone top this book, how?😭
—> Calliope Juliet Thorne .
Wow, I’ve never read about a h like Callie.
She was a good girl.
But now gone bad.
Because she feel in love with a villain.
A villain who drove Mustang, who wore white hoodies.
A Gorgeous Villain.
How can you not fall in love with a writing style like this ? SAK TAKE MY MONEY, TAKE MY BABIES, YOU ARE THE BIG DEAL🙌 thankyou for making my year and ruining the word “fairy”, “mustang”, “gorgeous” for me😘✌🏻
Real talk, This book was so entertaining y’all I can’t tell you😌😭. I had like the best time ever reading this book and specially while my friends were getting annoyed with this book, I was laughing my lungs out. I had no hopes for this book honestly and what I’ve rated is solely for how much it entertained me which is 5 stars⭐️✨ My main reason for reading this book was to bring in some enjoyment in my life and imo, this was what i needed.So if you’re looking for a book which has no plot, dumb as hell characters, when you want a fun time, i would recommend this. I love to waste my time and had nothing better to doooo soo i read this and won’t say I’m disappointed cause nothing has brought me this much joy than reading this book did in my last week.
Since everyone here is excited for Poe’s book i will probably hop on the trend train like i did with this one and give it a chance but don’t really have high hopes 🤷🏼♀️
June 14, 2022
𝟮.𝟱 // 𝟮.𝟳𝟱 ✧
𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗖 ♫ - Love Story (TAYLOR SWIFT)
✒ 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
-ˏˋ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 - 𝗔𝗚𝗩 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ˎˊ-
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . good and then it wasn't. the connection//chemistry between Reed and Callie started out very strong, and then slowly. . . i just - stopped caring. they were both overdramatic dumb dumbs who, and i mean this sincerely, acted // thought they were the next Romeo x Juliet. sincerely, they acted like their lives were ripped straight from the pages of a Shakespearean tragedy. due to that, i'm honestly concerned about them.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ (ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ x ʀᴇᴇᴅ) ᴡᴇʀᴇ . . . not great. Reed Roman Jackson was less infuriating this time around, but he went from an arrogant asshole to a brooding martyr who broods. Callie. . . wasn't much better. i was meh on her in The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy , but here? i ended up disappointed with her character. i had high hopes for her, but alas. . .
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ. . . and it's really where A Gorgeous Villain shined. i've said it once and i'll say it again, Saffron A. Kent truly excels at writing friend groups, side-characters, and family dynamics. her side characters truly come to life and she ultizes them perfectly. i for one cannot wait for Poe's book Hey Mister Marshall.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇx ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇꜱ ʙᴀꜰꜰʟᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. . . and i truly want to know, who were they for? seriously, for whom were they for? they were just *gags a little* not good. i think i've come to accept that SAFFRON A. KENT enjoys writing about genitals in the third person, which again, i've gotta ask. . . why? it was honestly worse here than in My Darling Arrow, because in this one Reed's *clears throat* ~🍆✨erect penis🍆✨~ gets in on the action. it was honestly so cringe worthy that i couldn't help but laugh.
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . well it just. . . was. TBH, there really wasn't a plot and ultimately i think that was its downfall. see, at least with MY DARLING ARROW and THE WILD MUSTANG & THE DANCING FAIRY there was some semblance of a plot, or at least a conflict. for example, in THE WILD MUSTANG & THE DANCING FAIRY the driving tension//conflict was the fact that we knew Reed x Callie's relationship was going to end with the Mustang meets water scene. meanwhile, A GORGEOUS VILLAIN's tension was. . . nonexistent. i'm a self-professed hoe for characterization // character driven stories vs. plot // world-building heavy stories. however, i need something. just a little something.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ꜱᴜʙᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʜᴜɢᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. . . and i honestly feel bamboozled. let me paint you guys a picture.
suffice it to say, i was decidedly not happy with the way the whole pregnancy subplot was handled. firstly, the way it happened was beyond dumb. truly just pure stupidity on Reed and Callie's part. Reed - the dumbass that he is - has a shit pull out game. secondly, it was handled in such a weird way. like, Callie gets pregnant and suddenly she and Reed are living together?? but they're not actually together together, because. . . reasons. on top of that we don't actually get any cute family moments that i assumed we would. see, the pregnancy doesn't even happen until around sixty-percent or so. also, it felt like it only happened because it was a concrete way to get Reed x Callie to 'be together', if you know what i mean?
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴍʏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. . . about 𝟮.𝟱 to 𝟮.𝟳𝟱 stars. this book wasn't quite one star worthy if only because of how much i love SAFFRON A. KENT's writing. there's something about her books that reels you in and doesn't let you go. her books may be long, and you may even feel that length at times, but you won't be able to stop reading. additionally, there's a sort of - trashy magic that her books have. they're over the top soap operas, and are overly reliant on inner monologuing, but at the same time it's kinda what makes them so great? i guess what i'm trying to say is this; i don't regret picking up AGV, in fact i'm glad i read it. there's something about SAK's writing style that keeps me coming back, and due to that, i can't not recommend AGV and the entire St. Mary's Rebels series.
-ˏˋ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘, & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗧𝗙 - 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ˎˊ-
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴇᴅ. . . and you guys best believe i savored that shit. this is what i wanted from Calliope Juliet Thorne, oh well ~
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ʀᴇᴇᴅ'ꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . ꜰɪɴᴇ. or more like, i was kinda confused as to why both Reed and Callie were obsessed with each other. like, it was fine, but it kinda felt unnecessary ~
✔ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴇᴅ. . . and honestly it could've // should've been more present. it was a real highlight of AGV and it could've been utilized more. i mean it definitely could've replaced Callie's incessant inner-monologuing, and it most certainly could've been swapped out for any and all of the sex scenes ~
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ x ʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴀʟ. . . and i personally wish it had been included more. when they weren't talking about how the other was a 'villain' or *shudders* 'sparkly vampire skin' or 'fairies', they were actually quite cute. this is a clear cut example of that potential i was talking about ~
✘ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ. . . just *sighs a world weary sigh* just make it stop. the sex scenes were. . . well they definitely weren't good. honestly, just - behold ~
♥ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ. . . ᴘᴏᴇ. yeah, so, by far the best character in this entire shebang was Poe Whateverherlastnameis. she's the funniest friend by far, and she seems to have her head on somewhat straight. then again, we all thought Callie did, sooooooo ~
𝗦𝗧. 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗦
⚽️ 𝗠𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 - 𝟯
🧚♀️ 𝗔 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 - 𝟮.𝟳𝟱
🌼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀���� 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝟮.𝟱
💋 𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 - 𝟮.𝟮𝟱
❝… To me, you’ll always be Fae. And to you, I’ll always be Roman.❞
𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗖 ♫ - Love Story (TAYLOR SWIFT)
✒ 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
*takes calming breath* this review has taken me forever *coughs* two days *coughs* to write. It has been very much a case of. . . i have almost too much to say, while at the same time i have virtually nothing to say.
**LOL I DID NONETHELESS** i was going to write a whole long ass review for this one, but I realized that 🅰. i don't want to and 🅱. i've been told no one wants to read that anyway. thus, I'm gonna try something new. enjoy ;))
-ˏˋ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 - 𝗔𝗚𝗩 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ˎˊ-
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . good and then it wasn't. the connection//chemistry between Reed and Callie started out very strong, and then slowly. . . i just - stopped caring. they were both overdramatic dumb dumbs who, and i mean this sincerely, acted // thought they were the next Romeo x Juliet. sincerely, they acted like their lives were ripped straight from the pages of a Shakespearean tragedy. due to that, i'm honestly concerned about them.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ (ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ x ʀᴇᴇᴅ) ᴡᴇʀᴇ . . . not great. Reed Roman Jackson was less infuriating this time around, but he went from an arrogant asshole to a brooding martyr who broods. Callie. . . wasn't much better. i was meh on her in The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy , but here? i ended up disappointed with her character. i had high hopes for her, but alas. . .
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ. . . and it's really where A Gorgeous Villain shined. i've said it once and i'll say it again, Saffron A. Kent truly excels at writing friend groups, side-characters, and family dynamics. her side characters truly come to life and she ultizes them perfectly. i for one cannot wait for Poe's book Hey Mister Marshall.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇx ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇꜱ ʙᴀꜰꜰʟᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. . . and i truly want to know, who were they for? seriously, for whom were they for? they were just *gags a little* not good. i think i've come to accept that SAFFRON A. KENT enjoys writing about genitals in the third person, which again, i've gotta ask. . . why? it was honestly worse here than in My Darling Arrow, because in this one Reed's *clears throat* ~🍆✨erect penis🍆✨~ gets in on the action. it was honestly so cringe worthy that i couldn't help but laugh.
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . well it just. . . was. TBH, there really wasn't a plot and ultimately i think that was its downfall. see, at least with MY DARLING ARROW and THE WILD MUSTANG & THE DANCING FAIRY there was some semblance of a plot, or at least a conflict. for example, in THE WILD MUSTANG & THE DANCING FAIRY the driving tension//conflict was the fact that we knew Reed x Callie's relationship was going to end with the Mustang meets water scene. meanwhile, A GORGEOUS VILLAIN's tension was. . . nonexistent. i'm a self-professed hoe for characterization // character driven stories vs. plot // world-building heavy stories. however, i need something. just a little something.
✘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ꜱᴜʙᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʜᴜɢᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. . . and i honestly feel bamboozled. let me paint you guys a picture.
this was me, youthful and naive, after i finished reading they synopsis for A GORGEOUS VILLAIN:➷➷and this was me after actually reading AGV and the subsequent pregnancy subplot:➷➷
suffice it to say, i was decidedly not happy with the way the whole pregnancy subplot was handled. firstly, the way it happened was beyond dumb. truly just pure stupidity on Reed and Callie's part. Reed - the dumbass that he is - has a shit pull out game. secondly, it was handled in such a weird way. like, Callie gets pregnant and suddenly she and Reed are living together?? but they're not actually together together, because. . . reasons. on top of that we don't actually get any cute family moments that i assumed we would. see, the pregnancy doesn't even happen until around sixty-percent or so. also, it felt like it only happened because it was a concrete way to get Reed x Callie to 'be together', if you know what i mean?
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴍʏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. . . about 𝟮.𝟱 to 𝟮.𝟳𝟱 stars. this book wasn't quite one star worthy if only because of how much i love SAFFRON A. KENT's writing. there's something about her books that reels you in and doesn't let you go. her books may be long, and you may even feel that length at times, but you won't be able to stop reading. additionally, there's a sort of - trashy magic that her books have. they're over the top soap operas, and are overly reliant on inner monologuing, but at the same time it's kinda what makes them so great? i guess what i'm trying to say is this; i don't regret picking up AGV, in fact i'm glad i read it. there's something about SAK's writing style that keeps me coming back, and due to that, i can't not recommend AGV and the entire St. Mary's Rebels series.
-ˏˋ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘, & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗧𝗙 - 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ˎˊ-
despite liking, then actively disliking, until finally mehing A GORGEOUS VILLAIN i highlighted a shit-ton of quotes. thus, i'm gonna share a few of my. . . favorites?
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴇᴅ. . . and you guys best believe i savored that shit. this is what i wanted from Calliope Juliet Thorne, oh well ~
❝Hey, Reed.❞ I stare into his wolf eyes and throw him a false smile. ❝I know it’s been two years and all, but my name is Calliope Thorne. People also call me Callie. And if I’m being honest, I’d rather you not call me anything at all. But asshole’s choice, of course.❞
🅾🅺🅰🆈 ʀᴇᴇᴅ'ꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴡᴀꜱ. . . ꜰɪɴᴇ. or more like, i was kinda confused as to why both Reed and Callie were obsessed with each other. like, it was fine, but it kinda felt unnecessary ~
〖 The first time I saw Calliope Juliet Thorne was when she was six and I was nine. 】
✔ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴇᴅ. . . and honestly it could've // should've been more present. it was a real highlight of AGV and it could've been utilized more. i mean it definitely could've replaced Callie's incessant inner-monologuing, and it most certainly could've been swapped out for any and all of the sex scenes ~
❝You’re my brother. Actually, you’re not only my brother, you’re my everything. You’re my person, Reed. And you’ve been there for me like no one else has.❞ …
♥ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴇ x ʀᴇᴇᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴀʟ. . . and i personally wish it had been included more. when they weren't talking about how the other was a 'villain' or *shudders* 'sparkly vampire skin' or 'fairies', they were actually quite cute. this is a clear cut example of that potential i was talking about ~
❝I don’t need your help.❞
❝You’re getting it nonetheless.❞
❝You hate twirling, remember?❞
❝Maybe I’ve changed. Maybe now I’m ready to embrace my feminine side.❞
✘ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ. . . just *sighs a world weary sigh* just make it stop. the sex scenes were. . . well they definitely weren't good. honestly, just - behold ~
❝You know how I’m going to do that? How I’m going to make you cry for me, Fae?❞
❝H-how?❞
❝With my dick,❞ he rasps. ❝With my big fucking dick. Tell me how big my dick is.❞
I can’t tell him anything right now but I try. I try my hardest. ❝As big as… my arm.❞
❝Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm.❞...
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❝When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.❞- - - don't even get me started on the whole "Toby thing" because i will scream.***
❝… You cried. So yeah, I hurt you. I hurt her. I hurt your fairy pussy that hasn’t had anything inside her. Has she?❞
***
❝She’s mine.❞
I smile, my eyes all wet. ❝She is.❞
❝No one gets to hurt her.❞- - - GOTCHA. yeah this quote is talking about baby , but you totally thought he was talking about Callie's *clears throat* didn't you?
♥ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ. . . ᴘᴏᴇ. yeah, so, by far the best character in this entire shebang was Poe Whateverherlastnameis. she's the funniest friend by far, and she seems to have her head on somewhat straight. then again, we all thought Callie did, sooooooo ~
❝That’s why hot is a very tame word for him. Duh. Callie’s guy is like…❞ She clicks her fingers as it occurs to her. ❝He’s a DILF. He’s a total DILF.❞
Smiling, Wyn nods. Her eyes are somehow away from her sketchbook for once. ❝That’s our Poe. Always so classy.❞
❝What, he’s going to have a baby, isn’t he? He’s Callie’s baby daddy. Of course he’s a DILF.❞
𝗦𝗧. 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗦
⚽️ 𝗠𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 - 𝟯
🧚♀️ 𝗔 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 - 𝟮.𝟳𝟱
🌼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀���� 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝟮.𝟱
💋 𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 - 𝟮.𝟮𝟱
September 18, 2021
18/09/2021
I'm taking it back.
I don't know what shit I was on when I read this, but THIS was not a 3 star read.
1/12/2020
I hope and pray that self-respect would be a thing in 2021
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ARC recieved
3.5 or 4- I was very tempted to give it a 4, but it just didn't felt right, but it was definitely good enough to deserve a rating higher than 3. So I'm just gonna lowball it for now
I am very VERY particular about safety, so if it weren't for that, this book might deserve a very sure 4 star or even a 5-star rating.
If you read my review for the prologue of this book(The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy (St. Mary’s Rebels 1.5) , you would know how much I HATE Reed Jackson, like the passion of a burning sun, but even I have to admit that this book really did mostly redeemed him in my eyes.
Full REVIEW
My Review is going to be FULL OF SPOILERS so if you are planning to read this, I suggest you NOT
to read my review if you don't want to spoil your experience reading it.
I know everyone is curious if Callie turned out to be another doormat who BEGS for scraps from Reeds even after he broke her heart. I think the best way to describe her is that she was as feisty as much as SAKs allow.
Callie defied ✨Expectations✨ by not begging for scraps on the floor like I thought she would, it was actually Reed doing most of the chasing; in the most asshole yet Reed way possible.
But there were moments of weakness where I'm like: No, girl, make him beggg, but like at the next moment I would be like: I guess he's kinda nice for an asshole.
During those hellish 2 years, Callie was in St Mary because of the car incident, and where was Reed Roman Jackson?
NOT OFF TO COLLEGE like what I initially expected.
His Dad-the Villain of the story- has actually pressed charges on Callie for drowning Reed's mustang, and to get those charges reduced? Reed had to work under his dad at his beck and call.
It's funny how the reason why he broke Callie's heart to win the soccer game was because he wanted to upset his Dad but ended up working under him anyway because of Callie.
What actually happened that day:
So yeah, I needed that win.
I needed it because I knew it would upset my father. It would upset him greatly, and let’s just say it’s my life’s mission to upset my old man. I’m a generous son that way. I’d decided that I would serve that win to my father on a silver platter and that’s what I did.
Again, just to make it clear, I waited until the last moment. To use her, I mean.
I waited until I had no other choice. I waited until Ledger had the ball and he was about to score. And there was no other way to steal the ball — and in turn the win — except using his sister against him..
So yeaaaa, he has a SERIOUS Daddy issue.
I am not gonna lie, to find out he put aside all the resentment and hate he has for his Dad( so much that he broke Callie's heart for it)and work under him so that his Dad could drop charges towards Callie and she only needed to go to St Mary instead of Juvie, did thaw a little on my icy heart.
You would think that Reed would seek forgiveness from Callie, but no- he is totally NOT okay with Callie forgiving him, in fact, he doesn't even want her to forgive him, so whenever she shows hints that she might forgive him or feel apologetic, he reminds her what he did and why she shouldn't.
“A million times. I suggest you remember that. I suggest you remember who you’re talking to. Who I am. What I did and what I’m capable of. It’s none of your business what I did to save you. Because I didn’t save you, did I? You’re still trapped. You’re still caught in a cage from which you have to sneak out to go dancing with your friends. You have to jump over that fence to chase your ballerina dreams.''
I hate it when Heroes try to get the heroine to forgive when they did something unforgivable, but the fact that Reed doesn't even want her to forgive him because he deemed it as unforgivable; did make me feel he was truly regretful in what he did.
And when he said THIS; My icy heart started to feel a little warm
“Good. I’m glad. Now I want you to stop running from me. You want to throw tantrums, be mad at me, hit me, dump your drinks on my fucking lap, you can. But when I say I’m going to give you a ride, your answer is going to be yes. Because it’s about your fucking safety, all right? And you’re going to wait for me, here, next week at midnight. If you don’t, I will come after you. And you’re going to let me help you. Because I broke your heart, yes. But I’m going to make sure that nothing happens to your dream.”
By the way, Callie really did all those stuff that he said, not as doormat as I thought she would be.
And he really did make sure nothing happens to her dreams
He helped her by giving her late-night car rides to the studio, threatening her old ballet teacher to give Callie a recommendation letter and helping her with her routines to make an audition video for Julliard.
and the first sex scenes was INTENSE, I can't believe Callie actually goad Reed into fucking her by saying she did it with someone else already. It was really stupid, but the trick worked, and It just made me wished she really did it with someone else instead. The angst would have been BETTER, and I initially thought she really did fucked someone else and I thought SAKS must have heard my cry of help but nope.
Reed obviously didn't find out till he went back to his hotel and found blood on his dick.
After that, the last 50% of the book was the whole pregnancy thing.
And I loved how protective Reed was, he wanted the baby immediately when he found out she was pregnant. I thought he would be hesitant, but there was never any doubt.
When I said he was protective, I MEANT IT.
He had her put into a house, got housekeeper on call, wait for her every day after school, took her to the doctor etc
I'll give you a little sneak peek because there are too many moments and I can't fit half the book into the review.
“You okay?” he asks instead of greeting me back.
“Yeah. You? You look tired. Was it a hard day?”
“I’m fine.”He dismisses my concern over him and it bugs me even more but I keep my mouth shut for now. “You throw up at all?”
“No, not even once,”I whisper. “Remember what the doctor said? I won’t. Not anymore.”
At the mention of our doctor, his stubbled jaw clenches. “Well, the doctor can go fuck herself.”
“Reed,”I warn. “Don’t say that. It’s not her fault that my morning sickness was so bad.”
“But it was her fucking job to make it better, wasn’t it?”
I have tried to hold on to it, to the past and his crimes. To the hands that broke my heart. But these days when I see those very hands, I remember them holding my hair back, making me tea, rubbing my spine as he soothes me while being tired himself. Because of his work all day and my sickness all night. I remember them driving me to and from school. I remember them bringing groceries, underlining things in the pregnancy books even though he thinks that books can go fuck themselves, noting down things when Dr. May talks about handling ballet and pregnancy, fixing a leaking tap in the bathroom so it doesn’t get worse later.
Even I can understand why it's so hard to be mad at him after ALL that.
So when Callie finally tells him he forgives her, he tells her he doesn't want it, heck, he tells her to throw that forgiveness out the window. He will always remember what he did, and I don't think he will ever forgive himself for it either.
And you know what's the final blow? When he was willing to destroy his ONLY friend whose like a father figure to him and has done nothing but be kind to him FOR her.
I pick up the file from the desk because I’m going to do it. I’m going to destroy Pete and serve him on a platter to my dad. Because I’ll do anything for her.
So in conclusion, I truly did felt he redeem himself; though because of safety reason I didn't give it a higher rating.
So if you don't know, Reed actually knew Callie WAY before, like they were 8 or 9, and he would even sometimes look at her from the window when she was in the studio, and this was before he met her at the party.
So he knew she existed before that, even in school, so what I didn't like is how he manwhore around despite having obvious feelings for her.
Like you tell me you can't take your eyes off her when she came to your school on her first day, but when she first saw YOU on her first day you were getting a blowjob? On the same day??? Like its hard for me to digest that information.
I rather he didn't notice her until she first arrived at his party, at least then all his actions would be justified.
The whole childhood thing can get very messy quick.
I had to tank my ratings because of this portion, I really really don't like it when the Hero sleeps around when they already have feelings for the heroine, at least enough feelings to stalk them around.
Safety about the 2 years:
So this is directly lifted from the book.
A grave look enters his eyes. “I mean it. I’m clean. I haven’t had sex in a long time. I wasn’t
lying when I said…”
“You said what?”
Another tic of his jaw. “When I said you haunt me. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve tried. But I…” He shakes his head. “I couldn’t.
So he was celibate during those 2 years but he tried, they never explained what it meant.
Callie did kiss a guy during those 2 years but that's it.
Would have loved CLARIFICATION in what he meant by he tried? Like was there first or second base? Or did he tried to pick up a girl from the bar but couldn't go through it?
We know she kisses a guy, but we don't get any information about him? Only vague ones?
Your double standards are showing SAK
Now, we are moving into the Portion about Conrad.
I was waiting for THIS moment so I could talk about Conrad, I need a whole section dedicated to him
The male lead I was super psyched about. I'm not gonna lie, the author did throw me off a little when she mention Ledger, but at last, the pairing for the next book was revealed to be actually Conrad & Wyn.
I loved how they met, despite only being 10 minutes, it had unknowingly determined the next few years of Wyn's life.
I was totally rooting for Conrad, especially when I heard about his whole story when he was ranting to Callie after she revealed she was pregnant to him
Not gonna lie, I cried a little.
Conrad sighs then, deeply, heavily, as if trying to get himself under control as he begins, “She never finished high school, Mom. You know that, right? She dropped out. She never went to college. Never went anywhere outside of this town. Never did anything. She was born here and she fucking died here. And when she was alive, she worked three jobs. Three fucking jobs. But even that wasn’t enough. She was always falling short, cutting corners. She couldn’t afford daycare. So I had to stay home whenever I could to babysit you guys. Do you think I liked that? Do you think I liked taking care of you? Wiping up spit and vomit? Cleaning up after you? Do you think a fourteen-year-old enjoys something like that? Instead of hanging out with my friends, chasing after girls, I was chasing after you. I was always chasing after my brothers and sister. When I went to college, on a soccer scholarship no less, I thought I was finally free. I thought I could live my own life now. But then she died. I wasn’t even in college for a full month when I had to come back. To take care of you all. Do you think I never had dreams of my own? Do you think all my dreams are tied to yours?
Mom made a mistake. A huge mistake by having me when she wasn’t ready. And I had to pay for it. Me.”He pounds his chest. “I have to pay for it for the rest of my life. Is that what you want for your baby? To pay for your stupid mistakes? And what about him? Do you think he’ll help you?
“I always told you to stay away from him. Always. He’s exactly like our father,” Conrad says. “Selfish. Arrogant. Irresponsible. Mom kept thinking that he would change. He would make promises that he would. But I saw him for what he was. He was a fucking asshole who never kept his promises. Who lied and who cheated on her over and over. I never told you that, did I?”
Shocked, I shake my head and whisper, “No.”
“Yeah, he’d cheat on her. He’d sleep around. Why? Because his freedom was taken away too soon. Because he didn’t want responsibilities. So Mom had to bear them. So Mom had to work herself to the bone to provide for all of us. I was happy the day he decided to leave. We were better off without him. Mom was better off without him. She bloomed after he left. Because he was poison. Mom kept thinking that he was a hero but he turned out to be a villain. Like him. The asshole who didn’t even protect you from all this.”
SO of course I was hyped up over Conrad after this, I wanted to hear more about his story.
He was calling Reed out and his bullshit, which made me think he wouldn't do it to Wyn because he wouldn't do the same action he despises right?
AND THEN, I read the blurb for the next book. Apparently, Conrad has a dream girl of his own, I was like: what the... FUCK, so disappointed.
I liked it when heroines are shy, it brings out my maternal instinct and just makes me want to protect them.
I like Wyn, I really do, and I hope Conrad doesn't do anything that would break her heart.
Also, I am finger crossing that the Dreamgirl turns out to be Wyn and the next book doesn't turn out to be another MDA story.
I really hated Arrow and Salem's story, and I WILL be thrashing it hard if Wyn's story turns out to be another MDA
I am not going to be able to withstand OW scenes and unrequited love where the girl literally serves herself as a punching bag for the Hero.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO MORE.
I'm taking it back.
I don't know what shit I was on when I read this, but THIS was not a 3 star read.
1/12/2020
I hope and pray that self-respect would be a thing in 2021
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ARC recieved
3.5 or 4- I was very tempted to give it a 4, but it just didn't felt right, but it was definitely good enough to deserve a rating higher than 3. So I'm just gonna lowball it for now
I am very VERY particular about safety, so if it weren't for that, this book might deserve a very sure 4 star or even a 5-star rating.
If you read my review for the prologue of this book(The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy (St. Mary’s Rebels 1.5) , you would know how much I HATE Reed Jackson, like the passion of a burning sun, but even I have to admit that this book really did mostly redeemed him in my eyes.
Full REVIEW
My Review is going to be FULL OF SPOILERS so if you are planning to read this, I suggest you NOT
to read my review if you don't want to spoil your experience reading it.
I know everyone is curious if Callie turned out to be another doormat who BEGS for scraps from Reeds even after he broke her heart. I think the best way to describe her is that she was as feisty as much as SAKs allow.
Callie defied ✨Expectations✨ by not begging for scraps on the floor like I thought she would, it was actually Reed doing most of the chasing; in the most asshole yet Reed way possible.
But there were moments of weakness where I'm like: No, girl, make him beggg, but like at the next moment I would be like: I guess he's kinda nice for an asshole.
During those hellish 2 years, Callie was in St Mary because of the car incident, and where was Reed Roman Jackson?
NOT OFF TO COLLEGE like what I initially expected.
His Dad-the Villain of the story- has actually pressed charges on Callie for drowning Reed's mustang, and to get those charges reduced? Reed had to work under his dad at his beck and call.
It's funny how the reason why he broke Callie's heart to win the soccer game was because he wanted to upset his Dad but ended up working under him anyway because of Callie.
What actually happened that day:
So yeah, I needed that win.
I needed it because I knew it would upset my father. It would upset him greatly, and let’s just say it’s my life’s mission to upset my old man. I’m a generous son that way. I’d decided that I would serve that win to my father on a silver platter and that’s what I did.
Again, just to make it clear, I waited until the last moment. To use her, I mean.
I waited until I had no other choice. I waited until Ledger had the ball and he was about to score. And there was no other way to steal the ball — and in turn the win — except using his sister against him..
So yeaaaa, he has a SERIOUS Daddy issue.
I am not gonna lie, to find out he put aside all the resentment and hate he has for his Dad( so much that he broke Callie's heart for it)and work under him so that his Dad could drop charges towards Callie and she only needed to go to St Mary instead of Juvie, did thaw a little on my icy heart.
You would think that Reed would seek forgiveness from Callie, but no- he is totally NOT okay with Callie forgiving him, in fact, he doesn't even want her to forgive him, so whenever she shows hints that she might forgive him or feel apologetic, he reminds her what he did and why she shouldn't.
“A million times. I suggest you remember that. I suggest you remember who you’re talking to. Who I am. What I did and what I’m capable of. It’s none of your business what I did to save you. Because I didn’t save you, did I? You’re still trapped. You’re still caught in a cage from which you have to sneak out to go dancing with your friends. You have to jump over that fence to chase your ballerina dreams.''
I hate it when Heroes try to get the heroine to forgive when they did something unforgivable, but the fact that Reed doesn't even want her to forgive him because he deemed it as unforgivable; did make me feel he was truly regretful in what he did.
And when he said THIS; My icy heart started to feel a little warm
“Good. I’m glad. Now I want you to stop running from me. You want to throw tantrums, be mad at me, hit me, dump your drinks on my fucking lap, you can. But when I say I’m going to give you a ride, your answer is going to be yes. Because it’s about your fucking safety, all right? And you’re going to wait for me, here, next week at midnight. If you don’t, I will come after you. And you’re going to let me help you. Because I broke your heart, yes. But I’m going to make sure that nothing happens to your dream.”
By the way, Callie really did all those stuff that he said, not as doormat as I thought she would be.
And he really did make sure nothing happens to her dreams
He helped her by giving her late-night car rides to the studio, threatening her old ballet teacher to give Callie a recommendation letter and helping her with her routines to make an audition video for Julliard.
and the first sex scenes was INTENSE, I can't believe Callie actually goad Reed into fucking her by saying she did it with someone else already. It was really stupid, but the trick worked, and It just made me wished she really did it with someone else instead. The angst would have been BETTER, and I initially thought she really did fucked someone else and I thought SAKS must have heard my cry of help but nope.
Reed obviously didn't find out till he went back to his hotel and found blood on his dick.
After that, the last 50% of the book was the whole pregnancy thing.
And I loved how protective Reed was, he wanted the baby immediately when he found out she was pregnant. I thought he would be hesitant, but there was never any doubt.
When I said he was protective, I MEANT IT.
He had her put into a house, got housekeeper on call, wait for her every day after school, took her to the doctor etc
I'll give you a little sneak peek because there are too many moments and I can't fit half the book into the review.
“You okay?” he asks instead of greeting me back.
“Yeah. You? You look tired. Was it a hard day?”
“I’m fine.”He dismisses my concern over him and it bugs me even more but I keep my mouth shut for now. “You throw up at all?”
“No, not even once,”I whisper. “Remember what the doctor said? I won’t. Not anymore.”
At the mention of our doctor, his stubbled jaw clenches. “Well, the doctor can go fuck herself.”
“Reed,”I warn. “Don’t say that. It’s not her fault that my morning sickness was so bad.”
“But it was her fucking job to make it better, wasn’t it?”
I have tried to hold on to it, to the past and his crimes. To the hands that broke my heart. But these days when I see those very hands, I remember them holding my hair back, making me tea, rubbing my spine as he soothes me while being tired himself. Because of his work all day and my sickness all night. I remember them driving me to and from school. I remember them bringing groceries, underlining things in the pregnancy books even though he thinks that books can go fuck themselves, noting down things when Dr. May talks about handling ballet and pregnancy, fixing a leaking tap in the bathroom so it doesn’t get worse later.
Even I can understand why it's so hard to be mad at him after ALL that.
So when Callie finally tells him he forgives her, he tells her he doesn't want it, heck, he tells her to throw that forgiveness out the window. He will always remember what he did, and I don't think he will ever forgive himself for it either.
And you know what's the final blow? When he was willing to destroy his ONLY friend whose like a father figure to him and has done nothing but be kind to him FOR her.
I pick up the file from the desk because I’m going to do it. I’m going to destroy Pete and serve him on a platter to my dad. Because I’ll do anything for her.
So in conclusion, I truly did felt he redeem himself; though because of safety reason I didn't give it a higher rating.
So if you don't know, Reed actually knew Callie WAY before, like they were 8 or 9, and he would even sometimes look at her from the window when she was in the studio, and this was before he met her at the party.
So he knew she existed before that, even in school, so what I didn't like is how he manwhore around despite having obvious feelings for her.
Like you tell me you can't take your eyes off her when she came to your school on her first day, but when she first saw YOU on her first day you were getting a blowjob? On the same day??? Like its hard for me to digest that information.
I rather he didn't notice her until she first arrived at his party, at least then all his actions would be justified.
The whole childhood thing can get very messy quick.
I had to tank my ratings because of this portion, I really really don't like it when the Hero sleeps around when they already have feelings for the heroine, at least enough feelings to stalk them around.
Safety about the 2 years:
So this is directly lifted from the book.
A grave look enters his eyes. “I mean it. I’m clean. I haven’t had sex in a long time. I wasn’t
lying when I said…”
“You said what?”
Another tic of his jaw. “When I said you haunt me. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve tried. But I…” He shakes his head. “I couldn’t.
So he was celibate during those 2 years but he tried, they never explained what it meant.
Callie did kiss a guy during those 2 years but that's it.
Would have loved CLARIFICATION in what he meant by he tried? Like was there first or second base? Or did he tried to pick up a girl from the bar but couldn't go through it?
We know she kisses a guy, but we don't get any information about him? Only vague ones?
Your double standards are showing SAK
Now, we are moving into the Portion about Conrad.
I was waiting for THIS moment so I could talk about Conrad, I need a whole section dedicated to him
The male lead I was super psyched about. I'm not gonna lie, the author did throw me off a little when she mention Ledger, but at last, the pairing for the next book was revealed to be actually Conrad & Wyn.
I loved how they met, despite only being 10 minutes, it had unknowingly determined the next few years of Wyn's life.
I was totally rooting for Conrad, especially when I heard about his whole story when he was ranting to Callie after she revealed she was pregnant to him
Not gonna lie, I cried a little.
Conrad sighs then, deeply, heavily, as if trying to get himself under control as he begins, “She never finished high school, Mom. You know that, right? She dropped out. She never went to college. Never went anywhere outside of this town. Never did anything. She was born here and she fucking died here. And when she was alive, she worked three jobs. Three fucking jobs. But even that wasn’t enough. She was always falling short, cutting corners. She couldn’t afford daycare. So I had to stay home whenever I could to babysit you guys. Do you think I liked that? Do you think I liked taking care of you? Wiping up spit and vomit? Cleaning up after you? Do you think a fourteen-year-old enjoys something like that? Instead of hanging out with my friends, chasing after girls, I was chasing after you. I was always chasing after my brothers and sister. When I went to college, on a soccer scholarship no less, I thought I was finally free. I thought I could live my own life now. But then she died. I wasn’t even in college for a full month when I had to come back. To take care of you all. Do you think I never had dreams of my own? Do you think all my dreams are tied to yours?
Mom made a mistake. A huge mistake by having me when she wasn’t ready. And I had to pay for it. Me.”He pounds his chest. “I have to pay for it for the rest of my life. Is that what you want for your baby? To pay for your stupid mistakes? And what about him? Do you think he’ll help you?
“I always told you to stay away from him. Always. He’s exactly like our father,” Conrad says. “Selfish. Arrogant. Irresponsible. Mom kept thinking that he would change. He would make promises that he would. But I saw him for what he was. He was a fucking asshole who never kept his promises. Who lied and who cheated on her over and over. I never told you that, did I?”
Shocked, I shake my head and whisper, “No.”
“Yeah, he’d cheat on her. He’d sleep around. Why? Because his freedom was taken away too soon. Because he didn’t want responsibilities. So Mom had to bear them. So Mom had to work herself to the bone to provide for all of us. I was happy the day he decided to leave. We were better off without him. Mom was better off without him. She bloomed after he left. Because he was poison. Mom kept thinking that he was a hero but he turned out to be a villain. Like him. The asshole who didn’t even protect you from all this.”
SO of course I was hyped up over Conrad after this, I wanted to hear more about his story.
He was calling Reed out and his bullshit, which made me think he wouldn't do it to Wyn because he wouldn't do the same action he despises right?
AND THEN, I read the blurb for the next book. Apparently, Conrad has a dream girl of his own, I was like: what the... FUCK, so disappointed.
I liked it when heroines are shy, it brings out my maternal instinct and just makes me want to protect them.
I like Wyn, I really do, and I hope Conrad doesn't do anything that would break her heart.
Also, I am finger crossing that the Dreamgirl turns out to be Wyn and the next book doesn't turn out to be another MDA story.
I really hated Arrow and Salem's story, and I WILL be thrashing it hard if Wyn's story turns out to be another MDA
I am not going to be able to withstand OW scenes and unrequited love where the girl literally serves herself as a punching bag for the Hero.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO MORE.
June 3, 2021
3 Stars
Word Count
Wolf eyes - 70
Vampire skin - 19
Predator - 22
Fairy - 75
The above count also includes the novella too as the ARC had both the Novella and Novel included
Let’s talk about the first half of the book that I absolutely loved
Reed’s personality was everything here!!!! His possessive side for Callie made me literally swoon 🤤 Did he fuck up in the past? Yes. Did he suffer? Absolutely. Did he do everything in his power, even if it included to sacrifice his own happiness just to protect Callie and make sure all of her dreams come true? Yes.
But for now, she’s caged because of me, isn’t she? So I’m caged with her too.
“Now I want you to stop running from me. You want to throw tantrums, be mad at me, hit me, dump your drinks on my fucking lap, you can. But when I say I’m going to give you a ride, your answer is going to be yes. Because it’s about your fucking safety, all right? And you’re going to wait for me, here, next week at midnight. If you don’t, I will come after you. And you’re going to let me help you. Because I broke your heart, yes. But I’m going to make sure that nothing happens to your dream.”
Little did he know he was literally going to become a daddy soon. Just a few chapters away...
Callie. She surprised me, honestly. I was totally loving her attitude towards Reed here. I thought she would give in to him the moment they meet again and become this lovesick puppy but she held her ground and didn’t let him off the hook easily.
I spring up from my seat then and before I can second-guess it, I dump my lemonade on his lap. And before he can have any sort of reaction to that, I stomp on his foot. The one that was super close to me when he decided to settle in and crash my brunch.
“You can pay the bill, asshole,” I snap.
The whole push and pull between them was like reading porn. HAHAHA. I was literally waiting for them to do the deed. Like BANG BANG INTO THE ROOM ALREADY! LETS GET THE SHOW ON THE RUN!
And then it finally happened and that’s when things turned a little downhill for me....
Second half of the book that was meh...
Now you see the push and pull I was loving before? It kind of continued here too and I was like this is getting old now? Reed constantly being like I don’t do love, I can’t love, idk what this is etc etc got really tiring to read about.
Also how the whole pregnancy happened. I laughed. I’m sorry but Callie seriously fucked up there 😂 like she had it down till how she would get Reed to sleep with her but didn’t think about protection? 🤔🤔😂
After the pregnancy happened the story went meh for me. I skipped a lot and honestly lost interest with their story. Like I loved the first half so so much! But the second half just didn’t give me the same vibes, it felt dragged for no reason, the same dialogues being thrown again and again, maybe in different wordings.
Also I have a theory, that Reed isn’t actually Human. He is a supernatural creature and that’s why he has wolf eyes and vampire skin, thus making him a hybrid. And what confirms it for me is how HE KNEW that Callie was pregnant.
A quickening, something pulsing to life, and it’s only getting worse the more I stare into his wolf eyes. And I have to put a hand on my belly. My skin feels just as warm and heated as it did last night. As soon as I do that though, I know I’ve made a mistake. Because God, his animal eyes — they really never miss anything — drop down to my belly. And his arched cheekbones flood with a flush as if he can feel that warmth himself. When his lips part slightly as if on an exhale, I snatch my hand off. His eyes snap up and my own pop wide at the look in them. All angry and dark. Possessive. Filled with knowledge, somehow. Of what’s inside of me. But it can’t be, right?
Word Count
Wolf eyes - 70
Vampire skin - 19
Predator - 22
Fairy - 75
The above count also includes the novella too as the ARC had both the Novella and Novel included
Let’s talk about the first half of the book that I absolutely loved
Reed’s personality was everything here!!!! His possessive side for Callie made me literally swoon 🤤 Did he fuck up in the past? Yes. Did he suffer? Absolutely. Did he do everything in his power, even if it included to sacrifice his own happiness just to protect Callie and make sure all of her dreams come true? Yes.
But for now, she’s caged because of me, isn’t she? So I’m caged with her too.
“Now I want you to stop running from me. You want to throw tantrums, be mad at me, hit me, dump your drinks on my fucking lap, you can. But when I say I’m going to give you a ride, your answer is going to be yes. Because it’s about your fucking safety, all right? And you’re going to wait for me, here, next week at midnight. If you don’t, I will come after you. And you’re going to let me help you. Because I broke your heart, yes. But I’m going to make sure that nothing happens to your dream.”
Little did he know he was literally going to become a daddy soon. Just a few chapters away...
Callie. She surprised me, honestly. I was totally loving her attitude towards Reed here. I thought she would give in to him the moment they meet again and become this lovesick puppy but she held her ground and didn’t let him off the hook easily.
I spring up from my seat then and before I can second-guess it, I dump my lemonade on his lap. And before he can have any sort of reaction to that, I stomp on his foot. The one that was super close to me when he decided to settle in and crash my brunch.
“You can pay the bill, asshole,” I snap.
The whole push and pull between them was like reading porn. HAHAHA. I was literally waiting for them to do the deed. Like BANG BANG INTO THE ROOM ALREADY! LETS GET THE SHOW ON THE RUN!
And then it finally happened and that’s when things turned a little downhill for me....
Second half of the book that was meh...
Now you see the push and pull I was loving before? It kind of continued here too and I was like this is getting old now? Reed constantly being like I don’t do love, I can’t love, idk what this is etc etc got really tiring to read about.
Also how the whole pregnancy happened. I laughed. I’m sorry but Callie seriously fucked up there 😂 like she had it down till how she would get Reed to sleep with her but didn’t think about protection? 🤔🤔😂
After the pregnancy happened the story went meh for me. I skipped a lot and honestly lost interest with their story. Like I loved the first half so so much! But the second half just didn’t give me the same vibes, it felt dragged for no reason, the same dialogues being thrown again and again, maybe in different wordings.
Also I have a theory, that Reed isn’t actually Human. He is a supernatural creature and that’s why he has wolf eyes and vampire skin, thus making him a hybrid. And what confirms it for me is how HE KNEW that Callie was pregnant.
A quickening, something pulsing to life, and it’s only getting worse the more I stare into his wolf eyes. And I have to put a hand on my belly. My skin feels just as warm and heated as it did last night. As soon as I do that though, I know I’ve made a mistake. Because God, his animal eyes — they really never miss anything — drop down to my belly. And his arched cheekbones flood with a flush as if he can feel that warmth himself. When his lips part slightly as if on an exhale, I snatch my hand off. His eyes snap up and my own pop wide at the look in them. All angry and dark. Possessive. Filled with knowledge, somehow. Of what’s inside of me. But it can’t be, right?
January 30, 2022
ALL MY REVIEWS CAN BE FOUND ON MY BLOG: ABSTRACT BOOKS
“They say he’s got magic, dark magic, running through his veins. If a girl so much as looks into his pretty wolf eyes, no one can save her from falling for him. No one can save her from getting her heart broken either. Because he never falls. He is mighty. Everyone knows that. He’s a heartbreaker. A player.”
Star Rating : 4.5/5 Stars
POV : Dual
Cliffhanger : None
Hero : Reed Roman Jackson
Heroine : Callie Juliet Thorne
Pace of the story : Moderate
Angst Rating : 8/10
Heat Rating : 7/10
Triggers Involved : Past Trauma
Plot Summary :
Callie Thorne made a mistake two years ago. She trusted the wrong person. She gave her heart to the one man , a man with his animal eyes and black magic that made girls go crazy. The one who made her fall in love with him. Only to break her callously . Break her so thoroughly that she would always feel the pain of his actions. He taught her the first lesson of heartbreak and love all at once.
Reed Roman Jackson has always been the villain of her dreams and stories and now he is back. After sending her away two years ago , he was back. One glance at him , she knows that he still affects her. But this time things will be different. This time she will be immune to his magic and the hold he still has on her . She certainly won’t fall to her old habits. She won't go with him and get trapped in his world again. And she certainly won’t get pregnant with Roman’s baby. Because that would mean the end of everything. Her dreams. And the topic of what her brothers would say. Except all of this , becoming pregnant with the villain’s baby is what she does and now nothing will be the same.
Overall Opinion :
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
I have been WAITING FOR SOOOOOOOOOO LONG that I literally have a hard time accepting that I am done with this book! Especially after reading that bonus novella of callie and reed my heart went crazy for these two. I just knew that they are coming in hot and crazy and they are going to make me burn!! Which is exactly what this author did. This book by her is my most favourite read of all time.
Callie is the sweetest girl of all time and she has always been under the protection of her brothers. Her brothers have been her whole family and there is no other way she would have it all. But there is one thing that makes her a bad sister. Falling for the enemy. The man who has always been the enemy of one of her brothers. Reed Roman jackson. The man whom she loves. The one who has no idea about her. There is no way she would fall for her? No way she would betray her brothers for one glance at her gorgeous villain? But that is what she does. She goes and falls for the villain , destroying everything in the process. Callie is the most amazing heroine ever. Her gentle characters and those sassy moments made me love her so much! She had this raw love for Reed that was always there no matter how much he hurt her. Her broken heart still beat for him no matter how much she hoped otherwise.
Reed Roman Jackson is MY MAN!!! Capiche? He is mine. Period. He is literally the most perfect hero of all time. The one with the perfect looks and the perfect personality to go with it. His character is so amazingly defined in this book that I could feel myself falling for him everytime he made an appearance. He was just so broken that my heart hurt for him. So broken that the only thing he knew was to give hate and not receive any love. He didn’t know how to love and also didn’t know what to do when someone loved him. But if there was one thing he knew was saving his fairy. So that was what he was going to do now. Save his fairy and the only girl who ever had his attention. She didn’t know but he saw him even before she saw him. Their love was crazy and made me sob like a baby!! So amazing!
I have read everything by saffron and the ending of this book was the most emotional one for me. It made me laugh all the while giving me tears in my eyes. Those baby moments between reed and his baby , holy shit, my ovaries were not PREPARED!!! This book was the perfect package for me. The characters, the steam , the ending , the emotions and even the side characters. Name anything and yes this book has that and so much more! I even know the hero for the next book and you guys are NOT PREPARED!! There is so much more to cme and I can’t wait.
I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING , OKAY??? FREAKING SCREAMING THAT Y’ALL NEED TO PICK UP THIS BOOK AND READ IT. IT’s perfect. It’s saffron at her best and she is going to slay you!! JUST READ IT ALREADY!
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June 1, 2021
So I finally decided since I read this I’ll give a honest review on how I felt about it
Okay so tbh pregnancy books aren’t my thing I’ve only likes one out of a dozen so far ....
Tbh I miss saffron’s old writing style and books
The unrequited
Medicine man
A war like ours
Gods and monsters ...
All great books by her she was a breathe of fresh air
Lately I’m not sure what it is but she’s not it for me
Dreams of 18
Bad boy blues
My darling arrow
This book ... yeah no
The thing was she was writing about these girls who had trouble with life and it was there story
We got to know them there faults there quirks the good parts and bad parts that’s made them a character you either loved or hated.
That eventually led into there love story
Here now this new thing she’s doing
With next to no character growth and having the girl just be in sane for the hero and having the hero not really feel the same way
But somehow end up feeling the same way even though you do t see it happen
He just gives monologue after monologue... okay sure
These hero’s aren’t swoon worthy or with anything imo
And nether are the heroines
Just like in my darling arrow with Salem
She doesn’t really have a personality it’s just about the guy now
And honestly let me say this women needs new material
Bad boy blues
My darling arrow
Medicine man
California dreamin
All had guy with daddy issues incapable of love
But he can sure fuck the heroine treat her like shit
And she likes it .. because he’s hot?
Because fr her girls now are so fucking shallow it’s unreal
They know next to nothing about these guys the guys treat them like shit
And then they basically take the live the girls give them and basically abuse it ... I’m sorry but what do you even see in the guy other than he’s hot
And the last there books are literally about what she just wrote
wyn and Conrad’s story is about her being in love with him but him not noticing or being in love with another girl
Ledger and tempts story is about his noticing and her being in love with him and her chasing after him...
Like ... that’s the exact same plot and story just with different characters names
Okay so tbh pregnancy books aren’t my thing I’ve only likes one out of a dozen so far ....
Tbh I miss saffron’s old writing style and books
The unrequited
Medicine man
A war like ours
Gods and monsters ...
All great books by her she was a breathe of fresh air
Lately I’m not sure what it is but she’s not it for me
Dreams of 18
Bad boy blues
My darling arrow
This book ... yeah no
The thing was she was writing about these girls who had trouble with life and it was there story
We got to know them there faults there quirks the good parts and bad parts that’s made them a character you either loved or hated.
That eventually led into there love story
Here now this new thing she’s doing
With next to no character growth and having the girl just be in sane for the hero and having the hero not really feel the same way
But somehow end up feeling the same way even though you do t see it happen
He just gives monologue after monologue... okay sure
These hero’s aren’t swoon worthy or with anything imo
And nether are the heroines
Just like in my darling arrow with Salem
She doesn’t really have a personality it’s just about the guy now
And honestly let me say this women needs new material
Bad boy blues
My darling arrow
Medicine man
California dreamin
All had guy with daddy issues incapable of love
But he can sure fuck the heroine treat her like shit
And she likes it .. because he’s hot?
Because fr her girls now are so fucking shallow it’s unreal
They know next to nothing about these guys the guys treat them like shit
And then they basically take the live the girls give them and basically abuse it ... I’m sorry but what do you even see in the guy other than he’s hot
And the last there books are literally about what she just wrote
wyn and Conrad’s story is about her being in love with him but him not noticing or being in love with another girl
Ledger and tempts story is about his noticing and her being in love with him and her chasing after him...
Like ... that’s the exact same plot and story just with different characters names
June 5, 2021
I never cringed so much while reading book. BYE.
June 9, 2021
Have you ever read a book that was so bad, it was almost good? Well, that’s exactly this book. It pissed me off, made me cringe and made me wanna rip my hair out, but somehow somehow this is a 2 star read
spoilers below ofc
Cons
Edward Cullen / Reed Roman Jackson (H)
A couple times I was wondering if Reed was actually just a boring version of Edward Cullen because the heroine is constantly talking about his “sparkling vampire skin and his long dark hair”. I mean that’s truly the perfect description of Edward.
This is the cringiest hero I’ve ever read. For some reason Reed keeps calling himself a villain and I’m so confused as to why. He’s a villain because he wants to have sex with the heroine??? He also talks about his dick and Callie’s (h) vagina as if they’re people.
Also, calling a girl's hole a ‘snatch’ is a fat no. Snatch has officially joined moist as the ugliest word I’ve ever heard
On top of all this, Reed has apparently been in love with Callie since he was 9 years old yet refuses to admit his feelings or acknowledge them for years and doesn’t commit to her until she gets pregnant. Even then, he tells Callie he doesn’t want a relationship with her…just what is the reason. Let’s not forget he got a bj in front of her…
Callie (h)
I have so much to say about this girl. Everything she did in this book pissed me off. Her inner monologues were cringy, she’s still desperate for Reed despite how shitty he was/is, and her actions are so questionable and stupid.
First off she slaps Reed multiple times in one scene and then acts shocked when he’s hurt. Of course he’s fucking hurt, you’re literally beating him
Then, she loses her virginity to Reed by lying to him about not being a virgin because she KNEW he wouldn’t have sex with her if she was. Then, after they have unprotected sex and she gets pregnant, she attempts to lie to Reed and say she’s on the pill. Can we all agree, THIS IS NOT OKAY.
Let’s not even bring up the fact that she apparently kept the dress she wore when she lost her virginity, a dress that had her blood on it, AND DIDN’T WASH IT. MISS MA’AM, ARE YOU STABLE?
Callie tells Reed that she was kicked out of her ballet school, but she actually didn’t?
It clearly says she had a choice and she decided to leave because she was upset over some limp-dicked boy that used her. Giving up your dream for a boy? No. What's the point of lying here and saying you got kicked out?
Now, the most disgusting and disturbing thing I read in this book?
This is actually NASTY. Going to bed and going to school with come in you and on your underwear? Oh my god no, just no.
The smut/dirty talk
The smut is truly traumatizing. Here are my top 3 most disturbing lines
I don’t even need to say more, these quotes speak for themselves.
Pro
The only reason I didn’t absolutely hate this is because it was fucking hilarious. From ‘wolf eyes’ to ‘fairy pussy’ my ass was laughing so many times. It’s truly an entertaining read
St Mary’s Rebels
#1.5: The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy - 1 star
#2: A Gorgeous Villain - 1.5 stars
spoilers below ofc
Cons
A couple times I was wondering if Reed was actually just a boring version of Edward Cullen because the heroine is constantly talking about his “sparkling vampire skin and his long dark hair”. I mean that’s truly the perfect description of Edward.
This is the cringiest hero I’ve ever read. For some reason Reed keeps calling himself a villain and I’m so confused as to why. He’s a villain because he wants to have sex with the heroine??? He also talks about his dick and Callie’s (h) vagina as if they’re people.
”Because you did, didn’t you? You cried. So yeah, I hurt you. I hurt her. I hurt your fairy pussy that hasn’t had anything inside her. Has she?”
Also, calling a girl's hole a ‘snatch’ is a fat no. Snatch has officially joined moist as the ugliest word I’ve ever heard
On top of all this, Reed has apparently been in love with Callie since he was 9 years old yet refuses to admit his feelings or acknowledge them for years and doesn’t commit to her until she gets pregnant. Even then, he tells Callie he doesn’t want a relationship with her…just what is the reason. Let’s not forget he got a bj in front of her…
Callie (h)
I have so much to say about this girl. Everything she did in this book pissed me off. Her inner monologues were cringy, she’s still desperate for Reed despite how shitty he was/is, and her actions are so questionable and stupid.
First off she slaps Reed multiple times in one scene and then acts shocked when he’s hurt. Of course he’s fucking hurt, you’re literally beating him
Then, she loses her virginity to Reed by lying to him about not being a virgin because she KNEW he wouldn’t have sex with her if she was. Then, after they have unprotected sex and she gets pregnant, she attempts to lie to Reed and say she’s on the pill. Can we all agree, THIS IS NOT OKAY.
Let’s not even bring up the fact that she apparently kept the dress she wore when she lost her virginity, a dress that had her blood on it, AND DIDN’T WASH IT. MISS MA’AM, ARE YOU STABLE?
Callie tells Reed that she was kicked out of her ballet school, but she actually didn’t?
Until they kicked me out.
Honestly though, kicked out is a harsh term.
They didn’t kick me out, per se. They gave me a choice to leave and I took it.
It clearly says she had a choice and she decided to leave because she was upset over some limp-dicked boy that used her. Giving up your dream for a boy? No. What's the point of lying here and saying you got kicked out?
Now, the most disgusting and disturbing thing I read in this book?
Some nights he fills up my pussy so that I flow with him. So that I feel him leaking out of me as I toss and turn in the bed, as I go to school the next day and sit in class with sticky, wet panties.
This is actually NASTY. Going to bed and going to school with come in you and on your underwear? Oh my god no, just no.
The smut/dirty talk
The smut is truly traumatizing. Here are my top 3 most disturbing lines
”A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
I suck on his dick.
That never ever fits in my mouth.
His monster, villainous, tasty dick, dick that got me pregnant, that never fits in my good girl, fairy mouth.
”You know how I’m going to do that? How I’m going to make you cry for me, Fae?”
“H-how?”
“With my dick,” he rasps. “With my big fucking dick. Tell me how big my dick is.”
I can’t tell him anything right now but I try.
I try my hardest. “As big as… my arm.”
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.”
I don’t even need to say more, these quotes speak for themselves.
Pro
The only reason I didn’t absolutely hate this is because it was fucking hilarious. From ‘wolf eyes’ to ‘fairy pussy’ my ass was laughing so many times. It’s truly an entertaining read
St Mary’s Rebels
#1.5: The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy - 1 star
#2: A Gorgeous Villain - 1.5 stars
June 3, 2021
what was this book? what is a fairy pussy? I'M CRYING😭 the smut in this book TRAUMATISED ME. LIKE I'VE LOST SO MANY BRAINCELLS...
tw// traumatising smut
"I like breaking them in. I like when they bite their lip and make those hurting noises."
(REED WHAT THE FUCK?!)
“A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
(I CAN'T 😭😭)
"As he sucks on my clit and licks my fairy hole."
(FAIRY HOLE😩)
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.” His thumb makes me see stars at here. “When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
(I've got no words for this one🥲)
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Now that the traumatising smut is out of the way, we have the toxic "bad boy" behaviour, read this real quick
“Sorry I made cupcakes for someone else.”His jaw clenches and he grips his dick in his large hand.
“So are you going to apologize to me?”I nod, rubbing my palms up and down his jean-covered thighs. “Yes.”He tugs on his rod, his face becoming meaner.
“What else though? What else are you going to apologize for?”Eyeing his thick rod and its slippery head, I whisper, “For putting on lipstick for someone else.”
“Damn right. And for laughing with someone else. For giving someone else your sweet fairy smile. For making all those people fucking look at you back at the shop.”My breaths are harsh. “I didn’t…I didn’t know someone was looking at me.”His free hand goes for my braid then and he uses it to tug my head back and bend down over me. “Because you never know, do you? Because you live in your fucking la-la land, your rosy tits jiggling in your rosy dresses when you walk. Your sweet pregnant belly sticking out, all ripe and juicy.”
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We also had some cliche quote drops
starting with
“I’m not like other girls,” I tell him. “I don’t beg.”
“How about I call you by my name and you call me by yours?” he asks huskily."
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Saffron A Kent has the same trope, same story ALL THE TIME.... girl obsessed, asshole guy, "forbidden".... so technically I've read the same story of hers 4 times with different names...
this aside, I can't totally understand why some people would like this book (minus the smut😭) but girl-obsessed trope just isn't for me. each to their own... but this one was just not it for me!
tw// traumatising smut
"I like breaking them in. I like when they bite their lip and make those hurting noises."
(REED WHAT THE FUCK?!)
“A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
(I CAN'T 😭😭)
"As he sucks on my clit and licks my fairy hole."
(FAIRY HOLE😩)
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.” His thumb makes me see stars at here. “When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
(I've got no words for this one🥲)
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Now that the traumatising smut is out of the way, we have the toxic "bad boy" behaviour, read this real quick
“Sorry I made cupcakes for someone else.”His jaw clenches and he grips his dick in his large hand.
“So are you going to apologize to me?”I nod, rubbing my palms up and down his jean-covered thighs. “Yes.”He tugs on his rod, his face becoming meaner.
“What else though? What else are you going to apologize for?”Eyeing his thick rod and its slippery head, I whisper, “For putting on lipstick for someone else.”
“Damn right. And for laughing with someone else. For giving someone else your sweet fairy smile. For making all those people fucking look at you back at the shop.”My breaths are harsh. “I didn’t…I didn’t know someone was looking at me.”His free hand goes for my braid then and he uses it to tug my head back and bend down over me. “Because you never know, do you? Because you live in your fucking la-la land, your rosy tits jiggling in your rosy dresses when you walk. Your sweet pregnant belly sticking out, all ripe and juicy.”
-----------------------------------
We also had some cliche quote drops
starting with
“I’m not like other girls,” I tell him. “I don’t beg.”
“How about I call you by my name and you call me by yours?” he asks huskily."
---------------------
Saffron A Kent has the same trope, same story ALL THE TIME.... girl obsessed, asshole guy, "forbidden".... so technically I've read the same story of hers 4 times with different names...
this aside, I can't totally understand why some people would like this book (minus the smut😭) but girl-obsessed trope just isn't for me. each to their own... but this one was just not it for me!
June 11, 2021
Who wants this?🙋🏻♀️
Who wishes it's 2021 already? 🙋🏻♀️
UPDATE:
Well this is going to hurt to admit but that wasn’t worth the wait.
Saffron A.Kent’s books had become one of those secret guilty pleasures of mine. Not all of her books were worth the reread but some like My Darling Arrow or other books like The Unrequited or Dreams of 18, though not a reread, truly got itched into the corner of my brain that constantly tells me to read them again.
I am not going to lie, after reading the prequel novella, The Wild Mustang & the Dancing Fairy, I was expecting this book to blow my mind away. But alast! I guess I was expecting too much.
It wasn't the worst book but it wasn't worth the hype or the fact that I was constantly checking for teasers, excerpts or me constantly checking my calendar for the release date.
Who wishes it's 2021 already? 🙋🏻♀️
UPDATE:
Well this is going to hurt to admit but that wasn’t worth the wait.
Saffron A.Kent’s books had become one of those secret guilty pleasures of mine. Not all of her books were worth the reread but some like My Darling Arrow or other books like The Unrequited or Dreams of 18, though not a reread, truly got itched into the corner of my brain that constantly tells me to read them again.
I am not going to lie, after reading the prequel novella, The Wild Mustang & the Dancing Fairy, I was expecting this book to blow my mind away. But alast! I guess I was expecting too much.
It wasn't the worst book but it wasn't worth the hype or the fact that I was constantly checking for teasers, excerpts or me constantly checking my calendar for the release date.
August 25, 2022
I really like Saffron A Kent, I know she has a "peculiar" way to write books and there's a lot of mixed opinions about her writing, but honestly, I love it, but this book was just a mess.
normally I'm used to teenagers in books acting like "kings" in their school and all that stupid shit that we all laugh about, so IDK why I got so annoyed about Reed acting like one, maybe it's because Callie says he's a villain every 2 seconds when his biggest crime is acting like a watered-down version of harry styles in a one direction fanfiction from 2012.
now even if I don't like the first part of the book(20%) because I found it kinda stupid I liked when they find each other again and how they reconnect and all it's cute and angsty to the point where I was considering a much higher rating, but THEN:
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.” His thumb makes me see stars at here. “When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
MONSTER DICK???? YOU'RE STILL GROWING UP LMAO
AND THEN THIS:
“A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known as a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
AND THERE'S MORE <3
at this point, I wanted to die, but I told myself maybe if we ignore the worst sex scenes in history...
the last part was really cute and all the moments of reed caring about Callie and the baby were so sweet, I know people who loves calliereed are going to love the last chapters, I just wanted them to be a little shorter.
things I liked:
- even if didn't like some things I still liked calliereed and their story and I love Callie sm she a baby!!!
- I loved the girls so much even if they don't appear a lot, I love their friendship and how they support each other
- I loved Conrad, I honestly don't care about ledger he seems annoying af
- AND POEEEE I NEED HER BOOK
*2.75*
normally I'm used to teenagers in books acting like "kings" in their school and all that stupid shit that we all laugh about, so IDK why I got so annoyed about Reed acting like one, maybe it's because Callie says he's a villain every 2 seconds when his biggest crime is acting like a watered-down version of harry styles in a one direction fanfiction from 2012.
now even if I don't like the first part of the book(20%) because I found it kinda stupid I liked when they find each other again and how they reconnect and all it's cute and angsty to the point where I was considering a much higher rating, but THEN:
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.” His thumb makes me see stars at here. “When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
MONSTER DICK???? YOU'RE STILL GROWING UP LMAO
AND THEN THIS:
“A tampon. So you made me feed my fat dick to a pussy that’s only known as a tampon. You know my cock is fat and big, don’t you? You felt it.”
AND THERE'S MORE <3
at this point, I wanted to die, but I told myself maybe if we ignore the worst sex scenes in history...
the last part was really cute and all the moments of reed caring about Callie and the baby were so sweet, I know people who loves calliereed are going to love the last chapters, I just wanted them to be a little shorter.
things I liked:
- even if didn't like some things I still liked calliereed and their story and I love Callie sm she a baby!!!
- I loved the girls so much even if they don't appear a lot, I love their friendship and how they support each other
- I loved Conrad, I honestly don't care about ledger he seems annoying af
- AND POEEEE I NEED HER BOOK
*2.75*
May 13, 2022
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Um … yeah …
So all in all, I’m super torn about this one. Shall I start with the good or the bad? I suppose get the worst of it out of the way.
1. The cringey way they each described each other’s genitalia. The mix between sexy and baby talk … just no.
2. If you read my reviews you know I’m an advocate for 18 year olds being allowed to be immature because I expect it. But Callie? She certainly takes it to another level, my nine year old is ten times more mature and less naive.
3. I wish I had counted, but the ridiculous number of times she described Reed with wolf eyes and vampire skin. Seriously, stop.
4. Overall this felt super redundant. I felt like they had the same argument a million times until at around the last 5% mark when Reed had his great epiphany.
5. Lastly I was head over heels for Conrad until he insisted she get an abortion. So not a feminist that one … ugh. Yet I’m still excited to read his book, fingers crossed.
Ok yay, we got that over with. Let’s continue with the good stuff.
1. Reed’s desperation to keep track and take care of Callie. Yeah, I know it goes against my feminist views but ask me if I care.
2. I love that she got pregnant, it added much needed intrigue to a story that was lagging.
3. All the brotherly love. I wish I had an inkling of the love and support that this girl had in her brothers and Reed.
4. The girls at St. Mary’s, are always entertaining, especially Poe. I’m the most excited for her book.
5. The overall emotions throughout. I may have been annoyed with the redundancy but I enjoyed how big the emotions got after being bottled up for far too long.
In the end I was thoroughly entertained whether it was lighthearted, emotional or cringeworthy so I upped my rating by half a star.
Um … yeah …
So all in all, I’m super torn about this one. Shall I start with the good or the bad? I suppose get the worst of it out of the way.
1. The cringey way they each described each other’s genitalia. The mix between sexy and baby talk … just no.
2. If you read my reviews you know I’m an advocate for 18 year olds being allowed to be immature because I expect it. But Callie? She certainly takes it to another level, my nine year old is ten times more mature and less naive.
3. I wish I had counted, but the ridiculous number of times she described Reed with wolf eyes and vampire skin. Seriously, stop.
4. Overall this felt super redundant. I felt like they had the same argument a million times until at around the last 5% mark when Reed had his great epiphany.
5. Lastly I was head over heels for Conrad until he insisted she get an abortion. So not a feminist that one … ugh. Yet I’m still excited to read his book, fingers crossed.
Ok yay, we got that over with. Let’s continue with the good stuff.
1. Reed’s desperation to keep track and take care of Callie. Yeah, I know it goes against my feminist views but ask me if I care.
2. I love that she got pregnant, it added much needed intrigue to a story that was lagging.
3. All the brotherly love. I wish I had an inkling of the love and support that this girl had in her brothers and Reed.
4. The girls at St. Mary’s, are always entertaining, especially Poe. I’m the most excited for her book.
5. The overall emotions throughout. I may have been annoyed with the redundancy but I enjoyed how big the emotions got after being bottled up for far too long.
In the end I was thoroughly entertained whether it was lighthearted, emotional or cringeworthy so I upped my rating by half a star.
August 15, 2023
1.5 stars 💫 out of 5
** review coming your way soon**
And it's going to be a nasty one!! This book fucked me up 100 ways no less !! It chewed my brain cells out and made me gather my self-esteem and strength to complete it to the very end and not to drop it in the middle. The torture I endure, only I know...🥲.
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I never give a book less than 3 stars, even though how much I don't like it. But this forced me to give it 1.5 stars!! That much I hate this book!! The writing style of this story is so unexpected from a published author!! The same repetitive lines...like the entire story went with the same repetitive sentences and the characters repeating each other's lines, I feel so frustrated reading it only. This book doesn't deserve to be this long when it could get shortened if there isn't so much REPETITION!! It could end so soon, I think the author does this to lengthen the story...I don't know! I swear it could make anyone lose their mind, how childish and stupid her MMCs are!!
Let's come to her FL, Callie aka Fae aka fairy. This bitch! This bitch makes me want to bang her head on a wall in the entire book! Why does she have to be so annoying and so stupid? She only has this mantra: " HOW MUCH HER HEART IS BROKEN" and " HOW REED IS A VILLIAN" and that's all!! She doesn't have anything else to do and say! Her entire personality and actions revolve around these two things! Ok, I still accept her unnecessary childishness when she was * almost* sixteen thinking girl don't have any first-hand experience with dealing with male species and red flags but even after that, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING she still does the same thing again, I thought after 2 years she could be well- matured and learned from her mistakes but man how wrong was I- the only people I feel bad for was her brothers especially Conrad, they have to deal with her bullshit too! They warn her again and again and this bitch never listens to them and then cries how much heartbroken she is and blah blah. I'm so done with her character, it was so painful to read !! 🥹🤚
And let's come to our ML, Reed aka The villain aka the wild Mustang! I could give him some browny points to be less annoying than Callie but he is no better. This dude Mantra is " HOW MUCH OF A VILLIAN HE IS", this dude spends the entire book proving to everyone and himself how much of a villain he is! You know what - both are perfect for each other! Both don't have any work then be self-absorbed by their own self!
These two annoying characters & those repetitive lines, again and again, can make anyone lose their sanity! I feel like crying my eyes out reading it, it was pure torture. I'm regretting every minute of buying this horrendous book. I can't even drop it out as I brought it paying more than this book deserves- like the Amazon price of its eBook is more than a paperback I brought just recently! It's hurting me more...I could say I am more heartbroken than Callie claims to be in this story! My friend knows how much I suffer from reading it.... reading should make people feel relaxed and happy but reading this makes me feel depressed no less. Now I hate the word " heartbreak" this much that I feel like vomiting!!
I don't think I ever bad-mouth a book this much, but this book left me no choice! It was really shit! And It's Coming from a well-known published author is another shocking thing. If Miss. Kent just stopped writing this book in the prequel called " Dancing fairy and wild Mustang" then this book can get saved from its ruination!
And Don't make me start on their spicy/ sex scenes..it was a joke itself! if a person is turned on but I swear after reading it they could definitely get slack! The worst dirty talking in history 🙄 ever, if you're a fan of a dirty-talking hero then Reed may change your mind. I love a dirty-talking hero but this bitch ruins it for me! Again the repetition...like people in this book really needs a tutor for sentence formation. A 5-year-old could say more sentences and words than this 18 or 21-year-old is saying!
So the sex was annoying, boring as f*ck!
Throughout the entire book, the only sane & mature person was sounding here is Conrad. I want to read his book but I'm afraid after reading this book, and seeing this type of writing. The only thing which motivates me to keep reading it is only Conrad so that I could get a hint of his story. But I am afraid to meet with the same disappointment, wtf Miss. Kent ruined her only sane & mature character in his own book? Can't see it now...
It's not my first book by Saffron Kent, I read Hey Mister Marshall too before it ( yes, I'm sucks at following the order) and yes it had those repetitive sentences too but it was somewhat bearable and doesn't make me lose my shit this much and the story was engaging. Poe and Alaric have some depth in their characters, but Callie and Reed shouldn't even exist! Ufffff! The amount of headache I feel- I am just glad that I managed to complete this book to the very end and doesn't drop it as how many times I feel tempted to do it.
** review coming your way soon**
And it's going to be a nasty one!! This book fucked me up 100 ways no less !! It chewed my brain cells out and made me gather my self-esteem and strength to complete it to the very end and not to drop it in the middle. The torture I endure, only I know...🥲.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I never give a book less than 3 stars, even though how much I don't like it. But this forced me to give it 1.5 stars!! That much I hate this book!! The writing style of this story is so unexpected from a published author!! The same repetitive lines...like the entire story went with the same repetitive sentences and the characters repeating each other's lines, I feel so frustrated reading it only. This book doesn't deserve to be this long when it could get shortened if there isn't so much REPETITION!! It could end so soon, I think the author does this to lengthen the story...I don't know! I swear it could make anyone lose their mind, how childish and stupid her MMCs are!!
Let's come to her FL, Callie aka Fae aka fairy. This bitch! This bitch makes me want to bang her head on a wall in the entire book! Why does she have to be so annoying and so stupid? She only has this mantra: " HOW MUCH HER HEART IS BROKEN" and " HOW REED IS A VILLIAN" and that's all!! She doesn't have anything else to do and say! Her entire personality and actions revolve around these two things! Ok, I still accept her unnecessary childishness when she was * almost* sixteen thinking girl don't have any first-hand experience with dealing with male species and red flags but even after that, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING she still does the same thing again, I thought after 2 years she could be well- matured and learned from her mistakes but man how wrong was I- the only people I feel bad for was her brothers especially Conrad, they have to deal with her bullshit too! They warn her again and again and this bitch never listens to them and then cries how much heartbroken she is and blah blah. I'm so done with her character, it was so painful to read !! 🥹🤚
And let's come to our ML, Reed aka The villain aka the wild Mustang! I could give him some browny points to be less annoying than Callie but he is no better. This dude Mantra is " HOW MUCH OF A VILLIAN HE IS", this dude spends the entire book proving to everyone and himself how much of a villain he is! You know what - both are perfect for each other! Both don't have any work then be self-absorbed by their own self!
These two annoying characters & those repetitive lines, again and again, can make anyone lose their sanity! I feel like crying my eyes out reading it, it was pure torture. I'm regretting every minute of buying this horrendous book. I can't even drop it out as I brought it paying more than this book deserves- like the Amazon price of its eBook is more than a paperback I brought just recently! It's hurting me more...I could say I am more heartbroken than Callie claims to be in this story! My friend knows how much I suffer from reading it.... reading should make people feel relaxed and happy but reading this makes me feel depressed no less. Now I hate the word " heartbreak" this much that I feel like vomiting!!
I don't think I ever bad-mouth a book this much, but this book left me no choice! It was really shit! And It's Coming from a well-known published author is another shocking thing. If Miss. Kent just stopped writing this book in the prequel called " Dancing fairy and wild Mustang" then this book can get saved from its ruination!
And Don't make me start on their spicy/ sex scenes..it was a joke itself! if a person is turned on but I swear after reading it they could definitely get slack! The worst dirty talking in history 🙄 ever, if you're a fan of a dirty-talking hero then Reed may change your mind. I love a dirty-talking hero but this bitch ruins it for me! Again the repetition...like people in this book really needs a tutor for sentence formation. A 5-year-old could say more sentences and words than this 18 or 21-year-old is saying!
So the sex was annoying, boring as f*ck!
Throughout the entire book, the only sane & mature person was sounding here is Conrad. I want to read his book but I'm afraid after reading this book, and seeing this type of writing. The only thing which motivates me to keep reading it is only Conrad so that I could get a hint of his story. But I am afraid to meet with the same disappointment, wtf Miss. Kent ruined her only sane & mature character in his own book? Can't see it now...
It's not my first book by Saffron Kent, I read Hey Mister Marshall too before it ( yes, I'm sucks at following the order) and yes it had those repetitive sentences too but it was somewhat bearable and doesn't make me lose my shit this much and the story was engaging. Poe and Alaric have some depth in their characters, but Callie and Reed shouldn't even exist! Ufffff! The amount of headache I feel- I am just glad that I managed to complete this book to the very end and doesn't drop it as how many times I feel tempted to do it.
June 17, 2021
Saffron is one of my favourite authors. There's no book by her that i read and not give 4-5 stars, not to mention enjoy. But i'm so disappointed to give it 3 😶
I like her writing and her poetic inner monologues. Yet this book made me cringe whether it was monologues or the characters talking. IT WAS WAY TOO REPETITIVE. Its like the characters in this book can't think about something else/something new to say.
I like her characters specially the heroines who are known to start as naive and in love. And then they grow throughout the story and develop their inner goddess. Yet in this book i found NO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. 🤧 *cough shame cough*
The heroine Callie who starts as crazy in love and gets betrayed. When she start in ST. Mary years later, i thought now she is going to be badass like i wanted her to see, well she was/still is annoying and PATHETIC. 👀
And the hero? Dude you suck at dirty talk (i was laughing my ass off) + he hates his father because he's selfish and fuck people's lives up for his own personal gain. HYPOCRITE much? Like father like son. 🙈
Plus i hated when this bitchass main character stole my darling arrows dialogue "you haunt me" fuck you Reed you SUCK. 😤
Also, if the charaters shut the fuck up repeating everything 100 times, this book would have been shorter. (It was waaayyyyy to long for no reason at all)
Can't wait for Poe's book.
P.S: there's no cheating in this book. 🤗
I like her writing and her poetic inner monologues. Yet this book made me cringe whether it was monologues or the characters talking. IT WAS WAY TOO REPETITIVE. Its like the characters in this book can't think about something else/something new to say.
I like her characters specially the heroines who are known to start as naive and in love. And then they grow throughout the story and develop their inner goddess. Yet in this book i found NO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. 🤧 *cough shame cough*
The heroine Callie who starts as crazy in love and gets betrayed. When she start in ST. Mary years later, i thought now she is going to be badass like i wanted her to see, well she was/still is annoying and PATHETIC. 👀
And the hero? Dude you suck at dirty talk (i was laughing my ass off) + he hates his father because he's selfish and fuck people's lives up for his own personal gain. HYPOCRITE much? Like father like son. 🙈
Plus i hated when this bitchass main character stole my darling arrows dialogue "you haunt me" fuck you Reed you SUCK. 😤
Also, if the charaters shut the fuck up repeating everything 100 times, this book would have been shorter. (It was waaayyyyy to long for no reason at all)
Can't wait for Poe's book.
P.S: there's no cheating in this book. 🤗
December 7, 2021
Reread 12/2021 - and I loved it even more this time. I listened to the Audio book, which was FANTASTIC. Reed is one of the swooniest heros. He’s absolutely the worst “villain” ever.😅He’s so hopelessly devoted to his Fae. I just weeped through the entire book because he’s just so amazing and it kills me that he doesn’t see it. I love how SAK reveals his true character through these little bombs in his POV. It’s just EVERYTHING.
And now I know I won’t be able sleep due to my dopamine high… which should set me up quite well to devour TTK when it drops tonight. 👀🤷🏼♀️
No chill.
Zero.
🤡
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Original review:
So, I rarely buy cinnamon rolls. Like almost NEVER. I have yet to purchase a cinnamon roll that I didn't wish was different in some kind of way. They are never the right temperature, too fluffy, too dense, not enough cinnamon, dough is too bland, not enough butter, too dry, not enough frosting... you get the idea. Every once and a while I'll purchase a cinnamon roll for my kids, and take a bite, and it just reinforces that cinnamon rolls for purchase always leave me unsatisfied and with a belly of regrettable calories. The funny thing is? I actually LOVE cinnamon rolls. Adore. I freaking devour the cinnamon rolls I make in my own kitchen. My recipe has everything just right, for my tastes. I know you're wondering why I'm talking about cinnamon rolls in a book review 👀... and I shall tell you. 😁 This book is like cinnamon rolls for me. It's filled with tropes that I typically avoid, or at least approach with extreme caution, because they almost never satisfy me. It's a 2nd chance romance, with a 2-year separation (*gasp*), and includes a pregnancy as a primary plot point. There were multiple ways for this to go south for me. But I gotta say... I'm pretty sure Saffron snuck into my house and stole my freaking cinnamon roll recipe 😅, because she manages to serve all this up EXACTLY how I need and want it, plus a little extra something that improves upon anything I could have ever cooked up. (💜It's fairy dust. I'm pretty sure it's fairy dust.💜) And, Friends, this cinnamon roll of a book is effing delicious. 🥰
Just take all my money, Saffron. I want a whole pan of this ooey-gooey goodness.
What I luuurrved:
💜 the prequel - don't skip this. I'm fairly certain it's gonna remain a standalone, and won’t be included in the main book, so if you haven't read The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy, run! Go download that puppy right this second. It is ESSENTIAL to Reed and Callie's story. It's mandatory to your enjoyment of AGV. The vast majority of the angst is in that prequel... it's an amazing set up. We get their origin story and how Reed's car ended up in a lake, and how Callie landed in reform school. Don't skip it. Not even joking.
💜 the h - Callie (Fae) is a pretty typical SAK h. She's all innocent sunshine and sweetness, unwavering loyalty, impetuous sensuality, and brave fierce love... but I think Callie has a bit more sass than some of SAK's other hs... If you found yourself annoyed with past hs, you might find you like Callie better. I saw that some reviewers were upset after the prequel, because they thought she was too sweet and were expecting more after meeting her in My Darling Arrow, but MDA is 2 years later. Callie had to grow up quite bit between the prequel and AGV/MDA. SAK is very good at depicting her characters appropriately for their ages and life experiences. There *should* be a difference between 16 yo Callie and 18 yo Callie. And there is. 😍
💜 the H - Reed (Roman) - if you're new around here, you know that I can't be pinned down to a favorite SAK Hero. Whoever I've reread last is my current favorite. But, I'm going out on a limb here to say that I think Reed, and his filthy dirty mouth 🔥, truly won my heart. ❤️ He's controversial because he's the first true alphahole SAK has written. There were multiple 1-star reviews written about him months and months before SAK even released the prequel. 👀 Just the anticipation of this sort of H, had fans up in arms. And, imagine the uproar when in the prequel he's the asshole manwhore they all expected and feared. He is selfish, manipulative, and eventually mean, and he shatters sweet Callie's innocent young heart into a million pieces. 😩💔😩 But lawd, does he redeem himself. *swoon* This man is the most jealous/possessive/protective H that she's written. Yes, even more so than Arrow. (IKR?? 🤯) #alphaholesaremyjam -- are they not you're jam? Well... don't jump ship yet... turns out, my Reed has LAYERS... hot cinnamon-y gooey spicy delicious layers. Gah. 😍
💜 Her (hawt) over-protective older brothers play a major role in this story, and if you aren't panting after at least one of them by the time all is said and done, I'm gonna need to check your pulse.
💜 Callie is surrounded by a lovely group of friends. Frankly, I'm jealous. She's got a girl squad to envy. Honestly, I don't always love how girl-squads are depicted, but I love this. They are supportive and entertaining, but I didn't feel bashed over the head with preachy "girl-power".
💜So, you know how the pitchforks were out for Reed before SAK had even finished the book? 🙄 Well, it got worse after the prequel. Even though he doesn't actually do the thing most of them feared in the prequel, they were CERTAIN they knew what his misdeeds would be in AGV.... but Friends, they were wrong again. 😏 You should have seen those reviews disappear and change after the ARCs went out. 🙃 Hilarious. 🤣 Reed is a cinnamon roll (see what I did there? You didn’t think I was done with that did you?? 👀 Hell, no. 🤣 I gotta hammer it home. 😅). He has layers that are revealed as the book progresses, little surprise pockets of unexpected perfection, the more you find out, the more you fall in love. He's not the real villain in this story, even though he's convinced he is. What I loved is that every time I thought I knew how he'd react, he surprised me. He loves his Callie so fiercely, even though it takes him *forever* to realize it. So, if you think you hate manwhores and alphaholes, I think Reed just might win you over.
💜 the pregnancy - I don't know how she did it, but SAK captures the emotions of a first-time pregnancy in a way that completely overwhelmed me. 🥰 I'm not sure I have ever cried this much while reading. It wasn't because of the angst... it was because the emotional nature of what they are going through together was just written in such a poignant raw way. 😭 Reed is so very very protective of Callie and his baby. The way he deals with the doctors...and takes exquisite care of his girl... Phwew.
💜 the kink - so I enjoy kink 😬, but I don't want the H or the h to be "kinky" and then find their person who will be kinky with them. I want the kink to be organic and exclusive to their relationship. And SAK gets it *JUST RIGHT*. She didn't ignore the naturally erotic nature of the pregnancy, which would have been a miss in my book, she embraced it. 😍 Reed is so freaking turned on by Callie being pregnant with his child. *sigh* Its both beautiful and effing hawt. For me, it's exactly the right tone to hit. 👌🏻 Reed is a DIRTY boy 😏, but ONLY for his Fae. He doesn't have a breeding or pregnancy kink.. he has a Callie kink. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 condoms - 👀 well, obviously, she ends up pregnant, so a condom wasn't used. 😜 Again, SAK writes this in a way that just hits all my buttons in the exact right way. Reed is always always protecting Callie, even when it seems like he might not be. I love how the condom/no condom situation is used to demonstrate important aspects of their relationship and feelings. It's an essential plot point, not a health class PSA that checks a politically correct box. 👌🏻
💜 You like grovels? Well, I certainly do. 🙋🏼♀️ And SAK writes some of my favorites. After you finish the prequel, you, like me, are probably thinking, 😬😳 "YIKES. That dude is gonna have to grovel like a bitch" 👀😅... and you are not wrong. Reed has some major penance to pay. And Lawd, does he. After I finished AGV, I realized that this book is just one LOOOOOONG grovel. Maybe (definitely) Reed doesn't realize that's what he's doing, but he SOOOO is. He's BEEN groveling, in a completely alpha way, even during the 2 years they are apart. 😩💔 He's so very very sorry. Even when he still thinks he's the villain. I love how SAK writes this without EVER emasculating him.
💜 there is a jealousy scene in here that had me on the edge of my seat. Reed Hulks-out and loses his ever loving mind in the most epic and pivotal way. It's absolute j/p perfection. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 there's even a little stalking by Reed... I'm not always into the stalkers, but SAK writes it in the exact way I like it.
💜💜 It's heavily Callie's POV, but we do get Reed's POV as well... we get just enough of him that it adds to the story progression, but not so much that it kills the tension. It's perfect.
💜 Their separation? There isn’t a thing about how SAK wrote this that I would change. All the stuff I despise about separations is missing, and she manages to make it an asset. Whaaaaaat?! Yup. I know. It’s a mystery. 🤷🏼♀️
💜 did I mention that Reed is very j/p? 😍 Very "mine mine mine"? 😍 Well, he isn't shy with making sure he owns ALL of his Fae. If you know what I mean... 😏 hehehe 😏
Additional thoughts 🙃:
- lets be real here, I can't call this section "what I didn't like", because, if SAK is writing it, I'm inhaling like an addict and begging for more 😅... HOWEVER, she has a very distinct poetic style (that I LOOOOVE). And in this book, I do think that style is a bit more pronounced. She uses repetition to add to the tone and mood and tension... but for the first time, I actually noticed it, and I think some readers will find it a little distracting. I will say, that it seems to be most noticeable at the beginning of the book.
- in past books, SAK uses a formula. We basically know what to expect: Loads of sexual tension until around 60% then it's on... then he effs up in an epic way, then the grovel. She threw that out the window for AGV. For an SAK story, this is a fast burn, then we get this lull, then it speeds up again. After I completed the book, I saw that the "lull" was absolutely essential to their story. It's so very important to the character and relationship development. So, if you get to that part, and wonder if it's gonna pick back up? Keep going. It heats up in a major way, but the table has to be set first. SAK doesn't write fluff. It's all there for a reason. 💜
Bottom Line? I adored this book. SAK really blew it out of the water with Reed and Callie. I think it's her best book so far. So, you know it, it gets 5 sparkling fairy stars from me.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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⚠️For the Safety Squad (major spoilers)⚠️:
- no cheating - yeah, you read that correctly. Reed is True-Blue. Promise.
- no sharing - hahahahahaha - not in a million billion years
- no OW drama - zilch zero nada
- Reed is celibate during the separation and it completely makes sense for the story
The review is based on an ARC I received from the author.
And now I know I won’t be able sleep due to my dopamine high… which should set me up quite well to devour TTK when it drops tonight. 👀🤷🏼♀️
No chill.
Zero.
🤡
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Original review:
So, I rarely buy cinnamon rolls. Like almost NEVER. I have yet to purchase a cinnamon roll that I didn't wish was different in some kind of way. They are never the right temperature, too fluffy, too dense, not enough cinnamon, dough is too bland, not enough butter, too dry, not enough frosting... you get the idea. Every once and a while I'll purchase a cinnamon roll for my kids, and take a bite, and it just reinforces that cinnamon rolls for purchase always leave me unsatisfied and with a belly of regrettable calories. The funny thing is? I actually LOVE cinnamon rolls. Adore. I freaking devour the cinnamon rolls I make in my own kitchen. My recipe has everything just right, for my tastes. I know you're wondering why I'm talking about cinnamon rolls in a book review 👀... and I shall tell you. 😁 This book is like cinnamon rolls for me. It's filled with tropes that I typically avoid, or at least approach with extreme caution, because they almost never satisfy me. It's a 2nd chance romance, with a 2-year separation (*gasp*), and includes a pregnancy as a primary plot point. There were multiple ways for this to go south for me. But I gotta say... I'm pretty sure Saffron snuck into my house and stole my freaking cinnamon roll recipe 😅, because she manages to serve all this up EXACTLY how I need and want it, plus a little extra something that improves upon anything I could have ever cooked up. (💜It's fairy dust. I'm pretty sure it's fairy dust.💜) And, Friends, this cinnamon roll of a book is effing delicious. 🥰
Just take all my money, Saffron. I want a whole pan of this ooey-gooey goodness.
What I luuurrved:
💜 the prequel - don't skip this. I'm fairly certain it's gonna remain a standalone, and won’t be included in the main book, so if you haven't read The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy, run! Go download that puppy right this second. It is ESSENTIAL to Reed and Callie's story. It's mandatory to your enjoyment of AGV. The vast majority of the angst is in that prequel... it's an amazing set up. We get their origin story and how Reed's car ended up in a lake, and how Callie landed in reform school. Don't skip it. Not even joking.
💜 the h - Callie (Fae) is a pretty typical SAK h. She's all innocent sunshine and sweetness, unwavering loyalty, impetuous sensuality, and brave fierce love... but I think Callie has a bit more sass than some of SAK's other hs... If you found yourself annoyed with past hs, you might find you like Callie better. I saw that some reviewers were upset after the prequel, because they thought she was too sweet and were expecting more after meeting her in My Darling Arrow, but MDA is 2 years later. Callie had to grow up quite bit between the prequel and AGV/MDA. SAK is very good at depicting her characters appropriately for their ages and life experiences. There *should* be a difference between 16 yo Callie and 18 yo Callie. And there is. 😍
💜 the H - Reed (Roman) - if you're new around here, you know that I can't be pinned down to a favorite SAK Hero. Whoever I've reread last is my current favorite. But, I'm going out on a limb here to say that I think Reed, and his filthy dirty mouth 🔥, truly won my heart. ❤️ He's controversial because he's the first true alphahole SAK has written. There were multiple 1-star reviews written about him months and months before SAK even released the prequel. 👀 Just the anticipation of this sort of H, had fans up in arms. And, imagine the uproar when in the prequel he's the asshole manwhore they all expected and feared. He is selfish, manipulative, and eventually mean, and he shatters sweet Callie's innocent young heart into a million pieces. 😩💔😩 But lawd, does he redeem himself. *swoon* This man is the most jealous/possessive/protective H that she's written. Yes, even more so than Arrow. (IKR?? 🤯) #alphaholesaremyjam -- are they not you're jam? Well... don't jump ship yet... turns out, my Reed has LAYERS... hot cinnamon-y gooey spicy delicious layers. Gah. 😍
💜 Her (hawt) over-protective older brothers play a major role in this story, and if you aren't panting after at least one of them by the time all is said and done, I'm gonna need to check your pulse.
💜 Callie is surrounded by a lovely group of friends. Frankly, I'm jealous. She's got a girl squad to envy. Honestly, I don't always love how girl-squads are depicted, but I love this. They are supportive and entertaining, but I didn't feel bashed over the head with preachy "girl-power".
💜So, you know how the pitchforks were out for Reed before SAK had even finished the book? 🙄 Well, it got worse after the prequel. Even though he doesn't actually do the thing most of them feared in the prequel, they were CERTAIN they knew what his misdeeds would be in AGV.... but Friends, they were wrong again. 😏 You should have seen those reviews disappear and change after the ARCs went out. 🙃 Hilarious. 🤣 Reed is a cinnamon roll (see what I did there? You didn’t think I was done with that did you?? 👀 Hell, no. 🤣 I gotta hammer it home. 😅). He has layers that are revealed as the book progresses, little surprise pockets of unexpected perfection, the more you find out, the more you fall in love. He's not the real villain in this story, even though he's convinced he is. What I loved is that every time I thought I knew how he'd react, he surprised me. He loves his Callie so fiercely, even though it takes him *forever* to realize it. So, if you think you hate manwhores and alphaholes, I think Reed just might win you over.
💜 the pregnancy - I don't know how she did it, but SAK captures the emotions of a first-time pregnancy in a way that completely overwhelmed me. 🥰 I'm not sure I have ever cried this much while reading. It wasn't because of the angst... it was because the emotional nature of what they are going through together was just written in such a poignant raw way. 😭 Reed is so very very protective of Callie and his baby. The way he deals with the doctors...and takes exquisite care of his girl... Phwew.
💜 the kink - so I enjoy kink 😬, but I don't want the H or the h to be "kinky" and then find their person who will be kinky with them. I want the kink to be organic and exclusive to their relationship. And SAK gets it *JUST RIGHT*. She didn't ignore the naturally erotic nature of the pregnancy, which would have been a miss in my book, she embraced it. 😍 Reed is so freaking turned on by Callie being pregnant with his child. *sigh* Its both beautiful and effing hawt. For me, it's exactly the right tone to hit. 👌🏻 Reed is a DIRTY boy 😏, but ONLY for his Fae. He doesn't have a breeding or pregnancy kink.. he has a Callie kink. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 condoms - 👀 well, obviously, she ends up pregnant, so a condom wasn't used. 😜 Again, SAK writes this in a way that just hits all my buttons in the exact right way. Reed is always always protecting Callie, even when it seems like he might not be. I love how the condom/no condom situation is used to demonstrate important aspects of their relationship and feelings. It's an essential plot point, not a health class PSA that checks a politically correct box. 👌🏻
💜 You like grovels? Well, I certainly do. 🙋🏼♀️ And SAK writes some of my favorites. After you finish the prequel, you, like me, are probably thinking, 😬😳 "YIKES. That dude is gonna have to grovel like a bitch" 👀😅... and you are not wrong. Reed has some major penance to pay. And Lawd, does he. After I finished AGV, I realized that this book is just one LOOOOOONG grovel. Maybe (definitely) Reed doesn't realize that's what he's doing, but he SOOOO is. He's BEEN groveling, in a completely alpha way, even during the 2 years they are apart. 😩💔 He's so very very sorry. Even when he still thinks he's the villain. I love how SAK writes this without EVER emasculating him.
💜 there is a jealousy scene in here that had me on the edge of my seat. Reed Hulks-out and loses his ever loving mind in the most epic and pivotal way. It's absolute j/p perfection. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 there's even a little stalking by Reed... I'm not always into the stalkers, but SAK writes it in the exact way I like it.
💜💜 It's heavily Callie's POV, but we do get Reed's POV as well... we get just enough of him that it adds to the story progression, but not so much that it kills the tension. It's perfect.
💜 Their separation? There isn’t a thing about how SAK wrote this that I would change. All the stuff I despise about separations is missing, and she manages to make it an asset. Whaaaaaat?! Yup. I know. It’s a mystery. 🤷🏼♀️
💜 did I mention that Reed is very j/p? 😍 Very "mine mine mine"? 😍 Well, he isn't shy with making sure he owns ALL of his Fae. If you know what I mean... 😏 hehehe 😏
Additional thoughts 🙃:
- lets be real here, I can't call this section "what I didn't like", because, if SAK is writing it, I'm inhaling like an addict and begging for more 😅... HOWEVER, she has a very distinct poetic style (that I LOOOOVE). And in this book, I do think that style is a bit more pronounced. She uses repetition to add to the tone and mood and tension... but for the first time, I actually noticed it, and I think some readers will find it a little distracting. I will say, that it seems to be most noticeable at the beginning of the book.
- in past books, SAK uses a formula. We basically know what to expect: Loads of sexual tension until around 60% then it's on... then he effs up in an epic way, then the grovel. She threw that out the window for AGV. For an SAK story, this is a fast burn, then we get this lull, then it speeds up again. After I completed the book, I saw that the "lull" was absolutely essential to their story. It's so very important to the character and relationship development. So, if you get to that part, and wonder if it's gonna pick back up? Keep going. It heats up in a major way, but the table has to be set first. SAK doesn't write fluff. It's all there for a reason. 💜
Bottom Line? I adored this book. SAK really blew it out of the water with Reed and Callie. I think it's her best book so far. So, you know it, it gets 5 sparkling fairy stars from me.
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⚠️For the Safety Squad (major spoilers)⚠️:
- no cheating - yeah, you read that correctly. Reed is True-Blue. Promise.
- no sharing - hahahahahaha - not in a million billion years
- no OW drama - zilch zero nada
- Reed is celibate during the separation and it completely makes sense for the story
The review is based on an ARC I received from the author.
June 4, 2023
This book contains the full story A Gorgeous Villain, plus the prequel novella The Wild Mustang & the Dancing Fairy - which was already available a few weeks ago. But now here we get both parts in one book.
We already get Callie and Reed's 'prologue' relationship in the novella. How they meet. How she falls for him and he seems to fall for her too but then the end happens and she's pissed and drowns his beloved car in the lake.
That's when the real book starts. With poor Callie being sent to St. Mary's school for troubled girls.
That's where she's been for the last two years. She kinda hates it there. But ... She found good friends there. She still dances ... secretly at night. And the girls sneak out every friday to dance at a bar. It could be worse.
Then we see HIM again ... after two years. Reed Roman Jackson.
LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN!
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Amazing book!
I just loved reading this. From the first lines of the novella to the last lines of the real book.
The reader loves and hates and roots and cheers. We're scared and hopeful and excited and aroused. LOL!
I just love Reed and Callie. They're so in love with each other. Always have been. But poor Reed thinks that he can't/shouldn't love. Nothing good happens when people love.
It's all so heartbreaking but also so very adorable and sparky and sexy and super-mega awww-worthy.
I just adored this book. I wanted to hit Reed over the head with my kindle a few times, but pfft - he'll get there.
A GORGEOUS VILLAIN was the most beautiful YA/NA love story. Heartbreaking, sweet, sexy. Just perfect! Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Reed Roman Jackson - this one is MINE!
What I didn't love-love - but that's just my personal weird taste, so don't worry - the cover guy. Reed seems soo much hotter and prettier and more otherworldly beautiful in the book. And this cover guy looks like every other innocent college sports cutie. Not my type at all. And not Reed Roman Jackson.
Oh and the dirty talk. I'm not a fan of that in general, but here it was especially cringeworthy. Reed is such a young guy ... where did he learn that? Hear that? So weird ... he just sounds a bit ridiculous. There's too much of that super weird dirty talk. But it wasn't a reason for me to hate him or the book or to fast-forward through those passages, I just didn't like those parts that much. It was still a very beautiful love story.
Can't wait to read Bronwyn's story next!
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September 18, 2022
The angst, the love, the tension, the heartbreak, and the comeback were everything
Oh SAK. How do you do this to me? How do you get me to immerse myself so throughly into this world that I feel every emotion, every heartbreak, every laugh, every tear, every breath, every flutter, every twist and turn, every chill? You’re a master at words. And I’m just a measly peasant consuming them.
This book includes the prequel, which I read last week and absolutely loved. After the prequel, we flash forward to two years later when Callie is at Saint Mary’s school, a reform school for girls that are considered “bad.” She was forced to go there after she sunk Reed’s car two years before. She would’ve gone to juvie, but they were able to strike a deal so that she only had to go to Saint Mary’s. Since she arrived at the school, she sneaks out every Thursday to the ballet studio she used to practice at, and every Friday, she sneaks out with her friends to a bar. When she was forced to go to Saint Mary’s, the ballet studio that she had been at basically kicked her out because other girls were afraid that she would influence them in a bad way, because of her “crime.” She had been dreaming of going to Juilliard since she was five years old, and the dream left when she sunk that car. So she continues living her life, in a limited capacity, because of the heartbreak that she suffered when Reed used the love she felt for him against her to beat her brother two years before.
Reed comes back, and it’s not what people expected. Two years before, when he was a senior, he was an amazing soccer player; being scouted and having a bright future in soccer is what many expected for him. However, that’s not what happened. He works for his dad, because that’s what his dad forced him to do in order for Reed to protect Callie. He comes back, and he notices that Callie is sneaking out, in the middle of the night, on the bus, to go practice ballet. He finds her again, even though she tries to stay away from him, even though she doesn’t want to melt for him anymore and she wants to hate him, he finds her and pursues her once again. But he hides behind his villainy mask. This gorgeous villain hides his true feelings in order to protect his fairy, his beautiful Fae. He tells her that she needs to continue pursuing her dream, and he’s going to help her again, like he did two years before. So she does; he helps her, and it’s almost as if time never passed and the connection from before is still there.
Their connection, the raw chemistry, is visceral, tattooed into their soul, undeniably magnetic, passionate, and all-consuming, and they can’t stay away from each other. So what happens? Yep, she gets pregnant (this is not a spoiler, but it does happen around the 50% mark in this book). Now, it’s Reed’s job to protect her and their baby, their beautiful baby that means the world to both of them. And although we don’t see more sexy times until about 80%, when we do… oh em gee 🔥🥵. They make up for not being more intimate in spades! The way he worships her body, her pregnant body that is the vessel giving life to their baby, was utterly sexy and emotive. Her body is sexy to him, and he lets her know with every caress, every kiss, every lick, every touch 🥰🔥🥵😅. She’s the drug that he needs to survive, and her belly just ignites him even more.
This book… oh this book is one long grovel… a way for Reed to make it up to Callie for breaking her heart… he puts his heart, soul, and dreams on the line in order to protect his fairy, to protect his baby, to protect their future, even if it kills him and forces him to put walls around his villainy heart. And Callie… Callie understands…she knows… gah these two were just ❤️🥺. Reed… the strength it took for you to sacrifice so much of yourself is admirable… and you did it all for your fairy… and your baby… because that’s how you show your love.
This book is angsty and emotional… but it’s so sweet… and the ending is so rewarding. My heart was put through the ringer, and I shed many tears, but their HEA was heartwarming and satisfying and simply amazing. I loved it!!!
⚠️safety squad⚠️
-no cheating/sharing/omd
-OW is mentioned in prequel- h is remembering seeing OW pleasuring H, but this was a memory; it wasn’t happening live
-during separation, H NEVER strays- he remains FAITHFUL and can’t even look at other women
-other girls/women want H, but he ONLY has eyes for h- no one else matters 🥰SWOON
-be prepared to get emotional 🥺 I did 😢.
Oh SAK. How do you do this to me? How do you get me to immerse myself so throughly into this world that I feel every emotion, every heartbreak, every laugh, every tear, every breath, every flutter, every twist and turn, every chill? You’re a master at words. And I’m just a measly peasant consuming them.
This book includes the prequel, which I read last week and absolutely loved. After the prequel, we flash forward to two years later when Callie is at Saint Mary’s school, a reform school for girls that are considered “bad.” She was forced to go there after she sunk Reed’s car two years before. She would’ve gone to juvie, but they were able to strike a deal so that she only had to go to Saint Mary’s. Since she arrived at the school, she sneaks out every Thursday to the ballet studio she used to practice at, and every Friday, she sneaks out with her friends to a bar. When she was forced to go to Saint Mary’s, the ballet studio that she had been at basically kicked her out because other girls were afraid that she would influence them in a bad way, because of her “crime.” She had been dreaming of going to Juilliard since she was five years old, and the dream left when she sunk that car. So she continues living her life, in a limited capacity, because of the heartbreak that she suffered when Reed used the love she felt for him against her to beat her brother two years before.
Reed comes back, and it’s not what people expected. Two years before, when he was a senior, he was an amazing soccer player; being scouted and having a bright future in soccer is what many expected for him. However, that’s not what happened. He works for his dad, because that’s what his dad forced him to do in order for Reed to protect Callie. He comes back, and he notices that Callie is sneaking out, in the middle of the night, on the bus, to go practice ballet. He finds her again, even though she tries to stay away from him, even though she doesn’t want to melt for him anymore and she wants to hate him, he finds her and pursues her once again. But he hides behind his villainy mask. This gorgeous villain hides his true feelings in order to protect his fairy, his beautiful Fae. He tells her that she needs to continue pursuing her dream, and he’s going to help her again, like he did two years before. So she does; he helps her, and it’s almost as if time never passed and the connection from before is still there.
Their connection, the raw chemistry, is visceral, tattooed into their soul, undeniably magnetic, passionate, and all-consuming, and they can’t stay away from each other. So what happens? Yep, she gets pregnant (this is not a spoiler, but it does happen around the 50% mark in this book). Now, it’s Reed’s job to protect her and their baby, their beautiful baby that means the world to both of them. And although we don’t see more sexy times until about 80%, when we do… oh em gee 🔥🥵. They make up for not being more intimate in spades! The way he worships her body, her pregnant body that is the vessel giving life to their baby, was utterly sexy and emotive. Her body is sexy to him, and he lets her know with every caress, every kiss, every lick, every touch 🥰🔥🥵😅. She’s the drug that he needs to survive, and her belly just ignites him even more.
This book… oh this book is one long grovel… a way for Reed to make it up to Callie for breaking her heart… he puts his heart, soul, and dreams on the line in order to protect his fairy, to protect his baby, to protect their future, even if it kills him and forces him to put walls around his villainy heart. And Callie… Callie understands…she knows… gah these two were just ❤️🥺. Reed… the strength it took for you to sacrifice so much of yourself is admirable… and you did it all for your fairy… and your baby… because that’s how you show your love.
This book is angsty and emotional… but it’s so sweet… and the ending is so rewarding. My heart was put through the ringer, and I shed many tears, but their HEA was heartwarming and satisfying and simply amazing. I loved it!!!
⚠️safety squad⚠️
-no cheating/sharing/omd
-OW is mentioned in prequel- h is remembering seeing OW pleasuring H, but this was a memory; it wasn’t happening live
-during separation, H NEVER strays- he remains FAITHFUL and can’t even look at other women
-other girls/women want H, but he ONLY has eyes for h- no one else matters 🥰SWOON
-be prepared to get emotional 🥺 I did 😢.
June 5, 2021
I kinda don't have brain cells left.
None.
So well..
Hmmm ..
She uh...pushed him off one second and the next she practically begged in front of that man to fuck the brains out of her.
she's a good good good girl. (Repeatedly yes.) And did NOTHING that says that she was.
She literally told him she PRACTICED getting on her knees and came "one time ...two times.... sometimes...three times" (her words not mine)
And y'all..... you best fucking believe me. I'll be killing on fucking sight if I hear the word "fairy hole" or "fairy pussy" again now.
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.”
Which cliff should I jump off?
“When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
Mhhhmmmmmm......ohhkkay boy okay we get it you have a big package but stilllllll.
Tbf the baby,Halo and Poe saved the book for me.
Other than that to be completely honest the book didn't hit the spot for me. All starting from the fairy pussy talk , the big fat dick thingy, the tampon stuff ...it was just all over the place. I would have loved for the heroine to have a strong grip on what she was as a person and have a strong personality. But nah. I just couldn't see it. Talking about our very own Reed Roman Jackson and HIS WHITE HOODIES and HIS PRECIOUS white mustang. And his beautiful villian wolf eyes .Well...he was not the hot hero book jerk to me which I expected it to be. It's kinda dumb to see him not be shit and still get the 🧚 pussy.
All in all
✨Yes gaaaalllll go give us nothing ✨
None.
So well..
Hmmm ..
She uh...pushed him off one second and the next she practically begged in front of that man to fuck the brains out of her.
she's a good good good girl. (Repeatedly yes.) And did NOTHING that says that she was.
She literally told him she PRACTICED getting on her knees and came "one time ...two times.... sometimes...three times" (her words not mine)
And y'all..... you best fucking believe me. I'll be killing on fucking sight if I hear the word "fairy hole" or "fairy pussy" again now.
“Fuck yeah. My dick is as big as your pretty arm and when I stick it in here.”
Which cliff should I jump off?
“When I pound your fairy pussy with it, it’s going to feel like the first time. It’s going to feel like the first dick you’ve ever had. The first monster dick that was ever crammed into your tiny snatch and you’re going to forget all about your Toby.”
Mhhhmmmmmm......ohhkkay boy okay we get it you have a big package but stilllllll.
Tbf the baby,Halo and Poe saved the book for me.
Other than that to be completely honest the book didn't hit the spot for me. All starting from the fairy pussy talk , the big fat dick thingy, the tampon stuff ...it was just all over the place. I would have loved for the heroine to have a strong grip on what she was as a person and have a strong personality. But nah. I just couldn't see it. Talking about our very own Reed Roman Jackson and HIS WHITE HOODIES and HIS PRECIOUS white mustang. And his beautiful villian wolf eyes .Well...he was not the hot hero book jerk to me which I expected it to be. It's kinda dumb to see him not be shit and still get the 🧚 pussy.
All in all
✨Yes gaaaalllll go give us nothing ✨
December 10, 2021
“And every time you do that, every time you fill my lungs with sweet life, I want to destroy anything and everything that hurts you. I want to burn down the world so I can keep you safe. Every time you slay my dragons, I want to slay yours. I want to be your hero, Fae.
A Gorgeous Villain is the second installment in the St. Mary's Rebel series, and follows the second-chance romance of Calliope Thorne and Reed Jackson after the events of the prequel, The Wild Mustang & The Dancing Fairy (those last two chapters... allllllll the angst!)
It's been two years since Callie was sent to a girls' reformatory after her broken heart committed a crime. Two years adjusting to a new life, new friends, to her new relationship with her brothers after she betrayed their trust. Two years that she has definitely NOT thought about Reed Roman Jackson, the boy who broke her heart over a game.
So when Reed start showing up in all the places she sneaks around? AVOID! maybe give him a piece of her mind after everything he put her through, but under no circumstances engage with him... until one night of weakness left them bound for life and now they have to bear the weight of their actions.
These two characters are complete opposites; where Callie is all light, sweetness, and innocence; Reed is darkness, rage, and trouble. Where Callie is an open book and you can see every one of her feelings reflected on her face; Reed is guarded, defensive and has walls so high that you don't even have a clue of what's going through his mind. But somehow the sweet and naive Callie managed to bring out all those feelings and fears that Reed had so buried inside his head, taming the beast. Somehow they were the perfect complement to the other.
This was one of my most anticipated books for the combination of tropes: second chance romance + unexpected pregnancy, and it didn't disappoint on those fronts. I loved how Callie didn't go THAT easily into Reed's arms this time, and kinda fight him a bit on the outside, even when she still had all these feelings for him.
And that was fine with Reed, who definitely didn't want Callie falling for him a second time after all the damage he had done, but then the baby bomb exploded in their faces and a new and protective Reed was here looking after her every second, taking care of everything and putting plans into motion so everything was good for Callie and the baby, dreaming about a family and a life together that he thought he didn't deserve, BUT HE WAS SO WRONG!! He did deserve that happy family and that kind of love, and it was Callie with all her drive who made him see it.
The epilogue was one of the sweetest things EVER, and I wish we could've seen a little more about them as a family doing some domestic things and just being together. Overall, I really enjoyed this book, it made me laugh and almost made me cry, and I loved being back with the St. Mary girls, this girl gang is definitely something else!
And what's to come next? AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! This series has so many good and interesting side characters that I really can't wait for their stories! Wyn, Poe, the Thorne brothers, Tempest... seriously, I'm already doing all kinds of imaginary scenarios in my head about them.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
June 7, 2021
A short prequel: The Wild Mustang and The Dancing Fairy is included in A Gorgeous Villain. It is compulsory to read the novella before A Gorgeous Villain.
This book features falling for brother's enemy. I cannot say I liked this more, My Darling Arrow is still my favourite from this series, I remember loving some heart touching quotes from that book. A Gorgeous Villain has a unrequited slow-burn romance. The story is very romantic with sweet touches, it's not my thing hence not fully enjoying the book fully but it's still incredible leaving me desperate.
Callie is the youngest among four older brothers. They are super protective and over-bearing. Callie among the many has crush on Reed. She is always warned away from him by her brothers. She is a good sister who always supports her brothers. Ledger, Callie's youngest brother, enemity for Reed is an obstacle. They cannot stand each other. Reed is firm and combustible. He is a heartbreaker and a player but his interest in Callie was different. It was absolutely sweet to see him watch Callie dancing. Callie lies to her brothers and meets with Reed. Despite every warning she falls for him. Reed did his worst and broke her heart. He became the biggest villain of her life. As a result Callie stole Reed's prized Mustang and drove it into a lake which lands her to St. Mary's school. Two years later their paths cross again resulting their buried feelings to come out. There are so much emotional angst and family drama.
Saffron A. Kent is expert at slow-burn romances. I enjoy how she builds up climaxes and leaves us satisfied. I'm a whore when is comes to her heroes: love them broody and angry. In this story I couldn't connect with Reed and Callie. I found the book too long since the pages are filled with push and pull situations. The monologues were dragging and the interactions between Reed and Callie lacking which is surprising because in previous book (My Darling Arrow) I got an impressio that Reed and Callie sneak and meet up a lot, well, I expected a lot of hot moments resulting Callie's pregnancy but the process of pregnancy was unbeleivable! There was so much talk about 'protectiveness' and 'posessiveness'. Everything is about Callie and very little is about Reed. I was not fully into this book. I'm looking forward to Conrad and Bronwyn's story - falling for a man who is in love with someone else! Give me some slow burn torture! ^^
This book features falling for brother's enemy. I cannot say I liked this more, My Darling Arrow is still my favourite from this series, I remember loving some heart touching quotes from that book. A Gorgeous Villain has a unrequited slow-burn romance. The story is very romantic with sweet touches, it's not my thing hence not fully enjoying the book fully but it's still incredible leaving me desperate.
Callie is the youngest among four older brothers. They are super protective and over-bearing. Callie among the many has crush on Reed. She is always warned away from him by her brothers. She is a good sister who always supports her brothers. Ledger, Callie's youngest brother, enemity for Reed is an obstacle. They cannot stand each other. Reed is firm and combustible. He is a heartbreaker and a player but his interest in Callie was different. It was absolutely sweet to see him watch Callie dancing. Callie lies to her brothers and meets with Reed. Despite every warning she falls for him. Reed did his worst and broke her heart. He became the biggest villain of her life. As a result Callie stole Reed's prized Mustang and drove it into a lake which lands her to St. Mary's school. Two years later their paths cross again resulting their buried feelings to come out. There are so much emotional angst and family drama.
Saffron A. Kent is expert at slow-burn romances. I enjoy how she builds up climaxes and leaves us satisfied. I'm a whore when is comes to her heroes: love them broody and angry. In this story I couldn't connect with Reed and Callie. I found the book too long since the pages are filled with push and pull situations. The monologues were dragging and the interactions between Reed and Callie lacking which is surprising because in previous book (My Darling Arrow) I got an impressio that Reed and Callie sneak and meet up a lot, well, I expected a lot of hot moments resulting Callie's pregnancy but the process of pregnancy was unbeleivable! There was so much talk about 'protectiveness' and 'posessiveness'. Everything is about Callie and very little is about Reed. I was not fully into this book. I'm looking forward to Conrad and Bronwyn's story - falling for a man who is in love with someone else! Give me some slow burn torture! ^^
October 12, 2021
As much as i loved Salem and Arrow’s book, this one was too immature. I liked some parts like the ones where Calliope stood for herself against Reed, but other than that i have a hate to love relationship with the two. They did not fail to annoy me but then they were cute and then annoying again, it kept going back and forth like this. The first 21% i can proudly say that i survived cuz it was a shit show, if Salem’s desperation for Arrow was 100 then Calliope’s obsession + desperation for Reed wad 10x more than that which was pathetic. She was naive af and really immature, Reed was kinda annoying as well but his development throughout the book was amazing to read, he was scared of love but fell for Calliope. Without realising his love for her he always protected her anyway. i liked how Calliope tried to hurt him as well later on after when they meet again. Reed also asked for forgiveness and did everything, he was guilty for hurting her which was a + point since not many heros in books regret hurting the heroines but Reed here was truly sorry. After 60% skipped some pages cuz it was getting boring, kinda repetitive, especially the dialogues. The nickname Reed gave Calliope was cringe af “fairy” “fae” and not to mention the infamous nickname for her vagina “fairy pussy” i swear these guys see vagina’s as mystical things, first “pouty pussy” and now “fairy pussy” idk what will Conrad name Wyn’s one..maybe “colorful pussy” 🙄 since art and all. Anyway, this book was okayish, didnt like as much as My darling Arrow but eh.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 29, 2021
I simply adore Saffrons writing style. I have loved all her books that I have read. This one I have been waiting for. Callie and Reed meet. Only thing is he has been watching her since she was little. She has no idea. This is a continuation of what happens when she puts his mustang in the river. When they connect again she tries to stay away from Reed. But the pull is impossible to stay away from. Now she gets pregnant. I loved how controlling Reed was with her. He loves her . she just doesn't know.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2021
1.5/5
just when i thought this series couldn’t get any worse— callie and reed were like, “hold our bags.”
it’s so disappointing to see the level of potential that these characters had goto waste, i mean if you miss wattpad just read this book because it’s literally something straight out of wattpad universe.
and, let’s be real, i’m not going to have any expectations from wyn & conrad.
just when i thought this series couldn’t get any worse— callie and reed were like, “hold our bags.”
it’s so disappointing to see the level of potential that these characters had goto waste, i mean if you miss wattpad just read this book because it’s literally something straight out of wattpad universe.
and, let’s be real, i’m not going to have any expectations from wyn & conrad.
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