Community Reviews
This says it's a standalone, but Pacific Prep is pretty much required to know what the character dynamics are. There's not a lot of jumping in, assuming you're caught up.
Emilia, Hawk, and Wilder are back for more action.
Emilia has a stalker and her own personal bodyguard does not take it lying down and does not take the sh¹try treatment from the other 2 boys at all.
Emilia has mixed feelings about all 3 of these guys, and the book ends on a cliffy with no resolution for any matters.
It was sort of spicy. More psychologically spicy than true spice, 🌶1/5 chilis on the spicy scale.
I listened to the audiobook. Stephanie Rose was very stilted at fist but got better. I don't remember anything significant about Micheal Gallagher, so he probably had so few parts that they didn't register.
Dual narration, 2 narrators, 4 POVs, first person
Emilia, Hawk, and Wilder are back for more action.
Emilia has a stalker and her own personal bodyguard does not take it lying down and does not take the sh¹try treatment from the other 2 boys at all.
Emilia has mixed feelings about all 3 of these guys, and the book ends on a cliffy with no resolution for any matters.
It was sort of spicy. More psychologically spicy than true spice, 🌶1/5 chilis on the spicy scale.
I listened to the audiobook. Stephanie Rose was very stilted at fist but got better. I don't remember anything significant about Micheal Gallagher, so he probably had so few parts that they didn't register.
Dual narration, 2 narrators, 4 POVs, first person
(Thank you Peachy Keen and the author R.A. Smyth for the eARC in exchange for a spoiler free review)
Please check trigger warnings before reading
I read the first two books of Pacific Prep by this author and then dropped it. When I saw that this book is loosely based off that series, I was curious to see if there were any changes.
The good aspect is that you don’t have to read the prior series before this one because the gist of that series is very briefly mentioned in this book. In that sense, this new series can be classified as a standalone.
I liked the tropes of this book. I did not read about these characters whom I came to know appear in the later books of the Pacific Prep series but their introductions were good enough from this book. The constant edging by the harem to Emilia added onto the tension and the problem that Emilia was facing brought out the protectiveness from the harem. The angst between them was good to read. I wouldn’t classify it as a bully romance though.
I did want the book to be a little shorter because every time I thought there were going to be more depth plot wise it turned out to be descriptions or telling from another POV. So there was a lack in terms of the plot development, at least to me.
Otherwise, it was a good start to the series.
Pacific Prep Reviews
Broken Trust
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Please check trigger warnings before reading
I read the first two books of Pacific Prep by this author and then dropped it. When I saw that this book is loosely based off that series, I was curious to see if there were any changes.
The good aspect is that you don’t have to read the prior series before this one because the gist of that series is very briefly mentioned in this book. In that sense, this new series can be classified as a standalone.
I liked the tropes of this book. I did not read about these characters whom I came to know appear in the later books of the Pacific Prep series but their introductions were good enough from this book. The constant edging by the harem to Emilia added onto the tension and the problem that Emilia was facing brought out the protectiveness from the harem. The angst between them was good to read. I wouldn’t classify it as a bully romance though.
I did want the book to be a little shorter because every time I thought there were going to be more depth plot wise it turned out to be descriptions or telling from another POV. So there was a lack in terms of the plot development, at least to me.
Otherwise, it was a good start to the series.
Pacific Prep Reviews
Broken Trust
Brutal Lies