booksabrewin's review
1.0
Erika thought it would be a simple final year of high school. After running away from home when she witnessed her father kill her mother she changed her last name and enrolled in high school in a totally different state. If only she had foreseen the Mutineers coming into her life. The Mutineers, Brett, Corey, Tyler, and Shane, are set on making Erika's existence at their school a living hell. Between insults and even a few physical assaults, they are determined to break her spirit. But Erika has been through worse. She has dealt with worse and there is not much they can do to her to make her leave the school before she is ready. She has her eyes set on Berkley as her college of choice and she can't get there without her degree. But there may be more at work in deterring her away than just the boys thinking she doesn't belong.
I felt like this book was a bit flat. With bully romance there is a fine line between cruelty and affection. IE: The boys can be cruel and shame the heroine but if anyone else dared to do it they would defend the heroine. There was none of that in this book. Also, in most bully romances the bullies may insult the heroine but they never call them ugly or fat and very rarely call them whores or sluts. In Archer's world there are no limits set on the insults they would sling. She made her heroine stoic and not really react to the abuse which only made the boys go harder on her. It felt less like them trying to bully her because they secretly liked her and more like they were grade school kids pestering the girl they like to the point of it just being incredibly annoying. There was none of that heat element to their interacts and when there was attempts at it it felt incredibly forced. I just don't feel the bullying part of this book was well done. It felt forced and unrealistic. Not to mention, how often they called her ugly was boggling. I would not have been able to see past that insult to swoon over the boys if I had been the heroine.
The plot felt very cut and pasted together. I get the general gist of the whole thing: Erika running away from her motorcycle club leader father who killed her mother. But it kept presenting twists as tidbits of the overall mystery of the Mutineers and their involvement with the local MC that never really got to any big reveal. I am in the middle of the third book actually and it STILL has not completely uncovered the mysteries of the Savage Reapers. I picked up the book because I was craving a MC Reverse Harem and this has the MC as kind of just an afterthought. The Mutineers aren't even IN the MC yet! So that was a bit of a letdown.
Erika was not a very likeable character and none of the boys were either. So it left the book pretty flat for me. But the subtlety of the overall mystery with the MC and Erika's father kept me reading on to the next book. I can only hope that at the end of this series when I complete it I am not as disappointed as I am in the first introduction their world.
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debbye's review
5.0
Pleasant surprise!
I had this in my tbr and wasn't sure how I came across it. Once I started it I cold not put it down. Slow burn and slow buildup in the best way! I can't wait to know more about Ty, Corey, Brett and Shane! Ericka is a strong fmc and look forward to her story unfolding.
I had this in my tbr and wasn't sure how I came across it. Once I started it I cold not put it down. Slow burn and slow buildup in the best way! I can't wait to know more about Ty, Corey, Brett and Shane! Ericka is a strong fmc and look forward to her story unfolding.
jenndoesbooks's review
4.0
Loved pretty much everything about this book.
Reverse Harem - Check
Violence - Check
Bullies - Check
Running away from home should better your life, not compete with how bad it really is. Erika trys to hide who she is but it just doesn't work in her favor. Catching the eye of the mutineers is not what she had in mind, and yet she ends up their target.
Reverse Harem - Check
Violence - Check
Bullies - Check
Running away from home should better your life, not compete with how bad it really is. Erika trys to hide who she is but it just doesn't work in her favor. Catching the eye of the mutineers is not what she had in mind, and yet she ends up their target.
thebookfling's review
4.0
Holy moly this book!! I was sucked into the story line and I completely put my life on hold to finished it within a few hours.
I absolutely love strong female characters who wants better their life, but struggles to do so. Erika gives me that and so much more! The character growth was insane not just for her, but for her men also. I really wanted to hate Brett, Corey, Tyler and Shane in the very beginning. Sometimes they were a little to much, but they really started to prove them selfs by the end.
I can’t wait to read the next book.
I absolutely love strong female characters who wants better their life, but struggles to do so. Erika gives me that and so much more! The character growth was insane not just for her, but for her men also. I really wanted to hate Brett, Corey, Tyler and Shane in the very beginning. Sometimes they were a little to much, but they really started to prove them selfs by the end.
I can’t wait to read the next book.
sheieltorres's review
3.0
I don’t know
Sooooooo I really wanted to like this book and I do but I am also kinda mad about it. Erica acts like a strong woman and with everything she has been through she should know better. Literally growing up with the devil and then going ahead accepting what the guys do to her doesn’t make sense to me.
I get this love hate relationship but where is the line ? She’s so a strong character in some aspects. I don’t know the guys have more than crossed the line and I don’t think she should forgive that easily. Honestly in my opinion she should go back to Kyle.
The story has potential but we need that girl to get her head straight, get some revenge and get better guys.
I’ll be continuing the story because I want Érica to win but I am not rooting for those guys.
Sooooooo I really wanted to like this book and I do but I am also kinda mad about it. Erica acts like a strong woman and with everything she has been through she should know better. Literally growing up with the devil and then going ahead accepting what the guys do to her doesn’t make sense to me.
I get this love hate relationship but where is the line ? She’s so a strong character in some aspects. I don’t know the guys have more than crossed the line and I don’t think she should forgive that easily. Honestly in my opinion she should go back to Kyle.
The story has potential but we need that girl to get her head straight, get some revenge and get better guys.
I’ll be continuing the story because I want Érica to win but I am not rooting for those guys.
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