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Losers: Part II by Harley Laroux

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questionablereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Found family vibes mixed with a great redemption arc, all the spice and great schminky rep, Part Two was definitely my favorite of the series, and I loved how this ended.

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liferhi_inspired's review against another edition

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5.0

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poupimali's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is definitely the best dark reverse harem I’ve ever read.
HEA guaranteed.

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grumpytrashpanda's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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readbyjaimes's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Help me it's been weeks since I finished this and all I can think about is them

But no seriously, this book has given me brain rot (in the best way)!!! I absolutely adored every second of reading this book. I literally had to stop myself from reading this book in one day, I almost couldn't help it.
I loved seeing the development of all of them. Learning to love and trust Jessica again was so amazing and beautiful to watch. Even though I think they were just lying to themselves because they've loved her forever, and she them. I really enjoyed seeing them of course bond as a group, but also seeing them interact one-on-one with one another and Jess.
Something that made me die laughing was

the fact that Lucas was the first one of them that Jess' mom liked. Very unlikely, but it definitely made my heart warm and brought a smile to my face.

Overall, I couldn't be more obsessed with them and I'm so glad they got their happy ending!

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shaykay's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Finally the HEA! I really love how this relationship's story ends. I think they did the best thing for them and I love the life they created together but they all went through a lot to get to this point. I think things were blown up even bigger due to everything happening in this small town. My biggest complaint is that I wish Jessica's ex and the guys' biggest high school bully had returned. We never hear or see him in this book. We get brief updates about him in the first book but never him. Their biggest tormenter is his old best friend who always had a crush on Jess and can't understand what she sees in these guys now. I also wish we had some sort of explaination as to what happened with the guys. In the novella I wouldn't say that they were all of the sudden popular but they did have some social standing and more friends, at least Manson did. We never really talk about the change or why all of the sudden their back in infamy. Plus by this point Jess kind of tore away from that girl she was in high school. Still, whenever she returned home that's all everyone saw because it is such a small town. Since she went away for college she could finally branch out and learn about who she was and what she wanted to do. Even at the beginning of the book she was like I'm home because I have no other option. Hopefully, this summer internship ends up being a career and that's her whole goal until she runs into the guys again. I love the woman she becomes, and it was so good seeing her stand up to people! But this series is rough; you need to check the content warnings if you're curious about it.

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carole_cookie's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

It’s clear what the main goal of each of the books in this duology is: the first book is about reunion, overcoming lingering resistance to a relationship between Jessica and each of the members of this group, and building trust. And the second book is about love, and the admission/acceptance that they all love Jess and vice versa, as well as healing and forgiveness between them.

I understand that none of those things can be rushed, so on the one hand, I understand why it needed to be broken into two books and why each of the books had to be so long, but to be totally honest, this one still felt a bit too long to me. I think it’s because at least in the first book there was tension; the book started with Jess still hanging with the popular kids and so, plot-wise, a lot more BIG, external shifts had to happen in that book. It kept my attention.

This one, they’re already in a relationship, so all of the shifts that take place happen on a character-driven, emotional level. Sure there’s some outside threat with Manson’s father, but honestly that aspect of the plot feels very marginal.

Don’t get me wrong, I still really enjoyed this series. I enjoyed getting to know each of the guys individually and their stories. The sex was obviously very very hot. The found family element was *chef’s kiss*. It wasn’t bad by ANY means and I’d still absolutely recommend it. I just thought this one moved a little slow at times.

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shaipanda's review against another edition

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dark hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I preferred the first book more slightly but this one was still done incredibly well and I really enjoyed getting to see more character and relationship development from the characters even though it did get a lot darker at the end (and was fairly tense through most of the book) which definitely stressed me out lol

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adelesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This series hit the spot so good it's incredible. I fell in love with Harley. She is a phenomenal writer. And I would have given this a 5⭐ rating but toward the end there was this one scene that just wasn't it for me. Other than that it was amazing. I just know I will be re-reading this once again.

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