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Rival by Penelope Douglas

16 reviews

samantha914's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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_touchmyshelf's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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

4.0

I am really into this series!
Madoc is the all American boy that everyone loves. He fits in, is gorgeous, and is loyal to his family and friends.
Fallon is his step sister, and they hate each other. But hate isn’t the opposite of love… that are both obsessed with one another.
The story follows their past 14-16 year old selves and the choices they made and how those choices are effecting their lives post highschool.

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amanda_reads13's review

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funny tense fast-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

3.0

Fallon comes homes after she disappeared from Madoc's life. Everything is thrown into disarray.

I have to say that I appreciate that they are not in HS, even if barely. I really liked Madoc in the first two books so I really enjoyed develing deeper into his story.

From the outside, Madoc has a perfect life. He is the rich kid with everything he ever wants. But the one thing he has wanted was torn from him: Fallon.

Fallon has a golddigging bitch for a mother and a criminal for a father, needless to say her childhood wasn't the best. She and Madoc love to hate each other and hate to love each other, but they can't stay away.

Their relationship is based on hate sex. They started at a young age and were torn apart when their parents found out. But they never forgot about each other. Madoc thought she told their parents that he made her uncomfortable, but really her mom sent her to private school and

forced her to have an aborywhen she found out she was pregnant.

There is so much drama that could have been avoided had they communicated, but their relationship was so based on a sexual connection that they mostly avoided important conversations. Instead of just having a conversation with their parents, they make the "mature" decision to just get married. I do think that they have a lot of chemistry and work well together, I just wish that their communicated more.

I love the chemistry between this group of friends and Fallon fits in seamlessly.

Tropes: step siblings, forbidden, second chance, opposites

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shelbeavs's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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readbyjaimes's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense 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

3.0

I was so excited for this book and it was so disappointing.

When I was reading Bully I was soooo excited to see that Madoc was getting a book and that the FMC was a badass skater. I should not have had that high of expectations. I don't know if I'm growing out of Penelope's writing, or if it just wasn't good. But this book wasn't it. Now don't get me wrong, I didn't absolutely hate it and I read it fairly quickly but it was so mediocre.

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amfrizi's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

I love reading Penelope Douglas when I need an easy read that still makes me feel the characters’ emotions. This didn’t let me down, I loved Fallon and Madoc even though I’m usually not into the step siblings thing - they truly didn’t feel like step siblings, just two kids who went through a lot at a really young age.

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franworld's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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fr4n_m's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny 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

4.75

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katyfortner's review against another edition

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emotional slow-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

2.5

So I liked very little of this book and that very little only happened when I forgot they were step-siblings… even though it isn’t illegal it feels illegal and I just couldn't get passed it. Also, the random drama seemed to lag on and on and then abruptly stop. Like I do think it was a lot when Jax pulled a minor adult sex tape to blackmail her mom… crazy

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