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Lords of Pain by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue

abroe's review against another edition

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it’s a from me and cannot understate TWs on this book

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kdelong's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No

4.25


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wandering_seal's review against another edition

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4.0

So I don't really know what I just read but I do know it's after two in the morning and I stayed up to finish this book because it is wild.

I don't normally go for this kind of book - don't like bully romances, don't really like stories about colleges or rich men being rich men - but this story was unexpectedly good? I mean clearly it was also trash and good knows what what going on with some of the plot points but, so long as you can get behind the really hefty content warnings, this is the good trash that keeps you going to find out what happens next.

The suspension of disbelief has to be strong to get through this book. Why did Story not go to the police, multiple times. Why does this college have frats with live in sex slaves. Why is Story not immediately upfront about her stalker. Why is Story's name Story. Only the last of these questions is answered and its not satisfying.

It gets away with it though because the writing is good and the characters journeys are really interesting. I, uncomfortably and unhappily, really enjoyed this book.

mus_books21's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

better_read_then_dead's review against another edition

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5.0

Holy. Hot. Damn!

What an absolute shit show that was…..but damn am I here for it all?!? Ugh why yes, yes I am!! Story is great and has her own motives in this crazy world she’s in and I can’t wait to see what the hell happens!!!! Man oh man these boys have hit the spot!!!! I love them all!!! I’m dying to see what plays out next!!!! Oh and Ms. Crane…..ahhhh I love that woman. Lmao!

shesaidwhowhat's review against another edition

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dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Story: 📖📖📖📖
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Now, if you’re looking for a enemies to lovers, reverse harem, bully romance with touch her and die vibes give this one a shot. Will it make you question WTF is wrong with you? Absolutely. But, we like the bad boys for a reason though right…?

You’ve got our three MMCs in this here reverse harem: Dimitri aka Rath your musically gifted moody emo rollercoaster, Tristian our manipulative f-boy who has a way with the ladies who also probably has orthorexia nervosa(I’ll let you look that one up), and Killian aka Killer our heavily tattooed bad boy jock. They are spoiled, rude, pompous, and filthy rich. Oh and they are assholes. Assholes who spearhead the Lambda Delta Zeta fraternity aka The Lords. 

Our leading lady is Story. Running away from her past, she seeks safety in the arms of the boys who wreaked havoc on her life as a teenager. All from her online stalker, Ted. Why his name is TED of all things I don’t know. But I digress. 

Now the major fraternity’s of Forsyth U: The Princes, The Dukes, The Counts and the Lords hold interviews for their “house girl”. In this case Story is vying for the highly coveted position as the Lady of the Lords. Now this position comes with quite a few perks, some disadvantages, and quite a few rules.

But when you’re running from your stalker into the arms of your childhood bullies for protection. Whew. Stick with the evil you know I guess.

This bully romance is spicy. It’s sexy. It’s dirty. Just the right amount of a little bit of everything to make the toes curl. 

It’s a delicious dark read. 

You’ll get the tingles, you’ll giggle, you’ll WTF. In the end it will all be worth it.

This can be a little trigger heavy but I’ll leave that for you to read when you grab the book.

jcott49's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

4.25

steph_love44's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

serialbookstarter's review against another edition

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5.0

This wasn’t as dark as I was expecting. The h— her name is Story, ran away to boarding school to escape her stepfather and stepbrother-Killian plus his two friends- Tristian and Dimitri aka Rath. After 3 years she’s running back to the 3 guy friends to escape a murderous online stalker. The guys are in a campus club and are aka as The Lords, she interviews for and becomes their Lady which is basically a sex slave. But the big kicker is that she’s got the V card and she’s playing it. There ensues a sex game between the guys with various points assigned and the winner gets Story aka Cherry. Story knows nothing about the game so drama is just around the bend. This is pure smut and spice but it’s so well written and developed that I couldn’t put it down. I’m not into high school/ college romances dark or otherwise but I’ve gotta say these authors have changed my mind. I’ll be reading all of their stuff.

earthtonadia's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 stars

This was so addictive! I was very intrigued by the Lords, and I definitely fell for each one. They’re bullies through and through, but they had their moments… and their POV makes you love them before you go right back to hating them. It was a very well balanced game of love and hate.

Poor Story has been through so much but the claws are out. Looking forward to how things go down in the next book!