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A review by wandering_seal
Lords of Pain by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue
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.
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.