Very torn on this one. At times, I was sure this was gonna get 3 stars from me, then I got towards the end and this ended up being a solid 3.5, maybe even 4 stars?? I have to preface this by saying, I have not read many bully romances and the first book was a fucking shock for me lmao. I thought, surely the way things ended in the last book, things would change. nope (spoilery ish review ahead) They were just so damn cruel to her. It was too much. It took way too long, for my liking, for them to turn - and even then, they were still monsters. Well, Saint and Kyan mainly. Blake definitely redeemed himself for me with his heartfelt apologies, prince charming personality, and the fact that he did not fuck with her at all anymore. Plus, he is clearly so torn up with the way he treated her and the things he did. I can't help but love him. Kyan. Ooooo Kyan. You are one evil motherfucker, but you are still somehow my favorite?? From the very beginning, I knew he did not want to do all of these awful things to her and he was absolutely hooked on her. He is so dark and cruel on the outside, but ugh, the real Kyan has such a big heart. I hated the scene where Tatum ripped him to shreds, though he definitely deserved it. I don't want to talk about Saint cause he's the worst motherfucker of them all, but I will say that oooo I enjoyed the way he regained his control with Tatum's "punishments". Those scenes were always so hot and I was 100% here for them. I do like that we get all of the guys POVs because if we didn't, I would go insane. It's interesting to see the why to their madness and I love getting the little insight in to the way they really feel about Tatum. I have to say, I absolutely do not care for Monroe's character or his storyline at all. It just feels so icky considering he's her teacher?? I just couldn't get past that. I sorta liked him in book one, but I just couldn't shake off how gross it all felt. Anyway, that ending was wild and I'm very curious to see where it will go. Please, dear god, can we get a Tatum/Kyan kiss?!

sick and twisted. but id have liked to see the stalker thingy drag out more maybe.

I hate Saint

This book took me FOREVER to read. The highs were so high and the lows were unbearable. I will read the next two book just to figure out what is the hecking hell is going on but this book was rough to get through.