L.J. Shen

Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. To the media, he is The Villain. To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. Now I need him to do me another, small solid. Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway?

A Billionaire Romance

The Villain

arwen

it was boring?? the romance was a big meh and gave me second hand embarrassment... tbh the only thing i liked about this book was persephone, and she deserves better than this

who am i if not a girl who's so obsessed with every male character named k/cillian. he's soooooo sexy i can't even explain HOW. sometimes persephone does/says things that doesn't make sense, but i love how she's a fighter. always have been. i'm so proud of her

Sarah 

Ana Clara Moreno

Ms. Mint

I very much enjoyed reading about Cillian and Persephone's love story, dare to say, even much more than that of Hunter and Sailor's. Perhaps it's because Cillian is a more broken soul than Hunter, and therefore, when Persephone finally triumphed in putting back his shattered pieces together and made him feel again with her defiant perseverance, love and loyalty, my own heart couldn't help but soar high with fierce joy.

I also loved that we get glimpses into Hunter and Sailor's life after their own book's epilogue (note: this story takes place 8 years after the end of book 1: The Hunter).

I can't wait for the next installment in the series, The Monster, which I'm guessing would be Ash and Sam's story. I'd love to witness how our sweet Ash Fitzpatrick will bulldoze her way through the walls of the King of the underworld, Sam Brennan.

mercy

this was basically vicious in a different font

celene

Jules

Kathleen Tom

5 Stars ★★★★★

HI BOOKLOVERS,

CAN I GIVE THIS MORE THAN 5 STARS? Because if I can I definitely give it 10/10 STARS! I LOVE FREAKING LOVE IT. I'M IN LOVE WITH IT ♥♥♥♥♥ I have a few books that I can't get over with and this will fall under that too. The books that I will re-read again and again without getting bored. I don't remember if I ever dislike anything that LJ Shen writes but this, this is just something I love. It's perfect. 

The storyline, the writing, the plot twist, the characters, it was amazing. The gesture of love in this book is outstanding, I love the simple thing that the characters did to each other like rearranged the neckties, the necklace, the heroin call her husband, "HUBS" you know something so simple like this make me swooning. Melting. I wish the story is longer. More but I'm satisfied. 

And next, I can't wait for the The Monster #3. 

Highly Recommended! :)

xoxo. Kath!

Immensely enjoyed Cillian being in denial of his feelings for Persephone. Internal struggles/dialogue about his feelings as well as dry humor was hilarious.

Dijeron que si me gustó the kiss thief, me iba a gustar este y pos si.

nory

how can two characters be so equally insufferable god this was the worst experience of my life

roan

Aditi

The main characters were fun and had a couple of cute moments, some sexy scenes but ultimately the writing was bad and misogynistic. Add in the shaming of sex workers and it was a no for me.

I've read other L.J. Shen books and they've gotten progressively worse so I don't think I'll be reading any more of her works.

Nikki

2021 reread: 3.5 stars they really got me i fear

it was ok but it really felt like a vicious x angry god meshed into one book.

love persy tho and that grand gesture rly got me

Elif Gültekin

Micol Scalabrino

One of my all time favorites. She outdid herself.

Sarina Sherman

3.75 stars ⭐️ okay buckle up since I stayed up until 6am to finish this. I liked it. Typical LJ Shen. Nothing too new or special aside from Cillian’s character development which surprised me a bit in a pleasant way. Writing was good and i loved the poetic moments and the ones that tied into Greek mythology. HOWEVER. it was too similar to her other books imo. Idk I just wanted to be 5+ stars so bad but it just wasn’t 😭

Linda Quintanilla

You know what they say. The bigger the villain, the harder they will fall in love. And I definitely expected Cillian to live up to it.
Don't hate me but I really did not like The Villain that much. I just did not like Persy character. I know y'all are going to hate but I hate when female characters want to change someone and get offense when they don't have any flaws. Like no, it's their choice. And Persy consistently wanted to change Cillian from the beginning. I understand that Cillian is a jerk from the get-go but at least you know what you are getting. He never lied about himself. And that's the Persy problem. Why choose to marry him? And get so mad about his behavior. You made your bed, and now lie with it. Ugh, I hate when someone forces another person to change. It needs to be them to change for himself, not for someone else. 
I was greatly disappointed about Persy. And do not get me wrong, I absolutely love Cillian even when he started to get soft. Nothing wrong with that. It was his choice and his time.

Lee Ann

Leigh knocks it out of the water ... AGAIN!

Cillian is beautifully broken. A flawed man, even though you wouldn't know it.

I never got involved in the whole Emmabelle/Cillian or Persephone/Cillian battle, so I wasn't bothered by who his heroine was going to be.

But I will say if you were an Emmabelle fan and were disappointed when you found out it wasn't going to be her and you're considering skipping this book. Don't. Trust in Leigh. She knows what she's doing.

This book is beautiful.

Lily

I don’t know why I just loved this book. If you liked vicious and angry god then you’ll love this book too. It dealt with real issues and I’m in love with their relationship

Ann-Loy

Man this was...idk man. IDK. They wanted me to feel sorry for this hero but he was an ASSHOLE. They gave the reason but still. No.

The Villain A Billionaire Romance

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