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Amalie He’s a bully, and it was most definitely hate at first sight… for him. I don’t know what I did to piss off the campus king. But apparently my existence was reason enough for him to make my life miserable. Jake Thorn is used to people falling at his feet, but the high school quarterback could forget it. He could try all he wanted. He wouldn’t break me. How could he… I was already broken. Jake She's an English Rose and I’m about to be a thorn in her side… She doesn’t belong here, and from the moment she steps foot in Rosewood High, I’m determined to get rid of her. Lost little rich girl, trying to recover from the death of her parents. Cry me a river. The betrayal I see reflected each time our eyes lock must end; I can’t live with the constant reminder. This is my life. My school. My rules. What I say goes. And I say she's done. Until she proves me wrong... Dear readers, THORN is a high school bully romance with high levels of angst, drama and emotions. It is an upper YA romance and not intended for readers under 17. If you don't like your alphas wicked and dirty, then this might not be for you.
Publication Year: 2019
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I haven’t read a bully romance in a while and thought this would be a good series to start. While it wasn’t a terrible book, it wasn’t that great either.
It reads like any bully romance honestly. However, what was exhausting was Jake’s reasoning behind hating Amelie. Seriously, the author couldn’t have come up with anything else? It was immature and tiring. The amount of things he did and said to the heroine really was too much. He also really didn’t have any good qualities about him. None.
I liked Amalie for the most part. Even if she caved most of the time, she stood her ground and tried to stand up to him. Do I wish she would have just told him to f*** off and go on with her life? Yes, but then we wouldn’t really have a book would we?
The romance was okay. They had some cute moments, but it doesn’t erase the fact she was too good for him and should have let him go along his angry way.
What else made me drag the rating down was the fact that we never found out who drugged Amalie’s drink at the party. I felt like that was a crucial scene that got overlooked. Having that question unanswered really bugs me.
All in all, this was alright. Nothing memorable or anything that I’m going to come back to. I am intrigued enough to continue reading the series since I already have a few of them on my Kindle. Fingers crossed that Mason and Camila’s story is better.
I still don't buy his shitty ass reason it was not enough and it got me thinking that even though I like this genre I'm glad it's not my reality. I would run for the hills. What's up with this stereotype of American school kids acting like wild animals whenever someone new comes to the school? Ignore them, simple, they won't be the new kid for much longer. In order for bully romances to work the reason has to be quite solid (warped yes) but sturdy enough that the first signs of logic won't make it fall apart.