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Josie is thrown into a new world where four boys who rule the school take a sudden, odd interest in her, all the girls hate her, and did I mention a pervy step-brother who's made it his personal mission to decimate her reputation? Alright....I hate read this book after the first few chapters....which is not a healthy thing to do but I wanted to finish it even if it was such a bad time.
Josie is caught in the throes of a mystery and she finds her REAL family and begins the process of getting to know them. Josie cannot catch a break! I swear this girl goes through more crap, I would have broken down but she just dusts herself off & keeps going & I love it.Josie has to move as her mom remarried to a rich man, so it is time to for new town, new school, and new people. Of course, her stepbrother is a complete jerk who hates her (conflict 1). Then she catches the attention of the Elite. They are the quintessential kings of the school. Throughout the book secrets are revealed and some are kept to make you asking what is going on. Well, in true soap opera style, the evil Angie swapped her dying daughter for Josie in the hospital…I kid you not…haha!
It was hard to read and depressing at times. Overall a good read, great writing but a bit morbid and weak. The heroine was victimized and powerless way too often. There is a lot of scenes and situations that she shows weakness and stupidity. If you have such evil creatures surrounding you, been kidnapped, almost raped, when will you take better caution and care of yourself? It also felt like the author was desperate to insert sex into every couple of chapters just to remind us she she was getting off writing about these two.Josie was pretty strong heroine, she wasn't unnecessary cruel towards future GFs, but still she had that inner strength that most heroines of bully books miss. I didn’t ask for this life, and yet I’m caught in the middle of a dangerous game. And the stakes are deadlier. The Elite, four damaged, gorgeous, arrogant guys, think they own me now. But I have my own family drama. Turns out, my entire identity is a lie. They call themselves the Elite—four boys from the wealthiest and most prominent families in Elmwood, which somehow gives them the right to be righteous A-holes. If you enjoy steamy, drama-filled reads, with a dose of suspense and a cliffhanger ending then this book is for you.
Cut to weeks later Josie’s enjoying a day out shopping with bestie Ainsley, and spots a SUV full of gorgeous guys and IG perfect girls. This is the second book this week that I thought the second book was already out and as I go search for book 2 and find out that IT ISN'T!!!! I AM GUTTED lol. So this is my first book by this author (as I do not really care for paranormal), but this is a series I will be continuing. To me this is a classic academy, bully, reverse harem romance. Just so much fun!
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I turned my gaze out the window before Grayson caught the sudden water that sprang to my eyes. Don´t cry. Don´t cry. The middle of the book is great and we find out that Josie really is not the daughter of the family she lives with, because her mother stole her from the hospital when her real baby girl died. So Josie has lived a life of a lie. Quite frankly, I skimmed over all the parts in this book where Josie and Brook had sex because, I just couldn’t put up with her endlessly gushing over how much she needed him, how gorgeous he was, how safe he made her feel. It’s fascinating in these stories how many female characters let guy’s off the hook for their behaviour because, they subconsciously want to hook up with them/ be their girlfriend.
No. It shouldn’t, as this girl is an expert at letting her emotions rule her and making stupid decisions.
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When Josie got jumped by the mean girls in the alley, and once home, all the Elite boys showing up to make sure “she was okay” Leaving us with an..OH! FFS moment, with the Scooby gang all punching the air with glee, hugs all round, and Josie being officially welcomed into the Elite in front of the attending student body…Aww …groan! Plus, no WAY are these guys 17, in High School, planning there futures together, with all this plotting, when their first reaction to a crisis is to hit the hard liquor (bourbon) or F it out of their system.
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