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Hellions of Hade Harbor #1
Bad Intentions
When trouble follows you home…
Lily
His name was Cayden, and he was a golden boy, an instant hit with everyone I knew.
But the mask chipped and cracked in front of me, and I saw underneath.
If I hadn’t, maybe everything would have been different.
Maybe he would have let me go.
I guess I’ll never know.
I saw him, and I can never change that.
Most importantly…. he saw me.
Now, the Coach says he’s staying with us for the season, in the room right next to mine…
I’m locked inside with my bully, and he’s watching my every move.
Cade
It started with needing to make the coach’s daughter keep her pretty little mouth shut.
It ended with an obsession… mine.
I’m burning…. consumed - and she’s the reason.
Now, there is no way back.
Lily Williams isn’t like anyone think she is, underneath her straight-A student veneer.
I’m the only one to see the real her, I’m the only one to know her…
And I’m the one who is keeping her.
Meet the Ice Gods, the Hockey players who never play by the rules and own Hade Harbor and everyone in it. Bad Intentions is a standalone bully romance featuring a possessive hockey playing Ice God, and the smart, sheltered object of his obsession.
Lily
His name was Cayden, and he was a golden boy, an instant hit with everyone I knew.
But the mask chipped and cracked in front of me, and I saw underneath.
If I hadn’t, maybe everything would have been different.
Maybe he would have let me go.
I guess I’ll never know.
I saw him, and I can never change that.
Most importantly…. he saw me.
Now, the Coach says he’s staying with us for the season, in the room right next to mine…
I’m locked inside with my bully, and he’s watching my every move.
Cade
It started with needing to make the coach’s daughter keep her pretty little mouth shut.
It ended with an obsession… mine.
I’m burning…. consumed - and she’s the reason.
Now, there is no way back.
Lily Williams isn’t like anyone think she is, underneath her straight-A student veneer.
I’m the only one to see the real her, I’m the only one to know her…
And I’m the one who is keeping her.
Meet the Ice Gods, the Hockey players who never play by the rules and own Hade Harbor and everyone in it. Bad Intentions is a standalone bully romance featuring a possessive hockey playing Ice God, and the smart, sheltered object of his obsession.
454 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 5, 2023
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August 29, 2023
Oooofff…bully plus praise plus steam plus CNC 😮💨
Annnnnd, we get “STFULAGG” too? 🫠 I’m there 💅
It’s senior year, finally, and Lily’s (17-18) best friend Eve has convinced her to go out to a party. Lily has been sheltered all her life- her parents are protective of her and her dad’s the hockey coach at her high school, which means she’s off limits to everyone 😅. She reluctantly agrees to go out, as long as they leave within an hour 😬.
At the party, she ends up seeing the guy she bumped into earlier in the day- Cayden (17-18), who happens to be a hockey god, and the one she insulted by calling him a parasitoids 🫣. It was then that Cayden decided he was gonna go after her in whatever way he could.
You see, Cayden’s from the wrong side of the tracks, and has had an abusive past. He’s trying to better himself and become professional (NHL). He’s not gonna let this tiny, nerdy, red-haired and freckled girl ruin his future. So he’s gonna make sure she doesn’t get in his way, even if it means he has to get pretty close to her to make that happen 👀.
It doesn’t help that he’s her new foster brother now 😬.
And he finds exactly how he can ruin her if she causes him trouble; it’s always the quiet ones they say 😅
What I liked/loved: POSSIBLE SPOILERS
—the tension 😮💨. Oh my goodness. There’s so many times the tension is thiiiiick when these two are around each other, even before they do anything. The scene where they shake hands the first “official” time they meet in front of her parents gave me butterflies 😅. Not to mention the many times he gets her alone 👀
—he calls her ladybug and freckles 🥹
—the 🔥. There’s so much buildup and tension that I couldn’t wait until the dam burst 👀. Their first kiss happens at about 24% and then all the way by 56%🔥. And the times in between 😮💨 uffff🥵. Cayden’s lack of experience does NOT show up anywhere. He’s alpha and confident when it comes to 🔥. And he makes sure that Lily is ready 🫠
—primal play/fantasies/hand necklaces 👀. I mean, it IS kind of shady that Cayden read through her journal, but, LAWD 🥵 he sure puts that info to good use 💦. I 👏🏻was👏🏻here👏🏻for👏🏻it💁🏻♀️
—how protective he is 🫶. He saves her many times 🥹 (even if it’s because of him 😬). Sigh. This might be a bully book, but he also can’t help himself and save her
—OMD 😈. I love it in my books 😉
—telling her ow off 🤣. Even though he’s not interested, he doesn’t hesitate to put her in her place 💁🏻♀️
—the camaraderie between the players 🫶
—the side characters 👀. I can’t wait to read the next books. I’m not TOO excited about Beckett because I don’t know how much of a manhoooar he is so 😐 we’ll see 🤣
—the vulnerabilities of both of them 🫶. Even though they both have struggles, what Cayden has gone through no CHILD should ever experience ☹️. I just wanted to hug 8-year old Cayden ☹️😭. I do not mourn those monsters 😐 good riddance 😑
—the redemption/grovel ish. I still wasn’t too happy because of how upset I got, but it DID help raise my rating. Cayden CAN be swoony 🫶
—Nikolai and Ms. Sophie (the art teacher) 👀. I definitely need to read their duet 👀
—the “L” 🫶
What I didn’t like/needed more of: SPOILERS
—what Cayden did to Lily to get back at her. I. Was. 🤬🤬🤬🤬. Like truly 🤬. Angry tears formed in my eyes 😤. I get it. He thought she had leaked his backstory with the headlines, but… what he shared of hers was WORSE!!!!😭 because of how intimate it all was. I know this is a bully romance. I know. But, the HUMILIATION she felt (and I felt it as secondhand embarrassment) was BEYOND what he experienced! The fact that she was bullied by OTHERS, made fun of, her property damaged, to the point where she had to isolate herself was m worse than what Cayden went through (however, he IS judged a lot ☹️ which is reprehensible/terrible considering his background). I’m livid all over again 😤. And do not get me started on the consequences. Like. STFU with that bulllll shiiiiet 😤
—deescalate🙄? Really🤦🏻♀️? SMDH😐. There needed to be a lot more done here. Sure, Lily damaged Cayden’s bike, but look what he did! His crime was worse 😤 I wanted to smaaaack this principal 😑lol
—Lily traveling so far to clear her name 🤨. 10 years ago was 2013, the internet and smart phones were readily available by then. If this had been like 20 years before, it would make more sense to have to do this
—the fact that SHE did this to clear her name and what did Cayden do? Hmmm 😑 how did he clear Lily’s name publicity? I needed more here too. Basically. I needed a stronger grovel 😐. I was waaaay too upset 🤣
Overall, I really enjoyed this. It might seem like I didn’t, but I was able to really feel the love these two had for each other ❤️. That allowed me to overlook some of these transgressions lol
⚠️ safety squad ⚠️
-no cheating*/sharing/owd*
-classism
-child abuse recounted
-catty ow: the H is all about the h, but there are girls that try to flirt with him
-omd- the h kisses OM (closed mouth) when they’re dared. The H doesn’t do anything to stop this. Some might consider this cheating because the MCs have been physical, but at this point, they hate each other 😬
-hand necklace/primal place/breath play/praise kink/somnophilia/spanking/edging/c warming/exhibitionism ish (epilogue)
-no condoms/she’s on the pill
-dual virgins
-HEA/HFN/epilogue/6 months later
Annnnnd, we get “STFULAGG” too? 🫠 I’m there 💅
It’s senior year, finally, and Lily’s (17-18) best friend Eve has convinced her to go out to a party. Lily has been sheltered all her life- her parents are protective of her and her dad’s the hockey coach at her high school, which means she’s off limits to everyone 😅. She reluctantly agrees to go out, as long as they leave within an hour 😬.
At the party, she ends up seeing the guy she bumped into earlier in the day- Cayden (17-18), who happens to be a hockey god, and the one she insulted by calling him a parasitoids 🫣. It was then that Cayden decided he was gonna go after her in whatever way he could.
You see, Cayden’s from the wrong side of the tracks, and has had an abusive past. He’s trying to better himself and become professional (NHL). He’s not gonna let this tiny, nerdy, red-haired and freckled girl ruin his future. So he’s gonna make sure she doesn’t get in his way, even if it means he has to get pretty close to her to make that happen 👀.
It doesn’t help that he’s her new foster brother now 😬.
And he finds exactly how he can ruin her if she causes him trouble; it’s always the quiet ones they say 😅
What I liked/loved: POSSIBLE SPOILERS
—the tension 😮💨. Oh my goodness. There’s so many times the tension is thiiiiick when these two are around each other, even before they do anything. The scene where they shake hands the first “official” time they meet in front of her parents gave me butterflies 😅. Not to mention the many times he gets her alone 👀
—he calls her ladybug and freckles 🥹
—the 🔥. There’s so much buildup and tension that I couldn’t wait until the dam burst 👀. Their first kiss happens at about 24% and then all the way by 56%🔥. And the times in between 😮💨 uffff🥵. Cayden’s lack of experience does NOT show up anywhere. He’s alpha and confident when it comes to 🔥. And he makes sure that Lily is ready 🫠
—primal play/fantasies/hand necklaces 👀. I mean, it IS kind of shady that Cayden read through her journal, but, LAWD 🥵 he sure puts that info to good use 💦. I 👏🏻was👏🏻here👏🏻for👏🏻it💁🏻♀️
—how protective he is 🫶. He saves her many times 🥹 (even if it’s because of him 😬). Sigh. This might be a bully book, but he also can’t help himself and save her
—OMD 😈. I love it in my books 😉
—telling her ow off 🤣. Even though he’s not interested, he doesn’t hesitate to put her in her place 💁🏻♀️
—the camaraderie between the players 🫶
—the side characters 👀. I can’t wait to read the next books. I’m not TOO excited about Beckett because I don’t know how much of a manhoooar he is so 😐 we’ll see 🤣
—the vulnerabilities of both of them 🫶. Even though they both have struggles, what Cayden has gone through no CHILD should ever experience ☹️. I just wanted to hug 8-year old Cayden ☹️😭. I do not mourn those monsters 😐 good riddance 😑
—the redemption/grovel ish. I still wasn’t too happy because of how upset I got, but it DID help raise my rating. Cayden CAN be swoony 🫶
—Nikolai and Ms. Sophie (the art teacher) 👀. I definitely need to read their duet 👀
—the “L” 🫶
What I didn’t like/needed more of: SPOILERS
—what Cayden did to Lily to get back at her. I. Was. 🤬🤬🤬🤬. Like truly 🤬. Angry tears formed in my eyes 😤. I get it. He thought she had leaked his backstory with the headlines, but… what he shared of hers was WORSE!!!!😭 because of how intimate it all was. I know this is a bully romance. I know. But, the HUMILIATION she felt (and I felt it as secondhand embarrassment) was BEYOND what he experienced! The fact that she was bullied by OTHERS, made fun of, her property damaged, to the point where she had to isolate herself was m worse than what Cayden went through (however, he IS judged a lot ☹️ which is reprehensible/terrible considering his background). I’m livid all over again 😤. And do not get me started on the consequences. Like. STFU with that bulllll shiiiiet 😤
—deescalate🙄? Really🤦🏻♀️? SMDH😐. There needed to be a lot more done here. Sure, Lily damaged Cayden’s bike, but look what he did! His crime was worse 😤 I wanted to smaaaack this principal 😑lol
—Lily traveling so far to clear her name 🤨. 10 years ago was 2013, the internet and smart phones were readily available by then. If this had been like 20 years before, it would make more sense to have to do this
—the fact that SHE did this to clear her name and what did Cayden do? Hmmm 😑 how did he clear Lily’s name publicity? I needed more here too. Basically. I needed a stronger grovel 😐. I was waaaay too upset 🤣
Overall, I really enjoyed this. It might seem like I didn’t, but I was able to really feel the love these two had for each other ❤️. That allowed me to overlook some of these transgressions lol
⚠️ safety squad ⚠️
-no cheating*/sharing/owd*
-classism
-child abuse recounted
-catty ow: the H is all about the h, but there are girls that try to flirt with him
-omd- the h kisses OM (closed mouth) when they’re dared. The H doesn’t do anything to stop this. Some might consider this cheating because the MCs have been physical, but at this point, they hate each other 😬
-hand necklace/primal place/breath play/praise kink/somnophilia/spanking/edging/c warming/exhibitionism ish (epilogue)
-no condoms/she’s on the pill
-dual virgins
-HEA/HFN/epilogue/6 months later
March 12, 2024
This was going so well up until the 65% mark, where the conflict happened. And it's funny how certain scenes could ruin the impression a reader has of the book. I rarely enjoyed bully romances, but this surprised me, and I had fun reading it before the main problem happened.
Cade acted out of anger and didn't even think things through before he impulsively spread Lily's journal. I knew he has a troubled upbringing and he's a broken kid, but in my head, I hoped for him to actually hear out her explanation or her version of what happened before he do anything drastic. But nope, he's hell-bent on getting even, so he did what he did. This made me furious at him and, honestly, ruined his overall character up until the end of the book. I thought he couldn't get any worse, but man, did he prove me wrong.
Around this time, I was hoping Lily would grow some backbone and not let Cade walk over her. But nah, she's hell-bent on something too, proving she's innocent and that she's not responsible for sending out that article. To be honest, I wish she ignored Cade, showed him indifference, and stopped trying to clear her name. It's not worth the effort and time, imo, but her people-pleasing personality wouldn't agree with that.
Then all the worse things Cade did during the 65%–85% of the book were long forgotten after he saved her from his foster father. He didn't apologize for doubting her, spreading her journal entry, and telling Lily's parents about her plan to go to college in California. And Lily was more than happy to put everything in the past, so, I guess, good for her for being a nice person. I don't agree with it, but it's the story, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Then, when Lily finally told her parents and some friends about her official college plan, Cade's brightest idea was to send her his own journal, which apparently contained all of his thoughts during those weeks that they were at war. One of the entries said, "I'm sorry," but I'm not sure what he was sorry about when he wrote that. Was it for treating her like sh*t? Doubting her? Publishing her private journal entry? Airing her college plans to her parents? Letting other students bully her after that entry was published? For getting kidnapped by his foster father? I mean, he did a lot of stupid things in this story, and the last 10% of the book isn't enough, at least to me, to make up for all of these fuckups. Sorry, it's just not going to work.
I wish I could say Lily is better at handling everything that goes down, but for the most part, she didn't hold her ground and became a pathetic mess for wanting Cade's attention. Don't get me wrong, she displayed some steel at times, but most of her attempts were weak at best. 😮💨 Also, her body-betraying crap made the situation even worse. I'm still having a hard time understanding how she could possibly continue to sleep with someone who made her life miserable. Then again, that's bully romance for you. 😐
Anywaaay, I enjoyed the first half of this, but the last 30% took away all the fun I had and eventually ruined my mood and my supposed rating for this book. I'm not sure if I liked this at all, or even the MCs, for that matter. I wish I could forget the last part and live in blissful banter and tension between them, but I can't do that. So, 3 ⭐ it is for a great start.
Book info:
- Bully romance
- High school romance
- Bad boy x good girl
- Dual virgin
- Mention of substance abuse
- Sport romance (hockey)
- Kidnapping
- Suspense
- No cheating (h kissed the OM in their truth or dare game, so i won't consider it cheating)
- OWD (a cheerleader wants Cade's attention but he didn't give her any time)
- OMD (guys were friendly with the h, one guy kissed her at a truth or dare game)
- Third-act breakup
- HFN (in a relationship 🤷♀️)
Cade acted out of anger and didn't even think things through before he impulsively spread Lily's journal. I knew he has a troubled upbringing and he's a broken kid, but in my head, I hoped for him to actually hear out her explanation or her version of what happened before he do anything drastic. But nope, he's hell-bent on getting even, so he did what he did. This made me furious at him and, honestly, ruined his overall character up until the end of the book. I thought he couldn't get any worse, but man, did he prove me wrong.
Around this time, I was hoping Lily would grow some backbone and not let Cade walk over her. But nah, she's hell-bent on something too, proving she's innocent and that she's not responsible for sending out that article. To be honest, I wish she ignored Cade, showed him indifference, and stopped trying to clear her name. It's not worth the effort and time, imo, but her people-pleasing personality wouldn't agree with that.
Then all the worse things Cade did during the 65%–85% of the book were long forgotten after he saved her from his foster father. He didn't apologize for doubting her, spreading her journal entry, and telling Lily's parents about her plan to go to college in California. And Lily was more than happy to put everything in the past, so, I guess, good for her for being a nice person. I don't agree with it, but it's the story, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Then, when Lily finally told her parents and some friends about her official college plan, Cade's brightest idea was to send her his own journal, which apparently contained all of his thoughts during those weeks that they were at war. One of the entries said, "I'm sorry," but I'm not sure what he was sorry about when he wrote that. Was it for treating her like sh*t? Doubting her? Publishing her private journal entry? Airing her college plans to her parents? Letting other students bully her after that entry was published? For getting kidnapped by his foster father? I mean, he did a lot of stupid things in this story, and the last 10% of the book isn't enough, at least to me, to make up for all of these fuckups. Sorry, it's just not going to work.
I wish I could say Lily is better at handling everything that goes down, but for the most part, she didn't hold her ground and became a pathetic mess for wanting Cade's attention. Don't get me wrong, she displayed some steel at times, but most of her attempts were weak at best. 😮💨 Also, her body-betraying crap made the situation even worse. I'm still having a hard time understanding how she could possibly continue to sleep with someone who made her life miserable. Then again, that's bully romance for you. 😐
Anywaaay, I enjoyed the first half of this, but the last 30% took away all the fun I had and eventually ruined my mood and my supposed rating for this book. I'm not sure if I liked this at all, or even the MCs, for that matter. I wish I could forget the last part and live in blissful banter and tension between them, but I can't do that. So, 3 ⭐ it is for a great start.
Book info:
- Bully romance
- High school romance
- Bad boy x good girl
- Dual virgin
- Mention of substance abuse
- Sport romance (hockey)
- Kidnapping
- Suspense
- No cheating (h kissed the OM in their truth or dare game, so i won't consider it cheating)
- OWD (a cheerleader wants Cade's attention but he didn't give her any time)
- OMD (guys were friendly with the h, one guy kissed her at a truth or dare game)
- Third-act breakup
- HFN (in a relationship 🤷♀️)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 1, 2023
3,8.
It’s an smooth book to read.
I liked the situations, characters and the angst.
Definitely I will read more in this series.
It’s worth the reading.
It’s an smooth book to read.
I liked the situations, characters and the angst.
Definitely I will read more in this series.
It’s worth the reading.
August 18, 2023
4/5 "Fight it as she tried, the truth was undeniable. I'd seen inside her pretty, twisted head, and now, she was in mine."
TROPES:
~dark high school hockey/bully romance
~enemies to lovers
~bad boy x good girl
~foster brother
~dual virgins
~forced proximity
~H has touch aversion
"You're going to destroy me, I can already tell."
Wow, this was quite the read! It was easy to get lost in for several hours. In this, Lily is a straight-A student who has naughty dreams and wants to escape her town for college. Cayden is from the other side of the tracks, desperate to make something of his life while people from his past are haunting him.
They get off to a bad start. It gets worse when Lily's dad offers to foster Cayden because his home situation wasn't the best. He decides to gets some dirt on her... let the games begin!
I loved the bullying, it wasn't too hardcore. The fact that Cayden is a virgin is surprising but it makes sense because of his childhood and upbringing. He also has a fear of being touched, but Lily breaks that barrier as well. Overall this was a pleasant, interesting read. I enjoyed it!
"Let me ruin you like you ruin me."
SAFETY:
Ages: 18h, 18H
Virgin/celibate: dual virgins!
OM/OW drama: slight OM, H gets jealous easily!
Cheating/sharing: none
Triggers: child abuse, bully
Kinks: CNC, somnophilia, "good girl"/praise, rough sex, choking/breathplay, hand necklaces, primal, dirty talk, spanking, edging
HEA?: yes
TROPES:
~dark high school hockey/bully romance
~enemies to lovers
~bad boy x good girl
~foster brother
~dual virgins
~forced proximity
~H has touch aversion
"You're going to destroy me, I can already tell."
Wow, this was quite the read! It was easy to get lost in for several hours. In this, Lily is a straight-A student who has naughty dreams and wants to escape her town for college. Cayden is from the other side of the tracks, desperate to make something of his life while people from his past are haunting him.
They get off to a bad start. It gets worse when Lily's dad offers to foster Cayden because his home situation wasn't the best. He decides to gets some dirt on her... let the games begin!
I loved the bullying, it wasn't too hardcore. The fact that Cayden is a virgin is surprising but it makes sense because of his childhood and upbringing. He also has a fear of being touched, but Lily breaks that barrier as well. Overall this was a pleasant, interesting read. I enjoyed it!
"Let me ruin you like you ruin me."
SAFETY:
Ages: 18h, 18H
Virgin/celibate: dual virgins!
OM/OW drama: slight OM, H gets jealous easily!
Cheating/sharing: none
Triggers: child abuse, bully
Kinks: CNC, somnophilia, "good girl"/praise, rough sex, choking/breathplay, hand necklaces, primal, dirty talk, spanking, edging
HEA?: yes
November 14, 2023
Hade Harbor High needs Cayden West. Cayden West needs Hade Harbor High.
A senior, Cade is running out of chances to be noticed by Hade Harbor University, the preeminent college for hockey players to be scouted by the NHL. When an opportunity to transfer to HHH presents itself, it’s a no-brainer. Living with Coach Eric won’t come without its own set of distractions, however.
Bad Intentions is a perfectly blended forbidden lovers, opposites attract romance with a bit of mystery and a whole lotta tension! Mila Kane was a new-to-me author, but I’m looking forward to meeting some of the side characters, including Nikolai and Sofia from the Made of Mayhem duet!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😠😬🫠😳😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA} 💕
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Athlete, Boy Obsessed, Bully, Forbidden, Forced Proximity, High School, Jealous/Possessive, Manipulation, MINE!, Opposites Attract, Virgin h
💋 Kinks: Breath Play, 🐓 Warming, Discipline/Punishment, Domination, Finger Licking Good, Gagged, Orgäsm Denial, Primal(ish), Spanking
⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.
🚩 Safety Squad: DubCon, Vìolençė, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Bad Intentions is part of the Hellions of Hade Harbor series of interconnected standalones.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
A senior, Cade is running out of chances to be noticed by Hade Harbor University, the preeminent college for hockey players to be scouted by the NHL. When an opportunity to transfer to HHH presents itself, it’s a no-brainer. Living with Coach Eric won’t come without its own set of distractions, however.
Bad Intentions is a perfectly blended forbidden lovers, opposites attract romance with a bit of mystery and a whole lotta tension! Mila Kane was a new-to-me author, but I’m looking forward to meeting some of the side characters, including Nikolai and Sofia from the Made of Mayhem duet!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😠😬🫠😳😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA} 💕
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Athlete, Boy Obsessed, Bully, Forbidden, Forced Proximity, High School, Jealous/Possessive, Manipulation, MINE!, Opposites Attract, Virgin h
💋 Kinks: Breath Play, 🐓 Warming, Discipline/Punishment, Domination, Finger Licking Good, Gagged, Orgäsm Denial, Primal(ish), Spanking
⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.
🚩 Safety Squad: DubCon, Vìolençė, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Bad Intentions is part of the Hellions of Hade Harbor series of interconnected standalones.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
August 8, 2023
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trope: bully, enemies to lovers
Angst: 😱😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥
"𝘐'𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩���𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦."
Holy wow! Bad Intentions is bully perfection! I was looking for a bully and this one just ticked every one of my boxes. Bully. Taboo. Nerdy girl. Boy from the bad side of town. A hero that can only be touched by her. /le swoon, lol. Very well written with great pacing that keeps you hooked to the end. Tons of action, a little bit of a whodunnit, and hot, hot smexy times 🥵. Cade is obsessed at first sight. Protective and possessive of his "Freckles", and God forbid anyone touch her, lol. He knows hockey is his ticket out of his hellish existence, but his feelings for Lily are threatening to derail everything. Lily is being crushed by her parents expectations. Her singular focus has been to graduate and get out of dodge, but Cayden sees her. He saw a glimpse of the dark underneath and isn't backing down. He's playing for keeps and I was totally here for it. A seriously fantastic read, I am super excited for Beckett and Eve's story. I'm kinda hoping for a redemption story with Winter and Eve's brother Asher as well ❤️.
⛔️ My bookshelves can sometimes be spoilers
Trope: bully, enemies to lovers
Angst: 😱😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥
"𝘐'𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩���𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦."
Holy wow! Bad Intentions is bully perfection! I was looking for a bully and this one just ticked every one of my boxes. Bully. Taboo. Nerdy girl. Boy from the bad side of town. A hero that can only be touched by her. /le swoon, lol. Very well written with great pacing that keeps you hooked to the end. Tons of action, a little bit of a whodunnit, and hot, hot smexy times 🥵. Cade is obsessed at first sight. Protective and possessive of his "Freckles", and God forbid anyone touch her, lol. He knows hockey is his ticket out of his hellish existence, but his feelings for Lily are threatening to derail everything. Lily is being crushed by her parents expectations. Her singular focus has been to graduate and get out of dodge, but Cayden sees her. He saw a glimpse of the dark underneath and isn't backing down. He's playing for keeps and I was totally here for it. A seriously fantastic read, I am super excited for Beckett and Eve's story. I'm kinda hoping for a redemption story with Winter and Eve's brother Asher as well ❤️.
⛔️ My bookshelves can sometimes be spoilers
Shelved as 'dnf'
August 20, 2023DNF - 32%
Just not into it 🤷🏻♀️
Just not into it 🤷🏻♀️
November 15, 2023
This was tough in parts but I was eventually won over.
Naughty boys are my favorite after all. 😉
4 stars
4 on the spice scale
Naughty boys are my favorite after all. 😉
4 stars
4 on the spice scale
November 27, 2023
This was just okay. I really didn't see a lot of connection between the characters and that made it hard to feel intrigued by their story. There was a weird mix of mature storyline and immature characters and for me that just wasn't working. Especially with our heroine, a lot of her backstory and character development felt very young and it made the writing feel immature as well. I think if there were more explanations to some things it would have made the characters make more sense together.
Overall, I think the plot was there and just wasn't executed well enough for me. I'd maybe be interested in reading the next book sometime in the future.
Overall, I think the plot was there and just wasn't executed well enough for me. I'd maybe be interested in reading the next book sometime in the future.
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August 20, 2023 Dnf @41%
She kissed another guy in a game of truth and dare after they (h and H) have been intimate. Not sex but other stuff. And hero let it happen. And he is supposed to be jealous and possessive guy 😑
⚠️ SAFETY DETAILS: ⚠️
Cheating:yes for me (check below)
Sharing:no
OM drama:she kissed another guy after h H have already been intimate
OW drama: atleast not until 41% of the book
Sex scene with OM or OW: no
Virgin/manwhore: dual Virgins
Separation: --
Celibate during separation: --
Condoms: --
HEA: --
SAFE?: not safe, for me.
She kissed another guy in a game of truth and dare after they (h and H) have been intimate. Not sex but other stuff. And hero let it happen. And he is supposed to be jealous and possessive guy 😑
⚠️ SAFETY DETAILS: ⚠️
Cheating:yes for me (check below)
Sharing:no
OM drama:she kissed another guy after h H have already been intimate
OW drama: atleast not until 41% of the book
Sex scene with OM or OW: no
Virgin/manwhore: dual Virgins
Separation: --
Celibate during separation: --
Condoms: --
HEA: --
SAFE?: not safe, for me.
August 14, 2023
i love all of her books.
I loved the chemistry between Lily and Cayden. Lily was so sweet and Cayden so obssesed with her, and i loved it so much. This is an enemies to lovers and bully romance that will steal your heart.
And i can´t wait to read Eve and Becket´s book, i know that they are going to be my favourites.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved the chemistry between Lily and Cayden. Lily was so sweet and Cayden so obssesed with her, and i loved it so much. This is an enemies to lovers and bully romance that will steal your heart.
And i can´t wait to read Eve and Becket´s book, i know that they are going to be my favourites.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 21, 2023
Y’all… THIS BOOK. When I tell you I could not put this book down, I’m not kidding. I sat down to read it every spare second I had this weekend.
It’s the first book in the Hellions of Hade Harbor Series where we meet Lily Williams & Cayden West. Cayden comes from a bad part of town & has quite the traumatic past which he’s trying to escape when he starts at Hade Harbor High. Lily has always kind of been a wallflower & everyone knows she’s off-limits as her dad is the head coach of the hockey team at Hade Harbor High.
Lily & Cayden got off on the wrong foot when they first met so Lily is less than thrilled when her dad brings him home & tells her Cayden is staying with them for the school year. Cayden is a very talented hockey player & is the key to the school winning the championship so they are going to be fostering him. Only problem is Cayden seems to be focused on Lily. He wants her for himself but also fears letting her too close… close enough to see the real him. So what happens when the one girl he isn’t supposed to want, is the one girl he can’t stay away from?
This book just sucks you in from the very beginning. I loved Cayden. My heart truly hurt for him & his childhood. Sure he was a huge jerk at times but getting to see his inner thoughts & how much he cared for Lily was so sweet. Not to mention I freaking loved how possessive this man was 👏🏼 I can’t wait to continue the series. I already know I’m going to be obsessed with Eve & Beckett!
Tropes:
- Sports Romance ��
- Coach’s Daughter
- Forced Proximity
- Forbidden Romance
- Bully Romance
- Enemies to Lovers
- Bad Boy/Good Girl
- Opposites Attract
- Boy Obsessed
- Traumatic Past
- Dual Virgins
5/5⭐️
3/5🌶️
It’s the first book in the Hellions of Hade Harbor Series where we meet Lily Williams & Cayden West. Cayden comes from a bad part of town & has quite the traumatic past which he’s trying to escape when he starts at Hade Harbor High. Lily has always kind of been a wallflower & everyone knows she’s off-limits as her dad is the head coach of the hockey team at Hade Harbor High.
Lily & Cayden got off on the wrong foot when they first met so Lily is less than thrilled when her dad brings him home & tells her Cayden is staying with them for the school year. Cayden is a very talented hockey player & is the key to the school winning the championship so they are going to be fostering him. Only problem is Cayden seems to be focused on Lily. He wants her for himself but also fears letting her too close… close enough to see the real him. So what happens when the one girl he isn’t supposed to want, is the one girl he can’t stay away from?
This book just sucks you in from the very beginning. I loved Cayden. My heart truly hurt for him & his childhood. Sure he was a huge jerk at times but getting to see his inner thoughts & how much he cared for Lily was so sweet. Not to mention I freaking loved how possessive this man was 👏🏼 I can’t wait to continue the series. I already know I’m going to be obsessed with Eve & Beckett!
Tropes:
- Sports Romance ��
- Coach’s Daughter
- Forced Proximity
- Forbidden Romance
- Bully Romance
- Enemies to Lovers
- Bad Boy/Good Girl
- Opposites Attract
- Boy Obsessed
- Traumatic Past
- Dual Virgins
5/5⭐️
3/5🌶️
August 20, 2023
This book was my first book by this author and was so good. I love a good bully book and this delivered that as well as a great rise above your past storyline for Caden. I loved these 2 together and if you read it I think you will too ☺️
Shelved as 'dnf'
September 8, 2023DNF @20% - once again a bully with no reason to bully. - I don’t like how the author set this up to have her cake and eat it too…. The virgin h who has never been touched somehow knows that she’ll love to be raped… so the H reads her diary about her rape fantasies and now he has “consent” no matter what he does. 👍🏻🙄 Of course the little virgin will go full rape fantasy porn star and get wet every time he touches her even though he’s an ass for no reason. Why does he keep touching her and talking to her like he’s had sex before when in reality he’s a virgin and hates being touched? This makes no sense. I read a review that says he’s cool with her making out with another dude, so with that, I’m out ✌🏻
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Want to read
August 22, 2023Ok.....she's 17 almost 18 (I know that I'm naive! I had to insert sound of music in there bruh)
First of all...high school. 😬😂 I'm 42.....they babies to me.
And he gets mad at the h at first because she accidentally runs into him? Dafuq is wrong with you bro? You might benefit from some therapy or some shit.
When arc readers give 4 stars to a arc book, you know it can't be good 😂😂😂😂😂😏
Dnf this shit
First of all...high school. 😬😂 I'm 42.....they babies to me.
And he gets mad at the h at first because she accidentally runs into him? Dafuq is wrong with you bro? You might benefit from some therapy or some shit.
When arc readers give 4 stars to a arc book, you know it can't be good 😂😂😂😂😂😏
Dnf this shit
August 9, 2023
Quick review: another absolute banger from Mila Kane. She owns me.
I need everyone to start reading Mila Kane right now.
Cade, my sweet baby angel, is a traumatized boy on the cusp of manhood, used and abused by his foster father, and forced to use his large size and strength in ways that broke him. He's also an amazing hockey player and gets a chance to escape to Hade Harbor. Events lead to him living with his coach, even though he's about to turn 18 and age out of the system.
Cue the coach's innocent, overprotected, oppressed daughter Lily. They have multiple chance meetings full of tension and feelings neither has the ability to process, and then suddenly he's in the room next door, sharing a bathroom, invading her space. Lily longs for an escape, and has so much pressure from inside and out that I don't know how she didn't scream at everyone all of the time. I don't know what got into me but I was RAGING at her parents in my notes, even if it does go positively in the end. Her attraction to Cade and the danger he embodies on SO MANY levels keep drawing her to him over and over.
They see each other, strengths and weaknesses, and even when they're fighting they make each other into something more. Something stronger. They're made for each other, and it's most obvious in the way they fight. While he might be invasive and possessive, it's in all the ways she needs. The first time he took her on his motorcycle it was so damn cute. Even when he's angry with her and with the way she makes him feel, he can't help trying to steal her smiles.
Truly, Mila Kane might be the only person who could write mutual virgin leads and somehow make it EXTREMELY spicy, without ever leaving out that there's a lot of uncertainty and a learning curve. It's like...amazing. Mindblown. The spice in this book is NEXT LEVEL. Cade truly acts like he owns Lily, and gives in to so many of the random thoughts that cross his mind when it comes to being sexual with her. They both love it. It's absolutely filthy. There was a scene that had my mouth dropping in shock and it was in the first THIRTY PERCENT of the book. If I hadn't been recovering from surgery this book would have so gotten my husband some action.
Okay, that aside, the overall plot kept me hooked, trying to figure out how these people were going to manage their lives and figure out how to be together. There's selfishness, betrayal, and some very real danger that leads to a delicious cameo from Nikolai Chernov (still number 1 in my heart.)
This is also our introduction to the Ice Gods of the Hade Harbor Hellions (both in high school and the local college) and I love all of them already. I'm very much enjoying speculating on who the couples will be and how this will end up for everyone. I'm SO EXCITED for the rest of this series, and absolutely anything Mila Kane writes.
I AM A FERAL GOBLIN FOR HER FOREVER.
I need everyone to start reading Mila Kane right now.
Cade, my sweet baby angel, is a traumatized boy on the cusp of manhood, used and abused by his foster father, and forced to use his large size and strength in ways that broke him. He's also an amazing hockey player and gets a chance to escape to Hade Harbor. Events lead to him living with his coach, even though he's about to turn 18 and age out of the system.
Cue the coach's innocent, overprotected, oppressed daughter Lily. They have multiple chance meetings full of tension and feelings neither has the ability to process, and then suddenly he's in the room next door, sharing a bathroom, invading her space. Lily longs for an escape, and has so much pressure from inside and out that I don't know how she didn't scream at everyone all of the time. I don't know what got into me but I was RAGING at her parents in my notes, even if it does go positively in the end. Her attraction to Cade and the danger he embodies on SO MANY levels keep drawing her to him over and over.
They see each other, strengths and weaknesses, and even when they're fighting they make each other into something more. Something stronger. They're made for each other, and it's most obvious in the way they fight. While he might be invasive and possessive, it's in all the ways she needs. The first time he took her on his motorcycle it was so damn cute. Even when he's angry with her and with the way she makes him feel, he can't help trying to steal her smiles.
Truly, Mila Kane might be the only person who could write mutual virgin leads and somehow make it EXTREMELY spicy, without ever leaving out that there's a lot of uncertainty and a learning curve. It's like...amazing. Mindblown. The spice in this book is NEXT LEVEL. Cade truly acts like he owns Lily, and gives in to so many of the random thoughts that cross his mind when it comes to being sexual with her. They both love it. It's absolutely filthy. There was a scene that had my mouth dropping in shock and it was in the first THIRTY PERCENT of the book. If I hadn't been recovering from surgery this book would have so gotten my husband some action.
Okay, that aside, the overall plot kept me hooked, trying to figure out how these people were going to manage their lives and figure out how to be together. There's selfishness, betrayal, and some very real danger that leads to a delicious cameo from Nikolai Chernov (still number 1 in my heart.)
This is also our introduction to the Ice Gods of the Hade Harbor Hellions (both in high school and the local college) and I love all of them already. I'm very much enjoying speculating on who the couples will be and how this will end up for everyone. I'm SO EXCITED for the rest of this series, and absolutely anything Mila Kane writes.
I AM A FERAL GOBLIN FOR HER FOREVER.
November 9, 2023
i sleep, eat, and BREATHEEE bully romances. there’s just something about them that i love 🥹🥹 but i’m extremely picky with my bully romances and this one really passed the test.
this book starts off with Lily and Cayden’s initial interaction of her calling him a name and him locking in on her. gosh i just love bully romances where the H is so obsessed with the heroine, he bullies her to get her attention and this was definitely that. while Cayden was a bad kid from the wrong side of town with prior trauma, i loved his ruthlessness. i loved his fire and how he would manipulate any and everything to get Lily into his arms. i just love my manipulative, obsessed bullies (case in point; Aiden King and Damon Torrance 😩) like there is nothing better than the H confronting the reason behind their actions and it’s always because the heroine is etched so deep under their skin that they are completely and utterly obsessed💅
this one was so good because Cayden was Lily’s foster brother (only for the last few months of high school bc Cayden is an amazing hockey player which Lily’s dad took him under his wing) sooo like the TENSION���️⁉️ the CHEMISTRY⁉️⁉️ so amazing and so undeniable, no matter how many times they try to suppress it. honestly, this was one of the best bully romances i have read these past few months. it honestly had everything. yes, Cayden was absolutely ruthless and unhinged but the way he is so in tune with Lily and knows everything about her, and wants her to reach for her dreams, was honestly the best part. Cayden knew her inside and out and pushed her to stand up to her parents🫶 i also can’t get over how they were each others first 🥹🥹 AND Cayden going crazy and wanting to follow Lily to california if that was where she was gonna go to college. like willing to put his whole hockey career on the line to follow her anywhere really sealed the deal for me.
god i love finding out that the big bad bully wolf is actually a virgin and is so in love with the heroine. yes, this guy had major trust issues and did some messed up things to the Lily near the end but he was so damaged from his past that i felt bad. Lily didn’t deserve the violation of her trust but i have to overlook this bc it is a bully romance… either way, great book, i couldn’t put it down and i loved just how in tune both characters were with each other. it was like reading two perfect puzzle pieces fitting together
safety: dual virgins 🫶, H had prior abuse/trauma, no relevant OWD
• OMD: Lily kissed another guy as a dare and it made for some great jealousy scenes from Cayden💅
this book starts off with Lily and Cayden’s initial interaction of her calling him a name and him locking in on her. gosh i just love bully romances where the H is so obsessed with the heroine, he bullies her to get her attention and this was definitely that. while Cayden was a bad kid from the wrong side of town with prior trauma, i loved his ruthlessness. i loved his fire and how he would manipulate any and everything to get Lily into his arms. i just love my manipulative, obsessed bullies (case in point; Aiden King and Damon Torrance 😩) like there is nothing better than the H confronting the reason behind their actions and it’s always because the heroine is etched so deep under their skin that they are completely and utterly obsessed💅
this one was so good because Cayden was Lily’s foster brother (only for the last few months of high school bc Cayden is an amazing hockey player which Lily’s dad took him under his wing) sooo like the TENSION���️⁉️ the CHEMISTRY⁉️⁉️ so amazing and so undeniable, no matter how many times they try to suppress it. honestly, this was one of the best bully romances i have read these past few months. it honestly had everything. yes, Cayden was absolutely ruthless and unhinged but the way he is so in tune with Lily and knows everything about her, and wants her to reach for her dreams, was honestly the best part. Cayden knew her inside and out and pushed her to stand up to her parents🫶 i also can’t get over how they were each others first 🥹🥹 AND Cayden going crazy and wanting to follow Lily to california if that was where she was gonna go to college. like willing to put his whole hockey career on the line to follow her anywhere really sealed the deal for me.
god i love finding out that the big bad bully wolf is actually a virgin and is so in love with the heroine. yes, this guy had major trust issues and did some messed up things to the Lily near the end but he was so damaged from his past that i felt bad. Lily didn’t deserve the violation of her trust but i have to overlook this bc it is a bully romance… either way, great book, i couldn’t put it down and i loved just how in tune both characters were with each other. it was like reading two perfect puzzle pieces fitting together
safety: dual virgins 🫶, H had prior abuse/trauma, no relevant OWD
• OMD: Lily kissed another guy as a dare and it made for some great jealousy scenes from Cayden💅
April 13, 2024
"Cayden West would forget about the weird, rude girl who’d shouted at him in a parking lot, and I’d forget what it felt like to be finally noticed by someone.."
"You’re going to destroy me, I can already tell.”
"Let me ruin you like you ruined me.”
"Congratulations. You’ve managed to.. break my fucking heart and endanger my future. Now, get the hell out of here before I lose it.”
This is the story of Emily, the coach's daughter, and school nerd. She is always invisible and in the background until the new boy comes to school. Cayden. A new hockey player, who comes from the worst of backgrounds. Cayden's only dream was to crawl out of the past... bad town he was from. Because of all his past trauma and secrets, he was damaged. And Emily dreamed of independence and being seen. They clash, take revenge on one another, and fight to be wanted. He was a broken soul who finally found someone he connected with, in Emily.
My first time reading this author, and enjoyed her character-building. I can't wait to continue the series
"I couldn’t get her out of my head, she’d taken over my thoughts completely. She was the only thing that existed for me; that was the truth I couldn’t escape."
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, bully-nerd, hockey player, coach's daughter, forces proximity
Rating 5 stars 🌟
"You’re going to destroy me, I can already tell.”
"Let me ruin you like you ruined me.”
"Congratulations. You’ve managed to.. break my fucking heart and endanger my future. Now, get the hell out of here before I lose it.”
This is the story of Emily, the coach's daughter, and school nerd. She is always invisible and in the background until the new boy comes to school. Cayden. A new hockey player, who comes from the worst of backgrounds. Cayden's only dream was to crawl out of the past... bad town he was from. Because of all his past trauma and secrets, he was damaged. And Emily dreamed of independence and being seen. They clash, take revenge on one another, and fight to be wanted. He was a broken soul who finally found someone he connected with, in Emily.
My first time reading this author, and enjoyed her character-building. I can't wait to continue the series
"I couldn’t get her out of my head, she’d taken over my thoughts completely. She was the only thing that existed for me; that was the truth I couldn’t escape."
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, bully-nerd, hockey player, coach's daughter, forces proximity
Rating 5 stars 🌟
August 23, 2023
✨ " 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀. " ✨
Stars : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice : 🌶️🌶️
Ending : HEA
Tropes :
✔️ Dual Virgins
✔️J/P Hero
✔️Bully Romance
✔️Touch Her and You 💀
Lily and Cayden, they came from totally different worlds but ultimately stuck into each others. Lily, the daughter of Coach Williams of the HHH hockey team, is your typical good girl, whose days start and end in books. Since she is the daughter of a Coach, she becomes off limits for any boys who dares to even think about her. On the other hand Cayden comes from toxic environment. In his 18yrs of life, he has to go through many traumatic experience while living with his foster dad. Then His life collided with Lily, and they felt an instant attraction towards each other that they both never felt for anyone else before. It was enemies to lovers with mild dose of bully romance. I loved, how much Cade and Lily pretended they hated each other but they couldn't deny the all consuming feelings they were experiencing. It was definitely an absolute enjoyable read.
Stars : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice : 🌶️🌶️
Ending : HEA
Tropes :
✔️ Dual Virgins
✔️J/P Hero
✔️Bully Romance
✔️Touch Her and You 💀
Lily and Cayden, they came from totally different worlds but ultimately stuck into each others. Lily, the daughter of Coach Williams of the HHH hockey team, is your typical good girl, whose days start and end in books. Since she is the daughter of a Coach, she becomes off limits for any boys who dares to even think about her. On the other hand Cayden comes from toxic environment. In his 18yrs of life, he has to go through many traumatic experience while living with his foster dad. Then His life collided with Lily, and they felt an instant attraction towards each other that they both never felt for anyone else before. It was enemies to lovers with mild dose of bully romance. I loved, how much Cade and Lily pretended they hated each other but they couldn't deny the all consuming feelings they were experiencing. It was definitely an absolute enjoyable read.
August 20, 2023
****AVAILABLE NOW****
4 STARS
I really enjoyed this book, but I also really wish it wasn’t a HS bully book. This may be my fault because I didn’t read the blurb, and the cover does not look like a HS bully romance cover. It looked very college to me. I also saw a teaser and then two of my mutuals read it and liked it, so I just one clicked. That being said, I did really enjoy the story and the writing (like “I’m going to go check out her mafia series” enjoyed it).
It also appears that the rest of the books in the series will be following the same group into college, and the next one is best friend’s little sister, and dark and bully. Sign me up.
What I loved:
1. Cade is so broken and tortured. While he does bully Lily, it’s to protect a future he fights so hard for and to get out of the awful life he has. As the story goes, and we learn about him, readers can understand what drives his decisions. He isn’t a mean just to be mean.
2. Lily has an evolution throughout this book. Like a typical heroine in these books, she tries to stand up to him and backs down at times, but I often felt like it was to fight back in the way she could, with her strengths. What I loved most about her is how free she began to feel with him. He forces her to shed her mask and be who she is without judgment from him.
3. I love an outside conflict and this one was so good! I love a bit of suspense and danger with my romances.
4. I did enjoy the writing and the characters and plot line.
What I didn’t love:
1. I didn’t love they were seniors in high school. This is a personal preference of mine, but I also would have missed out on what could be great series if I would have known this in advance and not picked it up. Please note this did not affect my review rating because I chose to continue reading it.
2. The TW implied it would be very dark and it wasn’t in comparison to my expectations based on the warnings. There is mention of CNC but based on what we find out about the heroine and the hero prior to anything physical happening, her predilections are known to both of them, and they share the same desires.
3. I will say while I enjoyed the writing there were some proofreading issues, and I usually never mention them but this was a published copy, not an ARC. For example, distain vs. disdain was used, and it took my completely out of the story. I even went to google the word because I second guessed if I had been using the wrong word most of my life. I know there will be errors in books, nothing will be perfect, but the wrong word is a pretty big error for me, not like a missing comma or incorrect use of a dash.
All that being said, I think I found a new author to enjoy! I’ve heard their mafia books are amazing, and so I plan on binging her back list while I wait for the next standalone in this series!
4 STARS
I really enjoyed this book, but I also really wish it wasn’t a HS bully book. This may be my fault because I didn’t read the blurb, and the cover does not look like a HS bully romance cover. It looked very college to me. I also saw a teaser and then two of my mutuals read it and liked it, so I just one clicked. That being said, I did really enjoy the story and the writing (like “I’m going to go check out her mafia series” enjoyed it).
It also appears that the rest of the books in the series will be following the same group into college, and the next one is best friend’s little sister, and dark and bully. Sign me up.
What I loved:
1. Cade is so broken and tortured. While he does bully Lily, it’s to protect a future he fights so hard for and to get out of the awful life he has. As the story goes, and we learn about him, readers can understand what drives his decisions. He isn’t a mean just to be mean.
2. Lily has an evolution throughout this book. Like a typical heroine in these books, she tries to stand up to him and backs down at times, but I often felt like it was to fight back in the way she could, with her strengths. What I loved most about her is how free she began to feel with him. He forces her to shed her mask and be who she is without judgment from him.
3. I love an outside conflict and this one was so good! I love a bit of suspense and danger with my romances.
4. I did enjoy the writing and the characters and plot line.
What I didn’t love:
1. I didn’t love they were seniors in high school. This is a personal preference of mine, but I also would have missed out on what could be great series if I would have known this in advance and not picked it up. Please note this did not affect my review rating because I chose to continue reading it.
2. The TW implied it would be very dark and it wasn’t in comparison to my expectations based on the warnings. There is mention of CNC but based on what we find out about the heroine and the hero prior to anything physical happening, her predilections are known to both of them, and they share the same desires.
3. I will say while I enjoyed the writing there were some proofreading issues, and I usually never mention them but this was a published copy, not an ARC. For example, distain vs. disdain was used, and it took my completely out of the story. I even went to google the word because I second guessed if I had been using the wrong word most of my life. I know there will be errors in books, nothing will be perfect, but the wrong word is a pretty big error for me, not like a missing comma or incorrect use of a dash.
All that being said, I think I found a new author to enjoy! I’ve heard their mafia books are amazing, and so I plan on binging her back list while I wait for the next standalone in this series!
December 1, 2023
“I wanted to do more than lick her. I wanted to eat her whole. I wanted to devour her. It was a sobering realization.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶
Mila started this series off with a banger. This book has a ton of my favorite tropes. Dark hockey romance ✔️, bully ✔️, enemies to lovers✔️, boy from the wrong side of the tracks✔️✔️, touch her and die ✔️✔️✔️ Swooning! And then she threw in an emotional roller coaster ride. Mila Kane gets a big fat A+.
Lilian(Lily) is nerdy, an outcast, sheltered with overprotective parents. The hockey coaches daughter which makes her completely forbidden. She feels suffocated and sees her way out is by going to an away college. Then bad boy hockey star Cayden(Cade) from the wrong side of the tracks knows hockey is his only way out of his hellish life. He gets an opportunity to play for Hade Harbor an affluent town. While checking said town out he bumps into Lily. They immediately have an instant hatred in an odd way. Cayden has a troubled traumatic past and ends up in a bad situation with his foster father which makes him call his new hockey coach for help. Now his coach took him as a foster. Cade’s new bedroom is right next to Lily’s. How is Lily going to survive living with her bully ? How is Cayden going to keep Lily under his control? Will he uncover her secrets? Or her his?
Lily and Cade have an explosive pull towards each other in a sexy hate filled way. This book has spice. Like level 10 smexy the bomb diggity type spice. You also get secrets uncovered, revenge, horrifying backstory, poetic justice, redemption and so much more. If this is how the series kicks off, sign me up for the rest. I can’t wait to read more about these bad boy ice gods. Eve and Beckett’s story has my interest peaked.
Tropes: Dark Romance, Hockey, Enemies to Lovers, Bully, Foster Brother, Coaches Daughter, Virgin, Forced Proximity, Possessive MMC.
This is my first Mila Kane book and it made me a fan. I’m definitely going to go read her backlog. Mila rocked this book. 🤌🏼🫶🏼 Thank you and Grey Promo for the ARC.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶
Mila started this series off with a banger. This book has a ton of my favorite tropes. Dark hockey romance ✔️, bully ✔️, enemies to lovers✔️, boy from the wrong side of the tracks✔️✔️, touch her and die ✔️✔️✔️ Swooning! And then she threw in an emotional roller coaster ride. Mila Kane gets a big fat A+.
Lilian(Lily) is nerdy, an outcast, sheltered with overprotective parents. The hockey coaches daughter which makes her completely forbidden. She feels suffocated and sees her way out is by going to an away college. Then bad boy hockey star Cayden(Cade) from the wrong side of the tracks knows hockey is his only way out of his hellish life. He gets an opportunity to play for Hade Harbor an affluent town. While checking said town out he bumps into Lily. They immediately have an instant hatred in an odd way. Cayden has a troubled traumatic past and ends up in a bad situation with his foster father which makes him call his new hockey coach for help. Now his coach took him as a foster. Cade’s new bedroom is right next to Lily’s. How is Lily going to survive living with her bully ? How is Cayden going to keep Lily under his control? Will he uncover her secrets? Or her his?
Lily and Cade have an explosive pull towards each other in a sexy hate filled way. This book has spice. Like level 10 smexy the bomb diggity type spice. You also get secrets uncovered, revenge, horrifying backstory, poetic justice, redemption and so much more. If this is how the series kicks off, sign me up for the rest. I can’t wait to read more about these bad boy ice gods. Eve and Beckett’s story has my interest peaked.
Tropes: Dark Romance, Hockey, Enemies to Lovers, Bully, Foster Brother, Coaches Daughter, Virgin, Forced Proximity, Possessive MMC.
This is my first Mila Kane book and it made me a fan. I’m definitely going to go read her backlog. Mila rocked this book. 🤌🏼🫶🏼 Thank you and Grey Promo for the ARC.
May 12, 2024
everytime. i give dark romance a chance. I suffer terribly🩹
it's like authors don't know dark romance can be written without borderline grape and emotional AND physical abuse. to be clear, I'm the first girl in line for the bully trope but it's a very thin line to walk when writing a bully love interest. I have so much to say and yet each second I spend writing the review is one second I could spend forgetting it. the trauma is already making me forget it so I'll write this now as quickly as possible before all memories of this shitshow are erased by traumatic amnesia.
○ when someone sleeps, don't touch them 😃 that seems easy enough 😍 it's not dark romance it's just assault 🤪
○ she has no spine whatsoever no backbone no self worth no memory at all for that matter bc how can miss girl say "I'll never forgive you" for something genuinely terrible (as in he actively tried to ruin her future bc it didn't suit him) and get down and dirty with him not even 1 chapter later. every single awful thing he does, she somehow brainwashes herself to believe she wanted it all along but didn't know it, or that he did it bc he has a sad past like girlllllllll omg get a fucking grip!!!😡
○ he asks why she hates him, right after publicly humiliating her and causing the entire school to bully her so bad she got a broken nose, assaulting her friend, threatening her constantly, AND right after terrorizing her in a dark ice rink until she repeatedly fell and hut herself🤗
○ she collides with a hard chest or an immovable flesh wall AT LEAST 7 times in the entire book. once is already annoying but seven has got to be a bet to piss off the readers 🗣
○ never ever ever ever make me read another scene of public smut. it's cringe it's disgusting it's nightmare inducing pls fingering her under a blanket at a party in a room full of people AND his friend noticed and jokes about it LIKE WHY DID WE NEED THAT I want to cry and wash my eyes / mind with bleach🦅
○ if someone, in an effort to punish me for something I didn't do, put screenshots of my diary all over school in which I describe my CNC dreams in details (I'm talking about the MC I promise I don't have a diary) I would never, EVER talk to that person again without wishing them the worst misery this world has to offer. not our girl tho 😋 she goes out of her way to prove she didn't deserve it 🤨 WHAT DID THIS MAN DO TO YOU?!? fuck him!! fuck what he thinks 😩 stop proving anything to this mf and change schools immediately!!!
○ the foster situation was a big let down tbh he's basically staying over they're not really a foster family
○ but if it was this bad, and I went through all this bullshit, why 2 stars??? hear me out. the smut. was something. the man may not give a fuck about his girl being bullied and destroy her future for his own personal enjoyment but he is GOOD. despite him being a virgin he somehow gives her the best sex ever, props to the author for writing smut scenes this well🌟
○ did I mention him blackmailing her into spending a full day with c*m filled underwear (he stole them the night before and came on them, their only interactions so far were threats from him and her being nice and scared) and later as their relationship progresses her tucks her in to spend the night in a c*m covered bed with it down her thighs etc???? why is she ok with it?? it's not even a kink thing they're not turned on by the idea of sitting in their own mess they're just dirty fuckers. also, at some point it's said "bucket load of c*m inside her" and if i had to read it so do you
thank you for bearing with me while I get this off my chest😻 I purged it all out of me and can now proceed the healing process : forgetting and moving on to a romcom🎀
⚖️⛓️🫵BOOK JAIL🫵⛓️⚖️
it's like authors don't know dark romance can be written without borderline grape and emotional AND physical abuse. to be clear, I'm the first girl in line for the bully trope but it's a very thin line to walk when writing a bully love interest. I have so much to say and yet each second I spend writing the review is one second I could spend forgetting it. the trauma is already making me forget it so I'll write this now as quickly as possible before all memories of this shitshow are erased by traumatic amnesia.
○ when someone sleeps, don't touch them 😃 that seems easy enough 😍 it's not dark romance it's just assault 🤪
○ she has no spine whatsoever no backbone no self worth no memory at all for that matter bc how can miss girl say "I'll never forgive you" for something genuinely terrible (as in he actively tried to ruin her future bc it didn't suit him) and get down and dirty with him not even 1 chapter later. every single awful thing he does, she somehow brainwashes herself to believe she wanted it all along but didn't know it, or that he did it bc he has a sad past like girlllllllll omg get a fucking grip!!!😡
○ he asks why she hates him, right after publicly humiliating her and causing the entire school to bully her so bad she got a broken nose, assaulting her friend, threatening her constantly, AND right after terrorizing her in a dark ice rink until she repeatedly fell and hut herself🤗
○ she collides with a hard chest or an immovable flesh wall AT LEAST 7 times in the entire book. once is already annoying but seven has got to be a bet to piss off the readers 🗣
○ never ever ever ever make me read another scene of public smut. it's cringe it's disgusting it's nightmare inducing pls fingering her under a blanket at a party in a room full of people AND his friend noticed and jokes about it LIKE WHY DID WE NEED THAT I want to cry and wash my eyes / mind with bleach🦅
○ if someone, in an effort to punish me for something I didn't do, put screenshots of my diary all over school in which I describe my CNC dreams in details (I'm talking about the MC I promise I don't have a diary) I would never, EVER talk to that person again without wishing them the worst misery this world has to offer. not our girl tho 😋 she goes out of her way to prove she didn't deserve it 🤨 WHAT DID THIS MAN DO TO YOU?!? fuck him!! fuck what he thinks 😩 stop proving anything to this mf and change schools immediately!!!
○ the foster situation was a big let down tbh he's basically staying over they're not really a foster family
○ but if it was this bad, and I went through all this bullshit, why 2 stars??? hear me out. the smut. was something. the man may not give a fuck about his girl being bullied and destroy her future for his own personal enjoyment but he is GOOD. despite him being a virgin he somehow gives her the best sex ever, props to the author for writing smut scenes this well🌟
○ did I mention him blackmailing her into spending a full day with c*m filled underwear (he stole them the night before and came on them, their only interactions so far were threats from him and her being nice and scared) and later as their relationship progresses her tucks her in to spend the night in a c*m covered bed with it down her thighs etc???? why is she ok with it?? it's not even a kink thing they're not turned on by the idea of sitting in their own mess they're just dirty fuckers. also, at some point it's said "bucket load of c*m inside her" and if i had to read it so do you
thank you for bearing with me while I get this off my chest😻 I purged it all out of me and can now proceed the healing process : forgetting and moving on to a romcom🎀
⚖️⛓️🫵BOOK JAIL🫵⛓️⚖️
August 15, 2023
Bad Intentions takes you on an emotional and angst-filled rollercoaster ride, but don't worry; it wouldn't be a Mila Kane book without the possessive, dirty talkin' MMC and the HOT and SPICY smut.
𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎, 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓀𝓁𝑒𝓈, 𝐼'𝓂 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒.
Wow, Cade has been through some things. He had a horrible upbringing and didn't have much of a role model to depend on; his foster father was a piece of work.
He wants a change from his old life, and he finds that opportunity with Coach Eric from Hade Harbor. The coach and his family foster him so he can play for the team. He's now the new forward for the Hellions at Hade Harbor High School.
𝐼'𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓎, 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒.
Lily is the coach's daughter, and she is "off limits." She is a good girl, a straight-A student, and always has her nose in a book. That doesn't sit well with Cade.
𝐹--𝓀, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓀 𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸😻𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝓎 🍆 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝓎 💦.
He can't stand her, and he is ready to make his new foster sister pay, and he is going to enjoy every minute of it. But Lily has a dark side that no one knows about.
𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇.
She keeps all her deep, dark secrets hidden in her diary, and Cade can't wait to hold them over her head, but if he's planning on taking her down, she is going to take him with her.
𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒻--𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈.
I really loved these two together: the sexual tension and chemistry, and the spice is fire. Cade has one filthy, dirty mouth, and he is very possessive, and the nicknames he calls her Ooh, I just ate this book up. 🥵🔥
𝑀𝓎 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒.
I need more of this world. I can't wait for Beckett and Eve's story in Dark Delights.
𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎, 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓀𝓁𝑒𝓈, 𝐼'𝓂 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒.
Wow, Cade has been through some things. He had a horrible upbringing and didn't have much of a role model to depend on; his foster father was a piece of work.
He wants a change from his old life, and he finds that opportunity with Coach Eric from Hade Harbor. The coach and his family foster him so he can play for the team. He's now the new forward for the Hellions at Hade Harbor High School.
𝐼'𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓎, 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒.
Lily is the coach's daughter, and she is "off limits." She is a good girl, a straight-A student, and always has her nose in a book. That doesn't sit well with Cade.
𝐹--𝓀, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓀 𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸😻𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝓎 🍆 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝓎 💦.
He can't stand her, and he is ready to make his new foster sister pay, and he is going to enjoy every minute of it. But Lily has a dark side that no one knows about.
𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇.
She keeps all her deep, dark secrets hidden in her diary, and Cade can't wait to hold them over her head, but if he's planning on taking her down, she is going to take him with her.
𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒻--𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈.
I really loved these two together: the sexual tension and chemistry, and the spice is fire. Cade has one filthy, dirty mouth, and he is very possessive, and the nicknames he calls her Ooh, I just ate this book up. 🥵🔥
𝑀𝓎 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒.
I need more of this world. I can't wait for Beckett and Eve's story in Dark Delights.
August 10, 2023
Holllllly forbidden, fearful, lascivious words. 🥵🥵🥵 I absolutely could not put this book down.
Cade is “the dangerous hockey player from the wrong side of the tracks.”
Lily is “the uptight, straight-A student, Coach's daughter.”
And the pull they have towards each other? Absolutely explosive in a s e x y and hate-filled way.
This book has spice {my goodness, the spice} and hockey players and overbearing parents and bad boys and bullying {the oddly hot kind?} and retribution and horrifying backstories and so, so much more. This is the start of a new series and I can’t wait for more.
Excuse me as I go add Mila’s ENTIRE backlist to my TBR…
💕Favorite Quote💕
“You and I were destined to be more than strangers. We were always going to be more. We were born to collide."
Thanks so much to Mila Kane and Grey’s Promo for the ARC of this book!
Cade is “the dangerous hockey player from the wrong side of the tracks.”
Lily is “the uptight, straight-A student, Coach's daughter.”
And the pull they have towards each other? Absolutely explosive in a s e x y and hate-filled way.
This book has spice {my goodness, the spice} and hockey players and overbearing parents and bad boys and bullying {the oddly hot kind?} and retribution and horrifying backstories and so, so much more. This is the start of a new series and I can’t wait for more.
Excuse me as I go add Mila’s ENTIRE backlist to my TBR…
💕Favorite Quote💕
“You and I were destined to be more than strangers. We were always going to be more. We were born to collide."
Thanks so much to Mila Kane and Grey’s Promo for the ARC of this book!
September 1, 2023
im not usually a huge fan of the bully trope but in this case i ate it up! i really enjoyed this book and binged it on my day off!
May 4, 2024
Why did I finish it?
August 8, 2023
This is my first Mila Kane book and I devoured it! It has everything that I like to read in a bully romance. Broken alpha-hole, feisty but shy FMC, steam, so much steam, and then finally getting their HEA. Lily and Cayden's story had me hooked from the beginning. I laughed out loud at parts and cried at others. I can not wait to read more stories in this series. I have another favorite author added to my list.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Shelved as 'avoid'
August 26, 2023Self note
Nothing wrong with this book.
I simply outgrew the nerdy, boring heroines- even if they love bugs.🤷🏻♀️
Nothing wrong with this book.
I simply outgrew the nerdy, boring heroines- even if they love bugs.🤷🏻♀️
May 6, 2024
All On The Line is Lo Everett’s debut novel and overall a fantastic one at that.
The story follows Poppy and Hendrix. Hendrix a professional baseball player who just moved to Denver after being traded. He ends up falling for a fiery redhead named Poppy. She is a strong independent woman with a unique career and is working her way to try and do some audiobook narrator.
I loved Hendrix and Poppy's relationship. They are the cutest, their chemistry was undeniable and the banter between them is everything!!! They each have their own internal struggles to work through, plus Poppy has some family drama. But once that is over, they are really there for each other and help the other grow. I especially loved Poppy’s nickname for Hendrix.
And I can’t forget Nana…she stole the whole book!! :-)
Overall I really enjoyed this one. The character building was great and loved all the other characters in the story and cannot wait to read more of the Denver Bandits.
Thank you to Lo for sending me an eARC.
Overall: 4
Spice: 2
Tropes:
-Baseball Romance
-Neighbors to Lovers
-Found Family
-No 3rd Act Breakup
The story follows Poppy and Hendrix. Hendrix a professional baseball player who just moved to Denver after being traded. He ends up falling for a fiery redhead named Poppy. She is a strong independent woman with a unique career and is working her way to try and do some audiobook narrator.
I loved Hendrix and Poppy's relationship. They are the cutest, their chemistry was undeniable and the banter between them is everything!!! They each have their own internal struggles to work through, plus Poppy has some family drama. But once that is over, they are really there for each other and help the other grow. I especially loved Poppy’s nickname for Hendrix.
And I can’t forget Nana…she stole the whole book!! :-)
Overall I really enjoyed this one. The character building was great and loved all the other characters in the story and cannot wait to read more of the Denver Bandits.
Thank you to Lo for sending me an eARC.
Overall: 4
Spice: 2
Tropes:
-Baseball Romance
-Neighbors to Lovers
-Found Family
-No 3rd Act Breakup
August 25, 2023
Weak plot, i dont get why the major point in any story should be about virginity and having sex it's always the same thing and it's just boring. Cayden = a bully and blackmailed the fmc to get in her pants and thats just disgusting i really dont know how anyone would praise such a character
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