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Title: Bad, Bad Bluebloods

Series: Rich Boys of Burberry Prep #2

Author: C.M. Stunich

Genre: Bully, Romance, Reverse Harem, High School, Dark, Contemporary, New Adult, Fiction

Trigger Warnings: foul language and sexual scenes; any sex featured is consensual

Date Started: February 14th, 2023

Date Finished: February 15th, 2023

Status: Finished

Rating: 3.8/5

Sypnosis: Break the rich boys.
It’s tricky, but doable.
Jerks like them don’t deserve to rule Burberry Prep.
No, Tristan, Zayd, and Creed are going to pay, and I plan to make an example of them.
Then there’s Zack, the varsity football d*ck. Oh, and did I mention a prince just transferred to the academy? Whatever will I do with those two?
Revenge is wicked sweet; I can’t wait for a taste.

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Defend ourselves against the charity case.
We’re the Idols of the school, the kings of the campus.
Marnye Elizabeth Reed.
That girl is nothing like the ones we’re used to. We just can’t decide if we hate her … or love her.
She might come from nothing, but she sure is determined to stir up something at the academy.
She says she’ll meet our challenge dead-on; we’ll make sure she regrets that.

Review: I really wish people would stop adding young adult to dark romance fiction. This should never be geared toward them. And this book, even despite the fact the characters are fifteen to sixteen years of age, is one of them that should never be allowed to be picked up by a young adult unless of age to read these.

Now with that out of the way...

This book picks up a bit after the first book. Marnye hasn't quite changed in character. She feels still a bit like she was in the last book - no real character growth. She is vengeful and still in love with the boys which broke her heart. She is still literally obsessed with them and not in the sense of really returning the favor of an "eye for an eye".

We now have a British prince added to the mix. The tenth in line to the British throne. Not one from a country we never heard of but of Britain itself. A bit of a black sheep much like his cousin, Harry. A prince notorious for causing trouble for his family. And now he has been placed at Burberry where he first meets Marnye before meeting the Bluebloods of Burberry Prep. And when he does meet them, he turns them down. He prefers the company of Marnye and her group.

We also have Zack. Much like the Idols of Burberry Prep, he made Marnye's life miserable in the past and though he does try to amend his ways, she is not quite ready to forgive.

But the funny thing is she is willing to forgive others. This made no sense to me. I would have thought she would do the same for him, but it is apparent that she holds a grudge against him no how much he tries to undo the things he has done.

As for the Idols, they seem a bit remorseful but not quite. Some of them even warn Marnye of the plans from the girls. They still have a dislike for her but there are feelings? It was just a bit strange for me especially since they sought to humiliate her in the last book.

But what do I know.

Once again, a bit of plotholes here and there. Some inconsistencies with Marnye like her love for History. I am a big fan of History and I keep books on my Kindle for me to read. You do not see this with Marnye. She never bothers picking up a book nor do we see her joining a History club. All I see is her vain need to join the cheerleading squad.