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Ruthless Rejection by P.H. Nix

Series:
Edgewood Academy Elite #2

Genre:
Reverse Harem, Dark, Academia, Contemporary, High School, Bully Romance, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Book Series, Fetish and Kinks, BDSM, Angst, Drama

Publication Date:
April 14, 2023

Read Date:
May 17th, 2023

Date Finished:
May 18th, 2023

Rating:
3 out of 5

Blurb:

Edgewood threatens to chew me up and spit me out.

Since moving to town, my life has been turned on its axis. Everything I thought I knew is a lie, and even as secrets are revealed, more questions arise.

I’ve been forced into a ruthless game—one with deadly consequences in order to take care of my siblings in my parents’ absence. A game that has the Queen Bee of the school out for my blood because the heirs of the school are fighting to win me over.

The question is, are their motives pure, or will I be on the receiving end of a Ruthless Rejection?

Ruthless Rejection is book two in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series. It is a slow burn why choose dark high school bully romance. Meaning the main character will end up with more than one love interest. As the series progresses, so will the level of darkness.

It is an 18+ series with profanity, a feisty heroine, bullying, and obsessive and possessive themes.

Content Warning: This might not be the series for you if you have triggers. Please remember self-care.

Some potential triggers include: bullying, anxiety disorder, torture scenes, and kidnapping. Please visit the authors website for a more detailed list.

Review:

I have been mulling over this book for over an hour and a half. Part of me loved the first book because we got introduced to this wild society filled with secrets, selections, and tons of drama. This one had the same vibe to it but it came out mediocre and the entire storyline was beginning to grate on my nerves. The characters never seemed to have any growth to them and the whole drama was getting stale. There was nothing within this story that would have salvaged my feel for it. There were time jumps, and Samantha's temper tantrums (that seemed to be growing old especially since she is supposed to be an almost adult).

No matter how much I tried to enjoy this book, I would have to step away from it. Go do something and come back, but it never seemed to help the story to get any better. I had so many expectations for this book because I enjoyed the first one. The second ones are usually the most promising, but this one was not.

I am hoping the upcoming third novel restores my faith in this series.