Publication date: April 4 2016
Published by: TimeOut LLC
Genre:New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, High School
1st read Rating:
2nd read Rating:
Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
These Royals will ruin you…
THIS IS NOT A YA BOOK! STOP ADVERTISING IT AS SUCH!
2nd read (Mar 29 2019)
What.Was.I.Thinking.With.The.5.Stars 😲
This book is bad. Really bad. Apart from the bad writing, it oversexualises teenagers (so many sexual references, innuendos and sexual acts) and redeems disgusting creeps who happen to be out of this world handsome (and rich) so we shouldn't care that they are total pigs. Also, they have a good heart deep down inside and they can definitely be redeemed by the love of a decent woman.
Barf.
Stop sending these unrealistic messages to young girls! Stop building expectations: high schools are not filled with incredibly rich, beautiful 6"4 17 year old guys, who are completely wretched sure, but are good in sex! Just stop!
Also, Ella. She is the heroine, the main female character. This girl had been through so much in her past, having to do a lot of very difficult and uncomfortable things to survive and support her sick mom, and good on her that she did. She also appears very street smart which I guess you would have to be having been though all that.
Now, are we supposed to believe that she completely ignores how much these guys suck and how horrible they treat her and hook up with not one, but two of them in one month? And for what? So she can live in a mansion and have a car, money and food? Well, I guess she can blame it on survival, but I am pretty sure she could survive without being the Royals' bitch because that's what she ended up becoming. Showing you have respect for yourself doesn't mean throwing down (in your underwear, like you do) with one spoiled, entitled little girl that insulted you at school. It means standing up for yourself whenever anyone insults you, belittles you, or makes you feel unsafe, especially in this case, where the boys have apparent power over Ella in every aspect and they are taking full advantage of it. The scene when Easton propositions Ella in the kitchen in the most disgusting way and Reed is looking at them smiling, would make any reasonable person either punch the guy, kick him in the nuts or leave. Ella decided to make out with him instead. And then with his other brother. That is what vulnerable and impressionable young adult minds can take away from this book.
One thing I will say though, this book is highly addictive and unputdownable. I don't know what that means for such a bad book, but there you go.
Unfortunately, I never change my ratings after re reads so this will have to remain as is 😠
I am determined however to read the rest of the books and see how far this absurdity goes.
1st read (Nov 4 2016)
I know I probably shouldn't but I can't help the 5 stars. I just couldn't put it down. Way way over the top and slightly sexist but at the same time extremely entertaining. Definitely a book I love to hate!
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