****4 Stars****
This has been such a difficult review to write, and indeed a difficult book to read. Personally I always have trouble getting into a book when I don't like the main character, and I did not like Apple, the main character of this book. However since this is a just my personal opinion I've tried to be objective when considering this review.
I pretty much hated Apple for the first half of this book, I found her to be selfish, nasty and just down right self-centred, and for this reason I had trouble getting into this book. She did somewhat turn it around by the end and vow to change but the damage was already done. I found her reasoning for being the way she was lacking, yes she had been treated terribly but the things she had done since we're way worse. She was a terrible person and although she did get a dose of karma she still came out better than she deserved I thought.
This book is written well, as are the characters, my struggle with this book was in no way a reflection of the authors abilities, more just my personal aversion to characters like Apple, I just could not find it in me to be invested in her future. In fact, to be honest I wanted her to come out of it a lot worse off than she did in the end.
This is one of those cruel intentions type stories, so if you want to read about the b*tch, the villian of the story getting a dose of karma and attempting to redeem herself then you'll love this, just be prepared to have a strong urge to punch your Kindle haha. The ending has left me very intrigued to what will happen next, and that epilogue! Brick is one effed up individual!
I pretty much hated Apple for the first half of this book, I found her to be selfish, nasty and just down right self-centred, and for this reason I had trouble getting into this book. She did somewhat turn it around by the end and vow to change but the damage was already done. I found her reasoning for being the way she was lacking, yes she had been treated terribly but the things she had done since we're way worse. She was a terrible person and although she did get a dose of karma she still came out better than she deserved I thought.
This book is written well, as are the characters, my struggle with this book was in no way a reflection of the authors abilities, more just my personal aversion to characters like Apple, I just could not find it in me to be invested in her future. In fact, to be honest I wanted her to come out of it a lot worse off than she did in the end.
This is one of those cruel intentions type stories, so if you want to read about the b*tch, the villian of the story getting a dose of karma and attempting to redeem herself then you'll love this, just be prepared to have a strong urge to punch your Kindle haha. The ending has left me very intrigued to what will happen next, and that epilogue! Brick is one effed up individual!
Blurb
She knows better. She just doesn’t care.
Apple Malloy is a woman scorned. Scorned by a society that has shamed her, and scorned by the men who have claimed her. On the verge of college graduation, Apple finds herself entangled in one last game of manipulation, deceit and sexual corruption with her former lover, and constant enabler, Brick Valmont.
Apple sets her sights on Jensen Moon—the enigmatic professor who had failed her the semester prior—and vows revenge. She’ll make him fall in love with her, and then break his heart, leaving his reputation destroyed in the process.
Brick makes her a wager she can’t refuse.
If Apple can seduce Jensen before Brick can sleep with Tyra Young, the beautiful, innocent daughter of a sitting U.S. Senator, then she will emerge victorious. If she wins, she gets the satisfaction that she has beaten him at his own game. If she loses, she must sleep with Brick one last time before heading separate ways.
Apple is a pro at this. She knows how to maneuver men and wrap them around her finger. She knows how to get what she wants, but Jensen tosses an unexpected grenade into her path to victory. Soon, she realizes it is she that might face the worst fate of all.
She falls in love.
Jensen has a power over Apple and it terrifies her. He can make her feel things. He can make her heart race. He might be the only one capable of saving her soul before it’s too late. But one thing is certain—nobody escapes unscathed in this titillating story of manipulation where nothing is as it appears.
Bad Reputation is the first book in the Bad Reputation series, and is loosely based on the 1782 classic novel, Dangerous Liaisons.
Apple Malloy is a woman scorned. Scorned by a society that has shamed her, and scorned by the men who have claimed her. On the verge of college graduation, Apple finds herself entangled in one last game of manipulation, deceit and sexual corruption with her former lover, and constant enabler, Brick Valmont.
Apple sets her sights on Jensen Moon—the enigmatic professor who had failed her the semester prior—and vows revenge. She’ll make him fall in love with her, and then break his heart, leaving his reputation destroyed in the process.
Brick makes her a wager she can’t refuse.
If Apple can seduce Jensen before Brick can sleep with Tyra Young, the beautiful, innocent daughter of a sitting U.S. Senator, then she will emerge victorious. If she wins, she gets the satisfaction that she has beaten him at his own game. If she loses, she must sleep with Brick one last time before heading separate ways.
Apple is a pro at this. She knows how to maneuver men and wrap them around her finger. She knows how to get what she wants, but Jensen tosses an unexpected grenade into her path to victory. Soon, she realizes it is she that might face the worst fate of all.
She falls in love.
Jensen has a power over Apple and it terrifies her. He can make her feel things. He can make her heart race. He might be the only one capable of saving her soul before it’s too late. But one thing is certain—nobody escapes unscathed in this titillating story of manipulation where nothing is as it appears.
Bad Reputation is the first book in the Bad Reputation series, and is loosely based on the 1782 classic novel, Dangerous Liaisons.
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