Reverse Harem HS "Bully" Step-Sibling

Characters: Group of hot AF HS boys who have a dark secret; Hunter, Ledger, Ash, and Samson. Typical stereotypes: hot untouchable leader, hot tease, hot broody bad boy, hot cinnamon roll nerd. Hunter's dad remarries and introduces Briar, the stepsister who is also hot but closed off.

Plot: boys bully, Briar stands up and gains respect then drops a bomb about her past. The boys take her in as one of them and sexy time starts. Each boy has a secret or dark past that they want to get some sort of revenge for. Briar and the boys decide to take her past on too when it comes calling.

Sex: 2 chili peppers. HS setting for low-level smut is iffy for me but it's not like I don't know it happens. Some readers may think this is super hot. I believe all characters are 18 yo at least.

Pacing is slow-fast-cliffhanger. There are plot holes and unanswered devices that hang there. This is so far from a bully plot it's hilarious. The guys bully Briar for like two days at most before it's insta-love for all of them. And the whole "ruthless" part of this book - not. in. the. slightest. There is nothing ruthless about any of these characters except for rumors. Their actual personalities are just bad and they do a few things that are low-level misdemeanors.

The whole idea of Briar being a "queen" in this book - rubbish. There are way more plot holes, especially with the timeline between Briar and her mum moving from California to Massachusetts and the reason they left in the first place.

This is a hot train wreck so of course, I read the second book.

18+ readers, Reader Responsibility

**All thoughts and opinions are my own. Read on my personal KU subscription.** ( )

Have some respect for yourself woman. Drop these guys and get some help. ( )