RATING: Cover - 3 stars, Writing - 4 stars, Characters - 5 stars, Humor - 5 Stars, Pacing - 5 stars, Enjoyment - 5 stars, OVERALL RATING - ⭐️5⭐️ STARS

I loved this book.

It was funny, quirky, and adorable.

Alex as a main character was so god damn cute, and awkward. But yet he had the perfect amount of charming on him.

Violet was so fucking funny omg. I laughed so hard during this book because of Violet.

THIS BOOK WAS HILARIOUS.

It was also adorable, and it was a sports romance which I don’t really dabble in much

But it’s safe to say I absolutely love this book ❤️

- Another shit review from Abi

*3.5

"'Mila." I turn my head and press a kiss to her ankle, to the bare skin just above her fluffy sock. "You've been such a good girl."'


This 60-page novella did wonders for my praise kink.

I was so invested in this entire story. The romance was super entertaining, the characters were great, the plot was super fun. This is unlike anything I've read before, and I'm very excited to pick up the sequel.

Another cliffhanger? S.T. Abby is just asking me to binge these. Anyways, I’m literally so addicted to this series, it’s so entertaining

This was a great ending to the series. I was on the edge of my seat, praying Lana got her revenge and a good ending with Logan. This wrapped up really nicely, and I really enjoyed this series as a whole

“‘I want you.’ he said simply. Just you. Nothing else. Only ever you,” he breathed out in pain, closing his eyes. ‘Fuck, Emilia. You.’”





Second read — April 2022


So I decided to reread this book bc I really want to get into the spin-off series All Saints High and I didn’t really remember much from this. I rated this 4 stars the first time I read it, but I’m bumping down my rating a whole star. This was fine and fun, but I just couldn’t stand Emilia or Vicious (and I laughed every time Vicious’s name came up). These characters felt very immature, and reckless.


There were flashback scenes from when Emilia and Vicious were in high school, and despite that timeline taking place 10 years prior, it felt like these characters had no discernible growth and development. The timelines felt a little interchangeable in terms of character personality, and it was truly annoying. I’m all for morally gray, asshole characters who have a fucked up moral compass and come off as extremely unlikeable. In fact, some of my favorite characters are all those things.


But Emilia and Vicious were just annoying with this personality traits, and not charming at all. I couldn’t find myself to enjoy their characters, or sympthaize with their struggles. We really only got full character development in the last 20% of the book, when Vicious starts groveling for Emilia. And my petty ass honestly didn’t think he groveled enough. I enjoyed most of the plot and I was entertained with the story, but I just couldn’t find myself to care abt the relationship as much as I did the first time reading.


Honestly, this isn’t meant to be a rude statement or anything, but Vicious honestly reads like a mid Wattpad book. The writing is cheesy at times and mediocre at best. The characters aren’t very fleshed out, and the story is one of the ones you have to suspend your disbelief for a lot (which is a major thing in a lot of Wattpad books I’ve read). And don’t get this statement twisted. Some of my favorite books ever are Wattpad books. But we all know some of the things that are written on Wattpad aren’t peak literature, and that’s honestly what this feels like???


I am intrigued to read the rest of the series though. I didn’t get around to doing that the first time, and I really liked Dean and Rosie. I’m interested to learn more abt their relationship, and also read the first prequel novella in this series so I can read the spin-off books. But unfortunately, I didn’t love Vicious as much as I did as a first time reader.


3 stars


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First read — November 2020


⭐️4⭐️ STARS

All I wanna say is while the relationship was borderline abusive, and this book was kinda fucked up...is it bad for still liking it?

I honestly just wanted to read a best friend’s sibling romance, so here we are. This was fine, but nothing special or memorable.

*1.5; SPOILERS AHEAD


Well...this was something. And by something, I mean, wtf did I just read? This was awful. I honestly haven't read a book this bad in quite some time. I enjoyed the first book in the Sinners and Saints series by L.J. (Vicious) well enough. I gave it three stars. It was fun and a quick read, but I had issues with it that I overall couldn't overlook. With Defy, however, I had no fun reading this novella and this took me two days to finish (it's literally 120 pgs???).


One of the main reasons I didn't like this was because I didn't enjoy following our heroine, Melody. Melody was obnoxious and boring to follow. The only thing she really did was whine about her job, her students, and Jamie's mom, and have sex with Jamie. That's really this entire novella. And let me tell you, even the sex with Jamie wasn't enjoyable because he literally used his toe to get her off. Yes, you read that right. He fucked her with his TOE. Look, I don't kink shame, be whatever you want to be into, but wtf? Sincerely, wtf? And then Jamie literally says, "'I'm going to come in your mouth, and you're going to come on my toe.'" gAgS. That was not at all sexy. I remember my stomach actually roiling reading this scene.


Speaking of Jamie...Jamie is such a fucking creep. He literally admits to following home Melody home for half the school year and Melody is like "yeah that's creepy and really weird but he's just doing it bc he loves me." huh??? No, that's just literally him being creepy. That's not cute or endearing what's so ever. "'I followed you to your apartment, tried to steal a private peek through your bedroom window. I don't know why I did that. I got hooked. From that day on, I followed you everywhere like an eager puppy.'" (there's more but I'm to lazy to type it all out). No this is fucking WEIRD. Idc how cute L.J. Shen was trying to make this, this is disgusting. I could not stand behind Jamie because of this.


This also makes a rape joke, because what else could L.J. possibly add to make this better. "'You know how dangerous it is to look this good on a campus that big? I could get fucking roofied, Ms. G.'" Yes because getting roofied and raped is so funny.


This also makes a point of student-teacher relationships being, ok??? I'm fine reading a teacher x student romance book. It's fiction. You can literally write whatever you want in fiction. But I draw the line when there is a clear message about student-teacher relationships being ok irl. "Because that was the problem with society. It cared too much about who you fell in love with but never why. The why matters. The who is irrelevant. Idk how lightly L.J. Shen was trying to portray this message or if it was just a part of Melody's character (which I honestly wouldn't be surprised because every decision Melody makes in this story is whack). But idk this just felt like Shen was saying "teacher-student relationships are ok" which most are not ok whatsoever.


Anyways, the only reason this isn't a complete one star is because of the information this book gives us about the past with the HotHoles. Vicious talks a lot about the things that happen when they're young in his POV during his book, as well as Emilia, but they don't really go into explicit detail about what happens. They just kind of tell you things, withoutfully explaining it. We learned more about Defy, about the building they burnt down, and about Vicious as a character as well which was interesting (because even though he's a total asshole, I still like Vicious. Never said my taste in men was good).


So, this was really badly written, and I might take a break from this series now because I really did not like this book. This would have worked so much better if this was a full-length novel, and we had more development and story for the characters. I can't honestly understand why this isn't a full-length novel because it would have worked so much better that way rather than just a novella. But who I am to determine that lmao.


Sinners of Saints

Defy - ★
Vicious - ★★★
Ruckus - tbd
Scandalous - tbd
Bane - tbd


All Saints High

Pretty Reckless - tbd
Broken Knight - tbd
Angry God - tbd


1.5 star

This was another great introduction into DC comics for me (since this is more along the lines of a graphic novel than a comic). I used to watch the Teen Titans cartoon when I was little, and Raven was always my favorite character, so seeing her brought to life was really great.


The art was fantastic, and the story was also really fun to follow. I’m excited to pick up the second book in this series.

I think I enjoyed this a little more than Ravens story. The art style is so good, and I really liked this origin story for Beast Boy. Excited to read book 3