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| Cruel Love Book 1 |
Reign
My life was impossibly normal. Living by honest means, working a regular job, and being a fumbling and awkward teenager were just the norm.
Until Mama remarried. Being thrown into a world so different from mine is jarring. The parties, the people, the wealth-
And my stepbrother.
Santiago is everything I’m not. He’s carved from stone— a god amongst mortals-with an intelligence and elegance that I’ll never possess, and I can’t help but wonder who he is behind his cruel but apathetic facade.
What started as nothing turned into everything. What was only an infatuation turned into an obsession.
Because I didn’t understand what it would mean to be his.
Nevermore is Part I of “The Cruel Love” duet. Fall into a world of summer love, obsession, and heartache.
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My Review: 4/5 Stars
First things first. Need to warn you that this is a part one of two on Reign and Santiago’s story. So yes, bit of a cliffhanger to their story and it will continue in the next book! Of which I hope comes in soon after that story! So to back up on what this story is about. Santiago learned the hard truth from his dad the moment his mom died that you have to watch out for yourself. The world they live in, with all these rich and fake people, are going to look for weakness, so never show it. And after losing his mom, any feelings he had gets shoved down with a layer of ice over it. So he spends the next two years being cold and distant and going through the motions. Even when his dad surprises him with a sudden new wife and a stepson. A stepson who at first just shows Santiago this meek and pathetic side…until he doesn’t. Because when pushed, Reign has a fire deep inside. A fire that immediately cracks the ice in Santiago. And for the first time in a long time, he is intrigued. And an intrigued Santiago is a dangerous thing. But what surprises him the most is when this obsession turns to love. For Reign, he can’t be more shocked than the moment his mother comes home announcing she got married and they are moving. Talk about whiplash. The world they live in is the complete opposite of his so called new family. And it shows with every step they take. But when he hits a turning point with Santiago, there is no coming back. But love may not be enough for the future they both so desperately want. Great first part to this story! But that ending! Ouch! Definitely need part two soon to see how these two find their happy ending. There is a lot Santiago and Reign still have to work out before they can get what they both want. But I really loved this first part as they slowly broke the walls between them down and how it shifted into something more. Can’t wait to see how it all ends!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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