The books opens with a flashback taking us 10 years before where Emilia first meets Vicious in the town of Todos Santos and what leads to huge misunderstanding in Vicious’s teenage mind. It follows the relationship between Baron “Vicious” Spencer and Emilia LeBlanc. Shen a Best-selling contemporary romance author brings out all the angst feelings in this dark(ish) romance novel series.

if this is not the place, if u could drop me a subreddit, that would be great.L.J. I’m just surprised there hasn’t been much outrage about this book considering its popularity lol.Įdit: im not sure where to rant abt new adult books i feel strangely abt. My opinion: since this is a new adult romance book and it’s not geared towards teenagers, it’s fine to enjoy as fantasy but also if people wanna criticize this guy’s objectification towards women in the present day world, it’s also fine. How do u guys feel about that? Since it’s just a fiction book, it isn’t that deep to analyze about and it’s easy to ignore? Or do u think the problem roots deeper?

Like I will not deny the chemistry between him and Emilia (it is rly intense and I got butterflies at some moments) but he says some rly disgusting things, which he doesn’t redeem himself enough at the end for. So I’m rereading vicious by lj shen- and this guy really hates women and looks down on the lower class. “Doesn’t it feel like we’ve come full circle? The daughter of the help becomes…” I dragged my tongue across my lower lip.

“That’s when I was going to show her she was nothing more than my property.” I was going to f*ck Dean’s ex-girlfriend, use her for my personal needs, and toss her away when I was done.' She’d be fragile, insecure, and vindictive. “He was going to dump her-hopefully with her virginity still intact-hurt and angry and looking for a rebound.

“She was going to stay small and insignificant.

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