[Book Review] Kings of Lockdown

 

The sex tape

The fish stew
The Unspeakables
The storm
The font
The bathtub
The ice
The gun
The clothes
The humiliation
The shower
The letters
THE VOW

I had my chance to run from these brutal boys and I didn’t take it. The bonds between us are too strong now. Bonds of blood, oaths, betrayal and vengeance. And I intend to make good on all of them. I’ve made my list. And I won’t stop until each and every one of their crimes has been paid for.

Divide and conquer. We’re going to tear them apart from the inside out. I won’t quit until I’ve had my pound of flesh and then some. These broken boys paint themselves up as kings and stand themselves on a pedestal above everybody else. But that only means they’ve got further to fall. And they’re going to fall hard.

I know their strength now, but I’ve learned their weaknesses too. And I might just be becoming their greatest one. My father taught me how to survive, and it’s time to use everything I know about predators to lure them into my own trap.

Lies, betrayal, seduction. I’ll use every weapon at my disposal to bring them to their knees and once I’m done with them, they won’t own me.

I’ll own them.

This is book 2 in a dark romance series with love-hate themes, scenes of intense bullying, sexual scenes and may have triggers for some readers. It is a reverse harem which means the main character will end up with multiple partners.

I have a confession to make. I have not read a bad book from these authors yet, and this book did not disappoint. This is the second book in the Everlake Prep series, and it is primarily a bully romance/enemies to lovers romance. It's also a reverse harem (which I am kind of digging these days). I did not know if I was into bully romance, but I tried out Zodiac Academy (also from these lovely ladies) and I loved it. It made me feel so many emotions, which is not usually the case when I read. I normally read and enjoy the story, but am not usually affected by any particular emotions. Bully romance makes me feel everything; love, hate, embarrassment, etc etc. Bully romance is not for everyone, but if you enjoy it please do yourself a favor and look into these authors!

This second book is all about revenge. In the first book Tatum is humiliated and degraded by the main boys (Saint, Kyan, Blake) because they are trying to punish her for her fathers alleged injustice. But, they also want to protect her and have her be theirs in every sense of the word. Well, Tate decides that she will go along with their "punishments," but she will also give her own set of punishments back. 

This book had a lot of character development with the boys. I really enjoy Tatum's character because she is fierce and a badass, but she is also human. She slips up, makes mistakes, and then corrects them. She's also all about revenge and I love to see it. But, what I love about her is that she also have her limits when it comes to revenge; she's not a monster. She does some things, and she end sup regretting them, and that's okay. 

Overall, I 100% recommend this series. The first book in the series is Kings of Quarantine, so start there. Let me know what you think. Do you love or hate bully romance? Or, are you somewhere in between?

Caroline Peckham is the bestselling author of The Vampire Games Series, The Age of Vampires Saga, The Rise of Isaac Series and the Forbidden Fairytales Series.

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Caroline lives in the south east England in a tiny cottage. When she's not writing, she's binging Netflix shows, going to the gym or at the pub pretending to be cool.

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I am Susanne Valenti and I write all kinds of Romance with my sister and co-author Caroline Peckham and you’ve just looked at a bunch of pictures of our faces 

I live in England with the Queen and the red buses and all that jazz. We’re down in the south east, kinda near London but far enough out to be able to look at fields all wistfully and shit if the mood takes me.

I’m married to a dude I met when I was 17 who seemed like a keeper so I held on tight. We have two gorgeous kiddies, a girl and a boy who are in that mental toddler stage so that keeps me busy a lot with jumping in muddy puddles and cutting and sticking and roll playing as a monster (why do I always have to be the t-rex?? But also, why do I always volunteer for the roll? )

I like to run (alright, like is a bit strong, but I do get my ass out of the house and run while pushing a running buggy with a little boy on board who likes to shout at me to go faster because Daddy is getting away – rude, right?)

My parents are the best, they are super supportive with all of this writing madness me and Caroline have embarked upon and also dive in five hundred percent when my kids demand fairy hunts in the garden, an imaginary tea party or even a millionth rendition of Old McDonald Had A Farm and it’s thanks to them that I get the time to get any writing done at all 

I’ve got two cats who are always up to something and a few fish in a tank who seem to be living their best lives…and I think I’m out of interesting facts there….