Worse than Enemies by J.L. Beck 🏊🏻
Book Tropes:
- enemies to lovers
- trauma
- bullying
- good girl (kinda) x bad boy
My Review:
☆☆☆ stars
okay wow. there was definitely a lot of…drama in this book to the point that I felt like I was watching a teen drama show.
the FMC’s mom was sick and so messed up that it’s understandable why the MMC hated the FMC for the longest time. the things that happened to the MMC due to the FMC’s mom being sick and so depraved that i felt so bad for him once the truth/mini-plot twist was revealed.
with that being said, I felt as though the execution was a bit…underwhelming and I don’t feel the “connection” or “chemistry” between the MMC and FMC either, especially at the end. on top of that, the FMC was so exhausting.
I’ve read countless books where the FMC is seen as a “weak gazelle” with no backbone and no sense of standing up for herself, yeah well the FMC in this book takes the cake. she was beyond weak, had no backbone, no sense of awareness, and always wanted to help the MMC even after the shit he put her through (understandably so as I found out in the end). she always wanted to help him and insisted on being friends and being close with him and in my head I was like “Are you dense?,” because she never stood up for herself and let the MMC and a couple others treat her like absolute shit. who the FMC was as a whole just wasn’t for my liking and I found the MMC quite boring honestly.
overall, this story wasn’t anything too exciting. it felt similar to other step-sibling romances in the sense that the enemies-to-lovers trope played a big role in it. the characters were nothing interesting and the book was just meh for me.
Book Blurb:
The first time we met, it was an accident.
The second was the night my mother told me she was marrying his father.
I didn’t know his name then, but I do now.
Hayes Ambrose.
Captain of the swim team.
Popular, gorgeous, the guy every girl wants, with a smile that's hiding a million secrets.
In the beginning, I was certain we would become fast friends, until the day I heard a conversation that I was never supposed to hear.
Overnight he became my worst nightmare, my bully.
He’ll do anything to keep me quiet, and I’ll do anything to discover the truth.
Until the truth is revealed and I realize it’s far more terrifying than I ever expected.
The second was the night my mother told me she was marrying his father.
I didn’t know his name then, but I do now.
Hayes Ambrose.
Captain of the swim team.
Popular, gorgeous, the guy every girl wants, with a smile that's hiding a million secrets.
In the beginning, I was certain we would become fast friends, until the day I heard a conversation that I was never supposed to hear.
Overnight he became my worst nightmare, my bully.
He’ll do anything to keep me quiet, and I’ll do anything to discover the truth.
Until the truth is revealed and I realize it’s far more terrifying than I ever expected.
