Vicious (Sinners of Saint, #1) by L. J. Shen - Book Review + Quotes
December 21, 2017
Kindle Edition, 328 pages
Published December 27th 2016
Emilia
They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.
The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares.
He is a brilliant lawyer.
A skilled criminal.
A beautiful liar.
A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover.
Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him.
Vicious
She is a starving artist.
Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom.
Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down.
She paid the price.
Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate.
That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t.
So she hates me. Big fucking deal.
She better get used to me.
Review:
My last
review was of Scandalous. And it told us the story of Trent, which I loved. But
within that story we got to meet Vicious and I just knew I had to read the book
dedicated to him and Emilia. So, here I stand just minutes after putting the
book down and how to I feel, you ask? I feel like I just read the most amazing,
ruthless book ever. Why? Because I’m still smiling like a complete idiot after
the last chapter and I’m in desperate need for more books related to these two.
Don’t get me wrong the ending was just perfect and sweet (well, as sweet as
Vicious can get) but, I want more. No. I NEED more.
“My obsession. My muse. My enemy. “All”
This book
tells us the story of the ruthless Vicious and the starving artist named
Emilia. It starts with telling us a bit of how they met and moves on from
there. So, Emilia was the daughter of Vicious housekeepers and because he
though she knew a secret of his, he made her life hell. From there on, he
starts to fall in love with her and then ends up sending her away. Now, ten
years later they meet. And neither has forgotten their feeling for the other. And
let’s thank the gods for it!
Vicious was
so bittersweet for me. One moment something happens were you just want to punch
him and the other you want to love him because he’s just misunderstood. But his
character is so well written. I really sympathized with him even though he’s a
jerk most of the times. And when you get to find out his life story you’ll see exactly
why he does things to push people away. He's a merciless jerk with a heart of
gold.
"I loved her when I hated her."
I was expecting
Emilie to quickly become a cliché character that just accepted Vicious bullshit
and forgave him for everything. But no! This girl stood her ground and defended
herself when she felt the need to. And told him to fuck off if needed be. I
loved her. I haven’t liked a female character that much in quite a while.
"Her
indifference to my power somewhat disarmed me. Most people felt helpless around
me. Emilia Leblanc never had."
The book is
the perfect combination of a Love and Hate. It draws you in with its flawed
characters that keep on making stupid mistakes every step of the way but at the
end want nothing more than be with each other. The story itself is so addicting
and has none of the usual clichés. The writing is so entertaining, funny and
straight to the point. It has L. J. Shen written all over it. And she is
quickly becoming one of my favorite writers! If I had to spot a flaw it would be that it's too short. That's it.
5/5 Stars
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