Wicked Devil

***4.5 ‘Vanilla’ Stars***

I’ll admit that I’m not a huge fan of bully romances. I’ll read them if they are by my one click authors, but most of the time I just pass them by. But this one, this one caught my attention. Actually, it was the last two sentences that hooked me and I decided to give it a go with no real expectations, just the hope that I would enjoy it in the end. Well, I more than enjoyed it. I went down the rabbit hole and didn’t want to come out and was quite disappointed when there were no more words to read.

I ADORED Allie. ADORED the girl. She is that down to earth girl who is comfortable in her own skin. Her world has gone sideways in a big way, but she takes it in stride and does what needs to be done to keep her head high. Roman. Okay. Here’s the thing with Roman. In a lot of ways he is the big bad, he made my eyes hurt from all the rolling he caused and the urge to reach out and Gibbs smack was strong ~ oh so strong ~ and yet, it was hard not to fall in love with him, because he is loyal and protective to those he calls his own.

Allie and Roman’s journey to their HEA was a fun one. It was filled with a bunch of eye rolling, growling and a few “Oh No He/She Didn’t” moments, but there was also a bunch of laugh out loud moments, swoon worthy ones and a good dose of heat because Allie and Roman just flowed for me. They had that chemistry that jumped off the page and had me wanting more, but they were also equals in a lot of ways. Roman may have been BMOC, but Allie didn’t bow down, so the balance of power between them was pretty even. Now the big fucking sinkhole in their journey was a massive one in every way and I was totally Team Allie ~ 100%, no questions asked ~ but I gotta say that once Rome figured his shit out, thanks to his friends ~ the boy did good and I loved where things were with them at the end of the book.

This is my first read by the author, and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. The writing was engaging, pacing good and the dual first person POV done very well. There are triggers in this book ~ big ones ~ and the author does make note of it before the books starts, but I felt that they were handled well and from what I can gather will be issues that play out as the series progresses, so there are some things left up in the air when the book ends.

Now, as you know, I’m a sucker for well written secondary characters and this baby is filled with them. I adored Dominique, Emilo, Aaron, Kasey and Julio. They totally kicked ass. I loved that while Dom and Emilio were totally Roman’s boys, they also thought for themselves ~ it wasn’t just bro code all the way. Aaron ended up being a sweetheart and Julio was just everything! And Kasey, well, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing where the series takes her.

~ Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley & voluntarily reviewed ~

This book surprised me. I need more than 5 stars. The author is new to me but I'm looking forward to reading her next in the series. These devil boys are hard to resist, too much alpha in them lol. Even when they are jerks, they still get points on my book for being super protective.

Big warning! This story has triggers. Very descriptive ones. It had me feeling anxious, unsettled and majorly disappointed in a few characters. At some point I even felt my heart in my throat. I felt incomplete wanting justice or at least wanting for some people to get what they deserved... but life is not fair to Allie, at all. She can only take so much, doesn't matter how strong her backbone is. So it's a good thing that Roman claims her as his, because she needs someone to be present. It's not an easy process (mostly due to his ego) but he definitely cares. And it's healing for the soul to read the process and measures that are taken to move on from all the loss and abuse. Plus in the process we get to read how Roman and Allie annoy, confuse, irritate and hurt the life out of each other to then kiss it all better.

Roman is everything I needed in a hero and more. I really loved how the author created authentic diverse characters and really put them through the wringer. No punches were pulled here and Wicked Devil gave me all the feels!

This book had been an emotional rollercoaster !! The author brought me with her into this story, with Allie, Roman and their friends !!
Allie had lived a happy life with her hardworking mom, but after her mom’s death, her biological father appeared out of nowhere and got custody of her. Allie was a happy girl, until life had took her mother from her. Her father want her to be someone she isn’t, and life at her new high school isn’t that great, especially after Roman had claimed her.
Roman is the high school bad boy with his 2 friends, Emilio and Dominique, they rules their high school and they have all the girls they want.
Roman will quickly claim Allie as his girl, and she’ll gain their protection, but things won’t be easy for her and he’ll do anything to protect her and be the man for her.
All of sudden, things will change between them, something happened to Allie, something that will make her life more broken that it already is!!!!


I really can’t wait for book 2 !!

I saw few mistakes, like for Dominique, at some point a letter was missing in his name.