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Pretty Reckless Paperback – 29 April 2019

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We were supposed to be best friends
But turned out to be worst enemies…

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced.
I took her first kiss.
She took the only thing I loved.
I was poor.
She was rich.
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.
Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother.
There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears.
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.

Daria

Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk.
But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way.
The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you.
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day.
Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him.
Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything.
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free.
Now? Now he is making me pay.

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Publisher : LJ Shen (29 April 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 362 pages
ISBN-10 : 1732624720
ISBN-13 : 978-1732624726
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm

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Daria and Penn love story!

Reviewed in Australia on 5 May 2019

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If you’ve read lj Shen sinners of saints series also known as the HotHoles. Daria is the daughter to Jaimie and Melody who’s forbidden love story starts in defy.

Pretty reckless is high school rivals, with a side of enemies to lovers, wrapped in heart wrenching angst. From the moment I started this book I knew this was going to be a five star read, it consumed me and made it so impossible for me to stop reading.

This story I loved so much, we see daria as the girl who has everything at her finger tips but hides her broken, bleeding and dark parts. Penn sees through all the Queen B facade and he sees all that she is hiding underneath, her flaws and all.

These two people are from complete opposite sides of the tracks. Penn coming from the wrong side of town and known as the tin man and Daria as the rich mean girl.

I absolutely loved Daria, she is the girl with a huge chip on her shoulder and can be down right vicious. I love that she is completely unapologetic, but through seeing glimpses of being in her head, we see glimpses of her vulnerability and what causes her to lash out.

You may think you know what pretty reckless is going to be about, you don’t. Daria and Penn are so complex, I never expected the twists and turns that came out of no where. This isn’t just the love story of Daria and Penn but it’s about her family as well. This family is broken, but in the darkest of times families need to stick together. We see the steps that this family takes to mend what’s happened.

Pretty reckless is full of tons of back and fourth, drama, drama, drama, mountain of feels, twists and turns and so much chemistry.

It’s not only all that above but it’s filled with such a emotional, that you feel like your on a roller coaster with the highs and lows, it’s filled with hate but lust, sexual tension to the extreme, filled with secrets, lies, betrayal, revenge and so much more.

I guarantee when you start this book, you will devour it and love it just as much as I did.

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Don't take my 5 stars lightly.

Reviewed in Australia on 11 May 2019

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I don't give too many 5 stars reviews, I'm a harsh reviewer, so for Shen's PRETTY RECKLESS she more than deserved this 5 star. It is EXCEPTIONAL! Shein has written many more books in the same vein as this one (at which she is a master at) and yet she still manages to find fresh and dynamic ways to describe and narrate to make this book outstanding.
If you've read DEFY then you will recognize that Daria is the eldest daughter of Jaime and Melody, a book I LOVED, by the way, I wish I knew this tidbit before starting this story of Daria and Penn because I would have re-read DEFY.
This story is just as intense as Shen's other books in this series but I love the superb character development, and in my opinion, not many authors are talented enough to pull off the HATE TO LOVE dynamic. This book is well WORTH the read.

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So much drama!

Reviewed in Australia on 29 April 2019

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Pretty Reckless was everything I was expecting from this author - an enemies to lovers romance, drama and angst filled the pages, characters that I grew to like more as the story developed.

Daria has always been my least favourite of the Sinners of Saint offspring, but she definitely grew on me. She's filled with so many different emotions - anger, bitterness, jealousy and sadness, much of this fuelled by her loneliness. Her first reflex when challenged or hurt is to crush the emotions of whoever is hurting her, damage them before they can see the damage that has been done to Daria. Penn and Daria really straddle that fine line between love and hate.

After reading this I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series, especially Luna. I cannot wait for her book!!!

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Lulu

Obsessed

Reviewed in Australia on 29 April 2019

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One of my favourite reads of 2019!! Another 5 stars plus for me Leigh has become my unicorn author and every time the writes turns to gold and I buy and devour all her books!
So consumed by this book it was everything and more!
Daria snd Penn will make you laugh, cry, destroy you and then put you back back together! Their chemistry and character development through the book was so raw ! The new generation of the Hotholes kids is epic and Leigh makes these characters seem so real I wanna live in their world and become their besties!!

Can’t wait for Knight, Luna snd Vaughan stories next!

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Addictively Good...

Reviewed in Australia on 5 May 2019

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I adore L.J. Shen... and ‘Pretty Reckless’ is one of my favourite books of her to date... an enemies to lovers romance, drama and angst filled the pages, characters that I grew to like more as the story developed.

Rich high school senior Daria seriously puts the mean in mean girls. Hero Penn Scully is a poor boy/athlete from the wrong side of the tracks. Daria commits some mean girl sabotage with terrible consequences that make an unwitting accomplice of Penn involving his twin sister and he blames Daria for the serious fallout – hence his hatred of her. Under terrible circumstances, Penn later winds up homeless. Ironically, Daria’s mother (she is the daughter of Jaime and Melody from the novella Defy (a student/teacher romance) invites Penn to live with their family, which puts the mutual bullies under the same roof without Daria’s mother knowing the history between them. Sparks fly in more ways than one...

‘There's a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she's about to shell out some serious tears.’

Daria and Penn’s story is a tale of gigantic proportions that will leave you breathless while it is tearing your heart out and then resuscitating it. LJ Shen has set a very high bar for the rest of the Totholes in this series with the Queen B’s tale! I cannot wait for the others and their stories.

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Eileen R (Bangor Belles)

What a RIDE !!!!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2019

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Daria is the spoiled rich girl, or is she? She's the daughter that is never good enough, who just wants her mothers attention and to be loved. So she perfects her acting up, and the jealousies and anger inside her.
Penn is the poor badboy, who does everything for the benefit of his twin sister Violet. Daria is in his sights, he was revenge and blames Daria for his sisters disappearance.
OH MY GOD, this book, what a ride!! My emotions were most definitely pushed to their limit. I both loved and hated it, i both loved and hated both characters!! Yet i was drawn to them like a moth to a flame.
So much happens in this book, from beginning to end, its emotional relevations along the way and you barely get time to breathe
This book covers so many issues, lies, jealousy, manipulation, trust, Love, Hate, bullying. It's not the easiest of reads but its one that will have to hooked so deep that like the characters you will have no escape. Both main characters, were in their own way Bully's, and at times i felt this a little difficult, even if i could understand that all their thoughts and feelings were leading to their behaviour. At the same time I loved them, their intensity, their connection. This whole group of people were pretty messed up and dysfunctional yet they were striving to make things right. Each and every step this couple took wasn't easy but i loved every moment of it. This book, just like the characters, challenged me all the way. It hit me deep and it hit me hard. So much happens in this book, from beginning to end, its emotional revelations along the way and you barely get time to breathe, never mind eat, drink or sleep!!! Definitely a book you have to dive into and be prepared for a hell of a ride !!!!

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Linda R

ANOTHER WINNER AND 5 STARS ISN'T ENOUGH!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2019

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I found this author in the last year and have not stopped reading her books since!! My favourite being Vicious but this one comes a close second. I loved the Sinners of Saint books which were individual books about friends from all different backgrounds and I couldn't put them down as they had so much drama and angst and passion which I love in my books. So now we have the next generation and this book is about Daria, who is the daughter of Melody and Jaime and their story was told in the book Defy. Daria is a tortured soul and finds it hard to cope with her inner jealous demons and she has a troubled relationship with her mum Melody but she's very close to her dad. Penn comes into her life when she's 14 years old and they both come from totally different backgrounds. Penn has a twin sister called Sylvia (Via for short) and she is definitely not a nice person. Penn and Daria set off a chain of events together which neither of them knew would cause so much heartache but this is what makes the book so good. I couldn't put it down but because I'm a fast reader I am now left hanging waiting for the next one!

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Tara

My number one read of 2019

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2019

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LJ Shen has absolutely knocked it out of the park with Pretty Reckless. This has been one of my most anticipated reads for months now. I was concerned that it wouldn’t meet my expectations. And it didn’t.

It absolutely blew me away.

Completely and utterly blew me away. There’s many ways to categorise this book - it is a love story, a high school drama, a bully romance. The blurb introduces our hero as the foster brother - so is it a bit taboo? I honestly can’t put this book into a neat box. It’s an experience all on its own. It’s beautiful and tragic and dramatic all at once.

LJ Shen has tapped into the souls of every girl who didn’t feel the pride of her mother, who had to keep up appearances because Marx forbid she’s a real person, who had secrets and shamed and felt alone in them. And she did it perfectly.

Even if you’re not the biggest romance fan, Pretty Reckless deserves a spot on your TBR shelf (and should swiftly be put on your read shelf too).

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Angie Evans

Oh my Marx! Another fantastic read by LJ Shen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 May 2019

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I don't know how she does it, but Leigh’s books just get better and better!

I have been eagerly awaiting this release for months and 'Oh Marx!' … It did not disappoint.

Without giving anything away (because you need to go in blind for the best experience), Daria is a misunderstood character who hides her true self and feelings from her family and friends, creating a whole load of drama!

Enter Penn who understands her, sees through her walls and barriers and manages to turn her world upside down - whilst making it far from an easy ride for her. Their relationship was so great and I loved how their story unfolded.

Where this book REALLY got me was the relationship between Daria and Mel. I have read so many comments of dislike towards Mel, but I actually didn’t get that. Sure, she made some mistakes, but Daria was doing the same. When it came to a certain chapter between the two of them, I was, quite literally, tearing up.

Jamie was a fantastic father and he had me smiling and laughing in so many scenes. It was good to see some interaction between the Hot Holes! I was more excited for Vaughn’s story before this read, but Knight was so loyal, charming and hilarious that I think I’m now anticipating his more!!

Whoever comes next, I can’t wait to see where the story goes and eagerly await both of them.

Thank you, Leigh! You are a truly fantastic writer who has left me with one heck of a book hangover!

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Sophie

UNFORGETTABLE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2020

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Pretty Reckless is a book that will constantly be on my mind! It truly is unforgettable! Having been one of the more recent reads of my New Adult addiction, I didn't know what I was getting into. Not only this but it was my first LJ Shen read!
OMG did she deliver with this book, the complexity behind Daria and just her life was phenomenal. I hated her, loved her, cried with her, was angry with her, felt injustice for her and everything. She was beautiful and is easily one of my favourite characters to date. "You're made of gold Daria, and so much soul."
Penn was angry and yet soft, he was caring and hard all in one and his and Daria's relationship was beautifully heartbreaking! I adored them and adored this journey the book took me on, it was dark and yet relieving all in one! I can't wait to continuously reread it!

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