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Spearcrest Kings #1
Spearcrest Knight
Five years ago, Evan Knight was my favourite person at Spearcrest Academy.
When every rich kid treated me like I was the dirt under their shoes, he was the only one who accepted me for who I was.
Until I found out his golden exterior is only there to hide a rotten heart.
Now, every encounter with him is a nightmare.
But in nightmares, you can kill your monsters.
Evan is a monster I can’t kill—no matter how much I want to. The kind of monster I’ll never be free from until I escape Spearcrest.
I just have to make it through our last year.
I’m rich enough to have anything or anyone I want.
Anything or anyone—except for the stuck-up prefect Sophie Sutton.
But I don’t want Sophie. I just want to break her. Because clashing with Sophie isn’t just for my amusement—it’s become an addiction.
She thinks she's gotten good at avoiding me, until Spearcrest sets her up to tutor me. I have a year to break her.
My dearest opponent, my hateful adversary.
Let the battle begin.
Spearcrest Knight is a new adult standalone enemies to lovers bully romance set in the hallowed halls of the prestigious Spearcrest Academy. It contains graphic sexual scenes which may not be suitable for all readers.
When every rich kid treated me like I was the dirt under their shoes, he was the only one who accepted me for who I was.
Until I found out his golden exterior is only there to hide a rotten heart.
Now, every encounter with him is a nightmare.
But in nightmares, you can kill your monsters.
Evan is a monster I can’t kill—no matter how much I want to. The kind of monster I’ll never be free from until I escape Spearcrest.
I just have to make it through our last year.
I’m rich enough to have anything or anyone I want.
Anything or anyone—except for the stuck-up prefect Sophie Sutton.
But I don’t want Sophie. I just want to break her. Because clashing with Sophie isn’t just for my amusement—it’s become an addiction.
She thinks she's gotten good at avoiding me, until Spearcrest sets her up to tutor me. I have a year to break her.
My dearest opponent, my hateful adversary.
Let the battle begin.
Spearcrest Knight is a new adult standalone enemies to lovers bully romance set in the hallowed halls of the prestigious Spearcrest Academy. It contains graphic sexual scenes which may not be suitable for all readers.
390 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2022
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February 2, 2024
𝟎𝟏/𝟐𝟓/𝟐𝟒
2.25⭐'s/5
Ok I'm pushing it with the 2 😕.... but I guess I somewhat liked it to not rate it a 1.
Me reading Evans POV:
Me reading Sophies POV:
»--•--«
Going through a burnout rn due to exams... I need a dark romance to wake me up. Hopefully this is good heard some good things about this series <3
2.25⭐'s/5
Ok I'm pushing it with the 2 😕.... but I guess I somewhat liked it to not rate it a 1.
Me reading Evans POV:
Me reading Sophies POV:
»--•--«
Going through a burnout rn due to exams... I need a dark romance to wake me up. Hopefully this is good heard some good things about this series <3
December 10, 2023
first i wanna say that i signed up for this arc because of a friend and honestly i regret it. this book was a hot mess. the reason evan picks on sophie is absolutely ridiculous and it could’ve been avoided entirely. also i need authors to learn to write male characters with cold personalities because im sick of the casual misogyny and objectification. sophie is not an object and neither are any other women its so aggravating to read that. evan was just so creepy and unlikeable its mind blowing he has no concept of boundaries. zachary was one of the only normal and likable characters so i just didn’t enjoy reading this. evans apology was shit and sophies an idiot for accepting it, so i think bully to lovers just isn’t my trope because i did not like this book in the slightest.
November 21, 2023
unfortunately enjoyed it more than i thought i would. these idiots are very “barbie has a great day every day. ken only has a great day if barbie looks at him.” coded.
February 12, 2024
Some of the things Evan did to Sophie:
.„Countless trays flipped, countless plates of food thrown at my face. Countless uniforms ruined. Notebooks wrecked, pens snapped, handfuls of dirt shoved into my backpack, my pockets, down my back. Hurtful words, unbearable humiliations, litanies of insults and mockeries“
After a couple of chapters, I thought he was finally going to redeem himself, but what does Evan do??
He betrayed her trust by reporting her for having a job, through her financial issues in her face, and the cherry on top, he humiliated her for having sex with him 😭💀
And then he has the audacity to say:
"This is me we're talking about! I never treat girls like shit, My parents raised me to be a fucking gentleman“
Ngl the book was entertaining enough, and surprisingly, Sophie had a backbone 🤨
He also gave me mayor Xander vibes from RES 💀
This was my first ever br with my pretty girl Sera 🫂💖
.„Countless trays flipped, countless plates of food thrown at my face. Countless uniforms ruined. Notebooks wrecked, pens snapped, handfuls of dirt shoved into my backpack, my pockets, down my back. Hurtful words, unbearable humiliations, litanies of insults and mockeries“
After a couple of chapters, I thought he was finally going to redeem himself, but what does Evan do??
He betrayed her trust by reporting her for having a job, through her financial issues in her face, and the cherry on top, he humiliated her for having sex with him 😭💀
And then he has the audacity to say:
"This is me we're talking about! I never treat girls like shit, My parents raised me to be a fucking gentleman“
Ngl the book was entertaining enough, and surprisingly, Sophie had a backbone 🤨
He also gave me mayor Xander vibes from RES 💀
This was my first ever br with my pretty girl Sera 🫂💖
June 25, 2023
a bully romance where the fmc is not a doormat and doesn’t tolerate the mmcs bullshit claims??? almost LOVE TO SEE IT
October 22, 2022
i loved this book. was evan a tad overdramatic? yes. did i love absolutely every second of it? obviously.
i love sophie so much. she reminds me of myself. she keeps a tough demeanor on the outside but lets her personality truly shine around the few people she is comfortable with. she’s sarcastic and honestly kinda bitchy. not bitchy in a bad way, bitchy in a super funny and awesome way. that was probably a contradiction but it makes sense in my head.
the only problem i had with this book was the reason evan bullied sophie and how long it took them to truly talk it out but in the end but it was ALL WORTH IT. evan’s rants to sophie about how sorry he was made my heart melt.
can we also talk about zachary and theodora? i commented about the couple on aurora reeds most recent tik tok and she replied with how they’re going to be the main couple in book three! i can’t wait. zachary is everything i look for it a guy. a nerdy man who has wisdom and values morals? sign me the fuck up. i feel like he’s going to be a great communicator which evan failed to be for the first half of this book. but that’s okay, i love evan anyway.
smut was great too. there wasn’t an overbearing amount of it but when it did show up, it was perfect. awesome read.
i love sophie so much. she reminds me of myself. she keeps a tough demeanor on the outside but lets her personality truly shine around the few people she is comfortable with. she’s sarcastic and honestly kinda bitchy. not bitchy in a bad way, bitchy in a super funny and awesome way. that was probably a contradiction but it makes sense in my head.
the only problem i had with this book was the reason evan bullied sophie and how long it took them to truly talk it out but in the end but it was ALL WORTH IT. evan’s rants to sophie about how sorry he was made my heart melt.
can we also talk about zachary and theodora? i commented about the couple on aurora reeds most recent tik tok and she replied with how they’re going to be the main couple in book three! i can’t wait. zachary is everything i look for it a guy. a nerdy man who has wisdom and values morals? sign me the fuck up. i feel like he’s going to be a great communicator which evan failed to be for the first half of this book. but that’s okay, i love evan anyway.
smut was great too. there wasn’t an overbearing amount of it but when it did show up, it was perfect. awesome read.
September 21, 2023
evan knight my unserious delulu baby girl prince<3 not a single thought on his mind but sophie (as it should be, best girl in the universe fr🤞❤️🩹🫂)
need an epilogue of them so BAD u don’t understand😭 4.25 stars
need an epilogue of them so BAD u don’t understand😭 4.25 stars
September 13, 2023
3.25 stars ☆ evan being delulu was honestly entertaining
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June 14, 2024my reading range going from a cute sapphic romance to bully romance is concerning.🥲
please have a fmc with spine and tolerable mmc.🫡
please have a fmc with spine and tolerable mmc.🫡
October 30, 2022
This didn’t read like a romance to me, so let’s go over the reasons why.
1.) I understand that Evan wasn’t supposed to be smart, but his reason for bullying Sophie was really just next level stupid.
2.) Why did Sophie continue to like him all those years? There was no chemistry between these two
3.) Any time they would have a “romantic” moment, it would always be when they’re drunk. That’s not romance.
4.) Evan’s apology/grovel makes me want to burn my eyes. He doesn’t apologize to Sophie because he genuinely feels remorseful for ruining her life, but so she’ll forgive him and date him.
5.) I really wish we got more of the secondary characters. Sophie’s friends and Zachary and Theodora were the highlight of this book. I want to applaud them for laying into Evan and spoon feeding him the reasons why Sophie (his bully victim) hates him. I would not have the patience.
6.) I want to say I’m mad at the ending, but Evan truly did not deserve a happy ending. Good on Sophie for not folding and making him work to earn her trust, but because they didn’t get together at the end and because there was no lovey epilogue, I can’t classify this as a romance.
1.) I understand that Evan wasn’t supposed to be smart, but his reason for bullying Sophie was really just next level stupid.
2.) Why did Sophie continue to like him all those years? There was no chemistry between these two
3.) Any time they would have a “romantic” moment, it would always be when they’re drunk. That’s not romance.
4.) Evan’s apology/grovel makes me want to burn my eyes. He doesn’t apologize to Sophie because he genuinely feels remorseful for ruining her life, but so she’ll forgive him and date him.
5.) I really wish we got more of the secondary characters. Sophie’s friends and Zachary and Theodora were the highlight of this book. I want to applaud them for laying into Evan and spoon feeding him the reasons why Sophie (his bully victim) hates him. I would not have the patience.
6.) I want to say I’m mad at the ending, but Evan truly did not deserve a happy ending. Good on Sophie for not folding and making him work to earn her trust, but because they didn’t get together at the end and because there was no lovey epilogue, I can’t classify this as a romance.
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September 20, 2023
evan was so pathetic and delulu and obsessed with sophie throughout this book 😭😭
October 5, 2022
Ummm theres so many issues with this
Evan is so unlikeable like why does he want to get aggressive with her AND ALSO CHOKES HER?? And also the whole excuse for why he acted that way towards Sophie is really dumb, why couldn’t he just beat up Luca wayy before everything? HOW DOES SOPHIE STILL LIKE HIM AFTER HE EMBARRASSED HER INFRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND MAKE HER LOSE HER JOB AND EVEN AFTER HE DID THAT HE ACTED SO DUMB AND WAS ALL EMO AND WHEN SHE DOESN’T ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY he’s all like “say it like you mean it 🥺 stop acting like this 🤬” LIKE HELLO?? Also Sophie makes me mad for still falling for him, honestly I was just waiting for the day she slaps him or punches him, also how many times has Evan grabbed her arm when she wants to walk away?! I lost count
Evan sucks at groveling and Zach is the only sane one and he carried this even if he made small appearances
This book was so dumb I couldn’t put it down but it does not take away the fact that this was a waste of my time
Evan is so unlikeable like why does he want to get aggressive with her AND ALSO CHOKES HER?? And also the whole excuse for why he acted that way towards Sophie is really dumb, why couldn’t he just beat up Luca wayy before everything? HOW DOES SOPHIE STILL LIKE HIM AFTER HE EMBARRASSED HER INFRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL AND MAKE HER LOSE HER JOB AND EVEN AFTER HE DID THAT HE ACTED SO DUMB AND WAS ALL EMO AND WHEN SHE DOESN’T ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY he’s all like “say it like you mean it 🥺 stop acting like this 🤬” LIKE HELLO?? Also Sophie makes me mad for still falling for him, honestly I was just waiting for the day she slaps him or punches him, also how many times has Evan grabbed her arm when she wants to walk away?! I lost count
Evan sucks at groveling and Zach is the only sane one and he carried this even if he made small appearances
This book was so dumb I couldn’t put it down but it does not take away the fact that this was a waste of my time
Shelved as 'dnf'
February 22, 2024Got to 3% and could tell this wasn’t going to work for me. The conversations are inane and the descriptions are cringe … and the 2nd chapter we get the heros POV and he immediately tips his cards. He’s a simp. Why can we not have even the tiniest bit of suspense???
Also - this is super nit picky even for me… but… the girls are all super besties… hanging out during lunch on the first day of school and talking to each other like they haven’t communicated in months. 👀 Giving a “what I did this summer” rundown as if they aren’t all teenagers attached to their phones. I mean are you trying to tell me that a teenage girl would meet a cute boy while on vacation and not text their friends IMMEDIATELY? 👀 Come on. 🙄 And they talk about the most popular hot guy group as if they’ve never discussed them before… these girls are best friends… they don’t already know who their bestie’s “secret” crush is?? Has this author never spent time with teenage girls?? I’m confused.
Meh.
Also - this is super nit picky even for me… but… the girls are all super besties… hanging out during lunch on the first day of school and talking to each other like they haven’t communicated in months. 👀 Giving a “what I did this summer” rundown as if they aren’t all teenagers attached to their phones. I mean are you trying to tell me that a teenage girl would meet a cute boy while on vacation and not text their friends IMMEDIATELY? 👀 Come on. 🙄 And they talk about the most popular hot guy group as if they’ve never discussed them before… these girls are best friends… they don’t already know who their bestie’s “secret” crush is?? Has this author never spent time with teenage girls?? I’m confused.
Meh.
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April 11, 2023
4.5🌟
“It’s so obvious he’s obsessed with you. He’s like a really childish boy in primary school who throws frogs at the girl he likes.”
I haven’t read a lot of “bully” romances but I do know that a lot of readers aren’t fans of them BUT LISTEN TO ME ON THIS ONE ☝🏻 I just knew from the way that Evan’s feelings about Sophie were described by the other characters in their books that Evan was going to be pathetically obsessed with her in this one but like she really had this man screaming crying and throwing up and I have to applaud her for that. Sophie is better than me because the way he treated her around everyone else would have landed him in the hospital with 7 missing teeth, but she still went head to head with him and she ended up hurting him more than he hurt her when he’s supposed to be the “bully”. We love it when women humble a man with an ego as big as his. Most of the things that Evan did were so out of pocket but I still let out some giggles from how pathetic his feelings had him acting. I loved this book so much and I still can’t believe how short is actually felt! I didn’t add the .5 star because MISS AURORA I NEED AN EPILOGUE!!! I felt like I had something stolen from me with no epilogue so pleeeeease if you want to add some bonus chapters in the future I would love you forever thank you!
“It’s so obvious he’s obsessed with you. He’s like a really childish boy in primary school who throws frogs at the girl he likes.”
I haven’t read a lot of “bully” romances but I do know that a lot of readers aren’t fans of them BUT LISTEN TO ME ON THIS ONE ☝🏻 I just knew from the way that Evan’s feelings about Sophie were described by the other characters in their books that Evan was going to be pathetically obsessed with her in this one but like she really had this man screaming crying and throwing up and I have to applaud her for that. Sophie is better than me because the way he treated her around everyone else would have landed him in the hospital with 7 missing teeth, but she still went head to head with him and she ended up hurting him more than he hurt her when he’s supposed to be the “bully”. We love it when women humble a man with an ego as big as his. Most of the things that Evan did were so out of pocket but I still let out some giggles from how pathetic his feelings had him acting. I loved this book so much and I still can’t believe how short is actually felt! I didn’t add the .5 star because MISS AURORA I NEED AN EPILOGUE!!! I felt like I had something stolen from me with no epilogue so pleeeeease if you want to add some bonus chapters in the future I would love you forever thank you!
March 15, 2023
DNF at ~50% 🤷
Couldn't bring myself to care about this characters 😂😴 plus, the story and conflict are soo lame ☠️
Couldn't bring myself to care about this characters 😂😴 plus, the story and conflict are soo lame ☠️
September 19, 2023
3.5 ★
smart girl x dumb popular guy always gets me idk what to tell you
smart girl x dumb popular guy always gets me idk what to tell you
August 21, 2023
3 stars. Friends to enemies to lovers trope you'll always be loved by me.
"If I win, will you let me kiss you again?"
"You don't have to win for that."
So.. Sophie Sutton and Evans Knight used to be friends when they were younger, he was her only friend when she arrived at Spearcrest Academy but soon became her bully like everyone else because she was the poor girl in a school full of rich kids. Now, in their last year, she has to be mentoring him in English Literature because he's failing his class and they finally face the reason their friendship ended and the unspoken feelings they had for each other.
Sophie Sutton isn't the generic smart but boring main character, okay.. compared to Rose and even Theodora I think she will be the less interesting one but she still has personality, a smart mouth and she works so hard for her future career so I just don't think for a moment she is boring. And Evan Knight, well I have mixed feelings about him because one moment he's such a book boyfriend and in the next, he behaves like a 5-year-old that doesn't get what he wants and can't accept it, it seemed to even dumb at times because it was so clear what he has done wrong and yet the guy just didn't get it??? At some point, I was done with him.
EvanSophie served friends to enemies to lovers, a bit of second chance, domestic scenes (my favorites), and obsessed boy.
So the reasons why this book wasn't a five-star reading for me although I found it enjoyable:
1. It's unnecessarily long. this entire story could've been told in 300 pages máx, there was no use for it to be 400 pages long, it was only stalling in many scenes.
2. the side characters seem to be more interesting than the main ones, as I said, I don't think Sophie and Evan are boring but compared to the others they lack a bit of the fire the others have.
3. I enjoyed EvanSophie knowing my fav couple in the series will be ZacharyTheodora.
But for real, none of these are reasons for this being a bad book because I still loved it.
So.. I had a hard time thinking about a Taylor Swift song that fits this book, characters, or ship. But when I think about Sophie, she is the girl which her biggest enemy started as her friend so her song is 'The Archer' and maybe it even fits EvanSophie's relationship too.
Come chat with me about books and Taylor Swift on my Twitter .
"If I win, will you let me kiss you again?"
"You don't have to win for that."
So.. Sophie Sutton and Evans Knight used to be friends when they were younger, he was her only friend when she arrived at Spearcrest Academy but soon became her bully like everyone else because she was the poor girl in a school full of rich kids. Now, in their last year, she has to be mentoring him in English Literature because he's failing his class and they finally face the reason their friendship ended and the unspoken feelings they had for each other.
Sophie Sutton isn't the generic smart but boring main character, okay.. compared to Rose and even Theodora I think she will be the less interesting one but she still has personality, a smart mouth and she works so hard for her future career so I just don't think for a moment she is boring. And Evan Knight, well I have mixed feelings about him because one moment he's such a book boyfriend and in the next, he behaves like a 5-year-old that doesn't get what he wants and can't accept it, it seemed to even dumb at times because it was so clear what he has done wrong and yet the guy just didn't get it??? At some point, I was done with him.
EvanSophie served friends to enemies to lovers, a bit of second chance, domestic scenes (my favorites), and obsessed boy.
So the reasons why this book wasn't a five-star reading for me although I found it enjoyable:
1. It's unnecessarily long. this entire story could've been told in 300 pages máx, there was no use for it to be 400 pages long, it was only stalling in many scenes.
2. the side characters seem to be more interesting than the main ones, as I said, I don't think Sophie and Evan are boring but compared to the others they lack a bit of the fire the others have.
3. I enjoyed EvanSophie knowing my fav couple in the series will be ZacharyTheodora.
But for real, none of these are reasons for this being a bad book because I still loved it.
So.. I had a hard time thinking about a Taylor Swift song that fits this book, characters, or ship. But when I think about Sophie, she is the girl which her biggest enemy started as her friend so her song is 'The Archer' and maybe it even fits EvanSophie's relationship too.
Come chat with me about books and Taylor Swift on my Twitter .
September 5, 2023
this book was degrading and vile to read. i loved it! tormenting is the new way to flirt, i guess.
the toxicity of sophie and evan’s dynamic and relationship was definitely incessant. their banter gave me whiplash more than anything to be completely honest. how sophie never once throttled evan’s neck is truly beyond me.
just… throw away your moral compass before you start reading because it will point you directly to hell by the end of the book if you keep it with you.
the toxicity of sophie and evan’s dynamic and relationship was definitely incessant. their banter gave me whiplash more than anything to be completely honest. how sophie never once throttled evan’s neck is truly beyond me.
just… throw away your moral compass before you start reading because it will point you directly to hell by the end of the book if you keep it with you.
February 11, 2024
i couldn’t give any fucks about Evan and Sophie but at least she had a backbone 🤠 but Zach though 😫😫😫
I 💳 want 💳 his 💳 book 💳 now💳!!!!!
Honestly I really didn’t understand what was the point of him being so mean to Sophie 😐 she did not deserve that 😐 but at least BR with my sister Yasemin💖💖💖
I 💳 want 💳 his 💳 book 💳 now💳!!!!!
Honestly I really didn’t understand what was the point of him being so mean to Sophie 😐 she did not deserve that 😐 but at least BR with my sister Yasemin💖💖💖
September 6, 2024
evansophie i’ll remember you when i see snowflakes drop, coffee shops & light blue. they were so cute, i’m so gonna be thinking about them 🖤
December 28, 2022
they definitely broke up after that shitty “epilogue” if we can call it that
April 21, 2023
evan was so unserious and i honestly loved that
March 23, 2024
"Don't Sophie. There's nothing to misunderstand or misinterpret. I like you, I've always liked you, no matter how unforgivably I've acted. I like everything about you. Your frown, your hair, your gorgeous fucking eyes, and your voice and your mind. I like your sharp tongue and your mean streak. I fucking like you so much my chest feels like it's going to explode. I even like it when you hurt me, because I'd rather be hurt by you than adored by anybody else."
I will NEVER not be a complete and utter sucker for the boy falls first trope. Never. In every romance book, it always seems to be the girl who falls first and ends up being the one who has fallen harder for the boy, but for Evan and Sophie's relationship, Evan fell first, and man did he fall hard.
In this book, you meet Sophie, a girl fully focused on her studies and graduating from Spearcrest without any conflicts or incidents, getting good grades, and most of all, avoiding the Young Spearcrest Kings to the best of her ability - which evidently did not work.
Evan Knight is one of the Spearcrest Kings who is determined to have Sophie one way or another. Both Sophie and Evan have known each other since Year 9, when Sophie first transferred to Spearcrest thanks to the hard work of her parents and an academic scholarship. Both Sophie and Evan begin to hit it off from the get-go, however, due to some complications and incidents that take place which I will not spoil in this review, everything turns into chaos between Evan and Sophie which causes different issues for them both...that is until Sophie was hired to tutor Evan.
Reading the quote above, it seems like Evan is this innocent love-struck boy who fell hard on his face for Sophie, right? Wrong. In quite blunt terms, Evan is a stupid hypocrite who has so many faults throughout the book, that I'm conflicted about how I feel about him as I write this review. All in all, Evan did not have much of a reason to bully Sophie in the first place. If anything, it was his insecurities and his own self-centered issues that made him bully her - for what? Neither party gained anything from doing so and it was pointless in my opinion.
Thankfully, our main FMC, Sophie, had one hell of a backbone. If you have read tons of romance books in your life as I have, you will see that most FMCs never have a backbone, never defend or stand up for themselves, nothing. nada. Well, Sophie was so unlike that which was such a nice refresher. Poor girl has been through quite some hard stuff both with Evan and her life overall, yet she never let any of this deter her from sticking up for herself. With that being said, Sophie was still pretty annoying in many parts of the book in my eyes. She always made Evan out to be the bad guy 24/7, which is true cause he definitely was at points and had his faults, but she wasn't so innocent and blame-free herself. I find that this book is one of those rare cases in which there isn't just one party you can blame (i.e the boy being the one at fault 100% of the time or vice versa,) both Sophie AND Evan had their faults, and played parts in the way their friendship broke all those years ago and why they went through the things they did.
Even at the end of the book, the way things ended, it didn't really feel like many things were resolved between these two. It felt like a sort of abrupt ending but then again, god knows how long the book would be if these two actually decide to sit down and figure all their different issues out. (Spoiler alert: it would likely be longer than 400 pages lol.) With that being said, mainly because of the abrupt ending, I don't know how I feel about this book and Evan and Sophie's "relationship," if that's what it can be called anyways.
On the other hand, I saw on the author's Instagram that they were planning on writing more about Evan and Sophie's relationship and what happens between them, so I will have to wait and see to read that (lowkey excited for that tho)
ANYWAY, I will be continuing with this series because I need to read the others' books now. ESPECIALLY LUCA because I love myself a good psychopath.
"Wanting Evan so much definitely is a mistake, but I never want to not feel the way he makes me feel."
I will NEVER not be a complete and utter sucker for the boy falls first trope. Never. In every romance book, it always seems to be the girl who falls first and ends up being the one who has fallen harder for the boy, but for Evan and Sophie's relationship, Evan fell first, and man did he fall hard.
In this book, you meet Sophie, a girl fully focused on her studies and graduating from Spearcrest without any conflicts or incidents, getting good grades, and most of all, avoiding the Young Spearcrest Kings to the best of her ability - which evidently did not work.
Evan Knight is one of the Spearcrest Kings who is determined to have Sophie one way or another. Both Sophie and Evan have known each other since Year 9, when Sophie first transferred to Spearcrest thanks to the hard work of her parents and an academic scholarship. Both Sophie and Evan begin to hit it off from the get-go, however, due to some complications and incidents that take place which I will not spoil in this review, everything turns into chaos between Evan and Sophie which causes different issues for them both...that is until Sophie was hired to tutor Evan.
Reading the quote above, it seems like Evan is this innocent love-struck boy who fell hard on his face for Sophie, right? Wrong. In quite blunt terms, Evan is a stupid hypocrite who has so many faults throughout the book, that I'm conflicted about how I feel about him as I write this review. All in all, Evan did not have much of a reason to bully Sophie in the first place. If anything, it was his insecurities and his own self-centered issues that made him bully her - for what? Neither party gained anything from doing so and it was pointless in my opinion.
Thankfully, our main FMC, Sophie, had one hell of a backbone. If you have read tons of romance books in your life as I have, you will see that most FMCs never have a backbone, never defend or stand up for themselves, nothing. nada. Well, Sophie was so unlike that which was such a nice refresher. Poor girl has been through quite some hard stuff both with Evan and her life overall, yet she never let any of this deter her from sticking up for herself. With that being said, Sophie was still pretty annoying in many parts of the book in my eyes. She always made Evan out to be the bad guy 24/7, which is true cause he definitely was at points and had his faults, but she wasn't so innocent and blame-free herself. I find that this book is one of those rare cases in which there isn't just one party you can blame (i.e the boy being the one at fault 100% of the time or vice versa,) both Sophie AND Evan had their faults, and played parts in the way their friendship broke all those years ago and why they went through the things they did.
Even at the end of the book, the way things ended, it didn't really feel like many things were resolved between these two. It felt like a sort of abrupt ending but then again, god knows how long the book would be if these two actually decide to sit down and figure all their different issues out. (Spoiler alert: it would likely be longer than 400 pages lol.) With that being said, mainly because of the abrupt ending, I don't know how I feel about this book and Evan and Sophie's "relationship," if that's what it can be called anyways.
On the other hand, I saw on the author's Instagram that they were planning on writing more about Evan and Sophie's relationship and what happens between them, so I will have to wait and see to read that (lowkey excited for that tho)
ANYWAY, I will be continuing with this series because I need to read the others' books now. ESPECIALLY LUCA because I love myself a good psychopath.
"Wanting Evan so much definitely is a mistake, but I never want to not feel the way he makes me feel."
January 21, 2023
reading this book was the most entertaining experience ever i had this year. I wasn't bored for one second and THE DRAMOINE VIBES OF SOPHIEEVAN???? INSANE!!!!!!!!!
this series is going to be my new obsession
this series is going to be my new obsession
October 14, 2023
evansophie you are so loved by me
June 23, 2024
I dont even know what to say about this book because there IS nothing to say!! However, I really liked this trope of friends to enemies to lovers because I have not read something like this in a while.
The fmc, Sophie, I loved her hard-driven personality and I absolutely loved how she made Evan work for her trust and forgiveness. However, I felt her character felt flat and boring at times in the middle which made me less interested to read this book. But, overall in the end I enjoyed her character dynamic with her friends and her dynamic with Evan.
The mmc, Evan, was so delusional and obsessed I loved it lmao. He really was thinking about Sophie 24/7 and was mad about it. I thought at times he was really immature because he couldn't understand his situation with Sophie after he stopped being friends with her and he didn't want to admit he was wrong let alone even apologise to her for his stupid behaviour. He was really clueless throughout this entire book about his entire relationship with her and acted really entitled at times and it fkn pissed me off.
The side characters in this book seem more interesting to me especially Zachary. Thank god for him explaining Evan in layman terms his entire situation with Sophie lmao.
Overall, I think this book lacked a lot of romantic and domestic scenes between the couple by the end of it. I liked how it was there during the Christmas time but other than that they only has intimate moments when they were drunk and I didn't like that. However, it was still cute and I still like EvanSophie.
The fmc, Sophie, I loved her hard-driven personality and I absolutely loved how she made Evan work for her trust and forgiveness. However, I felt her character felt flat and boring at times in the middle which made me less interested to read this book. But, overall in the end I enjoyed her character dynamic with her friends and her dynamic with Evan.
The mmc, Evan, was so delusional and obsessed I loved it lmao. He really was thinking about Sophie 24/7 and was mad about it. I thought at times he was really immature because he couldn't understand his situation with Sophie after he stopped being friends with her and he didn't want to admit he was wrong let alone even apologise to her for his stupid behaviour. He was really clueless throughout this entire book about his entire relationship with her and acted really entitled at times and it fkn pissed me off.
The side characters in this book seem more interesting to me especially Zachary. Thank god for him explaining Evan in layman terms his entire situation with Sophie lmao.
Overall, I think this book lacked a lot of romantic and domestic scenes between the couple by the end of it. I liked how it was there during the Christmas time but other than that they only has intimate moments when they were drunk and I didn't like that. However, it was still cute and I still like EvanSophie.
April 12, 2023
5 stars!
Evan Knight. The most ridiculous and delusional person ever and I say this with affection. Like he’s so silly and unserious and I will ALWAYS have a soft spot for book boys like him. I died when in his POV he swore up and down he had the upper hand when in reality he was baking cookies for Sophie and counting down the seconds until she came home. HOUSEHUSBAND 🫵 Just a silly little American who loves his girl, I’m obsessed.
And Sophie… honestly a breath of fresh air in these bully trope romances. Normally I dislike the execution of this trope because I’m so used to FMCs putting up with literally the worst but not Sophie. I really loved how headstrong she was and true to her goals and how she wasn’t a sellout. And the sarcasm and quick she is so me I’m afraid.
Overall I loved both of these characters equally and they way truly fit each other and meld each others edges. A great debut for Aurora ⭐️
April 6, 2023
Side characters eat up Sophie and Evan, and this was so long to me.
December 3, 2023
nasci deles!!!!
teve muita humilhação no começo, mas senti que ele se redimiu bem, não foi rápido e curto
teve muita humilhação no começo, mas senti que ele se redimiu bem, não foi rápido e curto
December 17, 2023
boy obsessed u will always be famous
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