Bad, Bad Bluebloods by C.M. Stunich
Series: Rich Boys of Burberry Prep #2
Publication date: April 15th, 2019
Pages: 378
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Break the rich boys.
It's tricky, but doable.
Jerks like them don't deserve to rule Burberry Prep.
No, Tristan, Zayd, and Creed are going to pay, and I plan to make an example of them.
Then there's Zack, the varsity football dick. Oh, and did I mention a prince just transferred to the academy? Whatever will I do with those two?
Revenge is wicked sweet; I can't wait for a taste.
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Defend ourselves against the charity case.
We're the Idols of the school, the kings of the campus.
Marnye Elizabeth Reed.
That girl is nothing like the ones we're used to. We just can't decide if we hate her... or love her.
She might come from nothing, but she sure is determined to stir up something at the academy.
She says she'll meet our challenge dead-on; we'll make sure she regrets that.
***BAD, BAD BLUEBLOODS is a 94,000 word reverse harem/dark high school bully romance novel. This is book two of four in the series. Contains foul language and sexual situations; any sex featured is consensual.
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Review:
With the harrowing ending to the first book I knew Marnye was going to come back with a hunger for revenge. The timid girl trying to keep her head down and get through her high school existence with as little pain and suffering as she could was dead. She died the minute she found out the affections of the three male Idols was all a wager for their stupid Bluebloods group. She was left bleeding, broken, and as beaten down as she could possibly be but she still had the strength to stand up, look her tormentors in their eyes and announce she wasn't going anywhere. So after that, I slapped my headphones on my head, cranked Princess Doesn't Cry by CARYS on and dove back into the Burberry Prep world.
Marnye has a plan. She has a list. She has a goal to make all the Bluebloods pay for the pain they unleashed on her for simply being in a different tax bracket. She came back to school armed with surveillance cameras for her room, planted materials her bullies would never be able to resist, and a determination to bring them all to heel. Her first targets are boys who broke her heart and shattered her into a million pieces as well as the female Idols who continue to try to push her out the door. This time she has one more ally than before. Zack has joined the ranks of Burberry Prep and he seems anxious to help Marnye with her plots hoping that maybe he can find some redemption from her while doing so. But Marnye is not as easy to forgive and forget as she once was. She has been burned several times before so she can't trust anyone. But she knows exactly how to get at the Idol boys. She has a list of rules for herself though, no physical harm, know when enough is enough, and no collateral damage. It seems as she turns from victim to vengeful spitfire the Idol boys are taking notice and their own true feelings are starting to slip out from under their Blueblood masks. But who can she trust?
I absolutely loved Marnye's boss bitch attitude in this book. She maintained her integrity while also making sure that the people who made her suffer suffered themselves. She even felt guilt while doing it in some points. It's a testament to how kindhearted and pure she is. I would have got my revenge and not felt anything but smug about it. It is probably why the boys started take notice. But the Idol girls were another matter. They were vicious! Totally and completely vicious. I found myself wishing that Marnye would focus more on them than she did the boys. Yes, they were the ones who hurt her the most but the girls were determined to end her completely. Creed remained my favorite but then Windsor entered. He was absolutely adorable in all his princely goodness. And he backed Marnye from the jump. She never had to question his loyalty in the slightest.
In all, this was a great secondary book in the series and a great way to show Marnye's claws for once while also maintaining her class. Bad, Bad Bluebloods shows that revenge is best served hot, hot hot!
