Blog Tour+Review: Pretty Reckless by L.J. Shen

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.

Review:

I couldn’t wait to read this book because I loved Jaime and Melody in Defy. I couldn’t wait to read about their daughter. I loved Daria in this story. She was who she was and made NO apologies. Didn’t justify her behavior because she knew what she was doing wrong but did it anyway. Not too many people can admit faults especially at her age.

Penn. Oh how I loved me some Penn in this novel. He was dealt a crappy hand and I loved how he did the best he could to not become a product of his environment. Penn amazed me with how patient and caring he was with Daria when half the time I knew he wanted to shake some sense into her. I loved how he was her shoulder to lean on and saw through the hulk. I loved the passion, the lust, the hate, chemistry and tension between Penn and Daria. You could feel it oozing off the pages.

Now as much as I loved Jaime and Melody I did question their parenting at times. I won’t go into detail as I don’t want to spoil any thing but I did yell at them through my kindle.

I have read several book by LJ Shen and this was such an emotional and angst filled read. The writing was good, the story line held my attention. The characters sucked me in from the very first chapter. I have to say this book will make your heart race. Just when I thought everything was going to be good the rug was pulled right from under me. Talk about torture. I don’t know how I will survive the rest of the series but I’m sure looking forward to reading!