TITLE: Vicious
AUTHOR: A.E. Murphy
GENRE: Coming of Age | Romance
PUBLICATION: May 15th, 2020
Imogen Hardy hit the dirt hard and often when in the presence of Kane Jessop, not because she was so besotted with him and clumsy that she fell at his feet, but because he put her there. Usually with a hard shove or a swift swipe of her ankles.
He was a vicious and unruly child; then a boy, now a man. He is in every bad memory Immy has ever had. He consumes her thoughts, her nightmares and reluctantly, her dreams; even now, years after she fled.
She hoped she could stay gone, but life hands out jokers sometimes disguised as aces. The ace being her grandmother is dead, good times. The old hag can rot, but not before Immy makes the journey back to Faceless, Texas, to give a eulogy fit for no child’s ears. Releasing years’ worth of weight from her chest. A much-needed release.
The joker being… this brings her straight back to her hometown, straight back to him.
And unfortunately for her, he is waiting.
He was a vicious and unruly child; then a boy, now a man. He is in every bad memory Immy has ever had. He consumes her thoughts, her nightmares and reluctantly, her dreams; even now, years after she fled.
She hoped she could stay gone, but life hands out jokers sometimes disguised as aces. The ace being her grandmother is dead, good times. The old hag can rot, but not before Immy makes the journey back to Faceless, Texas, to give a eulogy fit for no child’s ears. Releasing years’ worth of weight from her chest. A much-needed release.
The joker being… this brings her straight back to her hometown, straight back to him.
And unfortunately for her, he is waiting.
My Review
'VICIOUS'
Is a full length romance book by 'New to me author' A.E. Murphy
So this had been doing the rounds on my IG feed and there was me rushing to #oneclick on Amazon.
God how I loved this! I didn’t think I’d enjoy this one as much as I did with how it jumps from past (eight years old) to present (Twenty six years old) chapter to chapter, I’ve not encountered a book set out to this degree before, but for this storyline it just worked perfectly!
Immy on the outside looked like she had everything, a roof over her head and a loving Mee-Maw, but truth be told she's drowning on the inside. She's always expected to be the perfect grandchild, to mind her manners, to always do what's asked of her and to attend church on the regular. And to always be kind to others with a smile on her face as she's doing it, but when at the age of eight she meets a boy that boils her blood to bursting when he hurts her twin brother, nails and claws come out.
To make matters worse is the day he's enrolled in her school, and even though he's trouble with a capital T he's not going anywhere. To ignore him just ups his taunting games.
And a hate to love you push and pull relationship of a sort ensues. he became some of her most memorable moments to some of the worst she'd ever encountered. But somewhere along the way lines became blurred and he became her safe haven.
So this had been doing the rounds on my IG feed and there was me rushing to #oneclick on Amazon.
God how I loved this! I didn’t think I’d enjoy this one as much as I did with how it jumps from past (eight years old) to present (Twenty six years old) chapter to chapter, I’ve not encountered a book set out to this degree before, but for this storyline it just worked perfectly!
Immy on the outside looked like she had everything, a roof over her head and a loving Mee-Maw, but truth be told she's drowning on the inside. She's always expected to be the perfect grandchild, to mind her manners, to always do what's asked of her and to attend church on the regular. And to always be kind to others with a smile on her face as she's doing it, but when at the age of eight she meets a boy that boils her blood to bursting when he hurts her twin brother, nails and claws come out.
To make matters worse is the day he's enrolled in her school, and even though he's trouble with a capital T he's not going anywhere. To ignore him just ups his taunting games.
And a hate to love you push and pull relationship of a sort ensues. he became some of her most memorable moments to some of the worst she'd ever encountered. But somewhere along the way lines became blurred and he became her safe haven.
These two were a volatile hot mess, she was a spitfire and he was an uncouth bully.
They were imperfectly imperfect but perfect for each other.
I giggled, I swooned, I got teary eyed and I loved!
The feels and angst went hand in hand.
After reading this and loving it like I did I’m excited to try another book by this author.
