TITLE: WICKED GAMES
AUTHOR: KRISTIN BUONI
GENRE: DARK BULLY ROMANCE
PUBLICATION: JUNE 10TH, 2024
Synopsis
They’re young, rich, ruthless… and one of them is a killer.
In the halls of Babylon Prep, a group of wealthy students reign supreme, led by the brutal and hypnotically handsome Maverick Reinhart.
I’m the new scholarship kid from the wrong side of the tracks, instantly marking me as Maverick’s latest target. I thought I could survive his wrath if I kept my head down, but then the invitations arrived; the ones with blood-red seals and ominous instructions. Before I knew it, I was trapped in a locked-down mansion with all of my worst bullies, and now high school is no longer my biggest survival challenge.
The rules in this place are simple: play the deadly games, or you don't get out.
I’ll do whatever it takes to stay alive and unmask our mysterious captor, even if that means seeking sanctuary with Maverick. But his protection comes with a price… and it could cost me my heart.
Wicked Games is a standalone read. Containing bully romance, dangerous games, and power struggles in an elite world, this thrilling story will get your adrenaline pumping and leave you questioning everything…
**WARNING: This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.**
My Review
'πIπKπD GπMπS' Is a full length dark romance book by new to me author Kristin Buoni. Spoken in 'dual perspectives.' Carey & Maverick
First off whilst searching for my next read the cover caught my eye, one read over the blurb and it was game over one clicked off Amazon and I dived right in, and what a goody this one turned out to be. Twists and turns had me lapping up the pages, easy to get into, harder to put down. As soon as I started this, I was hooked. I wouldn’t really say this is a bully book, a few instances occurred but not enough to peg it as a bully book.
Carey had been offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, basically a get out of prison card free and that was to accept a place at one of the best boarding schools in the West Coast on a full scholarship, clearing all her misdemeanors of multiple chargers one including grand theft auto. So who in there right mind would refuse, it was either that or prison.
Maverick is one amongst many of the rich kids which attends Babylon Preparatory Academy, he's hot, he's popular, and a guy you don't want to mess with. As soon as Carey steps onto the school grounds she's under hs radar, to make matters even worse there was a mix up with dorm assignments and she's been assigned to share his dorm room.
Then mysteriously twelve students are handed invitations to an exclusive gathering at a high end mansion to join their society, each arriving at different times.
And that's when the games begin...
Like puppets on strings a group of twelve students were subjected to a few deadly games, neither of them knew why they were chosen to partake in these games with the Game Master pulling all the strings, each level one student would die a gruesome death.
The aim..one survivor
All of them had a secret
All of them would be revealed
This had me sitting on the edge of my seat as I raced through the pages trying to piece together the puzzle revealing who the Game Master was. Not going to lie, I had my doubts about all of them and not the one I should’ve been focusing on. This was inhaled in one sitting, the plot pulled me in, the deadly games had me by the throat, and even though this was my first read by this author it most definitely won’t be the last.
