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Review: Broken Wings

 


Title: Broken Wings

Series: Dark Legacy series

Authors: Tate James & Jaymin Eve

Release Date: March 2019




They rule my new town, my school, and with more money than God, there’s very little out of their reach.


Four gorgeous, perfect, scary boys. There used to be five, but one of them died, leaving a fifth position that I now fill. 


I didn't ask for this. I didn't want to be part of this billionaire-boys-club. But no one cares about what I want.


Sebastian Beckett is the worst of them. Their leader. He draws me in, and strips me of every defense I have. He calls me Butterfly, but it's not a pet name, it's a threat. Beck wants nothing more than to break my wings, pin me to a board and watch me writhe.


He wants to see me broken. Body, heart and soul.


And what these elite want, they get.


Only they've never met Riley Jameson.


Let the battle begin.

**This dark romance features four sexy, dangerous boys but is NOT a reverse harem.**



When Riley's parents die in a car accident, she is uprooted from her life of barely being able to afford anything but loved and dropped into a world filled with more wealth than she can deal with, but hostility. Not just from her new parents either, but the guys who ran the school, and town that she was now apart of. The guys want to see her broken. They don't want her in their world. But Riley isn't one to do as she is told without question. 

So, this book has been sitting on my TBR list for awhile. I loved the idea and blurb for this book and really wanted to love the story. 

But the the flow of the story wasn't really working for me. I don't know if it was just how quickly Riley was accepted into the group, how the characters were hating each other one minute & she was in bed with one of the guys the next, if she was complaining about wanting to run & escape one day & literally be handed a way to do so the next only to be wondering why she was bc she felt like she was all in, in that moment (inconsistent for her character, I guess). Like I get it- she's in high school still, & hormones are high, there are threats around every corner & you don't know who you can trust. I just, I don't know. 

If you go in without any expectations, it was a good read- I did enjoy it for the most part, while other parts had me rolling my eyes. And I did love the idea of the book, and will probably see where the rest of the series takes me - but over all, it was just an okay read. A filler to read between books. I feel some parts were rushed a bit too much, and the main lead didn't ask enough questions about the world she was dropped into (not that she got answers when she DID ask, but she didn't really dig for those answers either she just accepted what she was told)- which left the reader with little answers as well. 

Maybe my book slump is slightly clouding my judgement some, and I'm too harsh. I mean, I did enjoy the book, & want to see more from these characters- but I just didn't fall in love with the book, characters whom we still barely even know, and the world (yet. That may change as the books progress & we hopefully learn more). 

3.5⭐ out of 5⭐. 

2🌶️ out of 5 🌶️. - a couple scenes with some details 


Tropes: 

→ New Adult 

→ dark high school romance 

→ bully romance 

→ secret society

→ billionaires 

→ street racing 


Trigger Warnings


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