So much so, that you can read it as a standalone, which I wouldn't recommend since you need to see it from Tate's POV first in Bully. While this is essentially in Jared's POV it's a completely different book. What I mean to say, is more often then not you're getting the same regurgitated novel you already read but in a different POV. Not that I'd know what that felt like, but you catch my drift. Last time I read a companion novel, the only thing it managed to do was make me hate the heroine with the fire of the worst kind of venereal disease. If I'm being perfectly honest, I was actually hesitant to read this. It's coming to a dead end, and you just keep going, over the cliff, unable to stop the inevitable, because the truth is you just don't want to. I love Jared’s friend Madoc just as much as I love Jared so I can’t wait for his book next!īecoming hard at heart isn't an intersection in your brain where you have a choice to turn left or right. It’s got so many fantastic characters, I’m happy that it’s continuing. This is a fantastic series you won’t want to miss out on. Would I recommend reading Bully first? Yes. Could you read this without first reading Bully? Yes. Now, reading this book, it made me love him even more. Even when I thought he was just a straight up asshole, I still loved him. But to know the full reasons, how he felt, it made more sense. We already knew why Jared was the way he was to an extent.

It was so nice to see inside of his head.īooks are always better from the male point of view.

I loved watching Tate and Jared become friends again, and continue to move forward. Seeing Jared grow and evolve as a person was a wonderful thing. Just know that Jared goes through some big changes and revelations. If you haven’t, check it out (or my review of Bully). He dealt with things the only way he knew how. Then one summer, he went to stay with his father. Tate was Jared’s best friend for a long time. You still got the ‘Bully’ story, but there was a lot of new scenes and new information.

It didn’t feel like Bully from another perspective. Sometimes, I have issues with 1.5 books that are essentially the first book from a different p.o.v.

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