She's completely unapologetic about it, though being in her head, you see the glimpses of the vulnerability that causes her to lash out the way she does. This is a girl with a huge chip on her shoulder and she can be downright vicious to those that cross her path. But she's also not the stereotypical do-gooder. I love a female that can own the fact that she's a queen B. And if you recall their forbidden union, then you already know that their daughter will have one big chip on her shoulder as she attends the same high school as her parents had their notorious relationship at.ĭaria is easily one of my favorite heroines of LJ Shen to date. Daria is the daughter of Melody and Jaime. If you've read Shen's Sinners of Saint series, then you'll be familiar with the Followhill from Defy. Delicious angst, multilayered characters, plenty of plot twists, and an unputdownable story. This is the stuff that my NA romance dreams are made of. I don't have enough praise for this book and everything that I experienced along with it. Pretty Reckless took high school rivals, added a splash of enemies to lovers, wrapped around heart-wrenching angst, and delivered one finger-licking utterly addicting page-turner! If NA angst is your crack of choice, then Shen is about to become your favorite dealer. Because this new series? It's about to reach into your very soul and tear out all of the feels! Welcome to your new addiction, angst addicts. He gave me the rarest thing in the world, and I gave him heartache.' His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. 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.įour years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. 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. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.Įveryone loves a good old unapologetic punk.īut being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way. 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.ĭaria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. Yeah, baby girl, say it-I’m your foster brother. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.

Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project. The good thing about circumstances? They can change. I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Shen comes an intense, high school enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist.

From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J.

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