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St. Mary’s Rebels #1
My Darling Arrow
Darling Arrow,
I shouldn’t be writing this.
It’s not as if I’m ever going to send you this letter and there are a million reasons why.
First of all, I was sent to St. Mary’s School for Troubled Teenagers – an all-girls reform school – as a punishment for a petty, totally inconsequential crime. Not to ogle the principal’s hot son around the campus.
Second of all, you’re a giant jerk. You’re arrogant and moody and so cold. Sometimes I think I shouldn’t even like you.
But strangely your coldness sets me on fire.
The way your athletic body moves on the soccer field and the way your powerful thighs sprawl across that bike of yours, make me go inappropriately breathless.
But that’s not the worst part.
The worst part is that you, Arrow Carlisle, are not only the principal’s hot son.
You also happen to be the love of my sister’s life.
And I really shouldn’t be thinking about my sister’s boyfriend or rather fiancé (I overheard a conversation about the ring that I shouldn’t have.)
Now if I can only stop writing you these meaningless letters that I’ll never send and you’ll never read…
Never yours,
Salem
NOTE: This book is a standalone and DOES NOT contain cheating.
I shouldn’t be writing this.
It’s not as if I’m ever going to send you this letter and there are a million reasons why.
First of all, I was sent to St. Mary’s School for Troubled Teenagers – an all-girls reform school – as a punishment for a petty, totally inconsequential crime. Not to ogle the principal’s hot son around the campus.
Second of all, you’re a giant jerk. You’re arrogant and moody and so cold. Sometimes I think I shouldn’t even like you.
But strangely your coldness sets me on fire.
The way your athletic body moves on the soccer field and the way your powerful thighs sprawl across that bike of yours, make me go inappropriately breathless.
But that’s not the worst part.
The worst part is that you, Arrow Carlisle, are not only the principal’s hot son.
You also happen to be the love of my sister’s life.
And I really shouldn’t be thinking about my sister’s boyfriend or rather fiancé (I overheard a conversation about the ring that I shouldn’t have.)
Now if I can only stop writing you these meaningless letters that I’ll never send and you’ll never read…
Never yours,
Salem
NOTE: This book is a standalone and DOES NOT contain cheating.
504 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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October 10, 2020
3.75 darling 🌟's
Song : Bishop Briggs - Baby
I was so ready for this book. Really ready. Super ready. This ready :
After reading it tho
And that’s not how you walk after a good night of…” sleep”, it’s the way you walk after a particularly strenuous leg day, or so I hear, because you ain’t never gonna see me exercise and frankly,
My lazy ass aside, I was really looking forward to this book and while I loved some parts, others just didn’t live up to my expectations. Reading any book by SAK, I already know the heroine is the one doing all the pining and loving. Sometimes it works for me - and it works amazingly well too, like Medicine Man- and other times, it just doesn’t click, like Dreams of 18.
This time, tho, I’m confused because it worked but it also kinda didn’t???
⚡ The Plot ⚡
So we got Salem Salinger, whose love for her sister’s boyfriend, Arrow Carlisle, led her to escape from their home only for her to be found and sent to a reform school, Saint Mary’s. By some twist of fate, Arrow is also there as their new soccer coach. After staying away for so long, how can Salem possibly keep her distance now that the object of her obsession, her Darling Arrow, is right in her face day in and day out ?
⚡ The Characters ⚡
💋 Salem Salinger 💋
I felt a lot of things towards Salem, but one feeling that really stuck with me was that I felt sorry for her.
Growing up the way she did, she never felt love. She never felt worthy of being loved or being cared for. She felt physically cold as a child, always dragging her blanket with her, when what she truly needed was emotional warmth. Someone to tell her that she’s worthy, that she’s good enough, that’s she’s simply enough and that she doesn’t need to be anyone other than herself.
This is the part where I tell you something about Salem’s personality. Lemme see, as far as personality traits go, we got :
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow
➼ Lipstick
➼ Arrow
➼ Lana Del Rey
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow but make it Soccer
➼ Arrow
And she’s witchy.
Look, loving someone this much is cool and all, but who is she outside of her love for Arrow?
Whether we want to or not, and whether we admit it or not, we’re all defined by things. Things that make us who we are, and things that determine the paths we take in life.
Things that, if stripped from us, the world we built around us implodes and life ceases to make sense. Salem’s entire world revolves around her love for Arrow,
and while that’s wildly romantic, it’s also extremely unhealthy.
This is the part where I admit that I exist for unhealthy relationships. I really do.
But the way her love for him is written, it just made me feel bad for her.
I could almost taste the desperation, the longing, the hurt, the agony of her love and my heart was just like, baby girl
I wanted her to have something in her life outside of him. Something, anything. Even when he hurt her x10, she’d still think
At least she’s witchy.
She also thinks she’s soo bad
Maleficent is fucking amazing, not bad, but I love the GIF sooo
When in reality, she’s
And let’s not forget she’s witchy.
I just wanted her to stand up for herself and to see how she’s the fucking catch in this couple, but I guess she did get Arrow in the end, and she’s witchy, so really
⚽ Arrow Carlisle ⚽
The first and most important thing you need to know about Arrow Carlisle is that his hair is sun-struck.
Aight, now that we got that covered, you should also know that he’s been emotionally abused since his childhood. Growing up, he HAD to be perfect at everything all the time. Mistakes, imperfections, those were not allowed and swiftly punished.
I understood his struggle to want to be perfect, it’s been so deeply ingrained in him. I also think his character development could have been outstanding, if not for the fact that every time we got his POV, it was just him talking about soccer. Don’t get me wrong, he did get from point A to B,
But I just wish it would have been explored more, if his journey towards this realization was more developed, instead of perhaps noticing how gorgeous the sister is. 😌
Apart from that, the fact that his world revolves around soccer (I’m sensing a theme here hmmm) and that he has sun-struck hair, I liked him for what he was. An asshole.
The possessiveness, the jealousy, the bossiness and all the red flags?
That’s truly the shit I live for in my books. 😌
He truly was a dick to her, asking her to be his rebound, and treating her like dirt while using her. But at the same time, you can glimpse his caring gentle side from time to time, just enough to make you want more.
During this scene,
I was torn between “OH MY GOD HOW FUCKING DARE YOU YOU MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE???” and “YESSS HONEY HURT HER MORE. MAYBE CHOKE HER TOO? NO? OKAY, JUST OBLITERATE HER HEART THEN”.
Look, I know
But a bitch likes what a bitch likes.
Oh, and Arrow’s hair? It's sun-struck.
⚡ The Romance ⚡
There are SO MANY beautiful quotes in this book, I cannot even.
There is something so alluring, so poetic, so painful and so fucking beautiful about unrequited love.
I think there is something in us, a small part of us, that is naturally drawn to the bittersweet taste of unrequited love. We can all relate to it, somehow. The rush of feelings this kind of loves gives me is unlike any other, and while it wasn’t entirely satisfying here, I still breathed it in.
BUT I couldn’t fully connect to the romance, because Arrow changed tunes way too quickly for my taste. He went from “I only asked for a fuck” to “you’re everything” and I would’ve liked to see more of that transition.
Sigh, his sun-struck hair, tho…
Also, Salem needs to get a life, a hobby, take up knitting girl, just stop this math :
Salem = whatever it takes to have Arrow
Hell, aren’t you witchy? Sweetie,
⚡ The Dirty Talk ⚡
YES, it deserves a whole ass section, y’all.
Honey, wh- what?
Sweetie, what have you been doing besides playing soccer?
And of course, the best for last. 💖
Just
⚡ In The End ⚡
✔️Loving someone is a beautiful thing. So is wanting to be everything for them and putting them before yourself. In fact, I believe that truly loving someone is being ready to put their happiness before yours. It’s brave, remarkable and not something many of us are capable of. But I also believe that want is stronger than need. That not needing someone, being able to live without them, but choosing not to, is the ultimate way of showing love. I believe that no matter how much we love someone, we should still be able to exist without them. We should be able to be whole without them. They add to us, YES, but they don’t make up who we are. WE make up who WE are. Because if you make someone your entire world, and they let you down, what happens to your world? How do you rebuild? How do you find yourself? How do you find yourself when you’re so lost in someone else? But everybody’s journey is different. Everybody’s ideals are different. If you feel like being 100% immersed in someone is the way to love, you do you. Because if I’ve learned something, it’s that love comes in all kinds of shapes and forms, and it’s up to to us to find ours. ✨
✔️ Not sure I mentioned this, but Salem is witchy and Arrow's hair is sun-struck. 🙃
What else do you expect when you fall in love with the sun?
It’s what the sun does.
It burns everything. Melts everything. Turns everything into dust.
Song : Bishop Briggs - Baby
I was so ready for this book. Really ready. Super ready. This ready :
After reading it tho
And that’s not how you walk after a good night of…” sleep”, it’s the way you walk after a particularly strenuous leg day, or so I hear, because you ain’t never gonna see me exercise and frankly,
My lazy ass aside, I was really looking forward to this book and while I loved some parts, others just didn’t live up to my expectations. Reading any book by SAK, I already know the heroine is the one doing all the pining and loving. Sometimes it works for me - and it works amazingly well too, like Medicine Man- and other times, it just doesn’t click, like Dreams of 18.
This time, tho, I’m confused because it worked but it also kinda didn’t???
⚡ The Plot ⚡
I’ve watched him, craved him, loved him in secret.
So we got Salem Salinger, whose love for her sister’s boyfriend, Arrow Carlisle, led her to escape from their home only for her to be found and sent to a reform school, Saint Mary’s. By some twist of fate, Arrow is also there as their new soccer coach. After staying away for so long, how can Salem possibly keep her distance now that the object of her obsession, her Darling Arrow, is right in her face day in and day out ?
What I feel for him can only be expressed in certain words, in certain syllables and tones and rhythms. And ‘darling’ hits all the right notes.
Darling says he’s adored and loved.
But he also makes me hurt. It says that he’s both a delight to my heart and a needle to it.
⚡ The Characters ⚡
Arrow and his fuck doll; and Salem and the love of her life.
💋 Salem Salinger 💋
Some girls are born perfect.
They’re adored and revered. And loved.
I’m not one of them.
I felt a lot of things towards Salem, but one feeling that really stuck with me was that I felt sorry for her.
Growing up the way she did, she never felt love. She never felt worthy of being loved or being cared for. She felt physically cold as a child, always dragging her blanket with her, when what she truly needed was emotional warmth. Someone to tell her that she’s worthy, that she’s good enough, that’s she’s simply enough and that she doesn’t need to be anyone other than herself.
They tell me that I’m amazing and I think I’m going to cry because no one has ever said that I’m good at soccer.
No one has ever said that I’m good at anything actually.
This is the part where I tell you something about Salem’s personality. Lemme see, as far as personality traits go, we got :
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow
➼ Lipstick
➼ Arrow
➼ Lana Del Rey
➼ Arrow
➼ Arrow but make it Soccer
➼ Arrow
And she’s witchy.
No matter the time, the season, the weather, I’ll always wait for him.
Look, loving someone this much is cool and all, but who is she outside of her love for Arrow?
All I’ve ever wanted is to be myself, however flawed and imperfect that may be. And all I’ve ever wanted is for my imperfection to be somehow perfect for him.
Whether we want to or not, and whether we admit it or not, we’re all defined by things. Things that make us who we are, and things that determine the paths we take in life.
when he’s hurting, I’m hurting. When his pain makes his jaw clench, my insides clench. When anguish burns his eyes, my skin feels it.
Things that, if stripped from us, the world we built around us implodes and life ceases to make sense. Salem’s entire world revolves around her love for Arrow,
I want him to burn me, cut me, slice me open.
I don’t care.
I’ll still smile at him. I’ll still love him. I’ll still dive into the ocean and jump off an airplane for him.
and while that’s wildly romantic, it’s also extremely unhealthy.
I’ll give up everything for him, all the sad love songs and all the bike rides. All the desolate bridges and lonely places.
I’ll give up myself because I belong to him.
This is the part where I admit that I exist for unhealthy relationships. I really do.
But the way her love for him is written, it just made me feel bad for her.
I hurl my heart at his feet, my beating, pulpy heart at his kicking feet, and hope that it’s enough to make him stay.
I could almost taste the desperation, the longing, the hurt, the agony of her love and my heart was just like, baby girl
I wanted her to have something in her life outside of him. Something, anything. Even when he hurt her x10, she’d still think
Because all my questions and words can wait. They are inconsequential anyway. In the face of his need.
At least she’s witchy.
She also thinks she’s soo bad
I’d been the witch long enough. I had to do the right thing and get my toxic presence out of their lives.
Maleficent is fucking amazing, not bad, but I love the GIF sooo
When in reality, she’s
And let’s not forget she’s witchy.
I just wanted her to stand up for herself and to see how she’s the fucking catch in this couple, but I guess she did get Arrow in the end, and she’s witchy, so really
⚽ Arrow Carlisle ⚽
I’ve been empty all along. My heart, my heart was dead all along. It was dead because I killed it myself. I killed it in my pursuit of perfection. I killed it because I wanted to be motherfucking perfect. I wanted to be the best of the best, to be on top. I wanted to be The Blond fucking Arrow.
The first and most important thing you need to know about Arrow Carlisle is that his hair is sun-struck.
Aight, now that we got that covered, you should also know that he’s been emotionally abused since his childhood. Growing up, he HAD to be perfect at everything all the time. Mistakes, imperfections, those were not allowed and swiftly punished.
I understood his struggle to want to be perfect, it’s been so deeply ingrained in him. I also think his character development could have been outstanding, if not for the fact that every time we got his POV, it was just him talking about soccer. Don’t get me wrong, he did get from point A to B,
But I’m starting to understand that our flaws, the design of our hearts, the fabric of our souls, are the very things that make us unique.
That make us, us.
But I just wish it would have been explored more, if his journey towards this realization was more developed, instead of perhaps noticing how gorgeous the sister is. 😌
Apart from that, the fact that his world revolves around soccer (I’m sensing a theme here hmmm) and that he has sun-struck hair, I liked him for what he was. An asshole.
The possessiveness, the jealousy, the bossiness and all the red flags?
“Because if it was me.” He presses that thumb in the middle of my lower lip, tugging at it. “You wouldn’t be setting foot out of your room like this, let alone frolicking around town in the middle of the night.”
“If it was y-you?”
He nods slowly. “If it was me, I’d keep you reined in. A girl like you needs that.”
That’s truly the shit I live for in my books. 😌
He truly was a dick to her, asking her to be his rebound, and treating her like dirt while using her. But at the same time, you can glimpse his caring gentle side from time to time, just enough to make you want more.
During this scene,
I asked for you to spread your legs for me. All I ever asked from you was your tight little pussy. That’s it. I asked for a good fuck. Because you’re supposed to be my fuck doll. Or did you forget that? Did you forget what your job is supposed to be? Your job is to shut the fuck up and take it. That is your job.
I was torn between “OH MY GOD HOW FUCKING DARE YOU YOU MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE???” and “YESSS HONEY HURT HER MORE. MAYBE CHOKE HER TOO? NO? OKAY, JUST OBLITERATE HER HEART THEN”.
Look, I know
But a bitch likes what a bitch likes.
The fucking perfectionist who can’t love the girl who’s in love with him.
Oh, and Arrow’s hair? It's sun-struck.
⚡ The Romance ⚡
“What did you do before?”
“Before?”
He squeezes my bicep as if he’s making sure that I don’t fall again. “Before I came around to catch you.”
“I fell,” I whisper.
There are SO MANY beautiful quotes in this book, I cannot even.
Loving him is the most wonderful, most awful thing in the world.
There is something so alluring, so poetic, so painful and so fucking beautiful about unrequited love.
Just because the one you love is in love with someone else doesn’t mean your love isn’t gorgeous or real. It doesn’t mean that your love should be killed or it should be torn out of your heart and thrown into a river or burnt down like an extinct piece of architecture.
No, it’s still love.
I think there is something in us, a small part of us, that is naturally drawn to the bittersweet taste of unrequited love. We can all relate to it, somehow. The rush of feelings this kind of loves gives me is unlike any other, and while it wasn’t entirely satisfying here, I still breathed it in.
Arrow doesn’t know that when your love is doomed, you’re not afraid of a little heartbreak. You walk with it. You dance with it. You breathe it in.
BUT I couldn’t fully connect to the romance, because Arrow changed tunes way too quickly for my taste. He went from “I only asked for a fuck” to “you’re everything” and I would’ve liked to see more of that transition.
"You're the girl, Salem, who makes me want", he bites out, the tendons on his neck standing taut."I want. So many things, you understand? And I don't know what it means. I don't fucking know. I don't understand and it terrifies me.”
Sigh, his sun-struck hair, tho…
Also, Salem needs to get a life, a hobby, take up knitting girl, just stop this math :
Salem = whatever it takes to have Arrow
Hell, aren’t you witchy? Sweetie,
⚡ The Dirty Talk ⚡
YES, it deserves a whole ass section, y’all.
“Yeah. That’s what they call it. Pouty and juicy. Bad girl pussy. And yours is going to be the juiciest. She pouts the hardest, doesn’t she? She’s the tightest too. Because you’re worse. You’re worse than bad, aren’t you?”
Honey, wh- what?
You won’t be able to handle my dick now. Because they don’t make them any bigger than mine.
Sweetie, what have you been doing besides playing soccer?
God, his dick is beautiful. A piece of art on my tongue. So heavy and meaty. So flavorful.
And of course, the best for last. 💖
A throne for my bratty, bad girl pussy that pouts for him.
Just
⚡ In The End ⚡
✔️Loving someone is a beautiful thing. So is wanting to be everything for them and putting them before yourself. In fact, I believe that truly loving someone is being ready to put their happiness before yours. It’s brave, remarkable and not something many of us are capable of. But I also believe that want is stronger than need. That not needing someone, being able to live without them, but choosing not to, is the ultimate way of showing love. I believe that no matter how much we love someone, we should still be able to exist without them. We should be able to be whole without them. They add to us, YES, but they don’t make up who we are. WE make up who WE are. Because if you make someone your entire world, and they let you down, what happens to your world? How do you rebuild? How do you find yourself? How do you find yourself when you’re so lost in someone else? But everybody’s journey is different. Everybody’s ideals are different. If you feel like being 100% immersed in someone is the way to love, you do you. Because if I’ve learned something, it’s that love comes in all kinds of shapes and forms, and it’s up to to us to find ours. ✨
✔️ Not sure I mentioned this, but Salem is witchy and Arrow's hair is sun-struck. 🙃
January 22, 2021
2.5 stars
this book is filled with all of my guilty pleasures (well, is it really guilty?) because this has:
as you can see, the tropes are all chefs kiss material because honestly, i was in a bit of a semi book slump period because i've been lazy- too lazy to even read so i was hoping this book would get me out of that funk because i mean come onnn!!
« p l o t » ↠ Salem being in love with Arrow who happens to be her older sister's ex of 8 YEARS, then he finds out Sarah (Salem's older sister) was cheating on him with his best friend and then Arrow beat the dude up, which made him suspended from the team, then suddenly becomes Salem's high school soccer coach??
but... ehhh im sorry. this kinda wasn't for me sooo y'all know the drill, im about to rant so
~ SPOILERS AHEAD ~
first of all, // Salem // is one of the most extra heroines i've ever read. hmmm... how do i describe her... well, she's kindasuper nutty and imagine us fangirling over fictional boys but multiply that by a 1000 and make it poetic. that's how lovesick she was towards Arrow. also again she's a bit nutty and dramatic like-
dude... Salem. nooo.
to be fair, her dramatic inner monologue made me laugh sometimes because she's that extra and lowkey reminded me of me when i think/talk about fictional men *cough* draco malfoy, rhys, damon salvatore, warner, percy jackson *cough*
she was honestly all about the Hero and never about herself so i was like, Salem.. girl... think about YOURSELF for once. what about your pain??? what about YOU?
anywho moving on to // Arrow //
i actually liked his character depth when it comes to his obsession with perfection. it honestly made him interesting and i could understand why he was with Sarah (the ex aka Salem's sister) for 8 years and why he suddenly turned into an asshole once he found out she cheated on him with his best friend.
but what bugged me here is that in his chapters during the romantic development stage between him and Salem, we barely get any insight as to how he really feels towards her because he barely even talks or thinks about her. all he did was talk about himself and how Sarah's betrayal "hurt" him.
as for the // ex drama //
okay so Sarah and Arrow were together for 8 years (since they were 15 years old) and have been together ever since, planning their future together, living together and he was also about to propose to her until he found out about the affair. Arrow said it "made sense" for them to be together because they're practically the same - both striving for perfection. Both Arrow and Salem's inner monologue about Sarah hurt to read because like
✧ S A L E M
✧ A R R O W
also, thanks for letting us know about this Arrow:
✧ A R R O W
this was said around 67% mark and for a sec, with his ex looking at his lips, it "almost got him going" and he thought about this when he already had sex with Salem numerous times. so again, thanks for the lovely information Arrow!! totally needed to know that.
honestly, throughout the book (until 67% mark) everyone thought he was still "in love" with Sarah and he was hurt and tormented by her betrayal because Sarah "took eight years of their love and ruined it". though by the end, he finally realized that he was never in love with Sarah because their relationship was not love, it was "convenience".
and as for the // romance //
well, if you know me you know i like emotional connection >>> physical attraction/lust/all about sex kind of romance and their romance is definitely the latter. i don't know... the dude just wanted to have sex with her and Salem just goes with whatever HE wants for most of the book. i can appreciate the sexual tension buuut.. this is all about unrequited love sooo i would hope i would read more about Arrow's emotional romantic connection but nahh this only happened by the end of the book.
aaand i really don't like how she agreed to be his " rebound girl " and let him use her body to get over her sister i-
nooooooo. again, what about YOU. jesus h. roosevelt christ, think about your own pain and heartbreak not his.
* * *
all Salem did was give, give, give and all Arrow did was take, take, take. so the roles have reversed and now Salem is like Arrow, and Arrow is like Sarah if that makes sense.
and all i ever did while reading this book and while Salem would say something like this:
was think about giving her a lecture about ✨ self-respect ✨honestly, i feel like Arrow doesn't even deserve Salem's love and devotion for him but that's just me.
also, i wish there were more moments with the girl friendships and i wanted to see their development but most of it was mentioned and not shown which sucks because this had potential.
i don't know... i just feel like Salem's love was kinda one-sided (except at the end when Arrow gave her a speech) and if it's like this in an unrequited romance, i just know i wouldn't enjoy it and i didn't, mostly. oh well.
im looking forward to the other books tho! there's a snippet between Callie and Reed for the second book and im exciteddd!
St. Mary's Rebels :
#1: my darling arrow ↠ 2.5 stars
#2: a gorgeous villain ↠ tbr
#3: these thorn kisses ↠ tbr
#4: hey, mister marshall ↠ tbr
this book is filled with all of my guilty pleasures (well, is it really guilty?) because this has:
↬ unrequited love // Salem (h) is in love with her sister's ex bf, Arrow (yikes)
↬ forbidden romance // Arrow is Salem's soccer coach in her school
↬ boarding school aesthetic and girl squad
↬ angst // cuz duh did you see what i wrote above? Salem is in love with her older sister's ex bf!!!
↬ athlete // Arrow is a famous soccer/football player
as you can see, the tropes are all chefs kiss material because honestly, i was in a bit of a semi book slump period because i've been lazy- too lazy to even read so i was hoping this book would get me out of that funk because i mean come onnn!!
« p l o t » ↠ Salem being in love with Arrow who happens to be her older sister's ex of 8 YEARS, then he finds out Sarah (Salem's older sister) was cheating on him with his best friend and then Arrow beat the dude up, which made him suspended from the team, then suddenly becomes Salem's high school soccer coach??
but... ehhh im sorry. this kinda wasn't for me sooo y'all know the drill, im about to rant so
~ SPOILERS AHEAD ~
first of all, // Salem // is one of the most extra heroines i've ever read. hmmm... how do i describe her... well, she's kinda
"He can do whatever he wants with me. He can stab me with a knife and I'll be lying on the ground, dying, drawing little hearts in blood."
dude... Salem. nooo.
to be fair, her dramatic inner monologue made me laugh sometimes because she's that extra and lowkey reminded me of me when i think/talk about fictional men *cough* draco malfoy, rhys, damon salvatore, warner, percy jackson *cough*
she was honestly all about the Hero and never about herself so i was like, Salem.. girl... think about YOURSELF for once. what about your pain??? what about YOU?
anywho moving on to // Arrow //
i actually liked his character depth when it comes to his obsession with perfection. it honestly made him interesting and i could understand why he was with Sarah (the ex aka Salem's sister) for 8 years and why he suddenly turned into an asshole once he found out she cheated on him with his best friend.
but what bugged me here is that in his chapters during the romantic development stage between him and Salem, we barely get any insight as to how he really feels towards her because he barely even talks or thinks about her. all he did was talk about himself and how Sarah's betrayal "hurt" him.
as for the // ex drama //
okay so Sarah and Arrow were together for 8 years (since they were 15 years old) and have been together ever since, planning their future together, living together and he was also about to propose to her until he found out about the affair. Arrow said it "made sense" for them to be together because they're practically the same - both striving for perfection. Both Arrow and Salem's inner monologue about Sarah hurt to read because like
✧ S A L E M
↳ "All I know is that when I was falling in love with Arrow, he was falling in love with someone else. With my sister, Sarah. And they are perfect for each other. Perfect."
✧ A R R O W
↳ "Because I'm empty... I'm hollow. Because whatever I had, I gave it to her. Whatever fucking love I had, she used it up and threw it away. She took it and flushed it down the toilet understand?"
also, thanks for letting us know about this Arrow:
✧ A R R O W
↳ "And sex between us has always been pretty fucking hot. She's small in all the ways I like and I'm big in all the ways that makes things tight and interesting"
this was said around 67% mark and for a sec, with his ex looking at his lips, it "almost got him going" and he thought about this when he already had sex with Salem numerous times. so again, thanks for the lovely information Arrow!! totally needed to know that.
honestly, throughout the book (until 67% mark) everyone thought he was still "in love" with Sarah and he was hurt and tormented by her betrayal because Sarah "took eight years of their love and ruined it". though by the end, he finally realized that he was never in love with Sarah because their relationship was not love, it was "convenience".
and as for the // romance //
well, if you know me you know i like emotional connection >>> physical attraction/lust/all about sex kind of romance and their romance is definitely the latter. i don't know... the dude just wanted to have sex with her and Salem just goes with whatever HE wants for most of the book. i can appreciate the sexual tension buuut.. this is all about unrequited love sooo i would hope i would read more about Arrow's emotional romantic connection but nahh this only happened by the end of the book.
aaand i really don't like how she agreed to be his " rebound girl " and let him use her body to get over her sister i-
nooooooo. again, what about YOU. jesus h. roosevelt christ, think about your own pain and heartbreak not his.
* * *
all Salem did was give, give, give and all Arrow did was take, take, take. so the roles have reversed and now Salem is like Arrow, and Arrow is like Sarah if that makes sense.
and all i ever did while reading this book and while Salem would say something like this:
"I'm not asking him to love me, am I?
I'm only asking him to use me, use my body, and he won't even do that. And I'm too hurt and too much in love with him so I've lost my mind over it."
was think about giving her a lecture about ✨ self-respect ✨honestly, i feel like Arrow doesn't even deserve Salem's love and devotion for him but that's just me.
also, i wish there were more moments with the girl friendships and i wanted to see their development but most of it was mentioned and not shown which sucks because this had potential.
i don't know... i just feel like Salem's love was kinda one-sided (except at the end when Arrow gave her a speech) and if it's like this in an unrequited romance, i just know i wouldn't enjoy it and i didn't, mostly. oh well.
im looking forward to the other books tho! there's a snippet between Callie and Reed for the second book and im exciteddd!
St. Mary's Rebels :
#1: my darling arrow ↠ 2.5 stars
#2: a gorgeous villain ↠ tbr
#3: these thorn kisses ↠ tbr
#4: hey, mister marshall ↠ tbr
December 26, 2021
Did the heroine force a laugh out of me here and there? Yes. She was definitely amusing at times.
But for the most part the dialogues and inner monologues gave me vicarious embarrassment... I want to be hot and bothered while reading romance, not to do a facepalm every chance I get. Believe me, life sates me with that shit, I don't need purple fiction to cause this kind of reaction.
So... I liked the heroine because she was quite adorable in her straightforwardness... but there was not much to her besides the notorious obsession with the bad boy Arrow.
I'll skip the part where I preach about the wrongness of putting some dick (probably one of many ... I mean there's a lot of fish in the sea 👀) above everything else in your life. (do you see what I'm doing here? I say I won't do something but in the end...)
This is romance and we get it: he's her one and only true love and one day he'll pull his head out of his ass and act like a man we want him to be, giving us the happily ever after.
That's beside the point. The key problem of making a heroine pine after some joystick doesn't amount to the fact that it's toxic and self-destructive for an obsessed girl in question and shouldn't be practiced for many reasons, not least because it contradicts such essential concepts as self-love, self-sufficiency and common sense (surprisingly, some of us love heroines that follow those principles. Don't judge). It amounts to the fact that such heroines are BLAND. UNINTERESTING. REPETITIVE. ¿Cómo no? When your only aspiration in life is to make some man notice and fall in love with you, you inevitably forget about us, poor readers who crave some entertainment.
Roughly 90% of romance books are written from a female POV (with a few crumbs of male thoughts to satisfy our curiosity), which brings me (finally 🤡) to the main point: I need to be interested in a heroine's personality (her thoughts, actions, perspective) in order to enjoy a book. I get it that she gets wet every time she lays her eyes on Arrow. How many times do I need to hear about this??? I know she loves his name, his body and his soul. Do I look like I care about the state of her vagina when this dude appears in her line of vision?
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Instead of creating tension, intense encounters and gritty dialogues, the author really said 'your expectations — your problems, guys 🤪' and made Salem simp for Arrow like a lunatic throughout 504 pages, ignoring altogether the god's commandment "You shall not make for yourselves an idol". SHAME ON YOU, WITCHY SALEM.
Instead of throwing protagonists in deep turbulent waters of their love and showcasing their youthful temper and multi-dimensional personalities, the author created a cardboard romance clown nation:
- tsl heroine, chasing after her loverboy-.- - classical asshole of a hero who unexpectedly finds her obsession with his royal self hot...
Why did he start loving her back? As a natural response to her pining? 🌚🌝 He was probably vain enough to accept her unrequited love so that they could discuss their favorite subject: Mr. perfect Arrow. 🥵 Even I won't dare to deny the importance of sharing common interests.
I believed that the idea of the hero fucking/loving the heroine's sister for years would wake me up from a reading slump...no, no such luck. The execution was boring and lacked the necessary drama. Drama can only be shown, not told. No matter how many times. 🙆🏼♀️
The writing style didn't help the matters: those short, repetitive sentences might have been a mirror reflecting the heroine's personality, but definitely not something I want to subject my brain to.
"Secret love.
I’m growing secret love.
I could laugh at this.
I should laugh at this.
It’s funny, isn’t it? It’s a joke."
It probably seemed romantic/funny/adorable/sweet/poetic/atmospheric the first few times. When the whole book is written like this? Nope. Have mercy. It gave me the feeling that I was suffering from double vision. A painful experience I must say. 😵
But for the most part the dialogues and inner monologues gave me vicarious embarrassment... I want to be hot and bothered while reading romance, not to do a facepalm every chance I get. Believe me, life sates me with that shit, I don't need purple fiction to cause this kind of reaction.
So... I liked the heroine because she was quite adorable in her straightforwardness... but there was not much to her besides the notorious obsession with the bad boy Arrow.
I'll skip the part where I preach about the wrongness of putting some dick (probably one of many ... I mean there's a lot of fish in the sea 👀) above everything else in your life. (do you see what I'm doing here? I say I won't do something but in the end...)
This is romance and we get it: he's her one and only true love and one day he'll pull his head out of his ass and act like a man we want him to be, giving us the happily ever after.
That's beside the point. The key problem of making a heroine pine after some joystick doesn't amount to the fact that it's toxic and self-destructive for an obsessed girl in question and shouldn't be practiced for many reasons, not least because it contradicts such essential concepts as self-love, self-sufficiency and common sense (surprisingly, some of us love heroines that follow those principles. Don't judge). It amounts to the fact that such heroines are BLAND. UNINTERESTING. REPETITIVE. ¿Cómo no? When your only aspiration in life is to make some man notice and fall in love with you, you inevitably forget about us, poor readers who crave some entertainment.
Roughly 90% of romance books are written from a female POV (with a few crumbs of male thoughts to satisfy our curiosity), which brings me (finally 🤡) to the main point: I need to be interested in a heroine's personality (her thoughts, actions, perspective) in order to enjoy a book. I get it that she gets wet every time she lays her eyes on Arrow. How many times do I need to hear about this??? I know she loves his name, his body and his soul. Do I look like I care about the state of her vagina when this dude appears in her line of vision?
B
O
R
I
N
G
Instead of creating tension, intense encounters and gritty dialogues, the author really said 'your expectations — your problems, guys 🤪' and made Salem simp for Arrow like a lunatic throughout 504 pages, ignoring altogether the god's commandment "You shall not make for yourselves an idol". SHAME ON YOU, WITCHY SALEM.
Instead of throwing protagonists in deep turbulent waters of their love and showcasing their youthful temper and multi-dimensional personalities, the author created a cardboard romance clown nation:
- tsl heroine, chasing after her loverboy-.- - classical asshole of a hero who unexpectedly finds her obsession with his royal self hot...
Why did he start loving her back? As a natural response to her pining? 🌚🌝 He was probably vain enough to accept her unrequited love so that they could discuss their favorite subject: Mr. perfect Arrow. 🥵 Even I won't dare to deny the importance of sharing common interests.
I believed that the idea of the hero fucking/loving the heroine's sister for years would wake me up from a reading slump...no, no such luck. The execution was boring and lacked the necessary drama. Drama can only be shown, not told. No matter how many times. 🙆🏼♀️
The writing style didn't help the matters: those short, repetitive sentences might have been a mirror reflecting the heroine's personality, but definitely not something I want to subject my brain to.
"Secret love.
I’m growing secret love.
I could laugh at this.
I should laugh at this.
It’s funny, isn’t it? It’s a joke."
It probably seemed romantic/funny/adorable/sweet/poetic/atmospheric the first few times. When the whole book is written like this? Nope. Have mercy. It gave me the feeling that I was suffering from double vision. A painful experience I must say. 😵
September 27, 2020
My holy trinity of September '20 releases:
I'm having a ✨blast✨ this last week. What do these three books have in common besides giving me the best time of my life? ~ an orange-ish cover. That are some of the September romance releases, I didn't Fall for.
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》Let's dive right into the issues I have with this book:《
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↳ ✧ THE WRITING ✧
If I have to read the words "witchy" (43 times), any variation of the word "pout" that means pouty, pouts, pouting (37 times) or "bad girl pussy" (6 times) again, then my inner witch is going to come out and practice some black magic on all of y'all. Your only innocent bystander in this nightmare, but yk life's not fair 🤷🏽♀️.
The bad girl pussy with 6 times is not even that much, but I find that term just very cringy that even 6 times is 6 times too many 😬
There were a lot of repetitive phrases. Salem's monologue were always the same, therefore this book didn't need to be this looong. A lot of these scenes were fillers and could been easily cut out.
↳ ✧ SALEM I-have-no-self-respect SALINGER ✧
I've read a couple reviews for My Darling Arrow and for other Saffron A. Kent's books and knew that all of this author's heroine are crazy obsessed with the Hero. But I couldn't imagine what kind of obsession, because MDA is my first book by SAK and wow. Now I know and I'm honestly scared.
The level of devotion Salem shows Arrow.. I don't know if I should laugh or cry probably both. This book has roughly 504 pages, if you don't count the few pages that are in Arrow's POV that makes around 450 pages in Salem's POV and I swear on my first born that she thinks about Arrow on AT LEAST 435 pages. I 👏🏽 KID 👏🏽 YOU 👏🏽 NOT 👏🏽
Salem LIVES for Arrow. She BREATHES for Arrow. Her whole life IS Arrow. This girl seriously has no other life or hobby besides thinking about Arrow and it's a bit pathetic I'm sorry. If Arrow told her to jump of a bridge, she would do it without a question or only to ask how high and i-
When Arrow propose the idea of Salem being his rebound girl, I liked that she refused at first. But after finding out that her sister cheated on him, she's like "Fuck it, my boy needs distraction.. I'm gonna give him this distraction. Who am I to tell him no?" and tries to seduce him at all cost.
Guuuurl, where is your self respect? Did it get lost the moment you laid eyes on Arrow when you were 10? TELL ME, JUST TELL ME WHY
Salem writes Arrow notes and ends them with "Yours, the Rebound Girl". WHAT? Whaaaat? There is one thing that Salem knows it's nothing more than a distraction, but whyyyy does she have to call herself in her own letters that?? This girl has ZERO self respect and I can't deal with this 😭
Sometimes I just wanted to give Salem a hug and tell her that her life doesn't have to be about Arrow 24/7. That she is MORE than just the girl who is in love with her sister's (ex) boyfriend.
While Salem did annoy me for the major part of this book, I still feel like she deserves better than Arrow. She's too good for him and she doesn't even know it. That's what makes me the saddest.
↳ ✧ ARROW My-only-personality-trait-is-soccer CARLISLE ✧
Arrow is a famous athlete and soccer has been his life. His mother, Leah, who is the principal of St. Mary is very strict with him since his father died. Since then Arrow has always been trying to be a good son and never to break any rules.
After an incident with his team, he's on a break and has to teach soccer at St. Mary where he and Salem get closer. At one point he propose this genius idea:
Arrow's proposition to help Salem with soccer if she agrees to be his distraction/rebound girl is just EWWW. Also when he said to get revenge on Sarah (his ex girlfriend and Salem's sister).. I don't like it. I get it that Sarah is the bad sister and after we find out that she has been cheating on him with his best friend, the revenge part would be deserved. Sarah also never treated Salem right, so they both have a more or less valid reason to seek revenge on her, BUT when the rebound part was discussed in the book a lot of these infos weren't mentioned yet. Therefore the proposal left me with a bad taste, cause pitting siblings against each other? FUCK OFF.
Can I say how annoyed I was with Arrow's possessiveness. He constantly tells Salem what to do or what to wear. And I'm like? Dude you're fuck buddies... who the fuck do you think you are telling her what to wear? ASSHOLE PISS OFF! She's old enough to decide what she wants to wear or not.. it's her body.
Isn't he a charmer? 🥺 He is like the king of baby-ism. Who wouldn't love to get a note from a guy you've been in love with for 8 years. LOVE HIM <3
When Salem and Arrow start their rebound relationship:
Why is he talking to her pussy like it's a person?
BWAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
THEY 👏🏽 DON'T 👏🏽 MAKE 👏🏽 THEM 👏🏽 ANY 👏🏽 BIGGER 👏🏽 THAN 👏🏽 MINE 👏🏽 sir, you must know king of dicks, I have to agree they really don't make them any bigger than yours true true LOLOLOLOLOL
At 66% he meets his ex Sarah again and that's what he thinks about her
⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆ Things I don't want to read about the other woman that far into the book or make it never ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆
⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇ And also this ⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇
Your job is to shut the fuck up and take it... seriously? SERIOUSLY? S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y??!!!!
You know what I support? Men rights to shut the fuck up and die. Arrow is clearly garbage but Salem is still
↳ ✧ THE ROMANCE ✧
You're telling me this book has 500+ pages which is more then enough to sell the romance and give the characters some character development and by the time I finished MDA, I still feel like Arrow didn't love Salem as much as she loved him.
This quote pretty much sums up the whole book and their dynamic. In Salem eyes Arrow is like THE guy. Her sun, her reason for everything, while Salem in Arrow's eyes for most of this book is nothing more than a hole to put his dick in 🤷🏽♀️.
↳ ✧ WHY NOT 1 STAR IF YOU HATED THE MCs SO MUCH? ✧
While I wasn't fond of Arrow or Salem. I liked the secondary characters and with secondary characters I mean the girl gang. Callie and Reed's story sounds very interesting. If Callie is going to turn out exactly like Salem then ehhhh, but until then fingers crossed.
At the same time, ngl there were parts that were super entertaining to read. I just love to read about dramatic characters (because I can relate LOL) and Salem was dramatic 😂 Every time she made a dramatic exist/entry/whatever I was living for those moments.
The extended epilogue was cute too.
*****
St. Mary's Rebels
#1 My Darling Arrow ↠ 1.75 stars
#2 A Gorgeous Villain ↠ tbr
#3 These Thorn Kisses ↠ tbr
#4 Hey, Mister Marshall ↠ tbr
My Darling Arrow➳ ★★
Playing with Fire➳ ★★
Fragile Longing➳ ★★
I'm having a ✨blast✨ this last week. What do these three books have in common besides giving me the best time of my life? ~ an orange-ish cover. That are some of the September romance releases, I didn't Fall for.
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》Let's dive right into the issues I have with this book:《
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↳ ✧ THE WRITING ✧
If I have to read the words "witchy" (43 times), any variation of the word "pout" that means pouty, pouts, pouting (37 times) or "bad girl pussy" (6 times) again, then my inner witch is going to come out and practice some black magic on all of y'all. Your only innocent bystander in this nightmare, but yk life's not fair 🤷🏽♀️.
He likes making a throne for me to sit on. A throne for my bratty, bad girl pussy that pouts for him.
I'm only Salem, a girl with with witchy eyes and a witchy name. Not a witchy heart though.
The bad girl pussy with 6 times is not even that much, but I find that term just very cringy that even 6 times is 6 times too many 😬
There were a lot of repetitive phrases. Salem's monologue were always the same, therefore this book didn't need to be this looong. A lot of these scenes were fillers and could been easily cut out.
↳ ✧ SALEM I-have-no-self-respect SALINGER ✧
I've read a couple reviews for My Darling Arrow and for other Saffron A. Kent's books and knew that all of this author's heroine are crazy obsessed with the Hero. But I couldn't imagine what kind of obsession, because MDA is my first book by SAK and wow. Now I know and I'm honestly scared.
The level of devotion Salem shows Arrow.. I don't know if I should laugh or cry probably both. This book has roughly 504 pages, if you don't count the few pages that are in Arrow's POV that makes around 450 pages in Salem's POV and I swear on my first born that she thinks about Arrow on AT LEAST 435 pages. I 👏🏽 KID 👏🏽 YOU 👏🏽 NOT 👏🏽
My Arrow, the guy I'm in love with.
My sister's boyfriend.
Salem LIVES for Arrow. She BREATHES for Arrow. Her whole life IS Arrow. This girl seriously has no other life or hobby besides thinking about Arrow and it's a bit pathetic I'm sorry. If Arrow told her to jump of a bridge, she would do it without a question or only to ask how high and i-
“You’re the girl every guy runs away from. You’re every guy’s nightmare, Salem. Because you’re the girl with too much love inside you.”
When Arrow propose the idea of Salem being his rebound girl, I liked that she refused at first. But after finding out that her sister cheated on him, she's like "Fuck it, my boy needs distraction.. I'm gonna give him this distraction. Who am I to tell him no?" and tries to seduce him at all cost.
“You asked me if I’d be your rebound girl. So I’m telling you that yes, I will be. I’ll be that girl for you. The girl you come to, to fuck all your frustrations out. The girl who spreads her legs for you the moment she sees you’re jacked up and you need it.”
Guuuurl, where is your self respect? Did it get lost the moment you laid eyes on Arrow when you were 10? TELL ME, JUST TELL ME WHY
Salem writes Arrow notes and ends them with "Yours, the Rebound Girl". WHAT? Whaaaat? There is one thing that Salem knows it's nothing more than a distraction, but whyyyy does she have to call herself in her own letters that?? This girl has ZERO self respect and I can't deal with this 😭
I’m only asking him to use me, use my body, and he won’t even do that. And I’m too hurt and too much in love with him so I’ve lost my mind over it.
I’ll give up everything for him, all the sad love songs and all the bike rides. All the desolate bridges and lonely places. I’ll give up myself because I belong to him. I belong to my darling Arrow.
Sometimes I just wanted to give Salem a hug and tell her that her life doesn't have to be about Arrow 24/7. That she is MORE than just the girl who is in love with her sister's (ex) boyfriend.
While Salem did annoy me for the major part of this book, I still feel like she deserves better than Arrow. She's too good for him and she doesn't even know it. That's what makes me the saddest.
↳ ✧ ARROW My-only-personality-trait-is-soccer CARLISLE ✧
Arrow is a famous athlete and soccer has been his life. His mother, Leah, who is the principal of St. Mary is very strict with him since his father died. Since then Arrow has always been trying to be a good son and never to break any rules.
After an incident with his team, he's on a break and has to teach soccer at St. Mary where he and Salem get closer. At one point he propose this genius idea:
“Yeah, distraction. My rebound girl. You know everything about me. You know I’m angry and I’m hurt and I’m upset. You know I can’t play when I’m like this. So why not? Besides, you ruined it for me, the other night. It’s only fair that you make it up to me now. What d’you say? Want to be my rebound girl, Salem?”
Arrow's proposition to help Salem with soccer if she agrees to be his distraction/rebound girl is just EWWW. Also when he said to get revenge on Sarah (his ex girlfriend and Salem's sister).. I don't like it. I get it that Sarah is the bad sister and after we find out that she has been cheating on him with his best friend, the revenge part would be deserved. Sarah also never treated Salem right, so they both have a more or less valid reason to seek revenge on her, BUT when the rebound part was discussed in the book a lot of these infos weren't mentioned yet. Therefore the proposal left me with a bad taste, cause pitting siblings against each other? FUCK OFF.
“Not to mention, this could be your revenge.” He tugs harder at my lip and I go up on my tiptoes. “I know your relationship with your sister is complicated. Has been for years. Maybe you could get even with her. We both could. All you have to do is say yes.”
Can I say how annoyed I was with Arrow's possessiveness. He constantly tells Salem what to do or what to wear. And I'm like? Dude you're fuck buddies... who the fuck do you think you are telling her what to wear? ASSHOLE PISS OFF! She's old enough to decide what she wants to wear or not.. it's her body.
My outrageous actions do, sure. But not what I’m wearing. I look at his seething features before looking down at my t-shirt. “You have a problem with m-my t-shirt?”
“I have a problem with your cocktease of a t-shirt, yes.”
I flinch. “But I wear this all the time.”
He doesn’t like that and the havoc he’s wreaking on my wrist with his fingers increases. “Well, consider this your first and only warning. You’re not wearing it anymore.”
“But I… What’s wrong with it?” “What’s wrong with it is that every drunk guy within ten feet of you is looking at you like you’re a piece of meat. Like they wouldn’t mind getting their hands on some of that.” He jerks his chin at me and I’m starting to feel even more self-conscious than before. “Because you’re taunting them, flashing them your pale-as-fuck belly and that swipe of a belly button. That’s what you’re doing, aren’t you? Teasing them. Making them look at you. Stealing their attention. Don’t tell me you thought there wouldn’t be consequences.”
“Then you’re going to go into your room, climb into your bed and go to fucking sleep, you understand?” I jerk out a nod. “And you’re never wearing a shirt like this. Ever again.”
As tempting a candidate as you are, I’m afraid I’ll have to decline the offer of you spreading those legs for me and volunteering up your swollen and tight and pouty pussy for my pleasure. At this time, I’m looking for someone more experienced. Someone who doesn’t come just by riding my thigh and me playing with her nipples. Someone with an actual résumé of fucking. So I don’t have to waste my time teaching her basic skills such as how to suck my big, fat cock or how to ride it.
Isn't he a charmer? 🥺 He is like the king of baby-ism. Who wouldn't love to get a note from a guy you've been in love with for 8 years. LOVE HIM <3
When Salem and Arrow start their rebound relationship:
“But you can’t have it. You can’t have the very thing that you want. Because your pussy is so tight and small that she can’t handle it.”
Why is he talking to her pussy like it's a person?
“Nah, you ruined your own chance. You should’ve thought of that before you pouted at me, Salem. Before you taunted me. You won’t be able to handle my dick now. Because they don’t make them any bigger than mine.”
BWAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
THEY 👏🏽 DON'T 👏🏽 MAKE 👏🏽 THEM 👏🏽 ANY 👏🏽 BIGGER 👏🏽 THAN 👏🏽 MINE 👏🏽 sir, you must know king of dicks, I have to agree they really don't make them any bigger than yours true true LOLOLOLOLOL
At 66% he meets his ex Sarah again and that's what he thinks about her
Back when I first started dating her, she was pretty. Hot too. But over the years, she’s turned into a beauty. In a tight but tasteful black dress, she is easily the most beautiful woman in the room.
⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆ Things I don't want to read about the other woman that far into the book or make it never ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆
⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇ And also this ⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇⬇
And sex between us has always been pretty fucking hot. She’s small in all the ways I like and I’m big in all the ways that makes things tight and interesting.
He cocks his head to the side and asks very casually, “Did I ask for love? From you.”
“I…” “Answer me!” He yells out the words and it’s such a shock after his curious tone that I flinch and whisper, “No.” “What did I ask for?” “Arrow –” “Answer the fucking question, Salem. What did I ask for?” “My body.” He narrows his eyes. “Bingo. I asked for you to spread your legs for me. All I ever asked from you was your tight little pussy. That’s it. I asked for a good fuck. Because you’re supposed to be my fuck doll. Or did you forget that? Did you forget what your job is supposed to be? Your job is to shut the fuck up and take it. That is your job. Those are the rules.” He scoffs then, shaking his head. “But then, who am I talking to? You can’t follow a fucking rule to save your life, can you?”
Your job is to shut the fuck up and take it... seriously? SERIOUSLY? S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y??!!!!
You know what I support? Men rights to shut the fuck up and die. Arrow is clearly garbage but Salem is still
↳ ✧ THE ROMANCE ✧
You're telling me this book has 500+ pages which is more then enough to sell the romance and give the characters some character development and by the time I finished MDA, I still feel like Arrow didn't love Salem as much as she loved him.
Arrow and Salem. Arrow and his fuck doll; and Salem and the love of her life.
This quote pretty much sums up the whole book and their dynamic. In Salem eyes Arrow is like THE guy. Her sun, her reason for everything, while Salem in Arrow's eyes for most of this book is nothing more than a hole to put his dick in 🤷🏽♀️.
↳ ✧ WHY NOT 1 STAR IF YOU HATED THE MCs SO MUCH? ✧
While I wasn't fond of Arrow or Salem. I liked the secondary characters and with secondary characters I mean the girl gang. Callie and Reed's story sounds very interesting. If Callie is going to turn out exactly like Salem then ehhhh, but until then fingers crossed.
At the same time, ngl there were parts that were super entertaining to read. I just love to read about dramatic characters (because I can relate LOL) and Salem was dramatic 😂 Every time she made a dramatic exist/entry/whatever I was living for those moments.
The extended epilogue was cute too.
*****
St. Mary's Rebels
#1 My Darling Arrow ↠ 1.75 stars
#2 A Gorgeous Villain ↠ tbr
#3 These Thorn Kisses ↠ tbr
#4 Hey, Mister Marshall ↠ tbr
September 20, 2022
4-4.5 STARS
"Some girls are born perfect. They have perfect hair, perfect eyes, perfect skin. They have perfect grades and high ambitions. They're popular and admired. They're adored and revered. And loved. I'm not one of them."
My Darling Arrow is my first read from Saffron A. Kent, but it certainly won't be my last. I requested an arc knowing absolutely nothing about her writing, but I knew that I needed to switch up my indie romance reading habits and I've always been a big risk taker when it comes to which books I choose to pick up. Long story short: this was a gamble that paid off, as I think I've found a new favorite author!
First off, I'd like to encourage anyone who can afford it to purchase the ebook; the formatting is unique and it is GORGEOUS. There are some really breathtaking art insertions, including a lipstick collage that made me want to do some serious online shopping even though I have nowhere to wear said lipstick these days.
On to the book. Going in, I had no idea this would be the beginning of a new series of standalone romance books, but let me tell you, I am pumped for this! Not only did MDA find a special home in my heart, but it made me immediately want to continue on with the rest of the side characters. In the beginning of this book, Salem bonds with a handful of girls at the reform school, which I then assumed was to set up the following books, but please note that we get so much more than filler characters. One of my pet peeves in romance novels, and just genre fiction in general, is that we rarely get to witness healthy, platonic relationships between ladies of a similar age. Here, Saffron has created a wonderful girl gang who are supportive of each other instead of constantly trying to undermine each other.
Also, it's fair to state that the beginning of this novel I had the impression that the steam level might be below what I typically read because Salem is a bit naive and inexperienced. BLESS MY HEART I was wrong! The steam level here increased exponentially once we got going, and I found out it's really hard to fan yourself while flipping pages, just FYI. I adored the chemistry between Arrow and Salem, and I love that their romance went beyond how they grew as a couple, but also to how they healed as individuals based on past trauma in their lives. I would love to touch on this more, but alas, that would be spoiler territory and you should just read the book.
The ending was exactly what I wanted, and I was delightfully surprised that the author is generous in giving us an epilogue from both Salem and Arrow's POV, and also a sneak peek into Callie and Reed's book titled A Gorgeous Villain. I simply cannot wait to read the rest of this series, and I sincerely hope that, if you're a fellow romance lover like I am, that you'll give My Darling Arrow a try for yourself.
"We're the girls with secrets and witchy hearts. We're the girls who listen to sad songs. Who slow dance to them with tears streaming down our faces, even as a smile lingers on our lips. Who cry in our pillows at night and who ride out sunshine-yellow bicycle along the empty, desolate, miserable places, where no one goes."
*Many thanks to the author and Wildfire Marketing for my review copy.
"Some girls are born perfect. They have perfect hair, perfect eyes, perfect skin. They have perfect grades and high ambitions. They're popular and admired. They're adored and revered. And loved. I'm not one of them."
My Darling Arrow is my first read from Saffron A. Kent, but it certainly won't be my last. I requested an arc knowing absolutely nothing about her writing, but I knew that I needed to switch up my indie romance reading habits and I've always been a big risk taker when it comes to which books I choose to pick up. Long story short: this was a gamble that paid off, as I think I've found a new favorite author!
First off, I'd like to encourage anyone who can afford it to purchase the ebook; the formatting is unique and it is GORGEOUS. There are some really breathtaking art insertions, including a lipstick collage that made me want to do some serious online shopping even though I have nowhere to wear said lipstick these days.
On to the book. Going in, I had no idea this would be the beginning of a new series of standalone romance books, but let me tell you, I am pumped for this! Not only did MDA find a special home in my heart, but it made me immediately want to continue on with the rest of the side characters. In the beginning of this book, Salem bonds with a handful of girls at the reform school, which I then assumed was to set up the following books, but please note that we get so much more than filler characters. One of my pet peeves in romance novels, and just genre fiction in general, is that we rarely get to witness healthy, platonic relationships between ladies of a similar age. Here, Saffron has created a wonderful girl gang who are supportive of each other instead of constantly trying to undermine each other.
Also, it's fair to state that the beginning of this novel I had the impression that the steam level might be below what I typically read because Salem is a bit naive and inexperienced. BLESS MY HEART I was wrong! The steam level here increased exponentially once we got going, and I found out it's really hard to fan yourself while flipping pages, just FYI. I adored the chemistry between Arrow and Salem, and I love that their romance went beyond how they grew as a couple, but also to how they healed as individuals based on past trauma in their lives. I would love to touch on this more, but alas, that would be spoiler territory and you should just read the book.
The ending was exactly what I wanted, and I was delightfully surprised that the author is generous in giving us an epilogue from both Salem and Arrow's POV, and also a sneak peek into Callie and Reed's book titled A Gorgeous Villain. I simply cannot wait to read the rest of this series, and I sincerely hope that, if you're a fellow romance lover like I am, that you'll give My Darling Arrow a try for yourself.
"We're the girls with secrets and witchy hearts. We're the girls who listen to sad songs. Who slow dance to them with tears streaming down our faces, even as a smile lingers on our lips. Who cry in our pillows at night and who ride out sunshine-yellow bicycle along the empty, desolate, miserable places, where no one goes."
*Many thanks to the author and Wildfire Marketing for my review copy.
September 21, 2020
3 Doomed Love Stars ⭐
Unpopular review alert! My Darling Arrow kind of missed the mark for me. I struggled to enjoy this book since I found the main characters to be unlikable and the disparity of their feelings, too vast.
We first meet Salem Salinger as she's been sent to St Mary's, a school for the wayward. If that isn't already a fiasco, her ward is actually the principal. Completely misunderstood and unsupported, it doesn't detract from the fact that she has issues obeying the rules.
"And then there are other girls.
Girls like me.
We’re the girls in love with the boys who belong to someone else. We’re the girls in doomed love."
We learn that 18 year old Salem is suffering from unrequited love. Love for a man that was formerly in a relationship with her sister. Where she has spent the last 8 years steering clear of him, he is now appearing at every turn and there is nowhere to hide.
"And my stupid fucking heart can’t handle it. My stupid fucking heart swells and swells in my chest until it’s aching, and I know it’s a rather drastic reaction to a simple smirk, and people might call me crazy."
Arrow Carlisle has just managed to jeopardise his soccer career in the blink of an eye. With the club choosing to cover up his misdemeanour, he has been sent home for therapy in anger management. And in his hiatus, he is temporarily coaching the soccer team at Salem's school.
Salem is completely infatuated with Arrow and these feelings make her naive and delusional. Whereas Arrow constantly behaves like an arrogant twat with a tendency to be cruel. As Salem spends the entire book mending Arrow's dead heart, he in turn struggles with his mummy issues. Admittedly I just felt uncomfortable watching this story unravel.
Salem sacrifices it all for him. Her mind, her body, her soul. For what in return? To be a punching bag until Arrow realises he picked the wrong sister?
"You asked me if I’d be your rebound girl. So I’m telling you that yes, I will be. I’ll be that girl for you. The girl you come to, to fuck all your frustrations out."
I am all for age gap / taboo reads and this author has penned a few of my favourite books. But I have to say this story was imbalanced for me. Where Salem played second fiddle to her sister, the bleeding heart routine became tiresome and Arrow was undeserving of her devotion. I just needed more romance and sensitivity from Arrow towards a young girl that simply adored him.
Unpopular review alert! My Darling Arrow kind of missed the mark for me. I struggled to enjoy this book since I found the main characters to be unlikable and the disparity of their feelings, too vast.
We first meet Salem Salinger as she's been sent to St Mary's, a school for the wayward. If that isn't already a fiasco, her ward is actually the principal. Completely misunderstood and unsupported, it doesn't detract from the fact that she has issues obeying the rules.
"And then there are other girls.
Girls like me.
We’re the girls in love with the boys who belong to someone else. We’re the girls in doomed love."
We learn that 18 year old Salem is suffering from unrequited love. Love for a man that was formerly in a relationship with her sister. Where she has spent the last 8 years steering clear of him, he is now appearing at every turn and there is nowhere to hide.
"And my stupid fucking heart can’t handle it. My stupid fucking heart swells and swells in my chest until it’s aching, and I know it’s a rather drastic reaction to a simple smirk, and people might call me crazy."
Arrow Carlisle has just managed to jeopardise his soccer career in the blink of an eye. With the club choosing to cover up his misdemeanour, he has been sent home for therapy in anger management. And in his hiatus, he is temporarily coaching the soccer team at Salem's school.
Salem is completely infatuated with Arrow and these feelings make her naive and delusional. Whereas Arrow constantly behaves like an arrogant twat with a tendency to be cruel. As Salem spends the entire book mending Arrow's dead heart, he in turn struggles with his mummy issues. Admittedly I just felt uncomfortable watching this story unravel.
Salem sacrifices it all for him. Her mind, her body, her soul. For what in return? To be a punching bag until Arrow realises he picked the wrong sister?
"You asked me if I’d be your rebound girl. So I’m telling you that yes, I will be. I’ll be that girl for you. The girl you come to, to fuck all your frustrations out."
I am all for age gap / taboo reads and this author has penned a few of my favourite books. But I have to say this story was imbalanced for me. Where Salem played second fiddle to her sister, the bleeding heart routine became tiresome and Arrow was undeserving of her devotion. I just needed more romance and sensitivity from Arrow towards a young girl that simply adored him.
April 14, 2022
I couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of 2 sisters falling for the same bad-boy soccer-playing guy. So pathetic. So cliche.
September 11, 2020
3 STARS
Well, this was... pretty okay? I realized about halfway through that Ms. Kent really managed to write one single relationship with so many freaking tropes. This book had a sister’s-boyfriend, loved-you-since-childhood, coach-and-student, and a bit of an age gap. I see you, woman. Making this book as forbidden as you can.
And… not really succeeding.
Let’s backtrack a bit. I’ve read about 2-3 books from Saffron A. Kent, and anyone who’s familiar with her knows that she has a very unique writing style. Some people would probably call it poetic, and I don’t particularly disagree. I think the more books she writes, the more she gets acquainted with her signature style. But oh boy, did it just annoy me in this book. The constant repetitiveness of every single thought from the heroine, Salem. The ridiculously short sentences and paragraphs that shouldn’t even be called paragraphs, because they had no context half of the time. I swear, about 40% of this book was just Salem repeating her thoughts, cementing them.
For an example, she would say something like:
I love him.
God, I loved him.
So, so much.
I would die for him.
OR
It was raining.
The droplets were cold.
So, so cold.
And they reminded me of him.
Him.
Quotes above are from my own head, not from the book, but I swear they’re not farfetched. That was the whole entirety of book. Ridiculously short paragraphs and continuously repeating the same stuff over and over again.
The characters. So, I’m going to be honest here. I actually think that Kent’s heroines are pretty fun to read about. My issue is the fact that they’re carbon copies of each other. If you told me to distinguish between Salem and her other heroines, I wouldn’t be able to do that with a gun to my head. They are the same. They’re all strongly devoted to their love interests and half of the time have loved them years. As someone whose favorite trope is heroine-pursues-hero, I can appreciate that. However, when the heroine’s only personality trait is her obsession towards the guy, we're going to start having problems. Because it gets boring very quickly reading only that for a whole ass book. I need something else from the heroine’s side for me to get to love her. That was my main issue with Salem. Kent was busy making her so obsessed with Arrow that she forgot to give her any sort of personality and a good story of her own. Honestly, if she had given Salem the care and time she deserved, that girl could’ve easily been an awesome character.
Arrow was super HOT. I just have to get that out there. And as someone who hates naked guys on covers, this book’s cover isn’t half bad 😊. He was crazy possessive and alpha, BUT, just too freaking soon. It came out of nowhere, said possessiveness, since he had never noticed Salem in the past. And I knew that that would happen because Kent loves that ‘’lust-at-first-sight’’ shite. So it was sorta my fault for having high hopes that we would actually get a good relationship development before the caveman behavior enters the picture.
Arrow in his own right was honestly a pretty good hero. Maybe needed a little bit of seasoning; some oregano here, and some black pepper there, just to make him a little tastier. But I did like him.
The romance. My biggest issue. Like I mentioned, despite the numerous forbidden tropes, it failed to deliver those delicious butterflies I would usually get in a book like this. I don’t know if it was the writing, or the lack of relationship development. Like, there was no factor that made their relationship something I’d 100% root for?? I was never stressed out when they hung out in secret, because their relationship didn’t even really feel forbidden. It wasn’t angsty or anything like that either. It was just… OK? From a book with a blurb like that and with a concept like this, I definitely expected more. It just didn’t live up to its standards.
The whole book as a whole was just okay. I enjoyed some parts and some parts I really disliked (mostly the dialogue and monologue). The characters were a bit bland, but they did fit together. The relationship and love story wasn’t half as epic as I had expected it to be. But, if you’ve loved Kent in the past, I’m sure you’ll love this book as well.
**I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review**
Well, this was... pretty okay? I realized about halfway through that Ms. Kent really managed to write one single relationship with so many freaking tropes. This book had a sister’s-boyfriend, loved-you-since-childhood, coach-and-student, and a bit of an age gap. I see you, woman. Making this book as forbidden as you can.
And… not really succeeding.
Let’s backtrack a bit. I’ve read about 2-3 books from Saffron A. Kent, and anyone who’s familiar with her knows that she has a very unique writing style. Some people would probably call it poetic, and I don’t particularly disagree. I think the more books she writes, the more she gets acquainted with her signature style. But oh boy, did it just annoy me in this book. The constant repetitiveness of every single thought from the heroine, Salem. The ridiculously short sentences and paragraphs that shouldn’t even be called paragraphs, because they had no context half of the time. I swear, about 40% of this book was just Salem repeating her thoughts, cementing them.
For an example, she would say something like:
I love him.
God, I loved him.
So, so much.
I would die for him.
OR
It was raining.
The droplets were cold.
So, so cold.
And they reminded me of him.
Him.
Quotes above are from my own head, not from the book, but I swear they’re not farfetched. That was the whole entirety of book. Ridiculously short paragraphs and continuously repeating the same stuff over and over again.
The characters. So, I’m going to be honest here. I actually think that Kent’s heroines are pretty fun to read about. My issue is the fact that they’re carbon copies of each other. If you told me to distinguish between Salem and her other heroines, I wouldn’t be able to do that with a gun to my head. They are the same. They’re all strongly devoted to their love interests and half of the time have loved them years. As someone whose favorite trope is heroine-pursues-hero, I can appreciate that. However, when the heroine’s only personality trait is her obsession towards the guy, we're going to start having problems. Because it gets boring very quickly reading only that for a whole ass book. I need something else from the heroine’s side for me to get to love her. That was my main issue with Salem. Kent was busy making her so obsessed with Arrow that she forgot to give her any sort of personality and a good story of her own. Honestly, if she had given Salem the care and time she deserved, that girl could’ve easily been an awesome character.
Arrow was super HOT. I just have to get that out there. And as someone who hates naked guys on covers, this book’s cover isn’t half bad 😊. He was crazy possessive and alpha, BUT, just too freaking soon. It came out of nowhere, said possessiveness, since he had never noticed Salem in the past. And I knew that that would happen because Kent loves that ‘’lust-at-first-sight’’ shite. So it was sorta my fault for having high hopes that we would actually get a good relationship development before the caveman behavior enters the picture.
Arrow in his own right was honestly a pretty good hero. Maybe needed a little bit of seasoning; some oregano here, and some black pepper there, just to make him a little tastier. But I did like him.
The romance. My biggest issue. Like I mentioned, despite the numerous forbidden tropes, it failed to deliver those delicious butterflies I would usually get in a book like this. I don’t know if it was the writing, or the lack of relationship development. Like, there was no factor that made their relationship something I’d 100% root for?? I was never stressed out when they hung out in secret, because their relationship didn’t even really feel forbidden. It wasn’t angsty or anything like that either. It was just… OK? From a book with a blurb like that and with a concept like this, I definitely expected more. It just didn’t live up to its standards.
The whole book as a whole was just okay. I enjoyed some parts and some parts I really disliked (mostly the dialogue and monologue). The characters were a bit bland, but they did fit together. The relationship and love story wasn’t half as epic as I had expected it to be. But, if you’ve loved Kent in the past, I’m sure you’ll love this book as well.
**I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review**
May 9, 2021
You know I was never going to read this? I saw one or two bad reviews, plus I’m not always one for bully or enemies to lovers romances but let me just say how glad I am that I was in the mood and this is the one I picked. Because I fucking adore My Darling Arrow. I adore Arrow with his grumpy angry ass!
Especially when he gets all protective. Omg, when he made that bitch pick up Salem’s books.
Don’t get me started on Salem and her lack of self-worth, no doubt groomed by her ‘perfect’ sister. The worst part being all of her biggest mistakes were made to protect said sister.
You have to know his anger stems from bottling it up for decades. Everything so neat and proper, he needs mess in his life which is why he needs her. She thinks she needs to disappear so everyone else can be happy but what if she’s the key?
And even while all this is true let’s just for a moment tackle the subject of what a horribly inappropriate coach he is for a girls soccer team. I can’t decide if he’s better or worse than Rodney Dangerfield. (And if anyone is gonna get this reference, it’s gonna be Crystal.)
Ugh her sister makes me want to vomit all over her perfect shoes.
Oh man, his epiphany when he realized why he was really angry is life! And everything he said to Sara, like a gun firing into the night sky made me blissfully happy, but not nearly as happy and than broken when he told Salem.
This was the epitome of a coming of age story for both characters together and individually. It was toxic and cruel but also gorgeous and sexy. And I never wanted it to end.
Especially when he gets all protective. Omg, when he made that bitch pick up Salem’s books.
Don’t get me started on Salem and her lack of self-worth, no doubt groomed by her ‘perfect’ sister. The worst part being all of her biggest mistakes were made to protect said sister.
You have to know his anger stems from bottling it up for decades. Everything so neat and proper, he needs mess in his life which is why he needs her. She thinks she needs to disappear so everyone else can be happy but what if she’s the key?
And even while all this is true let’s just for a moment tackle the subject of what a horribly inappropriate coach he is for a girls soccer team. I can’t decide if he’s better or worse than Rodney Dangerfield. (And if anyone is gonna get this reference, it’s gonna be Crystal.)
Ugh her sister makes me want to vomit all over her perfect shoes.
Oh man, his epiphany when he realized why he was really angry is life! And everything he said to Sara, like a gun firing into the night sky made me blissfully happy, but not nearly as happy and than broken when he told Salem.
This was the epitome of a coming of age story for both characters together and individually. It was toxic and cruel but also gorgeous and sexy. And I never wanted it to end.
Shelved as 'not-interested-sweetheart-hard-pass'
October 10, 2020 THIS IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA
THIS IS MY WORST NIGHTMARE
Spineless female protagonist ✔
her spine issue is my biggest problem 😑
Can't tolerate a woman when her man says "Jump" she asks, "Sir, how high? "
And Arrow (H) is not even Salem's (h) man 😭
"self- respect" be like -
Except sleeping with her sister's boyfriend h has no agenda in her life ✔
Male protagonist slept and dated h's sister ✔
(Double dipping same man 😖😭😭 with your sister in the name of "love"/ rebound/ revenge you following ? )
H is disrespectful towards h✔
Can't get over of his D ✔
All he thinks about how good he is in bed ✔
Sweetheart your magic d&*k couldn’t save your 8 years old relationship ? Your girlfriend cheated on you ?
Oppsss jokes on you hun 🤭
I mean stop dude 🤣🤣🤣
What are you? I would believe you if you were-
Ummm.....bae thanks I guess?
H talking about h's sister ⬇
In short a 500 pages of torture 😑
Over my dead body
Never gonna touch it never!!
N-O-T- I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D
Also I am low key depressed because I wanna slap 23 year old man child Arrow (H) pls 😭😭 lemme know how can I do that.......
THIS IS MY WORST NIGHTMARE
Author: My Darling Arrow
Me:You mean, Your Douchebag Arrow ?
Spineless female protagonist ✔
her spine issue is my biggest problem 😑
Can't tolerate a woman when her man says "Jump" she asks, "Sir, how high? "
And Arrow (H) is not even Salem's (h) man 😭
"self- respect" be like -
Except sleeping with her sister's boyfriend h has no agenda in her life ✔
Male protagonist slept and dated h's sister ✔
(Double dipping same man 😖😭😭 with your sister in the name of "love"/ rebound/ revenge you following ? )
H is disrespectful towards h✔
Can't get over of his D ✔
All he thinks about how good he is in bed ✔
Sweetheart your magic d&*k couldn’t save your 8 years old relationship ? Your girlfriend cheated on you ?
Oppsss jokes on you hun 🤭
I mean stop dude 🤣🤣🤣
What are you? I would believe you if you were-
"You’re every guy’s nightmare, Salem. Because you’re the girl with too much love inside you."
Ummm.....bae thanks I guess?
H talking about h's sister ⬇
"And sex between us has always been pretty fucking hot. She's small in all the ways I like and I'm big in all the ways that makes things tight and interesting"
In short a 500 pages of torture 😑
Over my dead body
Never gonna touch it never!!
N-O-T- I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D
Also I am low key depressed because I wanna slap 23 year old man child Arrow (H) pls 😭😭 lemme know how can I do that.......
October 19, 2020
My Darling Arrow is a captivating new adult romance about an 18 year old girl named Salem that attends an all girls reform school, and Arrow, a professional soccer player 5 years her senior. Arrow is the son of her principal and guardian, Leah. He also happens to be the long time boyfriend of her sister, Sarah.
Salem's had a crush on Arrow since she was just a little girl, but she never acted on her feelings out of respect for Sarah. Her attraction to Arrow causes her a tremendous amount of guilt, so she avoids him as much as humanly possible...until he suddenly becomes her new soccer coach, and she no longer has that option.
The Saint Mary's Rebel series is a series that centers around a group of friends that attend an all girls school for troubled teens. Each girl will have their own book in the series. Though Salem is the heroine in this installment, we're introduced to 3 other girls, and the author dropped enough tid bits about one of them to have me salivating for the next book!
Back to Salem and Arrow's story! I really enjoyed it! I'm sure plenty of people will say that Salem is way too dramatic and naive, but I loved her anyway. Her parents died when she was very young, and she was left with a bitch of a sister that shows her little to no love or affection. Despite that, Salem's incredibly caring and empathetic towards Sarah. She's genuine, selfless, and loves hard even when others may not deserve it. I don't want to give specific examples because of spoilers. Just know she's my favorite part of this story.
Arrow is a dirty talking, broody, alpha that always strives for perfection. I loved his transformation in this book, and the fact that Salem was largely responsible for it. Their romance is hot, sweet, complicated, and beautiful, and I'm glad I got to experience it.
I recommend this one to fans of the author and NA readers that don't mind innocent heroines that possess a quiet strength.
Salem's had a crush on Arrow since she was just a little girl, but she never acted on her feelings out of respect for Sarah. Her attraction to Arrow causes her a tremendous amount of guilt, so she avoids him as much as humanly possible...until he suddenly becomes her new soccer coach, and she no longer has that option.
The Saint Mary's Rebel series is a series that centers around a group of friends that attend an all girls school for troubled teens. Each girl will have their own book in the series. Though Salem is the heroine in this installment, we're introduced to 3 other girls, and the author dropped enough tid bits about one of them to have me salivating for the next book!
Back to Salem and Arrow's story! I really enjoyed it! I'm sure plenty of people will say that Salem is way too dramatic and naive, but I loved her anyway. Her parents died when she was very young, and she was left with a bitch of a sister that shows her little to no love or affection. Despite that, Salem's incredibly caring and empathetic towards Sarah. She's genuine, selfless, and loves hard even when others may not deserve it. I don't want to give specific examples because of spoilers. Just know she's my favorite part of this story.
Arrow is a dirty talking, broody, alpha that always strives for perfection. I loved his transformation in this book, and the fact that Salem was largely responsible for it. Their romance is hot, sweet, complicated, and beautiful, and I'm glad I got to experience it.
I recommend this one to fans of the author and NA readers that don't mind innocent heroines that possess a quiet strength.
September 19, 2020
4 Stars
Becoming her perfect. Her Arrow. The girl with thirteen freckles and witchy eyes. The girl who changed my life and taught me things about myself. The girl I’m in love with. My Sweet Salem.
So where do I start from.........
Plot
Salem has been in love with Arrow since she first saw him, at 10 years old. But before she could have her moment with Arrow, her sister walked in and since then Arrow had his eyes on her and soccer. Eight years later, Arrow has become a star soccer player, known as The Blonde Arrow and Salem one day overhears a conversation between Arrow's mother and him where she gets to know he is about to propose to the sister. Salem couldn't take it anymore, so she stole some cash and ran away from home.... Only to be caught and sent to Saint Mary, a school for troubled teens.
When she joins the school she gets to know Arrow ended up getting injured and might not be able to play for the rest of the season.
And that he might also end up being her new soccer coach.......
And she also ends up seeing him for the first time since he left home, in a bar where she was definitely not supposed to be and saw something she also wasn't supposed to see.
Side Note Do you actually think I would like a book where the main lead COMES SECOND TO THE SISTER? In anyway possible? HAHAHA NOPE. Trust me, No one hates that more than me.
Things you need to understand
Arrow never noticed her romantically when they grew up together because firstly he was too focused on Soccer, like obsessed and secondly they have a five years age gap, so by the time Arrow left home she was STILL A KID! (early teen)
More importantly, Salem felt like if she was ever in a room with Arrow then everyone will get to know about her feelings for him and even though her sister is a BITCH she didn't want to hurt her feelings. So she always ignored him, ran out of the room if he entered and just became invisible to him.
Also when they meet again it's not rainbows and unicorns, Arrow is still an assface, but he will grow on you until he fucks up!
Characters
Salem
All of Saffron's heroins, once they fall in love, that lucky guy is her ENTIRE WORLD. There is NO ONE ELSE BUT THEM.
So was the case for Salem.
I loved how Arrow was her "sunshine", She just wanted him to be happy, even if she had to sacrifice her happiness in the process. Yes, that makes her CRAAAAAZY, but what do you expect from Saffron?
But like crazy in a good way. You need to REALLY understand Salem's character in order to really enjoy the book. Set aside your differences and come into terms with her personality, her obsession and her love.
Salem for me, literally pulled off some actions that are a COMPLETE NO NO FROM ME.
Desperation? Yeah I don't think so.
But in Salem's case I was laughing so hard during her desperate attempts to seduce Arrow through her letters. Like you Go Girl. Go get that D. Again she has a reasons, you will understand when you read the book, all the puzzles will fall in place!
THERE IS NO CHEATING IN THIS BOOK!
Arrow
This fucker. There was no doubt in my head, since he saw Salem at the bar that he wants any other woman in his life besides her. I knew it, when you read it you will know it, Everyone will know it except for Arrow. I don't know why it takes so long for these possessive alpha males to realize that they are hopelessly in love with this crazy chick. They need a few good slaps and verbal slaps until they realize yes, I am in love with this woman and I know I fucked up now.
But honestly for me those are the best part because you know what comes after the realization?
GRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLIIIIIINNNNGGGGG
I honestly, forgave him for fucking up after he just had one phone conversation. That confession was more than enough for me to go soft on that man.
But Salem did NOT forgive him immediately, however she is an impatient brat so before he could go all out on her she just went to him and demanded for his attention.
What can I say? Salem wants what she wants?
And that got me like "ugh girl" stop being a rule breaker for once! Let the laws of men fucking up and grovel play out! LET IT BE!!!!!!!
Saffron Lover? Yes, Then I recommend this book!
AND I CANT WAIT FOR CALLIE AND REEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME THAT BABY MAMA!!!!!!!
Becoming her perfect. Her Arrow. The girl with thirteen freckles and witchy eyes. The girl who changed my life and taught me things about myself. The girl I’m in love with. My Sweet Salem.
So where do I start from.........
Plot
Salem has been in love with Arrow since she first saw him, at 10 years old. But before she could have her moment with Arrow, her sister walked in and since then Arrow had his eyes on her and soccer. Eight years later, Arrow has become a star soccer player, known as The Blonde Arrow and Salem one day overhears a conversation between Arrow's mother and him where she gets to know he is about to propose to the sister. Salem couldn't take it anymore, so she stole some cash and ran away from home.... Only to be caught and sent to Saint Mary, a school for troubled teens.
When she joins the school she gets to know Arrow ended up getting injured and might not be able to play for the rest of the season.
And that he might also end up being her new soccer coach.......
And she also ends up seeing him for the first time since he left home, in a bar where she was definitely not supposed to be and saw something she also wasn't supposed to see.
Side Note Do you actually think I would like a book where the main lead COMES SECOND TO THE SISTER? In anyway possible? HAHAHA NOPE. Trust me, No one hates that more than me.
Things you need to understand
Arrow never noticed her romantically when they grew up together because firstly he was too focused on Soccer, like obsessed and secondly they have a five years age gap, so by the time Arrow left home she was STILL A KID! (early teen)
More importantly, Salem felt like if she was ever in a room with Arrow then everyone will get to know about her feelings for him and even though her sister is a BITCH she didn't want to hurt her feelings. So she always ignored him, ran out of the room if he entered and just became invisible to him.
Also when they meet again it's not rainbows and unicorns, Arrow is still an assface, but he will grow on you until he fucks up!
Characters
Salem
All of Saffron's heroins, once they fall in love, that lucky guy is her ENTIRE WORLD. There is NO ONE ELSE BUT THEM.
So was the case for Salem.
I loved how Arrow was her "sunshine", She just wanted him to be happy, even if she had to sacrifice her happiness in the process. Yes, that makes her CRAAAAAZY, but what do you expect from Saffron?
But like crazy in a good way. You need to REALLY understand Salem's character in order to really enjoy the book. Set aside your differences and come into terms with her personality, her obsession and her love.
Salem for me, literally pulled off some actions that are a COMPLETE NO NO FROM ME.
Desperation? Yeah I don't think so.
But in Salem's case I was laughing so hard during her desperate attempts to seduce Arrow through her letters. Like you Go Girl. Go get that D. Again she has a reasons, you will understand when you read the book, all the puzzles will fall in place!
THERE IS NO CHEATING IN THIS BOOK!
Arrow
This fucker. There was no doubt in my head, since he saw Salem at the bar that he wants any other woman in his life besides her. I knew it, when you read it you will know it, Everyone will know it except for Arrow. I don't know why it takes so long for these possessive alpha males to realize that they are hopelessly in love with this crazy chick. They need a few good slaps and verbal slaps until they realize yes, I am in love with this woman and I know I fucked up now.
But honestly for me those are the best part because you know what comes after the realization?
GRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLIIIIIINNNNGGGGG
I honestly, forgave him for fucking up after he just had one phone conversation. That confession was more than enough for me to go soft on that man.
But Salem did NOT forgive him immediately, however she is an impatient brat so before he could go all out on her she just went to him and demanded for his attention.
What can I say? Salem wants what she wants?
And that got me like "ugh girl" stop being a rule breaker for once! Let the laws of men fucking up and grovel play out! LET IT BE!!!!!!!
Saffron Lover? Yes, Then I recommend this book!
AND I CANT WAIT FOR CALLIE AND REEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME THAT BABY MAMA!!!!!!!
September 16, 2020
1.5
guys, i'm a fool. i really thought i would love this book lmaooo - i can only blame myself for reading this.
so we have salem who i thought would be this wild, bad girl that i would come to adore but in reality, she is a good girl which is fine but she's pathetic. arrow's mum has been her guardian since she was 10. She's been in love with arrow since the moment she laid her eyes on him. She has NEVER KISSED A BOY. A virgin. So fucking ridiculous. The way salem spoke about her love & devotion for arrow was really cringy to read.
arrow; he's five years older and is the same age as sarah. They have been together since they were 15 and are so in love with each other. They broke up after E I G H T fucking years when sarah cheated on him with his bestfriend. So before this took place, Arrow was always the rule follower, he was perfect and the good boy who never got angry. He was only focused on soccer and sarah. But after the cheating, he's angry & hurt all the time and salem was distraught at first because his whole persona changed. FOR MORE THAN HALF THE FUCKING BOOK, ARROW WAS DEEPLY HURT OVER THE CHEATING AND COULDN'T GET OVER IT. He was so fucking hung up over the cheating and then at the end he says he was never in love with sarah? so why the fuck are you crying for the whole book darling fucking arrow? why couldn’t the author have the girlfriend be the neighbour or something? I wouldn’t have given a fuck. I really could have enjoyed this book if that was the case and maybe if the heroine wasn’t fucking pathetic and the hero wasn’t crying like a little bitch over his ex. You know when heroines in other books get cheated on by their ex, they get over it pretty quickly after meeting the H so why isn’t it the same for the heroes?
I want to spare people the anger from reading this book even if it is just one person so here are some quotes:
7% in
9%
Oh yeah, and the sisters look alike:) how fucking lovely.
16%
She loves him and she wants her sister to get back with him??? Make it make sense, honey. She’s an imbecile.
18%
I just find it weird he broke up with Salem’s sister and then starts flirting with Salem straight away without any remorse or shame? Obviously he’s noticing her now because before she was a minor but it’s still weird that he’s not feeling any type of way about it after living with her since she was 10 as well.
22%
Hate when authors try to take the easy way out. The reason they got together was because they were compatible????? not good enough. So why did you have them stay together for 8 years???
23%
just fuck off.
24%
Pathetic
25%
He's still angry and hurt over the cheating which is understandable.
26%
fucking disgusting. she said no... for now, later she says yes.
35%
Did she even hear what he said? She didn’t even get annoyed by it, just focused on the stunning bit. What the fuck.
40%
yes yes pain and more pain blah blah blah. arrow at the end says he was never in love with sarah? yeah he's lying to himself. just read that.
41%
Salem and arrow’s mum invite Sarah to dinner and he didn’t know. Even after knowing arrow was attracted to her, she wanted them to get back together. I don't understand this loser at all. Also, he looked at sarah like no one else exists?????? excuse me??? yeah fuck off.
We’re reminded so often that I couldn’t pretend this wasn’t the case which is what I was planning to do when I started this book.
42%
Throughout this book, he is just filled with rage. You cannot tell me he was not in love with her.
Oh wait there she is crying her pathetic heart out.
44%
“I fist his t-shirt at his back. “Too bad. You do have a girlfriend.”
His frown is immediate and thunderous. “What the fuck?”
“I am a girl. And I’m your friend. So girlfriend,” I say, the most cliché thing in the history”
can i just say that sometimes she acts like a complete 13 year old. she's trying to be quirky and cute but it's not working, love.
45%
the way he is hurting over sarah? his pain is deeeep. the betrayal of his ex fiance, eight years of being together obviously has had a huge impact on him but i still don't understand why it had to be 8 fucking years and not just a few years.
66%
why did they have to look exactly the same please
He says that Sarah is fragile and feminine but isn’t Salem the same?? She definitely is.
Did they actually kiss? Because it’s never spoken about again.
69%
Fuck off, his actions from earlier in doesn’t match this. It’s quite convenient for the author to change it up. They were together because they matched in every way possible? Yeah I see that but then don’t say that was the only thing. He did love her because then why is he so fucking angry. Why did it take 8 years to come to this realisation that it wasn’t love? For more than half the book, we believe he was in love with Sarah and then now you say it was never like that, just convenience? Nah it still doesn’t take away the fact he fucked her for 8 fucking years, the double dipping bastard. BYE.
i know he loves salem with all his heart, it was evident especially near to the end but the whole hurting over his ex was way too much.
26/08/20
a wild girl and a cold moody boy??? YES x100000
falling for sister's boyfriend/fiance? i despise this trope but the blurb sounds so lovely. i'm either going to hate this book with every fibre of my being
guys, i'm a fool. i really thought i would love this book lmaooo - i can only blame myself for reading this.
so we have salem who i thought would be this wild, bad girl that i would come to adore but in reality, she is a good girl which is fine but she's pathetic. arrow's mum has been her guardian since she was 10. She's been in love with arrow since the moment she laid her eyes on him. She has NEVER KISSED A BOY. A virgin. So fucking ridiculous. The way salem spoke about her love & devotion for arrow was really cringy to read.
arrow; he's five years older and is the same age as sarah. They have been together since they were 15 and are so in love with each other. They broke up after E I G H T fucking years when sarah cheated on him with his bestfriend. So before this took place, Arrow was always the rule follower, he was perfect and the good boy who never got angry. He was only focused on soccer and sarah. But after the cheating, he's angry & hurt all the time and salem was distraught at first because his whole persona changed. FOR MORE THAN HALF THE FUCKING BOOK, ARROW WAS DEEPLY HURT OVER THE CHEATING AND COULDN'T GET OVER IT. He was so fucking hung up over the cheating and then at the end he says he was never in love with sarah? so why the fuck are you crying for the whole book darling fucking arrow? why couldn’t the author have the girlfriend be the neighbour or something? I wouldn’t have given a fuck. I really could have enjoyed this book if that was the case and maybe if the heroine wasn’t fucking pathetic and the hero wasn’t crying like a little bitch over his ex. You know when heroines in other books get cheated on by their ex, they get over it pretty quickly after meeting the H so why isn’t it the same for the heroes?
I want to spare people the anger from reading this book even if it is just one person so here are some quotes:
7% in
“So basically, in the last eight years that I’ve known him, he’s only looked at me with his full focus that one time. Since then, his focus has been on my sister.
The love of his life.”
9%
“Sarah is always where Arrow is; they’re inseparable.”
“In fact, he’s kissing her harder now, like things are heating up.
They’re heating up so much that even I can feel it.
Me.
The girl who’s never been kissed.”
-
“She frowns, looking peeved. “But I –”
“Look,” he sighs, the annoyed lines around his eyes getting deeper. “I’m flattered. Okay? It’s always flattering when a girl throws herself at you. Even as drunk as you clearly are. But as I said to you before you attacked me with your mouth, I don’t fuck drunk girls so you should go before I say something you might not like.”
"Even though I have freckles and my hair is savage and wild and my golden eyes are witchy, I look exactly like my sister.”
Oh yeah, and the sisters look alike:) how fucking lovely.
16%
“Maybe I can help you,” I blurt out to my sister. “Maybe I can do something about it. He’s here now. He’s my new soccer coach. Which means I’ll see him all the time and I can fix this. I can get you guys back together.”
She loves him and she wants her sister to get back with him??? Make it make sense, honey. She’s an imbecile.
18%
“He runs his eyes – I swear, they’ve become dark, darker than they were a second ago – down my body once again and I have to fist my fingers.
“So I can see,” he says finally after he’s done studying me for a second time.”
I just find it weird he broke up with Salem’s sister and then starts flirting with Salem straight away without any remorse or shame? Obviously he’s noticing her now because before she was a minor but it’s still weird that he’s not feeling any type of way about it after living with her since she was 10 as well.
22%
“After she took eight years of our love and threw it away.”
-
“She was hot. I was horny. I was supposed to take notice of her and I did.”
“It just made sense for us to be together. It made sense to date her, to make future plans with her. It made sense to convince my mother to let us be together when she found out that we had been going out behind her back for a couple of months.....
It also made sense to buy her a ring and propose to her.”
Hate when authors try to take the easy way out. The reason they got together was because they were compatible????? not good enough. So why did you have them stay together for 8 years???
23%
"I’m not only watching her, I’m studying the curve of her spine and the dip of her waist. I’m studying the tight globes of her ass.
To me, she’s always been Sarah’s little sister.”
“At first glance, she looked like Sarah.
Same golden eyes, same color hair, same pert nose.”
just fuck off.
24%
“I didn’t know that your eyes could do that.”
“Do what?”
I study them for a moment. I study their color, the dark flecks, his ever-expanding pupils, the thick, forest-like eyelashes surrounding them.
“Become dark like that. Navy blue. I-I always thought your eyes looked like the summer skies. Like lazy Sunday afternoons and bike rides and…”
Pathetic
25%
“I am angry. And upset and fucked in the head. And I did take it out on him and I liked it. I would’ve killed him if they hadn’t pulled me off. So yeah, I'm fucking furious and I'm furious all the time."
He's still angry and hurt over the cheating which is understandable.
26%
“Yeah, distraction. My rebound girl. You know everything about me. You know I’m angry and I’m hurt and I’m upset. You know I can’t play when I’m like this. So why not? Besides, you ruined it for me, the other night. It’s only fair that you make it up to me now. What d’you say? Want to be my rebound girl, Salem?”
“So if you have a little crush on me, no one would blame you. Especially not now. I’m not with your sister anymore. This could be your turn. Your golden fucking chance.”
fucking disgusting. she said no... for now, later she says yes.
35%
Because if it was me.” He presses that thumb in the middle of my lower lip, tugging at it. “You wouldn’t be setting foot out of your room like this, let alone frolicking around town in the middle of the night.”
“If it was y-you?”
He nods slowly. “If it was me, I’d keep you reined in. A girl like you needs that.”
He’d keep me reined in.
If it was him.
If he was my boyfriend.
That’s what he means.
He means that if we were together, he’d keep me on a leash.
He’d keep me bound like I’m an object or a pet. A fuck doll like he called me back at the bar.
A doll who’s blinking up at him and whose lips he’s playing with, whose wrist he’s holding captive and whose nails are digging into his wrist.
“A girl like me?” I whisper.
“Raw, natural and stunning.”
Did she even hear what he said? She didn’t even get annoyed by it, just focused on the stunning bit. What the fuck.
40%
“Because I’m empty,” he says with clenched teeth and punishing hands on my waist. “I’m hollow. Because whatever I had, I gave it to her. Whatever fucking love I had, she used it up and threw it away. She took it and flushed it down the toilet, understand?”
“Arrow…”
“And I don’t have anything left now. Nothing but this deep-seated anger and a need to destroy something. Hurt something.”
yes yes pain and more pain blah blah blah. arrow at the end says he was never in love with sarah? yeah he's lying to himself. just read that.
41%
“Just like that, I’m thrown back in time as I watch them together. As I watch them looking at each other.
As I watch him looking at her.
Like always, he looks at her like no one else exists. His features arrange themselves to be the most stunning they can be. His eyes become the most gorgeous that they can be as well.
And I fall in love with him again.
I fall in love with Arrow again while he’s staring at my sister.”
Salem and arrow’s mum invite Sarah to dinner and he didn’t know. Even after knowing arrow was attracted to her, she wanted them to get back together. I don't understand this loser at all. Also, he looked at sarah like no one else exists?????? excuse me??? yeah fuck off.
“And my sister’s ex-boyfriend. And the secret love of my life and I’m so greedy��”
We’re reminded so often that I couldn’t pretend this wasn’t the case which is what I was planning to do when I started this book.
42%
" I’m angry, Dr. Lola Bernstein, because the girl I loved lied to me, not once, not twice, not three times but for months. For months, she was sleeping with my best friend and not once did she think to tell me about it.”
Throughout this book, he is just filled with rage. You cannot tell me he was not in love with her.
"You said you were trying to protect my heart. But you killed it instead.”Arrow said this to Sarah whilst Salem is listening and trying not cry.
“I sob and sob but have enough presence of mind to cover my mouth, to not alert the whole world that I’m crying.
That my witchy heart is breaking because someone killed the heart of the boy I love.”
Oh wait there she is crying her pathetic heart out.
44%
“I fist his t-shirt at his back. “Too bad. You do have a girlfriend.”
His frown is immediate and thunderous. “What the fuck?”
“I am a girl. And I’m your friend. So girlfriend,” I say, the most cliché thing in the history”
can i just say that sometimes she acts like a complete 13 year old. she's trying to be quirky and cute but it's not working, love.
45%
“No one could’ve spared me the pain,” he speaks over me with an almost lashing voice. “No one could’ve saved me.”
I swallow painfully. “Why didn’t you say anything, Arrow?”
His eyes flick back and forth between mine, a painful, tormented look flashing in them, and my witchy heart squeezes and squeezes.”
“I was blind. I was fucking dumb. Because for months, they went behind my back and I didn’t suspect anything. I had no clue. I had no goddamn clue. I thought everything was fine. I thought everything was okay. Every fucking thing was perfect. But it wasn’t. You hear stories about guys who get taken on a ride and you think, how fucking stupid do you have to be to miss that? How fucking stupid do I have to be to miss that? I’m The Blond Arrow. I’m supposed to win. I’m supposed to be perfect. Flawless. But I’m not, am I? I’m a failure. I failed in my relationship.”
the way he is hurting over sarah? his pain is deeeep. the betrayal of his ex fiance, eight years of being together obviously has had a huge impact on him but i still don't understand why it had to be 8 fucking years and not just a few years.
“I was going to marry her and I would have. I would have if not for those texts.”
66%
Sarah.
She’s just entered the room and I viciously take a gulp of beer from the forgotten bottle in my hand.
For a second there I thought it was her.
The girl with thirteen freckles and witchy eyes. That’s what she calls them; she told me one night.”
why did they have to look exactly the same please
"Back when I first started dating her, she was pretty. Hot too.
But over the years, she’s turned into a beauty. In a tight but tasteful black dress, she is easily the most beautiful woman in the room.
Someone I could have by my side while I focused on soccer. Someone who’d travel with me if she wanted to but have her own career, someone who knew how to handle the attention that being with an athlete brings. ”
-
“But a second later Sarah touches me, and I freeze at the feel of her small hand.
Her small, dainty hand that I always thought paired up really well with my large body.
She thought so too. Said it made us look like a perfect couple – her, fragile and feminine; me, dominating and masculine.”
He says that Sarah is fragile and feminine but isn’t Salem the same?? She definitely is.
“Her eyes drop to my lips and it doesn’t come as a surprise.
I know she wants me.
She’s wanted me back ever since I found out about her. And I have to admit that there’s a certain satisfaction in denying her.
In making her squirm.
That’s her classic move by the way, when she wants me to kiss her. Whispered words and sneaky glances to the lips. A subtle game of femininity that I’ve always found very hot.
What can I say? I like sex.
And sex between us has always been pretty fucking hot. She’s small in all the ways I like and I’m big in all the ways that makes things tight and interesting.
“You want to be kissed,” I conclude in a low whisper that I know gets her going.
She glances at my lips again, her hand on my body growing urgent, grasping. “I don’t know. I just… I want you.
Which means she wants to be kissed. This is her way of appearing as feminine as possible.
Again, I'm not going to deny that it gets me hot; I like to dominate, and she doesn’t mind.
... I look at Sarah, the perfect good girl, the girl I’ve been with for the last eight years, and I realize that… she’s a little too perfect. A little too boring.
Kissing her feels boring too.
The same song and dance that we’ve been doing for eight long years.
“What do you think your new boyfriend would say to you kissing your old boyfriend?”
Did they actually kiss? Because it’s never spoken about again.
69%
“Besides, for all I know, he’s back together with Sarah and if my sister makes him happy, then so be it.”At this point Salem and arrow have had sex multiple times and she’s okay if he went back to Sarah?
“Let me tell you. Let me tell you that no, I don’t still love her. I never loved her.”
Fuck off, his actions from earlier in doesn’t match this. It’s quite convenient for the author to change it up. They were together because they matched in every way possible? Yeah I see that but then don’t say that was the only thing. He did love her because then why is he so fucking angry. Why did it take 8 years to come to this realisation that it wasn’t love? For more than half the book, we believe he was in love with Sarah and then now you say it was never like that, just convenience? Nah it still doesn’t take away the fact he fucked her for 8 fucking years, the double dipping bastard. BYE.
i know he loves salem with all his heart, it was evident especially near to the end but the whole hurting over his ex was way too much.
26/08/20
a wild girl and a cold moody boy??? YES x100000
falling for sister's boyfriend/fiance? i despise this trope but the blurb sounds so lovely. i'm either going to hate this book with every fibre of my being
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 21, 2020
My Darling Arrow was just a title to me, I had no idea how meaningful this three words are - so wonderful and adoring it feels after reading the book my heart was full of feelings. Salem and Arrow's story was beautiful, their journey towards the HEA painful; one knew what is love and the other thought what is love. It's a forbidden romance of a doomed love.
'What is my role here, other than being this evil, witchy girl who wants her older sister’s boyfriend?
I don’t think I have any role except to be the villain in their love story.
The girl who has violated all the codes.
The betrayer.'
Salem Salinger (18), is a sweet girl who is everything opposite to perfectness. She is crazily in love with her sister's boyfriend. When she hears a certain topic involving a ring she decides to run away only to be caught, this time she has to face him everyday.
Arrow Carlisle (23), was a serious, determined and focused man who is also a straight-A student and a soccer superstar. Everything seemed to be falling into place when he has a good career and has found his forever-girl. But a loose of temper which led him to volatile action made him realise a different side of himself.
'To me, she’s always been Sarah’s little sister.
A kid in the background who hated the cold but loved ice cream. I always thought that was a pretty strange combination but whatever.'
Arrow is pushed to retreat and take a break from games and control his 'anger issues'. He is forced to coach unruly, infatuated teen girls. While the world is framed with a lie that Arrow is injured and has taken time off to recover instead of being banished but Salem knows the truth. Arrow starts noticing Salem and he is super mean to her who keeps barging into his space to distract him.
“Because I want you to keep being who you are. Who you’ve always been.”
“W-Who am I?”
“The little sister. The one who hangs out in the background and doesn’t get seen. The one who keeps her head down and doesn’t make a noise. And the one who definitely doesn’t demand my attention..."
Salem is different compared to her perfect career driven sister. She blames her presence, her witchy self for loving her sister's boyfriend. Her difference and personality stands out. She is impatient, and the bad, rule breaking sister and Arrow is there catching her.
'I fell in love with him like dead leaves fall from the branch of a tree and rain falls from a swollen cloud. I fell in love with him like tears fall when you’re sad and like blood oozes out of your skin when you step on broken glass.
It was natural.'
There are some confessions and realisations. I love Salem's POV, her heart-to-touch monologues. The arrangement between her and Arrow may not be what she foresees but she will take him however she gets and love his dead, darling heart. Salem may seem doormat, she is not, SAK's h are not tame but uniquely full of feels. Something about Salems crazy love has a touch of reality, she is not obsessive nor harmful to her opponent when in real world the unrequited person may be obsessed or could have self-harmed. Here SAK kept the romance heart-breaking, easy and beautiful.
"I’ve been wanting to come to your office too. To show you. My pussy.”
"Do it then. Be my bad girl. Flash me that pussy and make me go crazy for it.”
I'm a sucker for larger hero and short heroine. Something about strong, aggresive hero can be a softy and small heroine who is delicate can be fierce and protective. Arrow and Salem is different. Salem absorbs Arrows pain, I think this is where I liked Salem more. SAK's heroines are so unique and likeable, they are so strong in their love. The sex scenes are hot, my insatiable self wanted more. I liked the part where Salem sleeps in her post-orgasmic bliss and Arrow besides the bed works his aggression (he wants her again!) off by working out and naked Salem wakes up and crawls to him.
'I have to tell her that the guy she was talking about, the guy who can be angry and mean and fucking sweet, the guy who inspired her, that guy didn’t exist.
Not before her.'
Arrow is not dumb but is mean and neglectful of Salem's feelings. Salem does everything to not express her "witchy" feelings but give her a break, the girl has been having her heart breaking for 8 years. Arrow has the power to make us swoon and overlook his assholeness.
"And you are my darling.”
“I am.”
This is another book of SAK that I loved. The writing, those beautiful lines in every part of the book - SAK, you're ruining real life. I can't wait to read Callie's story and mostly I have a lot of SAK's books to re-read since I read them ages ago! I recommend this if you like the forbidden trope.
(from somewhere in the middle of the book 👇)
"...I’ll be a girl in doomed love and I won’t be ashamed of it.'
'What is my role here, other than being this evil, witchy girl who wants her older sister’s boyfriend?
I don’t think I have any role except to be the villain in their love story.
The girl who has violated all the codes.
The betrayer.'
Salem Salinger (18), is a sweet girl who is everything opposite to perfectness. She is crazily in love with her sister's boyfriend. When she hears a certain topic involving a ring she decides to run away only to be caught, this time she has to face him everyday.
Arrow Carlisle (23), was a serious, determined and focused man who is also a straight-A student and a soccer superstar. Everything seemed to be falling into place when he has a good career and has found his forever-girl. But a loose of temper which led him to volatile action made him realise a different side of himself.
'To me, she’s always been Sarah’s little sister.
A kid in the background who hated the cold but loved ice cream. I always thought that was a pretty strange combination but whatever.'
Arrow is pushed to retreat and take a break from games and control his 'anger issues'. He is forced to coach unruly, infatuated teen girls. While the world is framed with a lie that Arrow is injured and has taken time off to recover instead of being banished but Salem knows the truth. Arrow starts noticing Salem and he is super mean to her who keeps barging into his space to distract him.
“Because I want you to keep being who you are. Who you’ve always been.”
“W-Who am I?”
“The little sister. The one who hangs out in the background and doesn’t get seen. The one who keeps her head down and doesn’t make a noise. And the one who definitely doesn’t demand my attention..."
Salem is different compared to her perfect career driven sister. She blames her presence, her witchy self for loving her sister's boyfriend. Her difference and personality stands out. She is impatient, and the bad, rule breaking sister and Arrow is there catching her.
'I fell in love with him like dead leaves fall from the branch of a tree and rain falls from a swollen cloud. I fell in love with him like tears fall when you’re sad and like blood oozes out of your skin when you step on broken glass.
It was natural.'
There are some confessions and realisations. I love Salem's POV, her heart-to-touch monologues. The arrangement between her and Arrow may not be what she foresees but she will take him however she gets and love his dead, darling heart. Salem may seem doormat, she is not, SAK's h are not tame but uniquely full of feels. Something about Salems crazy love has a touch of reality, she is not obsessive nor harmful to her opponent when in real world the unrequited person may be obsessed or could have self-harmed. Here SAK kept the romance heart-breaking, easy and beautiful.
"I’ve been wanting to come to your office too. To show you. My pussy.”
"Do it then. Be my bad girl. Flash me that pussy and make me go crazy for it.”
I'm a sucker for larger hero and short heroine. Something about strong, aggresive hero can be a softy and small heroine who is delicate can be fierce and protective. Arrow and Salem is different. Salem absorbs Arrows pain, I think this is where I liked Salem more. SAK's heroines are so unique and likeable, they are so strong in their love. The sex scenes are hot, my insatiable self wanted more. I liked the part where Salem sleeps in her post-orgasmic bliss and Arrow besides the bed works his aggression (he wants her again!) off by working out and naked Salem wakes up and crawls to him.
'I have to tell her that the guy she was talking about, the guy who can be angry and mean and fucking sweet, the guy who inspired her, that guy didn’t exist.
Not before her.'
Arrow is not dumb but is mean and neglectful of Salem's feelings. Salem does everything to not express her "witchy" feelings but give her a break, the girl has been having her heart breaking for 8 years. Arrow has the power to make us swoon and overlook his assholeness.
"And you are my darling.”
“I am.”
This is another book of SAK that I loved. The writing, those beautiful lines in every part of the book - SAK, you're ruining real life. I can't wait to read Callie's story and mostly I have a lot of SAK's books to re-read since I read them ages ago! I recommend this if you like the forbidden trope.
(from somewhere in the middle of the book 👇)
"...I’ll be a girl in doomed love and I won’t be ashamed of it.'
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January 11, 2023st. mary’s rebels :
#1: my darling arrow
#1.5: the wild mustang & the dancing fairy
#2: a gorgeous villain
#3: these thorn kisses
#4: hey, mister marshall
November 30, 2020
3.5 stars
Saffron A. Kent always writes angsty books that are completely addicting. My Darling Arrow was just that.
Salem has been in love with Arrow for eight long years. Ever since she was ten and he was fifteen. The problem? Arrow was in a relationship with her older sister. Salem is loyal to a fault and even though her sister never deserved it, Salem would have never ever went there while they were together. Only now, they're not. And Arrow is at her school working as a soccer coach. Her soccer coach.
This book definitely had that forbidden romance troupe in so many ways. My favorite things about this book were 1- the letters Salem wrote to Arrow all those years, and 2- Salem as a heroine and her gal group. I loved the friends she made at St. Mary's. What I didn't love... as much as it pains me to say this, I never loved the hero. Arrow just never clicked with me and as much as I wanted to love him, I never did. I couldn't connect with the romance, but I loved everything else, especially the heroine.
If you're looking for a forbidden and angsty with a lovable heroine, check this one out. I would also highly recommend the audiobook. Jason Clarke and Sarah Puckett did an amazing job with the narration!
Saffron A. Kent always writes angsty books that are completely addicting. My Darling Arrow was just that.
Salem has been in love with Arrow for eight long years. Ever since she was ten and he was fifteen. The problem? Arrow was in a relationship with her older sister. Salem is loyal to a fault and even though her sister never deserved it, Salem would have never ever went there while they were together. Only now, they're not. And Arrow is at her school working as a soccer coach. Her soccer coach.
This book definitely had that forbidden romance troupe in so many ways. My favorite things about this book were 1- the letters Salem wrote to Arrow all those years, and 2- Salem as a heroine and her gal group. I loved the friends she made at St. Mary's. What I didn't love... as much as it pains me to say this, I never loved the hero. Arrow just never clicked with me and as much as I wanted to love him, I never did. I couldn't connect with the romance, but I loved everything else, especially the heroine.
If you're looking for a forbidden and angsty with a lovable heroine, check this one out. I would also highly recommend the audiobook. Jason Clarke and Sarah Puckett did an amazing job with the narration!
Audio book source: Audible ARC
Story Rating: 3.5 stars
Narrators: Jason Clarke and Sarah Puckett
Narration Rating: 4.5 stars
Genre: Romance
Length: 11 hours and 46 minutes
September 12, 2020
Review My Darling Arrow (St. Mary’s Rebels #1) by Saffron A. Kent✨
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𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗾���𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼. I am in awe of this women’s writing, The amount of passion and poignance in Saffron’s stories truly make you feel everything, down to the heartbreak, love, obsession, sex, possessiveness and everything in between. I devoured “My Darling Arrow” in one sitting. Saffron’s writing is just pure magic that everyone needs to experience.
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Our Heroine Salem’s doomed love and soft heart made this book amazing. It’s not easy being inlove with your sisters boyfriend so she writes him handwritten letters everyday and hides them under her bed to tame her witchy heart, but when she over hears Arrow talking about proposing to her sister Salem try’s to run away, only to end up getting put in St. Mary’s School for troubled teens. The one man she was running from and never expected to see is here and not only that he is now her new soccer coach, how will she be able to tame her obsession with him when he is around all the time.
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“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚, 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢.“
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Our Darling Arrow. This man is sinful, his broken/tormented allure just sucks you right in until you’re dying to get underneath the surface and find out more. He is moody, possessive, sexy, growly and so much more. Arrow never noticed his girlfriends little sister, sure she was around but until he starts teaching at her school because of a injury in his soccer career what he never expected was for Salem to evoke so many suppressed feelings inside him that he slowly starts to crack wide open.
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Rating; 5🌟
Steam; 5🔥
ARC received in exchange for an honest review.
Releases September 17th.
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🧡Top Read of 2020🧡
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My Darling Arrow is book one in the St. Mary’s Rebels Series. There will be more books, all standalones, featuring different couples.
June 24, 2021
okay hear me out…if you ever went though a lana del rey phase you’ll love this i really don’t know how else to explain it
4.5 born to die stars from me
4.5 born to die stars from me
September 23, 2020
5 stars
song: he don't love me by winona oak
okay, so, this book DESTROYED me. i kid you not, i spent the last 15% with tears sliding down my face. happy, sad, just emotional
My Darling Arrow isn't a perfect book, many would even say that it's not really a good one either. This is the second Saffron A. Kent book I've read and I'm starting to see the patterns in her writing - the heroine who is OBSESSED with the love interest and acts a bit childish, the detached, asshole-y possessive hero, the, frankly, toxic relationship, the overly poetic and melodramatic way they talk to each other. So, yeah, I can see why some people wouldn't be too impressed with this book, but, man, it just worked for me. I mean, I can't remember the last time I cried this much while reading a romance and I'm talking just crying at their love, no matter how unrealstic.
The Characters
Salem
Let's get it out of the way - Salem was *a bit* of a doormat when it came to Arrow, that is, even when she pushed him away, she never did it because he treated her terribly, but because he felt guilty, he was blaming himslef for the things HE did and she didn't want him to hurt.
HOWEVER we are ignoring all flaws this book might have here.
Salem was fascinating in her love for Arrow. She had been in love with him since she was 10, he was all her heart ever knew and wanted and, yet, she never even tried to get close to him, to "steal" him from her sister (his girlfriend), because she thought that he was with the love of his life and she wanted HIM to be happy first and foremost.
You just have to admire someone like her who loves so strongly that she's willing to do anything, to BE anything for that other person. She sees no flaws in him, and, boy oh boy, he has LOTS. She's there for him despite everything he's said to her and, as I said before, even in her own darkest times, it's his feelings she thinks about in the first place.
an intermission to share something that just occurred to me:
So, as you can see, Salem was absolutely obsessed with Arrow. So much so, that, as I said, she appears as a total doormat and it all looks super unhealthy, which it is. However, think about if the roles were switched. What if it was the male character who loved so strongly that he always put himself second to the girl, that he idolised her, that he'd do absolutely anything for her happiness, whether that is to be with her or not. Would we, the readers, find that situation unhealthy or would we romanticise it and talk about how perfect the hero is? Please tell me your opinion.
Arrow
i'm starting to repeat myself in every review i write but the model on the cover???? wtf
Arrow - extremely possessive, an asshole, anger issues and a jealousy problem BUT as we established
I mean, yeah, he wasn't the best at first but that's to be expected. If you start perfect, then there's no room for development. I actually found his internal struggles very interesting. His whole life he's been taught to be this perfect son, student, football player, that as time has went by he has become anything but. I really liked him realising all of this and especially learning to want things for himself, even if that would make him less perfect.
Sure, his character development had a very roundabout way of coming around and in the healing process he treated Salem very poorly, but I think that he made up for it.
His big dramatic monologue and the letters? *chef's kiss*
Actually his whole arc was him realising my personal favorite thing about the characters I read about, so how can I not love him.
The Romance
The romance, or at least the theme, was one I haven't read lots of books with. As I said, Salem has been in love with Arrow for 8 years, he has just broken up with his girlfriend (her sister) and Salem is supposed to be is 'rebound girl'. That's the deal they make, and yet he slows it down a lot and is actually very reluctant to let her be that for him, so, we can see them become closer emotionally before they do so physically. Even when she does become his 'rebound', you can just feel their attachment, how much they mean to each other.
The book is about Arrow's character development, as I said, and loved how big of a role the romance played in it.
Salem's love and Salem herself, her wildness, her imperfections, her disregard for any and all rules, the way she's so full of life, are what make Arrow understand how it actually feels to be truly in love, that it's pain and happiness and concern and sadness all in one. That he hasn't really been living for the past 23 years and I honestly just found it so beautiful.
Speaking of happy tears, the fucking monologue at the end had me bawling my eyes out. I think that it might be the best 'I'm sorry and I love you' monologue I've ever read. Here's just a little snippet:
If this hasn't convinced you to drop everything and read this book, nothing will.
In conclusion, My Darling Arrow wasn't a flawless book but it was an addictive, emotional and poetic one. It tugged at my heartstrings and I just couldn't put it down.
um also i'll just leave this here
"Just because the one you love is in love with someone else doesn't mean your love isn't gorgeous or real."
song: he don't love me by winona oak
okay, so, this book DESTROYED me. i kid you not, i spent the last 15% with tears sliding down my face. happy, sad, just emotional
My Darling Arrow isn't a perfect book, many would even say that it's not really a good one either. This is the second Saffron A. Kent book I've read and I'm starting to see the patterns in her writing - the heroine who is OBSESSED with the love interest and acts a bit childish, the detached, asshole-y possessive hero, the, frankly, toxic relationship, the overly poetic and melodramatic way they talk to each other. So, yeah, I can see why some people wouldn't be too impressed with this book, but, man, it just worked for me. I mean, I can't remember the last time I cried this much while reading a romance and I'm talking just crying at their love, no matter how unrealstic.
The Characters
Salem
We're the girls in love with boys who belong to someone else. We're the girls in doomed love. When girls like us fall, there's no one to catch us. Least of all that boy for whom we've taken the fall. We're the girls with secrets and witchy hearts. We're the girls who listen to sad songs. We slow dance to them with tears streaming down our faces, even as a smile lingers on our lips. Who cry in our pillows at night and who ride our sunshine-yellow bicycle along the empty, desolate, miserable places, where no one goes.
Let's get it out of the way - Salem was *a bit* of a doormat when it came to Arrow, that is, even when she pushed him away, she never did it because he treated her terribly, but because he felt guilty, he was blaming himslef for the things HE did and she didn't want him to hurt.
HOWEVER we are ignoring all flaws this book might have here.
Salem was fascinating in her love for Arrow. She had been in love with him since she was 10, he was all her heart ever knew and wanted and, yet, she never even tried to get close to him, to "steal" him from her sister (his girlfriend), because she thought that he was with the love of his life and she wanted HIM to be happy first and foremost.
You just have to admire someone like her who loves so strongly that she's willing to do anything, to BE anything for that other person. She sees no flaws in him, and, boy oh boy, he has LOTS. She's there for him despite everything he's said to her and, as I said before, even in her own darkest times, it's his feelings she thinks about in the first place.
an intermission to share something that just occurred to me:
So, as you can see, Salem was absolutely obsessed with Arrow. So much so, that, as I said, she appears as a total doormat and it all looks super unhealthy, which it is. However, think about if the roles were switched. What if it was the male character who loved so strongly that he always put himself second to the girl, that he idolised her, that he'd do absolutely anything for her happiness, whether that is to be with her or not. Would we, the readers, find that situation unhealthy or would we romanticise it and talk about how perfect the hero is? Please tell me your opinion.
---end of the intermission---
Arrow
"Because it's yours. My heart that I thought I'd killed is yours."
i'm starting to repeat myself in every review i write but the model on the cover???? wtf
Arrow - extremely possessive, an asshole, anger issues and a jealousy problem BUT as we established
I mean, yeah, he wasn't the best at first but that's to be expected. If you start perfect, then there's no room for development. I actually found his internal struggles very interesting. His whole life he's been taught to be this perfect son, student, football player, that as time has went by he has become anything but. I really liked him realising all of this and especially learning to want things for himself, even if that would make him less perfect.
Sure, his character development had a very roundabout way of coming around and in the healing process he treated Salem very poorly, but I think that he made up for it.
His big dramatic monologue and the letters? *chef's kiss*
Actually his whole arc was him realising my personal favorite thing about the characters I read about, so how can I not love him.
"But I'm starting to understand that our flaws, the design of our hearts, the fabric of our souls, are the very things that make us unique."
The Romance
"If you got any more perfect for me than you already are, I'd fucking lose my mind."
The romance, or at least the theme, was one I haven't read lots of books with. As I said, Salem has been in love with Arrow for 8 years, he has just broken up with his girlfriend (her sister) and Salem is supposed to be is 'rebound girl'. That's the deal they make, and yet he slows it down a lot and is actually very reluctant to let her be that for him, so, we can see them become closer emotionally before they do so physically. Even when she does become his 'rebound', you can just feel their attachment, how much they mean to each other.
The book is about Arrow's character development, as I said, and loved how big of a role the romance played in it.
"You're the girl, Salem, who makes me want", he bites out, the tendons on his neck standing taut."I want. So many things, you understand? And I don't know what it means. I don't fucking know. I don't understand and it terrifies me."
Salem's love and Salem herself, her wildness, her imperfections, her disregard for any and all rules, the way she's so full of life, are what make Arrow understand how it actually feels to be truly in love, that it's pain and happiness and concern and sadness all in one. That he hasn't really been living for the past 23 years and I honestly just found it so beautiful.
Speaking of happy tears, the fucking monologue at the end had me bawling my eyes out. I think that it might be the best 'I'm sorry and I love you' monologue I've ever read. Here's just a little snippet:
"You're the girl who keeps me awake at night. The girl who makes me look out the window and count the stars in the sky. I not only count them. I look for patterns. I look for shapes that match the freckles on your nose and under your eyes. You're the girl I wait for at midnight because she wants to go for a ride and she has a thing for speed. But she's always late and when she does show up, I complain about it because I'm an asshole. But the truth is that you're the girl I'd wait hours for. You're the girl I'd wait and wait for just to get a glimpse of you in my leather jacket. Just to see what color lipstick you're wearing and just to hear you say the weird fucking name of it in your sweet voice."
If this hasn't convinced you to drop everything and read this book, nothing will.
In conclusion, My Darling Arrow wasn't a flawless book but it was an addictive, emotional and poetic one. It tugged at my heartstrings and I just couldn't put it down.
um also i'll just leave this here
"You won't be able to handle my dick now. Because they don't make them any bigger than mine."
February 8, 2021
So this is what it feels like to be lied to in your face uh... interesting. for almost two weeks people wouldn't shut up about this book basically saving 2020 so my naive self was excited to read it, but in the end it was just a big fat meh.
Two stars because I liked Salem being a drama queen, the private school-reformatory setting, the sweet scenes almost on the last line and the thing with the lipsticks.
1. This is my first book by this author and I've only heard praise for her forbidden romances, but this didn't feel like one. The sister's ex-boyfriend trope although Sarah (heroine' sister) wasn't a relevant factor in the plot AT ALL. In that case, the fact that he was "working" as a coach where she was a student could have been better explored 🤷🏻♀️.
2. The pacing. Why did everything interesting only happen in the last 20%??? These last chapters were really good, but I don't even remember how we got there because I was bored out of my mind reading the filler in the middle of the story.
3. The two-dimensional characters. They were just flat and literally repeated the same train of thought throughout the entire book.
Salem was like "my darling arrow. I'm dangerous. My sun. I'm witchy. My arrow. There's something wrong with me. I'm so wrong. My darling arrow. I love him" and Arrow was like "soccer is my life. I need to focus. I didn't use to break the rules but I broke one. I don't have anger issues. I want to smash that table. Salem follows the fucking rules" and so on.
Pretty sure most of us go through this for the side characters because no one can deny the flavor of angst that second chance romances bring to the table, the betrayal and unexpected pregnancy trope, or at least that's me! i really really REALLY can't wait for A Gorgeous Villian because I just know that Callie and Reed are gonna be a serve 💙.
Two stars because I liked Salem being a drama queen, the private school-reformatory setting, the sweet scenes almost on the last line and the thing with the lipsticks.
1. This is my first book by this author and I've only heard praise for her forbidden romances, but this didn't feel like one. The sister's ex-boyfriend trope although Sarah (heroine' sister) wasn't a relevant factor in the plot AT ALL. In that case, the fact that he was "working" as a coach where she was a student could have been better explored 🤷🏻♀️.
2. The pacing. Why did everything interesting only happen in the last 20%??? These last chapters were really good, but I don't even remember how we got there because I was bored out of my mind reading the filler in the middle of the story.
3. The two-dimensional characters. They were just flat and literally repeated the same train of thought throughout the entire book.
Salem was like "my darling arrow. I'm dangerous. My sun. I'm witchy. My arrow. There's something wrong with me. I'm so wrong. My darling arrow. I love him" and Arrow was like "soccer is my life. I need to focus. I didn't use to break the rules but I broke one. I don't have anger issues. I want to smash that table. Salem follows the fucking rules" and so on.
Pretty sure most of us go through this for the side characters because no one can deny the flavor of angst that second chance romances bring to the table, the betrayal and unexpected pregnancy trope, or at least that's me! i really really REALLY can't wait for A Gorgeous Villian because I just know that Callie and Reed are gonna be a serve 💙.
August 25, 2022
someone burn her shoes please
July 17, 2021
J'en ai fait un tiktok parce que c'est drôle mais voici le texte initial mdrrr
De mal en pire ce livre.
Je suis tellement dégoûtée parce que Médecine Man était excellent mais celui la avait vraiment tout ce qui m'insupporte: LES DEUX PERSO PRINCIPAUX SONT CONS COMME DEUX PIEDS!!
Salem était la petite fille naive, hyper soumise (surtout au lit mais ca tu pouvais pas le louper, ils baisent comme des lapins) et Arrow est un connard de premiere. C'est à dire qu'on te vend le mec chiant, macho, irrespecteux avec un cerveau aussi vide que mes coques de soutifs alors qu'avant il était censé être TELLEMENT gentil, attentionné, respectueux.
Apres, je veux bien dans certains livres y'ai des délires sexuelles différents et tout le tralala mais le slut-shamming a gogo je peux t'assurer que ca fait kiffé personne.
Salem répétait un peu trop "MaIs Tu Es L'Ex De Ma SoEuRrRrR!!" A CROIRE QU'ON NE LE SAIT PAS!! C'est pas en lui rappelant toutes les 5 secondes qu'il a deja trompe le biscuit dans l'arbre généalogique que tu vas arrive à la pécho, hein!
Honnêtement à la fin, j'en pouvais plus. Le mec piquait des crises pour rien et elle se laissait faire. Genre il l'a recale royalement, elle est dans le mal et qu'elle finit a l'hosto parce qu'elle MANQUE DE SUCRE, il l'engueule. MAIS FRERE TU VAS QUE JE TE FASSE BOUFFER LE SOL COMMENT ? SAIGNANT OU BIEN CUIT???
De mal en pire ce livre.
Je suis tellement dégoûtée parce que Médecine Man était excellent mais celui la avait vraiment tout ce qui m'insupporte: LES DEUX PERSO PRINCIPAUX SONT CONS COMME DEUX PIEDS!!
Salem était la petite fille naive, hyper soumise (surtout au lit mais ca tu pouvais pas le louper, ils baisent comme des lapins) et Arrow est un connard de premiere. C'est à dire qu'on te vend le mec chiant, macho, irrespecteux avec un cerveau aussi vide que mes coques de soutifs alors qu'avant il était censé être TELLEMENT gentil, attentionné, respectueux.
Apres, je veux bien dans certains livres y'ai des délires sexuelles différents et tout le tralala mais le slut-shamming a gogo je peux t'assurer que ca fait kiffé personne.
Salem répétait un peu trop "MaIs Tu Es L'Ex De Ma SoEuRrRrR!!" A CROIRE QU'ON NE LE SAIT PAS!! C'est pas en lui rappelant toutes les 5 secondes qu'il a deja trompe le biscuit dans l'arbre généalogique que tu vas arrive à la pécho, hein!
Honnêtement à la fin, j'en pouvais plus. Le mec piquait des crises pour rien et elle se laissait faire. Genre il l'a recale royalement, elle est dans le mal et qu'elle finit a l'hosto parce qu'elle MANQUE DE SUCRE, il l'engueule. MAIS FRERE TU VAS QUE JE TE FASSE BOUFFER LE SOL COMMENT ? SAIGNANT OU BIEN CUIT???
July 16, 2024
Reread - I don’t know how I haven’t written a review for Salem and Arrow yet. I love them so much. 🥺💜🦄💜🦄💜🦄
This includes all my favorite SAK elements:
💜 Salem, the h, is 18 - she’s sweet and impetuous, and hopelessly devoted to Arrow, her sister’s boyfriend
💜 Arrow, the H, Is 23 - he’s always been calm cool and collected. - and Salem’s new soccer coach
💜 I absolutely adore how Saffron writes these adolescent crushes. The way she makes you feel their longing and unfailing love… gah. I just eat it up… and Salem loves Arrow so much… it’s a completely unselfish love… oh the angst
💜 have no fear… Arrow may push her away like only a real asshole can do… you can see that he doesn’t really mean it. She’s making him come apart at the seams
💜 Arrow is so jealous/possessive. We get several great scenes where he loses his shit. It’s my very favorite when the calm guy SNAPS. 😏😈😈😈
💜 Arrow is controlling-/protective and Salem revels in it. 👀😍
💜 I love how the Evil Sister is handled. There is no doubt left as to who he loves. 😍😍😍😍
💜 Dirty Talk - Arrow is so dirty. And not just standard dirty talk… this is the kind that makes you a little uncomfortable… and really? Is it even *dirty talk* if it doesn’t make you a little uncomfortable? That’s kinda the point. 🤷🏼♀️🤣 I’m Here 👏🏻 For 👏🏻 All 👏🏻 Of 👏🏻 It. 👏🏻 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 the details that Saffron includes… the clenched jaws and ticking muscles and twitching lips and counting freckles and chewing nails… it all comes together to create such a vivid scene with so much emotion. I eat up every little bit. To me, it’s absolute poetry and i just love it all.
💜 Don’t forget the GROVEL! Saffron writes my favorite grovels. They prove by word and deed and they love the h completely. *SWOOOOOON* 😩😭😍😩😭😍😩😭
💜 I think Saffron’s writing style is so beautiful. I know everyone isn’t here for it, but for me it adds so much to the emotional feeling. So I love all “witchy eyes” and “bad girls” and yes, even the “pouty p*ssy” 🤡 … I think her style is unique and decadent and distinctive. I’m glad she’s not like every single other author. That’s why I wait all year for her books to release, because they make me feel like no other books do. 🤷🏼♀️ I totally own it.
Bottom Line? This story of a unrequited forbidden crush turns dream come true is epic. I have revisited several times and cry each time. It’s perfectly angsty, and lovely, and swoony.. SAK really has my number 🤡 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️
- no cheating or sharing
- OW drama - the H was engaged to the h’s sister - when the book begins, they have broken up - it may seem at first like Arrow is hung up on the sister, but be patient, that it isn’t the case at all, and SAK handles the situation brilliantly and perfectly. Just give Arrow a second to get to his epiphany
- OM drama - Arrow interrupts Salem at the bar 3 times. It’s awesome 😈
- no dubcon - Arrow is just barely holding it together but Salem is so here for it
- Salem is virgin and only with the H
- Arrow is not a virgin but not a manwhore
- condoms used but not discussed
- on a SAK angst-o-meter, where Gods and Monsters is a 10, Unrequited is an 8.5 and Bad Boy Blues is 5, this one is probably a 6.5 😩😭😍
This includes all my favorite SAK elements:
💜 Salem, the h, is 18 - she’s sweet and impetuous, and hopelessly devoted to Arrow, her sister’s boyfriend
💜 Arrow, the H, Is 23 - he’s always been calm cool and collected. - and Salem’s new soccer coach
💜 I absolutely adore how Saffron writes these adolescent crushes. The way she makes you feel their longing and unfailing love… gah. I just eat it up… and Salem loves Arrow so much… it’s a completely unselfish love… oh the angst
💜 have no fear… Arrow may push her away like only a real asshole can do… you can see that he doesn’t really mean it. She’s making him come apart at the seams
💜 Arrow is so jealous/possessive. We get several great scenes where he loses his shit. It’s my very favorite when the calm guy SNAPS. 😏😈😈😈
💜 Arrow is controlling-/protective and Salem revels in it. 👀😍
💜 I love how the Evil Sister is handled. There is no doubt left as to who he loves. 😍😍😍😍
💜 Dirty Talk - Arrow is so dirty. And not just standard dirty talk… this is the kind that makes you a little uncomfortable… and really? Is it even *dirty talk* if it doesn’t make you a little uncomfortable? That’s kinda the point. 🤷🏼♀️🤣 I’m Here 👏🏻 For 👏🏻 All 👏🏻 Of 👏🏻 It. 👏🏻 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
💜 the details that Saffron includes… the clenched jaws and ticking muscles and twitching lips and counting freckles and chewing nails… it all comes together to create such a vivid scene with so much emotion. I eat up every little bit. To me, it’s absolute poetry and i just love it all.
💜 Don’t forget the GROVEL! Saffron writes my favorite grovels. They prove by word and deed and they love the h completely. *SWOOOOOON* 😩😭😍😩😭😍😩😭
💜 I think Saffron’s writing style is so beautiful. I know everyone isn’t here for it, but for me it adds so much to the emotional feeling. So I love all “witchy eyes” and “bad girls” and yes, even the “pouty p*ssy” 🤡 … I think her style is unique and decadent and distinctive. I’m glad she’s not like every single other author. That’s why I wait all year for her books to release, because they make me feel like no other books do. 🤷🏼♀️ I totally own it.
Bottom Line? This story of a unrequited forbidden crush turns dream come true is epic. I have revisited several times and cry each time. It’s perfectly angsty, and lovely, and swoony.. SAK really has my number 🤡 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⚠️SAFETY SQUAD SPOILERS⚠️
- no cheating or sharing
- OW drama - the H was engaged to the h’s sister - when the book begins, they have broken up - it may seem at first like Arrow is hung up on the sister, but be patient, that it isn’t the case at all, and SAK handles the situation brilliantly and perfectly. Just give Arrow a second to get to his epiphany
- OM drama - Arrow interrupts Salem at the bar 3 times. It’s awesome 😈
- no dubcon - Arrow is just barely holding it together but Salem is so here for it
- Salem is virgin and only with the H
- Arrow is not a virgin but not a manwhore
- condoms used but not discussed
- on a SAK angst-o-meter, where Gods and Monsters is a 10, Unrequited is an 8.5 and Bad Boy Blues is 5, this one is probably a 6.5 😩😭😍
September 11, 2020
First time when i read the blurb of this book, i knew i was gonna like it but....after reading it....i fucking loved it! Let me start with saying that Salem who is the heroine, I FUCKING LOVE HER THE MOST. I mean she might be the only heroine i ever loved so much, i read so many books about girls that are at her age ( 18 ) but none, literally none of them are so mature and understanding as Salem. I cant, this girl? She is my idol, she is the star of this book. I cant...i just..holy fuck! * takes deep breath* okay, so this story is about Salem who has been love with her sister’s boyfriend/ principal’s son Arrow who is a famous soccer player now when she was 10 and he was 15. They never talked much even tho they stayed at the same house and he never noticed her because he was in love with her sister, they grew up and Arrow along with Salem’s sister left to chase their dreams until Salem turns 18 and she finds Arrow back in his town but he is different, he is suffering and Salem helps him find who he is.
So, I absolutely love their relationship and how Salem helped Arrow realise that he doesnt always need to be perfect, he can be vulnerable, he can make mistakes, he can fall in love. As i kept reading, from beginning to the end I saw a huge change in Arrow ( in a good way), it just showed that how Salem changed him and showed him a better path. Their bonding was so real, the whole book was so fucking realistic. I read 2 books by this author and i can tell that each book has deeper meanings, i mean all the stories might come out as like a normal romance story where characters struggle with life but Saffron’s books has deeper meanings that she shows through the characters and dialogues. I might have highlighted the entire book cuz i loved the meanings behind each sentence so much.
Her writing style is amazing and so captivating, i was hooked till the end and enjoyed reading each page. There was no extra drama or negative characters, it went with a flow and focused on Salem and Arrow and their struggles as individuals and also how they overcome their problems by being there for each other.
Arrow was a jerk, and really mean sometimes but as i said, his character changed a lot as i kept reading, i could see how Salem affected him and it was beautiful. Salem on the other hand might be different , she might be obsessed with Arrow which was weird to read but she is hella mature and even tho she was in love with Arrow, she stood up against him when he was mean, she showed him his place and didnt back down. I love this girl. Period. She wasnt the type of girl who cries because her sister was dating the guy she loves, Salem wasnt selfish and didnt try to ruin things for Arrow and her sister even tho it hurt her to see them other and i respect her so much for that. Some of the lines were cringe for me, and how Salem was obsessed with Arrow was kinda weird for me to read but other than that This book is a must read, the sex was 🔥🔥, their chemistry was 🔥🔥🔥 their relationship was ✨✨✨. Absolute perfection.
( arc review )
So, I absolutely love their relationship and how Salem helped Arrow realise that he doesnt always need to be perfect, he can be vulnerable, he can make mistakes, he can fall in love. As i kept reading, from beginning to the end I saw a huge change in Arrow ( in a good way), it just showed that how Salem changed him and showed him a better path. Their bonding was so real, the whole book was so fucking realistic. I read 2 books by this author and i can tell that each book has deeper meanings, i mean all the stories might come out as like a normal romance story where characters struggle with life but Saffron’s books has deeper meanings that she shows through the characters and dialogues. I might have highlighted the entire book cuz i loved the meanings behind each sentence so much.
Her writing style is amazing and so captivating, i was hooked till the end and enjoyed reading each page. There was no extra drama or negative characters, it went with a flow and focused on Salem and Arrow and their struggles as individuals and also how they overcome their problems by being there for each other.
Arrow was a jerk, and really mean sometimes but as i said, his character changed a lot as i kept reading, i could see how Salem affected him and it was beautiful. Salem on the other hand might be different , she might be obsessed with Arrow which was weird to read but she is hella mature and even tho she was in love with Arrow, she stood up against him when he was mean, she showed him his place and didnt back down. I love this girl. Period. She wasnt the type of girl who cries because her sister was dating the guy she loves, Salem wasnt selfish and didnt try to ruin things for Arrow and her sister even tho it hurt her to see them other and i respect her so much for that. Some of the lines were cringe for me, and how Salem was obsessed with Arrow was kinda weird for me to read but other than that This book is a must read, the sex was 🔥🔥, their chemistry was 🔥🔥🔥 their relationship was ✨✨✨. Absolute perfection.
( arc review )
Want to read
September 21, 2020the good thing is it’s going to be a series of stand-alones. So YAY...♥️
Shelved as 'fck-no'
November 9, 2021She's a virgin and he's been with her sister for years.
He will be her first and only, she gets the leftover!?
Talk about double standards 😏
He will be her first and only, she gets the leftover!?
Talk about double standards 😏
August 17, 2023
5 darling stars🌟
I must say, I've been Saffron Kent's fan since mydear darling (you'll get it when you read it)friend Birjis suggested I read Unrequited, for which I'm extremely thankful! But oh my god! I totally fell in love with My darling arrow!
My brain is a bit mushy because I just completed this book, all in a day!I'll probably get back and write a better review. Hihihihi! Just kidding! make do with the one I'm writing right now.
Salem is a witchy girl with witchy eyes and a witchy heart which beats for her only love, her darling Arrow. She's been in love with him since she was 10 and eight years later, she is still in the deep. Besides being her Guardian's son, he was also her sister's boyfriend. And it's definitely witchy to crush love your sister's boyfriend.
Arrow has always been a perfectionist. With ambitions as high as the sky, he works hard and it shows, since he is the star player in pro soccer.
Failing gives him hives therefore he cannot stop beating himself up when he finds that he was kicked out of his team for a little mistake. Returning to his hometown was the last thing he planned, seeing a witchy little girl with thirteen freckles was even far off but it happened. And now he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Rationally speaking, I felt that was very similar to the plot of Unrequited and Medicine Man but personally, I don't care since I enjoyed this so much. I'm literally dying to read the next book. 2021 can't come soon enough!
I must say, I've been Saffron Kent's fan since my
My brain is a bit mushy because I just completed this book, all in a day!
Salem is a witchy girl with witchy eyes and a witchy heart which beats for her only love, her darling Arrow. She's been in love with him since she was 10 and eight years later, she is still in the deep. Besides being her Guardian's son, he was also her sister's boyfriend. And it's definitely witchy to crush love your sister's boyfriend.
Arrow has always been a perfectionist. With ambitions as high as the sky, he works hard and it shows, since he is the star player in pro soccer.
Failing gives him hives therefore he cannot stop beating himself up when he finds that he was kicked out of his team for a little mistake. Returning to his hometown was the last thing he planned, seeing a witchy little girl with thirteen freckles was even far off but it happened. And now he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Rationally speaking, I felt that was very similar to the plot of Unrequited and Medicine Man but personally, I don't care since I enjoyed this so much. I'm literally dying to read the next book. 2021 can't come soon enough!
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September 24, 2020
DNF
Stopping at 50%.
I feel ruthless lately. But it is what it is.🤷🏽♀️
I don't even know what to say other than I don't want to finish this.
I couldn't care less about the two MCs,
the heartless mother,
the selfish sister
or Ben the ex-best friend.
Peace!
June 3, 2021
It was fun read and meaningful and...🔥HOT!!! Saffron A. Kent knows how to give her readers a perfect brain stroke. She never disappoints me! Loved it!
March 24, 2022
3.5 Stars
Overall Opinion: This was enjoyable for what it was. I am on a angst kick and this seemed totally appropriate. While I know this isn’t for everyone, I have to say that it’s not as bad as the blurb might suggest. Technically the h never pursues the H (or even really talks to him) before he is broken up with the sister — so there’s no cheating on one sister with the other here. The sister was a pretty great villain, the h fought/hid her feelings for ~8 years, and there’s really minimal drama about the sister thing. So, sadly, this wasn’t all the angst I was looking for but I still enjoyed it and (surprise) wanted more in the end. And! There’s the added bonus that Ms. Kent can definitely write some filthy scenes with some hot dirty talk 🥵
Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Salem and Arrow’s story. Salem and her sister go to live with Arrow after their mom dies when she’s 10 and she instantly fall in love with him. However, he only has eyes for her older sister, so she loves him from afar for ~8 years. When she gets herself stuck in a reform school for girls, she is surprised to find out that Arrow and her sister are no longer together, he got suspended from his pro soccer team, and he is her new soccer coach at her school. She tries to be a friend and encourage him to get back with her sister, but once she finds out what really happened between them, she offers to be his rebound girl. They start a steamy fling that has them crossing lines and feelings to develop, and there’s a little family and school drama…and they get a HFN ending.
Point Of View (POV): This alternated between Salem (mostly) and Arrow’s POV.
Overall Pace of Story: Good for the most part. It took me a while to get into the book, but once I did, it flowed well and I never skimmed.
Instalove: No, the h was in love with him before the story begins and it takes the H a while to develop stronger feelings.
H (Hero) rating: 3.5 stars. Arrow. He was pretty damaged from the h’s sister and his mom. I liked him in the end, but he was kind of rough (verbally) with the h and it took me a while.
h (heroine) rating: 3.5 stars. Salem. I liked her, but she was kind of like a puppy in love at the beginning and I wanted her to be more assertive.
Sadness level: Low, no tissues needed
Push/Pull: Yes
Heat level: Hot. They have some hot tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story.
Descriptive sex: Yes
OW (Other Woman)/OM (Other Man) drama: Yes
Sex scene with OW or OM: No
Cheating: No
Separation: Yes
Possible Triggers: Yes
Closure: This ends with the couple in a good place but not nearly enough closure. I would call it a HFN ending
Safety: This one is probably Safe with exception for most safety gang readers depending on personal preferences.
Overall Opinion: This was enjoyable for what it was. I am on a angst kick and this seemed totally appropriate. While I know this isn’t for everyone, I have to say that it’s not as bad as the blurb might suggest. Technically the h never pursues the H (or even really talks to him) before he is broken up with the sister — so there’s no cheating on one sister with the other here. The sister was a pretty great villain, the h fought/hid her feelings for ~8 years, and there’s really minimal drama about the sister thing. So, sadly, this wasn’t all the angst I was looking for but I still enjoyed it and (surprise) wanted more in the end. And! There’s the added bonus that Ms. Kent can definitely write some filthy scenes with some hot dirty talk 🥵
Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Salem and Arrow’s story. Salem and her sister go to live with Arrow after their mom dies when she’s 10 and she instantly fall in love with him. However, he only has eyes for her older sister, so she loves him from afar for ~8 years. When she gets herself stuck in a reform school for girls, she is surprised to find out that Arrow and her sister are no longer together, he got suspended from his pro soccer team, and he is her new soccer coach at her school. She tries to be a friend and encourage him to get back with her sister, but once she finds out what really happened between them, she offers to be his rebound girl. They start a steamy fling that has them crossing lines and feelings to develop, and there’s a little family and school drama…and they get a HFN ending.
Point Of View (POV): This alternated between Salem (mostly) and Arrow’s POV.
Overall Pace of Story: Good for the most part. It took me a while to get into the book, but once I did, it flowed well and I never skimmed.
Instalove: No, the h was in love with him before the story begins and it takes the H a while to develop stronger feelings.
H (Hero) rating: 3.5 stars. Arrow. He was pretty damaged from the h’s sister and his mom. I liked him in the end, but he was kind of rough (verbally) with the h and it took me a while.
h (heroine) rating: 3.5 stars. Salem. I liked her, but she was kind of like a puppy in love at the beginning and I wanted her to be more assertive.
Sadness level: Low, no tissues needed
Push/Pull: Yes
Heat level: Hot. They have some hot tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story.
Descriptive sex: Yes
OW (Other Woman)/OM (Other Man) drama: Yes
Sex scene with OW or OM: No
Cheating: No
Separation: Yes
Possible Triggers: Yes
Closure: This ends with the couple in a good place but not nearly enough closure. I would call it a HFN ending
Safety: This one is probably Safe with exception for most safety gang readers depending on personal preferences.
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