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382 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 6, 2021
🌬 2.9 ish 🌬
me reading another RH. are we surprised? anyway this had 3 boys fawning over a girl. 1) the leader, corvus 2) the ‘loco’ one, rook, and 3) the quiet/nicest one, grey (u could say most soft hearted). she the new girl and theyre the untouchables bla bla bla. then ofc we got a bitchy mean girl (whos also the clingy self-proclaimed gf of one of the boys) bcs what kind of these typa high school romance doesnt have one?
’In a move not even I could’ve anticipated, she fucking hit her again. As if once wasn’t enough to seal her fate.
Bri’s nose shattered under Ava Jade’s fist on the second hit, spraying blood in an arc over her face. Somehow, the red warpaint suited her, and I ground my teeth to keep my body in check at her savage beauty.
“Jesus fuck,” Rook groaned, and I caught him pawing at the front of his jeans, practically salivating, his shoulders shaking with a shiver of rabid desire.
A hollow chasm gaped open in my stomach. That wasn’t good.’
the first moment they fell in love w her. as far as heroines in a ‘bully’ (not really here) romance goes, this one wasnt bad
alright heres what i think
this book was pretty well written (by my standard) and has interesting enough characters. butttttt. idk man the chemistries were kinda lacking. i mean its there, it could be, but not really bcs even though this was not long, it was filled w more other stuff rather than the characters spending time together and that irks me. dat boring
there was only like 1 scene Grey+AJ spent together before they had sex, 1/2 AJ+Corvus and i think none w AJ+Rook. i get why the boys were intrigued by her but that is all. i didnt even feel the sexual chemistry that much, let alone the emotional / sweet ones
imo they needed to spend more time together etc. no matter the relationship, i needed more development, period. especially in a RH book (this is why i loved DOV sm not despite it was long, but bcs of it. though some of the sex scenes coulda been cut off there, i cared enough bout the MCs and ended up loving every single domestic scenes between em. anyway why are we talking bout one of the most hated books in the area)
alright i know that theres gonna be a continuation and maybe the author’s aiming for a slow burn but idk i thought not much (relationship wise, which is the only think i care about) happened here n idc enough
This book was provided by the author through Wildfire Marketing Solutions in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Elena Lawson and Wildfire Marketing Solutions!
Crooked Crows is the first book in the Boys of Briar Hall series and tells the story of Ava Jade, Corvus, Grey and Rook.
Crooked Crows is the first book I’ve read by Elena Lawson so I didn’t know what to expect. And let me tell you that this book blew me away! Crooked Crows was so addictive and I had to know what was going to happen to Ava Jade. Something I also really liked about this book was that we got to read in all four perspectives. Multiple POV’s always makes the book more interesting because you can read about every character’s feelings.
I love Ava Jade. She’s so funny and badass, and I wish I was like her. She’s so strong even though she’s battling with some stuff. I love that she didn’t immediately fall for one or all three of the guys, it would’ve made the story a bit predictable. But she distrusts them and at the same time she’s interested in them. As for the guys, they’re all f’d up. But in a good way. I love reading about guys/men that are a bit twisted and these three are definitely a bit twisted.
I really loved reading Crooked Crows and I’m so excited for the sequel. I really need to know what is going to happen to Ava Jade, Corvus, Grey and Rook. They’re so interesting and you cannot get enough of them. As I mentioned before, Crooked Crows is the first book I’ve read by Elena Lawson and this won’t be the last one. I’m definitely going to check out her other books!