L.J. Shen has recently become one of my favorite authors. I immediately want to read every new book she releases and I have been patiently been waiting for the release of Ruthless Rival for months! It was worth the wait and did not disappoint. Ruthless Rival is an enemies to lover with a bit of forbidden love. A young Arya becomes best friends with the housekeepers son, Nicky, when he comes to work in the summer time with his Mom. After spending the summers together eventually they both start to develop feelings for each other. Nicky has been sworn to not touch Arya but one summer, Arya tempts Nicky to kiss her which leads to the downfall of their friendship and they are torn apart. Arya is left heartbroken and Nicky is left angry and out for revenge that takes him almost two decades to finally materialize. I really enjoyed this book, it had me craving for more from this world! 5 Stars!!!
Favorite Excerpt:
“I’m sorry.”
“What for?” “Being partly responsible for your decision to quit. Because it doesn’t change anything.”
She wasn’t partly responsible. She was wholly responsible. But there was no point in pointing that out, because now that I’d quit, I knew I should’ve done that years ago. Regardless of her. When you do something right, you feel it in your bones.
“Yes, it does.” I smiled. “It changes one fundamental thing, Arya.”
“And that is?”
“Now I can chase you however much I like. Because your dad’s case means jack shit to me, and you know damn well I don’t give that much of a crap about getting disbarred, seeing as I just quit. It’s on, Ari. I will win you.”
“I’m not a prize.”
I turned around and walked away. “No, you’re not. You’re everything.”
★★★★★
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