Review: Ruin Me - Book #1 Twin Falls Academy - Angel James and Arlo Arrow - July 2019 As readers of The Phantom Paragrapher know, I have found a liking in the bullymance trope and so in between my other reads, I have been busy trying to make my way through the bully romances out there. Some have been amazing, others not so good and then you have the ones in the middle where they had the potential to be awesome but fell flat. Ruin Me was one of those books. The main character Gypsy has gone to live with her Aunt whom she just learned she had after her father was killed in a freak accident. She starts her schooling at the elite school Twin Falls and of course she's the "poor girl" and gets bullied by the Queen Bee. At first, I liked the guts that Gypsy had as she was a smart-alek and had good comebacks and then she is wooed over by the Kings of the school and becomes 'one of those girls" and paints a bigger target on her back. She finally comes ...

Review: Sunny Springs Sins - Book #3 Sunny Springs High Series - Arlo Arrow and Elizabeth A. Lance - October 2019 After reading the first two books in the series and the Book #2 ending on a cliffhanger, I wanted to continue reading the series. I have to admit though that after this book, I am not too sure I want to continue if there will be anymore as I don't know if it's myself reading about teens and I'm too old for it or the fact that I found the characters in this book freaking whiny brats. Especially the main character Helena. Like ok, your boyfriend whom you only just started dating has to move to San Francisco - accept the fact and move on. Don't act like a whiny brat that you're mother won't let him stay as hello, you hated his guts recently and you haven't really been dating that long.  I did like Payton's character as she owned her decision and the guys all worked well together.  The other character I enjoyed when she fina...