This isn’t another “I hate you because I secretly love you” story. Boy really does hate girl. I don’t believe in fairy tales and Prince Charming.I believe in fear.He taught me how to be afraid.We first met on a playground on a wonderful summer day. It was the first time he hurt me and it wouldn’t be the last. For ten years, he’s been my tormentor and I’ve been his forbidden. But then he went … and I’ve been his forbidden. But then he went away, and yet I was still afraid.
Now he’s back and wants more than just my tears. You see…he thinks I sent him away so now he wants revenge…and he knows just how to get it.
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I think this is one of the first times I didn’t fall for the bad boy. I think Kieran’s character is sexy and broody as heck, but he hasn’t given me enough to fall for his crap yet. Not that it made me dislike the book at all. I think it made me like it even more because it wasn’t your typical alpha jerk makes you fall over him quick. After all the secrets and lies, I can only imagine what will come next!!
I think I just finished reading my most favorite book, to date, that I’ve ever read. Yes, I loved it THAT much. I was going to binge this series while off from Christmas vacation but this paperback had been taunting me from it’s shelf for 2 months. I figured, it’s going to be a light week because of Thanksgiving so I’ll go ahead and at least start book one. I have zero doubts that I will be binging this series over the next week. I was about 30 pages in when I asked the ladies of my Facebook book club if I should go ahead and order them from Amazon so I’d have them and it was an emphatic YES… by page 83, I opened the Amazon app and order the rest of the series. At just before the 50% mark I thought, this is it. I will have to quit reading after this series because nothing is ever going to measure up to this. At the very least, I predict the biggest reading slump of my life because what will life even be once this series is over?! I’ve been all about the angst filled dark romances with asshole alphas lately and if they are what I call “steamy ya” then so much yes. I got absolutely everything I wanted with this book. I felt the angst, I felt that heartache and the heartbreak. There were a couple of things that were intended to be big reveals that I had already figured out but who the hell cares? The sexy times in this book… O M G !!
This book follows Keiran and Lake. They’ve been enemies since the day they met on the playground at the tender age of 8. And for the next 10 years, Keiran absolutely terrorizes Lake. If you’ve read Bully by Penelope Douglas then you get an idea of this but this book took it to a whole new level. I loved Bully but Fear Me.. It’s in a league all it’s own. The story kicks off when Keiran returns to their little town after being gone for a little over a year. And I don’t know if I have ever adored a group of side characters so much, as do these. I seriously cannot get enough of any of them!! I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!! But this book is not for everyone. I do not like to publicly give trigger warnings, as I see them as being spoilers. But if you’re interested in this story and want to know what those warnings are before picking this book up then I will be happy to explain the triggers in private message. But if you love you some assholes and the enemies to lovers trope then this book has set the freaking standard. I cannot and will not wait to binge the rest of this series this week!
I’m very conflicted over this book. I really enjoyed the beginning and Kieran, Keenan, and Dash were so crazy and interesting despite their long list of faults. Let’s be their real, their all complete assholes and I loved them.
Kieran and Lake’s relationship is complicated. Lake’s has tormented by Kieran for like ten years. He did some real horrendous things that go beyond bullying. He terrorized her and made life a living hell. But it was clear that Lake liked Kieran anyways, she was drawn to him and he to her. Let me say holy hot damn, these two were like a raging inferno bound to get burned.
Moving on to the things I liked.
1. Call me crazy but I loved the possessive relationship between Kieran and Lake. He was a bossy asshole who controlled her body and her mind. He mind fucked her and she loved it. Shit I loved it. She couldn’t tell him no or turn away from him.
2. The entire high school experience and all the drama and suspense. I loved all the drama that happened at school and Lake’s close relationship with Willow and Shelton. I liked that the guys ran the school and got away with everything.
3. The hot sex and possessiveness of all the guys. It was hot. Am I ashamed? Hell No. These kids fuck all the time and its hot as hell. Little spoiler. That scene with Kieran and Lake when he had her spread open on the desk of an empty classroom was so fucking hot.
4. The darkness and mystery surrounding Kieran and his background. It made him even more fascinating to me that he held a dark past and it shaped him to be the cruel person that he is. Plus, the man makes no apologies(well most of the time).
What I didn’t like:
1. Lake was so damn obsessed with Kierna’s secrets and past and she was hella pushy about it. Prying when he repeatedly asked her not to and trying to get everyone else into leaking information about him. It was annoying and I hate when characters do this in all books. Its not like she wanted to know so she could help him or anything.
2. It was annoying how Lake was all up in Willow and Dash’s relationship. Willow constantly cries over Dash, but spreads her legs for him every.time.she.sees.him and acts like he did something to her and be crying like a baby afterwards. Didn’t nobody tell her to give into his ass. Have a backbone, stand up for yourself, and have respect after the man walks all over your heart. I get he won’t let you go, but play hard to get. So anyways, anytime Dash whisks Willow away Lake is always trying to run after Willow and everyone tells her to let them be. She be like, where did they go? What are they doing? Is he hurting her? Let me go check on her. Giirrrlll he is fucking her brains out. That’s what happening. And she’s loving every minute of it. Swerve boo.
3. This last bit isn’t necessarily something I didn’t like, but that damn ending had me wanting to choke a bitch.
As you can see I had some mixed feelings. It didn’t necessarily mean I didn’t enjoy this book because I did. I really did. The first half of this book was more enjoyable to me than the last half. I liked the craziness at the end just not the conclusion because it had me so mad. Fear Me is the first book I’ve read by Reid and I really enjoy her style.
Its been FOREVER since I’ve been so obsessed and sucked into a series. These books are so addicting and twisted!
What a ride with Fear Me, it was twisted, angsty not knowing where it was headed and what was going to happen but at the end, we finally understood so many clues and things that were not clear at the time..
The story of Lake and Kieran is complicated, they never say love was something sweet, but these two had given love another meaning .. they hate each other, they hurt each other, they still pretend and fight their feelings all the time not knowing everybody around them could see their strong chemistry,, no matter how much they tried to rip each other’s heart sooner or later they will finally accept what life has to offer ..
“Making her fear me was only half the battle. I needed to make her want me, too.”
Lake is a very beautiful girl who is trying to survive in life, she doesn’t have a family, she doesn’t’ know where her parents are and if they’re alive or if they even lover her.. her life wasn’t perfect, she had a shadow, someone who hates her and is ready to make her life miserable, she didn’t know why he didn’t like her, she didn’t know why he was so mean to her but sooner or later truth will come out, tearing down walls, making her to finally fall in love..
“I wish I could get Keiran to tell me about his past. I feel like it has everything to do with why he is this way. You ever think he might just have a really dominant personality?”
Kieran had a very tormented childhood, he is not what people think he is, he has so many demons that keep lurking around his life.. he doesn’t want to lay them to rest he just want to keep taking revenge toward the only person whom he cares the most..his only motto is vengeance but time will show that no amount of hate can destroy love..
“I’m afraid for him because every day he has to fight the person he is, to be the person he wants to be.”
The love story of Kieran and Lake is not your typical story, it will challenge you and make you want to throw your kindle a few times but at the end, you will see why their relationship was the way it was, why Kieran was so eager to destroy the only woman he ever loved..
“I’m a hopeless fuck who is obsessed with a girl he still wants to hurt.”
This is the beginning of The Broken Love series, get ready to meet so many great characters that eventually you will get to know in the rest of the series. Keenan, Dash, Sheldon, and Willow will bring and give so much to Fear Me making the ride more enjoyable and more complicated..
This book & series was recommended to me by a friend. So that means I just found new author
Lord if you know me.. You know, I love my dark reads, but to be totally honest here, I’ve never had a dark read that the character started at such a young age
I must say this definitely isn’t your everyday high school romance. I still trying to figure out my thoughts on this one… I believe this one falls into my WTF Category… that doesn’t mean I was a bad bookin any sense ..
This book been out for sometime & there are plenty reviews on it , so no need me telling you every detail of the book
if you are looking for A cruel, abusive, controlling, manipulative, perverted, bullying, arsehole Keiran Masters is the man for you
Kieran started his tormented at the young age of 8 years ago. He torments Lake Monroe for 10yrs
Not once did Lake Monroe tell anyone.
A year ago Lake Monroe started to somewhat learn to come out of her shell, but that’s only cuz Keiran was thought to be framed by her & in jail
Now that Keiran was out of jail he was really going take more pleasure out of tormenting Lake Monroe
All I going say is that things got somewhat interesting
This book had its good & bad moments as due all books. I am going to read the next book in this series just to know what happen to these two characters & from there I’ll decide if I wanna continue on to Keenan & Sheldon book
I only had one problem with this book & it relates timeline issues
Hope you enjoy this read & also always keep in mind this is just my opinion & my honest review
Paulette Review
What did I just read?!? And why did it take me so long?!? I am crushing hard on B.B. Reid, she needs to keep writing me some stories like this. Holy smokes, I love a good dark, mature YA book, and she took it to a whole other level. It’s dark, and dangerous, and such a great break from the rom coms that everyone seems to be putting out right now. This book is seething is rage and lust, and I literally could not put it down. It was that good. This book was told all in Lake’s POV.
I knew when i read B.B. Reid’s latest books i had to go back to the start and read some of her earlier work and i have just finished Fear Me and kicking myself to so many reasons why had i not done this before now.
This is the exact book i am a huge fan for enemies to lovers and usually a great story line but this exceeded my expectations i absolutely loved this story and it had me hooked from the very start i didn’t want to stop reading it.
Keiron is the a hole of a holes he was a nasty piece of work and i really wanted to hate him he was the one of the biggest ones i had read. When we dive into his past you can see why but it still didn’t excuse some of the things he did, but at the same time i loved his character, and it was written so well. Once his secrets started coming out i just didn’t know how he would redeem himself and even at the end of this book I’m not sure that i would want him too he is nasty.
Lake was interesting character sometimes i was like don’t you do it, don’t you start to like him don’t listen o anything he says but i did love her stubbornness, she was sassy and had attitude and i really loved that about her. I loved how she tried to find out all the secrets that were annoying her and didn’t apologise for asking questions. I did feel for her with her parents and feeling abandonment and also what she endured for 10 years with the a hole. She was certainly pulled in so many directions that i would break if that was me but she was awesome.
The thing i love most about this book it just keeps you hanging for more even up until the very end where you think you will start a different book but you know can’t.
We barley touch the surface of what is going on between these kids and you think you would get answers but i swear by the end you have so many more questions.
This book was everything and more and i loved every bit can’t wait for the rest of the series.
B.B. Reid has just got another one hell of a fan and i love that i have found another author I’m pretty sure I’ll be one clicking from now on
Massive huge nasty 5 stars from me.
Wow…why I am now just reading this book. OMG….it was soooo good. This book was dark and taboo and i could not put it down. Gripping, addictive and intense this story was nothing like I expected and now I want more. Worthy of more that 5 stars I enjoyed this novel and I am on the the next book in this series.
What should I write about Fear me ???
This book shaked up my world… literaly. I read it a while ago, and even if it’s almost over a year, till this days I can’t count how many times I re-read Fear me.
This book is dark and full of mixed feelings, when You jump on this rollercoster , You don’t want to stop…
This book was nothing what I expected…. if You looking for fairy tale, You won’t find it there.
This book talking about hard times, when people want to crush everything around.
This book is about broken love, which can make You Fear…but even if it’s terryfing You can have hope.
This book change everything, what You want to read in romantic books, so prepare Your heart and head for it…
This book make You fall in łove in Bebe’s writting – feel warned about!
Seriously, I want to hate this book. No really, I’m over here rolling my eyes pretty hard and half the time I’m all wtf?! But, on the flip side….holy shit I couldn’t stop reading! I wasn’t half way into the book and I was thinking about these characters while I was buying some sour cream for my tacos. Say what? Why was I thinking about these ridiculous people in the check out line? I don’t know but I was and I couldn’t wait to get back home to finish the book. I totally hate that I kinda, sorta, loved this book. I’m sucked in now, there’s no turning back for this girl. I have to know how this craziness is going to end! I’m moving on to the next one.
Wow!! Fear Me is an insanely great book, you have everything-fear, deceit, stalking, murder, kidnapping, lust, angry sex, this book is intense and it’s about 18 yr old Seniors!! B.B. Reid really knows how to build the suspense,it ends as a cliffhanger and I’ll be starting Fear You as soon as I hit this submit button, I’m hooked and need to know how it ends!
What did I just read??? *stares off* This is my first book by B.B.Reid and I could instantly understand why I’ve seen people recommend her. Her written was raw and hid nothing for the imagination, it was straight forward and in your face. It was sexually charged and packed full of TONS of a**holery alpha moments and kinky dominate scenes.
To say that I wasn’t in a constant state of emotion (mostly anger) throughout 99.9% of this book, would be a flat out lie. This book made me feel like I was enduring a perpetual whiplash! I wanted to b*tch slap Kieran basically THE ENTIRE BOOK. No joke! He made me SO FREAKING angry! And then Lake…*yells: “GROW A BACK BONE!” She frustrated me beyond words after she gave into him time and time again. After the things he did to her…I would’ve ripped his favorite appendage off and fed it to my dog. I’m truly not a violent person LOL. But Kieran had me seeing red! *throws kindle*. And I listened to the audio version of this, so I painstakingly had to HEAR about it. It was in Lake’s POV, so the pain and torment she suffered was heartbreaking. If “bully” didn’t already have a definition, the only words that would be listed to describe it would be: Kieran Masters.
If you are into books about a**holes…THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. FEAR ME spured me to keep reading with the continued mystery behind WHY Kieran hated Lake so much. Truth be told, I am a complete sucker for mysterious male characters, they’re my true weakness and Kieran is the epitome of mystery.
Be warned though, this book isn’t daisies and rainbows. It’s dark and rides the line of pain and pleasure and love and hate, but I would say there is mostly hate and pain in this book, but both characters definitely got off on it. *wink*
I will be honest, at this point, the jury is still out on HOW exactly I feel about Kieran. He was beyond broody, intense, and down right MEAN at times. I definitely can NOT wait to see Kieran come to his proverbial knees in book 2, FEAR YOU. Because I have feeling Lake is going to bring him some pain now. After all, she learned from the best. He deserves ALL that is coming to him, and then some!
And that ending…killer! I am going to dive right into the torment of book 2 RTFN!
5 “mind f*ck” stars
Absolutely loved Fear me by B.B. Reid. This author has easily become my favorite author. Her Broken love series is addictive and I’ve fallen in love with every character in this book.
I want more…I need more
loved this book so much i couldn’t even put it down!