Rydeville Elite Box Set: A Dark High School Bully Romance Trilogy

I had read all three books individually and these are my reviews for each book in this addicting series! Cruel Intentions- This book is definitely one of my all time favorites. I truly could not put this down and was blown away with how much I absolutely loved it! Abby is definitely a strong person for what shes going through. Cam and his friends are those Alpha bullys that you hate to love but cant help it. Cam and Abby are Instantly drawn to each other and cant get the other off their minds no matter how hard they try. Of course with a dark bully romance and being in high school comes secrets, lies, betrayal with twists and turns that will completely keep you on edge and turning to page to know more. Twisted Betrayal- This book! After the ending of the first book I was so excited for this book and couldnt wait to read it. I dived right in and did not put down until the end. She has just been through so much and in this one my heart absolutely and completey broke for them and all they are still going through. I admire her for the strength she shows and the determination they all have to end it all. Truly can not wait for the next book as I desperately need to know whats going to happen. Sweet Retribution- Oh this book and the ending was everything to me and so much more than I expected it to be. I absolutely loved these two so freaking much and how they wouldnt let anything, especially her after all shes been through from the very first book to the end of this one, put her down. It was an intense read that will keep you on edge the entire time and not let go with your emotions at an all time high. All the twists and turns in this book, you just really cant put down.

This series takes you on a very emotional journey. Start with a Cruel Intentions, the first book in the Rydeville High Series and you will be blown away! Siobhan Davis is a master storyteller! The first and second book have cliffhangers so be warned! They will literally make your jaw drop and want to throw either the book or your preferred reading device across the room! IT’S THAT AWESOME!! These characters are so well developed and the story just flows. The secondary characters, hopefully will get their own books too. They are that important to this series! Be ready for the ride of your reading life, hang on, it’s going to get pretty wild and oh sooo freaking good! Expect book hangovers! I’m so excited to see this book in a set because what I wouldn’t have given to read all of them in one set but maybe that was ok because the feels this series will give you, a break between them is a necessity. Dive in, you won’t be disappointed!

Rydeville Elite series is Siobhan at her best with a dark spin on a world of greed, revenge and lust. Siobhan takes us on a tour of her mind and the adventure is like driving up a mountain with so many dark twisting turns. You never know what will happen next and even the characters don’t know what will happen next. We start off meeting Abby and she is the daughter of one of the Elite which is a group that runs so many elements in their town. Her family is one of old world traditions and money. Abby isn’t about the life her family lives but she is living each day biding her time until she can be free. When a group of new students come into her school everything in her life takes a drastic turn. Enters Camden and he is out for revenge on the elite and trying to use Abby to get it. While Abby is fighting for her life to survive the darkness she lives through everyday, Camden and his friends will try to break her in the process. Then something in the game changes for all of them and it changes to course of all their lives.
This story is all about a game of revenge and we don’t know who to trust. It reads like a soap opera at times when the characters tend to be over dramatic and that can take away from the real parts of the story. I love the story besides that fact because it was filled with intrigue, lust, darkness, revenge and blackmail. The level of hatred from characters to characters will put you in a world that you may have never know could exist. I like the characters and there were a few in the story that I didn’t quite understand why they were there. The story does take some dark turns but that is all part of the intrigue that will pull you in. Siobhan has a winner here and you will enjoy the ride she takes you on.

CRUEL INTENTIONS:
In my past review, I complained about the lack of passion and drama that usually characterize Siobhan Davis’ books. Well, in this book we’re back in style, since this book has lots of drama, passion, and plot twists. There’s suspense and darkness and some sinister plot going on, all related to domination.

In this town, there are four founding families and they comprise what they call the inner circle of old money. They are like royalty and their word is a command. This authority transfers to the exclusive Rydeville High School, whereby the sons and daughters of the inner circle families dominate on the school, establish the rules, have clear boundaries over where the inner circle and the common people may sit, and keep close control. The school principals and teachers are all subject to this reign, since it’s these same families that keep the school running with their donations.

Needless to say, power and greed are what motivates the head of the families, and cross marriages between the families is common in order to ensure the assets or improve on their empires. Abigail is being forced by her father to marry Trent, a young man who is as handsome as he is vile. He frequently mistreats her and sees her as a possession. Her twin brother Drew is also engaged to be married, for the same purposes, but in his case he’s crazy in love with his fiancée. All her life, Abby has been used, controlled, dominated by a careless and selfish father who only sees her as a bargaining asset.

One day, when Abby felt overpowered by all the burdens, she walked into the sea, planning to keep on walking until the cold made her drown. She was stopped by a stranger, who rescued and took her to his cabin. There they made love and it reaffirmed Abby’s will to live and to overcome her circumstances. She is a very intelligent girl, and she was planning her escape from her reclusive and abusive world.

Months later, when she’s biding her time until she can run away, three new students arrive to their high school. They belong to the “new money” elite, which is one step lower from their “old money” elite, and they were to be subjugated to their rules and dismissed. The problem is they have a sinister hidden agenda and they came to cause problems and disrupt the infamous high elite. The biggest issue here is that the leader of the group is none other than the stranger who had rescued Abby months ago. That time, he was tender and loving; now he’s hurtful, vengeful and hateful. He bullies Abby, insults her, rejects her at every turn. Abby’s heart is torn in two but she has bigger issues to manage, mainly her abusive fiancée, her abusive father, the bodyguards who constantly guard and control her.

There’s total mayhem: fighting, throttling, controlling schemes, spying schemes, bullying and blackmail. Someone is always trying to effect revenge on another, so there’s lots of rife, hating, and discord. At one time, the plot felt melodramatic but it was incredibly entertaining and riveting. Some parts felt like an exaggeration, but since I’m not acquainted with people in ultra high levels of society, it might all be true. Maybe they do have a strict sense of hierarchy and strict societal rules (shudder).

Since Abby is scheming for her freedom at the same time she’s fighting for survival in this nest of vipers, there’s a pervading sense of suspense, plus the heartache of having such strong chemistry and fond memories of a guy who is now an enemy. The plot evolves at a fast clip, a lot of stuff happens, enemies become friends and friends become enemies, and through it all, they all have one same purpose.

The book ends in a cliffie at a very dramatic point, so we’re now all desperately waiting for the sequel.

TWISTED BETRAYAL:
Every kind of dramatic element you expect to find in a novel, you will find it here: infidelity, domestic violence, murder, mayhem, abuse of power, child abuse, kidnapping, betrayal, complot for domination, you get it all in this story. This book is chockful of action, machination, and an incredible will to survive that motors the plot and the characters towards freedom. It’s a real page-turner, with a low thrum of suspense all the time.

It all starts with a kidnapping. Abby is kidnapped and spends some time in captivity in a sort of clinic. Because she’s so clever and conniving, she gets out. Her father was her captor and Charlie her rescuer. In the first book she was engaged to Trent; now in this book, she’s forced to be engaged to Charlie. Her father and his cronies have some sort of complot for power and they need Abby’s shares in the company, inherited from her mother, and upon marriage, transferred to her husband. Hence his use of his daughter as a bargaining tool.

Even though she loves Kaiden, she has a hard time forgiving him his latest betrayal, which was hiding from her his true identity and his purpose in their town. In the previous book he started as her unknown lover, then he morphed into her bully at school (vicious as hell), then they sorta make up and are loving each other but hell breaks loose again and there’s a big to do with guns and escapes and Abby’s kidnapping at the end of the first book.

Poor Abby is working tirelessly for her freedom from her family, from the town, and from this dark fraternity where they engage in sordid activities, all to foster their power machinations. It’s a dark and treacherous world and it’s very difficult to get away. She has been betrayed by almost everyone in her circle of friends and enemies, even her lover Kaiden and her twin brother Drew. Charlie, who was her only friend and seemingly gentle is now arising as a conniving tool too. Eventually she makes peace with their explanations and they start plotting again but it’s an uphill road.
This book is full of drama and passion, as per Siobhan Davis’ style. In this book, she surpassed the plot twists and surprises, and kept me riveted and tense as I read about Abby and her attempts to overcome and defeat her father’s nefarious scheme. When you think there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, another complication arrives, another heartbreak is revealed. At the end of the day, there is a strong element in this story: hope and determination. Even though the odds are against her, Abby perseveres and keeps on fighting for her freedom. She loves and forgives and accepts and moves on. With all the many characters in the series, Abby is the undoubted star, the heroine and a warrior princess. This is the strongest book I’ve read by this author, and the most potent. I was in shock when it ended and gasping for the finale!

SWEET RETRIBUTION:
In this spectacular finale, Siobhan Davis surpassed herself. I believe this is the most complicated book I’ve read of hers, with several plot lines, lots of characters, her usual surprising plot twists and a complicated main plot. Her characters evolved, changed, schemed, plotted, planned revenge on Richard Hearst and his slew of perverted cronies. Abby rose as a Machiavellian leader, developing a complicated scheme with the help of her twin brother Drew, her lover Kaiden and their band of friends. They used a lot of technical warfare and computer hacking, a band of friends from Rydeville High, and their friends the Kennedys (from another series).
This book was suspenseful from the start. It felt like they were all walking a high wire, where the balancing act was dire and dangerous and any false step would end in doom. The Elite is very powerful, it’s wide spread around the US, and it’s tentacles are deep and far reaching. Therefore, the scheme was equally complicated and multi-layered, and it depended on very careful planning and execution. I have to say, this was a very sophisticated and complicated plan for teenagers who haven’t reached their 18th birthday, but they had to grow fast in that environment and they were high achievers, the lot.
Reading this book was nerve-racking, and you keep turning the pages, because you want this suspense to end and for Abby to save herself and her brother, and to finally destroy the Elite and send its members to prison, where they belong. There is no way to describe the plot without some spoilers so I will just describe my feelings: biting my nails anxiety. We meet new friends and new foes, get acquainted with a lot of evil and depravity, and hurt for poor Charlie, who was manipulated by Abby’s father and is on a downward spiral.
The relation between Abby and Kai deepens and turns more caring, more protective and more equal. There are no more secrets, no more “need to know” for Abby, since she’s now front and center on the plans. They feel more like partners in crime than protégée and protector. We have our usual sexy times, but for me, the main direction of the book was the retribution that Abby was seeking from her father and the Elite. Now that their story has ended, I get to say that it had a lot of evil, cruelty, torture, depravity, perversion and just plain meanness, more than any other book I’ve read. It was at times uncomfortable and at other times distressing because it’s not a world we’re familiar with and would like no part of. It’s good that in this story, good triumphs over evil but this is not always the reality and for this, I was saddened. There was a huge plot twist towards the end that made me very happy and added a very positive note to this very dark romance. Good job!
Now I’m looking forward to stories about Jackson, Sawyer, Charlie, Drew, Shandra and Alexei!

I loved this series so much! It one of the first bully romances I read and I’m totally addicted to that genre now. It was also my first time reading Siobhan Davis which has lead to binge reading many of her books.

CRUEL INTENTIONS

HOLY SMOKES!!!!! This is my first read my Siobhan Davis and I have been blown away by it!! If you are looking for a good bully romance, this is it!!! It got all the drama, deceit and angst in spades!! And the ending…UGH…I really wanted to throw my phone at the wall , it’s that freaking good. It left me wanting all the answers and wanting to slap a few people (I’m an emotional reader ). Is it August yet? I’m dying for the next book! I’d love to tell you more about the book, but I don’t want to give anything away. So, just make sure you have plenty of uninterrupted time to read, because you won’t be able to stop until it’s over.

TWISTED BETRAYAL

After the cliffhanger from Cruel Intentions, I’ve been literally dying to read this book. When it hit my kindle, I said goodbye to real life, and immersed myself back into Kaiden and Abby’s world. TB is unputdownable. So much is revealed, and yet we still need MORE!!!! If I thought the last cliffhanger was thought provoking, this one leaves me ready to kill somebody!!! I am pulling so hard for Kaiden and Abby, I want them together soooo bad!!! Ugh, this book is a journey that you have to make without any input on the plot from me. Just know that I’m feeling pretty stab-y right now!

Be sure to read Cruel Intentions before diving head first into Twisted Betrayal.

SWEET RETRIBUTION

5 Epic Stars!!!

Sweet Retribution is Siobhan Davis’s epically stunning conclusion to her Rydeville High Elite Series. A dark high school bully romance.

In books 1 & 2, Abby, Kaiden and the rest of the gang are forced to take sides. You are either with the Elite or against them. You can trust no one. Horrific crimes are committed by people who should have your best interests at heart. In the midst of all of the lies, deceit and betrayal, can Abby and Kai have it all?

Here we are now at book 3. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the conclusion to the Abby and Kai’s story. Siobhan doesn’t disappoint. Alliances are formed. Plans are made. It isn’t easy, but will it all be worth it?

Watching Abby and Kai grow as characters is one of my favorite parts of this book. I’ve been rooting for them since the beginning, and it’s been a twisted, screwed up journey to this point. But that’s what makes it so interesting. That’s what kept me up at night needing to what happens next.

If you are loving the high school bully trope, than this series is a MUST READ! It is dark, and has some things that could be triggers, but it will keep you on the edge of your seat. There are characters you will love and those you will love to hate. There are so many things I never saw coming. Many WTF moments and times I wanted to throw my kindle. Happy Reading!!!

CRUEL INTENTIONS, BOOK 1: In Abby’s world, the Elite rule. Abby is a high school senior and a member of the Elite. Like the other Elite, her family is old money with archaic traditions and far-reaching power. Trent’s family are also members of the Elite and he and his father are just as evil and unscrupulous as Abby’s father. Her marriage to Trent has been planned since she was a child, with no regard to her wishes. No one dares to challenge the Elite until them – Cam, Sawyer, and Jackson – the new money, the New Elite. And Abby is their target.

Abby is smart and strong and wants no part of the life her monster of a father has mapped out for her. In the prologue she is at a point of desperation and about to do something rash. She is saved from making a foolish decision by a nameless boy and he’s so warm and caring that it’s hard to reconcile that boy with the one she meets a few months later; Cam, the boy who leads the bullying and is unbelievably cruel. But Cam has a story too and it will change everything.

TWISTED BETRAYAL, BOOK 2: The atrocities continue in Twisted Betrayal. It’s shocking, it’s dark, it’s intense and it’s brutal. Abby has survived everything her depraved, twisted, monstrous father has done to her and now she is betrayed once again by someone she trusted. She is amazingly strong but I don’t know how much more she can take. I don’t know how much more I can take!

Abby and Kaiden and friends are trying their best to find evidence to bring against her father. Abby and Kaiden also manage to find some fleeting, passion filled, very hot and sexy moments together before they are ripped apart again. By the end of the book more shocking revelations are made and they are in dire straits.

SWEET RETRIBUTION, BOOK 3: This book is the epic conclusion to the Rydeville High Elite series and is it ever worth the wait! Abby and Kai are more passionately in love than ever as they and their friends execute Abby’s plans to bring down the evildoers. The twists and turns are stunning. Just desserts are dished out to almost everyone that deserves it in this dramatic, spellbinding finale to Abby and Kai’s story.

Siobhan Davis is an awesome writer and storyteller. This riveting, emotional, gut-wrenching twisted tale put me through the wringer and I could not put it down. I loved it.

I am voluntarily reviewing an advance reader copy of this book.

Y’all just don’t how lucky you are to have ALL 3 of these books together! See, I read them one at a time, and I can’t tell you how much time I spent dying inside as I waited on that next book.

Cruel Intentions:
OH MY HOLY HELL! WHAT DID I JUST READ SIOBHAN DAVIS?! It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around what I just experienced, so I’m not sure how well this review will written, because while I have the general gist of the story, trying to explain it without spoilers will be near impossible. I will start out with Rydeville High Elite is the term for those kids whose families set themselves above all others, and they are contracted in marriage before they are out of school whether they like it or not. And this is Abby’s story, of how she wants to buck the system as she’s contracted to the most shady of a**hats, but she has king of the douchebags for a father. It looks grim for her, so the books starts out with her looking like she gets a little slice of happiness and/or revenge. It’s not, it just opens her up for something that may or may not be more sinister. Oh the twists are so many, that my f-bombs couldn’t even drop fast enough to cover them all to be honest. And honestly, I pretty much despised everyone who came near her by the end of the story, with the exception of a select few, as the secondaries all seemed like they were evil as well. Now I can’t say they were, who the hell knows at this point, all I’m saying is I’m so suspicious it’s not even funny anymore. And then to be hurled off the cliff like that?! OH THE HORROR! NOW I’M JUST SWINGING IN THE WIND WHILE HANGING BY A FINGERNAIL UNTIL AUGUST! I’m dying inside at this point because this tale of bullying to end all bullying has me jacked up & I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW! HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Twisted Betrayal:
Twisted Betrayal is the second book in the Rydeville High Elite series, so it’s absolutely imperative that you read Cruel Intentions FIRST! There are layers of insanity that start out in Book 1, so you would be very confused if you didn’t. Now, let me get on with it. OH MY HELL! This book was even worse than the first one with the intensity & heart racing content. At this point, Abby is livid at Kaiden’s betrayal, and when she needs his help, in the aftermath, she’s going out of her way to make him hurt like he’s hurt her. It doesn’t take long before she has to rely on him to help her play the game of the Elite, and the stakes are even higher if possible. OMG, the twists are around every turn, while the turns are all kinds of twisted up, and it just about brought me to my knees. The level of evil the Elite is capable of it mind blowing, and I would love nothing more than to set them all on fire. Unfortunately, the way to stay alive at this point is to play the deadly game. And let me tell you, the cliffy is even more insane, so it’s left me dying inside at this point. What will Abby have to do to stay safe?! Who can she truly trust at this stage of the game?! For the answers to these questions, and so much more, one click this bad boy that will keep you on the edge of your seat! HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Sweet Retribution:
I’m going to try to make this next couple of sentences not so confusing for everyone. Sweet Retribution is the 3rd book of Kai & Abby’s story, while being the 3rd book in the Rydeville High Elite series, so, YOU MUST READ Cruel Intentions (Book 1), and Twisted Betrayal (Book 2) FIRST AND IN ORDER. Now, while it’s the conclusion to Kai & Abby as the leads, it’s not the conclusion to the Rydeville High Elite series. Anyway, I’m confusing myself, and I actually know what’s going on. The diabolical Siobhan Davis has taken me on a ride from hell with these books, and HOLY HELL! I’m so glad that I made it to Sweet Retribution to get what I needed, though I NEVER EVER would have guessed the things that transpired. I mean, the twists throughout have been all turned out, while the turns are all twisted up, so I can honestly say that I didn’t know my a** from a hole in the ground after the first two books, which only left me with one thing to do, drop some very loud f-bombs. That being said, the twists & turns in this story were next level, and OH MY HELL! I found myself speechless, so no f-bombs would be uttered throughout. I was on the edge of my seat cover to cover with heart racing, and it never slowed down until hours after I had finished. I’m hooked to these crazy, dark young people, so I’m super ready for more, and thankfully, there will be secondaries who get their own stories next year! I swear to all that is holy that you NEED to know how it all panned out, so get to one clickin’ IMMEDIATELY! Now, that’s all from me, except to HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL!

Now it’s time for you to hit that one click button, as this is an EPIC Trilogy! HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I was a beta reader for this series—and it was the Rydeville world that got me hooked on bully romances! These characters will keep you up at night turning the pages from the first page of Cruel Intentions until you get to the last page of Sweet Retribution! Don’t blame me when you’re late for work in the morning—I warned you!

Abby and Kai – swoon! This series is crazy but crazy good. I was on the edge of my seat every page. The town isn’t big enough for these two families. Interesting story line and I cannot wait for the other installments from this series!

An amazing addictive, highly intense and suspense-filled trilogy. The twist and turns were exceptionally well planned. I admired the author’s ability to weave the hints delicately in the series so that all the revelations were back-up seamlessly. I believe that the enjoyment of the trilogy would be ten-folds if you were to read the three books back to back. I’m obsessed and I cannot wait to see what is to come from the Rydeville High Elite series next.