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360 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 9, 2019
- cute, slowburn moments filled with sexual tension: ✗
- good romantic development: ✗
- h who fights back and calls H out when they're being a dick: ✗
- H who is NOT a ho cuz once they feel anything for the h they become celibate: ✗
- cute banter: ✗
- uber possessive but very sweet H: ✗
- petty mind games: ✓
- being subjected to one OW scene and H still hooking up with OWs in the beginning: ✓
- H manhandling the h: ✓
- H rejecting h request for putting a condom on and instead finished inside her without her consent: ✓
- unnecessary group sex that doesn't make sense: ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
"The next few minutes, I spent with my fingers shoved in her cunt and could only be described as clinical, cold, and awkward. Not that Amanda noticed. In fact, she enjoyed it so much she soaked the bottom of my fucking T-shirt. Little miss chipmunk was a squirter."
"I don't know. Maybe because you've slept with half the town?"
"That's on you."
"You're blaming me? You're actually blaming me for you being a whore?"
"Yeah, and I'll fuck every girl in this goddamn town, including the ugly ones, if it will get your attention."
You preyed on the wrong McNamara, kitten. My trust fund has more zeroes. Dick’s bigger, too.”
Barbette was it for me—my slice of heaven and my one-way ticket to hell. I could never trust her with my heart again, but maybe I was kidding myself thinking I could stay away completely.
Jamie was the kind of thrill every girl sought at least once in her life. Maybe that was all he’d been for me, too.
“You’re the lyrics to my song, Bette. I don’t exist without you.”
"I also want to know that in the next place you call home, you're safe. I can't promise that we'll always get it right, but I want nothing less than my world revolving around you."
“All I ever wanted was to be bad with you.”
“I had only one heart, Bee, and I gave it to you. It was right there in your palm, and you fucking broke it.”
★5 Stars★
The Punk and The Plaything is the third book in the When Rivals Play series by author B.B Reid and tells the story of Jamie and Barbette (Bee). We know Jaime and Bee from the first book where they appeared as secondary characters. Their story begins, a few years ago, when they were only just kids.
Being Ever's cousin, Jaime enters Bee, Ever, Vaughn and Jason's group. Bee is disappointed, scared and jealous. She was their queen, their leader, and Jaime was a threat. Jaime was trouble. They were 12 years old, but Jaime looked much bigger than the rest of the 12-year boys. From the first moment they saw each other, they were attracted to each other, they fall in love and they didn't realize. They were just kids, but they were growing without realizing it. They became teenagers.
Now, after 5 years, Jamie is full of anger at Bette's betrayal. He wants revenge, but every time he wants to hate Bee, he ends up loving her ten times more. They are both tormented souls. Jaime became a heartless jerk because of Bee, and Bee an ice queen, because of Jaime, and her parents.
Barbette definitely wasn't my favorite character when I first meet her in the first book of the series, The Peer and the Puppet. Honestly, I didn't think I could end up loving her. Her character development was amazing. I loved her fire, her anger, her strength, and her sassiness. She transformed from a b...h to a great and loyal friend. She had grown and matured. Jaime was the best. I loved him from the first book. He was hilarious, hot, determined, possessive and demanding.
Usually, from a series, I always like more the first book. Only now, I loved this one the most. This is my favorite and Jaime & Bee were my favorite couple. What I loved the most, was that the main characters from the previous 2 books, The Peer and The Puppet and The Moth and The Flame, were present a lot and we got a good glimpse at how their lives are going.
I can't wait for the next book...I am so curious and nervous about Vaughn and Tyra's story.I highly recommend! 💕
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