![]() There’s absolutely no pretense about them paperbacks know their purpose is to give you a quick fix, so they never let anything too literary get in the way of the action. Maybe it’s because I loved them as a teen, but there’s something so sinfully satisfying about cheap paperbacks. His desperate love for Jenny and her slowly growing attraction to him is stretched out over the trilogy in a deliciously torturous fashion, and whenever they kiss, the fireworks are exactly what you would expect between the union of hell and heaven. ![]() I’ll detail Julian more later, but he’s so SEX-AY and evil, yet also has the requisite potential for redemption. Y’all I’m a sucker for the bad boy meets good girl archetype, and L.J. In other words, The Forbidden Game is a furnace of FIERY FLAMES OF DESIRE. This little paperback was basically like one of those pouches you can buy that gets all hot when it’s exposed to air, and you can’t put it directly against your skin cos IT WILL BURN YOU. So, when I read the first book during the ice storm, the electricity was out, meaning we had no heat. I also gotta give bonus charms to several of Jenny’s friends–Dee, the totes fierce Black warrior Michael, the adorable rumpled teddy bear, and most especially Audrey, the no-nonsense glamor queen, who claims her worst nightmare is opening up a Bloomies catalog and finding it empty. Of course, I’d have to end up taking Julian for myself, but you’re so nice, I know you’d understand. BUT but but but, during the second and third books, you grow a backbone! You get smart! You get sassy! You, dare I say, become quite the little blonde badass! And even though I still disagree with some of your decisions, I’m proud of you for venturing off the Bella path and turning into someone I’d be proud to call a friend. (There’s literally a page where you talk about your side missing his side, and how you always sit on his left, and I’M SORRY WAIT, does this book take place in the 1890s?!!) Plus, any girl who would choose her asshole preppy boyfriend over the GORGEOUS PRINCE OF DARKNESS obvs needs some kind of blow to the brain. Like, the feminist in me is embarrassed every time I re-read the first book, cos you’re sooo dependent on Tom. You’re basically the prototype of Bella, minus the clumsy. During the first book, I WANTED TO FACE PUNCH YOU SO HARD. And, just like the tagline says, “If he wins, she’s his forever more…” to undergo a series of challenges and face their greatest fears. The boy from the game store turns out to be Julian–Elf King, Prince of Darkness, all around evil dude–and, like you didn’t see this coming, he’s IN LOVE WITH JENNY! OF COURSE HE IS! Determined to win her at any cost, Julian forces Jenny and Co. Jenny, Tom and their friends (Audrey, Michael, Summer, Dee and Cousin Zach) begin the game and immediately find themselves trapped in a Victorian house in the middle of the Shadow World, an icy and desolate place made from the stuff of legends (and we’re talking, like, all legends). Given the title of this trilogy, you can guess that it isn’t Hungry Hippos. In preparation for Tom’s birthday party, Jenny wanders into a mysterious store, where she meets a strange and beautiful boy who sells her a board game. Jenny always plays it safe, so of COURSE the one time she gets remotely reckless, INSANE SHIZZ HAPPENS. And, like most perfect people, she’s also hella boring, having dated the same guy, Tom, since second grade (WHAT) and allowing other people with more personality to take center stage in her life. With a disposition as sweet as her honey-colored hair, Jenny Thornton is one of those perfect girls you wanted to hate in high school but never could, cos she’s SO FREAKING NICE. After being thoroughly sucked in, I cursed the same weather that I previously celebrated, because I HAD TO GET TO BOOKSTOP TO GET THE OTHER TWO BOOKS AND I’M SURE I CAN DRIVE ON ICE I MEAN I HAVE MY LEARNER’S PERMIT OK MOM?!!! This trilogy was one of the few times I read YA as an actual young adult, and even though it’s not what you would call a masterpiece of literature, I still unabashedly love it, and I’m TOTES STOKED to review it, sixteen years later. passed Driver’s Ed and an ice storm struck Houston, forcing her to stay home in front of the fire and read The Hunter in one sitting. ![]() True Facts: These books were released in 1994, the same year little Sarah P. Relationship Status: Skater Boy Crush Rekindled At the High School Reunion Bonus Factors: Bad Boy, Nightmare Greatest Hits, The 90s
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