I didn’t completely believe Jared’s swift turn around at first, but by the end I got it.

He just needed to grow up and figure himself out after the trauma he went through. Jared and Tate had a history of love, and Jared had a great excuse. “This is how bullies are made.” I also liked how that didn’t go on too long, how Tate pulled herself back from that abyss. The way Tate became the bully was handled brilliantly. Jared bullied her before she went to France for a year, but she comes back a badass. Jared didn’t make Tate’s life miserable, and she never became depressed or suicidal. There were no sexual assaults or threats of it and no physical abuse. I’ve read hundreds of books since then! So this is very memorable. I read it in 2014 and was surprised how much I still remembered from it. We’re going to go head to head, because neither of us wants to back down. I’m not interested in avoiding him or turning the other cheek anymore. I’m hoping that after a year of breathing room, he’s moved on and forgotten all about me.īut even if he hasn’t changed, I have.

Now I’m back to finish up high school and get the hell out of here forever. I spent a year studying abroad and bathed in the freedom of life without Jared. I worried about what was around every corner and behind every door.

His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to hide from him. I’ve been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. But then, one summer, he turned on me and has made it his mission to screw up my life at every opportunity. We’re neighbors, and once, we were best friends. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. Very steamy love to hate to love YA/NA romance

Penelope douglas bully series