His enemy and ex best friend Andrew who by the way is a wannabe save-the-earth kinda guy who abuses his children. While Persy and Cillian's conversations were dry and boring, I rather enjoyed the conversations between him and Persy's sister, Emmabelle. Your little stunt did nothing more than put another ten-foot dent in our marriage, which, by the way, was the worst mistake of my life. Cruel, cold and ruthless heroes who are the meanest assholes, but secretly deep down have a soft spot for their love interest are just my kryptonite. I don't know if I'll pick the next book up in this series, because I just know I'll kick Sam woman-hating Brennan out of the window.

And she destroyed some of her potential by making her a little too tacky, slut-shaming the hell out of her in the Cillian’s POV, etc. Just when you think Leigh Shen can't top The Hunter in the Boston Belles series, she turns around and drops The Villain as the EPIC MIC DROP on a truly phenomenal year of writing. The more secrets and layers of ice that needs chipped away from a cold heart only makes the H more enticing.What I could appreciate about her character was that she had her principled and didn't veer from them no matter what Cillian told her. Also, this passage: "Sam always says, a child who is not loved by his village will burn it down to feel its warmth" is another example of plagiarism. The Villain is another consuming read, and, if I’m being honest, the Boston Belles world is rivaling the SOS world for me. The Villain had the perfect blend of darkness, steam, romance, and angst to keep this reader 100% enthralled! Like you didn’t want to affect his case with Andrew by giving him bad publicity because of the divorce but you are here willingly GIVING your husbands enemy ammunition to use it against him?

Their connection is so intense, sparks fly between them every time they are together, my Tablet almost makes spontaneous combustion, and their banter is off the charts, still give me goosebumps from just remembering, pure magic, fire and feeling.

The Sam x Aisling crumbs: I was never really interested in Sam, but after this book my interest is picked a little more. Then again, I don’t think many people know the story of Icarus compared to Hades and Persephone, so it’s a good marketing strategy on her part, but it’s false advertisement imo.