Savage Start (Hidden Valley Elite Prequel) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Jessica Stone

Savage Start: A High School Bully Romance: Hidden Valley Elite Prequel by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Savage Start (Hidden Valley Elite Prequel) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Jessica Stone

This is the first book I have read from this author, but she did not disappoint , I literally cannot WAIT to read the rest of this series. Going to purchase as soon as I’m done with this review.

This book starts off with Riley and her mom moving into a new place in a new town, seemingly running from something but we haven’t discovered what yet. Riley’s mom is seeing a new man and is certain this will be the last new town, the last new home. Promising they are done running and things are changing, but Riley, knowing her mother, isn’t so quick to believe that things will actually be different. Used to getting by on the bare minimum, having nothing Riley’s learned to stay distant from everyone she meets, clothed in her “goth” style, it’s easy to play the unsociable weird girl to avoid drawing attention to herself, the last thing she’d want is for someone to look to closely.

Cole and Damon and two brother living in the perfect home with the perfect family… or so it seems from an outside perspective. Coles and Damon’s family is shredding apart from the inside out, Cole father, a certified jerk is having an affair and Coles mother is cracking under the pressure to keep it together on the surface. The only thing holding their family together are the boys and their willingness to try, but will that be enough to keep their “perfect” lives from crumbling down.

By chance one evening Riley and Cole meet at a party thrown by coles also seemingly perfect cousins, and sparks FLY between the two. But just before things can get to out of hand Riley flees from Cole, but that doesn’t stop him from invading her every waking thought from then on.

I loved this little taste of the Hidden Valley elite, super glad I was able to read this before diving into the series because it gives a look of perspective I believe of what’s going to happen in the series and why the characters are who they are. I would highly recommend reading this before starting the series but I do not believe that you necessarily have to read this before the others. It is short and sweet though so that’s something to note.

Anyways, rounding out this review with a yes, yes, yes, cannot wait, yes.

Savage Start, Hidden Valley Elite Prequel, Isla Vaughn, Review, Itsy Bitsy Book Bits, New Adult, Romance, Bully, Jessica Stone, February 2023

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