Brutal Days (Hidden Valley Elite Book 3) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Jessica Stone

Brutal Days by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Brutal Days (Hidden Valley Elite Book 3) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Jessica Stone

I LOVE this series, I could not recommend it more, Isla Vaughn has stolen my heart and given it to these guys.
This is book three in this series, not including a short prequel and this book focuses on Damon, the younger brother to Cole from the previous two books. Part of me was worried that this book would be more tame than the last two because it’s centered around Damon, but boy was I wrong.

Isla does a wonderful job building up the tense angsty situations and letting them explode, she creates fireworks between her main love interests while not making the book overly “romantic”.
This book in particular takes its main characters relationship to a different delicious level by making it a hidden relationship/forced/enemies to lovers, with a little bit of spice mixed in by having her pay Damon basically with her body to date her best friend and make her high-school dreams come true. Now… we all think know how this is going to end, but I did not expect the twist that popped up. Sky’s past coming back to haunt her and her inability to let go fully and put her trust in a man holds her back for a bit, but she blossoms and it’s beautiful.

All in all I really enjoyed this book, I enjoyed the continuation of where the last book left off, the follow through on the story, the depth to the characters and the hurt they’ve experienced, all quit enjoyable. Sprinkle in a little mystery and spice and you’ve got this wonderful book.
I’m pretty excited to see what the author does in the next installment of the series, and to get to know all of the main characters better.

Brutal Days, Hidden Valley Elite Series, Isla Vaughn, Review, Itsy Bitsy Book Bits, New Adult, Bully Romance, Jessica Stone, June 2023

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