Review: Angry God, L. J. Shen
“Once again, L.J. Shen has blown me away with a hauntingly beautiful, angst-driven, emotionally charged romance that will stay with me long after the last page. A must read for 2020.”
--Siobhan Davis, USA Today bestselling author
Angry God, an all-new beautiful and dark new adult romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is available now!
Vaughn Spencer.
They call him an angry god.
To me, he is nothing but a heartless prince.
His parents rule this town, its police, every citizen and boutique on Main Street.
All I own is a nice, juicy grudge against him for that time he almost killed me.
Between hooking up with a different girl every weekend, breaking hearts, noses and rules, Vaughn also finds the time to bully little ole’ me.
I fight back, tooth and nail, never expecting him to chase me across the ocean after we graduate high school.
But here he is, living with me in a dark, looming castle on the outskirts of London.
A fellow intern. A prodigal sculptor. A bloody genius.
They say this place is haunted, and it is.
Carlisle Castle hides two of our most awful secrets.
Vaughn thinks he can kill the ghosts of his past, but what he doesn’t know? It’s my heart he’s slaying.
Angry God is a stand-alone, DARK High School Romance. It deals with sensitive subjects some may find triggering.
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Review
I just finished reading this book and woof what a masterpiece it was. Vaughn's story had been a long time coming. There was so much hype, so much secrecy, so much curiosity... it was such and long wait too and it was SO WORTH IT.
Vaughn was so much more than what my mind could ever conjure up. He was so mysterious, so weird and strange. I learned to love him bit by bit and gosh I ended up loving his tortured angry soul so darn much. My mind is reeling over this book, emotions are at the floorish of my skin.
It wasn't just Vaughn that stole my heart. Lenny stole it too, right from the beginning. I love her, all sides of her. She was amazing. Became so strong, stood up to her bullies, gave Vaughn a run for his money just like he gave his dad.
But more than loving these two individually, I loved them together... so so much. When they hated each other, when they didn't, when they fell in love. I love these two so much to the point that I think they are my new favorite couple by Ms. Shen, which trust me I don't say lightly. They are definitely my new fav couple and book in the ASH series. I just completely love everything about these two. It was such an epic, complex and emotional ride. So much happened, so much was revealed. Both these characters had their own demons and they dound relief from them with their hate towards each other.
Gosh, I'm sitting here writing this and I'm completely astonished about how all the pieces fell together. L. J. Shen's mind is nothing but brilliant. I swear the more I think about this book and everything that happened, the more I love it. I'm just so soft over these two and so so happy with how their story ended. That epilogue was absolutely everything *heart eyes*
Angry God went way beyond my expectations. I say this and, more importantly, I truly feel it - this book was a masterpiece. Lenny and Vaughn's story was nothing short of amazing, it was epic and beautiful. It's different from your typical love story, it's even different from your typical enemies to lovers or at least it was for me because there was so much emotion coming from all sides and from so many things in both character's lives. It was insane.
Scenes with Emilia and Baron, lordie. They had me weezing. Specially their own chapters. Oh man. The love, The emotion. Had me on the floor. My man Jamie made a couple appearances which I fcking loved.
Then there are some characters you will hate with a strong passion and feel like strangling but every little thing worked so well into these two's stories and took it to another level. Gosh when you get the full puzzle and see how everything came to be, when Vaughn explains everything to Lenny oh lordie my heart. I fell even more in love with then. And of course there's the setting of the book.. I loved that part two even though by the end of the book I hated it too.
Please for your own good DO NOT SEEK SPOILERS. This book was a complete trip and you shouldn't ruin that by reading spoilers. Trust me, go in blind, completely and utterly blind and experience it has it should be experienced.
Vaughn was so much more than what my mind could ever conjure up. He was so mysterious, so weird and strange. I learned to love him bit by bit and gosh I ended up loving his tortured angry soul so darn much. My mind is reeling over this book, emotions are at the floorish of my skin.
It wasn't just Vaughn that stole my heart. Lenny stole it too, right from the beginning. I love her, all sides of her. She was amazing. Became so strong, stood up to her bullies, gave Vaughn a run for his money just like he gave his dad.
But more than loving these two individually, I loved them together... so so much. When they hated each other, when they didn't, when they fell in love. I love these two so much to the point that I think they are my new favorite couple by Ms. Shen, which trust me I don't say lightly. They are definitely my new fav couple and book in the ASH series. I just completely love everything about these two. It was such an epic, complex and emotional ride. So much happened, so much was revealed. Both these characters had their own demons and they dound relief from them with their hate towards each other.
Gosh, I'm sitting here writing this and I'm completely astonished about how all the pieces fell together. L. J. Shen's mind is nothing but brilliant. I swear the more I think about this book and everything that happened, the more I love it. I'm just so soft over these two and so so happy with how their story ended. That epilogue was absolutely everything *heart eyes*
Angry God went way beyond my expectations. I say this and, more importantly, I truly feel it - this book was a masterpiece. Lenny and Vaughn's story was nothing short of amazing, it was epic and beautiful. It's different from your typical love story, it's even different from your typical enemies to lovers or at least it was for me because there was so much emotion coming from all sides and from so many things in both character's lives. It was insane.
Scenes with Emilia and Baron, lordie. They had me weezing. Specially their own chapters. Oh man. The love, The emotion. Had me on the floor. My man Jamie made a couple appearances which I fcking loved.
Then there are some characters you will hate with a strong passion and feel like strangling but every little thing worked so well into these two's stories and took it to another level. Gosh when you get the full puzzle and see how everything came to be, when Vaughn explains everything to Lenny oh lordie my heart. I fell even more in love with then. And of course there's the setting of the book.. I loved that part two even though by the end of the book I hated it too.
Please for your own good DO NOT SEEK SPOILERS. This book was a complete trip and you shouldn't ruin that by reading spoilers. Trust me, go in blind, completely and utterly blind and experience it has it should be experienced.
Excerpt
“How good are you at keeping secrets, Lenora Astalis?” His voice wrapped around my neck like a noose.
I wanted to cough. I needed to cough. He terrified me. I hated him with the heat and passion of a thousand blazing suns. He made me feel like a scaredy cat and a snitch.
“Oh, yes. If you’re coward enough to pretend you’re asleep, you’re good enough to keep a secret. That’s the thing about you, Astalis. I can smash you into dust and watch your grains dance at my feet. My little circus monkey.”
I might’ve hated Vaughn, but I hated myself more for not standing up to him. For not opening my eyes and spitting in his face. Clawing his unnaturally blue eyes out. Taunting him back for all the times he’d taunted all of us at Carlisle Prep.
“By the way, your eyelids are moving,” he said drily, chuckling.
He straightened up, his finger making a brief stop at the base of my spine. He snapped his fingers, making a breaking sound, and I nearly jumped out of my skin, letting out a gasp. I squeezed my eyes tighter, still pretending to sleep.
He laughed.
The bastard laughed.
Was he sparing me for the time being? Was he going to check in on me from now on? Retaliate if I opened my mouth? He was so unpredictable. I wasn’t sure what my life would look like in the morning.
About LJ ShenL.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.
She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.
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