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“You remind me of those bullies:” Bullying Purporting to be Romance

Sick by Tomo Kurahashi

January 2, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Sick starts off with Sudou feeling confident and happy in his social status, as he’s rich and popular on campus. However, he finds himself teasing and bullying the other student in his science course, with their opening scene together being Sudou tripping Kishi to the ground and smirking. Something about Kishi makes Sudou want to torment him, to the point that he invites him out to group drinks, then corners him alone in the bathroom and starts kissing and groping him. Sudou’s friend points out […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: bully romance, bullying, manga, Tomo Kurahashi

GentleRain's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: bully romance, bullying, manga, Tomo Kurahashi ·
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OTT everything, with the Jeff Bezos song as a Soundtrack

Kings of Quarantine: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 1) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Kings of Lockdown: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 2) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Kings of Anarchy: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 3) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Queen of Quarantine (Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep Book 4) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

October 6, 2021 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

This quartet has been all over my Kindle Unlimited recommendations as well as SmutTok. I was hesitant to give it a try – for while I seem to have an enormous weakness for romances featuring alphaholes (Hey, Kristen Ashley and JR Ward, I’m looking at you…), I’m not a huge fan of bully romances. And Kings of Quarantine, Kings of Lockdown, Kings of Anarchy and Queen of Quarantine all live up to their tagline: Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep. It is a finger scorching, reverse […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: bully romance, Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, dark romance, katie71483, Kings of Quarantine, pandemic, reverse harem, Susanne Valenti

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: bully romance, Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, dark romance, katie71483, Kings of Quarantine, pandemic, reverse harem, Susanne Valenti ·
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