Tryst Six Venom

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This is definitely a bully romance and both girls pull no punches when it comes to hurting one another when they're feeling hurt. That's the usual cycle with bully romances, though, and it's only a matter of time before they work things out. This book was looooong and I don't know if I necessarily think it had to be that long, but I really loved the character development Clay when through. Liv knows who she is and is out to everyone. Clay, on the other hand, denies her attraction to Liv and is determined to show everyone she's straight and that she hates Liv. This becomes hard, though, when Liv and Clay start giving into their attraction because, in public, Clay is still trying to keep her sexuality a secret, especially since she's still confused about what her sexuality even is. At least not until I get her alone and find out she's hiding so much more than just what's underneath those pretty clothes. Women in general are not the possessive, violent, toxic type. And trying to give those popular trails from male characters to female characters is an insult, especially because the author is a woman and she apparently has no idea how to portray women.

Not one of my brothers gives a shit about who I sleep with, because they think pregnancy is the only way I can be hurt. They don’t ask about girlfriends. They don’t think this is anything more than fun. The side characters - I know it's probably never going to happen but damn if I'm still not going to think about each of the Jaeger brothers getting their own books. I just adored them, every single one of them. I loved their family dynamic, I loved how protective they were over Olivia and I loveeeed their interactions. Every single one. Macon especially deserves a happy ending and I will probably cry myself to sleep every single night if he doesn't get one. I loved him the most out of all of them. I also really liked Clay's friend Krisjen, she was so cute!This book is SO MUCH MORE than sex it's about LOVE and relationships and family and abandonment issues and emotional and physical loss, about fear of acceptance and fear of public humiliation and entitled brats and hardworking siblings...Omg there's SO MUCH TO BE EXPLORED!!! But how could I deny myself when the person I had been craving so sweetly handed herself over to me on a silver platter? I loved the fact that Pen also focused on some very real pieces of bullying and I appreciated this story so much more for it.

Another thing I just didn't love about the romance is all the OW/OM drama in between when Clay was making out w Callum and Liv was making out w Megan. Yeah thanks, but thanks no I didn't need to read about those on screen make out sessions. That was just messy. Marymount girls are good girls. Even if they weren’t, no one would know, because girls like Clay Collins keep their mouths shut. Clay is a bully that you can't help but love. She's tortured, angry, and no matter how much venom she spits, you see the pain it's rooted in. She's the popular girl in the school. The one who seems to have everything at her fingertips. The captain of the lacrosse team and the girl all guys want and all girls want to be. Olivia is a character I very much admire. Considering the circumstances of her upbringing, her strength was inspiring. And if Clay wasn’t already doing it I would hold Livvy forever.

Tears fills my eyes. She’s such a cunt, but then she says things like that and I just want to give her everything she wants. I want her to know that I wish to God this didn’t feel so good and that she didn’t feel so good.’ They simply didn’t give me any flutter. In fact, I was more giddy about all the other heterosexual pairings. Like, what was going on with Krisjen & Trace and the second chance romance between Clay’s parents - even though those were not discussed in details and only mentioned in passing. I was also positively more OBSESSED with the Tryst Six brothers. They reminded me of the Van der Berg men. I will now spend my time grieving the end and editing Clay and Olivia as best I can to capture the perfection they were.

In the first half of the book I was completely enamored by Olivia. Her bravado, her strength just blew me away.

He makes a face, and I breathe out a laugh. Of course, he wasn’t. Probably didn’t realize I was gone until just now. I liked Liv and Clay together and they were pretty adorable & very cute especially in the second half. But the first half of the book was so tedious and had so much drama that I wasn't as invested in their romance by the end as I could have been.