I knew a bit of Jared’s history so I kneew that he had a tough history. She really fights back against Jared and I wanted to cheer at some of the pranks she actually pulls at him because he deserves it. I really felt for Tate in this book….she was the center of it and I loved her pizazz. But I also knew from what the later books hinted at, that it wouldn’t be an easy read and boy was it a tough one full of angst and conflict. Since reading books 2 and 3, I knew I needed to read Bully before reading the last book in the series “Aflame”.

Now Bully, was a story I probably should have read first. She sees little moments of the real Jared she used to know and love and she will do everything in her power to get to the truth no matter what! She senses something more than the usual hate she used to always get from him. But as she stands up to him more and more, little things don’t add up about him. Tate comes into herself even though Jared seems determined to ruin her. She stands on her own and surprises him with a new confidence and fighting attitude. Now in her senior year of high school, Tate refuses to be the shy reserved girl she used to be and let Jared walk and hurt her again. But then she leaves for France for a year, and comes back a new woman. Tate has had to deal with his taunts, his bulliness, and his pranks on her. For three years she has struggled to understand where his anger has come from. Tate could never understand what she ever did to Jared. But when they were fourteen years old, Jared left for the summer to spend it with his father and came back with hatred in his eyes for Tate. Lived next door to each other, and did just about everything together. Tate and Jared were once best friends when they were young. In Bully, we have a story of the true fine line between love and hate, and that not everything is as it seems. When one brave young woman stands up to her best friend Jared, now tormenter, the consequences go beyond anything either of them ever would have imagined… I even went to Europe for a year, just to avoid him.īut I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way I'll allow him to ruin another year. His pranks and rumors got worse as time wore on. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school.

Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. He’ll barely refer to me at all, and he’ll hardly ever speak to me. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Penelope Douglas delivers an unforgettable New Adult romance that toes the fine line between love and hate… Published by InterMix on February 18th 2014 Also in this series: Falling Away, Aflame

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