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Thank you Enticing Journey for a complimentary copy. I voluntarily reviewed this book. All opinions expressed are my own. Wicked Saint By: Veronica Eden *REVIEW* ☆☆ I always try my best to find redemptive qualities in unlikable characters and the stories containing them therein. Wicked Saint crossed a line for me personally that should never be crossed. The story is a high school bully romance, and the synopsis was intriguing. The heroine, Gemma, has endured an attack and almost rape in the past causing her to upend her life and move. For me, this attack is not something to take lightly. This teenage girl is scarred for life and suffering from trauma. The hero, Lucas, Gemma meets at her new school. Blah blah blah, etc. He attacks her, not rape, but still, seriously? Lucas calls what he does to Gemma a prank. Veronica Eden takes every girl's nightmare and makes it light, fluffy and humorous, the worst offense is treating this subject like it's okay. It gets worse, though, when Gemma sleeps with Lucas-she's a virgin. He claims to have feelings for her that he didn't understand or whatever, but he's come around and wants to be with Gemma,etc. You know how it goes. The next day at school he's with another girl, bragging about his conquest, showing pictures he took-are you serious!? He does this after saying he had feelings for Gemma. Lucas is supposed to be the reformed swoon worthy hero, but he's a grade A jerk. Readers should admire Lucas by this point, but if you admire this guy, then you condone his behavior. He treats Gemma like garbage and humiliates her, but it's fine. Gemma should be strong, intelligent, and in control. She is none of those things and definitely not an inspiration for girls. Why write her this way? I don't get it. Does Lucas apologize and make things right? No-his apology is like expecting a blow me away, major unbelievable category 5 hurricane and getting a light breeze instead. The characters are pathetic and not likeable in the slightest. The story is just wrong. It's wrong to make attempted rape and kidnapping okay. It's wrong to make losing your virginity a light subject. It's wrong to make a guy humiliating a girl and treating her like trash okay . It's wrong to have said guy offer a pointless apology which the girl accepts. It's wrong to portray a young girl as weak, gullible, spineless and stupid, especially after a physical assault. Everything is wrong. Don't read this book. Don't encourage the it's okay attitude.