Filthy Rich Boys (Rich Boys of Burberry Prep, #1) in Reverse Harem? Anyone?

Mar 13, 2020 Patricia's Book Kingdom rated it liked it

Shelves: first-in-series, read-in-2020, reverse-harem, enemies-to-lovers, high-school, new-girl, bully-romance

Filthy Rich Boys was very intriguing and unlike anything I have ever read before. The plot follows a girl named Marnye who has been accepted to a prestigious high-school on a scholarship. The school is ruled by six "idols" and their followers who are not all that happy for a charity case to attend their school and from the first moment they make it their mission to do anything possible to make Marnye drop out of their school.

What is interesting about Filthy Rich Boys is that the Prologue te Filthy Rich Boys was very intriguing and unlike anything I have ever read before. The plot follows a girl named Marnye who has been accepted to a prestigious high-school on a scholarship. The school is ruled by six "idols" and their followers who are not all that happy for a charity case to attend their school and from the first moment they make it their mission to do anything possible to make Marnye drop out of their school.

What is interesting about Filthy Rich Boys is that the Prologue tells you how the book will end. So really, reading this book is like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just cannot help yourself. Maybe I am a masochist.

While I enjoyed the book, I have couple of issues with it. The major one being that all the characters in this book are 15. I get that the book is set in secondary school, but I imagined them being a bit older, at least 17. Finding out that they are only 15 was a bit of a turn off for me. I mean, what 15 year olds even think about getting engaged? And what 15 year olds have that much power over the school, including the principal and staff? They are just kids and should not have more authority than an adult. And what 15 year olds are sex gods? To be honest, having 15 and sex in the same sentence paints quite a disturbing picture.

I have mixed feeling about Marnye. She must be one of the most gullible, naive and desperate heroines ever created. The three male "idols", Tristan, Creed and Zayn treat her bad from the very beginning and then out of nowhere start to be nice to her and she does not get suspicious at all. Are you that desperate for human contact that you do not even start to question when your three major bullies start to treat you better after treating you terribly?

She also unknowingly gets involved in this "infinity club" where basically rich kids make bets, sometimes involving life and death situations, out of sheer boredom. And of course she loses one of the bets and has to pay up. The thing is, she refuses to forgive her bully turned boyfriend from middle school, Zack, for turning her into a bet. But then she does the exact same thing to her best friend? A bit hypocritical if I say so myself. It made me nauseous how she tried to defend her actions by trying to convince herself that she did not have a choice. But she did, she just didn't make the right one. Instead she chose the club (of which she knows next to nothing about) over the one person that had her back since day one. And when Miranda finds out about the bet, she stop speaking to Marnye and she does not seem to be all that bothered by it, as long as she has a boyfriend by the end of the school year. As far as I am concerned, she does not deserve a friend like Miranda.

While there were things that bugged the hell out of me about Marnye, I still liked her and her resilience. She never backed down from the bullies and it was truly admirable. That being said, I cannot help but feel like she was asking for it and got exactly what she deserved. She should have been happy with the few true friends that she made, but instead she got greedy.

Another thing, she said that she was dating Zack for 6 months before he broke up with her and they only shared one kiss?! I really would love to see what they got up to during their 6 month relationship. Not to mention that Zack almost made her kill herself. Why the hell would you start dating a guy like that? Do you have brains at all?

While the idols are really intriguing and I cannot wait to learn more about them, it was also sickening to see how low they regard human life. Make a bet to make a girl commit suicide? That is just so messed up. Tristan, Creed and Zayn were such assholes it is a bit hard to see how it will be even possible for Marnye to ever forgive them for what they did, much less for them all to end up being in a relationship.

I am excited to see how exactly does Marnye plan on getting back at her bullies. It better be spectacular! ...more

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