Evergreen Academy series by Ruby Vincent --> Starting June 6th, 2021

[Aly]

It wasn't supposed to be like this.
Evergreen Academy was meant to be my fresh start. My hair was on point. My skin was flawless. And now I wore the hell out of my clothes instead of hiding them.

Even running into Ryder hadn't thrown me. So what that the green-eyed devil who tormented me for years now ruled my new school with a band of boys everyone called the Knights. The four of them were devastatingly rich, enviously handsome... and heartbreakingly cruel.

But the Evergreen Knights didn't scare me. I had my own plans and no reason to enter their little world... until one fateful night and a masquerade ball changed everything.

I saw something I shouldn't have and now I've been Marked.

They'll do everything they can to break me but they don't know the monsters I've faced. They don't know I've been broken before.

If they want to take on Valentina Moon... bring it on.

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

25% (view spoiler)[why do I feel like there are sooo many signs that’s Adam is her son not her brother? But why leave then to go to this school two hours away? (hide spoiler)]
38% (view spoiler)[Ughh Ryder is a jerk, seriously an asshole. I bet her mom was one of many women he had an affair with and he takes that out on Valentina. As for Adam being her son, ugh sooo many questions now.... she says she’s a virgin but now has loads of money or a credit card to buy a 4G dress?🤔🤔 I hope she wasn’t assaulted or anything by someone and they’re trying to pay her off or something?!.!? But like if she can afford that why is she and her mom and bro/son living in the ghetto still.?. My mind is going but that’s probably cuz it’s almost 3 AM and I need sleep lol

Am I grasping or does she have some weird inner monologue like a whole other personality or something lol!? (hide spoiler)]
47% (view spoiler)[Adam better not have a connection to Ryder’s dad. And how he’s now been missing for months. I mean the mc also had to start school late........ I swear my brain is making all kinds of conspiracies. (hide spoiler)]
67% (view spoiler)[I’m so mad she just let herself be baited like this. 🤬🤬🤬 Something worse is coming her way damnit 😖 (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[First off.... OMFG, I don’t know how the author is going to ever make me like these guys again. She’s done it before but this was a WHOLE LOT. I don’t even feel vindicated in being right about so many things because I’m so enraged. All this and I am gonna dive into the next one right now because I have such a need for revenge it’s not funny. (hide spoiler)]

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13% (view spoiler)[I cannot wait to see what she has planned 😈😈😈 (hide spoiler)]
43% (view spoiler)[Oh my god, she’s stooped to my level now. I don’t even feel a little bad for them. They deserve this! (hide spoiler)]
75% (view spoiler)[Damn damn damn she’s not holding back and I like it. Bullying is such a serious and dangerous thing and when they’ve gone this far I could care less what she does to them after all they did to her and her mother included. Again I was somehow right about ryders dad being adams father. Kind of let down to have figured it out, but ummm ryder legit tried to kill her just now. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[While I sure as hell haven’t forgiven a single one of them and still don’t trust them, I’m so glad she got her dark revenge. Excuse my French but fuck these people attacking her how they did. I want to know honestly how jaxson feels knowing her not being a virgin is all because she was raped. As much as I hate Ryder, jaxson doing that somehow seems worse to me. I don’t care if she stays marked or not, she better not let anyone in at that place especially all of Sofies fake ass friends. All those people are fake assholes and they chose to be cruel instead of just zoning the heroine out. I could care less if she burns that school to the ground honestly. Obviously I need to know what else happens now lol (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

24% (view spoiler)[Oooh some competition for the guys, who are these new students..? (hide spoiler)]
53% (view spoiler)[She’s really gonna cave to this texting threat? This is so dumb, that lady basically jumped off the cliff, who cares of ppl see it. Let the truth be known damnit, this is dumb and annoying. (hide spoiler)]
78% (view spoiler)[I hate this stupid nonsense with Ace. I’d prefer more one on one fights between Isabella than this faceless enemy. I’m not sure who it could be but I’m over it lol. Also wtf, she’s sleeping with some of them now and still hasn’t told them her whole truth. I couldn’t forgive them let alone sleep with them without letting them know why what they did was even worse than they now think. They still need some severe groveling, she got short changed with only three favors lol. And again wtf, who cares about this video. They’d get a slap on the wrist since it’s clear she was threatening them and then umm, jumped off the cliff on her own steam. Like I’m not understanding why this video is so dangerous....? (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[Wow the most dull and IMO anticlimactic end and yet for me it’s the best one lol. Even after all they’ve been through, my darkside likes that they are now marked too. Doubt ppl will be as mean but still, how the tables have turned. 😈😈 As for Valentina, I really still think she needs to come clean about her past. About who Adam is and what happened to her.
At least at this point after guessing so many things I’m just not sure who this Ace person is or the Spades. I literally just feel like everyone sucks (perhaps all the adults and teachers the most) and Valentina needs to just graduate and leave them far behind her smh. (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ Why did she accepted into this prestigious school and how does she have money? It seems like she was hurt, maybe it's a payoff for not going to the police? (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ I hope she doesn't forgive her so called 'friends' easily because they are treating her so terribly. I hate this stupid Marked business and that the teachers go along with it (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ I'm still mad at Sophia, though I understand that Val really needs a friend right now. Hopefully the bodyguard helps keep people away (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ She almost died! And no one called her mom?!! What is happening at this place? (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ I like seeing her fight back. I feel bad that her party wasn't great but at least she saw her favorite band I guess. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ Ooh I love how she got Jaxson and Ezra! She is not playing around! (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ Okay, we got almost all the answers in this chapter. I feel so bad for Valentina that she went through all of that. I am glad Ryder's mom stepped in and is helping her out and now Ryder understands the situation.
Scarlett raping Ryder is also very horrible, what is with these terrible humans?! (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ I'm happy Scarlett is dead, she deserved it. Now I wonder if the other Spades will come for her? (hide spoiler)]

[❀ Crystal ✿ -]

13% (view spoiler)[OK well she finally is starting to tell her secret. She told Ezra she was raped but not by who. But umm still don't understand his basically non-reaction. (hide spoiler)]
50% (view spoiler)[I’m so happy she called Eric on his shit. (hide spoiler)]
72% (view spoiler)[and stupid Valentina is back. Why did she chase after Eric like that, into the Swamp!? 🤬 (hide spoiler)]
82% (view spoiler)[Wow. I’m actually mad and offended Ryder just took her to her ‘fathers’ house, what the F? (hide spoiler)]
84% (view spoiler)[I’m still waiting and waiting for her to come clean to the guys about her past 🤷🏼‍♀️ She forgave them after two years of torment but now they’re all in love but she hasn’t even told them everything. I’m also getting worried now that there’s not going to be a satisfying conclusion for me....

Also after four books the timeline transitions are killing me, they’re not smooth and come out of nowhere. (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[Damnit. I don’t know how to feel. I love and hate how this author writes, it just sucks me all in lol. Anyways I’m mad there’s an offshoot series (which I def need to read ASAP) but how can it just end without her telling them who Adams dad was or that you know, she mighta sorta have killed Ryders father!?!?,?

I was really hoping she’d figure it all out and using video clips and other evidence have Ezra write/film his first explosive exclusive. I mean aside from Ciara is anyone else even going to suffer or even get in trouble.? It didn’t seem like it 😒 This was just so blah, I’m unhappy 😑 There wasn’t even an end to her schooling year, they just all leave for their old schools and we never even get to see any of her friends either lol

Also I feel some type of way she gave back all that money to ryders mom, I get it but why didn’t they transfer it to like a college fund or something for him. I get she now has four rich boyfriends, she’s mart and on her way to making money but if u take that out of the equation, she’ll be stuck like she was with her mom. If she never planned to even put that guys name on adams birth certificate she wouldn’t even be able to get child support. Ugh and then that brings me to Ryders mom? The more I think about her the more I question it all. Sure she might be sick now but I mean she knows people who will come and coverup a murder, hide a body and then tried to pay off Valentina so she could keep her husbands fortune.... like it doesn’t equate to her sweet sickly character we met here. I would like to know who she really is!?!.? I keep coming back to edit this because I keep thinking of new things to complain about lmao..... I’m done, well, maybe 🤣🤣 (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ They're really lifting the ban? I wonder how long that will last until the Spades do something. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ Now I'm irritated with Val. Why not tell the guys that she's being blackmailed?? It's just going to get worse and I'm sure they'll know eventually so tell them already! (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ Another bad decision. Did she really think Ace would reveal themselves? Come on girl (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ Now they're all marked and still don't know who Ace is. Ugh I need them to take the Spades down! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ I hope the headmaster finally steps in for once. Is he really going to let kids be banned from the library and cafeteria? That's way ridiculous (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I thought the new teacher guy seemed inappropriate with Val. Leaning in close, sitting right next to her, just gives creepy vibes. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ I bet Eric ends up dead for betraying the Spades. I'm not surprised he's a Spade, but I need answers already (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ I wasn't suspecting Ciara but not shocked either. It was surprising that Ciara is Scarlett's sister and both are Evergreen's daughters.

It seemed like the end, but now there's a sequel series? Maybe I'll read that eventually (hide spoiler)]