Literaria: Get ready to play some Wicked Games

Hi, book buddies :-) How are you doing? Mystery and murder come to the blog today with WICKED GAMES. Beware! ;-)

MY OPINION

New adult mystery around a suspicious death on campus. Wicked Games is an entertaining story entrenched in college life, catty rivalries and secret societies. The double POV belongs to Wolf and Emily, the couple that's not suppossed to happen because he's the heir to an empire and she's from the wrong side of the tracks.

The writing style has a melancholic air, infused with regrets and impossible dreams. I liked Emily's determination to make someone of herself through sheer will and hard studying. Wolf is really struggling with his traumatic memories of the mortal event the previous year and burdened with all that's expected from him.

What I enjoyed is that he's really trying to protect Emily, but still the sensual tension is bubbling between them. New friendships mingle with a little investigation on Emily's part, though most of the plot revolves around the secret romance and a triangle that was more distracting than necessary.

Towards the end, all bottled-up emotions come to the surface in a battle of vintage rituals, suspenseful survival and steamy action. The little Cinderella turns out to be a hound in the middle of college drama. Entertaining.

Favourite Quote:

What if I just have fun for once, intenstad of worrying about the sky falling down?

Wicked Games

Authors: Vivian Wood & Amelia Wilde

Genre: New Adult Romantic Suspense

Release Date: June 4, 2019

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A secret society.

A forbidden crush.

And an unsolved murder...

Emily Danes expected the tough classes at Campbell College, one of the most exclusive and prestigious universities in the world. She expected the ivy-covered halls. She expected the money.

She didn’t see Wolf Astor coming.

Obscenely wealthy, socially connected, and heart-stoppingly gorgeous, he’s everything she ever dreamed of in a man.

He’s also a total prick.

But at a place like Campbell College, there’s no escape. Not from Wolf, and not from the secrets hidden behind the graceful facades of the campus.

With every day that passes, she’s drawn deeper into the underbelly of the wealthy and privileged at Campbell: a secret society known as the Skulls & Thorns.

And with a murderer loose on campus, she’s running out of time to escape.

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Enjoy an excerpt

Pulling my two heavy textbooks for this class out of the stack too, I arrange everything nicely. Just as I am getting my brand new pencils ready, I am startled by a loud bang. My desk mate drops his books on the countertop and sits down, looking at me askance.

I startle to realize that it’s the blond Greek god I ran from only yesterday. Tall and broad-shouldered, he wears his black denim and dark blue tee shirt incredibly well. He knows it too, judging by his posture. He perches on his stool and crosses his arms, expectant. Perfectly unkempt sandy blond hair, dark brows spread wide over the darkest blue eyes I’ve ever seen, a patrician nose, two incredible cheekbones, and the most expressive lips…

This guy is f*cking hot, excuse my French.

Which are currently smirking at me. I knew hot guys back home in Prineville. Mostly I avoided them, truth be told. But this guy is on another level. He is so dazzling that he could work in television… and bad tv just so happens to be my weakness.

Being around this guy is enough to make me rethink the bright yellow tee shirt dress I am wearing. I want more than anything to tug the hem down and smooth my hands over my black tights, but I don’t.

Instead I blush, fumbling to introduce myself. Sticking my hand straight out and tossing my messy blonde hair back, I try for an authoritative voice. “I’m Emily Danes.”

At the front of the classroom, the professor clears his throat, ready to start talking. My eyes dart to him, but then he reaches for his bunch of tissues again. Glancing back to my partner, I see him eye me up and down in a totally unsubtle way.

At last, he leans forward and shakes my hand. His skin against mine is hot. I bite my lip, refusing to let a little thing like instant animal attraction do me in.

“I’m Wolf,” he says, his voice low and gravelly. He looks me over once more. Then he arches a brow, his smirk deepening. “Did you find all of your panties last night?”

My cheeks instantly go the exact color of a ripe tomato. I lick my lips and frown. What am I supposed to say to that?

Meet Vivian Wood

Vivian likes to write about troubled, deeply flawed alpha males and the fiery, kick-ass women who bring them to their knees.

Vivian's lasting motto in romance is a quote from a favorite song: "Soulmates never die."

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Meet Amelia Wilde

Amelia Wilde knows what it’s like to be lovestruck, and she writes it into all of her books. Authoress of over sixteen spellbinding romances, she lives in the northern climes of Michigan. It’s very cold, but her sexy husband keeps her very warm.