Vile Bastards

Vile Bastards is book 3 in The Scarlett Force series by C.M. Stunich.

Synopsis

Dearest Reader … my story is cancelled.

Sharing my words thus far has only put us both in danger. It’s better to just call the whole thing off before somebody gets hurt.

Or maybe, just maybe, you are the one who keeps spilling my secrets. That it? You sold me out? I knew it; I knew I couldn’t trust you.

I can’t even trust my fuckboys, now can I? Sending me a severed p*nis as a gift doesn’t excuse their poor behavior.

Somebody died in that river. Death changed things. I wish it didn’t, but I can’t deny it. After that, nothing was going to be the same. I started questioning everything and everyone. Like, where was Ash when the night first started to go to hell?

Why was there a single gunshot followed by so much eerie quiet? Come to find out later that Widow was supposed to keep me at the track, so why didn’t he?

And since when did Alexei have a secret phone number to contact the mob? He offered up his virginity like a sacrifice and then marched me straight into the pits of hell.

Why didn’t Bohnes just tell me the plan ahead of time? If I’d known, I could’ve made different choices. Maybe I wouldn’t have ended up driving an orange Lamborghini into a river?

The Queen of Prescott High has a tarnished crown.

I trusted you—maybe I still do—but somebody betrayed me. Somebody lied.

If it was you, I suggest you run; I don’t deal well with snitches.

Remember what they get? Nice and easy ‘cause it rhymes: stitches.

Whoever ratted me out better have a fast, fuckin’ car.

Because it’s not just my boys you should be afraid of: it’s me.

XOXO, Scar

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Trigger Warnings

Graphic violence

Graphix sexual content

Tropes

Reverse harem

High school/ new adult

Enemies to lovers

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Review

"Romance comes in the form of a severed penis, tucked inside a metallic blue jewelry box with a delicate white ribbon."

OKAY! So I have been impatiently waiting for Vile Bastards to come out. I mean that literal fucking cliff...hanger we were left on (damn you Stunich 🤬!) But when the book starts like that ^ how can I stay mad.

"My first thought is: how the fuck am I supposed to compete with a severed dick? Believe it or not, I’ve seen something like this before in another romance novel. Maybe two. Honestly … could be three or four. It’s considered the ultimate gesture of dark romance to gift a girl her attacker’s genitals. At this point, what more could I give to this woman?"

My little black heart absolutely loves this series 🖤 The cars. The violence. The mystery. The psychos. Scarlett Motherfucking Force!

But my favorite thing about this series/ book??? BOHNES🖤 💀🖤 Don't get me wrong, I love all the guys, but Bohnes is THE Nightmare. Their date was everything and he bought her a mausoleum for them to be buried together 😭

“I want you to let me be your monster.” He takes my hands and puts them on either side of his neck, his own eyes closing as he puts pressure against my palms. “Leash me. Please, Scarlett. Hold me hostage. Keep me captive.”

“I’m going to haunt your dreams.” “You’re going to haunt my everything.”

I absolutely love this series and I will be impatiently...*cough*...I mean patiently waiting for "Stalking Nightmares."

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Notable Highlights

"Because I know as well as anyone else that while toxic chemistry and forbidden, impossible romance feels like taking that very first breath of air after emerging from deep waters, it’s also the same force that pushes you beneath the rapids all over again."

"...the only—and I mean only—thing we have in common is our obsession with Scarlett. Well, that and a deep level of psychosis probably."

"You haven’t the faintest fucking clue what it’s like to kiss someone who’s died and come back to life. It’s like flipping off the afterlife and tonguing heaven."

"Maybe our, uh, interaction earlier has calmed him down a bit? We’ll call it ‘pussy therapy’. Tight and snug, like a warm, squishy hug."

"“Can you please say, ‘My name is Alexei Grove. You killed my father. Prepare to die.’ It’d really take The Princess Bride references full circle.”"