Vicious (Sinners of Saint)

This book was PERFECTION. No matter how much I praise the book, it won't be enough. Baron Vicious Spencer was a top grade bully but I simply loved him with all his faults. He is definitely one of my favourite book boyfriends."I thought I’d escaped him. I was even stupid enough to think he’d forgotten I ever existed. But when he came back, he hit harder than I ever thought possible. And just like a domino—I fell."Vicious and Emilia meet in highschool because Emilia's parents moved her and her sister Rosie (who had cystic fibrosis) from Virginia to Todos Santos for a job at Vicious's house. Her parents were the hired help who worked for his father and he literally called Emilia"Help.""Emilia wore her weird personality like a billboard, proud and loud. From the way she dressed to how she was always covered in paint and doodled cherry blossoms everywhere."The above quote itself describes Emilia perfectly. She was an artist who had an obsession with cherry blossoms, with a wierd sense of dressing and a lot of sass and strength. The way she handled Vicious and his taunts was so amusing. She literally gave it back to him and never backed down. That's what made their banters funny and entertaining."She was mine again the minute I saw her in her next-to-nothing outfit. She just didn’t know it yet."Vicious was such an arrogant and rude rich boy but then we see that there's more to his entitled and difficult persona than we had imagined. He was literally so lonely and sad, that made me ache for him. He deserved to get his fair share of happiness and a family that he was depraved of and I'm glad he found that person in Emilia."She was a fantasy, and like all fantasies, she was meant to be savored, cherished, and treated with caution and respect."I hated him at first but after rereading this story so many times, I just couldn't help but love him because no matter how many mistakes he made with Emilia, in the end he grovelled hard for it. So far, he has the best redemption arc compared to the books that I have come across."I now absolutely hated myself for doing this to him. But still, I did it. Because protecting my heart over his had become my priority. No matter what Vicious felt for me, I knew exactly how I felt about him. And I didn’t hate him. Not by a long shot."So, Vicious does something really vile to break up Emilia and one of his best friends, Dean when they started dating in highschool and he just couldn't handle it. Fast forward some years later, Vicious has started a company with his three friends- Trent, Jamie & Dean and together they were called the "Four Hot Holes". Vicious became a lawyer and stumbles upon Emilia working as a waitress in a restaurant in New York. He somewhat feels bad about her situation (which she got herself into because of him.) But he also had a revenge plan against his step mother in which he needed Emilia's help. So, he offers her to work as his PA, from there the story picks up pace and we also get to know what happened in the past that caused Vicious to be the way he is. Once I got to know about his story, I was a goner for this man lol! Vicious in hate was amusing but Vicious in love was a sight to behold. He was in love with Emilia all along and somewhere along the way, I'm glad that he opened his eyes and saw what he really needed was right there in front of his eyes.The Dean & Rosie storyline has intruged me a lot and I would love to see them together despite their circumstances tbh. Overall, I loved the book. The writing was as usual fabulous and captivating and the characters were flawed yet raw and real. The chemistry, angst, tension and character depth were portrayed perfectly! I would definitely recommend giving this one a try.

I love this book it has kept me hooked all day , I loved their chemistry and the story is very well written

I have re-read VICIOUS and completed it today and fallen for him again.Oh wait Rosie warned me "Don't fall in love with him again" but I did.Oh Vic.Vicious book is first book in the series of Sinners of saint. It's a slow churning hate to love between Vicious and waitress turned Emilia . Emilia's parents are hired as servants in Vic's estate and both Emilia and Vicious are in same high school. She stirs something in the son of estate. Emilia was Vicious' best friend's gf too.While her heart secretly beats for him (ViC) even when he bullied her and made her life hell during their high school years. (AGE 17 -18).Even as he is somewhat protective and possessive. She is his to torment and he makes it known.When Emilia begins dating one of his closest friends, Vicious steps it up a notch. He is outraged at the defiance of Emilia and Dean, used to being in control of everyone and everything around him. Emilia is essentially ran out of town by Vicious and doesn't see him again until their paths cross again a decade later.Baron Vicious Spencer is a hot, angry, cold - hearted, and a bully. He is one of the FHH. And, CEO of one of the branch of FHH. (You guys will know what FHH stands for in book)./No spoiler.Emilia is a proud, simple, beautiful,selfless and a good hearted 'Goody Two Shoes' girl with self respect. She is an artist and bullied by Vicious.VICIOUS and EMILIA are of same age. So, there isn't any age gap. She is a great lead and a fighter. Vicious has reason to be what he is. They call him VICIOUS for a reason after all. He has a past story which was really deep.When a decade later (Age 27-28) their paths crossed again story takes a turn and Vicious is intent on picking up where they left.What I think??Well vicious was a fantastic read for me. This was also my first book By LJ Shen a year ago and then I became her fan. And, now after almost an year I read the book again. (And fell again I should say)First book of this kind. I didn't even know that there are these kind of hot , angsty romance novels too and now I love only hate to love stories specially with anti heroes.And, I loved the PEN - PAL part.Those letters of PINK AND BLACK.It's an amazing story with Amazing characters to fall for.

I listened to the audiobook of the book and it was quite a fast and interesting story. Emilia and Vicious are a true pair of hate/love relationships. There was so much depth to their relationship without being in any relationship. I liked Emilia and her personality of all sunshine and cherry blossom happiness. Her character is so much the opposite of her life which is full of darkness. Vicious is the reason for the problems known to Emilia but deep down he has a little softness for her and only her. His redemption was the best part other than their banter. The story ended in a sweet way.

Brought to you by OBS reviewer HeidiEmilia’s parents moved the family from Virginia all the way to California when she was seventeen. Her parents took jobs at the Spencer mansion, where they lived in the servant’s quarters on the property. It also meant Emilia and her little sister, Rosie, had to attend the prestigious All Saints High with the snooty rich kids. Also, attending was the Spencer’s son, who was known only as Vicious.Vicious hated Millie from day one and went out of his way to make her life miserable. He even called her Help instead of her real name since her family was ‘the help’. And, it only got worse when she started dating one of his friends, Dean. She cared for Dean, but she burned for Vicious, despite how horrible he was to her. Vicious made her break up with Dean not once, but twice, and ran her out of town once they graduated.“I wasn’t stupid. I realized that I was preventing her from being around her sister and her parents. Her boyfriend. I was banishing her from everything she knew.From a comfortable future.From money and opportunity.From family Christmases and blue-eyed kids with Dean, who was oh-so-f enchanted with her.From love.I was ruining her life.Because. I. Was. Jealous.”Emilia didn’t know the things that made Vicious into the cruel man he was. She didn’t know that his stepmother and father had his mother killed. She didn’t know that his stepmother’s brother beat him for years afterwards, permanently scarring his body. She didn’t know she looked like the stepmother that brought so much pain into his life.Emilia thought that she had forever left Vicious in the past until the day he showed up at the seedy bar, where she worked. Vicious had no idea he’d find Emilia in New York, but now that he’s found her, he can’t let her go. His dad is dying and Help is the perfect person to help him finally get revenge on his stepmother. He just has to convince her to work for him and destroy Jo.I always love a good L.J. Shen book, especially when it’s one of the All Saints/Sinners of Saint books. Shen is a master at creating horrible jerks that somehow make you root for them, in the end. Vicious was definitely no exception. And, the chemistry between her characters always burns through the pages! She always makes you feel ALL. THE. FEELS!!“I’m just not sure how you can be both nice and compassionate and a terrible a------ all at the same time,” I muttered.He smiled. “It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it.”Vicious made Millie’s senior year hell, even taking away the one bright spot she had in Dean. He didn’t want her, but he didn’t want anyone else to have her either. At least that’s what he tried to convince himself.“I used to think of you as a villain, but you’re not my villain. You’re your own villain.”Nobody knew the horrible things that went on behind the dark dreary doors of the Spencer mansion, not even Vicious’s three best friends. He was only nine when he overheard his dad and his secretary talk about murdering his mother. Although he never knew, what it all meant until it was too late and his beloved mom was gone. When the only person who ever loved you is taken away, it changes you. And, it hardened Vicious into the man he is today.Millie is the exact opposite of Vicious. So sweet and giving. She’s raising her sister in New York, spending every dime she has to support them. So, when she loses her day job, she really has no choice, but to take Vicious’s job offer, even though she tries to turn it down. She is too kind and caring and let’s Vicious get away with far too much where she is concerned. He’s an addiction she just can’t break…. Until he finally breaks her that is.“Apologize for not being mine when you should’ve been. Because Emilia, baby…” I tilted my head sideways. “It was always f------ us and you know it.”This was such a good story and I loved seeing Vicious get his revenge and his redemption all on his own terms. The ending of this story was sweet, but still Vicious too. A leopard can’t change his stripes after all. I can’t wait for another trip back to Todos Santos to see what kind of trouble the Hotholes (I do really hate that name though, it’s cringe-worthy) have gotten into.“She’d painted me.Not only did she paint me (and arguably gave me a better nose than the one I was born with), but it was also what I was doing in the painting that made me smile like a sleaze ball. I was holding a joint and laughing into a non-existent camera—though my eyes were still mine, kind of sad and dark and f------scary—and I wore a simple black T-shirt that said “Black” in white. The background was stark, stupid pink.I was her black.And she was my pink.I bought the painting in a heartbeat, dragging her boss aside. Gay, thank f---. He was there with his boyfriend, Roi. By that time, I noticed Emilia was standing next to my image, talking about it with a woman, and I hoped I wasn’t too late to buy it myself.I wasn’t.Emilia didn’t know it yet, but she was going to paint another painting, of herself wearing a pink shirt against a black background, and I was going to hang it next to mine.”

I loved this book, honestly, it has the perfect amount of all the right things for me.I loved discovering L.J. Shen's work through this book, you are hooked from page one and around 10% into this book you are already madly invested in this couple and this universe.Millie and Vicious are soulmates and you can't deny that (not even at the beginning of the book).You may even wish that life had been easy for them, but they end up where they were supposed to be, next to each other.vicious is morally gray, a walking red flag and you still wish this man well because you know the broken boy inside him deserves it.Millie is a fierce woman who inspires you with her strength and her beautiful heart. You can't help but love and wish you were her friend.All in all, it was an amazing read that I highly recommend!

The edges weren't pink as it was promised when I ordered the book.I'm very disappointed.

Emilias und Vicious Geschichte hat richtig Spaß gemacht.Anfangs hätte ich ihm gerne den Hals umgedreht aber er hat Emilias Vergebung verdient. :)Es war sehr spannend, von der 1. bis zur letzten Seite und zwar nicht nur zwischen den beiden, sondern auch die Story um sie herum.

I've read Vicious back in 2020, it was my second LJ Shen book (after Defy) and to this day, Vicious stays at the top of my favorites!! 🖤I picked up this book because I saw Angry Gods was being released, and I wanted to read it, so I started at the beginning of the Sinners of Saint! and let me tell you, I never looked back!! I miss Todos Santos and its inhabitants like they are real persons!I've since read the whole series, and All Saints High, and Boston Belles and I've loved them. But Vicious will always have a special place in my heart.LJ Shen has seen become a one click author for me, no matter what.