Kings of Cypress Prep Book 2
I jumped straight into book 2 of this series after the cliffhanger at the end of book 1. Likewise, Blue dives straight into the minefield back at school after the video of her and West was posted on social media. Again, I don’t feel the author handled this well. It was a bit predictable that Blue was labelled a slut and put on probation, while West got off scot-free and without judgement thanks to his dear, rich daddy.
Again, Blue shows shows won’t be brought down by the judgemental and hypocritical lemmings, but she’s still salivating over West, even though she claims to hate his guts.
So, the reader has to get though tons more teenage angst with characters who couldn’t communicate effectively if they tried, yet like to ramble on with inner monologue that drags the story out more than necessary.
Blue lost a few points on my respect scale in this one because she moaned about not letting West in again, but did so at the earliest opportunity. Then she goes on a jealousy fuelled rampage based solely on a picture, making her no better than West. He, however, makes an excellent job of grovelling to try to earn her trust again, even though he doesn’t help himself by still withholding stuff from her.
I’ve also worked out what caused my dissatisfaction with the first book, because it happens in this one too. While there’s a ton of internal monologue that should help the reader connect with the characters, it’s all very repetitive and superficial. Blue goes back and forth over the same issues, yet doesn’t really grow or change. We do get to dig a bit deeper with West in this one, and he does seem to want to learn from his mistakes, change, and be better for Blue.
Anyway, they finally manage to have a decent conversation and open up to each other. We get answers to some of the questions raised in the first book, and a bit more information to further the suspense regarding others. Blue forgives him and I don’t have a problem with that because, as I mentioned before, I didn’t think the incidents he was directly responsible for were too bad. Yes, they were annoying, but not soul destroying. The couple settle into things being nice and loved up for them both, then guess what? Another predictable plot line ensues when dad gets involved with some lovely threats and blackmail.
The heat levels are upped in this book with plenty more hot and heavy adventures, but in general the plot is slow, and could have been condensed quite a bit to improve that. There’s another cliffhanger at the end, but I’m not rushing into reading book three as I did with this one.
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Feels: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
