Reviewed by True

TITLE: You Made Me Hate: A Bully Romance

SERIES: Absolution Series #1

AUTHOR: Sebastian Sharpe

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 312 pages

RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2023

BLURB:

Tyler:

Apparently, time heals all wounds. Whoever came up with that saying obviously didn’t go to school with Lukas Ford. After I made a stupid schoolboy error, Lukas Ford made it his mission to make me wish that I was never born. How can the one person who makes my life a daily living hell be the same person I can’t stop wanting? I want to regret the day I first laid eyes on Lukas. I need to bide my time and get out of this high school.

Lukas:

After a life-changing tragedy irrecoverably altered the lives of me and my family, I was left with no other decision but to hide who I am to protect those I loved from coming to harm again. High school, is over, yet here I am years later haunted by the man whose face haunts my dreams. I messed up big time in high school, but not this time though. One way or another, I am going to make Tyler Dane mine.

THIS BOOK WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED AS CONSUMING REDEMPTION BY JS GREY

REVIEW:

Stunning, beautiful story. Wonderfully written, applause!

The story starts in the year 2001 Tyler Dane is a 16 years old high schooler.
Tyler is heavily bullied by Lukas, when I say heavily I mean heavily. Bruises, blood, death wishes, and homophobic slurs.
It’s all terribly palpable, I felt the hurt, devastating.

After years of recovering from years at high school, Tyler is stronger and more confident now.
He’s shocked meeting Lukas at a party of a mutual friend and Lukas trying to be nice. Wtf!
I was like… please Tyler don’t give in, DON’T give in. Dang, he gave in.
It sounds crazy but after all these years Tyler still has a weakness for Lukas.
Letting Lukas in, is a wise decision? Time will tell.
So far just the tip of the iceberg.

I was so afraid the story would falter or go flat, writing consistently hurtful content is difficult and hard work. Thank goodness it didn’t disappoint, I’ll tell you it was even better than I could hope for. Because, wow a lot is happening here. I’m not gonna spoil that would be awful.
But believe me, it’s captivating AF, it’s not an easy road for them and there is a lot of hurt revealed. It’s a full-on story, well developed, nothing superficial to find, the author didn’t choose the simple way like a little bit of hurt, comfort, and tada everything is okay, no there is a mountain of difficulties to overcome. For a good balance, there is also enough fun and joy to enjoy and a bunch of sexiness.

Besides the main characters, there are two beautiful people I want to highlight: Max and Dawn, two die-hard friends from respectively Tyler and Lukas.

The last part of the story is just… the best, so fulfilling and satisfying for a reader!
It was a beautifully developed, awesomely written narrative, engaging, and well-balanced with the right dynamic.
I read it with nails in my hand, grinding my teeth, my stomach hurt, and my heart broke, I smiled, laughed, and cried with both men. They could forgive and look beyond, how wonderful can you be?
I’m gonna stop this review, you got the picture, it’s an amazing story!

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