Trouble at Brayshaw High by Meagan Brandy

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Is that what love is? Venom in your veins driving you to throw out all morals and self-respect for the sake of someone else? Without hesitation, and little to no remorse?

O.M.G! Wow! Meagan Brandy blew me away with this one. I cannot even form words and I certainly couldn’t finish a review the minute I finished reading. But I have discovered in the months since first reading Meagan’s work that she’s not only incredibly talented in storytelling, she’s fast becoming a favorite author of mine. She’s an expert at drawing out a scene, at upping the angst factor and at writing seriously beautiful, undeniably sexy romances.

There is no number three, there are only three number ones – each as strong as the next, none weaker than the other. If he’s hoping to find a kink in their line, he’ll be disappointed.

The Boys of Brayshaw High left readers with an epic cliffhanger, one that I never saw coming and yet the shout of outrage that I released when I finished Trouble at Brayshaw High woke up my whole house… (Thanks a lot for that, Meagan Brandy!!! It took me hours to get the 3-year-old monster back to bed! 😉) Now, I have to say in all honesty, the Brayshaw books had two things going against them from the start. First, I absolutely detest cliffhangers and second, I am actually not a huge fan of high school romances, unless they are superbly well written. Yet, Meagan delivered a cliffhanger that blindsided me so completely, I truly couldn’t miss the next book because I was utterly consumed during the first. Then, she penned an enemies-to-lovers, high school bully romances. I can’t get behind high school romances where it’s easy peasy because let’s be real, what person had a truly easy high school experience in every way?! So when I started the TBOBH, I wasn’t sure what I would find, but since I had been waiting months to get Meagan Brandy into my blog schedule, I simply couldn’t wait any longer. So I jumped on having TBOBH in my calendar and wow, was I mind-blown when I finished that book. Sooo mind-blown in fact that I not only did I read a book with a cliffhanger but I have been awaiting the release of its sequel with bated breath—all-out stalking Meagan in a bid for any word on the Trouble at Brayshaw High. And I wasn’t in any way disappointed—other than for the fact that now I am waiting for the release of the third book because I. Flove. This. Storyline!!! As I believed with each book that the storyline would be complete, I hope with all sincerity that the third book will truly be the endgame for Raven, Maddox, Royce, and Captain, since my heart can’t take much more. 😉 This story arc is a well written young adult romance which will delight readers that love dual POV, a slow burn romance, and the perfect blending of super angsty and enemies-to-lovers! A well written slow-burn romance is hotter to me then the majority of troupes in romance currently. And I love that Meagan Brandy continued to torture us with another long bout of slow burn sizzle as she introduced new drama to the Kings of Brayshaw… and their chosen Queen. And just as unprepared as I was for what would transpire within the pages of the first book, I about feel all over myself reading page after page of the second. Meagan Brandy expertly wrote a romance with twists and turns aplenty and if you’ve never read her work before, you are definitely missing out. I was entertained from start to finish and read this book in one sitting. Meagan wove together a superb story that I highly recommend and I would tell you every day of the week that you can’t go wrong with a romance that has her name on the cover.

Quotes:

Raven Carver is mine whether she wants to be now or not. Period.

I don’t belong in this world of power princes and rising kings.

I knew without looking she took off, pulled a fucking Raven and made a solo decision. And a solo decision meant a stupid fucking decision.

I’m realistic enough to understand my place in the world, and maybe it wouldn’t have happened today or tomorrow, but the end game is never the girl from the ghetto ending up in a mansion to stay.

They’ve earned every bit of my loyalty, something I’ve never given to anyone, even if they don’t know it.

all we offered her was a temporary place to lay her head, right? I laugh at myself, that’s fucked if she felt that way. She was more than that. More than we ever could have thought. More than we ever could have wanted. Everything us three cold-hearted assholes needed.

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