Book Review: Hear No Evil (The Society #2) by Ivy Fox

“Sometimes you just have to play the part of a villain in one life, to become the hero of someone else’s.”

So What’s This About?

The Society had their fun with Finn. Now it’s Easton’s turn. His task: corrupt the uncorruptable. The thing is, the good girl he is sent to take to take to sin, might not be as good as everyone thinks…

My Rating: 4/5 stars

My Review:

Holy crap this was sooooo much better than See No Evil. We finally start to get some flashbacks as to what really happened that night. A few hints as to who The Society is and what they do. AND THAT FUCKING ENDING!?!?! Jeez, the last scene of the last chapter + the epilogue had my jaw dropping.

I feel like Ivy took notes, and edited this book down. It didn’t feel repetitive nor did it drag on like the first book. And the sex scenes weren’t repetitive. Also this book made me feel like an asshole for giving Rose shit for not letting Jack on the door since Easton clearly had a thoughtful response.

I loved how this book ended up not being a cliché!?! It could’ve been one so easily. It could’ve been a stereotypical bully-nerdy romance or a bad boy-preacher’s kid story. But NOPE! Freaking Scarlet had depth. She owned her sexuality. Easton wasn’t as much of a prick as he originally seemed. Their snide remarks was their version of foreplay. I loved it. I really wasn’t expecting the book to go the route it did. (Although he is way too jealous of a prick sometimes.)

Ugh part one: Kennedy. I loved her in book one, but book two she is turning into the type of character I hate. I don’t like it when one chick comes between family. I can’t understand what is so damn special about her that makes Lincoln and his dead brother and Colt all be in love/obsessed with her!?! I liked the whole Lincoln/Kennedy love each other from afar in book one, but hated it in this book just because it seems like she is going to date is whole family before him? I don’t want to slut shame, I just think it’s weird to date the brother of the guy you’re in love with. And to have maybe also had a thing with his cousin? It’s odd. Plus Kennedy sounds a tad unstable. Is she part of The Society!?! Idk.

Ugh part two: I get the vibe that Colt’s book will be next and his task will involve the ethic’s professor who failed him when he took her course. I really hope this is not the case because it is super unethical to sleep with your student and as an ethics teacher I would hope she knows better. (I don’t think he is in her class anymore, but still). But I sense that is the direction the next book will be heading. Booooooooo. Especially because she could literally lose her job over this.

Ugh part three: the author does not know how to use the word deadpan correctly and it drove me crazy.

This book finally is starting to weave a twisted web. I loved learning a bit about Scarlet and her tasks. I don’t want to spoil anything but the web has been spun and I cannot wait to see where it goes! I have soooooooo many theories.

Also why each book in this series follows a different couple, they are not standalones. You really need to read them in order or you might be a tad lost.

Content Warnings and Trigger Warnings: mentions of rape/child as result from rape, stalking, revenge porn, watching people have sex without their consent, mentions of overdose/potential suicide, murder

Book Review: See No Evil (The Society #1) by Ivy Fox

But I guess what they say is true—a criminal always returns to the scene of the crime whether he wants to or not.

What’s This About?

Something happened one night at the beginning of the summer. A secret kept between four friends. Until one day they got a letter. The Society knows what they did. And now, those boys need punished. Up first is Finn: a football star, all around American boy. What happens when The Society tasks him with getting close to Stone, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks?

Note: The Society series is a planned four book series where each book focuses on a different couple, but has the same subplot running through each book.

My Rating: 3/5

My Review:

This book hooked me from the prologue. I mean, seriously. Go read the sampler on Amazon and you’ll see what I mean. It’s dark, intense, and the prologue narrator set up the series so so well! Honestly, the highlights of the book were the prologue and epilogue told from The Society’s POV.

This book includes the letters that are given to the guys which is cool, but the font was too dark to read on my kindle. Which was less cool.

Overall this was a decent enemies to lovers book. It didn’t really do anything new that I haven’t seen before as far as the rich guy who fears grime falls for the wrong side of the tracks abrasive girl trope goes. The two felt lust basically right away, and the plot dragged a bit with all of their fighting emotions. While I enjoyed the sex scenes, there were too many (I know, I can’t believe that I’m the one complaining about too much sex lol). Many of them were redundant and didn’t add anything to the story, affected the pacing, and made the book too long.

Also I didn’t like the time jumps. Basically we would get three days of every single detail and then a three week time jump?!?! Plus the time jumps didn’t make sense. College typically starts in late August or early September. So with all the time jumps, the plot’s timeline didn’t make sense. Also for a book where the main character is a football player there were only two mentions of football?!?! I mean, practice is intense for footballers so….

Also it was odd that they were seniors taking all intro level courses? And the author said ‘when people think Asheville they think plantations and rich people’ and when I think Asheville I think ‘artsy and rich people.’ Eh, whatever.

While I do think the book could go through another round of editing, overall it was enjoyable and I’m eager to find out more about who The Society is and what exactly happened that night that altered their lives so much.

Content Warnings and Trigger Warnings: death of a parent, suicide, blackmail, stalking, alcoholism/alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, drug consumption, depictions of mental illness (bipolar disorder with manic episode, not main character), incarceration, innocent person in prison, mentions of murder