Today’s prompt is “Mic Drop: a brilliant stand-alone, a book you prefer to pretend didn’t get a sequel, or any other interpretation you fancy!”
I knew immediately what book I’d prefer didn’t have a sequel:
Full Disclosure: I never actually finished Vengeful. But that is a big indicator on how not great it was. Sure I’ve DNFed books before, but never a book I was that excited about. I was SUPER excited for Vengeful and I just couldn’t get into it.
I know I’m not alone in thinking this, but I think I am in the minority? Vengeful actually has a higher rating than Vicious on GoodReads (4.24 vs 4.23) which surprised me. I do want to give it another try someday because I LOVED Vicious, but for now, I am happier pretending Vengeful doesn’t exist.
Besides, Vicious was perfectly wrapped up. The were no loose threads. It was definitely a stand alone book. We didn’t NEED a sequel (though I know we all wanted one)
What do you think? Did you like Vengeful? Why or why not? Do you think I should give it another try? Lets chat!
Perfectly Tolerable 
I gave this book 4 stars but I honestly cannot remember what it was about. lol! So… wasn’t something that stuck with me!
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Haha well you must have liked it 😀 Do you remember Vicious? Or was it just Vengeful that didn’t stick?
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Oh no, I remember Vicious! I loved that one!! Haha.
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I love Mic Drop as a way to describe a book that should be a standalone! Very clever. 🙂
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Haha I didn’t come up with it, it was today’s prompt, but it was really cool!
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Oh, well, it’s still cool! 😀
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*gasp* nooo! Haha I honestly didn’t think I’d love Vengeful as much as I loved Vicious but… I might have loved it even more! I think going into the book it’s good to manage expectations about how much time you’ll spend with Victor and Mitch! You also get a lot more Sydney and Eli in this book and of course the new characters — some of whom are annoying AF and others that are insane but badass. I loved how we get to learn more about how people get their powers too. I do agree that Vicious was wrapped up pretty nicely though I still loved Vengeful 😂
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Haha maybe I need to give it another shot! The consensus in my comments seems to be that people liked it! And yea managing expectations is super important. I think I was just getting annoyed that they took the perfect ending in Vicious of Victor being brought back and threw a wrench in it by making him have issues with his power
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I feel like she wasn’t planning to write a sequel, that’s why Vicious seems so self contained. I actually loved Vengeful, but I ADORED Vicious:-)
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Haha Vicious was awesome! And that makes sense on why it was wrapped up so nicely! (which I appreciate because I hate cliffhangers haha) I think I will have to give Vengeful another shot!
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Interesting. I haven’t read Vicious yet but I keep meaning to. Maybe I won’t go for the sequel at all once I try it!
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Based on everyone elses comments they all seemed to love Vengeful haha so I don’t know if I would let my opinion stop you from reading it! Also I should probably give it another shot 😂
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Oooh, as soon as I saw the picture for this post, I was like … yes. xD Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED Vicious, and I enjoyed Vengeful, but definitely not as much as the first book. I loved the Victor/Eli dynamic, and I feel like Vengeful strayed a bit too far from that. I didn’t care so much for the other EOs that were introduced, though I AM excited to see the world expand. So it’s a bit of a mixed bag for me, though I did feel like Vicious was pretty well self-contained.
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Yay! I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt that way haha. I still should give Vengeful another try. Everyone seems to like it even if, like you, they didn’t like it as much as Vicious!
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