Trouble

By: Suzana Thompson

Narrated by: Emma Tigan

Asher Stone before: tormented, soulful, and intriguing

Asher Stone after: angry, spiteful, and cruel

I fell for him before we met, but I made a mistake he won't forgive. Asher Stone thinks he can bully me, but he doesn't know me. The girl he wrote those letters to is gone. I'm not the girl he wanted, but he won't leave me alone.

©2021 Suzana Thompson (P)2022 Suzana Thompson

So Unexpected

I wasn't at all sure what I was getting into when I picked up this book; the blurb was intriguing, but there was little information, and no trigger warnings in the description. I personally don't have any triggers to worry about, but I'm not always a fan of bully romance because it's not often done well; especially if you expect me as the reader to forgive and root for the bully character. BUT this story... Asher had a LOT of valid reason to be mad at Cora, and to want to punish her; it's not healthy, but his feelings were valid. She did a stupid, and hurtful thing. He was a little extreme in going about making it possible to "punish" her, but truthfully, I found myself for the first time being really fascinated by the emotional war he was waging against her in the beginning. He didn't really do anything truly cruel (except that one thing, and that almost lost him my graceful lenience), but I was NOT expecting this story; not even after the first several chapters. I've clearly been ruined by dramatic twists and 3rd act breakups and cruelty and the wicked, deceitful, underhanded games authors play with lulling you into a peaceful place with the relationships and then throwing in an emotionally wrenching scene or misunderstanding, because I didn't trust this story AT ALL; like seriously, all the way up to the end, I was still waiting for jerk, bully, mean guy Asher to pull a "gotcha! look how stupid you were!" and when it didn't happen, and everything was just exactly as it was being presented, I was surprised at how tense I'd been waiting for the hammer to fall. And when it just all turned out to be real, I was so unbelievably happy. Yes, there are a lot of topics which could be triggers in this story, but I don't think this is a dark story at all, and I LOVED IT immensely. But, like I said, I don't have personal triggers, so if you are sensitive in any way, make sure you check out what they are with the author before you pick this one up.

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Emotional Bully

Step-sister was a long time pen pal to Asher, but dies in a car accident. Cora find the letters in her step-sister’s room. She writes Asher, pretending to be her step-sister. Asher immediately knew it was an imposter and set up a “gotcha” type meeting. This trips off the relationship between Asher and Cora. In the beginning Asher is angry and vindictive. He gets his uncle to sponsor Cora, so she gets a “scholarship” to his elitist school. There he intends to make her life a misery. As things progress, Asher changes, and they become a romantic couple. Overall it was a good story. The characters are well developed. Narration for audio-version was good.

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Romantic

Trouble by Suzana Thomson is a wonderful romantic story. Emma Tigan did a wonderful job with the narration. The story is entertaining, romantic, and dramatic. Asher and Cora hate each other. Asher has odd feelings for Cora, some times he hates her and then others times still love her. Will they continue to have a hate- love relationship? Can Asher forget Cora? Listen to find out. I received a free copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving a review. Highly recommend

High School bully romance

This is a high school bully romance. This book is about Cora and Asher. Asher has been pen pals with Cora's perfect, cheerleader, stepsister. Cora's stepsister and stepfather die in a car crash and she finds all these letters. Cora decides to write Asher back as her stepsister and then she also meets Asher. Asher and Cora both have experienced a lot of loss. Asher knows Cora is lying about who she is. From that moment on Asher hates Cora and Cora loves Asher. Asher gets Cora into his private school to further torment her. Asher confuses Cora because sometimes he stands up for her. When things start to finally go good between them Cora betrays Asher's trust, again.

Good Read

The story and characters were well written and nicely developed. I really enjoyed the drama, chemistry and journey. Great read.