Name: The Bad Ones
ISBN: 9781530113361

Stylo Fantome

Love isn't always bright and shiny. Sometimes, it's dirty and wrong, buried six feet deep in a secret place where only wild things dare to go. Hidden behind a big black curtain that covers things no one should ever see. Sometimes it happens between two people who should never be allowed to come together. One who is a match, and the other who just happens to be gasoline. One strike is all it takes to burn the whole world down, and that's exactly what they plan on doing. Even if it kills them.

The Bad Ones

I’m still not entirely sure where I stand with this book

I had been wanting to read it for a while and I really thought I would love it, based on my experience with Stylo’s work, edits, the characters and the atmosphere

But when I started reading it, I still found myself feeling disappointed. While there were parts of the characters I found interesting and certain scenes that captured me. I still saw it as a book that lacked contrast and depth.  

I do believe that part of this might be because of my expectations to the characters 

Dulcie was someone who appeared to be like red riding hood but as the story progressed, she slowly unraveled and turned out to be the wolf instead of the prey. While I think this side can be interesting, I also missed a certain depth to her character that showed more than just one side of her. In the start she seemed to be this fragile trailer park girl who appeared frightened and alone. But deep down she had always been empty and devoid of many emotions. While this is an interesting aspect of a character, I did miss some background story and build up to how she changed and what had made her like that (meaning it being a part of the plot not just a mention). Despite this, I still found myself relating to certain parts of her character. The violent thoughts she had, her abandonment and her creativity. 

Constantine’s character reminded me a lot of Church who’s from another book by this author. He had a darkness to him and a certain similarity of the god complex Church had. However I see more emotions in Con. He shows fear of being bad for Dulcie, pain of her not trusting him and anger towards the people who hurt her. So despite them both showing traits of sociopathy (Church was diagnosed with this disorder though) I also see their differences. Constantine also seemed to worship Dulcie more vs Church who used Emma and didn’t see her as equal until he did. 

The plotline is also rather similar with unaliving, covering it up etc. So I’m not sure why this story didn’t hit the same as the other book despite their striking similarities. 

I did not expect it to end the way it did. Seach up how to get away with m*rder and Dulcie and Con will be at the top of the list. 

Lulu Evensen

I’m still not entirely sure where I stand with this book

I had been wanting to read it for a while and I really thought I would love it, based on my experience with Stylo’s work, edits, the characters and the atmosphere

But when I started reading it, I still found myself feeling disappointed. While there were parts of the characters I found interesting and certain scenes that captured me. I still saw it as a book that lacked contrast and depth.  

I do believe that part of this might be because of my expectations to the characters 

Dulcie was someone who appeared to be like red riding hood but as the story progressed, she slowly unraveled and turned out to be the wolf instead of the prey. While I think this side can be interesting, I also missed a certain depth to her character that showed more than just one side of her. In the start she seemed to be this fragile trailer park girl who appeared frightened and alone. But deep down she had always been empty and devoid of many emotions. While this is an interesting aspect of a character, I did miss some background story and build up to how she changed and what had made her like that (meaning it being a part of the plot not just a mention). Despite this, I still found myself relating to certain parts of her character. The violent thoughts she had, her abandonment and her creativity. 

Constantine’s character reminded me a lot of Church who’s from another book by this author. He had a darkness to him and a certain similarity of the god complex Church had. However I see more emotions in Con. He shows fear of being bad for Dulcie, pain of her not trusting him and anger towards the people who hurt her. So despite them both showing traits of sociopathy (Church was diagnosed with this disorder though) I also see their differences. Constantine also seemed to worship Dulcie more vs Church who used Emma and didn’t see her as equal until he did. 

The plotline is also rather similar with unaliving, covering it up etc. So I’m not sure why this story didn’t hit the same as the other book despite their striking similarities. 

I did not expect it to end the way it did. Seach up how to get away with m*rder and Dulcie and Con will be at the top of the list. 

cris 🫀

1.5 porque no entendí nada, diría Pau: 👄👁👄

macy

Monri

Español

Por donde comenzar, este es un libro pesado lleno de tensión por parte de los personajes y sobre todo diferente a lo que esperaba. Se trata de la relación de Dulcie una muchacha pobre con gran talento artístico de una familia de drogadictos y Constantine el chico guapo, popular, encantador y rico del instituto, o eso es lo que aparentan ambos. 
A lo largo del libro vemos como estas dos personas muy “diferentes” ante los ojos de los demás terminan en una extraña y violenta relación la cual no podría ser más perfecta, me explico, ambos tienen una oscuridad que los incita a querer romper la ley y hacer daño a otras personas sin embargo debido a las reglas morales de la sociedad no pueden, por lo que, el libro trata del camino que toman a lo largo de los años para aceptar quienes son y planear su futuro juntos. 
El final te sorprende y definitivamente me encanto, por el momento no hay una continuación pero esperemos que en algún futuro la autora decida continuar su retorcida historia de amor. Si te gusta el género dark lo recomiendo bastante, aunque para mi gusto no hubo tanta sangre como esperaba pero aun así es una buena lectura que te mantendrá entretenida. 

English 

Where to start, this is a heavy book full of tension on the part of the characters and above all different from what I expected. It's about the relationship of Dulcie, a poor girl with great artistic talent from a family of drug addicts, and Constantine, the handsome, popular, charming and rich boy from high school, or that's what both appear to be. 
Throughout the book we see how these two very "different" people in the eyes of others end up in a strange and violent relationship which could not be more perfect, I mean, both have a darkness that encourages them to want to break the law and harm other people however due to the moral rules of society they cannot, so the book is about the path they take over the years to accept who they are and plan their future together. 
The ending surprises you and I definitely loved it, for the moment there is no continuation but let's hope that in some future the author decides to continue her twisted love story. If you like the dark genre, I highly recommend it, although for my taste there was not as much blood as I expected but it is still a good read that will keep you entertained.

The Bad Ones

Reviews