Cracked Kingdom by Erin Watt

Cracked Kingdom (The Royals, #5)

by Erin Watt

These Royals will ruin you.

Ever since Hartley Wright met Easton Royal, her life hasn’t been the same. There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can’t trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her that everything will be all right.

Because while Hartley’s memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn’t know if he’s the snake in the garden or her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.

Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it’s better to forget.

She might be right.

Tragedy. Treachery. Trust. Hartley has to face the facts—in this world, you can’t escape the Royals.

 Either you live by their rules or you die by them.

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4 of 5 stars

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Easton is a hot freaking mess, but I wouldn't expect anything else from a kid who's been left to deal with his emotional issues through the drugs, sex and the bottom of a bottle. But Easton figured out how to grow-up and be the guy I thought he could be. He fought for Hartley and his brothers. He suffered the consequences when he did something stupid and he finally figured out what his family meant to him.

This series is a guilty pleasure series for me. The kids are over the top and way to caught up in what their parents money can get them (or get them out of), but it's like watching a trashy night-time serial...I just can't get enough of it.

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