Bully (The Fall Away Series Book 1)
Book 1 in the The Fall Away series · Reading order →
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- Spice & darkness rated — content warnings listed below
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Why we recommend it
A raw, emotionally charged bully romance that helped define the angsty new-adult wave. Expect a tormented hero, a heroine who refuses to break, and a love story built on cruelty that slowly cracks into something tender. Readers who love high-angst enemies-to-lovers, simmering hostility, and the cathartic ache of healing through love will be gripped by this intense, addictive opener to a beloved series.
At a glance
Bully is book 1 in Penelope Douglas’s The Fall Away series. Spice 3/5, darkness 4/5 — mid-range for bully romance. Among 419 rated bully romance books, 9% are less dark and almost none less spicy. Tagged tropes include bully, slow burn and enemies to lovers. It is about as dark as Penelope Douglas’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.9/5). 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Published
- February 2014
Bully spice level
Bully is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
Bully content warnings
We list 2 content warnings for this book. They stay hidden until you tap, so you can check without spoilers.
Content warnings (tap to reveal)
- Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting
- Substance Abuse
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