Hello, lovelies! I’m starting something new this week. I’m sure this has been done before but I want to do my own take. So once a week (ideally, but we’ll see lol) I plan to feature a different author. Most likely it will be an author I have recently read or one of my favorites. I’ll be talking about their books, especially the ones I have read and loved the most, as well as my general impression of their writing. Please feel free to steal the general idea of this post if you want, and if you do please let me know so I can check it out! Now here we go!
This week I will be fangirling over R.A. Smyth, one of my absolute favorite authors. She is a dark romance and reverse harem author living in the UK. She has released 9 books so far (I’m pretty sure lol) with one currently ongoing series and another without a projected release date but already has a lot of hype and excitement surrounding it.
Books
Crescentwood – Three Divisions, Two Forces, One Family
I have not read this series yet but just from the little teasers and quotes I’ve seen shared, I have no doubt I’m going to love it when I get to it. This is a dark bully romance and a reverse harem. There are also trigger warnings for emotional/physical bullying and abuse, violent scenes, reference to suicide and mature content/swearing,
Pacific Prep – Broken Trust, Brutal Lies, Beyond Vengeance, Break Free
This series. I just cannot fully express how much I love it. This was the first of R.A. Smyth’s books I read, and I was lucky enough to be a part of the team reading and reviewing advance copies as this series was released. I’m obsessed with it. This is also a dark bully romance and reverse harem. It is super dark with the same trigger warning as the series before it. It also has some of the most amazing relationships I’ve ever read, both romantic and platonic.
Blurred Lines
Now this is a standalone but it takes place during the events of the last Pacific Prep book and follows a few of the major characters of that series. It is also a prequel of sorts for a future series that I am SUPER excited for. I highly recommend reading Pacific Prep before this and definitely only read this if you’re interested in reading the series it leads into. It has a very bittersweet open kind of ending.
Black Creek – Rebels & Rejects, TBA
Rebels & Rejects releases tomorrow, April 1st, and is the first in a new series. It does connect to both Crescentwood and Pacific Prep but it can be read on it’s own. My review of the first book can be found here. This was such a badass and fun read. Dark, but not too dark (though I’m waiting for it to get darker further into the series). This one is not a bully romance, but it will be a reverse harem, and it has a bit of enemies to lovers vibes.
Writing Style
R.A. Smyth has a way with words I only wish I could emulate. Her writing can be very witty and even crass at times (in the BEST, most satisfying way), but she also hits those deep moments with just the right amount of gut wrenching and angst. Not to mention, her characters always feel so real and raw. And she portrays non romantic bonds with the same level of depth and intensity as her romantic ones.
You can learn more about R.A. Smyth and her books here:
Amazon (most of her book are available through Kindle Unlimited)
Thanks for reading ❤ See y’all next time!
XO Kerry
The Reading Anomaly 