The Bully is full of banter, laugh out loud situations, and so many feelings that I know there will be something for everyone to enjoy.This had everything I love about a Devney Perry/Willa Nash book! Small town feels, single parent, a handsome smitten hero, witty banter, low drama, and a touch of mystery. The one’s who will take you at your worst, so you can give them your best.”Īs always, Willa Nash teases what is yet to come with every release and I look forward to meeting the next couple to take Calamity by storm. “But life’s not about what most people think. The ending of The Bully is poignant in a way that felt real and very right for the two characters and their families. Luckily for us, and for them too, they are unsuccessful. Cal and Nellie fulfill all their physical desires while trying to keep their hearts out of the way. The Bully could easily be a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, but with a story that spans a much longer time frame. I admired how Cal’s walls were broken down by his cantankerous next door neighbor, and that Nellie had to break down her own walls of harsh judgement that she had built to protect herself from Cal. These two have a constant war of words and actions, each more explosive than the next.

I loved getting to know Nellie and Cal via diary entries written by Nellie and then explained through Cal’s narrative. And when he was playing, I always saw the boy who’d given me my first kiss.”

He had raw talent that was utterly beautiful to behold. “Cal was magic with a football in his hand. And both Cal and Nellie let their insecurities get in the way of their feelings for each other. The problem with teens though is that even at their most vulnerable, they are capable of such harm. You can see where there might be tension. Whereas Cal comes from a wealthy family and is a rising football star to boot. Nellie is one of two students per grade who get chosen to attend with an academic scholarship. Nellie and Cal’s relationship goes back to high school with Pierce (from The Brazen), and their tumultuous freshman year together at an exclusive private school in Colorado. Told in the present tense but with flashbacks to high school, Cal and Nellie’s explosive relationship is the epitome of lashing out in order to hide their pain and deeper feelings. Both Cal Stark and Nellie Rivera give as good as they get for decades. The Bully by Willa Nash is an enemies to lovers, opposites attract romance set in Calamity. Regardless, the game was a rush.”ĭon’t let the title fool you. Either I’d find a way to get the ball down the field, or I’d get my ass sacked. “Taunting her was like trash-talking the best lineman on a fourth-down conversion attempt.

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