Damaged Goods

All Saints High, Book 4

By: L.J. Shen

Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Maxine Mitchell, Aiden Snow

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

From L.J. Shen, the WSJ best-selling author of Vicious and The Kiss Thief, comes a brand-new angsty, delicious stand-alone in the All Saints series. This friends-to-lovers, boy-obsessed romance will make you cry your eyes out and laugh with joy, sometimes within seconds of one another.

Underneath the goody-two-shoes persona is damaged goods...but can the bad boy across the street save her?

Bailey Followhill is the perfect daughter. Sweet. Charitable. Pretty. Control freak. Not a hair out of place, not an inch out of line, she is everything her troublemaking sister Daria isn't. But when her A game turns out to be a lukewarm C- at Juilliard, Bailey's picture-ready life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons of her pointe shoes. She's becoming a piece of gossip. The troubled child. A drug abuser. No longer the girl her best friend once knew.

Lev Cole is so golden, he's got the Midas touch. Prized quarterback. Football captain. Hottest guy in SoCal. A textbook cliché. But with a girlfriend he doesn't love and a career path he doesn't value, Lev is coasting. The only two things he cares about―Bailey and becoming a pilot―are out of reach.

But Lev is done being satisfied with the life others have chosen for him. He wants to pick his own cards. To demolish the seamless kingdom of lies his family stitched together on the ruins his mother left behind.

The question is, can he save his best friend and his dream before too much damage is done?

©2024 L.J. Shen (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

Everything

I loved everything so much I will definitely read again and I told all my friends to read it

Levs and Bailey’s Story

A good girl turned bad, this book talks about drug abuse and how it affects their love ones. And how this love one would do anything to help them. Levi Cole the youngest son of Dean and Rosie. Dealing with your mothers death at he age of 14 wasn’t easy. That’s why he has his best friend Bailey Followhill by his side until she wasn’t.4 years they were separated and when she comes home after an overdose. Can he get his bestfriend back? I love these voice actors reading this story. Thank you so much to grace my ears while I work.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think it needed a different male actor for Lev. Voice was waaay too deep. I imagined him in his 30s instead of 18.
This was hard. Because I feel like parts of the book were good and then other parts just fell flat.
I get the insane amount of pressure from family and as a dancer. I didn’t turn to drugs so I can’t speak to the authenticity of that aspect, but I did develop an eating disorder. (How cliche. I know)
Lev’s little talk with Thalia didn’t give any closure of what she did. There is no way Jamie and Mel just let all that slide. Nooooo way.
The ending felt rushed and the last paragraph was not needed. Could have just said it was a girl. Didn’t need to give a name. That’s where most of her downfall lies. It’s awkward
Anyway it’s late and I might have more thought later. Book 1 is still my favorite.

Unconditional Family Love

Life is short. Make the best of it.
Embrace the great people in your lives.
DO NOT DO DRIGS!

Just perfect!

I am really surprised at how much I loved this book. I devoured it in a little over a day. Read this out of order and am
DEFINITELY going back to read the others…NOW!

Great story

Another great story from this series. Enjoyed hearing what these characters have been up to.

My fav shen book so far!

Wow!!! I thought nothing could possibly top vicious, dean, and knights books but this book has absolutely skyrocketed to the top of my list! It is so good! It gave me all of the emotions and then some!!! 10/10 must read!

L.J’s story writing is incredible!!

Like every book you read in this series, it leaves you wanting more! Never can get enough of LJ’s writing. She really knows how to make you feel a part of their world.

Angst on Speed!

Love LJ Shen books. I found many of the topics in the book very insightful, and I actually learned a lot about addiction. As always, the love story reigns.

#Bailev

I loved the narrators!! Such a great listen. This story, I am a huge fan of LJ and this release came out late Jan, and it has taken me this long to even start it, why?? Because I knew it would break my heart and I wasn’t ready for that. I loved this story. I did not do a re-read of the ASH series, and it has been a while since I have read those, but just the mention of Dean and Knights name and I was right back in Todos Santos. I love a friends to lovers / second chance story. Bailey and Lev are the best of friends, and when Lev’s mom passed away, Bailey took to heart that Rosie asked her to watch out for him, and of course she did. Lev knows he wants more from her, but when she moves away to Juilliard while he’s still a Sr. He realizes he can’t have her just yet. While pursuing her dreams Bailey has injuries that need medical attention but she takes to pills and can’t seem to stop. For the perfect Bailey to have an addiction to drugs is unheard of, but she finds herself at the lowest of lows. Lev is there to help bring her back. Again, I loved all the Dean and Knight references, and to hear about all the others. Dean and Dixie?? Ahhhh. I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready for that.