The Fall of Bradley Reed

Season of Revenge Series, Book 3

De: Morgan Elizabeth

Narrado por: Savannah Peachwood, Jeremy York

What if you had a hot FBI agent watching your search history while you plot revenge on an ex? And what if it became his mission to keep you out of trouble?

When Olivia Anderson gets left at the altar, she decides to do what all modern women do—hit up Google. When a couple of searches land her in a support group for jilted brides, she immediately takes the reins and decides they all deserve revenge on their exes.

Andre Valenti is tired of watching spoiled rich Olivia Anderson's every move, but his career depends on putting her ex behind bars. He's managed to stay off her radar until one day he realizes her search history is peppered with revenge that will land her in prison and ruin her status as a reliable witness.

As Andre gets more involved in Olivia's schemes, will he be able to keep it professional? Or will the subject of his work assignment become... something more?

©2023 Morgan Elizabeth (P)2024 Podium Audio

unhinged storyline

i can’t say this was good or bad as a whole, but the characters are completely unhinged. i genuinely wonder at the mental state of the author to so brilliantly make my jaw hit the floor with the craziness of these characters.

This series never disappoints!

Funny, whitty, and omg so spicy! Love every single book in this series and can’t wait for the next one!

Author’s formula is toxic

I suppose this series’s moniker of “revenge” at least provided fair warning about the mean-spirited things the FMCs do, but listening brought home the author’s other unfortunate formula characters and plots. The FMCs are doormats, and the ones with the dysfunctions, ex-baggage, and lackluster sexual experiences. The MMCs are dominant in bed, possessive in and out of bed, and demonstrate their green flag material by solving the FMCs problems. Apparently, it’s too much to expect a smart, independent FMC who can stick up for herself.

Here, the book introduced us to Olivia, who let her controlling, high-society mother dictate every aspect of her wedding to the high-society guy that Olivia was marrying for no good reason ever explained. Then, Olivia embarks on a prolonged, obsessive revenge mission and we’re supposed to be okay with her doxxing and defamation because, although she doesn’t know it, her ex is a white collar criminal.

Meanwhile, we have to slog through 1.5 hours of her being a vindictive brat before Andre even enters the picture, and 4 hours before their second meeting. If this book had been half its length, and upped the comedy, I might have enjoyed Andre’s exasperation as he tried to protect the criminal investigation from Olivia’s bonkers revenge schemes. If I had any respect for Olivia, I might have felt the chemistry and enjoyed the dirty, mouthy sex scenes. Sadly, this was too long and unbalanced for me to embrace the toxic and call it fun.