Frat Row by Krista turner Clarke

Frat Row by Krista turner Clarke | A Review

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It's been a while since I posted a book review. Honestly, I haven't been reading much lately, and my TBR pile and ARC pile are increasing day by day. Anyway, I received this arc a while ago. This is from my booktok pal Krista Turner Clarke and the book is Frat Row.

BLURB

I thought I had it all.
I’m beautiful, smart, and I know exactly how to get what I want.
As a legacy of the most popular sorority on campus, I was thrilled to rush with my best friend, Blair.
Then, I met Tyler. My one-night-stand who kept coming back for more. He’s charming and just so happens to be rushing the hottest fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi.
I was happy.
Until I wasn’t.
I stumbled upon something I shouldn’t have, and now I’m paying the price.
I was whisked away in the night, becoming a ghost to all who knew me.
My body is broken, battered, and bruised.
My mind isn’t far behind. But I won’t give up.
I won’t let them break me.
This is my survival story.

GENRE
It's a college romance with some dark themes going on.

THEME AND TONE
Dark

LANGUAGE AND WRITING STYLE
Easy to read

CHARACTERS
Straightforward main characters with some really insane side characters

TROPES

☙ College romance

☙ Kidnapping

☙ Hidden Truths

☙ Twist at the end

☙ Dark themes in the second half of the book

MY REVIEW
First of all, thank you to Krista for accepting me as her arc reader. I was late reading the book because of you know, life happened. Anyway, when I got free, I dived in the book head first. I have been following Krista's reviews for a while, and she is single-handedly responsible for increasing my astronomical Dark romance TBR pile 😅😅, and I love it. So, I was very excited to see what she wrote.

So, let's talk about the genre first. The book is categorized as Dark Romance, but I wouldn't put it in the dark romance list because for me dark romance is something where main characters are experimenting with questionable stuff....lol....but in this book questionable stuff was happening to the main characters, well.....one main character so the book is like Dark....the romance was regular between the FMC and MMC and I really liked it. It was a breath of fresh air after reading all those twisty romances 😅.

The book starts out good, then it kinda of gets boring after 4 chapters because it was all college and sorority house selection stuff, which goes over my head.....but then it got picked up when the boys' sorority selection started and omg!!! I was not expecting that thing to happen at the selection. lol it was unexpected, I was getting relaxed and bam, that thing happens. Any way it got really good after that.

I was more into reading about all the shady things happening behind the Alpha Chi's sorority. This kind of stuff is my fav when there is mystery behind things, and our MMC was discovering one thing at a time until the final nail when he finds out the biggest secret. I will be honest, I was also not expecting that twist, but that was the best thing. It started coming to me when I was at that particular chapter that this would happen, and it was way too late, so I was delighted.... I will have to say, Krista, you're very clever in writing about the twist nd hiding it until it comes to light. That is the strongest point of this book.

Overall, the book was a great debut and the first installment of the series. I cannot wait to read more of the story. I am sensing the next book will be turning into a revenge plot, and I am all here for it. I hope it gets similar to the revenge in mindfuck series that was the best revenge I read in book history and I will love it if it gets to that level.

MY RATING
Overall: ★★★★ | 4 Stars

Plot: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Romance: ★★★ | 3 Star

Characters:★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Pacing: ★★★★| 4 stars

Mystery: ★★★★★| 5 stars

Twists and Turns: ★★★★★| 5 stars

Ending: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Book Cover:★★★★★| 5 Stars

THE BEST PART
☙ The twist at the end
☙ How the reality was slowly coming to the surface

ABOUT AUTHOR
If you wanna know more about Krista. Check out her Instagram.

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