or maybe) for his shitty upbringing and every traumatic event he has been through, I just wanted Phoenix to be miserable for what he did to Lennon and (REDACTED). I wanted to take a big pile of misery and shove it down his throat so he would choke on it. The way he screwed so many people over in the literal and metaphorical sense, I wanted Phoenix to suffer. Then when we see Phoenix, the rockstar, it didn’t make me like him more, because being a manwhore on top of it all, doesn’t make it better. I was ready to hunt down this fictional character and sue him for all of his -39$ that he has, because HOW FUCKING DARE HE. While high school Phoenix still was an asshole, he and Lennon were cute together, but then he did that thing where he screwed Lennon over for his career and I WAS LIVID.

I have a love-hate relationship with Phoenix. Phoenix’s are supposed to rise from the ashes… But this one wants to burn.ĭon’t you love it when the Hero says at the beginning that there is no way he’ll ever fuck that girl and then that girl ends up being his lifeline, saving him not once, but twice? Yes, Phoenix eat your words baby. These two lovebirds meet again and the hate is palpable and it’s valid, at least, from Lennon’s side, cause Phoenix really did her SO dirty. One thing leads to another and the band manager hires Lennon as Phoenix’s newest baby sitter a.k.a sober companion when they go on tour. Phoenix and his band made it big and they are famous rockstars, but with the rocknroll life they are living, Phoenix is spiralling out of control and a lot of terrible things happen. Graduation comes and goes, while Sharp Objects is on the verge of being discovered by some music scout/producer whatever, but it’s at a big cost and Phoenix does something extremely shitty to Lennon and they break up.įast forward 4 years later where the majority of the book will take part. So the first part of this book is Lennon and Phoenix developing this friends-to-lovers dynamic, while Lennon is helping him study and being very supportive of his music career. Phoenix is also in a band with his best friend Storm called ‘Sharp Objects’. Phoenix is struggling in school and his teacher is asking Lennon to tutor him and help him graduate. Lennon and Phoenix are in their last year of high school. The Words is divided into Part 1 and Part 2. 🌙 friends to lovers to enemies to lovers “Does it hurt to hear me everywhere you go?”

3.5 ⭐s for the book, but rounding up for the experience. Ashley Jade really put some high quality drugs into this writing, cause I couldn’t stop reading The Words.

What Happens In The Dark by Ashley Jade