Wicked Angel by Jaine Diamond

Wicked Angel

Love hurts—until it doesn’t

Written byJaine Diamond
Length17h59m
Release dateJuly 17, 2023
LanguageEnglish
★★★★☆ 4.8 (6 ratings)

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Quick Facts

AuthorJaine Diamond
NarratorAngelina Rocca, Lee Samuels
Runtime17h59m
PublishedJuly 17, 2023
Rating★★★★☆ 4.8 / 5 (6 ratings)
CategoriesRomance, Contemporary
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

About This Audiobook

Wicked Angel isn’t your typical second-chance romance—it’s a messy, electric unraveling of hate disguised as attraction. Jaine Diamond delivers a story so deliciously toxic it’s impossible to look away, threading razor-sharp wit through the kind of emotional damage that feels way too familiar. The tension here isn’t just sexual; it’s the slow, satisfying burn of two people who genuinely despise each other… until they don’t. Johnny’s arrogance and the unnamed narrator’s stubborn resentment create a dynamic that’s equal parts infuriating and irresistible, with a payoff that’ll leave you breathless and questioning everything you thought you knew about enemies-to-lovers tropes. The prose crackles with authenticity, making the emotional chaos feel vividly real rather than contrived. If you’ve ever hated the idea of someone while fantasizing about them in the same breath, this book was written just for you. The audiobook elevates it—more on that in a sec.

Narrators Angelina Rocca and Lee Samuels deserve a standing ovation for breathing life into this verbal war zone. Rocca’s performance is a masterclass in duality—her voice drips with venom during arguments and melts into something dangerously tender when the walls crumble. Samuels’ Johnny is all swagger and smirk, his tone layered just right to keep him infuriatingly likable despite his flaws. The production is crisp, with seamless scene transitions that make the 18-hour runtime fly by. Diamond’s dialogue pops off the audio, hitting every sarcastic jab and loaded silence with precision. This isn’t just a romance; it’s a full-contact sport where the only rule is surrender.

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Editor's Review ★★★★☆

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I went into Wicked Angel expecting another tired enemies-to-lovers plot, but Jaine Diamond flipped the script on me harder than Johnny flips his hair in a mirror. The first-person narration is a wild ride—our unnamed heroine’s self-loathing and Johnny’s insufferable charm are so vividly rendered that by the third chapter, I was internally screaming at them both to just kiss and get it over with. The chemistry is off the charts, but not in a Hallmark way; it’s the kind of chemistry that leaves you emotionally exhausted and oddly exhilarated, like surviving a rollercoaster while someone yells at you the whole time. Rocca and Samuels’ narration is what sold me, though. Rocca’s performance is a masterclass in tonal whiplash—she nails the protagonist’s biting sarcasm one second and her vulnerable unraveling the next with zero jarring transitions. Samuels’ Johnny is equal parts obnoxious and magnetic, his voice dripping with the kind of confidence that makes you hate how much you like him. That said, the pacing drags in a few middle sections where the bickering starts to feel repetitive, and I could’ve done without the epilogue’s saccharine icing—it undercut the gritty payoff that made the rest of the story so compelling. Still, this audiobook is a knockout, the kind of story that lingers long after the credits roll.

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