a lot of people search for the reading order and although I have a couple of posts floating around in the shrike bikes facebook group I forgot to update the reading order page when I got this new site (like two fucking ago! years! – sorry!)
so…here it is! (I’ve included some specific characters who appear and disappear in different places (and at different ages). If you don’t know who they are, don’t worry. You’ll eventually come across their origin story.)
You are reading: Ja huss books in order
at the beginning
rook and ronin series
all company startups begin in this series. but each series is its own entry point. you can skip and read them out of order as long as you follow the specific series’ reading order.
1. tragic
2. manic – vaughn family and sick boyz appear here.
3. panic – the vaughn family and sick childz appear here.
4. ford – sasha cherlin (age 12) and merc first appear here
5. spencer – james fenici first appears here – five are born, the vaughn family and sick children appear here.
you can also start here
the company
tower & products derived from ronin
new entry point to the series. this is the true beginning of the shadow government called the company.
6. (1) the company – james and vincent fenici 28 years old, sasha cherlin 13 years old, nick and harper tate 18 years old. this is the full story of the “santa barbara incident” where adam and donovan’s parents die (very beautiful).
7. (2) find me in the dark – merc, sasha cherlin 21 years old, sydney channing (escort girl as indie and sasha)
8. (3) wasted lust – sasha cherlin, 24 years old, with jax barlow. Nick Tate, 29, plays a major role and the rest of the company’s characters also appear again. first appearance of angelica fenici and “another adam”. wasted lust takes place during creeping beautiful. specifically when the indie is 15 and “company falls” and when nick meets adam in daphne, alabama. the vaughn family and sick children appear here.
9. (4) happily ever after – latest book by rook & ronin series many years later.
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10. (5) three, two, one – stand-alone book – jax barlow appears for the first time – this happens at the same time as wasted lust.
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the bossy brothers series
tower & ronin/company spin-off: new entry point to the series
new entry point to the series. this series happens at the same time as the company, but with all the new characters
11. (1) in it – standalone book – logan first appears – not really a bossy story, but logan comes back later.
12. (2) bossy brothers: jesse – first appearance of the path – i.e. the company
13. (3) bossy brothers: joey
14 (4) bossy brothers: johnny – logan appears again indie first appears at age 14, chek’s first appearance
15. (5) bossy girlfriend: jesse and emma – chek and wendy mentioned
16. (6) bossy siblings: alonzo – mentioned chek and wendy, vaughn family and sick kids appear here.
17. (7) bossy brothers: tony – the vaughn family and sick kids appear here.
18. (8) bossy brothers: luke – nick and lauren tate appear.
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beautiful progressive series
tower & ronin and company spin-off: new entry point to the series
The Complete Story of Nick Tate, James and Vincent Fenici, “Wendy”, “Chek”, Indie Anna Accorsi, Adam Boucher, Donovan and Carter Couture, Core McKay and Nathan St. James. this series also happens at the same time as the company and the bossy brothers, but also goes back and forth in time with all the new characters.
19. (1) beautiful creeper
20. (2) nice nightmare
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21. (3) Beautiful Misery (Book 3) – Available Jan 2022 – Nick, Lauren, Sasha, Merc, Wendy, Chek
22. (4) enchanting darkness (book 4) – coming March 2022
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the lord series
tower & ronin/company spin-off: new entry point to the series
this is a new company story with some rook & ronin children and some new characters.
23. (1) mr. perfect
24. (2) mr. romantic – first appearance of the silver society – that is, the company
25. (3) mr. corporate – first appearance of “five”
26. (4) mr. mysterious – spencer’s daughters
27. (5) mr. match – all rook & the ronin children play again.
28. (6) mr. five (or just five) – ford’s son and spencer’s daughter – five is a special case. it can be read out of order and is a stand-alone book.
29. (7) mr. & mrs. – ford and spencer reappear with all the children. – the vaughn family appears here.
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superior court university kings
independent duo without crossed characters but still within the “company world”.
30. bully king
31. ruling class
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i have many more books, but the only other book related to this “world” is the boyfriend experience, which is a standalone book within the jordan game series.
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