Mini Reviews - Torch & Daring the Bad Boy

Title: Torch (Wildwood #3)

Author: Karen Erickson

Publisher: Avon Impulse

Release Date: August 16, 2016

Source: ARC from Publisher

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Tate Warren has never met a woman he couldn’t charm—until now.

Wren Gallagher won’t give him the time of day and it’s making him crazy.

But he won’t give up without a fight…because there’s one thing he knows for sure:

Enemies make the best lovers.

Most women swoon over Tate’s devilish grin and firefighter uniform. But Wren couldn’t be less impressed by his good looks and flirtatious banter—in fact, she seems to downright despise him. She thinks he’s a player, but his attraction to her is no game. Wren is unlike anyone he’s ever known and he isn’t about to let the feisty, gorgeous woman slip through his fingers.

Wooing Wren would be so much easier if she didn’t hate him…

Or does she?

I've really enjoyed reading Karen Erickson's Wildwood series over the last few months and I was definitely excited to read about Wren and Tate in Torch. Both were characters I'd been dying to find out more about while reading the previous books and I was happy to finally get my fill of them. Though if I'm being completely honest, I wouldn't have minded all that much of Torch had been twice as long if only so I could have spent more time with Tate and Wren. I just loved the dynamic between the two of them - the way they seemed to know just how to push the other's buttons and took pleasure in doing so. But at the same time, I just knew that the reason they got under each other's skin so much was because they were clearly meant to be together. And though I liked them before, I loved them when they finally gave in to what was there. Tate was exactly what Wren needed with everything going on, and Wren was great at calling Tate out on his crap which just worked out perfectly for them. All in all, Torch was a great story, one that I really enjoyed reading. My only hope is that there are more Wildwood books to come because I NEED to know who is behind all of those fires. That, and I wouldn't mind getting to see more of all these couples I've gotten to know in the series so far. And maybe more about Holden, the youngest of the Gallagher sibling since I feel like I've only just gotten glimpses of him so far. Okay, so I guess I have more than one hope where this series is concerned, but that's just because the stories are so great. 

Title: Daring the Bad Boy

Author: Monica Murphy

Publisher: Entangled CRUSH

Release Date: August 22, 2016

Source: ARC from Publisher

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Truth or Dare was never this much fun…

Annie McFarland is sick of being a shy nobody. A session at summer camp seems like the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself—gain some confidence, kiss a boy, be whoever she wants to be. A few days in, she’s already set her sights on über-hottie Kyle. Too bad her fear of water keeps her away from the lake, where Kyle is always hanging out.

Jacob Fazio is at Camp Pine Ridge after one too many screw-ups. Junior counseling seems like punishment enough, but the rigid no-fraternizing-with-campers rules harsh his chill. When a night of Truth or Dare gets him roped into teaching Annie how to swim, she begs him to also teach her how to snag Kyle.

Late-night swim-sessions turn into late-night kissing sessions…but there’s more on the line than just their hearts. If they get caught, Jake’s headed straight to juvie, but Annie’s more than ready to dare him to reveal the truth.

Until Daring the Bad Boy all the Monica Murphy books I had read were either new adult or straight up contemporary romance. But her latest is YA and has me wishing that she would write all the contemporary YA books. Because Daring the Bad Boy? It was absolutely awesome. For real, I can’t remember the last time I smiled so much while reading a book. Because that’s totally what happened here. Sure, Daring the Bad Boy dealt with some more serious topics, but at its core it was a sweet summer-time romance set at a summer camp. And what’s not to love about that? Besides the setting and premise (which I am a total sucker for), Daring the Bad Boy also featured characters that charmed me right from the beginning of the story. Annie had this endearing quality about her and I couldn’t help but admire her for wanting to be brave and conquer her fears no matter how much those fears terrified her. Any time she did something brave, I wanted to cheer for her, much like Jake did. And Jake wasn’t the bad boy everyone, including himself, made him out to be. I loved seeing him gradually come to realize that he didn’t have to act the way he was acting and he could just be himself (well, after some not-so-easy conversations with some of the people in his life). Through it all, seeing Annie and Jake come together over the course of the story is what made me love Daring the Bad Boy as much as I did. Because sometimes, all you really want is for the summer romance to work out in the end. 

Mini Reviews - Creative HeArts Series

Title: How Willa Got Her Groove Back (Creative HeArts #2)

Author: Emily McKay

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: February 22, 2016

Source: Purchased

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Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains an unbelievably hot bad boy, and unbelievably famous actress, and all the drama that comes with adding both to your family. Oh, and a forbidden flirtation with a soon-to-be stepbrother.

When Willa Schofer’s father comes home from a business trip with an über-famous new fiancée, Willa’s senior year blows up in paparazzi-fueled flames. Overnight, she has a new house, a new car, and a new soon-to-be stepbrother—the unbelievably hot, unbelievably arrogant, Finn McCain. Thank god he’s constantly pushing her buttons, or sh might do something irresponsible. Like fall for the jerk.

Just when Willa’s decided to avoid him for, oh, ever, Finn lands in the center of her senior project team. Seriously—how hard is it to shake a guy? At least her work on the project snagged the attention of the (second) hottest guy in school. He might only be into her because of her famous stepmom, and he’s not quite as exciting as a certain annoying housemate, but at least she’s allowed to crush on the guy.

Because crushing on your annoying stepbrother? So not cool.

Though How Willa Got Her Groove Back is the second in a series, it’s also the first in it’s own series within that series. Are you confused yet? I know I was a little confused when I first heard about the Creative HeArts series and the way it was set up. But it all makes sense now and I’m able to enjoy ALL the books in it. Well, the ones that are out. So. Emily McKay’s How Willa Got Her Groove Back. Let me preface this by saying that even though the story in the book has an actual ending, the romance is still up in the air by the last page. But that didn’t stop me from enjoying it. Though it did make me really want the next book featuring Willa and Finn. Even though both of them tended to run hot and cold toward the other, I loved the relationship between them, the dynamics at play, the little things they would do that the other wouldn’t really know they were doing. What I wasn’t such a fan of? Willa’s dad. No jokes, I spent most of the book wanting to slap him. Or at the very least, yell at him to get his head out of his ass and realize that his daughter isn’t happy. Granted some of this was on Willa, too, since she wasn’t exactly doing so great at communicating with her dad. But still. All in all, though, I really enjoyed Emily McKay’s How Willa Got Her Groove Back and I’m really looking forward to reading the next part of Willa and Finn’s story. And hopefully have it work out the way I want it to. 

Title: Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance (Creative HeArts #3)

Author: Shellee Roberts

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: April 18, 2016

Source: ARC from Publisher

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Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains a kickass heroine, a boy so hot he’ll make you shiver, and a falling-in-love story fit for the big screen. You’ll want to settle in and have the popcorn ready.

After Mariely Hinojosa and Cabot Wheeler both break up with their significant others at the same party, Mariely sees a way to get even with both of their exes. Everyone knows that the best way to get over a breakup is a hookup—a fake hookup, that is. Three weeks, all fun, no strings, and definitely no heartbreak at the end.

But somewhere between the sweet hand-holding and melt-your-mind kisses, their fake relationship starts to feel less like an act and more like the real thing…but Mariely’s a free-spirited girl from the other side of the tracks, and Cabot’s the hot trust-fund guy from the Hills.

They’d never work for real…

I pretty much loved Shellee Roberts’s Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance. It probably didn’t hurt that I read it back to back with How Willa Got Her Groove Back so it kind of felt like I was reading one longer story as opposed to two books set in the same world. And, I mean, I love a good fake relationship that turns into a real one when it’s done well. And it totally worked with Marilee and Cabot. Granted, like their friends, I had my reservations about them doing this whole fake relationship thing to make his ex understand that he was over her and to show everyone that she was totally fine after finding her boyfriend with another guy. Those things alone are a lot of baggage to bring into a relationship, fake or not. And it’s not even scratching the surface of the baggage Marilee and Cabot were each bringing to the table. But that baggage is what made them work together despite their differences. Once I got my initial reservations and saw them interacting together, I pretty much spent the whole book rooting for them. And I can’t wait to read more about them. They were just fun. And as they put it themselves, they were awesome together. The only part that sucks? I have to wait until winter 2017 to read the next part of Mariely and Cabot’s story. But I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll keep getting glimpses of them in some of the other couples’ books.

Pieces of You and Me by Erin Fletcher

Title: Pieces of You and Me

Author: Erin Fletcher

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: April 18, 2016

Source: ARC from Publisher

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Five years.

That’s how long I’ve been gone. Since I left my best friend—the girl I loved—behind.

Five seconds.

That’s how long it takes to realize I am completely, utterly, screwed. Because now that I’m back, my childhood crush has turned into so much more.

Rylee has changed. We both have. And now I’m drawn to her in a completely different way. To her smile. Her touch. To reliving old memories and making new ones. To the happiness she’s always given me that I haven’t felt since I left.

But her friends are hell-bent on keeping up apart. My dad is one drink away from destroying both of our lives, and maybe I am, too. It’s only a matter of time before I have to leave again, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. I never get a choice.

The one choice I can make? Stay away from Rylee. Because if I don’t, I’ll break her heart—and mine—all over again.

With the weather finally warming up, it makes me want to read contemporary books even more than I normally do (which, let’s not kid ourselves, they’re pretty much all I want to read anyways). I just love contemporaries so much, I can’t help it. And the latest one I enjoyed? Erin Fletcher’s Pieces of You and Me.

Five years ago, Chase left town and didn’t keep in touch. Rylee was left behind and has spent the past five years wondering why Chase left and didn’t keep in touch. He was her best friend, her soul mate, and she never heard from her. But now he’s back and neither Rylee nor Chase knows what to do about it. Chase knows he should stay away from Rylee because he’ll just end up hurting her again, but he can’t resist her pull. Rylee wants answers about what happened to Chase in the last five years. She wants her best friend back, but she’s afraid of being left behind and getting hurt again. Before being together, Rylee and Chase are going to have to decide if they’re willing to take a chance one each other once again.

Hi, my name is Emilie and I love second chance romances in all their many forms. But I don’t think that’s really news to anybody at this point (if it is: Hi! You must be new here! Heads up, I love second chance romances. A lot). Now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you more about Erin Fletcher’s Pieces of You and Me. YA second chance romances are always trickier than regular old second chance romances because there’s obviously less time that’s going to have passed between the first and the second chance. That’s just a byproduct of writing a story about 16- to 18-year-olds. But in Pieces of You and Me, Erin Fletcher made it work. And the ages of the characters made it an interesting kind of second chance. In so many ways, it felt like I was reading a story about Rylee and Chase getting a second chance at friendship. That’s because at their core, Rylee and Chase were best friends and that’s what allowed them to work so well romantically. And it’s what made me like their relationship even more.

I really enjoyed getting to read this story from both Rylee and Chase’s perspectives. It allowed me to better understand the way they were dealing with seeing each other again after five years with no communications. I understood their respective hesitations about starting something with each other, their fear of getting hurt again, and their desire to protect themselves and each other from that hurt. Sure, at times it led to be being a little frustrated with them because I just wanted them to be happy and together and they were not allowing themselves that for silly reasons (granted, it’s easy for me to say that as an outside observer to their relationship). My only wish where Rylee and Chase are concerned is that I could have seen more of them in the past, before Chase left town. The few glimpses of younger Rylee and Chase I got through their own memories made me think that I would have really enjoyed reading about them during their middle school years as well as their high school years. 

Erin Fletcher’s Pieces of You and Me was a fun contemporary story about a second chance at friendship and romance. I always love reading good contemporary stories and this is exactly what this one was. 

Abby and the Cute One by Erin Butler

Title: Abby and the Cute One (Backstage Pass #5)

Author: Erin Butler

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: November 16, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

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He’s cute. He’s famous. And he could ruin everything…

Every member of Seconds to Juliet has a girlfriend—except for Nathan Strong. Now the band’s manager is leaning hard on “The Cute On” to play throne of the band’s heartthrob. With the band’s sales in decline, it’s up to Nathan to keep the fans’ fantasy alive.

The plan is to stay a fake relationship and a fake breakup, and then let the fans fight to be the one to mend Nathan’s broken heart. Just one problem. There’s another girl in the picture—one Nathan can’t stay away from. In private, Nathan’s stealing kisses with the band’s new opening act, Abby Curtis.

If they’re caught, no one wins. Abby will be fired, and the band might not recover the success they need to survive. But even with the pressure mounting, Nathan and Abby can’t stop themselves from stealing one more touch, one more kiss. And it’s only a matter of time before it all falls apart.

Entangled Crush’s Backstage Pass series is pretty much one of my favourite recent series. I mean, it’s a series about the members of a boy band and the girls they fall in love with. It basically has my name written all over it. I’ve loved every book in the series and it was no different with the final one, Erin Butler’s Abby and the Cute One.

Nathan Strong is the last member of Seconds to Juliet to still be single, so it’s on him to keep the dream alive for the fans. And he’s happy to do it if it means helping the band, even when it involves going on horrible fake dates set up by the band’s manager. But when Abby Curtis joins the tour as Seconds to Juliet’s new opening act, Nathan doesn’t really want to do the whole fake relationship anymore. Instead, he would much rather have a real one with Abby. But as much as he might want to, Nathan can’t be with Abby. Being with her would mean losing the band and Abby getting fired. But they can only stay apart for so long. They just have to find a way to be together and not get caught.

In the past year, I have become a huge Seconds to Juliet fan. I’ve been completely charmed by this fictional boy band and I just can’t get enough of their stories. Every one I read just makes me love them more. And as excited as I was about Erin Butler’s Abby and the Cute One, I also didn’t want this series to end. I’m a lover of boy bands to begin with so reading about one just made me happy. These stories were so fun, but they also had more going on than just boy band shenanigans and that’s what made me love them so much. Abby and the Cute One was no different. I’d always had a bit of a soft spot for Nathan from the beginning, so i was really excited to finally get to read his story. And the story didn’t disappoint me in the least. It was just the romance I had hoped for Nathan, and Abby was absolutely the perfect girl for him. Admittedly, I’m sad to see Nathan and all the guys (and girls) from Seconds to Juliet go, but I was happy with how everything turned out for all of them.

I knew pretty much from the moment I first met him in Aimee and the Heartthrob that Nathan was totally going to be my favourite member of Seconds to Juliet. After having now read Abby and the Cute One, I can officially say that Nathan is definitely my favourite. There was just something about him that worked for me, I don’t really know how to explain it. All that say, I just wanted the absolute best for Nathan and I wanted him to be happy. And once I got to know Abby, I wanted the same thing for her. And these two were just so freaking adorable together. I’m no gonna lie, I probably had a goofy smile on my face while I was reading about them. I just couldn’t help it. So it should go without saying that I was absolutely rooting for them. Pretty much from that first moment when they talked by the water after Nathan’s horrible fake date. Nathan and Abby just made me happy and I loved them. 

If you hadn’t guessed it, I totally loved Erin Butler’s Abby and the Cute One. In fact, it might just be my favourite book in the series. And considering I’ve loved every book, it’s saying something. If you haven’t yet met Seconds to Juliet, you really should pick up the first book in this series. 

Falling for the Wrong Guy by Sara Hantz

Title: Falling for the Wrong Guy

Author: Sara Hantz

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: October 12, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

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Ruby Davis has a crush on her brother’s best friend. At least, he was his bestie until the big betrayal. Now Drew is off limits to everyone, especially Ruby. She can’t stand the way people treat him, or the way he feels about himself. And those deep green eyes are calling to her.

Drew is scarred and damaged, and he has no business even looking at Ruby. But he can’t help himself. She’s beautiful, but he does his best to stay away. When they are assigned a school project, they become reluctant friends—even though they want so much more.

She’s torn between her feelings for Drew and loyalty to her brother. There’s no way they can ever ben together…but love just might find a way.

Stories that involve a girl and her brother’s best friend are pretty much my favourite thing to read ever. So whenever I find a book that features that kind of romance, I am all over it. And lucky for me, Sara Hantz’s Falling for the Wrong Guy was just that.

When Drew Scott shows up at school after a year away, Ruby Davis knows she should stay away, if only out of loyalty to her brother. After all, Drew was Blake’s best friend before everything changed. Now, Drew is off limits, but Ruby can’t deny the pull she feels towards him. When they get assigned to the same group for a school project, Ruby sees it as her opportunity to spend time with Drew without breaking her loyalty to her brother. As they become friends and quickly turn into something more, Drew knows he shouldn’t have feelings for Ruby. After everything that happens, he doesn’t deserve to be happy. But there are some feelings that are just too hard to deny.

I don’t really know why I love stories that feature a girl falling for her brother’s best friend. There’s just something about them that pretty much guarantees I’ll love the story every single time. As a result, I’m always on the lookout for stories that feature that particular trope and I’m always happy when I find a new one. So when I found out about Sara Hantz’s Falling for the Wrong Guy, I just knew I had to read it. I mean, not only was this a story about a girl falling in love with her brother’s best friend, but said best friend was also completely off limits and not for the typical reasons you see in this kind of scenario. So I was intrigued. I wanted to know what made Drew so off limits to Ruby. And what I got was a story with a lot more depth than I expected. And it make me like the book that much more. I mean, I love romance, but it’s always nice when there is something more below the surface. That’s exactly what Falling for the Wrong Guy was. And a lot of that additional depth had to do with what the different characters were going through.

Ruby was a great character. I loved her optimism when things weren’t always easy and I admired her loyalty to her brother. Even if at times that loyalty meant she wasn’t always doing things for herself. But most of all, I loved her compassion. To her, Drew was always more than his burn scars. It certainly helped that she had a father who was similarly afflicted, but for Ruby Drew’s car were just a part of who he was, not his entire personality. My only wish where Ruby as concerned was that she would push for what she wanted, instead of just going with everyone else’s wishes. There were times early on in the story where that side of Ruby would come out and I wanted to cheer her on. And I eventually got my wish which made me happy. And obviously I loved Ruby’s relationship with Drew. One of my favourite things about it was that they had a history. When there is a history involved, it just makes relationship that much better in my book. But outside of his relationship with Ruby, my heart really went out to Drew. The amount of guilt that boy carried over things that weren’t really his fault broke my heart. He deserved something good in his life, not to be treated like a leper because of the visible burn scars on his body. So when good things happened for him, I was happy.

I really enjoyed reading Sara Hantz’s Falling for the Wrong Guy. It was a cute romance between a girl and her brother’s best friend that made my heart happy. If you’re in the market for a fun contemporary romance with a little more depth, this is the book for you.

Finding Perfect by Kendra C. Highley

Title: Finding Perfect

Author: Kendra C. Highley

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: September 14, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

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How far will you go for perfection?

For “Perfect Paige” Westfield, today is “D” Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents’ expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she’s worked for goes up in flames.

Ben Franklin (yes, he’s related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he’ll be happy to tutor Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.

It’s the perfect arrangement. And Paige is determined not even the inconvenient—and utterly imperfect—attraction simmering between her and Ben will ruin it…

Anytime I write a review for one of the books from Entangled's Crush imprint, I start worrying that I'm beginning to sound a little like a broken record. But I can't help it, I've been loving all the books they've been putting out. And that holds true for the latest one, Kendra C. Highley's Finding Perfect.

A D on a calculus test is the worst thing that could happen to Paige. After all, she is "Perfect Paige" and she has a reputation to uphold and parental expectations to meet. She needs to find a way to fix her grade, but Paige just doesn't get calculus. Enter Ben, the boy who witnesses Paige's breakdown and offers to help. There's only one catch: girls don't notice Ben, so in exchange for helping her, he wants Paige to make him into the kind of guy her best friend would want to date. It should work out perfectly. Except for the fact that something more seems to be developing between Paige and Ben.

Guys, Finding Perfect was so freaking cute. I mean, based on the description I had a feeling it was going to be cute, I just didn't necessarily expect it to be this adorable. But it was. I love stories where the person who's supposed to be the matchmaker ends up falling for one of the people they're setting up. It always leads to some interesting situations and makes for a great story when it's done well. With Finding Perfect it was, to make a bad joke, perfect. And I say that because for me it totally was. Even though it happens in most romance books, one of the things that gets to me the most is how the couple will get together until one of them does something to screw it up, forcing them to break up and then get back together again after things get cleared up. But Finding Perfect didn't do that. Once Ben and Paige got together, they were together. Sure there were some obstacles along the way but they didn't break up only to get back together. And they were just so freaking adorable together and I dare you to read this story and not root for them. 

I've already established that Ben and Paige were super adorable together, but they were pretty great as individuals too. Paige was always determined to please everyone, focusing so much on the way people saw her, even if it was to her own detriment. The whole time I was reading, I was hoping that she would finally start doing what she wanted to do intend of what people expected her to do. I just wanted her to be happy and to be herself. And Ben brought out the best in her. Around him she was able to actually be herself and that person was pretty great. And Ben himself was freaking adorable. I loved how much he loved his mom. And I loved how he wasn't afraid to tell Paige's parents off. And the boy came with cookies. What more could you possibly ask for. For real, I wouldn't mind Ben for myself if he wasn't so absolutely perfect for Paige. 

I loved Kendra C. Highley's Finding Perfect. This story was all kinds of adorable and I would have gladly kept on reading about Ben and Paige forever. They were just that fantastic and fun to read about. 

Playing the Player by Lisa Brown Roberts

Title: Playing the Player

Author: Lisa Brown Roberts

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: September 14, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

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The Good Girl vs. The Player

Round one begins…

Trina Clemons needed the money. Why else would she—the most organized, prepared student in school—spend the summer as a nanny and partner with the biggest slacker ever? Now she’s ready to tackle nanny hood with her big binder of research and schedules. Just don’t ask her about the secret job of “fixing” the bad habits of a certain high school player…

Slade Edmunds prefers easy hook-ups, and Trina is definitely not his type. She’s all structure and rules, while Slade wants to just have fun. Fortunately, Trina has no idea about the bet Slade made with his best friend that he can totally get her to unwind by the end of summer…

Then the weirdest thing happens. There’s chemistry. A lot of it. But nothing gets between a boy and a girl like a big, fat secret.

The Good Girl and the Player is a cliché for a reason. It’s just a trope that works. And one I will never really tire of reading. So Lisa Brown Roberts’s Playing the Player was right up my alley. And the story didn’t disappoint me.

Trina has a plan for the summer. She has a binder filled with plans and activities to do with the two kids she’ll be nannying. If she follows everything she has in her binder, everything will work out and summer will be a breeze. That’s what she thought before the moms and Dr. Edmunds approached her about having a co-nanny. Slade Edmunds is the complete opposite of Trina, and having him around will totally ruin all the plans she had. Working with Slade is going to be a complete nightmare. But Slade might not be the complete slacker Trina thought he was. And somewhere along the way, Slade starts to become more than her co-nanny. That wouldn’t be a problem if both of them weren’t keeping secrets from the other.

As much as I enjoy reading refreshing romance, or romance stories that are unlike anything I’ve read, I can’t help but also always go back to certain tropes. I mean, tropes and clichés exist for a reason. Whether we agree with them or not, some tropes just work and there are definitely some that I can never seem to get enough of. One of those would be the good girl and the player (or alternatively the good girl and the bad boy). So really, Lisa Brown Roberts’s Playing the Player pretty much had my name written all over it. Add to the fact that I’ve loved every other book I’ve read from Entangled’s Crush imprint and it was a no brainer when it came to deciding whether or not I would be reading this book. And this ended up being the fun and entertaining story that I had hoped it would be. I got caught up in it in no time at all, wanting to see how the summer would unfold for Trina and Slade. There were twists and turns. There was tears and laughter. And there were two five-year-olds that totally stole the show. And I loved every page of it.

As much as I wanted to tell her to chill, I liked Trina right from the start. I mean, she’s a total Type A and likes everything to be done in a specific way and doesn’t like it when things don’t go according to plan. And let’s just say that made her a little rigid. But I could understand those aspects of her personalities cause I can sometimes have some of those tendencies. So I liked her a lot, but I also wanted to see her loosen up because I didn’t want her to get hurt and miss out on things. And then there was Slade who was her complete opposite, and who I also liked right from the start. There was so much more to him than I would have thought, and the way he was with the kids kinda melted my heart a little. It should also go without saying that I was totally rooting for Slade and Trina to get together. And once they did, for them to stay together. They just worked and I loved them and who they became when they were together. There were so many cute and adorable moments that totally put a smile on my face. And like I said, Gillian and Max, the two kids they were nannying, were absolutely adorable and there was more than one occasion where they totally stole the show. 

Lisa Brown Roberts’s Playing the Player was totally an “Emilie book” and I loved reading it. The story was fun and put a smile on my face the whole time I was reading. What more could I really ask for?

Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru by Tera Lynn Childs

Title: Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru (Creative HeArts #1)

Author: Tera Lynn Childs

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: September 14, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

When life gives you a blank canvas, make art.

Sloane Whitaker hates everything about moving to Texas. She hates leaving behind her friends and half her family in New York, starting over senior year at Austin’s NextGen Academy, and having to say she lives in Texas. Most of all, she hates that it’s all her fault. If she wants to earn her way back to the Big Apple, she has to prove she can still be the perfect daughter.

Which means no vandalism art, no trouble at school, and absolutely no Tru Dorsey, her serial screw-up neighbor, who loves nothing more than pushing her buttons.

But from the moment he vaults onto the roof outside her bedroom, there is something about him that makes her want to break every rule. Suddenly it’s not the ten things she hates about Tru that are at the top of her list. It’s the ten reasons she doesn’t want to be without him.

It feels like I’ve discovered a publishing imprint that feels like its as seemingly created just for me. Entangled Crush publishes contemporary YA romance exclusively, and I’ve loved every single one of the books I’ve read from them. And it was no different for Tera Lynn Childs’s Ten Things Sloane Hates about Tru.

Sloane Whitake does not want to be in Austin. She wants to be back in New York City, starting her senior year at her arts high school with her friends. But after The Incident and the fallout that came with it, her parents decided the best thing for Sloane would be to move to Austin and complete her senior year at the NextGen Academy. But Sloane won’t let that get her down. She’s determined to earn her way back to NYC, and that means being the perfect daughter. But that’s easier said than done when Sloane can’t seem to escape Tru Dorsey, her new neighbor and a serial screw-up. Though she knows she shouldn’t have anything to do with Tru, Sloane can’t help but feel drawn to him. And she knows there’s no way that can end well.

In the last six months, I have fallen completely in love with Entangled’s Crush imprint. Honestly, it almost feels like that particular imprint was tailor-made for me. I mean, it’s an imprint that specializes in YA contemporary romance. What is there not to love? Especially, if your name is Emilie and contemporary romance happens to pretty much be your favourite thing ever. So every time I hear about a new book from them, I want to read it. And that was true for Tera Lynn Childs’s Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru. From the moment I read the synopsis, I knew this was going to be a fun story. And it was. It also had a fun mystery aspect going that was fun to read about and added to the dynamics of the story. But what surprised me about this story were some of the subjects it touched on. I didn’t think it was going to go where it did, and I liked that about this story. And since Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru is the first in a series, I’m hoping some aspects get revisited in future books because there is definitely some things that still need to be dealt with. Or at least, that’s how it felt to me.

Sloane and Tru were a lot of fun. I loved the back and forth between them, seeing them go from neighbors to friends and then to something more. I definitely understood Sloane’s struggle when it came to resisting Tru, especially when she started to realize that he might not be the trouble magnet and screw-up that her mom had made him out to be. And I really wanted Sloane to realize that being in Austin might not be as bad as she thought and actually start making a connection with the people there. And Tru was so not who I had thought he was going to be based on the synopsis for the book. I didn’t expect to be completely charmed by him and to spend basically the entirety of the book rooting for him. But that’s totally what happened. And what I mentioned earlier about certain things being tackled in future book? There’s a lot about Tru’s home life that I hope gets addressed because it would make for a really compelling story. And I’m all for seeing more of Tru and Sloane together because they’re really just a little bit adorable (read: a lot adorable).

I really enjoyed Tera Lynn Childs’s Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru. Though I am all about the adorable romance which there was lots of in this story, it also surprised me with its depth. And that combination makes for the best kind of book.

Blackmail Boyfriend by Chris Cannon

Title: Blackmail Boyfriend

Author: Chris Cannon

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: August 11, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

Sometimes, blackmail is the only weapon a girl has…

Haley Patterson has had a crush on golden boy Bryce Colton for ages. But when she hears a rumour that he hooked up with her she gives him a choice: be her boyfriend for a month to show other guys that she’s dateable—despite her overprotective and very intimidating brothers—or deal with the angry-cage-fighting boyfriend of the girl he actually did hook up with.

Bryce didn’t know the other Haley even had a boyfriend. He was just trying to get his ex off his back. And now, not only is he being blackmailed, he’s being blackmailed by an honor student. His new “girlfriend” has two three-legged dogs, her father meows grass at the country club, and she’s…well, difficult. And different.

Can something so fake turn into something real?

There are times when I read the synopsis of a book and though I’m curious about finding out more and the story sounds like something that would be totally up my alley, I’m still completely unsure about what I’m going to get. Most recently, that happened with Chris Cannon’s Blackmail Boyfriend, but it all worked out for the best. 

When Haley Patterson shows up at school and hears that she hooked up with golden boy Bryce Colton, she’s surprised considering she has no memory of that happening. Because it didn’t happen. But Haley is ready to make the best of this situation. If she can get Bryce to pretend to be her boyfriend for a few weeks it might prove to everyone else that she’s dateable despite her overprotective older brothers. Bryce never thought that hooking up with a girl at a party would lead to blackmail. But now he’s stuck. Either he pretenders to be Haley’s boyfriend or he gets beat up by the other Haley’s, the one he actually hooked up with, boyfriend. Now Haley and Bryce need to make the best of a difficult situation. And maybe the feelings floating around aren’t as fake as they seemed.

I’m not going to lie, when I first read the description of Chris Cannon’s Blackmail Boyfriend I was somewhat confused. I mean, I kind of understood what the story was going to be but at the same time I didn’t really know. But I was curious about the story all the same. It sounded like it had the potential to be a lot of fun. I mean, who doesn’t love a good story about blackmail. As it turned out, Blackmail Boyfriend was a lot of fun. It was a story that had more to it than I thought it would. Honestly, I was expecting cheesy fake romance that turns into cheesy real romance. And yes, the story absolutely was this. But there was more to it than that. I loved seeing the friendships between Haley and Jane and between Bryce and Nathan. I loved seeing the different family dynamics that were at play. At the end of it all, Blackmail Boyfriend was just a fun story to read. It allowed me to escape while I was reading and made me smile a whole lot.

I liked Haley right from the start. I loved that she wasn’t afraid to go for what she waned and there wasn’t a whole lot that she let get her down. I mean, in her shoes, I don’t think I would have been able to turn a hook up rumour into a blackmail scenario. So I gotta give her some respect for that. But generally speaking, Haley wasn’t afraid to speak her mind, often much to Bryce’s confusion and surprise. And Bryce wasn’t exactly who I thought he was going to be (kind of a recurring theme with this book, it seems). I’ll be honest and say that I may have had some pre-conceived notions about who I thought he was going to be, but he proved me wrong and that made me like him all the more. As much as I loved Haley and Bryce, I have to also mention Jenna and Nathan, their respective best friends. Though they weren’t the main focus of the story, I really liked seeing their friendship and relationship develop right alongside Bryce and Haley’s. 

Chris Cannon’s Blackmail Boyfriend was a pleasant surprise. This was a fun story with a little more depth than I thought I was going to get. If you’re looking for a light and fun read, this is it.

Anya and the Shy Guy by Suze Winegardner

Title: Anya and the Shy Guy (Backstage Pass #4)

Author: Suze Winegardner

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: July 14, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

It’s always the quiet ones…

Anya Anderson doesn’t just need a big break, she needs any break. Living on the streets doesn’t leave a girl many options, so when she scores a gig reporting on the Seconds to Juliet tour, she jumps at the chance to earn enough money to sleep somewhere safe. And the paycheck will get bigger—and keep her off the streets for good—if she can dig up dirt on Will Fray, the irritatingly hot “shy guy” of the band.

Problem is, Will Fray isn’t who everyone thinks he is. In fact, he’s not Will at all. Matt, Will’s identical twin, is actually the guy onstage, reluctantly covering for his brother while he’s in rehab. To make matters worse, Matt’s being shadowed by a cute reporter with troubled eyes determined to get the scoop. On him. And he’s having trouble finding the willpower to keep his distance…

But it the secret gets out, it won’t just be his head on a platter—it’ll be the whole band’s.

I’m afraid I might start sounding like a broken record (pun semi-intended?) when it comes to the Backstage Pass series. But what can I really say, boy bands and romance are apparently all I need to keep me happy. So Suze Winegardner’s Anya and the Shy Guy? Totally loved it.

Being sent to cover the Seconds to Juliet tour is just the break that Anya needs. If all goes well, this could be her ticket to moving off the streets and finally getting her life back on track. But when she joins up with the tour, things aren’t exactly how Anya thought they would be. Instead of covering the whole band, Anya gets assigned to Will Fray, the shy one in the band. Her task? Uncovering all of this secrets. It shouldn’t be too hard, right? Especially considering Will is hiding a pretty big one. Because Will isn’t Will at all, he’s actually his identical twin brother, Matt, presenting to be Will while the real Will is in rehab. But no one can find out, especially not Anya. If people were to find out the truth about Will and Matt, it would mean the end for their family. But the more time Matt and Anya spend together, the harder it becomes to deny the attraction between them. So what happens when you have to expose the secrets of the one person you don’t want to hurt?

Since May, I’ve pretty much been devouring the Backstage Pass series. I’ve loved getting to know each of the different members of the band and the girls in their lives. I’ve loved reading all these stories about people falling in love with a huge tour as the backdrop. It’s been all been a fun story to read. And what I’ve liked about the story is that each of the books goes a little deeper than just the happy romance and the boy band shenanigans. And it was never more true than it was with Suze Winegardner’s Anya and the Shy Guy. Sure, this story was about the romance between Matt and Anya but it was also about the realities of homelessness, and how it’s often circumstances completely outside of the person’s hands that lead to them ending up on the streets. In the case of Anya, in the book, she didn’t want to be on the streets but her family circumstances made it so she didn’t really have much of a choice in the matter. All that to say that it was nice to see the story go beyond the romance and tackle some issues that you don’t necessarily see portrayed all that much in YA books. But that’s not to say that the romance wasn’t great because it absolutely was.

As I’ve already said, Anya, besides being a reporter, was also a homeless teen and it made for a very interesting character. And it also made it so my heart broke for her on more than one occasion while I was reading Anya and the Shy Guy. This girl had all the good intentions in the world but she just couldn’t seem to catch a break when she absolutely deserved one. So it was great to see her finally get that break with the Seconds to Juliet tour. But as much as she wanted her big break, she struggled with getting it at the expense of Will. Well, Matt’s expense which is also Will’s expense and that’s where things got a little bit tricky. Where all the other books in the series were about actual members of a boy band, it wasn’t the case here. Matt was reluctantly going on stage every night to cover for his brother. So at times it was really amusing to read about him struggling with choreography or with lyrics the other boys believed he wrote. And it definitely made things complicated for his relationship with Anya. But at the end of the day, it all worked itself out, and Matt and Anya were absolutely adorable together.

I really enjoyed getting to read Matt (though it technically should have been Will’s, I guess) and Anya’s story in Suze Winegardner’s Anya and the Shy Guy. I’ve loved getting to know the boys of Seconds to Juliet and I can’t wait to read all about Nathan in Erin Butler’s Abby and the Cute One.

Daisy and the Front Man by Rebekah L. Purdy

Title: Daisy and the Front Man (Backstage Pass #3)

Author: Rebekah L. Purdy

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: June 16, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

Hell hath no fury like a fangirl scorned…

When Daisy Morris finds out she’s spending the summer with her dad, bodyguard for Seconds to Juliet—the hottest boy band around—she knows it couldn’t be more perfect. Not because she’s a fan. Oh, no. Because ever since front man Trevin Jacobs completely humiliated her by standing her up for homecoming, Daisy is out for a little revenge. Yup, Trevin Jacobs is goin’ down…

When one of his bandmates bets Trevin he can’t make Daisy—the gorgeous but surprisingly ice-cold daughter of their bodyguard—fall in love with him, it’s a bet he can’t resist. Sure, Daisy won’t give him the time of day for reasons he can’t understand, and her dad’s hell-bent against his little girl spending time with a superstar. But the terms are set, and Trevin is determined to make Daisy fall…hard.

But every front man should know never to trust a girl with a pretty face…

Boy bands and romance. Do I really need to say more to explain why I’ve been totally loving the Backstage Pass series? Every book I’ve read in the series I’ve loved and it was no different with Rebekah L. Purdy’s Daisy and the Front Man.

Last fall, Daisy Morris was completely humiliated after her favourite member of Seconds to Juliet, the hottest boy band, stood her up for homecoming. Instead of the best night of her life, all she got was a typed up generic letter and a signed headshot. Now, Daisy is getting ready to spend the summer with her absentee father…who just happens to be Seconds to Juliet’s bodyguard. And Daisy is determined to make Trevin Jacobs pay for what he did. As a member of Seconds to Juliet, Trevin is used to having girls fawning over him everywhere he goes. But his bodyguard’s daughter won’t even give him the time of day. So when one of his bandmates proposes a bet, suggesting that he can’t make Daisy fall involve with him by the end of summer, Trevin steps up to the challenge. But what starts out as a bet and a revenge mission, quickly starts to feel like something that can actually be real.

Boy bands are definitely among my weaknesses. And when you combine them with romance, I’m pretty much powerless. Which is why I’ve totally been loving Entangled Crush’s Backstage Pass series. And there’s also the added fun that each of the books in the series was written by a different author so it keeps things interesting. Which brings me to the latest book in the series, Rebekah L. Purdy’s Daisy and the Front Man. Much like the previous books in this series, Daisy and the Front Man was just fun to read. Whether it was the revenge plot, the bet between the boys or the romance, I was highly entertained the whole time I was reading. All that set against the backdrop of a music tour just makes it that much more fun. But at the same time, one of the things that this whole series, including Daisy and the Front Man, has shown is that there’s often a whole lot more going on behind the scenes than what the public knows. Sure, we can guess that it’s not all good times, but I always find it interesting to read books that show just how much more is going on. And this one definitely did that, showing how much of the characters lives get messed with by all the different people involved in the tour that are trying to get something from them.

I wasn’t sure how I felt about Daisy for a good chunk of the book. Every so often, I would hit a point where I would question why she was holding on so much to her grudge against Trevor. I could understand that she was embarrassed in front of everyone in her small town when he didn’t show up to take her to her Homecoming dance. But at the same time, it felt like some of her feelings towards him were a little extreme, even if sometimes I totally understood where she was coming from. So my feelings where Daisy was concerned were in a constant state of change. Until I started really liking her and then it was all good. And that probably had to do with how adorable she and Trevin were together, even if neither of them initially planned on anything real happening between them. And Trevin wasn’t entirely who I expected. I mean, yeah, I expected a certain amount of arrogance considering the guy is in a highly popular boy band, but there was so much more to him than that. I loved seeing his relationship with his family, and I wish I could have seen more of that because those moments were fantastic. But aside from that, I really enjoyed Trevin as a character, and as I’ve already said, him and Daisy were basically prefect for each other.

Rebekah L. Purday’s Daisy and the Front Man was a great addition to the Backstage Pass series. I really enjoyed reading all about the band’s front man and big brother, and I can’t wait to find out more about the two remaining members of the band.

Center Ice by Cate Cameron

Title: Center Ice (Corrigan Falls Raiders #1)

Author: Cate Cameron

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: May 19, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

The hometown hockey hero won’t know what hit him…

Karen Webber is in small-town hell. After her mother’s death, she moved to Corrigan Falls to live with strangers—her dad and his perfect, shiny new family—and there doesn’t seem to be room for a city girl with a chip on her shoulder. The only person who makes her feel like a real human being is Tyler MacDonald.

But Karen isn’t interested in starting something with a player. And that’s all she keeps hearing about Tyler. 

Corona Falls is a hockey town, and Tyler’s the star player. But the vicelike pressure from his father and his agent are sending him dangerously close to the edge. All people see is hockey—except Karen. Now they’ve managed to find something in each other that they both desperately need. And for the first time, Tyler is playing for keeps…

I never thought this would happen, but I’m starting to run out of ways to describe all the fun and happy contemporary books I’ve been reading. But with summer finally being here, fun and happy contemporaries are basically all I’m reading (not that I don’t read contemporaries the rest of the year). So I guess I’ll just say this: Cate Cameron’s Center Ice was an adorable and fun and just what I was looking for.

Karen has always been a city girl and the last thing she wanted to do was leave her city home. But following her mother’s death, she’s forced to move to Corrigan Falls to live with the father she doesn’t know and his perfect family. Needless to say, Karen is less than happy about the situation. The only upside to this small town is Tyler MacDonald, the boy Karen meets on her morning runs. Tyler is the star of the Corrigan Falls hockey team. And as much as Tyler loves the game, the pressure from his father and his agent is starting to eat away at him and make him question if he even wants to be a professional hockey player. His whole life revolves around hockey, but when Karen comes into his life, hockey is the last thing she cares about. To her, it doesn’t matter that Tyler is a star hockey player, she just likes Tyler for who he is. Soon, they discover that they might just be exactly what the other one needs.

I’m a sucker for sports romances, but there doesn’t seem to be as many of them in YA as there are in NA. Or maybe I’m just not as aware of the YA ones. All that to say that when I find out about one, it automatically gets added to my TBR. And that’s how Cate Cameron’s Center Ice found itself in my hands. Well, that and the fact that it was also from a new Entangled imprint that specializes in adorable contemporary romances. Can you say Emilie book? Because it totally was. Center Ice was exactly the read I hoped it would be. But it also went a little deeper than I thought it would. It wasn’t all about the romance and the cuteness that were Karen and Tyler. It also dealt with the idea of grief and finding your place in a new family, as well as the incredible pressures that can be put on teenage athletes. So it was nice to read a story that wasn’t entirely focused on the romance. Though don’t get me wrong, the romance was there and I loved every minute of it. But the story was more than that and that’s what made me really enjoy it as much as I did.

Karen hasn’t exactly had it easy as of late. She just lost her mom and was forced to move in with a family she doesn’t know, even if she’s related to them. If I were in her shoes, I’m not sure I would behave in a much better way. Not that her behaviour was bad, she just had a bit of an attitude toward her new family. But it was great over the course of the story to see her start to adjust to her new life and come to terms with what was happening. Even seeing her start to open to her stepmom. Actually, that’s a relationship I wish had been explored more, but I’ll take what I got. The person Karen was able to be the most herself around though was Tyler. Tyler wasn’t entirely who I thought he was going to be. Honestly, I kind of expected him to be a bit of a stereotypical big-shot, egotistical athlete. But that’s not who Tyler was. Sure, he was aware of the fact that he was a skilled hockey player, but he didn’t let it get to his head. In fact, he was constantly doubting his ability. And with so much of his life (read: all of it) revolving around hockey, it was great to see him be with someone like Karen who couldn’t care less that he was this big hockey player. And Karen and Tyler together were kind of great.

Cate Cameron’s Center Ice was a great sports-themed read. I loved the romance in the story and I’m curious to see what’s going to happen next. I can’t wait to read about some of the other boys on the team!

Mia and the Bad Boy by Lisa Burstein

Title: Mia and the Bad Boy (Backstage Pass #2)

Author: Lisa Burstein

Publisher: Entangled Crush

Release Date: May 19, 2015

Source: ARC from Publisher

Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo

This good girl’s about to meet her match…

Ryder Brooks is living the dream—he’s famous, loved by millions of girls, and miserable. All he really wants is to write his own music, not Seconds to Juliet’s sugary sweet pop. In order to do that, though, the “bad boy” of the band will have to play by the rules. And that includes behaving with his new—and super cute—über-good-girl tutor.

Mia Reyes is in fangirl heaven. Tutoring her favorite member of her favorite band? It’s a dream come true…until it turns into a complete nightmare. Ryder is nothing like she thought. He’s crude, arrogant, and pretty much a total jerk. And the worst part? She’s roped into pretending to be his girlfriend so that no one finds out he’s being tutored. Fake kisses, plenty of PDA, and even sharing his hotel room…

But sometimes even the baddest of bad boys needs a little redemption.

So boy bands. Have I mentioned I have always been a sucker for them? As I kid, I had Backstreet Boys stuff all over my room. Now I have every single One Direction album on my iPod. So a contemporary series about the members of a popular boy band? You can bet I will be all over that. Lisa Burstein’s Mia and the Bad Boy was the second in that series and I can officially say that I enjoyed it just as much as the first one.

From the outside, Ryder Brooks looks like he’s living the dream. As a member of the most popular boy band on the planet, he’s loved by fans everywhere and gets to do what he wants for living. Except being part of Seconds to Juliet isn’t exactly what Ryder wants to be doing. Sure, he wants to be a musician, but what he really wants is to go to Berklee and study to become a serious musician who can write his own music. But in order to do that, Ryder has to get his GED. Except he can’t seem to keep a tutor for more than a day. That’s where Mia Reyes comes in. The only way Mia will be able to afford college is if she agrees to tutor her favorite member of her favorite boy band. It should be easy enough. But Ryder isn’t like Mia expected. At all. But after all, Ryder is known as the Bad Boy of Seconds to Juliet. As Mia quickly finds out, though, a bad boy isn’t always what he seems.

About a month ago, I read the first book in the Backstage Pass series, Aimee and the Heartthrob and it was a total me book. And it got me excited at the prospect of an entire series of books about the different members of a boy band. And it left me wanting to find out about the rest of the boys in the band. And that’s where Lisa Burstein’s Mia and the Bad Boy came in. Much like I did with the first book, I just sped through Mia and the Bad Boy. I couldn’t seem to flip the pages fast enough. But at the same time, I wanted to find a way to make the story last longer because I couldn’t really get enough of it. The romance between Mia and Ryder exactly what I had hoped it would be. These two were so different but at the same time perfect for each other, and I’ll get to that in a moment. Once again, I loved the boy band aspect of the story. With seeing things from Ryder’s perspective, I got to see the less glamorous sides of it, how being in a hugely popular boy band might not be all it’s cracked up to be when you’re on the outside looking in. In light of that, I’m even more curious about the rest of the books in this series.

Mia was the definition of adorable and naive. But I don’t mean that in an insulting way at all. She’s just had a really strict upbringing and hasn’t really done much outside of school and studying. So when she gets dropped in the middle of a boy band arena tour to tutor the so-called “bad boy” in the band. So yeah, Mia is a little out of her depth, but I really liked seeing her come into her own and discover what the world has to offer outside of school and studying. And Ryder was a pretty good teacher as far as being a little more “bad” went. But here’s the thing about Ryder, when I read Aimee and the Heartthrob, he didn’t exactly make a great impression. In fact, he made a pretty bad one. But first impressions aren’t always everything. Because the Ryder I got to know in this book, was someone I ended up liking. A lot. I mean, Ryder had a bad boy reputation for a reason, but he was also a whole lot more than just that reputation. So him and Mia together were great. Where he taught her to loosen up, she was able to teach him to trust people again. And did I mention that their romance was adorable?

I absolutely enjoyed Lisa Burstein’s Mia and the Bad Boy. Though written by a different author, it was a great follow-up to Aimee and the Heartthrob and made me even more excited about this boy band-centric series. I honestly, can’t wait to find out more about the rest of the band and see what the other authors are going to do with the story.