The Understatement of The Year (The Ivy Years #3) Sarina Bowen 4.5/5

The Understatement of The Year (The Ivy Years #3) Sarina Bowen

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 8

I saw this book a while back, and kept it on the kindle 'shelf'. To be completely honest, I was a bit intimidated to read this story due to the couple being of the same sex. I'm sure other readers have felt the exact same way, but I do not regret reading it. I was curious about how the author would attack this story.

This book is one of my favorites for 2016 so far. And I am kind of surprised. Countries like mine do not condone the gay lifestyle, but I empathize with the men and women that are afraid to love who they feel led to love. The story opened my mind about the issue of acceptance.

I felt for the characters. The characters felt real and their pain and confusion and frustrations were legit. Good job Bowen. The book made you sooooooo uncomfortable sometimes though (and not the gay love parts) but the interactions with the people in the main characters lives were sometimes hard and sweet to read. The amount of times I blushed.....I am sure my eyes welled up a couple times too! :)

If you are 100% uncomfortable with the gay lifestyle you may want to pass this one up. Because the author did not shy away at all when it came to the romantic moments. ;) It was downright HOT!

Hotter than some of the other books I've read from her actually. I walked away from the story hopeful about EVERYTHING!

I think you're gonna enjoy it.

4.5/5

Happy reading!

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The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan 4/5

The Game Plan (Game on Book 3) by Kristin Callihan

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 9

I once again enjoyed a 'Game On' story.  I am sure I read the first book in the series. Not sure if I read the 2nd one though (going to jump into that one tonight! Excited!...This one was entertaining. It had funny moments and slightly uncomfortable ones which I love. Is it just me that loves when a book makes you cringe a little?

The chemistry was off the charts. And the hero's dedication and commitment in general is sweet and inspiring to read.

You will enjoy this one. Once again, Callihan created some great supporting characters that added that extra something to the book. I don't remember the name of the black football player in the story, but he cracked me up whenever his character made an appearance. I honestly love him. :)

The book is a bit predictable, that's one reason I give this series 4's or 4.5's so far. Also, it is a bit rushed. Outside of that, it is a full 5/5 for me.

4/5

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Sacked (Gridiron #1) by Jen Frederick 2/5

Sacked (Gridiron #1) by Jen Frederick

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 9

This one had the potential to be a 'cute' read. It instead read kind of boring for me. I think that the actual writing style of this author does not mesh with me.

The plot was pretty average. But once again, the reviews were really, REALLY high! My expectations fortunately were pretty low. So I wasn't extremely disappointed.

The characters did not have real chemistry to me. And for some reason, I was getting confused about the supporting characters. With the hero being on a football team, there were quite a bit of names getting thrown around. I guess the author wanted to spark the readers interest about the future story lines. It kind of irritated me though, cause the hero didn't seem to have any true relationship with anyone on the team.

It had a whole lot of raunchy sex scenes, which I guess is the reason for the high reviews. The conflict was silly, and weird though. And some parts of it did not feel authentic.

Read this one at your own risk.

2/5

Good luck.

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