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Rating: really liked it
This book is five years behind its time, as seen in its creepy, overprotective, easily-angered love interest and an air-headed, literal clown main character. My list of things I disliked about this book was vast, but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I cannot BELIEVE this book was published in 2019, especially through such a massive publisher. For me to have enjoyed this, I think it would need a huge facelift in how the love interest treats the main character, the descriptions were written, and how childish the characters came off. Here’s a breakdown of everything I didn’t like:
The writing styleFrom metaphors and similes that literally made no sense to cringey dialogue to sexual descriptions that made absolutely no sense, this book needed an editor, bad. Some things I let slide more than others but the phrasing of this book was just SO awkward and I didn’t vibe with the writing at all.
Travis’s personalityTravis was..... the worst love interest. He considers Georgie his little sister for half the book but still sexualized the hell out of her in literally every single scene she’s in. He was also SO jealous and overprotective of her even when they weren’t even together, and Georgie let him get away with doing super sketchy stuff like sabotaging a date just because she thought he was ~so hot~.
The pacingI can’t tell you if this book took place over 3 days or 3 weeks. It was so messy and the author would throw in random scenes with random side characters to make it look like the book wasn’t just focusing on the two main characters, but those scenes were so dry and pointless and you could tell they were included just so a token POC could have some time on the page. I was so confused why these women made a “club” whose focus was hating men and yet all they did was get together and talk like...... friends do. I skim read anything that wasn’t the main drama because it was so boring and half baked.
The cringeworthinessThe main problem in this book that made me cringe was the fact that Georgie is literally a clown as her career, which is a fact that the author brought up—i shit you not—almost every page. From there being so many references to her clownery to the terrible dialogue (especially during sex, or telling her things like “You’re about to meet your God” in reference to his dick), I was cringing so often while reading this. I cannot believe this author has dozens of previous books because this was so unpolished and needed a lot more editing or at least someone to point out when dumb lines should’ve been cut.
Dumb/childish main characterI mentioned before that this main character is a clown, and I cannot emphasize that enough. She is completely stupid in a way that makes me ashamed that this book was written by a woman. From letting herself be walked all over by Travis to enduring a “whoAAAaA i didn’t know i was hot!” transformation to literally being considered a child by everyone around her, it was just unbearable. Her entire conflict in the book was trying to be more legitimate so that people would take her seriously, but I still considered her a joke by the end of the book because her actions and dialogue were so ridiculous.
The sexYikes. Any enjoyment that could have been gleaned from the sexy scenes was ruined by Travis’s completely disgusting/cringey/terribly written dirty talk and the author’s absurd descriptions. From both a storytelling/craft perspective and the actual situations themselves, the sex was horrid. It didn’t help that Georgie was a virgin, which Travis glorified really creepily and then the author later glossed over unrealistically. There’s public sex at a baseball field which definitely is a felony, and the rest of the scenes were either so absurd or so badly written that it was difficult to get through them like Travis fucking her wedgie or something equally as groan-worthy, and not in a good way. Also, the entire book Travis calls Georgie “baby girl” every other word, which quickly became a sure way to induce vomiting.
This book just wasn’t for me whatsoever. I feel like I read a 2014 Colleen Hoover romance. If that’s your jam, then go for it and enjoy it, but I could not get past its issues in order to read this story for what it is. It just read SO childish and corny and borderline creepy and abusive. The title should have warned me away from it, but I thought I would at least hang around for the smut. Spoiler alert: the smut is uncomfortable and cringey at best.
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Rating: really liked it
nope, can’t do it. i picked this up from the library on a whim & it is about to single handedly undo all the lovely progress i’ve made with the romance genre this year.
there are already so many little things that don't sit right w/ me in this book, and after that first sex scene...i gotta go.
-the infantilization of the main character by her love interest is making me suuuuper uncomfy. i get that she’s his friend’s younger sister and they grew up together, but the age thing is *really* taking the forefront in his mind. (definitely not helped out by the “little sister tit” scene)
-tessa bailey loves some gendered language. “girly” this, and “male” that. genuinely haven’t seen the phrase “feminine outrage” since the last time i read a SJM novel, and i wish i had never seen it againnnn.
-the ridiculous emphasis placed on georgie’s virginity makes this feel like an early 2000s book, except it was written in 2019 lol
-i literally can’t quote all the things that made me cringe in that first sex scene. let's just say that if good ol' two bats travis is trying to get a job as a sports commentator, he's really gonna need to up his game, because the narration in the bedroom made me want to remove my own eardrums
-the amount of baby girls???? sir????? do you know your love interest’s actual name??
this is a shit review & there's probably stuff i'm missing, but i don't really care because i don't really care about this book.
Rating: really liked it
Re-read 7/20/21: I needed a pick me up and Georgie DELIVERED. I love this boooooook.
Re-read 4/18/20: I stan Georgie so hard, wow. This book makes me so!!!! happy!!!!
Re-read 7/13/19: I know this book doesn't do it for everyone, but it really, REALLY does it for me. It's SO CHARMING and SO FUNNY while also being SO SEXY and I just really fucking love it. Also I would 100% die for Georgie, she's just SO CUTEEEEEEEEE. Honestly y'all everything about this book makes me grin from ear to ear and I'M NEVER GONNA BE OVER IT
Original read 6/13/19: Do not let this adorably unassuming cover fool you: this book was NAUGHTY AS HELL and I loved it SO MUCH. Brb while I immediately re-read this bc I have a mighty ass need. Holy shit, y’all. READ DIS BOOK
Rating: really liked it
this book had me in a fucking headlock y’all. if there’s one thing i go feral for it’s a broken man becoming unbroken because of a girl. i ate that shit up.
there’s something really poetic when the love interest tries to deny for better part of the book how much they love the main character but everyone can see CLEARLY they gave their heart to the mc from the very first day 🥵🥵🥵
Now usually i’d stay 10 miles from a man named Travis but the Travis in this book had me blowing my hairdryer threw my damp tshirt. 🥵 the fucking dirty talk he did?! “don’t do that. don’t talk to me in that innocent voice. not when all your sweetest parts are pressed up against me in that cock-tease dress” SIR?!? bitch i was squealing like a seagull. 😩😩😩 i was in a state of shock. i’m not taking my eyes off Travis 🫦🫦🫦
Georgie is one smart motherfucker. Ma’am knew exactly what she was doing by reverse psychology-ing Travis. Make him realize his self worth and boom he’ll fall in love with you. lord have mercy i’m about to bust.
this book was wildly entertaining. now it’s not something out of the box and extraordinary but i thoroughly enjoyed it. it’s the vibes honestly. i loved the plot just as much as the romance. it was giving the rom and the com in rom-com.
this is my first Tessa Bailey book and i’m telling you all that she’s the white woman i fucking needed. i know she’s writing these books for me, i can feel in from the bottom of my toes to the top of my fucking scalp.
Rating: really liked it
i really loved this
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Content and trigger warnings for abandonment and an emotionally abusive parent.
Rating: really liked it
pros- proposal
cons- "baby girl"
- he calls his dick "two bats"
- dude don't deserve her
Rating: really liked it
edit: if you're going to be offended enough to shit talk me in a group chat and get all of your friends to block me because of this review, that's a bit immature. 1 star reviews and people's opinions aren't a direct attack against you. grow the fuck up.
The best thing about this book is my reading of it got multiple people to remove it from their TBR's and lower their ratings.
I've read a lot of romance books in my time. I've seen as many descriptions of a man's genitals as you could imagine. I've heard the vilest things from a male's perspective. But this book might be one of the worst. I only read this because I heard the sex scenes were phenomenal, but I was literally crying laughing throughout them. It felt like a joke I wasn't privy to. Were they part of Georgie's clown routine?
me before this book: i can't wait! i've finally found another 5 star romance book! i can't wait for the steamy sex scenes!
me after reading the first chapter:
Georgie is over her family and friends not taking her - or her job - seriously. As a clown who performs at parties, it's difficult for her to find someone who views her as an adult, instead of a little kid. Travis has recently injured his shoulder after a successful baseball career and is now in remission. His team no longer wants him, and he can't find a purpose anymore. After he's offered a position as a sport's caster and discovers they're looking for a man who's settled-down, Georgie proffers they fake date. Not only will it help with the job offer, but she desires to expand her business, and having a man by her side may make that easier.
Something I want to point out that irritated me personally was the depiction of Travis' shoulder injury. I also have a torn rotator cuff, except I'm not a professional athlete and have been denied treatment or surgery to dull the pain. I've endured eight-hour shifts in complete agony, been told the pain is in my head by my own parents and doctors and forced to just live with it. However, poor little Travis is given multiple surgeries because he's an athlete, and a little bump from Georgie makes him feel the need to rest for hours. Not to mention, he takes Advil for the pain. Anyone with an actually torn rotator cuff can tell you that regular pain killers do absolutely nothing to dull the agony it leaves you in. Absolutely nothing. This is such a dramatic thing to be annoyed with, but I haven't lived with this chronic pain since I was
two years old to see a male act like it's no big deal, even after he was privileged enough to receive treatment. I'm fuming even thinking about the things I've withstood while he rests for hours after a little pain. If you believe this is an insignificant thing to criticise a book for, imagine being in agony for hours and withstanding it because people dismiss your pain. Imagine a man getting treatment for it, getting knocked a tiny bit, then resting for hours. Not to mention, it was a pretty shitty representation.
Where do I begin with my critiques of the romance? Firstly, Travis literally isn't interested in her until she 1) gets a haircut and wears tighter clothes and 2) another man takes an interest in her. I don't understand how that's romantic in the slightest? It takes him a significant amount of time to realise his opinion should've been the same before she changed, but I still thought it was gross behaviour.
"With a handful of little-sister tit.
'Christ, Georgie.' He let her go like she'd caught fire, but not before registering the fullness of her breast, the way it tucked into his palm like a sweet little peach, her nipple tightening on contact."
Y'all were really thirsting over a man who referred to a girl as his "little sister" during sexual acts. He literally grabs her boob early in the book and says "little sister tit". LITTLE. SISTER. TIT. Then, during a sex scene, he proceeds to think about her as a little sister again. It's disgusting and I don't understand why it's supposed to be sexy. Please read the above quote and acknowledge that he thought of her in a young, sisterly way while TOUCHING HER BOOB and LIKING IT. Again, how is this romance? Why does everyone think it's sexy?
"Virgin or not, you've thought about riding this dick or you wouldn't have dropped your skirt for me. Tell me I'm right."
In addition, I hated how Travis would constantly point out Georgie was a virgin and he was the first man to participate in sexual acts with her. Even the thought of kissing her "virgin lips" and being the "first man to claim her mouth" had me cringing so hard, I think I have a kink in my back now. I despise the notion that all women in romance books
have to be virgins and only have sex with one man in their lives, while their male counterparts have slept with the entire population of a small country.
"Sexual pain slashed across his face, his body growing rigid. 'Baby girl. I pump against this pussy one more time and I'm not coming anywhere but balls deep. Those panties are history. You hear me? You see how fucked up I am?"
"An earthquake. Her orgasm obliterated her, twisting her loins like a pretzel and squeezing while her legs fought for purchase against the overwhelming nature of it."
My dinner came back up my throat multiple times while reading this book. The sex scenes - that everyone said were phenomenal - were the most cringeworthy things I've ever read. I sat in my bed with tears streaming down my face, cackling uncontrollably because none of this was steamy. It made me never want to read a romance book ever again. The above quote wasn't even the worst of it.
"But he'd get over that part. They hadn't engaged in the main event, so he probably just had some extreme form of blue balls. If it meant spraining his fucking wrist, he'd handle the problem sooner or later."
"She was the epitome of wholesome. Until he got her on her back, apparently. Nothing wholesome about how she came. His dick pushed against the front of his fly and he cursed."
If I discovered a man had these thoughts about me, I would fucking floor it to a separate country. It's disgusting. The sheer amount of references Travis made towards his hard dick was disgusting and off-putting. These characters are both constantly objectifying each other, though, I'll balance it out. I don't think anything that seriously utters the phrase "concrete buttocks" should get more than 1 star. I'm serious. Read the first chapter.
DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FUCKING "BABY GIRL" PET NAME. I gagged. It wasn't cute in the slightest. It additionally helps that he always refers to Georgie as a "little sister" and a fucking "baby" girl. What are you trying to tell us, Travis?
Romance aside, this book was fucking boring beyond words. The fake dating aspect doesn't begin until 40%, with Travis being an absolute asshole the entire time, only just learning from his mistakes. The only thing I could appreciate about this was Georgie and Rosie's characterisation, otherwise, it was an absolute hellish experience. My eyes are sore from rolling them back into my head so often. This book has honestly put me off reading romance books. And that's a lot coming from me.
I'm sorry if this review is abrasive and informal, but I'm genuinely mad people advertised this as the best romance book of our time, and it absolutely sucked ass. I wish my expectations weren't so high for it, then I would've at least given it a 2 star rating.
Rating: really liked it
DNF @ CHAPTER 14
After several starts and stops, its official, I’m pulling the plug on my first Tessa Bailey. I kept telling myself that if I just pushed through a little further, at some point the story would
really grab me. At 182 pages, that little exercise has proven futile. So, in the name of
living reading my best life, I think it’s time to cut my losses and move on to something more worthy of my time.
I can’t deny, the uber-cute, smile-inducing cover made it darn near impossible to stop the runaway train of possibility in my brain. But, as we all experience at one time or another, the cover—no matter how great—is in no way indicative of the journey that awaits the reader. It all comes down to the combination of words and the feelings those words happen to inspire.
I found Fix Her Up to be a recycled mix of one too many romance tropes, told through a cast of characters I couldn’t take seriously, and sorry to say, all done with a bland delivery. Bailey’s words lacked the charisma necessary to keep this finicky reader engaged.
And while there are bound to be hoards of readers who find virginal 23-year-old Georgie quirky, I’m not one of them. How was I supposed to take the girl seriously when (1) she’s a clown (
are there even any children on planet Earth that like clowns anymore?), (2) she’s
never been on a date (
say what?) and (3) she just realized after a childhood of hand-me-downs that she could shop somewhere other than the thrift store (
insert eye-roll here)? In Georgie's defense, *
fix her up* correlates to the growth she strives for in multiple facets of her life—career, home, and physical appearance improvements—not only the fake relationship that she lands herself in. Yawn.
Those who know me best, know my inner giddy girl is not one to shy away from the steamy scenes. BUT when that seems to be the only part of the story that’s managing to hold my interest, it’s time to cut and run. Although, I’ve gotta say, good ole “
Two Bats” really knows how to make a girl blush.
*wink*As always, this is simply the opinion of one reader; and a picky one at that. You shouldn't let my thoughts hinder your own experience or keep you from delving into Georgie and Travis’ little scheme. You never know, this might be
your next favorite.
*Thank you to Avon Books for sending a review copy. ♥
Rating: really liked it
Once you read a Tessa Bailey romance, there is no going back... And FIX HER UP is not an exception because you will fall in love with Travis and Georgie instantly... 
Instantly you are drawn to this
marvelous cover, and then you read the synopsis and you think... "WOW GIVE ME THAT BAD BOY RIGHT THIS MOMENT! Let me just start this review by saying that if you have not read a book by Tessa Bailey then why are you even here? I mean, why are you waisting your time by reading this review?
(Totally kidding... maybe not... I don't know...) But in all seriousness, if you have not read a book by Tessa then I HIGHLY recommend that you start as soon as you can. There is no
denying that Tessa's writing is unique in its own way. The best kind of way that will have you drawn to the page, making you crave more and more through every turn of the page, every swipe you make, every word you may listen. With FIX HER UP, she has gained so much more respect than what I original had towards her, because of how she describes the female main character—Georgie.
When you are first introduced to
Travis and Georgie, you do not expect the scene that you read. That's how Tessa bring the BAM to the beginning of the story. Known from their childhood, and been neighbors who live in Long Island (which is where I am from **squeals**), and grew apart because of their own differences.
Travis becoming a professional baseball player, whom throughout out ends up getting injured and his career comes to an end. Georgie has known him since she was little, the youngest sister of Travi's best friend Steven. Always running around and following them as a child. She always attended all his games, Travis' biggest cheerleader, Georgie became enamored by him. To him,
Georgie has always been Steven's little sister that no one pays attention to. But after one hangover morning, Travis' perspective towards her changes in the best of way. She is now all grown up, has bought her own house, is a clown for a living... YUP! You read that correctly, one of my favorite female characters of 2019 is a CLOWN FOR A LIVING!
Georgie is a clown for a living ladies a gentlemen, it does not get better than this. And
I am not being sarcastic at all. Seriously... I am NOT! I love that Tessa has created a female role in which she enjoys the perspective of entertainment for kids. Yes, it is a fictional story in a fictional world but I just adore how unique her career is in comparison to other careers we read about in romance novels. She is an independent individual, in which is also another shot of perfection about this novel. She is all grown up now,
but grown up in the best of way that Travis slowly learns to adore and love most about her. The affection he has towards her charisma and attitude really warms your heart. You just want to hug Travis, you want to ravish him! Of course in the best of ways... **wink wink** But he is not only sweet, he is this
possessive, jealous, delicious and scrumptious of a specimen. Seriously ladies (and gents, depending on your taste) you will be enthralled at how lovable Travis truly is. Especially when he is in awe of Georgie;
"He wanted to give her pleasure. Wanted to protect her. And fuck the consequences, he wanted to turn himself into her addiction..."
The story plot itself continues after agreeing to a deal of being in a
fake relationship for the sake of his career and hers as well. Pretending turns into wanting more between them both when it comes down to the emotional and physical side of a relationship. Travis' restraint is at its thread or truly wanting Georgie, while she is virgin who is still enamored with her childhood/teenage crush. Once they are together however, everything around dissolves and it's only
them two. The witch craft that Tessa has with her writing is one that always fascinates me and truly does leave me flabbergasted. And once you read their story, your heart will forever be melted with Tessa's writing.
Overall, FIX HER UP is a comedic
romance novel that will forever be engraved to your heart. Once you read Tessa's writing, there is no going back. There is no thinking "Oh should I read it?" There is only thinking "adding to my TBR and my bank account is going to hate me." (**laughs at own joke) Thank you to Tessa for always being a sweetheart, Long Island girls have to stick together in the best of ways ;)
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Rating: really liked it
Don’t listen to this average rating of 3.58 😒 go read this book it’s amazing and will have you sweating ITS SO HOT
Rating: really liked it
confession - i was completely prepared to hate this book. truly. ive read pretty much nothing but bad reviews for this but, like a car wreck, i just couldnt stop myself from looking.
so imagine my complete shock when it turned this wasnt a total car wreck of a story, but a story that gives you the same feeling you get when you hit every green light. just a constant go, go, go feeling of everything great. humour and banter and love and friendships and woman empowerment and crazy hot baseball players. like, athletes have never really been my thing, but wow. travis could seriously get it.
the idea of the story isnt super original - ive read countless variations of this story across multiple romance novels - but thats why i liked it. its familiar, wholesome, entertaining (albeit sometimes cringy), and comforting. the writing/storytelling style actually reminded me a lot of
‘the bromance bookclub,’ which i also adored. so im excited to see what this series will offer next!
↠ 4 stars
Rating: really liked it
calling your dick two-bats isn't cute 😣 Travis is a dummy bitch
is he trying to be batman??? baby boy, you could never 🙄🙄🙄🙄
also, Georgie from this book reminds me of Georgie from IT and the Georgie in this book is a clown but the Georgie in IT got eaten by a clown 🤡🤡🤡
this book was boring and the only thing giving me motivation to read this were the sexy scenes 🤷♀️
Travis is the actual clown 🤡
I also cannot get over how he said “My dick aches so bad. Make it stop.” LMAOO it's just so.... funny. Your dick is always aching. It will never stop 😪
this book was trash
buddy read w a Sol
Rating: really liked it
right from the start i have to tell you that i am aghast that this is a published book in 2019. i understand that this is an adult romance and a lot of books in this genre have problematic elements. i don't understand, however, why it is necessary to include them in a 2019 release. the possessiveness, the sexism, all of it is just so wrong and just plainly bad.
first of all, travis literally isn't interested in georgie until she changes her style (haircut + tighter clothes) and another man takes an interest in her.
travis seems to have a very bad possessive streak. but not only him. everyone else seems to be of the opinion that women belong to men. in this case georgie either belongs to stephen, georgie's brother (who can honestly CHOKE) or travis himself. travis always seems to be apprehensive about getting physical with georgie becaue she's his best friend's little sister and because he might have a problem with it. like, boy, she is her own person,
she is 23, she knows how to make her own decisions. in the end he says:
“some part of me still thought of you as my friend's little sister. not anymore. you're all mine now. i'll take you how i want.“
where do i even begin explaining what's wrong with this?
stephen also almost punches travis because of his relationship with georgie (at this point, they are still only fake-dating, but obviously, stephen doesn't know that) and says stupid shit like
"i think you know i have to", like no, you literally don't??
this "woman belongs to man" thing also appears when they are in bed together.
"i've got no fucking right to be between these legs."
"you do. i gave it to you."
and this is so important. travis still doesn't see georgie as her own person, but still as someone who belongs to stephen. he apparently thinks that he needs stephen’s permission to be "between her legs" when no, that's not the case. she gave you her consent and that is the only thing you should worry about right now. she wants this. give it to her. start thinking of her as a human being and not as a property of someone else.
travis also seems to be of the conception that georgie needs his help and that she can't be around other men when he's not around because she can't protect herself, or, i don't know, i have no idea what that boy thinks half of the time. she talks FOR her when she is standing directly next to him. like, shut the fuck up and let HER talk. he seems to have the priority to keep other men away from her and that is just one step too much over the line; his jealously (that really is unreasonable because georgie's been in love with him for, like, forever) really got out of hand here. he feels SO threatened by other men, it's not healthy.
georgie mentions a lot how her family and the town they live in still see her as the child, the little sister she was when she was younger. travis assures her that he sees more than that. but he destroys his case when he calls her "baby girl" constantly. i probably missed a few, but i have counted 49 times. i can get behind the concept that he calls her that during sexy times, but outside of bed it's mostly inappropriate. if you see her as an adult, don't call her BABY girl all the time.
what i found a bit questioning was the repeated mention of georgie being a virgin. hear me out, it's totally okay and realistic for a 23-year-old woman to be a virgin, yes. georgie, howevery, is incredibly sex-positive so she definitely doesn't wait until marriage, and she masturbates frequently with the help of her vibrator dale (a fact that travis still doesn't seem to get behind and also feels threatened by??). of course, none of these are reason why she couldn't be a virgin, i just find it a bit unrealistic and it only seems to be an added feature to make her that "wholesome woman" travis can "deflower". travis thinks a lot abut her being a virgin and it's a motivation but also a reason for him to back away, i really don't get him.
travis is supposed to be this very mature guy who has all this sexual experience. if he really would have had all this experience, one could think he'd have his sexual arousal a bit more under control. he doesn’t. travis is literally a 16-year-old teenager. there is not one chapter where he doesn't have a boner, thinks about sex or imagines a very normal situation in a sexual context. this boy is horny ALL OF THE TIME. he gets a boner from a hug. this is so incredibly ridiculous.
i'm also very confused if he call his dick "two bats" or himself (because he has two bats: his baseball bat and his dick)??
we start this book off with travis basically being depressed because he lost his position as a pro baseball player due to a shoulder injury (that's never really talked about?), in the end he says that without georgie he never would've gotten out of that hole. he just seems very dependent on her, like, if she would leave he would just crumble back into his little cave. that, to me, seems very unhealthy because it sounds like "i'm better BECAUSE of her" and not "she helps me getting better".
let's come to the writing. it wasn't particularly bad but also not good.
there were a lot of ... treasures that i have to share with you.
• “the pleasure of the flesh” (which only sounds like a really bad band name)
• “classic sign of AN AROUSED MALE”
• “the giant appendage that made Georgie feel like she was sitting on a full aluminium foil roll” (I MEAN WHAT IS THAT? WHY IS SHE USING THESE WORDS TO DESCRIBE TRAVIS’S DICK WHAT)
• “his flesh” (a synonym for his dick? c'mon)
• “the organ in his chest” (you know, his HEART)
• “a cornered male”
• “the look of pure male exasperation (how does that differ from normal exasperation, please tell me)
• “contentment spread like JAM ON BREAD in her belly” (why do use these words for this comparison, I have so many questions)
• “male rapture”
honestly, i'm gonna kill myself if i have to read any of that one more time.
"he couldn’t help speculating on how her neck would taste. or the inside of her wrist."
this just sounds like he's a vampire and wants to drink her blood, why.
the sex scenes were ... an adventure. in general, they weren't too bad, the best one is probably is still the first one (at least they do the do in the bed). all of them are rather ridiculous instead of steamy, but to be honest, i have read worse.
the only thing i wish to unsee is
"with a handful of little-sister tit.". i am honestly crying because what the hell is that supposed to mean, please do not refer to her breast as LITTLE. SISTER. TIT. you have to see how wrong that is.
"sweet girl. so beautiful." "sweet man. so strong." at this point, i was mostly laughing, what even is that. (but can you see the difference how the refer to each other. girl. man. girl - not woman. but apparently he sees her as an adult, hmm)
aside from the problem with the amount of possessiveness there's also a hell lot of sexism (looking at you, stephen):
• “what he said yesterday wasn’t arrogance talking – it was simply more common for women to get attached when sex was part of the equation. basic science, right?”
• “there’s something up with the womenfolk”
• “by georgie’s third attempt to back into a parking space, travis was shaking his head.”(this is funny because women can't drive???)
• “typical feminine urge to squeal to her friends”
• stephen not allowing bethany, his sister, more freedom in their company when both of them inherited it because he’s a traditionalist?? wow, no, women can’t take on more responsibility than men or what I DON’T GET YOU, STEPHEN, HONESTLY
last but not least, the fucking proposal. what the hell was that. he proposed to her on PUBLIC TELEVISION. i honestly couldn't believe what i was reading. i just wanted to die and not in a good way. why the sudden change of heart? don't tell me georgie just changed your whole personality, wtf wtf wtf no i'm throwing up and crying and just BYE
this all sounds very negative, which it also is. but not everything was a total disaster. the Just Us League was great. women supporting women? hell yes, that's what i want to see. especially, since their goals weren't male related. they wanted to achieve their goals and dreams, and that was really nice to see.
also georgie in general was a good protagonist. yeah, she is a bit naive, but she grows and it mostly her own person with strengths and insecurities.
the pacing of this book was good. even if i had a lot of problems with it, i didn't want to put the book down. i just continued reading.
i wouldn't reread this book because honestly, i couldn't take another 400 pages of travis and stephen.
(i also just really hate the name travis)
1.5/5
Rating: really liked it
3.75*It’s quite possible I’m still blushing!☺️
I read all the reviews! I heard it was a steamy read! Yet I failed to believe a story revolving sweet little innocent Georgie having a long standing crush on a washed up baseball player could be a hot read!
Well ladies and gentleman…the gloves are off! Yikes! Heed the warning!
I listened to the audio which gave it that much more of a steamy air!
If this is your cup of tea... I recommend the audio! The narrators were a perfect match for the characters. They did a fantastic job!
I have the follow up
Love Her Or Lose Her on hold at the library! Just need to recover a bit from this one before diving back in! (Is it hot in here?)💁🏻♀️
Rating: really liked it
Well, it's official: Tessa Bailey is my love language. That was so incredibly satisfying, and I'm thrilled to see that a sequel featuring Rosie and Dominic is in the works! Also? I highly recommend doing yourself a favor and snagging the audiobook if you're the listening type, because Charlotte North is a confirmed angel.
*Audiobook borrowed from the library via Hoopla.
