Review: Pool Bubbles, Butt Shots, Morons & Stinkies, OH MY!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
I've ﻿realized I LOVE a great sense of humor and Cassie Mae is my type of girl!  She always finds a way to make me laugh, laugh, laugh in her books!  Friday Night Alibi was no exception.  Although you won't fully appreciate this until you read the book for yourself, I will never smell ANYTHING citrus again without thinking of Cassie Mae and her Friday Night Alibi!!Meet Kelli Pinkins, affluent, a bit spoiled, always does what's expected, more than a bit snobbish, and cares more than she should about what other people think.  She lives in a community that keeps her that way, because EVERYBODY knows EVERYONE, and they too are extremely judgemental and act not for themselves but for the image they want to portray to their community.  Even with all of her efforts to appear perfect to those around her, Kelli runs a business that would place her in the center of gossip and controversy in her small community, if her "occupation" is ever found out.  Kelli is "selling herself" so to speak, on a weekly basis to help her friends date people their families wouldn't approve of. If you have the money, Kelli will be your Friday Night Alibi.  Pretending to  date young men her family and community would approve of, Kelli lives a very sheltered, isolated and lonely exsistence.  Because of her business she spends most of her time alone in her room, playing Xbox Live.  She can only be 100% honest about herself to her best friend Sadie and to a guy she plays Xbox Live with but has never met.Sadie convinces Kelli to step out of her Friday Night bubble for one night, and when she does, it puts Kelli directly in the path of Chase Maroney.  Suddenly the girl that decides the only romance she needs in her life, is the "pretend boyfriends" of her Friday Nights, becomes tangled in a real life "frenemy" relationship with a guy she can't stop thinking about (or insulting.)Enter Chase Maroney:  I just have to say I LOVED chase. (The fact that Kelli feels like he resembles Joseph Gordon-Levitt, didn't hurt his appeal to me, either lol) Chase is a laid back college student, doesn't care what people think about him, totally selfless and the polar opposite of Kelli.  Chase has a quick wit, and a wicked sense of sarcasm and humor. Kelli & Chase's first encounter wasn't a positive one, yet you could tell Chase still saw something in her, even then.  Later on when they find out they new each other all along, I love the way that Chase won't let Kelli push him away, no matter what she does, and believe me she gets pretty creative in her efforts.  Even though this book lacks the "smexiness"  (my fave combination of smut and sexy lol) of most of the books I've read lately, Chase was totally a hottie, and DEFINITELY had his swoon worthy moments.  After being overexposed to sex scene after sex scene in most romance novels (not complaining I love a great sex scene) it was nice to see that a hot and heavy make out session can produce the same affect.  I found I had to fan myself after one of the kissing scenes.There is nothing hotter to me than the way Chase came over and took care of Kelli while she was sick, even though she takes every opportunity she can to let him know she doesn't like him or need him and whirls insult after insult at him. I guess I have a thing for "emotional/sweet" heroes, ancd Chase was totally that.  He never let's her push him away, because he knows how he feels for her, and he waits for her to figure it out on her own, how she feels for him.  I was sold on Chase from the beginning, however throughout the book I found at times I didn't like Kelli, lol, I just wanted her to hurry up and get with the program and realize how amazing this guy is!!  But leave it to Cassie Mae, to make me love both characters by the end of the book.  Kelli & Chase both have a sad back story that makes you understand EXACTLY why they live and interact the way they do.Friday Night Alibi was a sweet, FUNNY, sad, love story.  Filled with clever banter, hilarious insults and pranks.  It was refreshing to read a book that almost screams wholesome.  It reminds me of a coming of age tale, because I think that is exactly what happens to Kelli during this story, she matures, and she learns to SEE people for who they are, and not the package they come in or rich family they belong to.  I thoroughly enjoyed Friday Night Alibi, and I most definitely will read it again!