Review: Love the dynamics between Alexis and Zach and Dakota!  Great story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
I received a complimentary e-copy of Rushed in exchange for an honest review.Zach is one of 4 houseboys at the Delta Delta Psi sorority house. His duties range from cooking, house maintenance, to protecting the sisters. He gets free room and board and also a small paycheck which he desperately needs since his parents have basically written him off for reasons he doesn't ever talk about to anyone. The most important rule for all the houseboys is that under no circumstances are they to be involved with any of the sisters and it's a rule that Zach has never had a problem with... until Alexis.Alexis is destined to join the Double Deltsies, after all her mom is a legacy in the sorority. She's just looking forward to having the college experience and being in a sorority isn't something that she feels is a necessity. Her mom thinks otherwise and Alexis has to decide if she wants to suck it up and pledge or deal with the repercussions from her parents if she doesn't pledge.During rush week, she meets Zach at the house and she feels an instant attraction to him. Now there's another consideration to her decision since being a Double Deltsie means there's no way anything could happen between her and Zach or each of them could be kicked out of the house permanently.She makes her choice and now to complicate things even further, her assigned mentor, Morgan, has her eye on Zach too and she quickly picks up that there's something going on between Zach and Alexis. And the president of the frat that hangs out with the Deltsies is Dakota who has his own eye on Alexis. Dakota is the former best friend of Zach. Throughout high school Dakota fell short of Zach in just about everything. Zach was the first string quarterback, Dakota was the second string quarterback. Zach was voted most popular, Dakota came in second. Dakota picks up on the attraction between Alexis and Zach and doesn't want to come in 2nd this time. Dakota also is one of the few people in the world that know Zach's issues and it was when he outed Zach that caused the rift in their friendship.I loved Rushed. I liked that we got to be inside both Zach's and Alexis' heads as the chapters alternated between their point of views. As much as I liked Alexis, I really loved Zach. My heart broke for him as he dealt with his feelings of unworthiness, guilt, and longing for something he knew he couldn't have and I smiled for him whenever something good happened to him because he so deserved it. I loved everything that Rushed has going for it - there's a behind the scenes look at sorority life, a forbidden attraction, betrayal, guilt, secrets and at the root of it all is a blossoming love that you can't help but root for.This is the first book that I've read by Gina Robinson, but I'm looking forward to reading more by her!