Review: A Fun Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
Need someone to cover for you and be your Friday night alibi while you're out on a date with a non-parent approved person?  No problem!  Just give Kelli Pinkins a call, and she'll hand you one of her many pre-made folders of what you and Kelli did that Friday!  No parent in their community of gazillionaires would object to their sons going on a respectable date or their daughters spending BFF time with sweet, Christian, straight-A, responsible Kelli.  In fact, Kelli's raking in the dough for college and providing a valuable alibi service to hep protect her clients' trust funds until they hit 21.  But then, Chase Moroney has to go and ruin it all by making her want to be more than the alibi girl...Wow.  I loved this book!  It wasn't what I expected, but it was still so entertaining!  I had expected Kelli to be a poor, struggling student wanting to scrape enough money to pay for college, but she's not.  She's actually quite rich and doesn't need the money at all!  Since this is new adult, I was expecting the book to have a medium to high heat level in the romance section, but it was actually low level and a sweet and clean read.  The strength of the novel is definitely in the humor and how the characters and interactions felt so real since they were all so charmingly flawed.Even though it's been more than a decade since I've seen the movie, I couldn't help but think of the movie "Clueless" when reading the narrator's voice.  It's written like we're her friend and she's pretty much talking to us as you'd expect a spoiled, rich teen girl friend.  While that sounds like it'd be annoying, it was actually quite hilarious reading her reactions as she's "talking" to us.  There were too many parts that I was smiling wide and one scene in particular that I couldn't hold back the laughter (which is a big deal since I read with my sleeping toddler next to me).Since Kelli is a spoiled brat to Chase at the start, it's hard to explain why I loved the character anyway.  There's just something about her outraged and offended thought processes that was too funny.  Plus, Chase is so funny in how he's so awkward while trying to get the girl at the start.  However, it's easy to love Chase's characters after a few chapters as he's so determined in his pursuit.  As for Kelli, once I realized why she has the alibi business when she really doesn't need the money, I really felt bad for her in that she's one of those poor little rich girls.Chase and Kelli deal with each other in totally immature but hilarious ways as each try to out do and out prank each other-think elementary pulling on a girl's pigtail to get her attention.  At the same time, it was awesome once they got over their horrible first meeting and got to know each other.  I definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys sweet and clean romances or new adult romances with comedy.  This is a 5 out of 5 for me!(Originally posted on my blog; I received a review copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.)