Review: I am so in love with this latest installment from Lyla Payne and her Whitman University series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
Lyla Payne has taken us away from campus to a fast paced European adventure that is unlike anything out there right now.  The romance is a sweet slow burn, the action and tension is intense and the story is brilliant.Each WU book is a stand alone, but this one more than any other is one you can pick up and enjoy without having read the rest of the series.  That being said, this is my favorite series out right now (yeah, I said it!) so I think you are really missing out if you don’t read the rest of them.Sam, our tennis pro hero is a total sweetheart that is much deeper and warm-hearted than his playboy exterior lets on.  He has been fleeced by his accountant for a lot (a loooot) of money, but that’s not enough for our money cruncher villain – he wants it all.  That’s when our beautiful and complex heroine Blair comes in.  I don’t want to give away anything so I will leave it at that, but trust me - she’s unlike anyone you’ve seen in a book or movie in a long time.So often romances either feature desperate sweet ninnies or “hard-to-get” written really more as just “bitchy.”  Not with Lyla, she writes tricky, tough girls that you can't help but like.  Blair is tough and frustrating at times but it always feels authentic, especially when we learn her backstory.Everything about Staying on Top is fun and unique and I just wish it were a movie because the brilliant imagery and lovely storytelling is so perfect I would love more ☺