Review: Fun, flirty, sexy ... Zander will rock your world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
C.A. Harms has crafted a fabulous look at the ups and downs of college life and relationships. Riley has dated Parker for 2 years and thought he was the one until he finally showed his true personality. She escapes and then hides from life as she recovers. Being attacked by Parker really  did a number on Riley, I really think she never thought this would happen to her growing up with 4 brothers and being a tomboy but even she wasn't prepared for this personal of an attack. Getting back into the college routine, Riley works to recapture the life and feelings she had before the attack. Now living with her best friend, Kate, she works to come out of her hibernation by going with Kate and her brother Cody to a party where she meets Zander. Her first introduction to Zander is priceless, she really is tough as nails and poor Zander just, well, he doesn't know how to handle her. Just as she decides to give him a chance she finds him wrapped up with another girl. She ends up meeting Grant and they start to date but she can't get Zander out of her mind. I really enjoyed the pacing of their relationship – we had the first meeting and then time passes as she meets and dates someone else only to realize he isn't the guy for her then she ends up back in Zander's orbit. Of course, Zander has to break down the wall she constructed because she saw him with another girl. There are situations where Parker and Grant reappear only to cause drama but the angst centers around Zander's relationship with his best friend, Beth. I loved how this relationship unfolded – nothing felt forced or rushed and the struggles of having a best friend of the opposite sex is highlighted in a very honest way. A fun, flirty, sexy romance to escape life for awhile.