Review: Predictable and occasionally annoying
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
I really, really wanted to love this book. I was super excited to read about a romantic hero that is not an alpha male (although I love me a good alpha male). I figured it would be new and fun and a little more like real life. Andy was exactly what I wanted him to be. He was hot, fun, and reminded me more of the men I'm likely to meet. Lucy, on the other hand, annoyed the crap out of me. She was kind of a snob. Now I understand that we all have deal breakers when it comes to dating. A friend of mines rules are pretty much the same as Lucy's - no lies, no living with parents, must have a job...but the difference between my friend and Lucy is that my friend doesn't spend time with, get to know and hook up with guys who don't follow her rules.I understand chemistry and boy did Lucy and Andy have some smoking hot chemistry from the very minute they met, but if you can't overlook things like those deal breakers, then you have to overlook the chemistry. Lucy kept ignoring her rules, but then would lecture Andy about not having a job or "mooching" off of his mom. She sounded rude and a little stuck up.Overall I enjoyed the book. I liked Lucy and Andy together when Lucy wasn't talking so much. I liked how things worked out with Lucy's cousin Becca, who I thought was super annoying and had a screw loose. I kept wanting someone to get rid of her, but in the end I actually liked her. Same thing with Lucy's ex Dell. He annoyed the crap out of me in the beginning, but I was happy with how things worked out with him as well. I wasn't surprised by how things ended up in the book, in fact I pretty much predicted it early on.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley