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lets9255's review
3.0
for me
This book was pretty good and I would recommend it. It could have gotten a higher rating from me but there was things I really dislike. Like the ending was too abrupt and it needed an epilogue. There were also just small things throughout the book that didn’t make sense, weren’t fully done or just not acknowledge. 3/5
This book was pretty good and I would recommend it. It could have gotten a higher rating from me but there was things I really dislike. Like the ending was too abrupt and it needed an epilogue. There were also just small things throughout the book that didn’t make sense, weren’t fully done or just not acknowledge. 3/5
thenextgenlibrarian's review
5.0
Okay Cookie, I see you! This NA romance got me out of my adult romance slump. I haven’t read anything that I just loved in a while. I was so pumped to find I loved the O’Brien family and am so excited that there are more siblings = more books. Can’t wait for the rest! On to book 2!
aaminah_zaki's review
1.0
Could not finish this book. Stopped at 15%.
Firstly what is so wrong with being a virgin during college that you need to lose your virginity before you graduate. This seems to be the common theme in most of these college books. Authors really need to find a way to respect those people who do not want to have sex during college or are virgins.
Secondly one or two things the hero said had really irritated me. One of the things he said was that
“A girl like that didn’t belong here around these jerks.”
I’m sorry but who the hell are you to decide where she can or can not be and funny thing when he had said this they had not met each other yet. Like I’m sorry but am so done with the heroine always being the one girl who should not be around assholes while all the other girls can be. No thank you if I want to spend some time with assholes I will and if I don’t then I won’t. Don’t need a man commenting on what I should do. Another thing he said that annoyed me was “this was no place for someone so, so…innocent.” Like ughhhhh wth dude. I mean first of all you haven’t even met her yet nor have you ever seen her before this party. How do you know what her personality is like. Makes me so angry even reading these kinds of sentences.
Thirdly why is it that every heroine is not like other girls and doesn’t like dressing up or wearing makeup and is always carrying a book with her. I mean I love reading but I don’t go around carrying a book to a party. What people who read books can party or dance or have a good time. Like the heroine is just supposed to be waiting for her H to come so she can learn to have fun and start dressing up and wearing makeup. It’s 2020 please get with the times authors. Heroines can wear makeup and dress up and party while being studious and kind and humble. They can sleep with anyone they want and not if they don’t want to and they can be freaking virgins when they graduate. There isn’t a bomb on their vaginas that explodes if they don’t have sex before graduation.
I understand that people have different opinions and this is just my opinion. If you don’t agree with it then it’s fine and if you do it’s fine as well.
Firstly what is so wrong with being a virgin during college that you need to lose your virginity before you graduate. This seems to be the common theme in most of these college books. Authors really need to find a way to respect those people who do not want to have sex during college or are virgins.
Secondly one or two things the hero said had really irritated me. One of the things he said was that
“A girl like that didn’t belong here around these jerks.”
I’m sorry but who the hell are you to decide where she can or can not be and funny thing when he had said this they had not met each other yet. Like I’m sorry but am so done with the heroine always being the one girl who should not be around assholes while all the other girls can be. No thank you if I want to spend some time with assholes I will and if I don’t then I won’t. Don’t need a man commenting on what I should do. Another thing he said that annoyed me was “this was no place for someone so, so…innocent.” Like ughhhhh wth dude. I mean first of all you haven’t even met her yet nor have you ever seen her before this party. How do you know what her personality is like. Makes me so angry even reading these kinds of sentences.
Thirdly why is it that every heroine is not like other girls and doesn’t like dressing up or wearing makeup and is always carrying a book with her. I mean I love reading but I don’t go around carrying a book to a party. What people who read books can party or dance or have a good time. Like the heroine is just supposed to be waiting for her H to come so she can learn to have fun and start dressing up and wearing makeup. It’s 2020 please get with the times authors. Heroines can wear makeup and dress up and party while being studious and kind and humble. They can sleep with anyone they want and not if they don’t want to and they can be freaking virgins when they graduate. There isn’t a bomb on their vaginas that explodes if they don’t have sex before graduation.
I understand that people have different opinions and this is just my opinion. If you don’t agree with it then it’s fine and if you do it’s fine as well.
thenextgenlib's review
5.0
Okay Cookie, I see you! This NA romance got me out of my adult romance slump. I haven’t read anything that I just loved in a while. I was so pumped to find I loved the O’Brien family and am so excited that there are more siblings = more books. Can’t wait for the rest! On to book 2!
books_with_manders's review
2.0
This was a cute read that dipped its toes in the NA end of the pool but spent most of the time firmly in the YA zone. Archer is the hot baseball senior. Honor is the stereotypical book nerd that decides it’s time to ditch her virginity and picks the jock who is a player - except she ends up with his older brother in a case of mistaken identity. They like each other, they flirt and they fall in love in 6 weeks or less. Meh.
theeditorreads's review
5.0
Synopsis:
This is the story of Honor Tierney and Archer O'Brien. While Archer is the captain of the Southern University's baseball team and the eldest of the O'Briens, Honor is a journalist for the campus newspaper. When a planned encounter results in a case of mistaken identities, which is followed by Honor being assigned to interview the baseball team, is it the start of something new?
Review:
The author is my favourite ever since I read Adorkable as she writes adorable stories. This one was dedicated to girls like Honor and you and me. Honor is introduced as the girl in a frat house party clutching a copy of [b:Jane Eyre|10210|Jane Eyre|Charlotte Brontë|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557343311l/10210._SY75_.jpg|2977639] (I so want to read it now, sitting pretty on my shelf since last year when I got a copy). She has book boyfriends, she dreams about them, she always has a book in her arms.
Twenty-one-year-old Honor and her friend have come up with The Plan and for its execution, they need the playboy O'Brien. There are six O'Brien siblings in all, the oldest Archer, followed by the twins Baylor and Chase, Dexter, Emilia the freshman, and the youngest at seventeen Finn. She mistakes the eldest O'Brien for the one she was chasing after. I just love O'Gorman's characters and their sporty family bonding!
As much bonding as there is between the O'Brien family, it is quite the opposite for Honor. And therein also lies the reason she fears falling in love. A perfect slow-burn new adult romance where the build-up is such a sweet one. Archer is too good to Honor, and Honor is what Archer needed. They complement each other beautifully and are exactly what the other deserves. When Honor interviews Archer, it had me sighing all along.
[a:Cookie O'Gorman|14924267|Cookie O'Gorman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1454165111p2/14924267.jpg]'s stories always have humour at just the right places, even though the burden that there always was on young Archer's shoulders seemed a bit unfair to me. But, the O'Brien siblings' shenanigans all through the story made up for it and the incident right at the end was the best of them all!
P.S. I need to read [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796], like, right now. Sigh!
“It’s not like one more Corona would've killed me."
I did a double-take at that. Of course, due to the present circumstances, before I remembered about the brand!
Thank you to InkSlinger PR for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings
This is the story of Honor Tierney and Archer O'Brien. While Archer is the captain of the Southern University's baseball team and the eldest of the O'Briens, Honor is a journalist for the campus newspaper. When a planned encounter results in a case of mistaken identities, which is followed by Honor being assigned to interview the baseball team, is it the start of something new?
Review:
The author is my favourite ever since I read Adorkable as she writes adorable stories. This one was dedicated to girls like Honor and you and me. Honor is introduced as the girl in a frat house party clutching a copy of [b:Jane Eyre|10210|Jane Eyre|Charlotte Brontë|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557343311l/10210._SY75_.jpg|2977639] (I so want to read it now, sitting pretty on my shelf since last year when I got a copy). She has book boyfriends, she dreams about them, she always has a book in her arms.
Twenty-one-year-old Honor and her friend have come up with The Plan and for its execution, they need the playboy O'Brien. There are six O'Brien siblings in all, the oldest Archer, followed by the twins Baylor and Chase, Dexter, Emilia the freshman, and the youngest at seventeen Finn. She mistakes the eldest O'Brien for the one she was chasing after. I just love O'Gorman's characters and their sporty family bonding!
Real life has too many tragedies. Happily-ever-after is something to strive for not scoff at. Being happy is one of the bravest things you can be.
As much bonding as there is between the O'Brien family, it is quite the opposite for Honor. And therein also lies the reason she fears falling in love. A perfect slow-burn new adult romance where the build-up is such a sweet one. Archer is too good to Honor, and Honor is what Archer needed. They complement each other beautifully and are exactly what the other deserves. When Honor interviews Archer, it had me sighing all along.
Someone should give those guys a modeling contract. Or write a book series about them.
[a:Cookie O'Gorman|14924267|Cookie O'Gorman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1454165111p2/14924267.jpg]'s stories always have humour at just the right places, even though the burden that there always was on young Archer's shoulders seemed a bit unfair to me. But, the O'Brien siblings' shenanigans all through the story made up for it and the incident right at the end was the best of them all!
P.S. I need to read [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796], like, right now. Sigh!
“It’s not like one more Corona would've killed me."
I did a double-take at that. Of course, due to the present circumstances, before I remembered about the brand!
Thank you to InkSlinger PR for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings
c_gard821's review
3.0
Meh
I liked certain elements of this book. Archer's family dynamic was sweet. Him and Honor were super cute.....but....this book was definitely more high school. The maturity level didn't quite scream college age to me, which was disappointing. It was a sweet enough book, but it didn't quite ring true for me and I was constantly pulled out of the story because of it. Not my favorite unfortunately.
I liked certain elements of this book. Archer's family dynamic was sweet. Him and Honor were super cute.....but....this book was definitely more high school. The maturity level didn't quite scream college age to me, which was disappointing. It was a sweet enough book, but it didn't quite ring true for me and I was constantly pulled out of the story because of it. Not my favorite unfortunately.
angelceit's review
5.0
Loved it! A sweet romance with great characters. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.