Showing posts with label Jock Rule. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Top 10 of 2018: My Top Book Boyfriends of the Year with Giveaway


This year I'm participating in the Top 10 of 2018 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads.  Now today's actual topic was supposed to be captivating characters or favorite characters, but since I'd already kind of planned to do the same as last year's end of the year top 10, I am sticking with my favorite book boyfriends, which are, of course still characters.  These are in no particular order.

1.

Kip - who I started out picturing as a Jason Momoa lookalike, until it said he had blond hair.  Then I had to change my image a bit.  But what I loved most about Kip was his witty banter and snarkiness.

2.

Okay, that's not him, but Luke from this story is a great guy!  He's that best friend I wish I had, and again, I loved the banter and all the funny jokes and comments they made to each other.

3.

JLA always writes some of the best boyfriends, and Luc is no different.  He's no Daemon Black, but he's pretty close!  I can't wait to read more in this series, to learn just what all Luc is capable of.

4.

So, we didn't get much from his viewpoint, but I just loved Jake.  I think what I liked most about him was how he was able to deal with his love interest's sarcastic side, something that is totally me, something a guy would have to deal with me as well.

5.
Ash is the younger man I wish I could find.  I am a cougar technically because I like younger guys, but I am not a cougar really, because I am not aggressive at all.  So Ash is totally the type of guy I wish for all the time.




6.
Adam - hot and hilarious.  And I love that he give the main character's sarcasm and snarkiness right back to her.  Again, my perfect kind of guy.


7.

Pretty much any guy that K. Bromberg writes is a perfect book boyfriend. But Grayson Malone, hot dad, hot guy, yeah.  Just hot.  While some of the problems in the book were on his side and made me mad, I still would love to have my own Grayson.

8.

As much as I liked the first book in this series, Three Blind Dates, this second book which concentrated on Beck that we met in that first one, is my favorite.  Because, Beck.  'Nuff said.

9.

You've probably noticed this one on all the days this week. Well, of course it only makes sense that Leo is another of my new favorite book boyfriends.  He is just hilarious. The love-hate relationship is perfect. This is a book I can see reading over and over.

10.
Now I've got a tie here for this last one.




Okay, I love both of the boys in this series so far.  I can't decide which I liked more.  Miles, had to love him, how he dealt with his dirty-minded romance author woman.  But then there was Sam from Next in Line, and Sam was all man.  Outdoorsy, hot, hot, ginger, bearded.  Sigh.

RUNNER UP!!!

Okay, if you've followed me for very long, you know that Nate Sawyer from Before Jamaica Lane is tied for one of my three top book boyfriends.  Nate got a little novella this year, so he gets to make the list as a runner up, but I didn't count him as the top 10 since technically I've loved him for years.  



So, those are my top ten book boyfriends this year, top 11?  Top 12 actually?  How about you?  Do you have any new book boyfriends from this year?  Or, maybe in the spirit of the actual theme of Captivating Characters, who was your favorite character in the books you read this year?

Below is today's giveaway.  But I've posted three other giveaways this week on my other Top 10 posts:  Top 10 New to Me Authors, Top 10 Favorite Covers, and Top 10 Favorite Books.  

And hey, there aren't that many entries yet, so you have a good chance!  Go enter!  But share if you can!  Enter today and then come back tomorrow for yet another giveaway!  These will run until the end of 2018.

Giveaway:
Some more rules on this one.  There will be two prizes again. 
  • US only - Choose a physical copy of  Wait with Me by Amy Daws, Jock Rule by Sara Ney, Kiss My Ash by Leddy Harper, Four Day Fling by Emma Hart, or ebook from Amazon of any of the above books.
  • US or INT - Physical copy of The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Friday, December 7, 2018

Review Blitz: Jock Rule (Jock Hard #2) by Sara Ney

      

Book info: 
TitleJock Rule
Author:  Sara Ney
SeriesJock Hard #2
Genre:  New Adult sports romance
Release Date:  December 6th, 2018
Source:  E-galley received from InkSlinger PR which did not influence my opinion
My rating:  5  stars

Synopsis:
Kip Carmichael is no pretty boy.

He's a rough. Dirty. Giant. Hair so unruly, and a beard so thick, his friends on the team call him Sasquatch.

The first time Sasquatch lays eyes on Theodora "Teddy" Johnson across the keg at a party one night on Jock Row, she'd been relegated to the sidelines by her jock hungry "friends."

Week-after-week, he watches beautiful but bashful Teddy getting overshadowed, and overlooked. 
Sasquatch finally broad shoulders his way through the crowd, offering to to be her hairy godmother. But the minute their eyes meet? He's a goner.

Teaching her the RULES for winning a jock will be the easy part. Not falling in love with her is going to be a losing game.




My Review:
Oh my gosh, I want my own Kip!  I remember a time when any guy with facial hair was a yuck for me.  I preferred them like I guess Kip used to be, nice and clean-shaven and preppy.  But ever since a certain American Idol winner (David Cook), I've really been into guys with facial hair. And I'd have to say ever since Jason Momoa, I've been into the mountain men type of guys, like Kip.  Now at first, I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the description of Kip, because just the style of beard and hair in a man bun made me picture Jason Momoa.  And mmm-hmm, that was a nice picture.  Then I read a description of him as having dirty blond hair, and I realized that wasn't quite the right image that I had in my mind.  

But never mind the image, what really makes me want a Kip of my own was his funny banter with Teddy.  I was laughing so much at all their conversation, and the sarcasm and the snark, and it was just perfect!  And it wasn't just their banter, it was the fun conversations with the other rugby girls that Teddy met at Kip's match.  It was the texting between Kip and his sister Ronnie.  

There were so many things about this story that were just realistic to me as well.  So often I feel that characters do things in stories just to create drama, that people wouldn't really behave that way.  I love that Kip didn't go off and get weird with Teddy when he realized she was poor.  That he didn't assume she was after him for his money when she came to his house.  I like how his parents really were, not that they were the snobby rich people you might assume from his own anecdotes and thoughts about them.  I like that even though Teddy wanted to defend her friends, she actually realized pretty quickly that they weren't the best friends, and that she could do better.  And I really liked how they behaved after the whole first time of fooling around.  It was nice to see the awkwardness be there, but also be realistically dealt with, without going overboard and creating more drama in the story just for the sake of having more drama.

Once again I loved this author's story.  I can't wait for more from her, although I still have a couple of her first series to go back and read, so it's not like I can't get my fix!


  
About the Author:
Sara Ney is the USA Today bestselling author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte's, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.

She lives with her husband, children, and her ridiculously large dog.  

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Cover Reveal: Jock Rule (Jock Hard #2) by Sara Ney

       

Kip Carmichael is no pretty boy.

He's a rough. Dirty. Giant. Hair so unruly, and a beard so thick, his friends on the team call him Sasquatch.

The first time Sasquatch lays eyes on Theodora "Teddy" Johnson across the keg at a party one night on Jock Row, she'd been relegated to the sidelines by her jock hungry "friends."

Week-after-week, he watches beautiful but bashful Teddy getting overshadowed, and overlooked. Sasquatch finally broad shoulders his way through the crowd, offering to to be her hairy godmother. But the minute their eyes meet? He's a goner.

Teaching her the RULES for winning a jock will be the easy part. Not falling in love with her is going to be a losing game.

 

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 Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte's, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British. She lives with her husband, children, and her ridiculously large dog.

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