Crazy Stupid Fauxmance Review + #Giveaway!

Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance
Creative HeArts Series
Book #3
Shelle Roberts

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 18, 2016

Publisher: Entangled: Crush

ISBN: 978-1633756274

ASIN: B01DJ0XZD6

Pages: 166

Goodreads Rating: 3.73

My Rating: 5.0

Book Description:

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains a kickass heroine, a boy so hot he’ll make you shiver, and a falling-in-love story fit for the big screen. You’ll want to settle in and have the popcorn ready.

After Mariely Hinojosa and Cabot Wheeler both break up with their significant others at the same party, Mariely sees a way to get even with both of their exes. Everyone knows that the best way to get over a breakup is a hookup—a fake hookup, that is. Three weeks, all fun, no strings, and definitely no heartbreak at the end.

But somewhere between the sweet hand-holding and melt-your-mind kisses, their fake relationship starts to feel less like an act and more like the real thing…but Mariely’s a free-spirited girl from the other side of the tracks, and Cabot’s the hot trust-fund guy from the Hills.

They’d never work for real…

Mariely and Cabot Book 1 of 3

Mariely and Cabot Book 2 coming Winter 2017

My Take on the Book:

That was extremely cute! 

This book was literally EVER-EE-THING! 

I am already a fan of this series having read book 1 of the Tru and Sloane portion; but I wasn’t particularly sure I’d fall in love with this book since it was an entirely new author…. One I have never read a thing from. Obviously, I loved it!

The characters in this book seemed to be more realistic and a bit more developed than the last book in this series that I read. 

Maybe it was Mariely’s special way of saying amazing that is very reminiscent of my own ah-maze-ing, her Latin ethnicity or her sassy spunk that made me feel more connected to the main character or maybe the writing was just that good; either way, I devoured this book in one sitting. It had me super bummed out when the book ended.

 5 Quills

I’m excited to read the follow up and may have bought Willa’s book in this series since I kinda loved her character. The minor drops to her storyline made me pretty interested so there is that! Plus I love the whole Finn and Cabot friendship (thought I really really loved Cabot who's worked his way into my top 10 list of book boyfriends) and I feel like that is gonna play a big part in the remaing books for these particular group of friends :)

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About The Author

There are three things (besides her family) that Shellee loves more than Netflix: Dr. Pepper, OTPs, and book boyfriends (I’m looking at you, Gilbert Blythe).

Shellee has been told that her life goal as a writer should be to win prestigious awards that will grant her literary immortality, but as an OG ‘shipper (like, seriously, Tad and Dixie--my first hardcore ship) all she really wants is to create two characters that people love so much they give them a cool mashup name.

Shellee spends her days living the dream with her family in Austin, Texas--and by living the dream she means waking up at the crack of dawn to go to work, chauffeur, walk dogs, do dishes, and fold laundry. At night she gets down to to real business, basking in the warm, blue glow of her computer screen and bringing the stories in her head to life on the page...or watching Veronica and Logan fan videos on YouTube till 2am.

Tomorrow she’s definitely going to kick that procrastination problem to the curb.

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Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru by Tera Lynn Childs Book Review

Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru
Creative HeArts
Book #1
Tera Lynn Childs

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance (Clean)

Release Date: September 14, 2015

Publisher: Entangled Crush

ISBN: 978-1633754256

ASIN: B014CS5MNU

Paperback Pages: 235

E-Book Pages: 199

Goodreads Rating:  3.67

My Rating: 4.0

Book Description:

When life gives you a blank canvas, make art.

Sloane Whitaker hates everything about moving to Texas. She hates leaving behind her friends and half her family in New York, starting over senior year at Austin’s NextGen Academy, and having to say she lives in Texas. Most of all, she hates that it’s all her fault. If she wants to earn her way back to the Big Apple, she has to prove she can still be the perfect daughter. 

Which means no vandalism art, no trouble at school, and absolutely no Tru Dorsey, her serial screw-up neighbor, who loves nothing more than pushing her buttons.

But from the moment he vaults onto the roof outside her bedroom, there is something about him that makes her want to break every rule. Suddenly it’ s not the ten things she hates about Tru that are at the top of her list. It’s the ten reasons she doesn’t want to be without him.

 My Take:

Awww. This was a super cute story with a feisty heroine and a swoon worthy love interest. It’s a cute artsy coming of age love story and the laughs are abundant.

I loved - and hated - that it had a series issue. I loved it, because it made the story that more realistic but I hated it because there wasn’t really a resolution for this problem. It sort of became a backseat problem and our heroine was NOT very heroic, choosing instead to do nothing except make a silent vow that she would do something in the future should the situation get worse.

Honey, the situation is already a massive shit stain.

I don’t like that something so serious was introduced and just left in the air and took away from an otherwise great book that I didn’t want to put down.

It’s my understanding that this is part of a series, so I can only hope that the subject in question will get a resolution.

It’s worth mentioning that this is not a very long read and I finished it in about 3ish hours but it is pack full of info and not in that shove it down the reader’s throats way. It’s kinda subtle, leaving you to feel as if you actually know these characters and what make them tick. You are absolutely rooting for them and are happy when good things come their way.

Another thing I should mention…. I was feeling nostalgic and that is initially why I picked this book for a review. I admit, I thought this was going to be some 10 things I hate about you knock off. Please note, it most definitely is not. It’s a catchy name but I kinda feel like this book is strong enough to stand on its own and does not need the catchy name that makes one think of the charming Julia Stiles/ Heath Ledger movie.

Also, I am pretty sure there is more going on in her ‘home’ life that Sloane is unaware of and I feel like that is another mystery left unsolved. Something that left me wanting as a reader.

It’s a really good book, if a little clichéd and predictable but I guess in this case, the predictability made it more believable.

4 Quills

I sincerely hope that I get a chance to read more about Tru and Sloane since there wasn’t much of a resolution with them and an open-ended… well ending for lack of a better word. This book had a lot of potential and even with my dislikes I feel pretty sure that the next, if less ‘holes’ are presented will make this series an unforgettable one.

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About The Author

Tera Lynn Childs is the RITA-award-winning author of the mythology-based Oh.My. Gods. and Goddess Boot Camp, the mermaid tales Forgive My Fins, Fins Are Forever and Just For Fins, and a kick-butt trilogy about monster-hunting descendants of Medusa that includes Sweet Venom, Sweet Shadows, and Sweet Legacy. She has published two e-novellas, Goddess In Time and Pretty In Pearls, and self-published her City Chicks sweet chick lit series. Tera lives nowhere in particular and spends her time writing wherever she can find a comfy chair and a steady stream of caffeinated beverages.

 

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