REVIEW: Playing the Player by Lisa Brown Roberts

Playing the Player 
by Lisa Brown Roberts
Release Date: September 14th 2015 by Entangled: Crush
Pages: 400
Genres: Romance, Young Adult
Author's Links: Goodreads, Website, Twitter, Facebook
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The Good Girl Vs. The Player

Round one begins...

Trina Clemons needed the money. Why else would she - the most organized, prepared student in school - spend the summer as a nanny and partner with the biggest slacker ever? Now she's ready to tackle nannyhood with her big binder of research and schedules. Just don't ask her about the secret job of "fixing" the bad habits of a certain high school player...

Slade Edmunds prefers easy hook-ups, and Trina is definitely not his type. She's all structure and rules, while Slade wants to just have fun. Fortunately, Trina has no idea about the bet Slade made with his best friend that he can totally get her to unwind by the end of summer...

Then the weirdest thing happens. There's chemistry. A lot of it.

But nothing gets between a boy and a girl like a big, fat secret...
(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)

My Review:

I completely loved reading Playing the Player, the author did a great job bring something new to the book that just made it enjoyable to read. It was a total page-turner for me and that says a lot about the book. From the great cover to the intriguing synopsis, Lisa Brown Roberts brings a whole new twist to your typical good girl vs player type-of-story. 

In the beginning we meet Trina Clemons, an organizational girl by nature, who also takes her job as a nanny very seriously. Needless to say, she has a binder full of ideas and schedules to drive one crazy, and even though everyone gives her second looks after meeting her, she is very good at her job. It is because of this that she is given a top secret task by the moms of the kids that she takes care of. She is to train, Slade Edmunds, and keep him from getting in trouble, and she is going to get a raise. That pretty much seals the deal for her, especially when she needs the money to get a new computer and to help her mom. But the minute she is faced with two toddlers and Slade things start to get very real for her, and she is going to have to decide whether putting herself in that situation is worth it after all.

For Slade Edmunds, his looks and popularity are very important to him. But when his mom tells him that she got him a job as a nanny, he is not very happy at all. Yet he accepts the challenge and is willing to do anything to prove to his parents that he can do whatever comes on his way. Soon he meets Trina and although their relationship is a bit rocky at the beginning, it slowly turns into something else. It all seems to be working out, but the secret that Trina and his mom have kept from him have hurt him the most, and that is when he will have to decide what to do next.

I absolutely loved the overall idea of this book, and how the author executes every scene. The characters have their own issues that they need to resolve, but when the two are together, they work very well together. Overall, I highly recommend it. :)

***ARC provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review.***

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REVIEW: Mia and the Bad Boy by Lisa Burstein

Mia and the Bad Boy 
by Lisa Burstein
Release Date: May 19th 2015 by Entangled: Crush
Series: Backstage Pass #2
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Young Adult
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Author's Links: Website, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter

This good girl’s about to meet her match…

Ryder Brooks is living the dream—he’s famous, loved by millions of girls, and miserable. All he really wants is to write his own music, not Seconds to Juliet’s sugary sweet pop. In order to do that, though, the “bad boy” of the band will have to play by the rules. And that includes behaving with his new—and super cute—über-good-girl tutor.

Mia Reyes is in fangirl heaven. Tutoring her favorite member of her favorite band? It’s a dream come true…until it turns into a complete nightmare. Ryder is nothing like she thought. He’s crude, arrogant, and pretty much a total jerk. And the worst part? She’s roped into pretending to be his girlfriend so that no one finds out he’s being tutored. Fake kisses, plenty of PDA, and even sharing his hotel room…

But sometimes even the baddest of bad boys needs a little redemption.

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(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)

My Review:

I absolutely loved this book! The first book in the series, Aimee and the Heartthrob was such a cute romantic story that when I found out that there was going to be a second book in the series, I couldn't pass down the opportunity to read it. The characters are different just so that everyone knows, but they are linked since they are part of a band, so we do get to see the previous characters in the this book as well. This book had me laughing, and swooning over the main characters, it was just a very enjoyable read. 

In this book, it follows another member of the Seconds to Juliet band, Ryder Brooks. He is the ultimate bad boy and an essential member of the band, yet what everyone doesn't know is that he really wants to do something more than just be a heartthrob to millions of girls around the world. He wants to go to college and write his very own music. But to do that he needs to pass an exam, so he enlists the help of Mia Reyes, his new tutor. 

Mia Reyes never dreamed of tutoring one of her favorite members of her favorite band, but when Ryder's manager asked Mia to tutor Ryder in return for a generous offer. Mia had no choice but to leave her family and go on tour with the band, but nothing could have prepared her when she finally got to meet Ryder Brooks, never in a million years she would have thought that he was going to be a total jerk to her. Now to make things worse, he has decided to have Mia as his fake girlfriend so that no one knows that he's being tutored, not even the other members of the bad. But the soon fake kisses in front of reporters, and the alone time that have to together start to turn into something neither of them expected. 

There were a lot of things that I enjoyed about this book, it sets the pace right away, and as readers we get to see Mia and Ryder connect as the two spend more time together. Mia has a sweet personality, yet she knows how to handle herself when she is caught up in all sorts of situations. One of her biggest dreams is to sing, but her parents have always told her that singing was not going to be a good career for her. Now that she is with the band, and Ryder, she soon starts to discover what she truly wants for herself. Whereas Ryder, he is a charming playboy who knows what he wants to achieve with his career and how to get there. When the two connect, they understand each other and their fears that makes the book relatable to read. I personally liked their scenes when they're not with the band, they are just so romantic! Overall, the story was well-written, and thought out. The ending was my favorite part overall, it truly brings everything together. I highly recommend it. :)

*ARC provided by Entangled Teen in exchange for an honest review.*

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Aimee and the Heartthrob by Ophelia London

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