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Cocktails and Dreams (Cocktails and Dreams #1)
Jena Baker's life was a Type-A personality's dream: job she loved, degree almost finished, great friends... all firmly in her control until one night of insanity when her past collides with her present. After a New Year's Eve party in San Francisco, Jena wakes up in a strange hotel room beside her college crush, Nicholas Cooper. Funny thing, but showing her wild side to a...more
Paperback, 398 pages
Published
July 2012
by Omnific Publishing
(first published January 1st 2012)
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First, Jena's broken verbal filter gets me every time.
A book about the ups and downs of a very intense relationship between Jena & Nicholas who met back in college; mutual crushes and mutually stubborn until sometime later one night changes everything. It's about communication, patience, understanding, family, friends, love - the one you choose and the one that you're blessed with, that comes in many shapes, forms and volumes.
I loved reading the book, got a good laugh, cussed out the charac...more
A book about the ups and downs of a very intense relationship between Jena & Nicholas who met back in college; mutual crushes and mutually stubborn until sometime later one night changes everything. It's about communication, patience, understanding, family, friends, love - the one you choose and the one that you're blessed with, that comes in many shapes, forms and volumes.
I loved reading the book, got a good laugh, cussed out the charac...more
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Jenna has had a crush on Nick ever since her college days. They almost get together but Nick has to return home to Boston unexpectedly and never returns. She goes on with her life and fills her time with fabulous friends and a personally fulfilling job, but she is never able to shake her memories of him.
She can’t believe her eyes when she looks across a crowded bar on New Year’s Eve and sees him standing there. She decides that this time he is not going to ge...more
Jenna has had a crush on Nick ever since her college days. They almost get together but Nick has to return home to Boston unexpectedly and never returns. She goes on with her life and fills her time with fabulous friends and a personally fulfilling job, but she is never able to shake her memories of him.
She can’t believe her eyes when she looks across a crowded bar on New Year’s Eve and sees him standing there. She decides that this time he is not going to ge...more
The summary of this book got my attention, Nick & Jena met back in college were very into each other but never did anything about it, New Years Eve rolls around and they hook up, and of course I want to know what happens so I get the book. At first I was excited and I couldn't wait to see what this book was all about and how they would end up back together. But I personally feel the book was a little long and if the story was shorter it would of been better. It dragged on for a bit and I sta...more
Nicholas was a sophomore in college when he saw & fell in love with a freshman, Jena, on his rowing team. He pursued her throughout the semester, but was never confident enough to really show her how he felt. After having a great night at a party with her, he gets called home for a family emergency and never sees her again. At least not until a few years later on New Years Eve. He spots her from across the bar and immediately decides to go talk to her. Unfortunately, Nicholas had previously...more
I'd give this 1.5 stars if possible. The book seemed promising at first. Fun. But after the initial interest wore off it just seemed to go on … forever. I'm tired of reading the group romance/ bromance where everyone meets (or reconnects) and falls in love at the same time. It's everywhere right now and often feels unnatural.
Other stock elements also appear in the pages: the Big Misunderstandin (x3), parental disapproval of the new date, and cutesy dialogue that drove me batty. Despite all this...more
Other stock elements also appear in the pages: the Big Misunderstandin (x3), parental disapproval of the new date, and cutesy dialogue that drove me batty. Despite all this...more
WOW and WOW and WOW about sums it up for me. I can normally finish up book in a weekend (minus the distractions of a needy husband and puppy of course) but C & D was a different situation all together! I had to stop reading it for a few days at a time and when I was able get back to it, I found myself with the same problem each time...I was emotionally drained!! It had me laughing out loud one minute and crying big ol' snotty tears the next!! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for this story. F...more
Jenna has had a crush on Nick ever since her college days. They almost get together but Nick has to return home to Boston unexpectedly and never returns. She goes on with her life and fills her time with fabulous friends and a personally fulfilling job, but she is never able to shake her memories of him.
She can’t believe her eyes when she looks across a crowded bar on New Year’s Eve and sees him standing there. She decides that this time he is not going to get away. After a passionate night toge...more
She can’t believe her eyes when she looks across a crowded bar on New Year’s Eve and sees him standing there. She decides that this time he is not going to get away. After a passionate night toge...more
Aug 16, 2012
Elizabeth
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Romance Readers
Recommended to Elizabeth by:
Amazon
I laughed, I cried....Wonderfully descriptive. Autumn actually brings the characters to life in such a way that you feel you know them and are actually in the room listening to their bantering. This book has you feeling the emotions of the all characters. Brought back memories to me of years long past. Take your time, relax and enjoy this book. I just happened upon this book and was so glad I did.
Ugh. Gave up at 67%. (And I HAAAATE not finishing books!)
This is yet ANOTHER book that goes on, and on, and on, and on, with not a whole lot happening. Blah. Too long, and not enough of a story to keep me interested. And it reads like a fanfic.
And now, reading other people's reviews, turns out, it WAS once a Twilight fanfic. How do I keep stumbling upon former fanfics?!
This is yet ANOTHER book that goes on, and on, and on, and on, with not a whole lot happening. Blah. Too long, and not enough of a story to keep me interested. And it reads like a fanfic.
And now, reading other people's reviews, turns out, it WAS once a Twilight fanfic. How do I keep stumbling upon former fanfics?!
Super cute contemporary romance, set in Davis, CA. College crush turned drunken hook up...can they turn it into something real when they've started in the middle? This story is so reminiscent of those heady days of the mid-twenties, when you are a grown up, and you still haven't started your grown up life, but you are about to. Really sweet story, funny, cute.
I was fortunate enough to read this story in it's original ff form and see it's genesis into this gorgeous summer read. I've loved these characters forever and when they "speak" I hear their voices in my head. This happens because of Autumns wonderful writing style and ability to get into her own characters heads. There is so much more I can say about this book but I'll only bore you. Go buy it and read for yourself and you'll see what I mean. I can't wait to read more of Autumns work when it co...more
Liked it but sometimes got a little frustrated with the characters inability to just tell each other how they feel. Seemed like it was behind every problem they had and just wanted to yell at them. Made me happy when their friends eventually did =)
It was a little unnecessarily drawn out - with a few too many bumps in the road to the happily ever after that was expected from the very beginning. But there was a lot of great humor and an overall cute story.
I liked the love story between Nicholas and Jena but it definitely dragged on and was a little boring. I needed a little bit more out of the story, especiallu the sex scenes but overall it was a nice read.
Considering I held my bladder in check to finish... I shant mention the giggles that almost made me wee my pants about train station benches, but I digress.
Wonderful job, A! I laughed, I cried, and as I just said, I almost wee'd myself (actually more than once.)
All I have to ask now is... Next? :D
Wonderful job, A! I laughed, I cried, and as I just said, I almost wee'd myself (actually more than once.)
All I have to ask now is... Next? :D
I really enjoyed this book. It was a bit long, but the characters were really funny and storyline was good. Happy I came across this book.
i seriously wanted to slap both nick and jena upside the gead numerous times. that being said it was a truer to life story about the roller coasters within a budding relationship.
This was a good book but it seemed to drag on. Had me tearing up in a few parts but the story could have been wrapped up in less pages.
I wasn't impressed with this story. I went into it thinking it would be one way but it ended up being completely different. It was just meh for me.
Promising at first but never ending... Over dramatic. Didn't like the heroine after a while.
Aug 28, 2012
Vanessa E. Leigh
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I won't give this a rating, I read this when the "ORIGINAL" was free online
Jul 02, 2012
Yesyov
marked it as to-read
I'm really excited to read Autumn's story and eagerly await it's release!
A full review will be coming next week, but I'll go ahead and tell you that I loved it!
Read as a fanfiction.
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I enjoyed this book, although I wish it ended a little different.
Jul 25, 2012
Jill Fox
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Really enjoyed this book. Plenty of drama to keep me happy.
4.5 stars...
This book is well written and flows smoothly through the plot. The main characters are real and quirky and seem mostly rounded out, with my only observation being that they seem a little cliche. The love story is fun and has a happy ending like at the end of every romantic chick flick ever written. So yo conclude, it is cute and altogether a pretty good book if a little mainstream and predictable.
Adorable. I can't wait til this book goes out into the world. Really sweet story about being in love and working out who you are in relation to all that goes on in a new relationship. I really identified with the main character, and not just because she gets stupid drunk on occasion, (haha) but because she gets so stuck in her own head sometimes. If you've ever been in love, and/or in grad school, you will relate.
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