Frigid by J. Lynn~The Bloggerhood of the Traveling Review+Giveaway

My super awesome friend, Val from Stuck in Books got to go to BEA this year and was lucky enough to pick up a signed ARC of Frigid by J. Lynn (aka Jennifer Armentrout). 
Unfortunately, due to a family emergency, Jen had to leave BEA before it really got started and to show our appreciation and love for her, Val came up with this fun idea to send around the Frigid arc to some other bloggers and give it away to one LUCKY winner.

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She (Val) also had some additional instructions for us. Write a one sentence review. Here's mine:


Underline three of my fav passages. I had a much harder time with this one:
Massive post its after first read through
Then I went back and narrowed it down:


And whined enough to Val that she let me pick four. (Shh! Don't tell her I told). Here's a little (VERY little so no spoilers) sneak peek:

"An unexpected tremor got me as she rested her cheek just above my heart..."

And finally post our review:

It's no secret that JLA is one of my all time favorites. She writes fabulous characters, great plots/stories, and always enough snark to break up the heavy moments. Frigid is no different. And it's DUAL pov which I love.

But...

I'm having a really hard time writing this review, and it's NOT because I didn't love the book, because I did. I thought Sydney was great and easy to relate to. She's been hurt by a jerk of an ex, who left her feeling very insecure. She's hard on herself for being clutzy (like uber so which makes for some really funny scenes with Kyler) and short and small boobed and thinks there's no way Kyler could ever be interested in her because of these things. Not that she'd ever make a move or tell him she's been in love with him for forever because that could ruin their long-standing friendship.

Kyler is your typical man-whore. And he doesn't do relationships. His only exception is his friendship with Sydney. He's super sweet with her, if not a little handsy for being "just friends" imho, and very protective when it comes to her relationships with other guys. One of the first scenes we see is him "rescuing" her from a guy he considers a douche. No one is good enough for his Syd (he's the only one who gets to call her that), including himself--not that he thinks of her that way.

Until...

...they get snowed in at his family's cabin.  Add some awkwardly funny events, and Kyler starts seeing Syd differently even though he continues to think he's not good enough for her. Things take an interesting twist when Syd is almost hit with a snow mobile. Meanwhile, Sydney grows some "lady balls" (her words), and tells Kyler she wants what everyone else has had already. She pushes him to treat her just like one of his one night stands. It pisses him off and he pushes back--hoping to show her she is worthy of so much more.

"You're better than a one-night stand Sydney. I can't do that to you. You're nothing like those other girls. You deserve more than that." ~Kyler

Armentrout adds an unexpected element to the story that actually helps push Syd and Kyler closer together, moving their story along. However Syd's insecurities, along with other things, work to tear them apart. I've always been a fan of the best friends to lovers theme and Frigid is no exception. Plus we have two awesome best friends--Andrea and Tanner--who totally need their own story.

Here were some of my non-spoilery notes while reading:

Dual POV!!!

Love the miscommunication. As a reader WE know what Kyler meant (or Sydney) but they OF COURSE take it the wrong way adding tension to their situation

Kyler opens up about not wanting to continue down the path his family has set up for him. Syds positive reinforcement...

Funny how it's the little things that hurt her the most, very human.

So go pre-order/add to your TBR. It's a not to be missed read!

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn't want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.

Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she's perfect and she's everything. But the feelings he has for her, he's always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have.

But when they're stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor'easter, there's nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.

About the Author:

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.