Book Review: All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

Title: All Broke Down (Rusk University, #2)
Genre: NA Romance
Published: October 28, 2014

Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one.

Environmental issues, civil rights, corrupt corporations, and politicians you name it, she's probably been involved in a protest. When her latest cause lands her in jail overnight, she meets Silas Moore. He's in for a different kind of fighting. And though he's arrogant and infuriating, she can't help being fascinated with him. Yet another lost cause.

Football and trouble are the only things that have ever come naturally to Silas. And it's trouble that lands him in a cell next to do-gooder Dylan. He's met girls like her before fixers, he calls them, desperate to heal the damage and make him into their ideal boyfriend. But he doesn't think he's broken, and he definitely doesn't need a girlfriend trying to change him. Until, that is, his anger issues and rash decisions threaten the only thing he really cares about: his spot on the Rusk University football team. Dylan might just be the perfect girl to help.

Because Silas Moore needs some fixing after all. My Review I cannot praise this book enough. Before I read All Lined Up, I thought the Losing It series was the best NA series in the world. And don't get me wrong, it's still my Top 2, but the Rusk University novels have taken the #1 spot. As you can see, Cora Carmack is still my favorite NA author.

I loved Carson and Dallas' story, and while they're not the focus of All Broke Down, they are still in the picture. I thought I would miss them too much to enjoy Silas and Dylan' story, but I was WRONG. And thank God for that. Dylan reminded me more of myself, so that may have to do with it. That, and Silas is just as delicious as Carson was—different, but just as sexy.

Okay. I'm done with the general fangirling. Now onto the awesome reasons why I'm obsessed. I'll keep it short, so you can go read it instead of staying here longer than necessary:
It's a great opposites attract story The backstories are three-dimensional and sprinkled throughout the story without being overwhelming Similarly, the characters aren't perfect. They have issues, like most people do, but they deal with them It's a college love story (and I'm going to be a freshman next year, so I'm already hooked by the setting) And... like I said before, the characters are people I would love to date/be friends with

5 Stars All Lined Up, #1 Don't forget about Book 1 of the Rusk University Series

Title: All Lined Up (Rusk University, #1)
Genre: NA Romance
Published: May 13, 2014

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.

Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.

But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.

Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.

Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.

And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.
And don't forget... About the Author Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.