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My Sweet Demise

(Demise #1)

Shana Vanterpool (Goodreads Author)

3.56 · Rating details · 280 ratings · 69 reviews

Desperation makes a girl do crazy things…

When twenty-one year old Raina O’Connor is kicked out of her room on short notice, she’s thrown into a frantic search for a new place to stay. As the situation becomes more urgent, her choices have dwindled to her least favorite option—ladies’ man, Kent Nicholson.

Kent Nicholson loves women, just not as a roommate…

When a gorgeous blo ...more

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Jan 02, 2016 Geri Reads rated it it was ok

I love me some manwhore hero, and I can tolerate shades of assholish behavior from them most of the time. But Kent...oh boy. To be honest, calling this guy a hero would be pushing it. There's nothing heroic about this horrible, misogynistic jerk.

*RAGE

So many ragey moments. So many that I had to step back and calm my tits for a bit before writing my review for this...

ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Dec 30, 2015 Sybil aka Lala rated it it was amazing

Shelves: alphalicious, dip-me-in-chocolate, favorites, i-did-it-all-for-the-cover, na, series, contemporary-romance

God, this book was a mess.

A wonderful, delicious mess of angst and drama and sexual tension!

Usually when I get a new book, I skim the first few pages and then it goes on the shelf to wait for its turn to be read, but this book sucked me in from the very first page and I did not put it down until I reached the very last page (and even then I frantically swiped at my Kindle because I needed there to be more).

When Raina is suddenly homeless she’s already beyond desperate to find a place to stay whe ...more

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Dec 12, 2015 ❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books rated it really liked it

༺**Complimentary Copy**༺ Provided by the author
"Shana Vanterpool" in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!

TITLE: My Sweet Demise
SERIES: (Demise, #1)
AUTHOR: Shana Vanterpool
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: January 5th 2016

MY RATING: 4 STARS

A hot sexy steamy tale from room mates to lovers in this toxic up and down spiral of two broken people coming together and slowly fixing up the broken parts of the other, this captured me from the get go and kept me entertained throughou ...more

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Jan 01, 2016 Sonya ♕Chatterbooks book blog♕ rated it liked it

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★★★3.5 Stars★★★

I had a serious love/hate relationship with this book, my blood pressure was not in the best place while reading this one. Was it good? Sure. Did I want to strangle certain characters and just give up? Absofrigginlutely.

Raina O'Conner is in a dire situation. Being kicked out of her previous home from a bitchy roomate,she's in desperate need for a new place to stay. Comming across a an ad for a roomate,she decides to to go and check it out but the problem is that the person is asking for a male who is friendly, likes to party and would be his wingman. She is NONE of those things so what's a girl to do when she's desperate? You beg and make promises you know you can't keep.

"I need a room. If you need a wingman, I'll be your wingman. If you puke, I'll put the seat up. And if you're bagging someone on the couch, I'll put my headphones in and pretend it's the bass from Katy Perry's latest hit."

Kent Nicholson is a egotistical stand up douche. He doesn't care about anything other than getting laid,drinking,getting laid,getting laid aaaand getting laid.How a certain part of his anatomy hasn't fell off yet is way beyond my comprehension.He wasn't always that way but after a heartbreaking incident, he decided to be the king of all a*sholes. After giving Raina a chance to be his new roomate,he finally got his wingwoman.
But what happens when feelings get involved?

"We're all running from something in our lives. Some of us don't have to run as hard, and others have to sprint for their lives."

I really liked the premise of this story and I found the begining highly entertaining. Raina was good heroine and the secondary characters were very intriguing. What I didn't like was Kent. He gave me so many whiplash I didn't know whether to stop reading or just come up with a way to kill off his character(in my head of course). I love a good angst in my story but he really took it to another level and I just wasn't in love with his character.

Aside from that,I loved the other characters.They each brought their own signature style to the story and they made certain parts more bearable. I would recommend this to those who love a a redeeming manwhore with funny side of funny characters.

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Dec 31, 2015 Sabrina rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc-edelweiss-netgalley, college-new-adult-romance

2.5 Stars

When Raina gets kicked out by her roommate she has to find a new place to live, and fast. After a long day of searching and only finding a bunch of dumps with creeps as would-be roommates, she finally finds one that may be the one. But that apartment comes with Kent, hot to look at, but a total manwhore.

Kent never expected a girl to answer his roommate ad, and he doesn't see the positives of it at first. All he was looking for was a man to move in, pay half the rent, and help him pick ...more

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Feb 18, 2016 Beatrice Masaluñga rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: new-adult, arc

I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Raina O'Connor is looking for a cheap apartment to stay after being kicked out by her roommate. She found a new place but her new roommate, Kent Nicholson has a bad boy reputation and hooks up with women. A LOT. He decided to make Raina a wing-man as long as she doesn't fall for him or get into his personal issues.

This book has a potential and I like the author's writing style. However, the characters completely turned me off ...more

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Jan 07, 2016 Andrea rated it liked it

3.5 Stars

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Dec 30, 2015 Lina's Reviews ❥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ❥ღೋBook Blogღೋ ❥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ❥ rated it really liked it

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What a great debut novel! Shana Vanterpool has created a thrilling tale of love and forgiveness.
Kent is looking for a roommate and when Raina shows up to his doorstep, he decides to give her a shot and accept her as his new roommate.
Raina is desperate for a new home since her old roommate threw her out. When she meets, Kent she knows at once that he is trouble. Arrogant and a womanizer. She agrees to be his sidekick and help him with his hook ups so she can stay.
Kent doesn't get attached to wom ...more

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Oct 22, 2020 Olga therebelreader rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, romance, erotica-xxx

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Dec 31, 2015 Emalie rated it it was ok

Shelves: netgalley-and-other-arcs, 2015-reads, 2016-reads

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This book was like a rollercoaster. The never-ending kind. At first you are all excited and can’t wait to ride it and the few first rounds are fun, but after a while all you want is to get off of it. But you can’t. Because it’s never-ending. Meaning: IT. DOES. NOT. STOP.

I have quite some mixed feelings about this book. I quite liked it …till about 40%. Then the characters kind of got annoying in there ups and downs. They were fighting an ...more

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Jan 14, 2016 Elle's Book Blog rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance

:: 5 “Give me Forever” Stars ::

Gah! I absolutely LOVED this book. For a debut novel, this is pure perfection! The book has everything romance lovers crave- a sexy bad boy, a sweet and innocent heroine, a lot of sexual tension with a great build-up to the “fireworks”, a little bit of drama, and angst. I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on the authors up and coming work because it is that good! Readers definitely don’t want to miss out on this sizzling romance read- it is swoon worthy and :: 5 “Give me Forever” Stars ::

Gah! I absolutely LOVED this book. For a debut novel, this is pure perfection! The book has everything romance lovers crave- a sexy bad boy, a sweet and innocent heroine, a lot of sexual tension with a great build-up to the “fireworks”, a little bit of drama, and angst. I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on the authors up and coming work because it is that good! Readers definitely don’t want to miss out on this sizzling romance read- it is swoon worthy and explosive!

The book is about a girl named Raina who, after getting kicked out of her old roommate’s house, goes searching for a new place to live. Lucky for her, she is able to find a new place to stay after she answers and ad from a known womanizer named Kent. At first both agree that Raina will be a roommate/wing woman to Kent so he can get as many girls as he wants. That’s part of their deal of course if she intends to stay with him. Oh yea, and she has to promise she won’t fall in love with him… So the two come together on this mutual agreement and vow to maintain a strictly platonic relationship. But after some drunken nights together the two become a little closer then they initially agreed to and fireworks begin to explode. However, their new found relationship doesn’t come without problems. Enter, ex-girlfriend Willow, Raina’s overprotective sister, and personal demons and you have your dramatic and toxic story of love, hate, and forgiveness.

Overall, this is a fantastic debut novel. I honestly couldn’t get enough of it so I read it from page 1 all the way to the end in one sitting. Readers will feel the toxicity of their relationship while rooting for a happy ending for the two. They will cheer Kent on when he gets into one of his drunken rages, and cry with Raina when she’s feeling hurt and pain. Readers will also find themselves falling in love with the secondary characters hoping that there will be a future book featuring them. So, if you haven’t picked up this book than YOU NEED TOO! It is such an awesome book and I honestly cannot say enough good things about it.

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Jan 06, 2016 Jellie rated it it was amazing

This is Shana Vanterpool's debut novel, And I must say Im impressed with the storyline, Its simple yet there's depths in it.

Its about two young people who has trust issues, different situation but end result is the same. As the story goes, Raina and Kent will have to learn to trust each other in order to overcome their issues.

What I love in this story that its realistic. The situations, the problems, Its happens in real life. Its Angsty.. Its sexy... with a drama on the side.

Shana Vanterpool is ...more

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Dec 31, 2016 Maria11 rated it it was ok

Complete Mess

This book is a complete melodrama! Let's see who can hurt who more. I think it is total BS that his family tells him to get over it when it is his brother that is the cause...and if he loved that total B like he did he doesn't have a clue.

Rain is a doormat and has issues that are too many to name. She is that girl that loves to be treated like crap and comes back for more.

The only character I like was James.

If you want to read a melodramatic mess read away. I can even bare to read ...more

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Sep 09, 2017 Coco.V marked it as to-read

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FREE on Amazon today (9/9/2017)!

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Sep 06, 2019 Beeg Panda rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Feb 01, 2016 Casey rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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My Sweet Demise is Shana Vanterpool's debut novel and the first book in her Demise series. This book is a standalone, with the next book featuring a different couple of interconnected characters. Taking a chance on an author's debut novel is always a bit of a risk, but the blurb here was one I just couldn't pass up. While I had a lot of issues with this story, I had to finish it to see how things would turn out.

When her roommate kicks her ou Find this review and more at Ramblings From This Chick

My Sweet Demise is Shana Vanterpool's debut novel and the first book in her Demise series. This book is a standalone, with the next book featuring a different couple of interconnected characters. Taking a chance on an author's debut novel is always a bit of a risk, but the blurb here was one I just couldn't pass up. While I had a lot of issues with this story, I had to finish it to see how things would turn out.

When her roommate kicks her out, Raina needs a place to stay and quick. Each apartment available goes from bad to worse until she finally shows up at one with the hottest guy she has ever seen. Needing a place and having no other options, she agrees to be Kent Nicholson's roommate and wing woman in order to secure the room. But he is far worse than she first suspects. Though she knows she should stay away, the attraction between them is impossible to ignore. Though their connection is undeniable, each of them have trust issues that stand in their way of moving forward. But can they try together, or will they end in disaster?

I had moments where I genuinely liked both Raina and Kent. But for the most part, these two were so hard for me to feel anything for. Kent is an absolute jerk. Though he had brief moments where he wasn't, it was the entire book. I figured at some point he would get over that, but honestly he as Raina called him many times a pig. He has no issue using women and "punishing" them for something that someone did to him in the past. I just couldn't get over some of that, and this guy with his constant bagging of whores on his couch was just too much. (and yes that is how he talks and refers to the many girls he sleeps with) Raina was whiny and irritating for pretty much the entire story. She complained constantly and just grated on my nerves. While these two did have steam and a connection, they were just so hard to really feel invested in. Their relationship was all over the place and they both seemed bi-polar. One minute things were fine and the next they were at each other's throats and fighting for the dumbest reasons. I honestly didn't understand why they were fighting the majority of the time as it was the dumbest stuff possible. Everything was over the top and blown out of proportion.

I also really hated Raina's sister. While at first she comes off as someone who is protective and just looking out for her family, she just got worse as the story went on. She was beyond protective and seemed downright controlling and judgmental. She was far too bitchy to like, and I couldn't believe the things she said and did in regards to Raina's life and to Raina herself. I absolutely loved Raina and Kent's other roommate James. He was sweet and adorable and I was so excited to see at the end of this book that his story is next. While I had problems with this book, I really loved him. But as much as I was excited to get his story next, I am also dreading it as the heroine is none other than Raina's sister Becca. I know I will end up reading it for my love of James, but I just hope that there is some redeeming Becca after how absolutely awful she was here. As much as I wanted to love this one, it just didn't work for me. While I couldn't put it down and had to finish, it was more that I couldn't look away as the accident was happening rather than I was truly enjoying this story. I think the potential was there, but unfortunately there were just too many problems here for me.

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Jan 01, 2016 Mybooklatte rated it it was amazing

"My Sweet Demise by Shana Vanterpool." Congratulations on a great debut story !! I was so much looking forward to it after reading the synopsis. It caught my attention at the heroine being “Damsel In Distress”and OHHHHH how I love such stories. "A Roller coaster ride, I didn't want to get off from." This book is fun, sexy, intense and a hot mess; with both the characters fighting the attraction towards each other and dealing with their own demons. I give it "5 SEXY ROOMMATE STARS" !!!! Recommend ...more

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Jan 03, 2016 Michelle Austin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: alpha-book-club-reviews

My Sweet Demise by Shana Vanterpool was a 5 star read.
Romance, Ugly cry, Mind Games, Hot Alpha, Controlling Sister

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“You better not let any bad guys into my apartment. I’m the only one allowed.” He grins at me and winks one blank eye. In the dark his eyes are insanely magnetizing.

My emotions were all over the board with this great read.

“I love to punish women. Be careful.” “Why do you like to punish them?” “Because you’re all bad, lying, whores,” he says s ...more

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Jan 16, 2016 Sultan * Baby Mama Smut-a-teer* rated it really liked it

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Wow, this book had my attention from the jump!! I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I thought it was going to be a sweet and funny new adult ride. But a lass the wicked Ms. Vanderpool had other thoughts in mind. This was my first read by this author and it certainly won't be my last. I loved her style and how she developed such amazingly tragic characters.

Raina, is in a jam, she need a new place to call home ASAP, since she was rudely kicked out by her nasty roommate. She has not been Wow, this book had my attention from the jump!! I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I thought it was going to be a sweet and funny new adult ride. But a lass the wicked Ms. Vanderpool had other thoughts in mind. This was my first read by this author and it certainly won't be my last. I loved her style and how she developed such amazingly tragic characters.

Raina, is in a jam, she need a new place to call home ASAP, since she was rudely kicked out by her nasty roommate. She has not been having the best of luck with finding a place to live that doesn’t consist of, creepy older men, women with a million cats, and so on. She has one last shot when she answers an ad for a roommate. However, when she comes face to face with a shirtless Kent Nicholson, her jaw damn near hits the ground! And I don’t blame her. After a little begging, pleading, and a round of Puppy dog eyes, Kent relents and lets Raina be his new roomie on a trial bases, and she has to be his wingman so he can get his hook up on. From there it’s a lot of Ups and Downs, highs, and lows, fights and laughs. To say that Raina and Kent’s relationship is complicated is the world’s biggest understatement ever!
This book was filled with so much angst, and so much drama, it made my head spin. I must have been in the mood for some crazy, hot cold, anger, love, lust, type of story cause I just ate this up like a pint of Ben and Jerry’s !! I mean there were so many twists and turns and the issues Raina and Kent had to endure were terrible. Between backstabbing friends, cheating ex’s, and a family dynamic to make your head spin, I was just left speechless by the end. My only gripe is that I wish we got an epilogue at the end. I feel the ending was wrapped up way to quickly and I was not sure if what I read was the author telling us how their life turned out, or if it was merely a suggestion to what could happen for them.
I cannot wait for book two, and I hope we get to see more from Raina and Kent’s life in future books. I recommend this book to anyone who misses their dramatic, crazy/love relationships of their youth.

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Oct 30, 2015 Shana Vanterpool rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

Shelves: new-adult, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, bad-boy, love, fiction, drama, new-adult-romance, romance-contemporary

This is my book, so of course I love it. After writing a few really emotional novels I wanted to try writing about a topic we all struggle with at some point in our lives: TRUST. What if trust was something you struggled with in every aspect of your life? I think you'd get My Sweet Demise. You'd get Kent's anger and sense of betrayal and Raina's uncertainty and unwillingness to give anyone a chance. When you can't take a chance you have no choices.

I wanted to take that sole issue (trust) and bl This is my book, so of course I love it. After writing a few really emotional novels I wanted to try writing about a topic we all struggle with at some point in our lives: TRUST. What if trust was something you struggled with in every aspect of your life? I think you'd get My Sweet Demise. You'd get Kent's anger and sense of betrayal and Raina's uncertainty and unwillingness to give anyone a chance. When you can't take a chance you have no choices.

I wanted to take that sole issue (trust) and blow it up until it consumed them both. Until they had no choice but to face their own issues. One thing I love about the New-Adult genre is that there is a wide window to explore your characters and how far you can go while trying to discover who you are. In My Sweet Demise, I went far. I pushed them both to their limits. I made them fight for something they probably shouldn't have fought for, because when you distrust everyone, what is there worth having? In fighting you find yourself, and possibly the one person worth fighting for.

My Sweet Demise may be dark at times, but I went there on purpose. I find comfort within the length it takes to make my characters grow. Kent can be hard to love, but at the end of the day he is worth loving. I love him wholeheartedly. He is a man who is hurt from his past and his methods of handling that hurt are really only hurting himself further. He is unapologetic, confident, and honest. Raina had a painful past, and it has shaped her way of thinking. She was on her own, relying on her own rules to get her through life. Sometimes when that's true you don't always know what to do, so you do what you think is safe. There is no growth within that way of thinking, and both Kent and Raina needed to grow.

Their demise was swift, painful, sexy, damaging, but most of all ... sweet.

Thank you to the readers who've taken a chance on my debut and those who are reading it and those who will read it. I appreciate every single one of you from the bottom of my heart. I love these characters because of their flaws, because of who they want to be and not who they are. I hope others will as well.

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Jan 05, 2016 Maria Vickers rated it it was amazing

My Sweet Demise by Shana Vanterpool…SO GOOD! The book was hard to put down and had me weeping in parts. That’s not to say you are going to need gobs of tissues - you won’t – but you will definitely feel the emotions the characters are experiencing.

Raina has really only had her sister to depend on her whole life and was just kicked out of her apartment. Homeless with nowhere to go, she starts searching for a place to live and after searching all day, she find the perfect spot. The only problem i My Sweet Demise by Shana Vanterpool…SO GOOD! The book was hard to put down and had me weeping in parts. That’s not to say you are going to need gobs of tissues - you won’t – but you will definitely feel the emotions the characters are experiencing.

Raina has really only had her sister to depend on her whole life and was just kicked out of her apartment. Homeless with nowhere to go, she starts searching for a place to live and after searching all day, she find the perfect spot. The only problem is the person who placed the ad wants a guy he can party with, someone to be his new wingman. Raina, desperate for a place, agrees to be his wingwoman and she gets the room.

Kent is the king of the playboys and views women as tools to have punishing sex with. The last thing he wants is to live with a girl, but there was something about Raina he couldn’t say no to, couldn’t reject. So, he gave her the room with the stipulation that she couldn’t fall for him and she had to be his new wingman.

Everything changes for the both of them when they move in together. Between them, sparks fly. An electricity that cannot be contained or ignored. Even if they try with all of their might to do so. Eventually, they both succumb and fall for each other. It’s not all rainbows and unicorns for them though. Raina doesn’t trust any man. They are all the same and she can find elements of her father in each and every one of them. On the other side of the coin, Kent doesn’t trust women. He was burned and the last thing he wants is a relationship. Given the chance though, they might be able to heal each other’s hurts, heartache, and pain. They may even be able to find out what it really means to love person with your whole heart, letting go of the past, and move forward into a brighter future.

I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can’t wait for the next one in this series! Don’t worry, this isn’t a cliffy and you won’t be left disappointed. I highly recommend this book and give it 4.5 stars. Click and check it out for yourself!
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Dec 29, 2015 Emily Goodman rated it it was amazing

Angst, sexual tension, forbidden love…. that is exactly what you are getting when you pick up Vanderpool's My Sweet Demise. Vanterpool does not come close to disappointing with the story of bad boy, manwhore Kent and sweet, innocent Raina. I ate this book up with a spoon and loved every single second of it.

Raina is desperate. After being kicked out of her apartment with just the clothes on her back and the furniture on the lawn, she has no choice but to move in with manwhore Kent Nicholson. Sure ...more

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Jan 05, 2016 Shameca Smith rated it really liked it

4 STAR READ!!

I really, really enjoyed this book. I honestly thought it would've turned out a completely different. Raina had never known what love is. She grew up with her older sister in a home where her parents fought and abused each other. While she is out on an apartment search, she runs into Kent. Kent is a party boy; drinking, having sex with everything that walks, to having daddy pay for everything. He will accept Raina as his roommate on 2 conditions don't ever talk to his roommate and ...more

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Jan 01, 2016 Jess (the cozy reader) added it

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Big thanks to Shana for an ARC copy for review.

DNF at 40%
Unfortunately this wasn't a book for me. I couldn't stand Kent and his asshole behavior. The guy was basically a walking, talking STD. And how in the world Raina got turned on by watching him with other women was beyond me.

"It would be simple to say yes, I did get excited watching him thrust into another woman. The thought ashamed me, as it should." ~ Raina

Huh?..

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Jan 20, 2016 Renee Entress rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, read-2016

4 star

The story has laughs, suspense and heartbreak. I was pulled right into this story.

This is Raina and Kent’s story. Raina has been kicked out of her room. Her only option is a roomat Kent. He is a player and does not want a woman roommate. He finally agreed but has rules and conditions. What happens when the one you thought you didn’t want is the only one you now want? Is a player always a player? Can these two learn to trust each other and learn to love? Can these two who are so different ...more

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Jan 05, 2016 ★ Belle The Bibliophile ★ rated it did not like it

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My Sweet Demise? More like, My Painful Demise.

Had to DNF @ 56% because this book was getting nowhere. I couldn't really get into it because I hated both main characters. They both needed some growing up to do. The hero is an absolute piece of shit. He's an asshole! He lashed out at the heroine and called her a whore when he got jealous and angry. Jeez. This guy made Christian seems like a freaking gentleman.

The heroine, the other hand was just downright stupid. Sorry I don't know how else to ...more

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Oct 11, 2018 Mojo_Mama rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The ending ruined this book.

RUINED. IT.

Things are not resolved, at all, just a screaming rush of the last 10% to get to “The End” and I don’t know how we got there. Everything between the H and his ex and his brother is a hot fucking mess with no real explanation or resolution. It lost a star just for that :/

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Dec 27, 2016 Melanie (mells_view) rated it liked it

Angsty, OTT, but I sort of enjoyed it.

Ok so the first 90% of this book was pretty enjoyable. It was super angsty, but I don't really mind that in new adult books. It also had its repetitive moments where I was just like, "COME ON, you just said that two pages ago!.!?!!??.!::"

Anywho. Raina gets kicked out by her roommate and needs a place to live ASAP rocky. So she's on the hunt. She finds some places that are real duds and is at the end of the line when she walks into a sort of shady apartment c Angsty, OTT, but I sort of enjoyed it.

Ok so the first 90% of this book was pretty enjoyable. It was super angsty, but I don't really mind that in new adult books. It also had its repetitive moments where I was just like, "COME ON, you just said that two pages ago!.!?!!??.!::"

Anywho. Raina gets kicked out by her roommate and needs a place to live ASAP rocky. So she's on the hunt. She finds some places that are real duds and is at the end of the line when she walks into a sort of shady apartment complex. She's assuming the worst, but decides to grin and bear it. This is her last option. When the door to apartment 14 opens, it isn't another crazy cat man, it's Kent. Kent in all his hot guy glory. He tells her she didn't read the ad and doesn't meet the criteria, but makes an exception if she agrees to be his wingman/woman. Of course she says ok. The apartment is clean and Kent isn't outwardly creepy, so she wants to live here. Even if she has to agree to be someone she isn't.

So she moves in with Kent and his roommate James. James who is quiet and who she should leave alone. Anyway... long story short Kent and Raina can't resist each other. Pretend flirting for wingman duties and sassy banter from Raina turns into something more. Something wild, reckless, and obsessive. Their relationship ends up being pretty unhealthy and happening very quickly

Kent has hang ups from his past and an ex that left him hurt. He's a man whore and sleeps around a bunch. Raina has hangs up from her parents being less than stellar, and she also is very inexperienced. Any who their story is pretty good, although it is over the top.

My only complaint and why it didn't get four stars opposed to three is because the ending was super rushed. It felt like it should have been a cliffhanger, which I would have preferred to a page long rushed wrap up. This story was entertaining and I couldn't stop reading because I wanted to know where things would end up. So all in all if you enjoy OTT and don't mind a quick ending, then this one is for you! ...more

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Oct 09, 2017 Sierra Clothier rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was an incredible debut novel. Its hard to believe a story so true to life and romantic could come from a debut author. Edited really well, and the stream of consciousness was written with everyone's ability to relate.
This book is about Raina, the strong but aimless woman, and Kent, the gorgeous manwhore trying to cover his life's disappointments. They immediately have a connection that they both use lots of effort to fight.

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Aug 19, 2018 Amy Crandall rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Okay. I loved the writing style, attention to detail, and depth to the characters.

My one problem: our beloved MC crawls back after he emotionally beats her over and over again.

I can take a certain amount of asshole-like behaviour until I completely despise the character. He had some great qualities but some of the things he did made me want to throw my phone across the room.

Long story short: I wish the MC had more common sense to RUN! Other than that, amazing book with a great storyline! 8/10 r ...more

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When I walk into a book store I feel at home. When I smell the pages of a brand new book things make sense. When I read I am who I always wanted to be. I read to escape and I write so others can as well. My family, my actress dog Bella, coffee, and a steamy love story are a few of my most precious things. Keep up to date with future releases: https://shanavanterpool.com ...more