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Anti-Stepbrother
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He told me to 'settle, girl.'
He asked if 'something was wrong with me?'
He said I was an ‘easy target.’
That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks.
I labeled him an *sshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha.
He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrother’s fraternity brother.
Okay, yes I was a little naive, a tad bit socially awkward, and th ...more
He asked if 'something was wrong with me?'
He said I was an ‘easy target.’
That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks.
I labeled him an *sshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha.
He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrother’s fraternity brother.
Okay, yes I was a little naive, a tad bit socially awkward, and th ...more
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★★★★ ½! Anti-Stepbrother (stand-alone). While pining after her step-brother & falling for the hottest guy at College Summer maneuvers College with awkward moments & quirky behavior!
“Good lord I gulped. The touch of his hand sent tingles through me. That snake tattoo was right there, so close to me.”
Anti-Stepbrother (stand-alone) opens up to College Freshman Summer Stoltz arriving at College to find her step-brother in bed with another student’s girlfriend. Before she know ...more

LOVE IS FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS CAUGHT FIRE. ~Ann Landers
Sometimes when you least expect it, love throws a curveball your way. It sneaks up on you and steals your heart and soul, brandishing you to its power with a force as strong as the sun. Books are like love; we get lost in them. We feel them. We experience them. We are under their spell. Stories seize us unpredictably as love does, becoming much more. Anti-Stepbrother by Tijan stole my heart and soul like the power of love, crashing into me wit ...more
Sometimes when you least expect it, love throws a curveball your way. It sneaks up on you and steals your heart and soul, brandishing you to its power with a force as strong as the sun. Books are like love; we get lost in them. We feel them. We experience them. We are under their spell. Stories seize us unpredictably as love does, becoming much more. Anti-Stepbrother by Tijan stole my heart and soul like the power of love, crashing into me wit ...more

2.5 -3 Stars!!
This was my first book by this author and while it was just an okay read for me, I have to say I enjoyed the writing style, so maybe I will try one of her upcoming books in the future. 'Anti-Stepbrother' was a great enough read that has enough funny and heartwarming moments to keep most readers entertained. I’m sure many will love this one, but well, I’m not ‘most readers’ and I needed something more than the usual college romance. For me this one was just like many other college ...more

This was my first book by this author and while it was just an okay read for me, I have to say I enjoyed the writing style, so maybe I will try one of her upcoming books in the future. 'Anti-Stepbrother' was a great enough read that has enough funny and heartwarming moments to keep most readers entertained. I’m sure many will love this one, but well, I’m not ‘most readers’ and I needed something more than the usual college romance. For me this one was just like many other college ...more

4 "It's been you..." STARS
NA is not my go-to but I'll read the genre because I've come across some good and enjoyable reads. This was good. What made it for me was the anti-stepbrother, Caden Banks.
Caden totally had me. Totally swoon-worthy!
He's sexy, much sought after, but he's not a college hottie cliché. That's what I love about him the most! He's mature, a straight shooter and no BS. He doesn't get caught up in the drama of college.
Summer Stoltz is a freshman. She's starting her firs ...more
NA is not my go-to but I'll read the genre because I've come across some good and enjoyable reads. This was good. What made it for me was the anti-stepbrother, Caden Banks.
Caden totally had me. Totally swoon-worthy!

He's sexy, much sought after, but he's not a college hottie cliché. That's what I love about him the most! He's mature, a straight shooter and no BS. He doesn't get caught up in the drama of college.

Summer Stoltz is a freshman. She's starting her firs ...more

༺**Complimentary Copy**༺ Provided by the author
"Tijan" in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!
TITLE: Anti-Stepbrother
AUTHOR: Tijan
GENRE: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
CHAPTERS: 40
RELEASE DATE: August 22nd, 2016
MY RATING: 5 STARS
ANTI-STEPBROTHER: This story centres around Summer and Caden and the dickhead stepbrother Kevin..
Straight away you're in amongst all the college drama, the parties, the drinking, the fighting, the popular crowd, the hot guys, the mean girls, this book throws it a ...more
"Tijan" in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!

TITLE: Anti-Stepbrother
AUTHOR: Tijan
GENRE: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
CHAPTERS: 40
RELEASE DATE: August 22nd, 2016
MY RATING: 5 STARS

ANTI-STEPBROTHER: This story centres around Summer and Caden and the dickhead stepbrother Kevin..
Straight away you're in amongst all the college drama, the parties, the drinking, the fighting, the popular crowd, the hot guys, the mean girls, this book throws it a ...more

Terrific even the second time around!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Narrator: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📒
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌏
Character development: 😳🤬😏🤓😎
The heroine: Summer - she came to the same college that her stepbrother Kevin goes to, thinking she would be with him. She had a crush on him for years and when their parents got married, Kevin always had a girlfriend until her graduation night and they were together.
The Hero(es): Caden - big man on campus. Caden a ...more

The following ratings are out of 5:
Narrator: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Romance: 💙💚🖤💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📒
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌏
Character development: 😳🤬😏🤓😎
The heroine: Summer - she came to the same college that her stepbrother Kevin goes to, thinking she would be with him. She had a crush on him for years and when their parents got married, Kevin always had a girlfriend until her graduation night and they were together.
The Hero(es): Caden - big man on campus. Caden a ...more

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Why did I wait so long to read Tijan! Seriously, something is wrong with me for missing out on this author. I think the "stepbrother" in the title scared me away from even reading this blurb, but when I finally did I just couldn't stay away any longer. And I'm so glad I finally read it!
Basically, in this book stepbrothers can just get the fuck out and make room for the hot fraternity guy, who's not a douche! Trust me I was thinki ...more
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Why did I wait so long to read Tijan! Seriously, something is wrong with me for missing out on this author. I think the "stepbrother" in the title scared me away from even reading this blurb, but when I finally did I just couldn't stay away any longer. And I'm so glad I finally read it!
Basically, in this book stepbrothers can just get the fuck out and make room for the hot fraternity guy, who's not a douche! Trust me I was thinki ...more

5AWESOME STARS!!!
FULL REVIEW TO POST ON TOUR DATE

F(BR) with my shhlut Mer we're going to college and getting our eye candy *sigh* I'm Elena on the right haha

More Tijan's books??????? YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~~~BLURB~~~~~
He told me to ‘settle, girl.’
He asked if ‘something was wrong with me?’
He said I was an ‘easy target.’
That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks.
I labeled him an *sshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha.
He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrot ...more
FULL REVIEW TO POST ON TOUR DATE

F(BR) with my shhlut Mer we're going to college and getting our eye candy *sigh* I'm Elena on the right haha

More Tijan's books??????? YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~~~BLURB~~~~~
He told me to ‘settle, girl.’
He asked if ‘something was wrong with me?’
He said I was an ‘easy target.’
That was within minutes when I first met Caden Banks.
I labeled him an *sshole, but he was more than that. Arrogant. Smug. Alpha.
He was also to-die-for gorgeous, and my stepbrot ...more

I liked this book.
This was my third Tijan's book, and now I can't deny there are many similarities between her books. I have previously read her Fallen Crest High series, well the first two books.
The one thing that makes me keep reading her is the entertainment level. I have been entertained every time. But I can't say I have loved any of her books, or even really liked them. There are some characteristics in them that bother me too much. The human component in her books is very pessimistic. I ...more
This was my third Tijan's book, and now I can't deny there are many similarities between her books. I have previously read her Fallen Crest High series, well the first two books.
The one thing that makes me keep reading her is the entertainment level. I have been entertained every time. But I can't say I have loved any of her books, or even really liked them. There are some characteristics in them that bother me too much. The human component in her books is very pessimistic. I ...more

★★★★4 Stars★★★★
"I came to college to be with my stepbrother, but I fell in love with the anti-stepbrother instead"
You know what I love? When you think that you're going to get a certain type of story and it turns out to be so much more!! Anti-Stepbrother was that book for me. It was funny, heartwarming with a bit of angst and just the right amount of sexiness. Caden Banks stole the show for me and who would want a Stepbrother when you could have the bad ass Anti-Stepbrother.
Summer Stoltz ...more

"I came to college to be with my stepbrother, but I fell in love with the anti-stepbrother instead"
You know what I love? When you think that you're going to get a certain type of story and it turns out to be so much more!! Anti-Stepbrother was that book for me. It was funny, heartwarming with a bit of angst and just the right amount of sexiness. Caden Banks stole the show for me and who would want a Stepbrother when you could have the bad ass Anti-Stepbrother.
Summer Stoltz ...more

⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱*Caden is hot though*⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱

“I broke for someone who couldn’t break.”
Re-read: 31.05.2018
It wasn't a bad re-read, but it wasn't the best either. The book centers around Junior Student and heir, Caden ‘Asshole’ Banks (20?) and college Freshman (sports medicine), Summer ‘Sum’ Stoltz (18?). Summer started college with the hope and dreams that Kevin, her stepbrother, will finally open his eyes and be hers. Unfortunately, not everything goes as planned; She meets Caden who is ...more

This was my first Tijan book and boy was I not disappointed! She nailed this story and had me gobbling up from page one until the very end. I'm not normally one to gravitate toward college-aged romance but this one hooked me and was written really well. I look forward to reading more books by this author!
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This is my first book from Tijan and after reading the blurb I was very excited to dig in and just enjoy the book because it sounded so promising.
I was curious to explore the writing style and my attention was divided between a lot of elements: the plot, its dynamic, the characters, their relationship and the way all of them blended together.
To begin with, the plot sounded very interesting, mainly because I smelled a love triangle and wanted to see how things will end up.
Our heroine, Summer, was ...more
I was curious to explore the writing style and my attention was divided between a lot of elements: the plot, its dynamic, the characters, their relationship and the way all of them blended together.
To begin with, the plot sounded very interesting, mainly because I smelled a love triangle and wanted to see how things will end up.
Our heroine, Summer, was ...more

Aug 16, 2016
The Romance Book Disciple (Samantha)
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Link to full review below! Seriously, its Tijan! I knew I would enjoy it. Lots of NA angst that gets you totally sucked in to the story! See full review on The Book Disciple
...more

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Genre: NA
Sensuality: PG
Rating: 2.5
Cliffy? No.
College freshman meets alpha fratbro on campus, after being dissed by POS stepbro.
This is my second Tijan, after the WTF popular Fallen Crest, and I had forgotten that she specializes in petty, bitchy melodrama. I didnt care for it to say the least.
The h was also a dingbat who couldn't keep a train of thought. Example:
He was a big teddy bear to me now. Well, a hot and delicious teddy bear that wasn’t a teddy bear. He was more of a grizzly bear. No, ...more
Sensuality: PG
Rating: 2.5
Cliffy? No.
College freshman meets alpha fratbro on campus, after being dissed by POS stepbro.
This is my second Tijan, after the WTF popular Fallen Crest, and I had forgotten that she specializes in petty, bitchy melodrama. I didnt care for it to say the least.
The h was also a dingbat who couldn't keep a train of thought. Example:
He was a big teddy bear to me now. Well, a hot and delicious teddy bear that wasn’t a teddy bear. He was more of a grizzly bear. No, ...more

The love I have for Fallen Crest was bubbling to the surface while reading this. I was smiling and laughing while meeting Summer and Caden. This book was so good, the fact that it was able to spark the same kind of love I had for FCH is amazing and yet, my love for this was unique. I didn't feel like I was reading Mason, Logan and Sam all over again. I was fully with Caden and Summer.
When he started taping Gilmore Girls for me, everything melted.Summer is starting off her first year ...more

I’m a very confused bunny right now…

I don’t know about this book. It had a guy in it. He was pretty sexy. In that mysterious-tatted-up-could-be-a-bad-boy-but-is-actually-kind-of-sweet-doesn’t-talk-much-but-his-abs-are-all-I-really-need-to-know-about-him kind of way. It had a girl. She was awkward but she also had a spine of steel. There were brothers, of the blood, step and fraternity variety. There was banter of the funny variety. There was sexual tension and angst of the delicious sort.

I don’t ...more

I don’t know about this book. It had a guy in it. He was pretty sexy. In that mysterious-tatted-up-could-be-a-bad-boy-but-is-actually-kind-of-sweet-doesn’t-talk-much-but-his-abs-are-all-I-really-need-to-know-about-him kind of way. It had a girl. She was awkward but she also had a spine of steel. There were brothers, of the blood, step and fraternity variety. There was banter of the funny variety. There was sexual tension and angst of the delicious sort.

I don’t ...more

4 solid stars
........ However, 0.5 deduction due to the fade to black nookie!
Yes, I was so sad I had to use a gif.
Anyway, with Anti-Stepbrother Tijan has done it again! Even if it read as a YA at times, although it takes place in college, and there were a lot of teen drama (jealous bitches hating on the h for being friends with hot H, etc.), I really really enjoyed this. It's fast paced, has great dialogue and a decent storyline.
I think Tijan's strength lies within her characterisation. The ...more
........ However, 0.5 deduction due to the fade to black nookie!

Yes, I was so sad I had to use a gif.
Anyway, with Anti-Stepbrother Tijan has done it again! Even if it read as a YA at times, although it takes place in college, and there were a lot of teen drama (jealous bitches hating on the h for being friends with hot H, etc.), I really really enjoyed this. It's fast paced, has great dialogue and a decent storyline.
I think Tijan's strength lies within her characterisation. The ...more

A little too NA drama-rama for me and for some reason, I struggled to keep track of who was cheating on who (and thus why this other person with a similar sounding name, would give a crap). I fear the real reason why I was rolling my eyes and wanting to tell the characters to go to their room and stay there until they could be civil, was that I'm just too damned old to enjoy NA.
Still, the main characters were interesting at times and the chemistry was decent, but Carter Reed was much more to my ...more
Still, the main characters were interesting at times and the chemistry was decent, but Carter Reed was much more to my ...more


ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.



Title: Anti-Stepbrother
Author: Tijan
Category: Romance
Series or Standalone: Standalone
POV: Dual
Plot: 5
Characters: 5
Scorching Level: 5
HEA: Not telling
Woohoo!!!! This book was AMAZING. Oh the feels! I think it's the first time I read anything from this author and I am so sorry I didn't read her books sooner!
This is the story of Summer and Caden.
Summer is a freshman in college and trying to fit in. Her one wish was to be close ...more

Honestly, I've been so excited for this book since it dropped and my anticipations of excitement deflated because of the ending...
WHAT SORT OF ENDING IS THAT?!! Like THE HECK?
Summer & Caden are adorable, that's a fact. Their love is true and pure, but it's surrounded by WAYYYY too much drama. I know that's what's supposed to make a story explode and be proclaimed as a good story, but there is a level of amount of drama an author adds to their stories, and I feel awful saying this but, Tijan exce ...more
WHAT SORT OF ENDING IS THAT?!! Like THE HECK?
Summer & Caden are adorable, that's a fact. Their love is true and pure, but it's surrounded by WAYYYY too much drama. I know that's what's supposed to make a story explode and be proclaimed as a good story, but there is a level of amount of drama an author adds to their stories, and I feel awful saying this but, Tijan exce ...more

3,5 rounded to 3 stars full of DRAMA

It's my first book by this author and mostly I enjoyed her writing style, but I have to admit it had too much drama for my taste. I would have given it 4 stars but I just couldn't after the unnecessary drama in the last chapters.
The beginning kept me glued to the pages and I enjoyed the first half. But even if I missed a good college romance, this was not enough for me and the last chapters made me want to scream.
Summer is in love with her stepbrother Kevin ...more

It's my first book by this author and mostly I enjoyed her writing style, but I have to admit it had too much drama for my taste. I would have given it 4 stars but I just couldn't after the unnecessary drama in the last chapters.
The beginning kept me glued to the pages and I enjoyed the first half. But even if I missed a good college romance, this was not enough for me and the last chapters made me want to scream.
Summer is in love with her stepbrother Kevin ...more

Anti-Stepbrother is about Summer Stoltz, an incoming freshmen college student who's in love with her stepbrother Kevin. It's unclear to me how Summer finds Kevin attractive. He's a spineless, manipulative cheating idiot. I can't stand her infatuation on him when all of his qualities are huge turn-offs. Her love interest is Caden Banks, Kevin's fraternity brother. He's intimidating, popular and good-looking.
This book is loaded with drama. It's overdramatic and petty as hell I cringed. Especially ...more
This book is loaded with drama. It's overdramatic and petty as hell I cringed. Especially ...more

"I'd settle for Hot Tits." I glanced down at mine. "Maybe the positive reinforcement will help them grow."
- Anti-Stepbrother
My new fave Tijan book. I didn't stop reading until I finished it. I couldn't be torn away. It has a surprising humor element, but that intensity Tijan is the master of is still there. Preorder links and blurb below. ...more
- Anti-Stepbrother
My new fave Tijan book. I didn't stop reading until I finished it. I couldn't be torn away. It has a surprising humor element, but that intensity Tijan is the master of is still there. Preorder links and blurb below. ...more

"I fucking love Romance." -Nadia Awadi, from her review of anti-stepbrother.
If anyone wants to quote me on that, you can.
I know how some people look at the romance genre. Mostly like this:
They don't know what they're missing out on. I mean who doesn't like love? let me tell you who: serial killers. So don't judge the Romance genre espeacially if you haven't tried it yet.
Rating: 4.5 stars
The plot:
Summer is starting college this year. The same college that her hot stepbrother goes to. Sh ...more
If anyone wants to quote me on that, you can.
I know how some people look at the romance genre. Mostly like this:

They don't know what they're missing out on. I mean who doesn't like love? let me tell you who: serial killers. So don't judge the Romance genre espeacially if you haven't tried it yet.
Rating: 4.5 stars
The plot:
Summer is starting college this year. The same college that her hot stepbrother goes to. Sh ...more

Aug 25, 2016
Sophie "Beware Of The Reader"
rated it
really liked it
Recommends it for:
Tijan's fans. Lovers of college romance and drama. Gossip Girl lovers.
4,5 stars
Pfeeeew, I was 3% in the book and I already wanted to bash Kevin's skull. As I had not read the summary, going in with blind faith because it's Tijan we're speaking, I prayed "Oh God, let her not be in love with him. Let him not be THE male character, pleaaaaaase!"
You can imagine my relief when Caden made his very male entrance, snake tattoo, muscles and all. HE would be my hero!
I've read nearly every Tijan's books and this one has been a slow burning. The intensity of the characters lo ...more
Pfeeeew, I was 3% in the book and I already wanted to bash Kevin's skull. As I had not read the summary, going in with blind faith because it's Tijan we're speaking, I prayed "Oh God, let her not be in love with him. Let him not be THE male character, pleaaaaaase!"
You can imagine my relief when Caden made his very male entrance, snake tattoo, muscles and all. HE would be my hero!
I've read nearly every Tijan's books and this one has been a slow burning. The intensity of the characters lo ...more

I am having a serious face palm moment here. Tara and Dawn have been telling me for years, YEARS people, how awesome Tijan is and how much I would love her books. So why the hell did I only just pick up this one now? I bought it when it was first released and it just fell further and further back on my kindle until that fateful moment where I put down my last book and thought WTF do I read now.
So I figure why not? I felt like a little college romance with all the usual angst and drama one can e ...more
So I figure why not? I felt like a little college romance with all the usual angst and drama one can e ...more

OMG! With books like this one... Tijan is gonna become my favourite author! I have to say... I had no idea how this book was going to end. But damn... it was beautiful! I fell in love with Caden over and over again. I was so impressed by Colton's situation and I still want to know more; maybe even read a book about him. I couldn't put it down! I'm a sucker for good books and this one was more than a 5 stars kind of book. I was surronded by all kinds of emotions and I now crave for a love like th
...more

Review in english and portuguese
Resenha em inglês e português
An ARC was provided by the author and TRSOR. Thank you!
4 stars
This is the first book I read of Tijan. I know, I know. It was about time to correct this. I've heard of her before, but when I saw the cover and blurb of this book I could not resist. This was the one! It was the perfect opportunity to get to know her work. And I'm very happy that exceeded expectations. I just loveeeeed her writing style. This book is a YA romance really ...more
Resenha em inglês e português
An ARC was provided by the author and TRSOR. Thank you!
4 stars
This is the first book I read of Tijan. I know, I know. It was about time to correct this. I've heard of her before, but when I saw the cover and blurb of this book I could not resist. This was the one! It was the perfect opportunity to get to know her work. And I'm very happy that exceeded expectations. I just loveeeeed her writing style. This book is a YA romance really ...more
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