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Not Even If You Begged Me: Jake
Jake's seeking a new roommate in Atlanta. He expected a guy to show up for the interview, but a snarky female arrives instead. Drew won't take no for an answer, and he's never met someone like her before. Even though there are secrets where Drew's been staying, and she needs a way out, living with sizzling Jake Cocker might be the worst idea ever. So um...keys, please?
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98 books1,299 followersAn author, actress, and filmmaker, Faleena Hopkins writes primarily love stories with heat and humor. Sometimes with supernatural tendencies since fantasy and magic are a passion.
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December 9, 2020
A Few Notes On This Book
Psst. A new video is up - all about the bad books I've read this year!
Now that you know that this one is on it, check out the Worst Books of 2019 video to see what other ones made the cut!
Cocky. Cocky. Cocky.
ORIGINAL
Due to overwhelming popular demand (and Amazon credits) I picked up this monstrosity.
If you don't hear from me again, assume I perished under an overwhelming tide of bad writing, cliche romance tropes and scarily prominent misanthropy.
Though my time here on goodreads has been short, it was without regrets (well... except for Divergent... and Red Queen... and Shadow and Bone - but other then that, it was fun).
UPDATE
Whelp... went about as well as I expected. At least I got a kindle copy so no trees died for this dribble. Check out the video link to see my official review.
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will-never-ever-read
May 14, 2018
December 18, 2018
Update 8 / 5 / 18
I dare to be COCKY enough to update my rating from 2 to 1 star.
C * C * C * C * C
O * O * O * O * O
C * C * C * C * C
K * K * K * K * K
Y * Y * Y * Y * Y
Original review 4 / 27 / 17
I liked the heroine at the beginning, but then the hormones happened…
The hero on the other hand was absurd from the beginning till the end – I like it constant!
There are self-confident people, there are arrogant people, and there are delusional people.
He was the latter…
*My family is rich, I’m handsome, I have big c*ckthat every woman wants to s*ck”
Blah – blah – blah
Last 20%... I couldn’t blame it on alcohol, coz I read this book sober. But the things that happened… Me didn’t get it…
The whole family – especially the siblings – were weird.
I wonder what their parents smoked before and during conceiving…
I dare to be COCKY enough to update my rating from 2 to 1 star.
C * C * C * C * C
O * O * O * O * O
C * C * C * C * C
K * K * K * K * K
Y * Y * Y * Y * Y
Original review 4 / 27 / 17
I liked the heroine at the beginning, but then the hormones happened…
The hero on the other hand was absurd from the beginning till the end – I like it constant!
There are self-confident people, there are arrogant people, and there are delusional people.
He was the latter…
*My family is rich, I’m handsome, I have big c*ck
Blah – blah – blah
Last 20%... I couldn’t blame it on alcohol, coz I read this book sober. But the things that happened… Me didn’t get it…
The whole family – especially the siblings – were weird.
I wonder what their parents smoked before and during conceiving…
September 11, 2021
Confession time: I love erotica. It's sexy, romantic, trashy, dramatic and always over the top. A lifetime ago as a young bookish girl beginning to be interested in sex and relationships, erotica appealed to me far more than porn ever did. But I've always had my standards because this is, after all, a book and I am, after all, a book nerd. Even at its trashiest, I still want erotica to be well written and well edited.
This book (currently free on BookBub/Amazon, btw) didn't meet my standards. The first half was kinda entertaining. The trash factor was high but I was there for it.
Then it went downhill.
In the second half, the plot dwindled and it became clear that there was a lot lacking. There was a lot of misplaced punctuation, a bunch of extremely awkward phrasings ("wetter than an oil spill in August?" Wtf) and even an honest-to-god actual winky face emoticon at the end of a sentence. I'm also not sure how to say this without sounding like a prude, but instead of being deliberately descriptive during the sex scenes, the author seemed to resort to swearing and using as many 'dirty' words as possible. It just came across as clumsy and crude without being at all sexy. There was also a scene where a gay woman was referred to as a 'dike' which is not only incredibly offensive, but also the incorrect spelling.
All in all, I got what I paid for. I’d give it zero stars if I could.
This book (currently free on BookBub/Amazon, btw) didn't meet my standards. The first half was kinda entertaining. The trash factor was high but I was there for it.
Then it went downhill.
In the second half, the plot dwindled and it became clear that there was a lot lacking. There was a lot of misplaced punctuation, a bunch of extremely awkward phrasings ("wetter than an oil spill in August?" Wtf) and even an honest-to-god actual winky face emoticon at the end of a sentence. I'm also not sure how to say this without sounding like a prude, but instead of being deliberately descriptive during the sex scenes, the author seemed to resort to swearing and using as many 'dirty' words as possible. It just came across as clumsy and crude without being at all sexy. There was also a scene where a gay woman was referred to as a 'dike' which is not only incredibly offensive, but also the incorrect spelling.
All in all, I got what I paid for. I’d give it zero stars if I could.
October 5, 2017
I got to 3% and thought FUCK THAT!!
The very first time they meet he drops his towel in front of her at the door - so he's naked and then proceeds to grap his "fucking enormous" dick.
She is supposed to be either late 20's or early 30's (didnt get that far to find out) and we are expected to believe she would find this behaviour sexy - I would have ran as fast as I could away from the dirty bastard!!!
No just fucking NO!!!!!!
The very first time they meet he drops his towel in front of her at the door - so he's naked and then proceeds to grap his "fucking enormous" dick.
She is supposed to be either late 20's or early 30's (didnt get that far to find out) and we are expected to believe she would find this behaviour sexy - I would have ran as fast as I could away from the dirty bastard!!!
No just fucking NO!!!!!!
July 23, 2020
I haven't read a single book by this person, and I never will.
EDIT:
Well, hell. I saw that Hopkins' books were on KU, and in the interest of being fair, I decided to try and read the first in the series. After all, it could just be that Hopkins is an awful person, but a phenomenal writer. And yeah, I've heard tell that Hopkins is a really nice person. Well, I'm here to tell you that my former best friend suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, and yeah, they can be perfectly nice. Doesn't mean they're good people. Hopkins' behavior reminds me so much of my former friend's that it gives me hives just thinking about it. This former friend of mine was also obsessed with lawsuits, going so far as to accuse me of plagiarism for a photo I took of her. Tell me how that works.
Now interestingly enough, I tried reading this book last week and just hadn't gotten around to writing this review yet. Lo and behold, today I got an email from Goodreads telling me they've removed one of my reviews of the Cocky series because I hadn't read the book. And that's fair....the whole reason I was trying to read this book, right? So I went through and removed all my other reviews on this series before Hopkins or one of her minions could flag them and have them taken down, as well. I won't give them the satisfaction.
(That's another thing I've wondered about: Hopkins' supporters. The ones who've actually stuck by her through this debacle. What are they like?)
ANYWAY, as for the book...
Hopkins has made some questionable choices of late. Her behavior regarding the trademarking of the word Cocky...I think anyone with any sense of rationality can agree that was a really bad idea. Not so much her intent, as trademarking The Cocky Series would have been totally fine. But going after authors who put the word 'Cocky' in their titles? Big mistake. HUGE.
I believe her biggest mistake, however, was drawing attention to her writing.
Because it's bad. Not in the "I don't agree with you, so I'm going to hate anything you do" way. No, just plain bad. Her characterization is nauseating. The cocky roomie in this book answers the door in nothing but a towel, then eventually drops said towel and grabs himself.
Channeling his Louis C.K., I suppose.
On that note, I'm not sure Hopkins has ever actually seen a penis because her description of the tip is confusing, at best:
"His manhood's mushroom-shaped tip has a couple veiny inches of length exposed..."
Show me a penis where the tip is several inches in length and covered in veins.
On second thought, don't.
In terms of her technical prowess, it's not terrible, though I am confused regarding her thought process when it comes to hyphens. She hyphenated 'douche-bags' and 'starving-artists', but not 'out and out'. She also routinely missed spots where commas should go, and put a comma or two in places they shouldn't go. Comma ignorance is common, however, so let's not crucify Hopkins on that alone.
Instead, let's talk about her protagonist's "nervous shoulder", the "Jehovah's Witness person", "my curves are tenser than a whore's in church", and "my mouth goes as soft as my pussy is moist."
Those are terrible. Just terrible. The first chapter ends with, "Holy hell, look at his back."
That's the end of the chapter.
There was a small bright spot, however. In the second chapter, when the protagonist and the man she should probably call the police on get into a little verbal sparring. There was actual humor there, and it actually impressed me a bit. But then the protag went and started blubbering about how badly she needs to find a place of her own, and the perp was all, "Aw, don't cry, I can't handle a woman crying", and I was just like, I'm out. Can't do it. It's so cliched and twerpy and badly written that I just can't. I've suffered through a lot of bad romances, anyone who's read my reviews knows this. I do, however, have a limit, and this book managed to reach it before the end of the second chapter.
EDIT:
Well, hell. I saw that Hopkins' books were on KU, and in the interest of being fair, I decided to try and read the first in the series. After all, it could just be that Hopkins is an awful person, but a phenomenal writer. And yeah, I've heard tell that Hopkins is a really nice person. Well, I'm here to tell you that my former best friend suffered from narcissistic personality disorder, and yeah, they can be perfectly nice. Doesn't mean they're good people. Hopkins' behavior reminds me so much of my former friend's that it gives me hives just thinking about it. This former friend of mine was also obsessed with lawsuits, going so far as to accuse me of plagiarism for a photo I took of her. Tell me how that works.
Now interestingly enough, I tried reading this book last week and just hadn't gotten around to writing this review yet. Lo and behold, today I got an email from Goodreads telling me they've removed one of my reviews of the Cocky series because I hadn't read the book. And that's fair....the whole reason I was trying to read this book, right? So I went through and removed all my other reviews on this series before Hopkins or one of her minions could flag them and have them taken down, as well. I won't give them the satisfaction.
(That's another thing I've wondered about: Hopkins' supporters. The ones who've actually stuck by her through this debacle. What are they like?)
ANYWAY, as for the book...
Hopkins has made some questionable choices of late. Her behavior regarding the trademarking of the word Cocky...I think anyone with any sense of rationality can agree that was a really bad idea. Not so much her intent, as trademarking The Cocky Series would have been totally fine. But going after authors who put the word 'Cocky' in their titles? Big mistake. HUGE.
I believe her biggest mistake, however, was drawing attention to her writing.
Because it's bad. Not in the "I don't agree with you, so I'm going to hate anything you do" way. No, just plain bad. Her characterization is nauseating. The cocky roomie in this book answers the door in nothing but a towel, then eventually drops said towel and grabs himself.
Channeling his Louis C.K., I suppose.
On that note, I'm not sure Hopkins has ever actually seen a penis because her description of the tip is confusing, at best:
"His manhood's mushroom-shaped tip has a couple veiny inches of length exposed..."
Show me a penis where the tip is several inches in length and covered in veins.
On second thought, don't.
In terms of her technical prowess, it's not terrible, though I am confused regarding her thought process when it comes to hyphens. She hyphenated 'douche-bags' and 'starving-artists', but not 'out and out'. She also routinely missed spots where commas should go, and put a comma or two in places they shouldn't go. Comma ignorance is common, however, so let's not crucify Hopkins on that alone.
Instead, let's talk about her protagonist's "nervous shoulder", the "Jehovah's Witness person", "my curves are tenser than a whore's in church", and "my mouth goes as soft as my pussy is moist."
Those are terrible. Just terrible. The first chapter ends with, "Holy hell, look at his back."
That's the end of the chapter.
There was a small bright spot, however. In the second chapter, when the protagonist and the man she should probably call the police on get into a little verbal sparring. There was actual humor there, and it actually impressed me a bit. But then the protag went and started blubbering about how badly she needs to find a place of her own, and the perp was all, "Aw, don't cry, I can't handle a woman crying", and I was just like, I'm out. Can't do it. It's so cliched and twerpy and badly written that I just can't. I've suffered through a lot of bad romances, anyone who's read my reviews knows this. I do, however, have a limit, and this book managed to reach it before the end of the second chapter.
April 27, 2018
I honestly don’t understand the good reviews for this book. I was pushing my way through to just try and finish it, but just couldn’t take it anymore at 78%.
The sex scenes were lacking and the author seemed to just used tons of forced dirty talk to make up for it. I read a lot of erotica and love the dirty talk sex scenes, but this just didn’t work for me. Did not seem natural at all.
The sex scenes were lacking and the author seemed to just used tons of forced dirty talk to make up for it. I read a lot of erotica and love the dirty talk sex scenes, but this just didn’t work for me. Did not seem natural at all.
May 26, 2018
GR removed my review because it wasn't about the book, but about the author's behaviour.
fine. in that case, i will write one about the book. and this time it has a rating, and the review is infinitely more critical.
so, first of all, in order to write this, i had to actually read this. for which i think i should get a commendation for being so dedicated to my cocky pettiness, because i knew this was going to be bad based on reviews i've read. and i read it anyway. (also, reading it also meant giving money to the author - albeit mere pennies because it was on KU - so maybe I was the one who played myself....)
just to clarify, i did go in with a reasonably open mind. i was like, well, it could be good! who knows! i might be surprised!
so, i only reached 30%. i'm only human. but in this near-third, there are all sorts of things for me to dissect!
basically, this is cisheteronormative hell. i mean, it's m/f, but that doesn't mean that it has to be cisheteronormative hell. you don't need unnecessary bullshit lines like,
"Yeah, well. I'm not a boy." Jake's eyes drift to my blouse again.
"By how your nips turned pebble-hard when I opened the door, I can see that."
leaving aside the cissexism, this is just a skeevy-ass comment to make to a woman you don't know. it's a skeevy comment to make to a woman you do know. but it's magically okay and not harassment, because he's hot! fantastic!
it's also not harassment when he """"accidentally"""" drops his towel and exposes his (ginormous, naturally) cock to the elements, because it's a lovely cock and he's hot!!
the writing was atrocious. honestly, honestly atrocious. have you ever read kristen ashley? you know how her MCs are quite conversational, a little bit OTT and ridiculous, but still really likable and amusing? this was like that, only one hundred times worse and not likable in the slightest. there is some of the most horrendous cases of telling-not-showing i have ever witnessed in my reading career of over 900+ books.
"Oh lordie, am I nervous!"
"I am not aware of it, but my mouth is wide open. Stunned. Flabbergasted. Beside myself. I am all of these."
per the last one - the first sentence DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE IN THE FIRST PERSON PRESENT. it would in third person, maybe even in first person past. but NOT FIRST PERSON PRESENT. it's nonsensical and clunky. the rest of that little quote is so tell-not-showy i wanted to gouge my eyes out, as well as sounding like hopkins has discovered the wonders of thesaurus.com.
"There are sweet-smelling beads of water takin' languid strolls down his chest muscles."
there is... a lot to unpack here, but i'm most irritated by "takin'". do not use dialect in the narrative. use it sparingly in the dialogue, but NOT THE NARRATIVE. (there are exceptions to this rule, like every rule, but the main exception is "you can do it if you can pull it off by being a good writer and it makes sense to do it in the dialect". this did not fulfill this criterion.)
"That baby-maker below my belly"
i don't even... i don't even know what to say to this. the vagina does not make babies. maybe her uterus and ovaries are trembling? i don't know.
"Get your sweet Georgia ass in here and get on your knees."
presented without comment.
"played my pussy like a fiddle in the backwoods of Georgia"
OK, WE GET IT, HE'S FROM GEORGIA.
hopkins also refers to the vagina as a "cave", which was a metaphor i thought we as erotica writers/readers were over in the year of our lord 2016, when this was published.
and then i noped the fuck out of there, partially because i hate everything about it and know it wouldn't improve, and partially because if i continue to read only to make snarky reviews i will be giving the author money because it is on KU. so, here i leave.
fine. in that case, i will write one about the book. and this time it has a rating, and the review is infinitely more critical.
so, first of all, in order to write this, i had to actually read this. for which i think i should get a commendation for being so dedicated to my cocky pettiness, because i knew this was going to be bad based on reviews i've read. and i read it anyway. (also, reading it also meant giving money to the author - albeit mere pennies because it was on KU - so maybe I was the one who played myself....)
just to clarify, i did go in with a reasonably open mind. i was like, well, it could be good! who knows! i might be surprised!
so, i only reached 30%. i'm only human. but in this near-third, there are all sorts of things for me to dissect!
basically, this is cisheteronormative hell. i mean, it's m/f, but that doesn't mean that it has to be cisheteronormative hell. you don't need unnecessary bullshit lines like,
"Yeah, well. I'm not a boy." Jake's eyes drift to my blouse again.
"By how your nips turned pebble-hard when I opened the door, I can see that."
leaving aside the cissexism, this is just a skeevy-ass comment to make to a woman you don't know. it's a skeevy comment to make to a woman you do know. but it's magically okay and not harassment, because he's hot! fantastic!
it's also not harassment when he """"accidentally"""" drops his towel and exposes his (ginormous, naturally) cock to the elements, because it's a lovely cock and he's hot!!
the writing was atrocious. honestly, honestly atrocious. have you ever read kristen ashley? you know how her MCs are quite conversational, a little bit OTT and ridiculous, but still really likable and amusing? this was like that, only one hundred times worse and not likable in the slightest. there is some of the most horrendous cases of telling-not-showing i have ever witnessed in my reading career of over 900+ books.
"Oh lordie, am I nervous!"
"I am not aware of it, but my mouth is wide open. Stunned. Flabbergasted. Beside myself. I am all of these."
per the last one - the first sentence DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE IN THE FIRST PERSON PRESENT. it would in third person, maybe even in first person past. but NOT FIRST PERSON PRESENT. it's nonsensical and clunky. the rest of that little quote is so tell-not-showy i wanted to gouge my eyes out, as well as sounding like hopkins has discovered the wonders of thesaurus.com.
"There are sweet-smelling beads of water takin' languid strolls down his chest muscles."
there is... a lot to unpack here, but i'm most irritated by "takin'". do not use dialect in the narrative. use it sparingly in the dialogue, but NOT THE NARRATIVE. (there are exceptions to this rule, like every rule, but the main exception is "you can do it if you can pull it off by being a good writer and it makes sense to do it in the dialect". this did not fulfill this criterion.)
"That baby-maker below my belly"
i don't even... i don't even know what to say to this. the vagina does not make babies. maybe her uterus and ovaries are trembling? i don't know.
"Get your sweet Georgia ass in here and get on your knees."
presented without comment.
"played my pussy like a fiddle in the backwoods of Georgia"
OK, WE GET IT, HE'S FROM GEORGIA.
hopkins also refers to the vagina as a "cave", which was a metaphor i thought we as erotica writers/readers were over in the year of our lord 2016, when this was published.
and then i noped the fuck out of there, partially because i hate everything about it and know it wouldn't improve, and partially because if i continue to read only to make snarky reviews i will be giving the author money because it is on KU. so, here i leave.
May 12, 2017
I DNF at 30%.
This book was just over dramatic. Over dramatic dialogue, over dramatic sex scenes, over dramatic innocence...just OVER DRAMATIC.
I'm fine with a little innocence because that seems to be the case in a lot of books these days, but this was ridiculous. Asking your "daddy" at 33 if you can move to another town? Ridiculous. Saying you don't know what a "douche" is, is ridiculous. I don't care if you've been living in a hole, you know what a douche is. She cusses every now and then, she drinks beer, she's not sheltered that much. Sometimes it seems like she was raised in a typical small town, other times it seemed like she was raised in an Amish community.
I always like the troupe of the h rejecting the H because I feel like the banter is usually pretty witty. This could have been the case, but she gave in very quickly. As far as I could tell, this girl had zero backbone and despite what she said, she just wanted to be a housewife who took of babies all day.
Drew was..whatever. There wasn't anything special about him.
The overuse of exclamation points was obnoxious!!!!! There was actually a time when THREE were used at a time!!! Apparently there's a winky face emoji somewhere along the way which is absurd. Whoever edited this book should not ever edit anything again.
I'm not sure how this book got so many 5 star reviews.. a lot of them seemed to be ARC reviews which could explain a lot. I don't recommend this book unless you're into the over dramatics and a weak h. I'm sorry to rip this apart because I know that it's difficult writing books, but I always leave reviews for books I especially give 1 stars to. I don't feel it's right to leave a horrible rating without an explanation.
This book was just over dramatic. Over dramatic dialogue, over dramatic sex scenes, over dramatic innocence...just OVER DRAMATIC.
I'm fine with a little innocence because that seems to be the case in a lot of books these days, but this was ridiculous. Asking your "daddy" at 33 if you can move to another town? Ridiculous. Saying you don't know what a "douche" is, is ridiculous. I don't care if you've been living in a hole, you know what a douche is. She cusses every now and then, she drinks beer, she's not sheltered that much. Sometimes it seems like she was raised in a typical small town, other times it seemed like she was raised in an Amish community.
I always like the troupe of the h rejecting the H because I feel like the banter is usually pretty witty. This could have been the case, but she gave in very quickly. As far as I could tell, this girl had zero backbone and despite what she said, she just wanted to be a housewife who took of babies all day.
Drew was..whatever. There wasn't anything special about him.
The overuse of exclamation points was obnoxious!!!!! There was actually a time when THREE were used at a time!!! Apparently there's a winky face emoji somewhere along the way which is absurd. Whoever edited this book should not ever edit anything again.
I'm not sure how this book got so many 5 star reviews.. a lot of them seemed to be ARC reviews which could explain a lot. I don't recommend this book unless you're into the over dramatics and a weak h. I'm sorry to rip this apart because I know that it's difficult writing books, but I always leave reviews for books I especially give 1 stars to. I don't feel it's right to leave a horrible rating without an explanation.
January 28, 2017
I gave up after listening to 30 minutes of the audiobook. The H (I don't even care what his name is) is so cocky and arrogant within seconds of meeting this woman. The dialogue is cheesy and I cannot stand listening to the narrators any longer.
March 7, 2017
A slightly cringe-worthy, cougar fantasy if I’ve ever read (well, really just skimmed) one.
Spare your teeth enamel and skip this one.
Spare your teeth enamel and skip this one.
not-gonna-happen-because-reasons
May 8, 2018Not a single cocky cent will go to this author.
November 6, 2019
I've said it before and will likely say it again:
This poor attempt at a romance novel is not for me.
Since this review must focus on the book alone, I've decided to let the book speak for itself.
Here are some truly impressive examples of the writing to be found here, as well as the levels of depth and sensuality that await readers who attempt these pages:
“Yeah, well, I’m not a boy.”
Jake’s eyes drift to my blouse again. “By how your nips turned pebble-hard when I opened the door, I can see that. Even through a padded bra, too. Impressed.”
"Oh my God," I breathe in surprise as fire shoots out the top of my head. "Jake Cocker, you're somethin' else."
"Yes, I am."
What. A. Charmer.
(This is their first meeting by the way. I think they were chatting for probably less than a minute before he started mentioning her nipples.)
[...] that amazing row of ab-mountains between hips so narrow even my sweet old Nana would imagine wrapping her legs around them.
Uh... go, Granny, go?
“Because I am not the fool around type. And you are too young for me. If you can’t keep it in your pants from your own willpower, then let me help you out. I have no desire to sleep with you!”
“That’s not what your nipples are saying.”
“They get like that when I’m upset!!”
Hmmm...
Her nipples certainly communicate a lot to this guy.
(He's obviously the Nipple Whisperer...)
Desperate to do what he wants, I whisper the thing no man wants to hear, “I want to be pregnant.”
He looks at me.
His eyes go hard and his teeth clench.
A roar rips from his lungs and through his body.
His erection expands in both girth and length.
Jake pounds me so desperately that I'm in danger of tearing straight up the middle.
I'm not even going to get into it...
[...] pussy cave [...]
Seriously?
"I want you to f*ck me until you send me to the hospital," I whisper.
So the book has spoken.
And I've stopped listening... which won't surprise those of you who know me.
I could/would say a lot more about this particular book if I had a blog or a website and, trust me, it wouldn't be complimentary.
Since I don't have either, I'll have to be content with the fact that others who feel the same as I do about Cocky Roomie have reviewed its quality/content/editing issues both on GR and elsewhere.
I'd recommend checking out these other book reviews before you buy and/or read this one.
As always, of course, the choice is yours.
And on that final note, I think we're done here.
This poor attempt at a romance novel is not for me.
Since this review must focus on the book alone, I've decided to let the book speak for itself.
Here are some truly impressive examples of the writing to be found here, as well as the levels of depth and sensuality that await readers who attempt these pages:
“Yeah, well, I’m not a boy.”
Jake’s eyes drift to my blouse again. “By how your nips turned pebble-hard when I opened the door, I can see that. Even through a padded bra, too. Impressed.”
"Oh my God," I breathe in surprise as fire shoots out the top of my head. "Jake Cocker, you're somethin' else."
"Yes, I am."
What. A. Charmer.
(This is their first meeting by the way. I think they were chatting for probably less than a minute before he started mentioning her nipples.)
[...] that amazing row of ab-mountains between hips so narrow even my sweet old Nana would imagine wrapping her legs around them.
Uh... go, Granny, go?
“Because I am not the fool around type. And you are too young for me. If you can’t keep it in your pants from your own willpower, then let me help you out. I have no desire to sleep with you!”
“That’s not what your nipples are saying.”
“They get like that when I’m upset!!”
Hmmm...
Her nipples certainly communicate a lot to this guy.
(He's obviously the Nipple Whisperer...)
Desperate to do what he wants, I whisper the thing no man wants to hear, “I want to be pregnant.”
He looks at me.
His eyes go hard and his teeth clench.
A roar rips from his lungs and through his body.
His erection expands in both girth and length.
Jake pounds me so desperately that I'm in danger of tearing straight up the middle.
I'm not even going to get into it...
[...] pussy cave [...]
Seriously?
"I want you to f*ck me until you send me to the hospital," I whisper.
So the book has spoken.
And I've stopped listening... which won't surprise those of you who know me.
I could/would say a lot more about this particular book if I had a blog or a website and, trust me, it wouldn't be complimentary.
Since I don't have either, I'll have to be content with the fact that others who feel the same as I do about Cocky Roomie have reviewed its quality/content/editing issues both on GR and elsewhere.
I'd recommend checking out these other book reviews before you buy and/or read this one.
As always, of course, the choice is yours.
And on that final note, I think we're done here.
do-not-want
May 7, 2018
February 1, 2021
So my damn review got deleted? For what? Repeating the word *cocky* about 3000 times?
✋🏻😂
✋🏻😂
November 7, 2017
DNF 34%
This book started out OK. I do love a roommate romance. However, the writing began to decline and it turned into a cheesy, insta romance. Back you go.
This book started out OK. I do love a roommate romance. However, the writing began to decline and it turned into a cheesy, insta romance. Back you go.
May 28, 2018
Primeiro de tudo eu gostaria de esclarecer alguns pontos antes de iniciar a resenha do livro.
Eu uso o Goodreads para organizar minha biblioteca e selecionar os livros que pretendo ler, comprar e evitar. Pois a minha lista de leitura é vasta e eu compro muitos livros e ainda uso o Kindle Unlimited. O Goodreads também me serve de ponto de encontro de leitoras que gostam de trocar ideias e recomendações de livros. Eu achei pessoas maravilhosas aqui as quais tem gosto literário similar ao meu. Obrigado meninas!
Também gostaria de salientar que as leitoras de romance são pessoas inteligentes e educadas e que tem discernimento necessário para escolher seus livros e autores sem se confundirem por capas ou títulos similares. E caso isto aconteça os sites das livrarias tem uma ótima política de devolução.
Eu sou advogada aposentada e posso afirmar que como leitora de romances sou uma pessoa culta e inteligente. E posso afirmar que meus colegas leitores também o são.
Vamos ao livro!
A ideia da autora não é nenhuma novidade no mundo literário.
1- Nora Roberts publicou sua série contando a saga da família Calhoun com o primeiro livro nos anos 90.
2- Brenda Jackson com sua maravilhosa série Westmoreland com mais de 30 livros.
3- Stephanie Laurens com sua Cynster Series com 27 livros.
4- Linda Howard com a maravilhosa família Mackenzie também publicada nos anos 90.
5- Bella Andre com seus Sullivans que já contem 18 livros.
6- Kristen Proby (With Me in Seattle Series)
7- Susan Mallery (Buchanans Series) e tantas outras que eu poderia enumerar.
Como podemos observar é comum nos romances termos séries sobre uma família e seus descendentes, filhos, netos, primos e até amigos da família.
Então porque eu escolhi ler este livro?
Porque eu sempre tive orgulho de fazer resenhas honestas e ter opiniões sensatas e que representassem o que eu senti após ler o livro. E também porque fiquei muito chateada pelo meu comentário a respeito do #cockygate ter sido deletado.
Eu já tinha o livro no meu Kindle porque ele tinha sido oferecido de graça. Até então eu nunca tinha ouvido falar desta autora.
Nosso herói é um arrogante cuzão que pensa ser a última gota de água do deserto. A família dele é rica e poderosa e cada irmão dele tem uma habilidade ou característica de destaque. Ele trabalha na empresa de construção do tio dele. Temos um soldado, um biker, um político e etc...
Ele pensa ser irresistível, afinal ele tem corpo escultural, dinheiro e o nome da família por trás de tudo.
Mas o comportamento dele é bem idiota para um cara com 25 anos.
Como sempre ele quer só sexo sem compromisso e tem grande experiência com um monte de mulheres. Ele trata as mulheres como coisas descartáveis e que estão somente atrás do dinheiro dele. Todas são interesseiras e vadias.
Nossa heroína é digna de pena. Eu fiquei embaraçada por ela, coitada! Ela é uma mulher de 33 anos, casada e que foi trapaceada pelo marido e humilhada publicamente. Mas ela nunca trabalhou nem estudou, sempre foi controlada primeiro pelos pais dela e depois pelo marido. Ela nunca experimentou nada da vida e é extremamente ingênua e estúpida.
Ela sai de casa e vai morar com uma amiga dela. Ela não percebe que a amiga além de viciada em drogas é uma prostituta. O grande fluxo de homens entrando e saindo da casa da amiga não foi suficiente para ela entender o que acontecia. Pobrezinha!
A escrita da autora não flui bem, eu tive que reler algumas frases para ter certeza de que era aquilo mesmo que estava escrito.
E temos vários diálogos nas cenas de sexo que supostamente seriam sexy mas que se tornaram ridículos. Ou era pra ser engraçado e não saiu como planejado, acabou ficando estranho.
O drama criado para ter um ponto de conflito na trama só demonstrou a completa falta de cérebro da nossa heroína. A amiga dela, aquela viciada em drogas, atraiu ela para uma armadilha e ela quase foi estuprada. Ela nem desconfiou da amiga.
O final foi bem previsível e o herói salvou o dia. Temos epílogo e bebês.
==========================================================================
First of all I would like to clarify some points before starting the book review.
I use Goodreads to organize my library and select the books I want to read, buy and avoid. Because my reading list is vast and I buy many books and still use Kindle Unlimited. Goodreads also serves as a meeting point for readers who like to exchange ideas and book recommendations. I found wonderful people here who have literary taste similar to mine. Thank you ladies!
I would also like to point out that novel readers are intelligent and educated people who have the insight necessary to choose their books and authors without being confused by covers or similar titles. And if this happens the sites of the bookstores have a great return policy.
I am a retired lawyer and I can say that as a romance reader I am a cultured and intelligent person. And I can say that my fellow readers are too.
Let's go to the book!
The author's idea is nothing new in the literary world.
1- Nora Roberts published her series telling the saga of the Calhoun family with the first book in the 90s.
2- Brenda Jackson with her wonderful Westmoreland series with more than 30 books.
3- Stephanie Laurens with her Cynster Series with 27 books.
4- Linda Howard with the wonderful Mackenzie family also published in the 1990s.
5- Bella Andre with her Sullivans that already contains 18 books.
6- Kristen Proby (With Me in Seattle Series)
7- Susan Mallery (Buchanans Series) and many others that I could list.
As we can see it is common in romances to have series about a family and their descendants, children, grandchildren, cousins and even family friends.
So why did I choose to read this book?
Because I have always been proud to make honest reviews and have sensible opinions and to represent what I felt after reading the book. And also because I was very pissed off by my comment about #cockygate being deleted.
I already had the book on my Kindle because it had been offered for free. Until then I had never heard of this author.
Our hero is an arrogant asshole who thinks he's the last drop of water in the desert. His family is rich and powerful and each of his brothers has a remarkable skill or feature. He works at his uncle's construction company. We have a soldier, a biker, a politician and so on ...
He thinks he is irresistible, after all he has sculptural body, money and the family name behind everything.
But his behavior is pretty dumb for a 25-year-old guy.
As always he wants only sex without commitment and has great experience with a lot of women. He treats women as disposable things and who are only after his money. All are gold diggers and sluts.
Our heroine is worthy of pity. I was embarrassed by her, poor thing! She is a 33-year-old woman, married and cheated by her husband and publicly humiliated. But she never worked or studied, was always controlled first by her parents and then by her husband. She has never experienced anything in life and is extremely naive and stupid.
She leaves home and goes to live with a friend of hers. She does not realize that the friend besides being addicted to drugs is a prostitute. The great flow of men in and out of her friend's house was not enough for her to understand what was happening. Poor thing!
The author's writing did not flow well, I had to reread a few sentences to make sure it was what it was written.
And we have several dialogues in the sex scenes that are supposed to be sexy but have become ridiculous. Or it was supposed to be funny and it did not go as planned, it turned out to be weird.
The drama created to have a point of conflict in the plot only demonstrated the complete lack of brains of our heroine. Her friend, that drug addict, lured her into a trap and she was almost raped. She did not even suspect her friend.
The end was well predictable and the hero saved the day. We have epilogue and babies.
==>A few sentences that I highlighted ... Make your own conclusions!<==
Eu uso o Goodreads para organizar minha biblioteca e selecionar os livros que pretendo ler, comprar e evitar. Pois a minha lista de leitura é vasta e eu compro muitos livros e ainda uso o Kindle Unlimited. O Goodreads também me serve de ponto de encontro de leitoras que gostam de trocar ideias e recomendações de livros. Eu achei pessoas maravilhosas aqui as quais tem gosto literário similar ao meu. Obrigado meninas!
Também gostaria de salientar que as leitoras de romance são pessoas inteligentes e educadas e que tem discernimento necessário para escolher seus livros e autores sem se confundirem por capas ou títulos similares. E caso isto aconteça os sites das livrarias tem uma ótima política de devolução.
Eu sou advogada aposentada e posso afirmar que como leitora de romances sou uma pessoa culta e inteligente. E posso afirmar que meus colegas leitores também o são.
Vamos ao livro!
A ideia da autora não é nenhuma novidade no mundo literário.
1- Nora Roberts publicou sua série contando a saga da família Calhoun com o primeiro livro nos anos 90.
2- Brenda Jackson com sua maravilhosa série Westmoreland com mais de 30 livros.
3- Stephanie Laurens com sua Cynster Series com 27 livros.
4- Linda Howard com a maravilhosa família Mackenzie também publicada nos anos 90.
5- Bella Andre com seus Sullivans que já contem 18 livros.
6- Kristen Proby (With Me in Seattle Series)
7- Susan Mallery (Buchanans Series) e tantas outras que eu poderia enumerar.
Como podemos observar é comum nos romances termos séries sobre uma família e seus descendentes, filhos, netos, primos e até amigos da família.
Então porque eu escolhi ler este livro?
Porque eu sempre tive orgulho de fazer resenhas honestas e ter opiniões sensatas e que representassem o que eu senti após ler o livro. E também porque fiquei muito chateada pelo meu comentário a respeito do #cockygate ter sido deletado.
Eu já tinha o livro no meu Kindle porque ele tinha sido oferecido de graça. Até então eu nunca tinha ouvido falar desta autora.
Nosso herói é um arrogante cuzão que pensa ser a última gota de água do deserto. A família dele é rica e poderosa e cada irmão dele tem uma habilidade ou característica de destaque. Ele trabalha na empresa de construção do tio dele. Temos um soldado, um biker, um político e etc...
Ele pensa ser irresistível, afinal ele tem corpo escultural, dinheiro e o nome da família por trás de tudo.
Mas o comportamento dele é bem idiota para um cara com 25 anos.
Como sempre ele quer só sexo sem compromisso e tem grande experiência com um monte de mulheres. Ele trata as mulheres como coisas descartáveis e que estão somente atrás do dinheiro dele. Todas são interesseiras e vadias.
Nossa heroína é digna de pena. Eu fiquei embaraçada por ela, coitada! Ela é uma mulher de 33 anos, casada e que foi trapaceada pelo marido e humilhada publicamente. Mas ela nunca trabalhou nem estudou, sempre foi controlada primeiro pelos pais dela e depois pelo marido. Ela nunca experimentou nada da vida e é extremamente ingênua e estúpida.
Ela sai de casa e vai morar com uma amiga dela. Ela não percebe que a amiga além de viciada em drogas é uma prostituta. O grande fluxo de homens entrando e saindo da casa da amiga não foi suficiente para ela entender o que acontecia. Pobrezinha!
A escrita da autora não flui bem, eu tive que reler algumas frases para ter certeza de que era aquilo mesmo que estava escrito.
E temos vários diálogos nas cenas de sexo que supostamente seriam sexy mas que se tornaram ridículos. Ou era pra ser engraçado e não saiu como planejado, acabou ficando estranho.
O drama criado para ter um ponto de conflito na trama só demonstrou a completa falta de cérebro da nossa heroína. A amiga dela, aquela viciada em drogas, atraiu ela para uma armadilha e ela quase foi estuprada. Ela nem desconfiou da amiga.
O final foi bem previsível e o herói salvou o dia. Temos epílogo e bebês.
==========================================================================
First of all I would like to clarify some points before starting the book review.
I use Goodreads to organize my library and select the books I want to read, buy and avoid. Because my reading list is vast and I buy many books and still use Kindle Unlimited. Goodreads also serves as a meeting point for readers who like to exchange ideas and book recommendations. I found wonderful people here who have literary taste similar to mine. Thank you ladies!
I would also like to point out that novel readers are intelligent and educated people who have the insight necessary to choose their books and authors without being confused by covers or similar titles. And if this happens the sites of the bookstores have a great return policy.
I am a retired lawyer and I can say that as a romance reader I am a cultured and intelligent person. And I can say that my fellow readers are too.
Let's go to the book!
The author's idea is nothing new in the literary world.
1- Nora Roberts published her series telling the saga of the Calhoun family with the first book in the 90s.
2- Brenda Jackson with her wonderful Westmoreland series with more than 30 books.
3- Stephanie Laurens with her Cynster Series with 27 books.
4- Linda Howard with the wonderful Mackenzie family also published in the 1990s.
5- Bella Andre with her Sullivans that already contains 18 books.
6- Kristen Proby (With Me in Seattle Series)
7- Susan Mallery (Buchanans Series) and many others that I could list.
As we can see it is common in romances to have series about a family and their descendants, children, grandchildren, cousins and even family friends.
So why did I choose to read this book?
Because I have always been proud to make honest reviews and have sensible opinions and to represent what I felt after reading the book. And also because I was very pissed off by my comment about #cockygate being deleted.
I already had the book on my Kindle because it had been offered for free. Until then I had never heard of this author.
Our hero is an arrogant asshole who thinks he's the last drop of water in the desert. His family is rich and powerful and each of his brothers has a remarkable skill or feature. He works at his uncle's construction company. We have a soldier, a biker, a politician and so on ...
He thinks he is irresistible, after all he has sculptural body, money and the family name behind everything.
But his behavior is pretty dumb for a 25-year-old guy.
As always he wants only sex without commitment and has great experience with a lot of women. He treats women as disposable things and who are only after his money. All are gold diggers and sluts.
Our heroine is worthy of pity. I was embarrassed by her, poor thing! She is a 33-year-old woman, married and cheated by her husband and publicly humiliated. But she never worked or studied, was always controlled first by her parents and then by her husband. She has never experienced anything in life and is extremely naive and stupid.
She leaves home and goes to live with a friend of hers. She does not realize that the friend besides being addicted to drugs is a prostitute. The great flow of men in and out of her friend's house was not enough for her to understand what was happening. Poor thing!
The author's writing did not flow well, I had to reread a few sentences to make sure it was what it was written.
And we have several dialogues in the sex scenes that are supposed to be sexy but have become ridiculous. Or it was supposed to be funny and it did not go as planned, it turned out to be weird.
The drama created to have a point of conflict in the plot only demonstrated the complete lack of brains of our heroine. Her friend, that drug addict, lured her into a trap and she was almost raped. She did not even suspect her friend.
The end was well predictable and the hero saved the day. We have epilogue and babies.
==>A few sentences that I highlighted ... Make your own conclusions!<==
"The door opens and I nearly spit out my gum. In an effort not to, I swallow it."
"Gaping at him, I follow their happy journey down that amazing row of ab-mountains between hips so narrow even my sweet old Nana would imagine wrapping her legs around them."
"I can tell by how his baby browns swiftly travel down the blouse my momma bought for my twenty-ninth birthday"
He is staring at me like horses just flew out of my ears.
“Are you darin’ me to look at your penis?”
“Something wrong?” he asks, all innocence. “Oh, did my towel fall?”
My curves are tenser than a whore’s in church.
His manhood’s mushroom-shaped tip has a couple veiny inches of length exposed because his big hand can’t even cover him all the way. Jake Cocker is fucking enormous. Guess I should have known from his name.
“I’m also eight years too old for you!!” He shrugs a little. “You’re not too old for me to fuck.”
I wanted to fuck her, and that wasn’t going to work out well since I have no intention of being monogamous AND it’s kinda hard to hide being with other women when one’s living in your home.
His baby browns sparkle. “Am I meaning your pussy when I say cat? Yes, I mean your, hot, sopping wet, tight little pussy.” I gasp. He pauses and adds, “But I want to do more than just pet it.”
“Fuck. You know what I’m gonna do to you? I am gonna lick that cunt until you can’t walk. I’m going to suck on your clit until you don’t want to run away from me anymore. I will slide my tongue in and out of your tight little pussy until you beg me to fuck you and give you a release. Imagine how good my hot breath will feel down there, Drew.
Somehow she makes this awkwardly graceful. Her face has all the awkward.
A triumphant grin spreads from my stomach on up.
His fingers don’t hesitate. They dip underneath my pink panties and slide into my secret, swollen folds.
“Fuck, you’re as slippery as an oil spill in August,” Jake groans.
I grab tighter onto his head and moan as his gravelly voice vibrates my sensitive crevices.
He starts flicking again, slowing and speeding up and playing my pussy like a fiddle in the backwoods of Georgia.
It’s been over a year since Edward was inside me, which means my cave has gotten smaller with neglect.
Under his steady gaze my heart starts pounding in all kinds of unusual places.
“Well, that’s very assumptive of you.”
If I continued to fuck you the way I want to fuck you – and today was only a taste of that – it would make my leaving very hard for you to concentrate.” “You’re a cocky asshole, Jake. I would be able to concentrate.”
Blinking around me, I have no idea what to do with myself.
“I don’t know when I’m coming back, but if you’re still single when I do, I know I will fuck you again.”
“She’s not a girl. She’s eight years older than me.”
“You think I’m weak, don’t you? I did speak up, sometimes, but… I guess when you’ve grown up with somethin’ it just becomes the way things are. Like you’re trained. I was used to him leadin’”
I remain as still as glass.
He brushes his lips up my neck, sending wet flames into my surprised pussy.
“Stop. I mean it. I want that. You know I do, but I am not looking for temporary. I want the whole package.” “You mean this whole package?” he asks, stroking himself
“I want you to fuck me until you send me to the hospital,” I whisper.
May 22, 2018
Guess who got her review removed! Could have called that result.
Anyways, do you ever go to a restaurant, usually one of those chains that seem to be taking over the world, and you see a menu with 6 pages and a drink menu and a dessert and special menu? You know that not a single one of the meals is going to be particularly appetizing and they probably have it all frozen in the back with an overworked microwave suffering somewhere. You can get the exact same steaming pile of garbage at any other of the restaurants and it is going to be flavorless and you wonder why you even stopped there in the first place.
That's what I think of when I see a book series of 17 books in just a couple of years. None of them is going to be done well and it is going to be a regurgitation of tired cliches (or shrimp scampi in a lemon butter sauce with overpriced bud light) and the same characters over and over. What about the meal on your plate makes you want to go back and say "Hey, this time it might be better?" Not much.
You can always tell a good restaurant when they have a few things on the menu because you know they take the time to do those few things really really well. Sometimes, the same applies for books.
No, I did not read this series and I never will. Still going to give it one star though.
Anyways, do you ever go to a restaurant, usually one of those chains that seem to be taking over the world, and you see a menu with 6 pages and a drink menu and a dessert and special menu? You know that not a single one of the meals is going to be particularly appetizing and they probably have it all frozen in the back with an overworked microwave suffering somewhere. You can get the exact same steaming pile of garbage at any other of the restaurants and it is going to be flavorless and you wonder why you even stopped there in the first place.
That's what I think of when I see a book series of 17 books in just a couple of years. None of them is going to be done well and it is going to be a regurgitation of tired cliches (or shrimp scampi in a lemon butter sauce with overpriced bud light) and the same characters over and over. What about the meal on your plate makes you want to go back and say "Hey, this time it might be better?" Not much.
You can always tell a good restaurant when they have a few things on the menu because you know they take the time to do those few things really really well. Sometimes, the same applies for books.
No, I did not read this series and I never will. Still going to give it one star though.
May 26, 2018
Seeing as my first unrated (non) review was flagged and removed I'll rate this drek this time 🙄 and no surprises that I had to DNF the sample, too many books to read to battle through sub-par writing.
DNFing a sample - that's some stellar writing there .... NOT!!
DNFing a sample - that's some stellar writing there .... NOT!!
September 8, 2021
I think I'm getting too old for this. Why do I even still bother?
(Edit: After receiving so many likes in the last few weeks I feel like I need to add - I'm really glad I actually tried to read this book ages ago and didn't like it - way before the whole mess that's happening right now. I like that my judgement is based on the actual book, not the circumstances surrounding the author. Which I also don't like. NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THIS AUTHOR DOES/DID IS OKAY WITH ME.)
(Edit: After receiving so many likes in the last few weeks I feel like I need to add - I'm really glad I actually tried to read this book ages ago and didn't like it - way before the whole mess that's happening right now. I like that my judgement is based on the actual book, not the circumstances surrounding the author. Which I also don't like. NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THIS AUTHOR DOES/DID IS OKAY WITH ME.)
May 8, 2018
The dialogue, the grammatical errors, the horrible plotting, the blatant rip off of better written, much more successful novels. I DNFed this baby at about 20%. Thank god for kindle unlimited, I would have been angry had I actually paid for this one. If I want cocky, I will stick with Cocky Bastard...the book this one so desperately wants to be.
June 17, 2016
Cocky Roomie
Cocker Brothers of Georgia
Book 1
By Faleena Hopkins
I read pretty much all of Ms. Hopkins paranormal werewolf books I've only read one outside of her paranormal series and I truly enjoyed it ... so I was surprised and thrilled to try something different of hers when I was offered this book for free
Drew a recently separated from her high school sweetheart husband. Who has lived a sheltered life moves to the big city for fresh start.
She only knows one person, has no experience & needs a job and a place to live.
Drew reads Jake post online
"WANTED: Roommate. Two-bdrm, one-bath in Old Fourth Ward near the Beltline. Yeah, this is the coolest neighborhood in Atlanta but no douche-bags allowed. And no hipsters pretending they’re loners who are really clingy, needy, insecure fuckers, allowed. No starving-artists who think money’s evil allowed. It’s not evil. Stop pretending you don’t want it.
“Must pay your fucking bills on time.
Must fill the shoes of my younger brother.
Good luck with that. He just enlisted in the Marines and is gonna be a hero. Not many like him and I doubt you’re one of the few.
If this didn’t scare you off, write me, but I’m not promising anything.
I don’t need a roommate. I just want one.
Jake, doesn't even need a roommate, cocky & so damn hot!. This book was Freshly funny, oh sorry hilarious ….Can't wait to meet the rest of the brothers in dirty detail!
I received this for a honest review.
A great new series by Miss Faleena
Cocker Brothers of Georgia
Book 1
By Faleena Hopkins
I read pretty much all of Ms. Hopkins paranormal werewolf books I've only read one outside of her paranormal series and I truly enjoyed it ... so I was surprised and thrilled to try something different of hers when I was offered this book for free
Drew a recently separated from her high school sweetheart husband. Who has lived a sheltered life moves to the big city for fresh start.
She only knows one person, has no experience & needs a job and a place to live.
Drew reads Jake post online
"WANTED: Roommate. Two-bdrm, one-bath in Old Fourth Ward near the Beltline. Yeah, this is the coolest neighborhood in Atlanta but no douche-bags allowed. And no hipsters pretending they’re loners who are really clingy, needy, insecure fuckers, allowed. No starving-artists who think money’s evil allowed. It’s not evil. Stop pretending you don’t want it.
“Must pay your fucking bills on time.
Must fill the shoes of my younger brother.
Good luck with that. He just enlisted in the Marines and is gonna be a hero. Not many like him and I doubt you’re one of the few.
If this didn’t scare you off, write me, but I’m not promising anything.
I don’t need a roommate. I just want one.
Jake, doesn't even need a roommate, cocky & so damn hot!. This book was Freshly funny, oh sorry hilarious ….Can't wait to meet the rest of the brothers in dirty detail!
I received this for a honest review.
A great new series by Miss Faleena
Read
May 5, 2018Will not read any of her books ever again.
May 9, 2018
There is a canyon-wide difference between "cocky" and "asshole."
Cocky Roomie begins with an ad for a roommate in which the "hero" goes off on a tirade against hipsters and artists; brags that his little brother, who just enlisted in the Marines will be a hero; and ends with "I don't need a roommate. I just want one."
What exactly do you want a roommate for then, pray tell? To watch you wander around the apartment butt-nekkid? (<=The answer being "Yes," as he admits as much in the first scene.)
Anyway, this is our introduction to the hero, apparently demonstrating his "cockiness."
In the next scene, Drew, the heroine and soon-to-be roomie, shows up at his doorstep for a tour of the apartment. Previously they had only communicated through email, and Mr. Man assumes Drew is a man's name. Consequently, he answers the door wearing only a towel.*
Uh, whot?
So he assumes "Drew" is a guy's name, and therefore he needs to compare penis length with prospective roomies? I mean, who answers the door fresh out of the shower, wearing nothing but a towel? Who, besides characters in porn or...erotic fiction? Trite, unoriginal, erotic fiction. The contrivance in the situation is strong enough to lift an X-Wing out of a swamp.
Drew, of course, plays at offended while secretly getting wet panties. This is where I think, "And how would this go down if Mr. Man were 5-feet tall, 300 pounds, and sporting a comb-over?"
As the scene progresses, Mr. Man drops his towel, grabs his dick and insists, angrily, that Drew is a guy's name.
At which point, I figure this might be the gayest, supposedly hetero hero ever.
Despite Mr. Man's douche-bag behavior, Drew insists she wants to see the apartment and that there are worse places to live. Really? Because living with a repressed/closeted gay man who's compensating by acting like a creepy sexual predator and who really doesn't want to live with you, falls into the category of: "Living under a bridge with Bilbo Baggin's trolls would be preferable."
Before laying claim to "cocky," the author should have looked up the word's definition. Han Solo is cocky. The jackass in this book, however, is a suppurating, cesspool of stupid, testosterone-poisoned douchery.
*The "only wearing a towel" thing, as with any plot device, can be cute and amusing. For example, the hero has been endlessly harassed by Jehovah Witnesses, and others selling god door-to-door, and fed up, he decides to give them an eye-full. Absent any good reason for being nearly naked, Mr. Man and his towel is just one panel van short of being on a sexual predator list.
Cocky Roomie begins with an ad for a roommate in which the "hero" goes off on a tirade against hipsters and artists; brags that his little brother, who just enlisted in the Marines will be a hero; and ends with "I don't need a roommate. I just want one."
What exactly do you want a roommate for then, pray tell? To watch you wander around the apartment butt-nekkid? (<=The answer being "Yes," as he admits as much in the first scene.)
Anyway, this is our introduction to the hero, apparently demonstrating his "cockiness."
In the next scene, Drew, the heroine and soon-to-be roomie, shows up at his doorstep for a tour of the apartment. Previously they had only communicated through email, and Mr. Man assumes Drew is a man's name. Consequently, he answers the door wearing only a towel.*
Uh, whot?
So he assumes "Drew" is a guy's name, and therefore he needs to compare penis length with prospective roomies? I mean, who answers the door fresh out of the shower, wearing nothing but a towel? Who, besides characters in porn or...erotic fiction? Trite, unoriginal, erotic fiction. The contrivance in the situation is strong enough to lift an X-Wing out of a swamp.
Drew, of course, plays at offended while secretly getting wet panties. This is where I think, "And how would this go down if Mr. Man were 5-feet tall, 300 pounds, and sporting a comb-over?"
As the scene progresses, Mr. Man drops his towel, grabs his dick and insists, angrily, that Drew is a guy's name.
At which point, I figure this might be the gayest, supposedly hetero hero ever.
Despite Mr. Man's douche-bag behavior, Drew insists she wants to see the apartment and that there are worse places to live. Really? Because living with a repressed/closeted gay man who's compensating by acting like a creepy sexual predator and who really doesn't want to live with you, falls into the category of: "Living under a bridge with Bilbo Baggin's trolls would be preferable."
Before laying claim to "cocky," the author should have looked up the word's definition. Han Solo is cocky. The jackass in this book, however, is a suppurating, cesspool of stupid, testosterone-poisoned douchery.
*The "only wearing a towel" thing, as with any plot device, can be cute and amusing. For example, the hero has been endlessly harassed by Jehovah Witnesses, and others selling god door-to-door, and fed up, he decides to give them an eye-full. Absent any good reason for being nearly naked, Mr. Man and his towel is just one panel van short of being on a sexual predator list.
May 12, 2018
The word COCKY has been around since the 1540s. Just sayin'.
Edit: I feel like I should expand on this to avoid accusations of unfairness towards the (very unfair) author.
Let me say this: I've read enough of the book to know it's one of the worst erotic romances I have ever come across (even considering Fifty Shades!). I was actually extremely embarrassed to read it. There are excerpts posted all over the internet, if you're interested. Or else you can try a sample on Amazon.
Edit: I feel like I should expand on this to avoid accusations of unfairness towards the (very unfair) author.
Let me say this: I've read enough of the book to know it's one of the worst erotic romances I have ever come across (even considering Fifty Shades!). I was actually extremely embarrassed to read it. There are excerpts posted all over the internet, if you're interested. Or else you can try a sample on Amazon.
May 5, 2018
Given the title, I wasn't expecting much. That's good, because were this a physical edition of the book (rather than an ebook), it would have won 5 Books Against the Wall from being heaved across the room.
Trite dialogue that attempts to be provocative, but comes across as smarmy and as if spoken by a tween in semi-hushed voice for fear their parent may overhear.
The really bad part? The author has inflicted 15 volumes of this dreck onto an unsuspecting audience.
Trite dialogue that attempts to be provocative, but comes across as smarmy and as if spoken by a tween in semi-hushed voice for fear their parent may overhear.
The really bad part? The author has inflicted 15 volumes of this dreck onto an unsuspecting audience.
May 5, 2018
Terrible book. So disappointed, read it thinking it was the same author as cocky bastard. Not in the same league.
May 8, 2018
2nd review: #freedomforcocky
1st review:
Unfortunately, it felt a little flat to me. The story seemed very rushed, and I would have liked to see a little more connection between the characters. I think it lacked a lot of personal development ( especially from Drew) and when you add so many variables ( age difference, an addict best friend, cheating husband) you will expect just a little angst, right?
I do at least, and that was the main reason for the low rating.
Another one?
Pussy cave... I am sorry, but that's just weird. There were a lot of "weird references" between the two main characters while they had sex. It kinda blew all the sexiness away.
Will I recommend: No, I was not into it.
1st review:
Unfortunately, it felt a little flat to me. The story seemed very rushed, and I would have liked to see a little more connection between the characters. I think it lacked a lot of personal development ( especially from Drew) and when you add so many variables ( age difference, an addict best friend, cheating husband) you will expect just a little angst, right?
I do at least, and that was the main reason for the low rating.
Another one?
Pussy cave... I am sorry, but that's just weird. There were a lot of "weird references" between the two main characters while they had sex. It kinda blew all the sexiness away.
Will I recommend: No, I was not into it.
May 23, 2018
Well, the sample was so horrible, I am happy and downright grateful to Amazon giving us the chance to read a sample in the first place. In my opinion, the author uses the often used and trusted trope so much so, it feels almost like reading a copy from any other book with this trope.
Terrible writing, really. And boring, too.
Terrible writing, really. And boring, too.
May 5, 2018
This book lacked depth. So disappointed in this book. Wish I would have saved my money.
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