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One Week Girlfriend (One Week Girlfriend, #1)

Monica Murphy

Start date: February 15, 2013

Finish date: February 28, 2013

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Jan 30, 2013 Michelle [Helen Geek] rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-star, nook-tbr, ya, tm_challenge_2013_in_2013, ntm_author_2013, were-pub-d-in-2013-i-read

01/31/2013 --

Overall Rating = 4 Stars
Book Cover / Book Blurb = 3 / 2 = 2.5 Stars
Writer’s Voice = 4 Stars
Character Development = 4 Stars
Story Appreciation = 4 Stars
Worth the Chili = 5 Stars [$3 Amazon & B&N]

I have my GoodReads friends to thank for this one. Not even on my radar until I saw a conversation about it. Intrigued right away so bought it. I read it immediately [which doesn't happen often]. I'm very glad I did. It touched on some tough subject content we don't think about often (view spo ...more

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Feb 08, 2013 Martha rated it it was amazing

Wow!!! Drew really has some SERIOUS issues that need to be worked out. Fable is just too cute and I love her name. This book has some serious issues running through it and makes you feel a crap load of emotions, love, pissyness, hate, anger, loathing, disgust, hope, frustration, sadness and like you want to put your hand through someone’s nose (not sure that’s really an emotion but let’s go with it!) I loved Fable and Drew’s “relationship” and how the development of it went down. At the end of t ...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Karen rated it liked it

Shelves: romance-college, new-adult-romance, tattoos-mmm

3.5 stars. That said, I loved this series!

It is too hard for me to review this book without considering the second book, Second Chance Boyfriend. If book one and book two would have been combined, it would have been a stronger story for me and therefore, a higher rating. I felt One Week Girlfriend was more of a build up to book two, Second Chance Boyfriend. The climax was essentially the ending, making the last 20% of the story the best part of the book. I immediately finished this book and 2 mi ...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Lucy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dark, new-adult-contemporary-romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. My craze on finding good New Adult novles to read have continue, and I think someone really need to tell me to slow down a bit.

This was one of those book that I almost unable to finished, not because I didn't like the book, but because this book contain certain element that it was almost too heavy and too ugly for me to continue reading. And I am still debating if I should read book two that's currently sitting in my kindle and have my closure of the story of Fable and Drew.

I have come across fr My craze on finding good New Adult novles to read have continue, and I think someone really need to tell me to slow down a bit.

This was one of those book that I almost unable to finished, not because I didn't like the book, but because this book contain certain element that it was almost too heavy and too ugly for me to continue reading. And I am still debating if I should read book two that's currently sitting in my kindle and have my closure of the story of Fable and Drew.

I have come across from time to time of books that aren't for faint of heart. I usually stay away from them for my own sake. I am often glad that the author and book reviewer would warn you ahead of time, that the book isn't for everyone. Well, this was one that I wished I knew ahead, and by the time I realized what it was about, it was too late for me to stop. I had to finished it.

When the golden boy Drew Callahan offer $3,000 for Fable to be his temporary girlfriend, Fable didn't really know what she agreed to. Not until she met Drew's parents and endured through the weird behaviors, and the intense atmosphere at the home Drew grow up to. Fable knows something wasn't quite right, that Drew was hiding something from her, and she wasn't sure she was ready to know what it was about.

Neither Drew nor Fable came from a perfect home, with Fable being more obvious, an irresponsible drunken mother that jump from boyfriend to boyfriend, and Fable have to work at a bar to support her and her brother. Drew came from a wealthy family, his mother passed away when he was little. His father remarried to a younger beautiful wife or should I say a sick evil monster bitch.

It makes me sick to the stomach to read about what Drew went through since he was only 15 years old. It made me angry, even tearing to reading Drew's memory fragments. Every time he opened up to Fable, something would triggered him, it left me feeling disturbed, emotional and heartbroken. I want to screamed at Drew's father and ask him how can he not know. I want to stab his stepmother when she revealed a shocking, destructive news to Drew. How dare she, and I really hope that it isn't true.

Reading One Week Girlfriend was an emotional ride for me, being an New Adult, thus the descriptions was lot more graphical. If you are brave, don't miss out on a good New Adult Romance book with a dark twist!

I am not sure what happened in Second Chance Boyfriend yet. I hope I can have my closure, because I really needs it. ...more

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May 27, 2013 Kimberly Russell rated it really liked it

Shelves: sexy-time, new-adult

The cover did not prepare me for how serious some of the issues were. I thought this was going to be a light fun read and I was pleasantly surprised. I love that the male character had serious problems too (and they were interesting). This ended on a cliffhanger and I will definitely read the next one.

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