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Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1)

Christina Lauren

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Feb 13, 2013 Vikki ~ *squee* lite ~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-hero, awesome-sauce, leave-me-with-a-smile, hawt, bad-boy-hero, commitment-issues

Ok, I am flat out shocked at how much I enjoyed this book. I read the synopsis, and I was sure I was going to hate the hero. I mean, the title is "Beautiful Bastard", and I'm not usually a fan of the jerky, asshole hero.

I have to admit, through a good seventy percent of this book, that Moroon 5 song, "One more night" kept streaming though my head. It was certainly the anthem for the book.

I freaking adored their snark and banter. It made me all sort of giddy.

"If only he would keep his mouth s ...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, erotic-romance, smuttastic, dirty-talker, alpha-male, audiobook

I listened to this obsessively on audiobook last week. One of my favorites to date. Narrator was excellent and the story was even better! I LOVE Bennett!! I'm now on the Christina Lauren wagon and downloading all their audiobooks :-) ...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Crazy for Books (Stephanie) rated it it was ok

Shelves: netgalley-books, enemies-to-lovers

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. NetGalley free read...

Where to begin? I thought that the arguing interaction between Bennett and Chloe was hysterical. Although I don't know any boss who would let his assistant speak to him the way she did, no matter how big of a jerk he was.

I feel like that story has a lot of potential. The substance of the story was missing though. I mean details like we don't even know kind of car Chloe drives as we read about she and Bennett having sex in the back seat. Not every backseat is equal.

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Where to begin? I thought that the arguing interaction between Bennett and Chloe was hysterical. Although I don't know any boss who would let his assistant speak to him the way she did, no matter how big of a jerk he was.

I feel like that story has a lot of potential. The substance of the story was missing though. I mean details like we don't even know kind of car Chloe drives as we read about she and Bennett having sex in the back seat. Not every backseat is equal.

There are glaring grammatical and structural errors in the book, like starting a sentence with a lowercase letter, names not capitalized, sections of the book, which I assume were added or adjusted placed out of order. Example is the section where Chloe gives Bennett a blow job while they are in San Francisco. You're reading along when there's a word out of place then you continue to read and then the added (red) section comes up at the end and you realize it was supposed to be at two pages back at the beginning where you were confused.

The sex was great to read. For as much of it as there was, the writer made each action interesting. Some of the peripheral characters should be built up a bit better and for us to know who they are and what they mean to the main characters.

Also, the author misses an opportunity to have someone outside of the relationship screw things up for either Bennett or Chloe when he is witnessed staring a her during the convention.

The author also glosses over what the Convention is really for. I gleam from the book that it's where interns and their companies do an early presentation of what their thesis will be as well as get the opportunity to mingle and try to make connections to get a job when they graduate. Not really sure since Bennett ends up having some kind of meeting with another company to give them one of their smaller contracts, which doesn't make any sense.

I didn't hate it and laughed in quite a few places, which is why I didn't give it one star. But it's not going to win any literary prizes and had a lot of errors, which is why I didn't give it more than two stars. ...more

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May 13, 2013 Sandy Southern rated it it was amazing

Forgot how many lemons were in this book. LOL!!! HOT SEXY READ!

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Feb 09, 2013 Janet Morris rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, power-struggles, 2013-reads, funny, library-books, new-adult, erotic-romance, erotica, humor, contemporary

In the world of fanfiction being adapted to book form, Beautiful Bastard is an example of a "fic" that should have been left alone. While it may have been a popular story in its original fandom-centric form, it was not fit for the rest of the general public to read. The story was filled with some well-done snark, but that alone could not salvage it. It was actually proof that the story could have been (and should have been) better instead of being like the semi-disastrous work that it was.

The bo ...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Vivian Dominguez rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own-it, adult, erotica

Well I was both fortunate & unfortunate to have read the ORIGINAL FanFic version of this story.."The Office"...

Fortunate...because I got to see & enjoy more of the hot sex scenes but also got to see Chloe & Bennett's romance actually grow & blossom into somewhat of a steady relationship....

Unfortunate....because now I'm angry that they edited the best parts that made their love story more concrete & realistic...I'm really hoping they get another sequel for Chloe & Bennett..these two have such a ...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Margaret rated it really liked it

I was hesitant to read this because of so many negative reviews I've seen, but I actually enjoyed it!
It was a super fun, quick read, but it kept my attention and I didn't find myself rolling my eyes at all.
It definitely didn't have a very complicated plot or deep character development, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. Recommended for anyone who wants a super steamy and light read. ...more

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Feb 14, 2013 Suz rated it it was amazing

LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEEDDDDDDD! He so was a beautiful bastard. Where do I get me one of those??

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Apr 19, 2013 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Who hasn't fallen in love with a jackass? This book was great. ...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Debbie♥ love my Ducks♥ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: erotica, series, favorites, alpha-male, make-me-laugh, 4plus-stars

Loved this book. Kept me wanting more so dang it I just had to go to amazon and click that button. Another book on my tbr list...and so it grows.

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Jul 09, 2013 Izy added it

Shelves: contemporary

Shouldnt have read this...I had this foolish hope that itll get better after a few pages but it didnt....Skipped alot. Really cant understand why this book has such high ratings.

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