Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard, #1) in Freaks Between the Book Sheets Romance Recs

Sep 01, 2019 Shawna (what.shawna.reads) rated it liked it

This is Christina Lauren’s first book and originally started off as Twilight fan fiction. Beautiful Bastard is an enemies to lovers office romance between Bennett Ryan and his intern, MBA student Chloe Mills.⁣
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What I can say after reading this is that Christina Lauren’s writing has come a long way since their first book. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Our #buddyread agreed that this one is just a lot of sex and very little character development. It is dual POV and most of the time the characters were simply developing t ...more

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Jun 19, 2019 Eva rated it liked it

Shelves: romance-high-steam, romance

My first CLo didn't disappoint. This must be the mother of all enemies to lovers office romance out there. The banter was hilarious, steam level on fire from the very first chapter (🔥🔥🔥🔥), and the two characters sort of grew while exchanging fluids and insults.

I must confess towards the half the story got slightly repetitive, and that's the main reason why this is not a 5 stars for me.

I'm pretty sure I'll go on reading the series, though, and I'll miss Mr Ryan and Miss Mills for a while ...more

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Jul 07, 2019 Escape_in_a_Book rated it it was ok

A fun and fast STREAMY enemies to lovers book. This is the second time I have read this book and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time around.

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May 02, 2019 Chanon rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-star-ratings

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Beautiful Bastard rating: 😀

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I was not old enough to read this story, but alas, I read it anyways. Why hello, panty-ripping new book #bae. 👀 I see you 👀

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I'm going to start this review right off the bat by saying I DIDN'T KNOW THIS STARTED AS TWILIGHT FAN FICTION. Blame my bookstagramming friends who decided this would be our #buddyread. Maybe they knew? Anywho, as I went to go create my review on Goodreads I noticed that this popped up a ...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Melissa rated it really liked it

plot 610: The main reason I fangirl over the Lux series so much is because I LOVE the animosity/passion between the two main characters. Now take that concept and apply it to adult fiction with exxxtra steamy scenes and you've got a book that'll keep my attention.

While I enjoyed these intense hot moments, I was a little disappointed that the entire book revolved around the relationship. Nothing else happens for the characters besides their conflict of if they should date, continue hooking up, o plot 610: The main reason I fangirl over the Lux series so much is because I LOVE the animosity/passion between the two main characters. Now take that concept and apply it to adult fiction with exxxtra steamy scenes and you've got a book that'll keep my attention.

While I enjoyed these intense hot moments, I was a little disappointed that the entire book revolved around the relationship. Nothing else happens for the characters besides their conflict of if they should date, continue hooking up, or stop all together. I just wanted more. And I wondered why it took them nine months to jump each other in the first place.

Although I liked 50 Shades & Twilight, I was a little nervous to read this because I heard it was fan fic. It wasn't overwhemling similar to either of those which made me happy. I might not have even known it was fan fiction if I hadn't read that somewhere.

characters 6/10: Bennet really was one Beautiful Bastard. He's tall, handsome, got constant sex hair, wears expensive suits, you get the idea. His attitude is really annoying in the beginning and I don't blame Chloe for being rude right back. I was glad we got to see both POV's so we could understand why he was so guarded against her. Chloe's character made me happy because she always had a snarky comeback and most of the time she had a strong backbone. She was very impulsive when it came to Bennet though and often regretted her decisions later, but we've all been there at some point. I was glad that she didn't let him get away with any BS and she didn't make her life revolve around him. I wish there had been some other characters, but pretty much the whole book is just these too.

setting 7/10: We get a good view of Chicago...well all the bathrooms, dressing rooms, boardrooms, etc. I liked that the story had scenes in different places and wasn't confined just to the office that they work in. I especially loved the chapters when they go to a conference in another city and stay at a hotel.

pacing 8/10: Because there was so many sexytime scenes it made for a very fast paced book. I think I finished this in a day or two.

style 8/10: You'd never know it, but there are two authors for this book! Their writing blended so beautifully I really couldn't tell. I loved the sarcastic tone and humor. It kept the book light and fun in between all the hotness.

If you enjoy romance and are looking for one that's highly passionate and entertaining you should pick up this book. This is my new favorite in the romance genre.

total 85/100
4 Stars