The fairies are very, very happy to be a part of this tour!!!
Cora Carmack has been close to our hearts since she whipped out LOSING IT to the book world!
We treat it as an honor to be a part of this, so without further ado, we give you...
ALL PLAYED OUT!!!
SYNOPSIS
First person in her family to go to college? CHECK.
Straight A’s? CHECK.
On track to graduate early? CHECK.
Social life? …..yeah, about that….
With just a few weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay... Scratch that. She knows she hasn't had the full college experience).
So Nell does what a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a "to do" list of normal college activities.
Item #1? Hook up with a jock.
Rusk University wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it's impossible to get hurt... again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help her complete it.
Torres is the definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell that she's never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting, normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field, he has to decide if he's willing to take the chance when it's more than just a game.
Together they will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a chance at something real.
A Rock Chick Fairy Book Review
I was provided with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Nell and Mateo couldn't be more different from each other...
But they make it work. They friggin make it look awesome!
What can we, romance readers expect from this book?
Suffice to say those are the things that I kind of expected and GOT!!!!!!
What else can I say?
The story's oh so cute though I didn't like the first dilemma about the other girl. That's the only reason that I'm not giving this a five. It revolves around a girl and a boy with such different interests you'd think they wouldn't even bump into one another. Let's start with the girl... Nell built her entire life in facts and statistics. She's one smart girl, I tell you that. However, while she was building this life, she missed out on a lot of things that comes out naturally for many people. She set out to do this and finds.. well.. finds her self in the middle of something she totally didn't imagine! It's more that what she expected and that's not necessarily bad. :) Now the boy... Mateo.. He's clueless, to me at least. Mateo wants things, but isn't sure if he's out to get it or not so he plays safe. He jokes all the time and just like everyone else who does it, he has a reason for it. Little by little, he opens up to Nell. They both learn how to not let the past dictate their futures and when the worst is over, they manage to find each other. :)
The characters are actually well rounded. There were so many things that the main characters thought at the start of the book that all turned around in the end. I have missed the other characters, so I really thank this book for giving me glimpses of them. STELLA, my Stella... I really wish for her happily ever after. :)
This one's actually quite a light read. If you want to just feel good and fall in love, read this!!!
All I can say at this point is....
Nell & Mateo
4 fairy wings!!
EXCERPT
I’ve
always gone out of my way to avoid situations that might stir up that kind of
reaction. When I was getting picked on in middle school, I found a teacher
willing to let me eat lunch in her classroom during her off period. I didn’t
really do much dating in high school, because the few times I tried, I couldn’t
handle the stress of not knowing what would happen next. The mere possibility
of embarrassing myself was always enough to make me run in the other direction.
I didn’t take any chances. Not that kind at least. And now it seems as if my
social life is not the only department where I’m playing catch-up.
Welcome
to Humiliation. Population: Me.
Thankfully,
I’m so miserable that the next few minutes only occur in bursts and patches for
me. When I next lift my eyes, Dylan is there, and we’re inside the apartment. I
blink, and I’m in my room. It’s dark, only the lamp by my bed providing light,
and she’s dabbing at my forehead with a damp cloth that feels like heaven.
“Why
did I do this?” I groan. “Why does anyone
do this?”
She
doesn’t laugh, though I can tell she wants to.
“Hindsight
is twenty-twenty.”
“I
hate that saying.”
“But
it’s the truth.”
“I
hate the truth.”
She
does laugh then.
“Why
did you do it?” she asks. “I tried to
ask Matt, but he sounds like a yeti when he’s this drunk. I couldn’t make out
anything he said.”
“I
hate yetis,” I mumble.
“Yes,
well, before you say you hate water, drink this.”
She
tilts my head up to meet a glass, and half the water ends up running down my
neck. And I do, indeed, hate water.
The
only thing I don’t hate is sleep. Sleep will take away the churning in my
stomach, and the awful taste in my mouth, and the flushed heat I know is still
marring my skin.
Maybe
I’ll wake up, and this will all have been a dream. I won’t have thrown up in
front of the people I’m trying to make my new friends. I wouldn’t have told the
most attractive guy to ever show any interest in me that I’m a virgin.
Maybe
I’ll wake up to find that this whole list thing was a long, elaborate dream,
and I can go back to being blissfully weird and antisocial and ...
Alone.
Somewhere
between one forced sip of water and the next, I must fall asleep, because I
wake up after what feels like hours to the sound of my door closing. Probably
just Dylan checking on me, but I’m struggling to find the motivation to move my
head the six inches it will take to confirm this suspicion.
Eventually,
my bed shifts, slanting to one side, and my head ends up turning of its own
volition. I decide I’m dreaming when I see who’s seated beside me, because
there’s no way Torres would be in my room after everything that just happened.
I’m sure Dylan wouldn’t even let him in. I decide that this must be my
subconscious, trying to give me one last good-bye, unreal though it may be.
“I
brought you some food,” he says.
I
groan. My dream can’t even do me the courtesy of giving me a pleasant last
memory. Or is it normal to be drunk in your dreams when you’re drunk in real
life?
He
breaks the corner off a bread stick and holds it up to my lips. I don’t open.
“Trust
me,” he says. “I know you’re tired and probably miserable, but this will help.
And the more food and water we get into you now, the less you’ll hate yourself
in the morning.”
“Already
hate myself,” I say, but I take a bite of the bread stick he’s offering. It
takes me forever to chew it, and when I’m done, he holds up another.
Grudgingly, I eat it.
“That’s
my girl.” And now I know it’s a dream.
He
offers me water, and I take it, if only to wash down the bread.
“What
happened to our deal?” he asks, and he sounds almost angry. “If you’d waited
for me, I could’ve taken care of you. Made sure you didn’t drink too much.”
Since
it’s a dream, I don’t see the point in being dishonest.
“I
don’t want you to help me with the list.”
“Why
not?” Yeah. He’s definitely angry.
“Because
I don’t want you to think I’m a loser.”
“Damn
it. I think a lot of things about you, Nell. Some of them are certainly not
nice, but trust me, they’re all complimentary.” I shake my head, too tired to
pick out the meaning of his words. “You’re not a loser, Nell. And I’m going to
help you with that list whether you like it or not. I didn’t like coming into
your apartment and seeing you with that guy. I don’t like that he’s the one who
you shared this first with. I want
your firsts.”
And don’t forget to grab your copy of ALL LINED UP and ALL BROKE DOWN Today!
ALL LINED UP, Book 1
ALL BROKE DOWN, Book 2
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cora Carmack is a twenty-something New York Times bestselling author who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She now splits her time between Austin, TX and New York City and spends her days writing, traveling, and spending way too much time on the internet. In her books, you can expect to find humor, heart, and a whole lot of awkward. Because let’s face it . . . awkward people need love, too.
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