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My Review:Title: Crazy Love
Author: Kendra C. Highley
Published by: Entangled: Embrace
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Format: Kindle Book, eARC
Pages: 242
Genres: Sports Romance, Romance, Contemporary
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's 2019 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER With Friends
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My rating:
Blurb:Semi-pro SBXer Luke Madison can’t afford any distractions. He’s chasing his dreams in Aspen, not realizing the dire consequences of his actions. Now, if Luke can’t pull off a miracle, his family could lose everything, and there’s no way he’ll let that happen.
No pressure or anything.
Charlotte Brown is determined to become a doctor—a neurologist to be precise, and she’s always precise. She doesn’t have time for anything except school, waitressing at a mountaintop café, and studying. Meeting the ridiculously sexy Luke Madison won’t change that plan, even if kissing him makes her pulse race.
Neither can afford to slip up. If Charlotte doesn’t pass the MCAT this time, that’s it. Her dream of saving people—people like her mother—is over. And when Luke risks everything one last time, losing is not an option.
Even if it means losing each other.
4 stars — I kinda wish I’d read Parker and Zoey’s story before this one, just to see what Luke was like there. It’s not officially a series, but they do reference stuff from Defying Gravity, so it might have been nice to read in order. Ah well.
Charlotte was an interesting heroine. I loved how sassy and no-nonsense she was, how she wasn’t afraid to stand up for herself…or rather, how she forgot to be afraid until afterwards. *snort* I also loved it when we got to see her in action with what is her passion (near the end of the story). She was a solid character, but not necessarily one that will stand out over time.
Luke was interesting himself, fighting between what he wants out of life and family expectations. I appreciated that the conversations around that with his family were realistic, filled with emotions, but not without a resolution. I found it super weird how apparently not that close he was with them all year, but then felt pretty close once he was up there. Like, he hadn’t talked to his brother at all? I think that’s part of what I would have gotten more of if I’d read the other story first.
Luke and Charlotte together were kinda adorable. I loved the way they crushed and flirted and moved onto more. I wasn’t expecting fade to black sex scenes, and while that disappointed me personally, take note everyone else who prefers those — this is a non-graphic new adult romance.
Mr. Bzdyl was a total surprise highlight in this story. I loved his relationship with his wife and daughter, and I loved how he embraced Charlotte into his family, and Luke too. It was super adorable. Like that family MADE this story
My other favourite part was the sports element to this story — I LOVED it! I’m a huge Olympics fiend, and so I loved seeing all the little details about snowboard cross competition. It really added excitement to the story, and also showed a realistic look at a competitor. It took a story that was solid and made it more IMO.
This sounds adorable! I need to put this series on my list.