Draw Play had A+ potential as a sweet, low-angst college sports romance where the
hot jock meets the
nerdy, book-geek girl and they fall in love throughout a series of tutoring sessions, buuuuttt...
"You have this way of making things sound like insults, even when you don't mean them as insults."
Even though I was smitten with the
sexy scenes (Jake sure knows how to play *wink wink*), all the characters were a bit too judgemental and negative for me to enjoy the story as much as I could have—and I really think that impacted the way I perceived Jake and Claire's relationship, because while
I loved Jake's change from frat-footballer-party-boy to Mr. Hot-and-Responsible, I didn't
feel his and Claire's connection as much as I wanted due to all the F- stereotyping and unresolved emotions between the characters.
“You needed me to defend you and protect you. I didn’t. I failed you. I don’t blame you for pushing me away because I failed. I’m sorry for that. You don’t know how sorry I am, Claire.”
All in all, though, if I were a scout, I'd be watching Tia Lewis, because she's got potential—and I don't know what she'll throw out next, but I'm interested to see how she'll develop as an author in her following books because, well, I'll just toss you all this:
"We whispered fiercely back and forth, leaning toward each other from opposite sides of the table. Her face was flushed, her chest rising and falling. I wanted to fuck her brains out."
Hero: 3.5-Stars
Heroine: 3.5-Stars
Romance: 3.5-Stars
Sex: 5-Stars
Plot: 4-Stars
Dialogue: 4-Stars
Writing: 4.5-Stars
PS: I was given a complementary copy of this book. But I do solemnly swear that I am up to...good. *wink* This is a fair, honest review and/or rating(s) of this book, pinky promise.
