TITLE: The Hook Up
SERIES: Game On #1
CHARACTERS: Anna Jones and Drew Baylor
AUTHOR: Kristen Callihan
PUBLICATION DATE: 09/07/14
ORDER LINKS: Amazon
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
The rules: no kissing on the mouth, no staying the night, no telling anyone, and above all… No falling in love.
Anna Jones just wants to finish college and figure out her life. Falling for star quarterback Drew Baylor is certainly not on her to do list. Confident and charming, he lives in the limelight and is way too gorgeous for his own good. If only she could ignore his heated stares and stop thinking about doing hot and dirty things with him. Easy right?
Too bad he’s committed to making her break every rule…
Football has been good to Drew. It’s given him recognition, two National Championships, and the Heisman. But what he really craves is sexy yet prickly Anna Jones. Her cutting humor and blatant disregard for his fame turns him on like nothing else. But there’s one problem: she’s shut him down. Completely.
That is until a chance encounter leads to the hottest sex of their lives, along with the possibility of something great. Unfortunately, Anna wants it to remain a hook up. Now it’s up to Drew to tempt her with more: more sex, more satisfaction, more time with him. Until she’s truly hooked. It’s a good thing Drew knows all about winning.
All’s fair in love and football…Game on
REVIEW:
4.25 Hearts Anna Jones wasn’t looking for romance when star football player, Drew Baylor, sat down next to her in class. The good-looking charismatic young man was used to charming the ladies but met his match when he looked into Anna’s eyes for the first time. She thought he was arrogant, argumentative and the last thing that Anna needed in her life for her senior year of college. But neither of them could deny the sexual attraction and before long both of them find themselves at risk of losing their hearts to one another.
I loved Anna and Drew together as a couple. Anna was an interesting character for me because even though she was in a physical relationship with Drew, she couldn’t bring herself to get emotionally attached to him. She was afraid to give everything of herself to him because she was afraid that he would break her heart and that would end of up devastating her. She tried to keep the relationship as a simple hook-up by having no kissing, no staying the night and having them pretend that they were strangers whenever they were in public together. It worked for a little while but Anna soon found out that Drew wasn’t like his reputation and he was already starting to fall hard for Anna.
I loved Drew. He was not your typical football player and worked so hard for everything that he had. He had good grades and wanted to be seen as more than a quarterback and was upset when teachers tried to give him grades that he didn’t deserve because of football. I was impressed with him because he knew that football wouldn’t last forever and took hard courses so he would have something to fall back on in life. When he met Anna, she changed his life and he was completely in the relationship with her, heart and all, while Anna was still trying to figure out what Drew really meant to her.
These two characters needed each other and they had a relationship that some people search for their entire lives and never find. Drew was that one person in Anna’s life that could make her a better person and that saw her for who she really was, flaws and all. He loved her from the beginning and couldn’t imagine his life without her. The Hook Up shows that the road to love isn’t always perfect but if you take a chance, it will be worth the risk. Ms. Callihan is one of my favorite writers and I can’t wait to read the second book in the series.
Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This review is my own opinion and not a paid review.
4 Hearts
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