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The Opportunist, by Tarryn Fisher

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The Opportunist (Love Me With Lies, #1)

I was not as thrilled with this as a lot of people were. I thought it was good but…Olivia started out with the stalking thing because she couldn’t admit that she was into Caleb, that was not bad. I mean who at that age didnt ever stalk someone? I did so I think if we take a poll of college aged stalkers we would find that 60% or more stalked. I think I need a poll.

Anyways I liked Olivia and I dont really think what she did with Little Miss Las Vegas was so bad either. There is a difference to lending help in a bad way and forcing someone. I dont think she forced her at all I think the girl messed up and given the choice she took her own choice, not what Olivia would have wanted. That is not the kid of thing you can make just an acquaintance do. For Caleb and Olivia they both returned lies and drama to each other like a tennis match.

What I didn’t like was the past/present chapters. I also didn’t like that Olivia was beating herself up and calling herself a bad person and a habitual liar all the time. Her bff Cammie was the one I loved. I thought she showed loyalty and friendship. If Olivia was so evil would she even be deserving of her? no. So I thought it was good but nothing more. It is my opinion. I also saw a couple of things in Caleb’s amnesia behavior that were clues to me too.I thought the ending was unresolved. It showed a few similarities to “Gone Girl” for me and I wasn’t a fan of that one either.

Sad to be a downer but 3/5 for this review

Taking a Shot (Play by Play, #3) by Jaci Burton

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Taking a Shot
I just went into a frenzy and finished this tonight. I so whole heatedly love Jaci Burton WOW Of course I love the Riley family and at the end of Changing the Game I knew Jenna was up and it was going to be with Ty. So this was a little different because Jenna had issues with her career and doing what was right by her family. Sadly none of it was what she really wanted to do. She was so against Ty and anyone having to do with sports and without giving spoilers, we find out why. The difference with Ty is that unlike Tara and Liz he has a Mom who is single and Dad who got remarried 10 years prior so he was in need for family, but not as needy as Liz and Tara.

Lucky for Janna she has Tara and Elizabeth to confide in and both woman really gave support. I think now by book 3 that Elizabeth had redeemed herself. Got to give Mrs Burton credit there, nobody who read the first book thought that Liz was worth redeeming or she had any compassion. So she showed she did and I loved that part of it.

So many funny parts too. Loved and adored Mick and Tara’s wedding and well as the planning for Liz and Gavin. Certain times when the girls were together they would talk about the brothers and Jenna would just freak out. That made them all that much more real. The way that she spoke to Liz and Tara was much closer and called them her “sisters”. So we saw Jenna evolve and show a whole person with different layers. Especially with the descriptions of her appearance, very rock chick with tattoos.

As for the Riley clan, Jimmy is back to normal and Kathleen is on a mission. The mission is to extract the truth from Jenna and explore the Ty relationship too. In the end you will find out what Jenna’s reveal was and the way it plays out was great. This family dynamic is amazing. I was speeding through and when I get my focus hat on I can do it. Bravo to me. I did however take time to make at least a dozen hi-lites and bookmarks.

So I say bye to Ty and move on to #4

  No question 5 out of 5
Steam and heat factor 5++++