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Idol by Kristen Callihan

Fall by Kristen Callihan

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I felt a little bruised and battered by some of the books I’ve read recently. I have a bunch of books I’m really excited to read, and a bunch of books that are my happy place, but none of them were working for me. I saw several people raving about Scottie in Kristen Callihan’s Managed. What I remember about Scottie is that I loathed him. I thought it might be worth revisiting him, but obviously I would have to reread Idol first, because I couldn’t […]

This is not a romance. This hero is not romantic.

Managed by Kristen Callihan

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Can we all agree that the bad boy redeemed can be a problematic trope? Confusing a romantic bad boy with an abuser probably goes back farther than Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff, but he’s a good example. Kristen Callihan’s Gabriel Scott is the knock off Heathcliff here. I am the Anne Bronte. I am not sure why I bought this the minute I had coins in my pocket. I didn’t love the first book in the series, and I really didn’t like Gabriel Scott, aka Scottie, our purported […]

Rock Star? No, Thank You

Idol by Kristen Callihan

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Read The Game Plan instead. The first book in Kristen Callihan’s VIP Series, Idol features a hero who enters the story passed out drunk on the heroine’s lawn. It’s not an auspicious beginning and though Callihan is a good writer the story didn’t work for me. Admittedly, I read it months ago and am only reviewing it now, but let’s see what I remember about the book. The off-putting opening which involved a motorcycle and drunk driving. Killian has been through a trauma and stopped […]



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