Cover Reveal – THE DATING ALTERNATIVE Jennifer Woodhull

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Hello book friends! Today, I’ll be sharing the cover and an exclusive content THE DATING
ALTERNATIVE by Jennifer Woodhull hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. This book will be released December 26, 2018 so don’t forget to add it on your TBR! Also, check out the givaway in the end. 

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Pub. Date: December 26, 2018
Publisher: Jennifer Woodhull
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 288

preorderlinks Amazon  –  B&N

synopsis
Brie picked the wrong guy—gave him the wrong finger. 

When her fiance walks out three weeks before their wedding, she slowly picks up the pieces with the help of her friends. A serial monogamist, she’s not quite ready to start dating again. There are some things she misses about having a boyfriend, though. Her friends convince her to try something more casual. Random hookups have never been her thing. When a guy she has flirted with for a while offers his services to solve her dilemma, she can’t help but be intrigued. Now she’s trying to keep things casual, but when she’s wrapped in his arms, it’s hard to remember she’s not supposed to be falling for him. 
Max has had a few hookups since he split with his last girlfriend. Lately, though, he feels like something is missing. He has crushed on the girl he affectionately calls Cheese for years, but the timing was never right. When he finds out they’re finally single at the same time, he is poised to make his move. Unfortunately, she’s only looking for something physical. Of course, Max is happy to oblige, but the more time they spend together, the more certain he becomes that she’s the perfect girl for him. 
He pulls out all the stops, and just when he’s about to make his move from the friends-with-benefits zone to serious dating, Brie completely ghosts on him. Now he has to figure out if she has really walked away, or if something more serious is keeping him from the girl of his dreams. 
Funny, sexy, and satisfying, The Dating Alternative is a standalone new adult/contemporary romance. 
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exclusiveexcerpt
As I lay on the bed, wearing my ex-fiancé’s t-shirt and remembering the night he left me six months ago, I realize that tears are slipping silently down my cheeks.
I’ve done reasonably well, too. The first week, I was catatonic. The first month, I was practically a zombie. In those days, even showering on my day off had been a challenge. Within a couple of months, though, I was doing better. By the ninety-day mark, I could be mistaken for someone who hadn’t been virtually left at the altar.
Now, lying on the bed six months after Grant had thrown away our life together, I was almost indiscernible from a normal girl. Looking at me most days, you would never know that my life had been ripped apart by an exotic Olympian named Isabel and my former fiancé, Grant.
I sit up, realizing how far I’d come since that night. I put the back of my hand up to one cheek, then the other. No more. That asshole doesn’t get another single tear from me. Control-G-Delete.

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abouttheauthor

Jennifer Woodhull is based in the Southern United States, spending time in her second home of England, and traveling as often as she can. Her love of travel permeates her work, and her characters often find themselves exploring new and foreign surroundings.
A keen observer of human behavior, Jennifer often draws inspiration from something as simple as a fleeting connection, or the glimpse of a unique trait or characteristic. Her favorite place to write is on airplanes.
“The drone of the engine, the scores of people, all traveling to something or from something, and being disconnected from digital distractions are a combination that provide the perfect place to write,” she says. “If you see a woman in seat 9F who is balancing her Macbook on her lap because it’s time to close your tray table, please have patience. I’m just trying to finish one more sentence.”

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5 lucky winners will receive an finished copy of THE DATING ALTERNATIVE, US Only.

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Coffee Break – How Do You Write Your Reviews

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Hello loves!  Time for another Coffee Break post which is inspired by my blogger friend, Bree over at inloveandwords. She does TeaChats which are monthly posts where she pretends to have a cup of tea (with her readers) and chat about what she’s been doing lately. Such a cute idea right?! So, with Bree’s TeaChat inspiration in mind, I decided to do Coffee Break with you and talk about… well, I guess anything that’s on my mind.divider4

Today’s topic is

How Do You Write Your Reviews

So, lately I’ve been feeling kind of MEH about writing book reviews and I just feel like I’m not being creative with my words, or critical enough with my analysis or something and I don’t know… I just feel like sometimes my reviews aren’t that great or they sound really juvenile or they all sound pretty much the same. I mean I mostly read romance stories and 80% of the time I like/love them for similar reasons. How many different ways can I really say “Oh the romance was addicting, swoony, and heartwarming” OR “I really love the chemistry because it was irresistibly cute and sexy”??? I feel like I’m saying the same things quite a lot, and it just bothers me. Does that ever happen to you? Do you ever feel this way when you write your reviews?

I also tend to be a little bit of a perfectionist… okay a lot actually. I usually take notes as I read… Not a lot, but just a few things I want to remember. By the time I’m done reading, I have a few bullet points and I do a quick draft of my review. After that, depending on when I have time, I’ll probably spend another hour or two just editing my review. Then, I format my blog post, do another reread and revision, wait a day or two before scheduling to post and do one last edit. When I’m pressed for time because of due dates, I still do the same, but just in a shorter time frame. No matter what though, I don’t post my reviews unless they’ve been reread and revised at least 3-5 times. Crazy right?  You know what else? Sometimes, I don’t even change my review that much. Sometimes, it’s just a few words here and there and I would spend hours. I seriously think I have OCD or something.

It’s just kind of difficult to write reviews when I read a lot of books that are similar in one way or another. That’s why sometimes I feel a little unsure about my reviews. BUT, I’m trying to worry less cause I don’t want to spend so much time in front of the computer and miss out on other parts of my daily life. So, I’ve been pushing myself to just write as if I’m just having a discussion with a friend and sharing what I thought about the book. It seems to be going okay, but I still feel like I’m running out of creative ways to express myself. I use FEELS and SWOONS all the time… I don’t think there’s a review where I didn’t use those words. When my significant other reads my reviews (cause I ask him every now and then), he teases me about the word FEELS. Now, whenever we watch something, he would tell me “Whoa, that scene totally gave me the FEELS!” We’d laugh it off, but I do really use that word a lot LOL.

Writing reviews can be really fun, but also very challenging and time consuming… at least for me.

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How do you write your reviews? Do you edit them or just write out whatever and post? How long does it usually take you to write your reviews?  Chat with me and let me know.

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