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Happy Wednesday Loves and Welcome to my Blog Tour Stop for Right Kiss Wrong Guy by Natalie Decker. This was a fun lighthearted and adorable YA Romance that had me smiling and swooning. Don’t forget to stay until the end to join an awesome giveaway!

Right Kiss Wrong Guy (Offsides Book 2)

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3.75 – 4 ★ – ADORABLE AND POSITIVELY ENTERTAINING

PUBLISHED BY SWOON ROMANCE JANUARY 23, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY, ROMANCE

PAGES: KINDLE 313

Purchase Links: Amazon

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You’d think a girl with the most romantic name in the world would have her pick of boyfriends.

But Valentine’s Day sucks when you’re single. Just ask Juliet Valentine, whose last name happens to also be the name of the most dreaded made-up holiday ever.

A romantic at heart, this year is especially hard on Juliet. Her sister, Layla, is in a new relationship, her mom’s match-making business is doing great, and her school’s new fundraiser is “Love-Grams.”

Juliet’s miserable, a little jealous, and lonely.

Quarterback Jared Black is the most popular guy in school. A star athlete, Jared tops the most-eligible bachelor list year after year. But to Juliet Valentine, he’s all but invisible. She isn’t impressed.

Jared’s never had to work hard to get the attention of a girl before. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and he’s determined to ask Juliet out. After all, if Tyler can win over Layla, Jared ought to have a shot with Layla’s sister.

Unlike Tyler and Layla, charm, flattery and good looks won’t work on Juliet. So with the V-Day dance coming up, Jared uses the school’s Love-Grams to let Juliet know how he feels. Should be simple enough, right?

Wrong. Each attempt ends up either in the trash or thrown in someone’s face. Juliet won’t play his game.

Now, without a date to the dance Jared realizes it’s going to take a Hail Mary to win the girl of his dreams.

review

Right Kiss Wrong Guy by Natalie Decker is a fun, cute and entertaining read that had me smiling and swooning.

Quarterback Jared Black, the most popular guy in school, has had his heart set on Juliet Valentine for the longest time. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Jared is determined to finally confess his feelings for her. But Juliet just had her heart broken and vowed to never kiss and fall for the wrong kind of guys – football players. Can Jared win over Juliet’s heart in time for the Valentine’s Day dance and be with the girl of his dreams? Or will he crash and burn, and get sidelined indefinitely?

This novel was frustratingly fun! I really liked the chemistry between Jared and Juliet and totally shipped them the entire time that I had pictured this swoony ending. However, that was not the case and the ending felt a bit too rushed for me. There was so much back and forth building up the tension and drama that I was expecting there to be more… (you do get an epilogue), but it just didn’t sit well with me. That being said, I still really enjoyed reading this book. I thought the plot was incredibly amusing and interesting. The pacing was great and there was never a dull moment. I enjoyed all the bickering, the drama, the mishaps, the angst, and of course the romance. The characters were all so delightful, quirky, and hilarious. I often found myself smiling, laughing or swooning.

I loved Jared Black from the very beginning and thoroughly enjoyed his POV. He’s sweet, smart and determined. He’s also inexperienced and a bit awkward when it came to girls and dating, so watching him try to get Juliet to notice him was quite funny and super adorable. Jared’s definitely not perfect and made a bit of a mess, but he’s just so darn cute and charming and incredibly swoon-worthy that it’s difficult not to root for him.

Juliet was a great lead, but it definitely took me a while to warm up to her. She frustrated me quite a bit, but also made me laugh. She’s was stubborn, a little intimidating, and incredibly difficult, but underneath all that, she’s actually pretty sweet…in her own ways of course. I loved that she was confident, intelligent and sassy. I also really liked that she didn’t act a certain way or change herself just so guys would like her.

I adored Layla and Tyler a lot. I didn’t read the first book, but I’m absolutely interested in reading about their story. They were just so cute together. Chase and Addy were fantastic characters and great friends to Juliet, so I hope they both get their own happy endings in the upcoming books.

This book was so much fun to read. I finished in less than 24 hours and found it positively entertaining. There were plenty of hilarious scenes, teenage angst, and swoontastic moments. If you’re in the mood for something lighthearted and adorable, then you need to have Right Kiss Wrong Guy in your TBR!

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High school juniors Layla and Tyler are complete opposites. Sure she’s a cheerleader and he’s a football player, but she thinks he’s the biggest jerk in the school and he thinks she is too high on her horse to even be worthy of a second glance from him. And when the two of them are near one another, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. They are NOT interested in speaking to one another, let alone date.

But when Layla unknowingly sends Tyler a smack-down text meant for the girl sending naked photos to her then-boyfriend, Adam, Tyler has no idea it’s Layla and decides to play along. After all, Tyler cannot resist messing with the pissed off girl firing off texts about junk pictures, cheating, and girl code.

As the fallout from Adam’s sexting scandal plays out in front of the entire school, Tyler and Layla secretly continue to text one another using fake names. But as days and weeks pass, things take a turn for the serious between them, and suddenly, their texts mean more. They both begin to consider revealing their true identity to the other and taking the relationship from texts to dates, then kissing and maybe more.

They say there’s a thin line between love and hate. Can reality live up to the fantasy, or will Layla and Tyler be forever offsides?

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abouttheauthor

Natalie Decker is the Author of Rival Love. She loves oceans, sunsets, sand between her toes, and carefree days. Her imagination is always going, which some find odd. But she believes in seeing the world in a different light at all times. Her first passion for writing started at age twelve when she had to write a poem for English class. However, seventh grade wasn’t her favorite time and books were her source of comfort. She took all college prep classes in High school, and attended the University of Akron. Although she studied Mathematics she never lost her passion for writing or her comfort in books. She’s a mean cook in the kitchen, loves her family and friends and her awesome dog infinity times infinity. If she’s not writing, reading, traveling, hanging out with her family and friends, then she’s off having an adventure. Because Natalie believes in a saying: Your life is your own journey, so make it amazing!

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The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

PUBLISHED BY FLATIRON BOOKS JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, FANTASY

PAGES: HARDCOVER 368

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother’s stories are set. Alice’s only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother’s tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.

Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer

PUBLISHED BY FEIWEL AND FRIENDS JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, GRAPHIC NOVELS, SCIENCE FICTION

PAGES: HARDCOVER 324

Iko – an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder – has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna. Unless Cinder can reverse the mutations that were forced on them years before, Steele and his soldiers plan to satisfy their monstrous appetites with a massacre of the innocent people of Earth.

And to show he’s serious, Steele is taking hostages.

Cinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne, and Winter and Jacin all feature in this epic new battle. But it is Iko who must face her deepest fears when she uncovers the truth about her own unusual programming.

Say You’ll Remember Me by Katie McGarry

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PUBLISHED BY HARLEQUIN TEEN JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY, ROMANCE

PAGES: HARDCOVER 400

When Drix was convicted of a crime–one he didn’t commit–he thought his life was over. But opportunity came with the new Second Chance Program, the governor’s newest pet project to get delinquents off the streets, rehabilitated and back into society. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while.

Elle knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor’s daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn’t may be too much to handle. She wants to follow her own path, whatever that means.

When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. Drix is not the type of boy Elle’s parents have in mind for her, and Elle is not the kind of girl who can understand Drix’s messy life.

But sometimes love can breach all barriers.

Fighting against a society that can’t imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves–Drix to confront the truth of the robbery, and Elle to assert her independence–and each other to finally get what they deserve.

The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane

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PUBLISHED BY SKYSCAPE JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY, ROMANCE

PAGES: HARDCOVER 252

For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission.

They tell her she’s the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she’s lucky to be alive. But she doesn’t feel lucky. She feels…lost.

With the relentless Irish press bearing down on her, and a father she may not even recognize on his way from America to take her home, Clementine assumes a new identity and enlists a blue-eyed Irish stranger, Kieran O’Connell, to help her escape her forgotten life…and start a new one.

Hiding out in the sleepy town of Waterville, Ireland, Clementine discovers there’s an upside to a life that’s fallen apart. But as her lies grow, so does her affection for Kieran, and the truth about her identity becomes harder and harder to reveal, forcing Clementine to decide: Can she leave her past behind for a new love she’ll never forget?

Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen

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PUBLISHED BY BLOOMSBURY JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, FANTASY

PAGES: HARDCOVER 448

Shalia is a proud daughter of the desert, but after years of devastating war with the adjoining kingdom, her people are desperate for peace. Willing to trade her freedom to ensure the safety of her family, Shalia becomes Queen of the Bonelands.

But she soon learns that her husband, Calix, is motivated only by his desire to exterminate the Elementae—mystical people who can control earth, wind, air, and fire. Even more unsettling are Shalia’s feelings for her husband’s brother, which unleash a power over the earth she never knew she possessed—a power that could get her killed. As rumors of a rebellion against Calix spread, Shalia must choose between the last chance for peace and her own future as an Elementae.

This intense, richly drawn high-fantasy by the author of Scarletwill hold readers spellbound.

Winner Take All by Laurie Devore

PUBLISHED BY IMPRINT JANUARY 30, 2018

GENRE(S): YOUNG ADULT, CONTEMPORARY, ROMANCE

PAGES: HARDCOVER 336

For Nell Becker, life is a competition she needs to win.
For Jackson Hart, everyone is a pawn in his own game.
They both have everything to lose.

Nell wants to succeed at everything—school, sports, life. And victory is sweeter when it means beating Jackson Hart, the rich, privileged, undisputed king of Cedar Woods Prep Academy. Yet no matter how hard she tries, Jackson is somehow one step ahead. They’re a match made in hell, but opposites do attract.

Drawn to each other by their rivalry, Nell and Jackson fall into a whirlwind romance that consumes everything in their lives. But when a devastating secret exposes their relationship as just another game, how far will Nell go to win?

Visceral and whip-smart, Laurie Devore’s Winner Take All paints an unflinching portrait of obsessive love, toxic competition, and the drive for perfection.

Which of these new releases are you most excited to read? Don’t forget to leave your comments down below.

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