Challenge Corner discussion

I asked for his criteria for bed buddies-that's the PG version.

He swore at me and said he didn't do groupies. And just like that, our friendship was off to a great start.

Reese Forster was the starting point guard for the Seattle Thunder.

Gorgeous. Cocky. Loved by the nation.

He's also attending preseason basketball training camp where I used to work.

Correction: where I work again, because I was fired from my last job.

And dumped.

And I might have a tiny bit of baggage, but that's normal. Right?

Reese and I shouldn't have become friends. We shouldn't have become roommates.

And we really shouldn't have started sleeping together ... (Except we did.)

I'm adorably psychotic. He's in the NBA.
This is not a disaster waiting to happen, at all.

Up to Ch. 14 (view spoiler)[I love how she blurts out the most random shit when she's nervous. Crazy ass questions that really only make the situation more weird and awkward lol. I can't wait to find out what happened with the ex that was so damn horrible?!?!? (hide spoiler)]

24% (view spoiler)[I am having mixed feelings so far. Part of me likes that Charlie is so awkward and the other part of me thinks that she is annoying. I don't know. Maybe she'll grow on me more as the story goes on. I am curious about what went down with Damian. It must have been pretty bad if she hid from the world the entire time that she was with him. It's kind of crappy to ghost on all of your friends and family for eight years. It must have been something terrible. I was a little surprised that she would just meet up with Trent and then let him talk her into going to the camp when she hadn't spoken to him in eight years. I don't have a grasp on Reese yet but I think I like him. He seems amused by Charlie. He also seems like he is troubled over something. Probably all the crap going on with his brother. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Part of the time I find the random questions amusing and other times I find them annoying. Maybe it just depends on the question? I agree about Damian. I wonder what happened with him. It must have been awful. (hide spoiler)]

Up to 32
(view spoiler)[Charlie is a little tiring and I’m sad she sort of has that doormat personality. I mean all that shit with her boss and she never said anything, I get her POV and that they wouldn’t have believed her but still. Also where the hell are the sexy times. I’m shocked how they are glossed over particularly that first time. But damn if I didn’t lol when she pushed him out and off the bed 😂😂 (hide spoiler)]

Up to Ch. 50
(view spoiler)[So it seems like everything went so quick once she left camp. And I’m shocked she left him and even more shocked there wasn’t some life changing epiphany moment. I realize she went to see Damien but I guess I’m just used to characters having this like reawakening when they have a kind of sorta breakup. Glad they are back together now. And that’s really so crazy about Damien and beyond sad. You really never think about something like that happening to someone so young, I’m glad in the brief visit she had with him that he seems to be doing good. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Still having mixed feelings about the booo and I’m almost done lol. This doesn’t seem like what I’m used to from Tijan, it’s throwing me off. But thinking more on it, yeah I’m shocked she just up and went with Trent after not seeing or speaking to him in so long. But I’m learning this girl is flighty, spontaneous and a bit nutty lol (hide spoiler)]

Finished
(view spoiler)[Ok that ending with her asking the question was epic for this book. Kinda makes me like it more than I did. I don’t know I didn’t hate this but I can’t say I loved it either. And that was the weirdest ending honestly. I appreciate all the life details on everyone, guess I’m just not used to other peoples’ stories being included. (hide spoiler)]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "24% [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[Haha, I get it. And I totally agree. Charlie is a special snowflake. =P This is actually my first book by Tijan. What others have you read? I have Enemies ready to go on my kindle when I finish this one. (hide spoiler)]

I’ve read the Fallen Crest series, in fact I’m in the middle of rereading it now. Haven’t read enemies yet. Also read a few others from her.

I need to read and

49% (view spoiler)[Keith is such a douchebag. I can't believe he refused to pay her for those days and that he fired her. Well, I guess I can. He is the worst kind of person. And the coach is just as much of a douchebag as Keith. I wish she would have stood up for herself. I also wish that she would have confided in her friends. (hide spoiler)]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Up to 32
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(view spoiler)[Yeah, I feel the same. I wish that she would stand up for herself more. She was busting her butt working in the kitchen when she didn't have to and being at the basketball courts almost 24 hours a day. I noticed that about the sexy times too. It definitely felt glossed over that first time. (hide spoiler)]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "I’ve read the Fallen Crest series, in fact I’m in the middle of rereading it now. Haven’t read enemies yet. Also read a few others from her. ..."

Awesome. You must like her books then. I have heard so many good things about her books but this is my first one. =)

Vanessa wrote: "❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Up to 32
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Yeah guess I am a fan of hers lol. (view spoiler)[I did listen to this via audio wommqybe that’s why I didn’t connect so much with it. Just didn’t feel like the typical tijan book to me. Especially Charlie, I’m so used to her heroines being outspoken and strong 🤷🏼‍♀️ (hide spoiler)]

70% (view spoiler)[I am really glad that Reese and Charlie are both really opening up to each other. I am so glad that Keith was fired. He was the worst. Charlie still seems like she is in a weird spot in her life. She still has all this baggage and guilt, she has no job, and now she has this thing with Reese that is all sorts of iffy. They do seem to be getting closer though. They've just taken things a step further without actually saying the words but now I am just expecting something to happen to mess it all up. (hide spoiler)]

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Up to 32
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Yeah guess I am a fan of hers lol. [spoilers removed]"

You know, I really like audiobooks but I kind of have the same issue with them. When I listen to them I don't feel as connected to the story or I don't enjoy it as much as when I read it myself. Not every audiobook, but a lot of them.

❀ Crystal ✿ - wrote: "Finished
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(view spoiler)[I feel the same way exactly. I didn't love it but I also didn't hate it. I also really enjoyed the epilogue. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[I have to say, I think that the ending was pretty satisfying. I really loved that there was an epilogue so we could get a glimpse into Reese and Charlie's future. I like the way that things eventually played out. I also like that Charlie was the one to realize her mistake and take the initiative to try and fix it by going to Reese. And I think that it was good that she went to see Damian again for closure. She couldn't move on with someone else with her guilt over leaving him haunting her. She took the right steps. (hide spoiler)]