{"id":26388,"date":"2017-09-28T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=26388"},"modified":"2017-10-01T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:25:34","slug":"arc-review-bad-reputation-bad-boys-of-sports-1-by-nicole-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=26388","title":{"rendered":"ARC Review: Bad Reputation (Bad Boys of Sports, #1) by Nicole Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 fun, sexy, friends-to-lovers stars<\/b><\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book! It\u2019s fun, funny and seriously sexy with a bad-boy NHL player that you can\u2019t help but love, and a gorgeous best-friends-to-lovers romance.<\/p>\n

Chase and Cassie are best friends. He is the manwhoring bad boy of hockey \u2013 spending almost more time off the ice than on it, and she is the super-organised, successful career woman. Total opposites, but they have remained best friends since their college days. They fight and bicker, they laugh, tease and joke, they are all over each other\u2019s lives and are there for each other through everything. And even though they constantly sprout off the \u201cwe\u2019re just friends\u201d line to pretty much everybody who knows them, behind it all, they want each other. But their differences and their fear of ruining what they have, have prevented either of them from speaking out.<\/p>\n

I want it so bad I can taste it. I\u2019ve spent years wanting her, denying to myself and everyone else that I could have her if I tried. Because I didn\u2019t want to lose the best thing in my life, I\u2019ve never acted on it.
\nBut I do want her. This. Us.
\nSo fucking badly. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It all changes on a trip to Vegas when alcohol and years of pent-up chemistry leads to all inhibitions being stripped away, and then the fun begins.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a goner. Chase Barrett is going to ruin me forever. And the worst part\u2026I don\u2019t even care.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hot and steamy, funny but with a nice amount of feeling, this was such a fun read. It was a bit slow to get moving, but the sexual tension builds really well as we get to know Chase and Cassie. We see their dynamic and can feel all of the undertones going on in their relationship, so by the time it all eventually happens for them, I was as frustrated as they were, and completely excited for them to start to explore their chemistry. And explore they do! This book is really hot, and the dirty talking couple are sizzling together. But more than that, there is true emotion between them, and I loved watching everything develop.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m falling in love with this man, my best friend. I know I shouldn\u2019t, but there\u2019s no stopping the inevitable.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s not an easy ride. There is still that fear that exists between them of losing everything, plus there are issues outside of the relationship which impact on what\u2019s happening between them. But the drama and moments of angst are minimal and mostly short-lived, and handled well, and I loved watching it all unfold.<\/p>\n

This is a really fun read. It\u2019s not a unique storyline, and there\u2019s no real surprises where it\u2019s all going to go, but I laughed out loud at Chase\u2019s antics, I felt the chemistry and loved seeing these two come together. Looking forward to the next in the series.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review<\/i><\/p>\n

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Bad Reputation (#1)
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Buy:\u00a0 Kindle Ebook Review 4 fun, sexy, friends-to-lovers stars I really enjoyed this book! It\u2019s fun, funny and seriously sexy with a bad-boy NHL player that you can\u2019t help but love, and a gorgeous best-friends-to-lovers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4.0999999999999996447286321199499070644378662109375,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,9,58,29],"tags":[59,725,724,48],"class_list":["post-26388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friends-to-lovers","category-romance","category-sports-star","category-steamy","tag-arc","tag-bad-boys-of-sports","tag-nicole-edwards","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bad-Reputation.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-6RC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}