{"id":4271,"date":"2012-01-24T05:04:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T13:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2017-02-06T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:31:30","slug":"review-flat-out-love-flat-out-love-1-by-jessica-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=4271","title":{"rendered":"Review:  Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1) by Jessica Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><b>Buy: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RPHPLa\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Ebook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1pNFe7K\" target=\"_blank\">Paperback<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><!--Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><div class=\"yasr-overall-rating\"><div class=' yasr-rater-stars'\r\n                           id='yasr-overall-rating-rater-9869c3e72b397'\r\n                           data-rating='4.9'\r\n                           data-rater-starsize='32'>\r\n                       <\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Review<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>OMG this book is amazing!!! I finished it like, literally, 10 minutes ago, and I&#8217;ve been sitting up in my bed clutching it to my chest with a huge cheesy grin and just saying &#8220;oh my God, oh my God&#8221; over and over. I had to get up and gush a bit.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning I found it an enjoyable read, and I knew people on Goodreads had raved over this book, but I couldn&#8217;t really see why it was so sensational. It appeared to be your ordinary chick-lit romance, although with some cracking dialogue. But then I got sucked into the blossoming romance, the brilliant facebook updates and emails and trying to work out what the big secret was that nobody talked about. I found myself drawn more and more to the characters &#8211; one in particular \ud83d\ude42 &#8211; wondering how the HEA was going to work out. And then, without being spoilerific, the big OMG moment happened (I may be a bit slow because I only picked up on it at the same time as our heroine). And truly &#8211; OMG! As I thought about the ramifications of it all I must had read the same page over about 5 times not taking in a word of it. I had to put my book down and sit and calm down for a bit before I could continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Park does a wonderful job pulling you into the Watkins family, and all of their dysfunctionality (is that even a real word?). The facebook status updates kept me laughing and Matt and Celeste&#8217;s stories broke my heart a little. I highly recommend this book to anybody who loves a great romantic story with a bit of family drama thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>Now if you&#8217;ll excuse me I am off to read it all again!<\/p>\n<p>As a side note &#8211; that drunken phone call was phenomenal! One of the funniest things I have read in a long time, I had tears rolling down my face.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Flat-Out Love series<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div data-post-id=\"17788\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-17788 \"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=4271\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?attachment_id=4248\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Flat-Out-Love.jpg?fit=150%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?attachment_id=4276\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?fit=150%2C228&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,228\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flat-Out Matt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?fit=148%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?resize=80%2C122&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flat-Out Matt\" width=\"80\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?resize=80%2C122&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?resize=148%2C225&amp;ssl=1 148w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Matt.jpg?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?attachment_id=4275\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Celeste.jpg?fit=150%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,239\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flat-Out Celeste\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Celeste.jpg?fit=141%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flat-Out-Celeste.jpg?resize=80%2C122&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flat-Out Celeste\" width=\"80\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flat-Out Love (#1)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=4271\" target=\"_blank\">Review<\/a><br \/>\nBuy:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RPHPLa\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Ebook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1pNFe7K\" target=\"_blank\">Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Flat-Out Matt (#1.5)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=4273\" target=\"_blank\">Review<\/a><br \/>\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1VaFtpp\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Ebook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1VaFoC5\" target=\"_blank\">Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flat-Out Celeste (#2)<\/strong><br \/>\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1UuZx6X\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle Ebook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1VaFHNf\" target=\"_blank\">Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy: Kindle Ebook\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Paperback Review OMG 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