{"id":43424,"date":"2019-06-04T07:21:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T11:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=43424"},"modified":"2019-06-04T07:37:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T11:37:32","slug":"release-arc-review-this-is-crazy-this-is-1-by-natasha-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=43424","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: This is Crazy (This Is, #1) by Natasha Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From the best selling series, Something So comes the spin-off This is…<\/p>\n

Zara Stone<\/p>\n

All my life, I\u2019ve said I will never date a hockey player. I know better because I\u2019ve seen and lived it all. My father is a hockey god, my brother is the captain of the most successful NHL team in the world, and my brother-in-law also plays in the league. Their lives are complicated, so I went in the opposite direction.
\nI fell in love with a scholar. But instead of proposing marriage, he broke up with me.
\nThree months later, I saw his engagement picture on Instagram. I couldn\u2019t let him get away with that. No, it didn\u2019t matter what, I was going to make that man see that I did not need him.<\/p>\n

Evan Richards
\nI was in the running to pass my point record from last year, ready to claim the number one spot in the league. On top of my game, I was riding my career high wave.
\nThen, Hockey\u2019s Princess, Zara Stone tweeted me. She wanted me to crash her ex\u2019s wedding.
\nThe worst that could happen? A PR nightmare. The best? A fun night with a beautiful woman.
\nIt started out as a game\u2014something I\u2019m good at. Her crazy idea twisted into something I wasn\u2019t looking for, something neither of us wanted.<\/p>\n

When push comes to shove, one thing runs through my mind:
\nThis is Crazy. Also, this is crazy right.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

4 \u2018falling for the good guy\u2019 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

I love this book! A sweet, fun and funny romance with very little angst and drama, and a fantastic cast of characters. It\u2019s the first in the This Is<\/i> series, a spin-off from the Something So <\/em>series, and a wonderful re-entry into a world of sport romance that I absolutely love!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read the Something So<\/i> series, then you will know Zara Stone. She\u2019s the daughter of Cooper and Parker from Something So Right<\/a>, and the younger sister of Matthew and Allison who also have books in the series. She\u2019s one of the trouble-making twins (along with her sister, Zoe), and having grown up in the world of ice hockey, she has zero interest in the sport – unless she\u2019s supporting her brother or brother-in-law – and she has created a great life for herself as far away from the sport as possible, including finding herself a serious, scholarly boyfriend.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, said boyfriend has just dumped her, and three months later she sees on social media that he\u2019s already engaged. Hurt, angry, and desperate for revenge, she decides to crash his wedding on the arm of her ex\u2019s biggest idol, NHL star, Evan Richards. And with a simple tweet, the plans are set.<\/p>\n

Zara Stone @ZaraStone
\nWhen your ex-boyfriend gets engaged, you ask his idol @EvanRichards to be your date to crash his wedding. What do you say? Wanna be my date?
\n#myexhasapencildick<\/i><\/p>\n

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Evan Richards @EvanRichards<\/em>
\nSounds like a plan. DM me.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Evan is the superstar of the Dallas team. He\u2019s a regular, sweet guy and given her family name, he knows exactly who Zara is. He also figures that a night out with a beautiful woman could be fun, so he has nothing to lose by accepting her date. But he also takes the opportunity to reach out and get to know her before the big day, and from the moment he actually meets her for real\u2026 it\u2019s all on!<\/p>\n

OMG, this romance is so gorgeous! It\u2019s intense and full of chemistry and it\u2019s really fast moving. There\u2019s no game playing or stupid behaviour \u2013 they meet, they are attracted, they act on it and they go with it, and I love watching them come together!<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to hide that you\u2019re mine,\u201d he says, looking straight at me.
\n\u201cFirst thing, I\u2019m my own person,\u201d I tell him. \u201cSecond, we aren\u2019t hiding anything. We are being private.\u201d I grab another chip and dip it, waiting for him.
\n\u201cYou kissed me,\u201d he states. \u201cYou kissed me. You made yourself mine when you did it.\u201d
\n\u201cOh, for the love of everything,\u201d I say out loud, looking up at the ceiling. \u201cWhat is it with hockey men?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zara is smart, sensible and successful, and though she\u2019s initially a little taken aback by Evan\u2019s enthusiasm, she\u2019s brave enough to follow her heart which I really liked. And Evan is such<\/i> a good guy! He\u2019s sweet, considerate and polite, and he\u2019s such a gentleman! But on the flip side of that, when his sexy alpha is unleashed\u2026 holy freaking hotness, the man is a beast!<\/p>\n

These two are hot and sexy, lots of fun and all kinds of sweet, the swoon is off the charts, and their romance is absolutely gorgeous!<\/p>\n

I love her with everything I have. I love her like I have loved no other.
\nThat moment you see the person who owns your heart, who can destroy you. Knowing that without her, you are going to be half the man you should be. Knowing that only with her, your heart beats normal; knowing that only with her, everything is going to be okay.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I enjoyed the sport aspect of the story, and I adored catching up with characters from the Something So<\/i> series \u2013 especially seeing Matthew and Max in the protective big brother roles. Freaking hilarious! But when the whole clan is together and all up in Zara and Evan\u2019s business (all the girls, and Cooper and Parker included), it\u2019s absolute gold!<\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew is freaking out,\u201d Karrie says, trying not to laugh with the phone by her ear. \u201cHold on, let me put him on speaker.\u201d
\n\u201cZara.\u201d His voice fills the room. \u201cAre you out of your mind?\u201d he asks in one breath and then continues. \u201cNo, don\u2019t answer that. We all know you are out of your mind.\u201d
\n\u201cHey, Matthew,\u201d I say, and he stops talking. \u201cIs it true you threw out Karrie\u2019s vibrator?\u201d
\n\u201cWho told her that?\u201d he hisses. \u201cI have to be on the ice in twenty minutes. I don\u2019t have time for this today.\u201d
\n\u201cWho asked you to get involved?\u201d Zoe says. \u201cI mean, you won\u2019t even let your wife have a vibrator. She looks deprived.\u201d
\n\u201cShe isn\u2019t deprived,\u201d he says, \u201cand the date with Evan is never going to happen.\u201d
\n\u201cMatthew Grant,\u201d Karrie pipes in, \u201cdon\u2019t you dare. Your sister is brokenhearted.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is going to end up on SportsCenter<\/i>,\u201d Matthew grumbles. \u201cI have to go. Kiss the kids for me, and you twins \u2026\u201d I look at Zara, and she looks at me. \u201cI\u2019ll liquidate some stocks to make sure I have bail money.\u201d He laughs, but my father groans. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I loved being back in this world! Natasha has created an amazing group of characters, and she\u2019s given Zara and Evan an absolutely beautiful love story that is fun, sweet and sexy with no unnecessary drama. This book melted me, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

4 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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This Is series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Spin off from the ‘Something So<\/a>‘ series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the Stone-Grant-Horton hockey dynasty – Find full series info, reading order and family tree here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Is Crazy (#1) <\/strong>(Evan & Zara)
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This Is Wild (#2)<\/strong> (Viktor & Zoe)
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This is Love (#3)<\/strong> (Mark & Vivienne)
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This is Forever (#4)<\/strong> (Justin & Caroline)
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Something So series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Something So Right (#1)<\/strong>\u00a0(Cooper & Parker)
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Something So Perfect (#2)<\/strong> (Matthew & Karrie)
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Something So Irresistible (#3)<\/strong> (Max & Allison)
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Something So Unscripted (#4)<\/strong> (Zack & Denise)
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Lots of spin-offs for this one! Find full series info, reading order and family tree here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Abou<\/strong>t the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"When her nose isn\u2019t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she\u2019s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It\u2019s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn\u2019t listen to her\u2026<\/p>\n

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