Sunday 31 March 2013

Broken at Love (Whitman University,#1) by Lyla Payne

When a knee injury ends twenty-year-old Quinn Rowland’s pro tennis career, he’s not only dumped by his hot Russian girlfriend but ordered to attend college by his disinterested billionaire father. A rich kid who’s not used to being disappointed by life, Quinn and his sociopathic half-brother Sebastian create a frat house game intended to treat girls how they see them—as simple game pieces to be manipulated for their pleasure.

College sophomore Emilie Swanson knows Quinn’s reputation—after all, he did send one of her sorority sisters into therapy earlier in the semester—but the game and his charm bring them closer together and soon she starts to believe there’s more to Quinn than people think.

But what if the more is something darker than a game of toying with emotions and breaking hearts?

Quinn and Emilie might be falling for each other, but there are secrets he’s not ready to tell—and lifestyle changes he’s reluctant to make. She willingly stepped on the court, but if Emilie finds out she started out as nothing as a pawn in Quinn and Sebastian’s twisted game, she might never forgive him.

To his surprise, Quinn finds that he might finally care about someone more than he cares about himself…even if that means letting Emilie walk away for good.

I have a bit of mixed feelings on this book. I cant say i didn't enjoy it because i did. But, I had a few issues with it.

Ok, so there is no denying that Quinn is very hot. It was easy to see the way all these girls constantly fell at his feet and for the rather cruel game that he was playing. My issue was that as soon as Emilie discovered that she was nothing more than a selection for a bet, she didn't want to walk away...

I just found it highly unbelievable that any girl would fall for any guy under these circumstances. She didn't strike me a silly naive girl and yet she acted like one. Believe me when I say that i'm a sucker for a reformed bad boy. And I love the drama these kind of stories produce. I just feel like there was too much of the bad and not enough of the good portrayed. From the very few glimpses of nice that we saw from Quinn, I found it hard to believe she would fall as hard as she did.

I wanted to love it, and there were part's of the story that I did. But... For me? It didn't add up!

I'm going to rate this 3*

Jade :) xx





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