Series: The Good Guys #3
~Blurb~
JIMMY
Over the past year, I’ve been called a lot of things. Slacker. Troublemaker. Party animal.
I thought I was on top of the world. Turns out, I was pretty close to rock bottom.
Now I have a new title: college dropout.
Talk about a reality check.
But I’ve got a chance to redeem myself. One summer to turn things around. Two months to prove I’m not a complete f*ck-up.
It’s time to change.
I want to get back to being one of the good guys.
MACKENNA
I have everything I need to live out my dream of being a reclusive songwriter—my guitar, my notebook, and blissful silence.
At least, I did until Jimmy moved in next door.
With tattoos, piercings, and mischievous green eyes, he’s got bad news written all over him. And last time I got with a bad boy, it ended horribly.
Jimmy makes me feel things I shouldn’t feel. Want things I shouldn’t want. He’s a hazard to my carefully laid plans.
But he’s only here for two months.
I can resist him...right?
~Book Review~
4.75 Stars
James Peabody Johnson, 19, is fast
on his way to becoming a college dropout. Partying, fighting, and bad grades have
made his freshman year a bust. But he’s got the summer to redeem himself and
Grandma Beverly to keep him on track.
“Let’s go easy on the full-name
stuff, huh?”
Mackenna Connelly, 21, was dealt
some rough teenage years, leaving her seeking solitude in the small Midwestern
town of Tolston. She’s not looking for a relationship and Jimmy has sworn off
women, but that doesn’t stop the sparks that fly when they meet...in a rather
awkward but absolutely comical moment.
“That’s some romantic shit,
Grandma.”
This story has it all, most
importantly substance and good character development. I was not expecting it to
open the way it does, but it sure pulled me in and fleshed out the characters
right off the bat. Mackenna was certainly a survivor and Jimmy, poor Jimmy, was
such a screw up. But he knew it and owned up to it. Their introductions took me
from the edge of my seat to laughing at Jimmy’s expense as the story captured
mistakes teens make and tackled some heavier life issues without putting off
antsy vibes.
While there’s a few near tear
jerker moments, there are also so many funny scenes. That’s not an easy balance
to pull off but the author handles this juxtaposition of emotions with ease and
a finesse of storytelling. I thoroughly enjoyed the antics in this one, and I
don’t want to spoil the fun but that bird and Grandma all but stole the show in
wonderfully humorous ways.
None the less, it’s Jimmy and Mack who
make the romance. I really adore when love is developed like a journey and the
reader gets to see the main couple get to know each other and fall in love. This
story stays focused on that, interweaving how they negotiate their limited time
relationship alongside plenty of hot, well developed love scenes. And notice I
said love scenes and not simply sex scenes because there’s so much more
captured here while still being deliciously erotic.
“You’re bigger than her
prize-winning mutant pickle.”
[If you want to know how big that is, click here!]
I’ll admit, I wasn’t crazy about at
least one of Mackenna’s way of handling things, but I understood she was a bit
emotionally damaged from past experience. At the same time, Jimmy couldn’t have
been more swoonworthy! He wowed me at every turn. I could definitely gush about
what a fabulous new adult romantic hero he is because Jimmy rocks as a book
boyfriend. There’s no denying he earns his place in the “Good Guys” series.
“And when she fell asleep, her ear was right
over my heart—the heart that was becoming a little less mine and a little more hers
every day.”
*Squeee* I’m totally jonesing for
Jimmy, which is so robbing the cradle
so I’d better stop while I’m ahead. Just
know he’s an adorable hottie and an absolute delight. His story is one to move
to the top of your TBR pile!
Dropout is the third book
in The Good Guys series, told via Jimmy
and Mackenna’s alternating first person POV. It can easily be read as a
standalone. Characters from the previous
books have cameos.
~Character Feature~
~Also in the Series~
#4 Outcast
~About the Author~
Jamie Schlosser grew up on a farm in Illinois surrounded by cornfields. Although she no longer lives in the country, her dream is to return to rural living someday. As a stay-at-home mom, she spends most of her days running back and forth between her two wonderful kids and her laptop. She loves her family, iced coffee, and happily-everafters.
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