Hooked on the Game by C.M. Owens
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a cutesy little novel that sadly didn’t really stand out from the million others
The cheesy rich playboy Kade who secretly has a better work ethic and a strong connection to a certain family member that betters him in the heroine’s eyes. The poor honor student Raya barely scrapes by and somehow becomes dependent on the playboy and keeps him out of trouble.
The thing that kept this from being totally cliche was Raya’s past of criminals that she utilized in the end.
However the writing style was not my favorite as it was the classic mistake of telling not showing.
Readers were told us over and over again, she has a passstttttt with the only hints through her great card playing skills and visiting her dad in prison like once….I mean there’s gotta be more to that story.
The romance was cute: built up to happiness, playboy finds out about past, girl feels below him, etc.
But the finding her scene was pretty swoon worthy:
“Not this time, Raya. Even if you forced me out, I wouldn’t give up. I’ll jump from that fucking ridiculously scary tree every day if you make me. Just try to leave the window up for me from now on. It’s hard to hang on and force a window up.”
His playful grin doesn’t match his serious eyes”
Overall a cute read though it did make me curious about Tag which is book 2, so maybe keep going on the series if I have nothing else to read.
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