Wardrobe Malfunction by Samantha Towle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Apparently I’m going through a “Samantha Towle” marathon! This is the 3rd book of hers that I’ve read in the past week and a half.

Quite frankly I think it would be difficult for Samantha to write something I wouldn’t enjoy. Wardrobe Malfunction delivered the same awesomeness that I’ve come to expect with her work. Vaughn West is a talented, handsome and therefore very successful Hollywood actor. When we first meet Vaugh he’s recovering from a devastating personal entanglement where his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend. Let’s just say that Vaughn has trust issues way above and beyond the cautiousness that anyone in the public eye deals with.

Charlotte “Charly” Michaels is hired as a wardrobe assistant on Vaughn’s newest movie. She’s gorgeous (at one point she’s enlikened to Gigi Hadid) with pink and lavender dyed hair. I can’t pin down her exact personality to describe to you because at certain points she’s feisty and creative. Other times she’s meek and self depreciating.

Ok, so just a fair warning- the ending is very reminiscent of another popular movie star meets a “regular girl”. I’m wracking my brain trying to remember which one it is but I.JUST.CAN’T.REMEMBER! Argh! Stay tuned! I’m sure it will come to me and I’ll update my review. Certainly if you enjoy this book you’ll want to check out the other one.

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Revived by Samantha Towle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Looooooooooooooved the first book of the series and was excited to read Leandro’s story. The chemistry between India Harris (sex-kitten psychiatrist) and Leandro (race car playboy) was muy bueno but not exactly plausible (see below). The steamy scenes were off the charts and I enjoyed reading the family dynamic between India, her twin brother Kit and son Jett.

As I briefly mentioned earlier -what I didn’t buy into was the emotional connection between Leandro and India. Honestly, Leandro’s only impression of India was her physical appearance. Their first several encounters he reveals himself, scars and all so it’s fair to say India has a good idea of who he is as a person. But from Leandro’s perspective he knows NADA yet professes to have such a strong connection to her. As a reader I would have appreciated more person sharing on India’s behalf before the strong “love connections” began.

Still a solid 4 out of 5.

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Revved by Samantha Towle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Samantha Towle is one of my all-time favorite authors. There’s been so many times when I’m reading one of her books, getting really invested in the characters and I’ll think “you know what would be great, if THIS would happen” and lo and behold she’s actually written something similar or even better!

So now you’re wondering why I let one of her magnificent literary creations sit on my “Want to Read” shelf for so long? To be honest I know absolutely ZIP, ZERO, NADA about car racing and I don’t really have any desire to learn about it now. I know it’s popular but it’s never interested me in the least. Therefore, when I saw this book I always skipped over it because of the racing themes. Oh me of little faith! I should have known that regardless of the character’s careers or settings Samantha wouldn’t let me down! Fan-fucking-tactic book.

In the interest of full disclosed there were scenarios and racing terms that flew completely over my head. Even taking that into consideration I loved the book and was snagged from the very first few pages.

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Falling into You by Lauren Abrams
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Boo! This book did not live up to my expectations or the description.

“Falling Into You” popped up on a “new adult” romance list and, after seeing the average rating and reading a few reviews I dove in head-first. Hallie is a 19 year old self proclaimed klutz with zero (and yes, I do mean ZERO) fashion sense. She’s in New York to avoid her male best friend (whom she is interested in alas her affections are unrequited). Hallie’s character comes across has very naïve and immature. She doesn’t show any emotional growth or maturity in her decisions or interactions with ANY of the other characters. For example, she has pined after Ben for years but has never verbalized or approach the situation as a mature adult. It’s a grade school crush by a college-aged character and not an attractive feature. Furthermore, after thoroughly describing her romantic debacle with Ben it’s only mentioned briefly throughout the rest of the book. Weird. I would definitely classify this as more of a young adult book with a few more mature romantic scenes sprinkled throughout.
Also, it’s a minor complaint but I do want to mention that Hallie prefers wearing flip-flops due to her klutzy tendencies yet somehow transformers into a sexy & talented dancer when the music turns on. I’m not buying it.

So there you have it! I’d recommend this book to high school girls with romantic notions of fame and limited understanding of adult relationships.

Now I’m off to discover new books that will hook my interest! Ciao friends!

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