Book Blurb:
She was determined to avert her heart,
He was determined to claim it.
What happens when a badass model in the midst of her master plan for revenge gets distracted by a pair of brown eyes?
Her desperate need to escape her feelings only seemed to pull him closer. She was set on averting. Too bad she came across one stubborn motorcycle riding distraction.
I was a puppet, the strings pulled by my parents. A Barbie doll brought up to sit still and look pretty, preferably with my mouth shut. Feelings were a foreign concept. That was until I locked eyes with a bad boy with a killer smirk. He was a distraction I couldn’t afford. I had dirty secrets to expose, my plan already set in motion. I was determined, focused, all in… Until Mateo.
She was a vision, looking so innocent while screaming trouble. Butterflies were flying around, a magnetic pull so strong, but she managed to turn the poles, fighting me every step of the way, not allowing me to get closer. The more she pulled back, the more I wanted to figure her out. She had her walls firm in place, but I was going to break them, brick by brick. No matter how hard Sabrina wanted to keep up the aversion, I was going to be the one she’d let in.
Tropes:
*Indie Author ALC *Strangers to More *Heiress FMC *Model FMC *College romance
*Revenge plan *FMC doesn't know love *found family *pop culture mentions
*State Challenge Mass (repeat)
Thoughts:
Sabrina (FMC) is young, beautiful and set on revenge she's recently learned a lot about her life that she never fully realized and even though she was born into a world of privilege, there is more to life than money and power and she is on a mission to make things right.
Mateo (MMC) although he is also young (in his early 20's) he is smart, kind, compassionate and loyal to those he holds close he was raised in a foster home but there was so much love and support. While out on his bike he see's a beauty they have a moment where they never exchange names, numbers, addresses basically they know nothing about each other other than what they learned in their brief interaction but it's kind of like that movie Serendipity (which is mentioned in the moment) if it's meant to be it will happen again.
Going their seperate ways Mateo and Sabrina continue to think about the other even though it's doubtful they will ever see each other again (you never know)... but Sabrina did like the fact that Mateo didn't know who she was since she is in a number of magazines and billboards, it's nice to be noticed for just you not your status.
Naturally they do end up running into each other again, there is a bit of a push and pull since Sabrina is getting involved in some dangerous activities and is trying to put distance between anyone she cares about she doesn't want them caught in the cross fire. Our FMC is a brave baddie and I was rooting for her the whole time to succeed with her plans.
Sabrina doesn't want to think about or like Mateo as much as she does, she is trying to focus on this one goal... and she doesn't want to have a weak point and the more time she spends with Mateo and his family the more she realizes that she could hurt not only him but also his family... is what she's working towards really worth wrecking what she's building with Mateo?
I would say that I felt like I might of missed something a few times in the story because I wasn't quite sure how much time had passed throughout most of the book and I thought they had only been together maybe once or twice at this particular time but Mateo was upset that Sabrina hadn't told him the truth leading me to believe that he felt their relationship had progressed further than I thought it had.
There are many pop culture references to books, movies and music and I wasn't always able to follow along quite as well with those segments because I hadn't heard the song, read the book or seen the movie but if you are up on your pop culture references you are going to love these parts of the book.
I'm so glad that I was finally able to get to this book it's been on my TBR for awhile but if you've been reading by blog you know that I have a habit of probably picking up way too many arcs/alcs (oops) This story was fast paced with a dash of heart, humor and emotional moments spread throughout. There is a large cast of characters I may have had an easier time with this as I have read a few of the other books in a different series by this author that involved this loving band of brothers and their beautiful Mama Eva.
I loved Mateo's family they are true family goals! Sabrina while her own family were ruthless she did have some close friends to help her get through.
I received this ALC from the author and I loved the Narrators Andi Eloise and Caden Hart were awesome!
Have you read this one? what did you think?
