Title: The Replacement Crush
Author: Lisa Brown Roberts
Publication Date: September 6th, 2016
Publisher: Entangled Teen
True love can’t be
strategized.
After
book blogger Vivian Galdi’s longtime crush pretends their secret summer kissing
sessions never happened, Vivian creates a list of safe crushes, determined to
protect her heart.
But
nerd-hot Dallas, the sweet new guy in town, sends the mission and Vivian’s zing
meter into chaos. While designing software for the bookstore where Vivian
works, Dallas wages a counter-mission.
Operation
Replacement Crush is in full effect. And Dallas is determined to take her heart
off the shelf.
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Lisa
Brown Roberts still hasn't recovered from the teenage trauma of nearly tweezing
off both eyebrows and having to pencil them in for an entire school year. This
and other angst-filled memories inspire her to write YA books about navigating
life's painful and funny dramas, and falling in love along the way.
Her
almost forever home is Colorado, though she occasionally pines for the days
when she lived within walking distance of the Pacific Ocean. Her house is full
of books, boys, four-legged prima donnas, and lots of laughter.
4 “I want a McNerdy” Stars
ARC via NetGalley.
Well, Lisa Brown
Roberts... I’m becoming a fan.
A few weeks ago (maybe a
little longer) I read “Resisting the Rebel” by this same author, and let me
tell you, it was sooo good and sooo hot! Go read it. Here’s my review in case
you’re still in doubt.
Anyway... when I saw “The
Replacement Crush” had been written by Mrs. Roberts too I immediately developed
a serious case of *grabby hands*. I wanted it, and I wanted it bad. Thankfully
I got it and it didn’t disappoint.
TRC is the story of book
blogger Vivian, who’s a romance addict (hello!) and works at the bookstore
helping her mother. Vivian’s life revolves around books (hello!), her awesome
friends and a crush who broke her heart. The idiot spent all summer kissing
her, but as soon as classes started again he pretended he didn’t even know her
and moved on to his next target. Devastated, Vivian starts a mission intending
on getting over that heartbreak: find a replacement crush.
But Vivian didn’t want
to risk getting her heart broken all over again, so the main criteria for her
RC was that they should have zero chemistry. That ruled out hot-nerd, new guy
Dallas, a.k.a. McNerdy (because apparently Vivian watches Grey’s Anatomy. How I
miss the early seasons of that show!).
Dallas is everything you
could ask for in a love interest. Mysterious, super smart, great sense of
humor, too hot for his own good and a nice guy. Yep, teen me would totally fall
for Dallas.
Of course Vivian did,
too. While they spent time together while Dallas worked on bringing the
bookstore into the computer-age, Vivian ended up falling for Dallas. But Vivian
was stubborn and she didn’t want to let go of her RC plan to give the boy who
clearly liked her a chance.
See… Vivian could be a
bit frustrating at times because she was really stubborn and made things more
complicated for herself than she needed to, but she also had a great voice, which
made reading about her a lot easier. None of her actions or reactions were bad
enough that I wanted to stop reading, but there were a couple of times I wanted
to shake some sense into her.
Dallas, on the other
hand, was pretty perfect. I loved how nerdy and smart he was. How he kept
trying to win Vivian over without being pushy. How he flirted with her and then…
okay. No spoilers. But it was hot. Sure I was a little irritated at something
he did when Vivian pushed him away, but it wasn’t bad enough to ruin him for
me.
Dallas and Vivian had
great chemistry, which was both important because of the plot and because who
doesn’t like to read about characters with great chemistry? I’m coming to the
conclusion that Mrs. Roberts writes romance in a way that speaks to me, because
I always find her books have the kind of romance that’s a little more intense
and hotter than others from the same genre and publisher.
The rest of the
characters were likable, especially best-friend-turned-big-brother, Toff and
her successful-mystery-author mother. I loved Vivian’s relationship with both
of them, as well as the bromance between Toff and Dallas.
Overall, this was a
pretty great read with lots of elements that spoke to me (hello, romance addict
book blogger!) and the kind of romance that had me swooning hard. Okay, so when
do I get a new book from Lisa Brown Roberts? How about right now?
One (1) winner will receive
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A signed copy of The Replacement Crush
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Nerd glasses necklace
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Signed poster
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Spock Funko Pop!
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