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rachelreadsdaily's review against another edition
4.0
Wow! This book was fantastic! I was very leery because I just didn't think I could possibly like Chase. I loved that he got his shit together though and he was very likable. I liked that he went back and apologized for his past wrongdoings and was able to move forward. Fantastic ending to a great series!
emmamcquat's review against another edition
4.0
Well done Ms Prestsater! You have successfully changed my opinion on the douchebag Chase! Glad to see him get his HEA.
emilyhei's review against another edition
4.0
If a guy can manage to take bad advice and follow through ruining his relationships, his name is Chase Marino. After yet another ruined relationship, he finds that the last three women in his life want revenge and have setup an online account with blind dates that would set your hair on end.
Chase is wallowing until he meets student teacher Tiffany Guiterrez who is a bit of an enigma with her stodgy appearance and rigid exterior. It doesn't take long to realize there is more to Tiffany than what you see and he finds himself falling hard, except he has three pissed off women who seem intent on getting in his way.
I liked this, it was humorous, charming and had me smiling all the way until the very end. This is a perfect end of summer, pick up your feet and enjoy the weather read.
Chase is wallowing until he meets student teacher Tiffany Guiterrez who is a bit of an enigma with her stodgy appearance and rigid exterior. It doesn't take long to realize there is more to Tiffany than what you see and he finds himself falling hard, except he has three pissed off women who seem intent on getting in his way.
I liked this, it was humorous, charming and had me smiling all the way until the very end. This is a perfect end of summer, pick up your feet and enjoy the weather read.
andiabcs's review
4.0
So I’m a lucky kid. I got to read this book back and June when Julie was still drafting it. That’s what happens when you are friends with the author. And yes, that is my disclaimer. I am friends with the author. Just getting that out there so you know, but also know that my thoughts on this story have nothing to do with that friendship. I genuinely enjoyed this book.
When Julie first told me that she was going to write a 4th book in the Against the Wall series and it was going to be about Chase, I basically wanted to slap her upside the head and tell her no! Chase had to have been the worst character ever in the other 3 books. I really really hated him and how he treated Shelly and Summer. He was the biggest jerk ever. But in pure Julie fashion, she made me a believer in Chase. And by the end of Playing Chase I actually liked him and thought he was just misunderstood and it was a product of his environment that he did stupid things.
Playing Chase is the story of Chase Marino, the cheater that broke Shelly’s heart in Against the Wall and Summer’s heart in Straddling the Edge. He is selfish and a dirt bag and deserves everything he gets thrown at him from Summer, Shelly and Shelly’s best friend Mel. He knows this and has resigned himself to the fact that they plan to make his life miserable. Until Tiffany Gutierrez, his new student teacher, enters the picture. Fighting his immediate attraction to her Chase does everything he can to stay away because he knows his pattern and what he does to the women he cares about. But as Tiffany gets closer to him he starts to rethink his position and the reasons he does the same thing over and over to the women he supposedly loves.
Really Playing Chase is the epitome of a growth story. Although Chase was only a background-ish character in the first couple of books, he was a huge part of the story. Without him the girls wouldn’t have found their loves. But Chase was also just a horrible person. But Playing Chase really changes that. When you finally get to see Chase’s home life and inside his head you start to see him as a person and I think that was the truly remarkable part of this book. Without that you wouldn’t get to see the real Chase. The Chase that has feelings and worries about hurting other people. And the chemistry between Tiffany and him is so so good. I actually found myself, for the first time since meeting him, cheering him on and wanting him to get the girl and that is all thanks to Julie’s incredible story telling. She got it and made sure her readers got it.
Basically this fourth and final(?) book in the Against the Wall series was a nice finish to a fun tale of teachers and what happens outside the classroom. I loved how everything came together and how it all worked as a whole. Julie brought us on a fun and unforgettable journey that I enjoyed and I think you will too.
When Julie first told me that she was going to write a 4th book in the Against the Wall series and it was going to be about Chase, I basically wanted to slap her upside the head and tell her no! Chase had to have been the worst character ever in the other 3 books. I really really hated him and how he treated Shelly and Summer. He was the biggest jerk ever. But in pure Julie fashion, she made me a believer in Chase. And by the end of Playing Chase I actually liked him and thought he was just misunderstood and it was a product of his environment that he did stupid things.
Playing Chase is the story of Chase Marino, the cheater that broke Shelly’s heart in Against the Wall and Summer’s heart in Straddling the Edge. He is selfish and a dirt bag and deserves everything he gets thrown at him from Summer, Shelly and Shelly’s best friend Mel. He knows this and has resigned himself to the fact that they plan to make his life miserable. Until Tiffany Gutierrez, his new student teacher, enters the picture. Fighting his immediate attraction to her Chase does everything he can to stay away because he knows his pattern and what he does to the women he cares about. But as Tiffany gets closer to him he starts to rethink his position and the reasons he does the same thing over and over to the women he supposedly loves.
Really Playing Chase is the epitome of a growth story. Although Chase was only a background-ish character in the first couple of books, he was a huge part of the story. Without him the girls wouldn’t have found their loves. But Chase was also just a horrible person. But Playing Chase really changes that. When you finally get to see Chase’s home life and inside his head you start to see him as a person and I think that was the truly remarkable part of this book. Without that you wouldn’t get to see the real Chase. The Chase that has feelings and worries about hurting other people. And the chemistry between Tiffany and him is so so good. I actually found myself, for the first time since meeting him, cheering him on and wanting him to get the girl and that is all thanks to Julie’s incredible story telling. She got it and made sure her readers got it.
Basically this fourth and final(?) book in the Against the Wall series was a nice finish to a fun tale of teachers and what happens outside the classroom. I loved how everything came together and how it all worked as a whole. Julie brought us on a fun and unforgettable journey that I enjoyed and I think you will too.
emmamcquat's review
4.0
Well done Ms Prestsater! You have successfully changed my opinion on the douchebag Chase! Glad to see him get his HEA.
scorchingnix's review
5.0
FTC : This review is being done as part of the tour. I had the option of not posting it until after the tour if I didn't like the book .. I did though!
I must confess, I haven't read the rest of the series so I can't comment on the character of Chase. From other reviews (and the commentary in the book), I can tell that he was a contentious character. Thing is, when I met him he had changed.
Chase is a character that is kind of stuck. Trying to reform his love rat ways, he has been on a hiatus from women. I liked Chase immediately, a man who takes his job seriously and is willing to let his furious ex-girlfriends humiliate him in the vain hope that he can atone for sins of the past. I am always one to champion a redeemable character and, as the book was written from first POV, I could immediately tell that he truly didn't want to be the man that he once was. But as I say, Chase is stuck in a viscous circle of self hate and flagellation. Then in walks Tiff.
I really liked Tiff. A straight up trainee teacher by day and a cowboy-boot wearing flirt by night, she really allowed Chase to move on and prove that he could be a better man. The chemistry between them was a constant smolder and I enjoyed the cute factor between them (P&J sandwiches anyone?). I wanted them to succeed, wanted Chase to be able to prove to himself that he wasn't his father. Of course, he screwed it up first....
Overall, I loved this novella. I loved the writing and loved the characters so it gets a 5 Star rating from me.
I must confess, I haven't read the rest of the series so I can't comment on the character of Chase. From other reviews (and the commentary in the book), I can tell that he was a contentious character. Thing is, when I met him he had changed.
Chase is a character that is kind of stuck. Trying to reform his love rat ways, he has been on a hiatus from women. I liked Chase immediately, a man who takes his job seriously and is willing to let his furious ex-girlfriends humiliate him in the vain hope that he can atone for sins of the past. I am always one to champion a redeemable character and, as the book was written from first POV, I could immediately tell that he truly didn't want to be the man that he once was. But as I say, Chase is stuck in a viscous circle of self hate and flagellation. Then in walks Tiff.
I really liked Tiff. A straight up trainee teacher by day and a cowboy-boot wearing flirt by night, she really allowed Chase to move on and prove that he could be a better man. The chemistry between them was a constant smolder and I enjoyed the cute factor between them (P&J sandwiches anyone?). I wanted them to succeed, wanted Chase to be able to prove to himself that he wasn't his father. Of course, he screwed it up first....
Overall, I loved this novella. I loved the writing and loved the characters so it gets a 5 Star rating from me.
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