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megsyzreads's review
2.0
Sweet. Not my normal go to. I like my books with angst and chemistry. These characters lacked depth and I felt the female lead was a push over. It was ok, but won’t recommend, it’s just not for me.
navybrat03's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to love this, because who doesn’t love a light and fun college romance that doesn’t involve the “bad boy” or “man-whore”? However, I had some issues with the characters. (Rant starts here with some spoilers)
First: Theo is a jerk. A grade-A jerk who I believed didn’t deserve Maddy as a friend. I mean he strings her along for 7 years while she is pitifully pinning away for him, but he acts like he doesn’t notice. Are you DAFT? Then as soon as he sees that Maddy is expressing interest in another guy, one of his older frat brothers, he decides that he wants her and they are meant to be together because that’s what her father wants. He tells her that Easton, the older frat bro, and her TA, is only using her, will break her heart and that he’s not good enough for her. Meanwhile, during the entire time that Maddy has been madly in love with Theo, he has been hooking up with a portion of the female student body since he’s such a loved frat boy and football player (yea, there’s that trope) since he wanted to wait to settle down with Maddy junior or senior year. Just no. He is also condescending when Maddy tells him that she wanted to go to Columbia and pursue photojournalism rather than study business at UGA. Which how are you going to say you love someone, but not want them to do what truly makes them happy? That isn’t what truly bothered me the most though, it’s the fact that when Maddy rejects Theo, he is so malicious and goes to Maddy’s professor and snitch on Easton for having a relationship with her. It’s bad enough that he didn’t want her to pursue her passion, but he wanted to ruin her relationship with Easton and ultimately hurt her? Doesn’t sound like a great friend to me- even if he retracts his statement at the end.
Secondly: Maddy… At first I was incredibly disappointing to read about her turning down a full academic scholarship to Columbia in order to follow Theo to UGA- which also happened to be her parent’s alma mater. She started to grow on me more as she and Easton hung out more and he pushed her to do what she wanted, and ultimately ended up transferring in the spring. What I don’t like is how easily she forgave Theo after how he had treated her like pure garbage.
Lastly: Easton. I liked his character, I like how he wasn’t a dick and he wanted Maddy to be happy first and foremost. I didn’t like how he got angry with her though when he thought she was the one who ratted him out. Nothing in her character ever indicated to her being a vindictive person, but rather thinking it through he showed up at her door angry that he had been fired from being a TA for their relationship. Honestly, I think he got off easy since he normally would have been fired and lost scholarship and recommendations. Not to mention they both knew what they were getting into when they started the whole thing and he knew the risks but went for it anyway. In the end and in my opinion he was the better guy for her.
-End character rant-
Even with the issues I had with characters, I thought this was a fun and cute book that made for a quick read before bed. I would recommend it to people who like college romances and don’t mind some minor annoyance with characters. Also, GO DAWGS! <3
First: Theo is a jerk. A grade-A jerk who I believed didn’t deserve Maddy as a friend. I mean he strings her along for 7 years while she is pitifully pinning away for him, but he acts like he doesn’t notice. Are you DAFT? Then as soon as he sees that Maddy is expressing interest in another guy, one of his older frat brothers, he decides that he wants her and they are meant to be together because that’s what her father wants. He tells her that Easton, the older frat bro, and her TA, is only using her, will break her heart and that he’s not good enough for her. Meanwhile, during the entire time that Maddy has been madly in love with Theo, he has been hooking up with a portion of the female student body since he’s such a loved frat boy and football player (yea, there’s that trope) since he wanted to wait to settle down with Maddy junior or senior year. Just no. He is also condescending when Maddy tells him that she wanted to go to Columbia and pursue photojournalism rather than study business at UGA. Which how are you going to say you love someone, but not want them to do what truly makes them happy? That isn’t what truly bothered me the most though, it’s the fact that when Maddy rejects Theo, he is so malicious and goes to Maddy’s professor and snitch on Easton for having a relationship with her. It’s bad enough that he didn’t want her to pursue her passion, but he wanted to ruin her relationship with Easton and ultimately hurt her? Doesn’t sound like a great friend to me- even if he retracts his statement at the end.
Secondly: Maddy… At first I was incredibly disappointing to read about her turning down a full academic scholarship to Columbia in order to follow Theo to UGA- which also happened to be her parent’s alma mater. She started to grow on me more as she and Easton hung out more and he pushed her to do what she wanted, and ultimately ended up transferring in the spring. What I don’t like is how easily she forgave Theo after how he had treated her like pure garbage.
Lastly: Easton. I liked his character, I like how he wasn’t a dick and he wanted Maddy to be happy first and foremost. I didn’t like how he got angry with her though when he thought she was the one who ratted him out. Nothing in her character ever indicated to her being a vindictive person, but rather thinking it through he showed up at her door angry that he had been fired from being a TA for their relationship. Honestly, I think he got off easy since he normally would have been fired and lost scholarship and recommendations. Not to mention they both knew what they were getting into when they started the whole thing and he knew the risks but went for it anyway. In the end and in my opinion he was the better guy for her.
-End character rant-
Even with the issues I had with characters, I thought this was a fun and cute book that made for a quick read before bed. I would recommend it to people who like college romances and don’t mind some minor annoyance with characters. Also, GO DAWGS! <3
bookspaced's review against another edition
5.0
I don‘t know what to say! I just seriously loved Easton and Maddison!
I meed myself an Easton asap!
I meed myself an Easton asap!
readingbelle's review
In love with the best friend? check
New amazing -forbidden- guy walks in? check
College life? check
Football life? check
The Wrong Prince Charming hits a whole lot of tropes with a whole lot of steamy fun. This is a great one to read in one sitting.
New amazing -forbidden- guy walks in? check
College life? check
Football life? check
The Wrong Prince Charming hits a whole lot of tropes with a whole lot of steamy fun. This is a great one to read in one sitting.
nutmeg1013's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
yeriwithaj_'s review against another edition
4.0
A good one
No as gripping as I first anticipated but, a good read overall.
Loved Easton even if he wasn't the hero I was expecting. He showed great growth throughout the story. All in all he was the best character.
Hated Theo he was just a jerk.
Maddy was eh, okay. Did not like her indecisiveness and sometimes lack of a backbone.
No as gripping as I first anticipated but, a good read overall.
Loved Easton even if he wasn't the hero I was expecting. He showed great growth throughout the story. All in all he was the best character.
Hated Theo he was just a jerk.
Maddy was eh, okay. Did not like her indecisiveness and sometimes lack of a backbone.
fairyyeah's review against another edition
3.0
This is a fun and short read if you're in the mood for a mediocre romance story you don't really have to think too deeply about. From the get-go, it's pretty obvious who Maddy is going to end up with and overall the plot is extremely predictable and kind of boring, but again, I picked it up right after finishing my finals so it was a great book to unwind with and just not use my brain cells for. Would I recommend it if you're looking for an amazing blow-your-socks-off read? No of course not. But overall it's cheesy and dumb but not so dumb to the point where it makes you angry, so it was alright.
dragnfary's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
reviewsfromabookworm's review
2.0
I think I lost brain cells reading this one. I've realised that Holly Renee works for me when she is writing about adults. But as soon as it is about college-age kids, then I can't stand it at all - and I'm using the term kids because that's how these motherfuckers be acting.