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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Her newer work is much more appealing for me. Charlie was a bit stalkerish for me. Also it’s kind of ridiculous that’s shes 22 23 and her mom is sooo worried she’ll end up alone. She’s in her early 20s starting a new business, I don’t see an issue with dating around lol.
A cover should not be this bad for a book released in 2017.
To begin with I will always give a separate rating on my romances for their level of steaminess...that way if this is something that makes or breaks your potential to read a book you are not wasting your time.
3.5 Stars!
I want so bad to give this book 4 stars, but I just can't. It's killing me because the last 20% of this was so good and it made me want to bump up my rating. However, I can't get ever the slight mess that was the start of this story. The characters, their chemistry, the dialogue, etc was great. The story itself was entertaining and captured my attention immediately. It was just the beginning that felt so rushed. Charlie and Ever meet in a bar and decide right then and there to have a no-strings attached relationship. Ever has a one month rule, so I looked forward to seeing her and Charlie throughout this month falling for one another. However, that did not happen. Instead, we get a fast forward to the month that has already passed by. And all of a sudden Ever's mother (who is the person who influenced her to have no-strings relationships) shows up and convinces Ever that the no serious relationships rule isn't a good thing. And Ever decides to end things with Charlie and start seriously looking for a commitment partner. Just like that. A girl who for most of her life has treated relationships a certain way changes her ways in a matter of minutes. Personally, I just found that unbelievable. When I read these types of stories where the parents of our hero/heroine are the ones who have affected the way they are in their romantic relationships usually these type of revelations don't come up until almost the end. On Charlie's side of the story, I felt that his realization came up more naturally and believably.
Besides that, I also got kinda frustrated with both Charlie and Ever. Once they both realized they wanted more from each other they kept tip toeing around it. They would never outright tell each other that they had real feelings for each other. This went on for a while and it got so tiring at one point that I started speed reading - not totally paying attention and just reading dialogue. But, somewhere towards the end the story grabbed me again. You know once they actually got a wake up call from their friends and family. They finally got together. From there I finally got the story I wanted.
This story wasn't bad. It just had some things that could've been better. I'd still say to give it a try. These things might not bother you the way it did to me. Reading this is worth it for the characters and the humor. And of course the romance, too. I'm actually looking forward to reading the next two books in the series. I'm just hoping it goes a little better for me than this one did.
I want so bad to give this book 4 stars, but I just can't. It's killing me because the last 20% of this was so good and it made me want to bump up my rating. However, I can't get ever the slight mess that was the start of this story. The characters, their chemistry, the dialogue, etc was great. The story itself was entertaining and captured my attention immediately. It was just the beginning that felt so rushed. Charlie and Ever meet in a bar and decide right then and there to have a no-strings attached relationship. Ever has a one month rule, so I looked forward to seeing her and Charlie throughout this month falling for one another. However, that did not happen. Instead, we get a fast forward to the month that has already passed by. And all of a sudden Ever's mother (who is the person who influenced her to have no-strings relationships) shows up and convinces Ever that the no serious relationships rule isn't a good thing. And Ever decides to end things with Charlie and start seriously looking for a commitment partner. Just like that. A girl who for most of her life has treated relationships a certain way changes her ways in a matter of minutes. Personally, I just found that unbelievable. When I read these types of stories where the parents of our hero/heroine are the ones who have affected the way they are in their romantic relationships usually these type of revelations don't come up until almost the end. On Charlie's side of the story, I felt that his realization came up more naturally and believably.
Besides that, I also got kinda frustrated with both Charlie and Ever. Once they both realized they wanted more from each other they kept tip toeing around it. They would never outright tell each other that they had real feelings for each other. This went on for a while and it got so tiring at one point that I started speed reading - not totally paying attention and just reading dialogue. But, somewhere towards the end the story grabbed me again. You know once they actually got a wake up call from their friends and family. They finally got together. From there I finally got the story I wanted.
This story wasn't bad. It just had some things that could've been better. I'd still say to give it a try. These things might not bother you the way it did to me. Reading this is worth it for the characters and the humor. And of course the romance, too. I'm actually looking forward to reading the next two books in the series. I'm just hoping it goes a little better for me than this one did.
This book does not age well - tbh if I had read this when it first came out, I would have overlooked a lot, but reading in the middle of 2020 when I know more about police brutality than ever before, I can't. I couldn't help but think about if Ever was a Black woman and how cringe and how terrifying it could have been in so many of the scenarios with Charlie.
Not to mention how bleh Charlie is; he doesn't want to date Ever but also doesn't want her to date anyone else??? Talk about manipulative and controlling.
DNF at 70%. Gave it a real try but between Charlie and the whole police theme (which I realize this series is a police series and it was written by a white woman before racial justice was normalized), could not finish.
Not to mention how bleh Charlie is; he doesn't want to date Ever but also doesn't want her to date anyone else??? Talk about manipulative and controlling.
DNF at 70%. Gave it a real try but between Charlie and the whole police theme (which I realize this series is a police series and it was written by a white woman before racial justice was normalized), could not finish.
There is so much to unpack here. This guy deserves a restraining order. He gets upset when his regular hookup dumps him after she decided that she wants to try relationships, and he’s repeatedly said he doesn’t want that. So in order to convince her to go back to hookups, he stalks her using his police connections, blocks her attempts to date (once by getting his friend to commit a crime), catfishes her, and pretends to be her friend all while trying to get back in her pants.
She feels bad when he tells her about his mommy issues and fear of abandonment, and he gets feels he starts to freak out.
She eventually finds out about his shenanigans and tells him to fuck off, and he does do a pretty good grovel, but not enough time justify his behaviour.
She feels bad when he tells her about his mommy issues and fear of abandonment, and he gets feels he starts to freak out.
She eventually finds out about his shenanigans and tells him to fuck off, and he does do a pretty good grovel, but not enough time justify his behaviour.
I can't be the only one who doesn't think Charlie is cute and adorable. He just seems possessive and intimidating. Also that ending?
Uh oh. I think Shane has been dethroned as my favorite Bailey Hero. CHARLIE FUCKING BURNS Y'ALL!!!
Disorderly Conduct was a fun read, sweet romance, with protagonists who were sure they didn't want a real relationship.
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LOVED it. Full review to come.
ETA: Did a full joint review withmy blogmate YaYa on After Dark Book Lovers, which you can read here - http://www.afterdarkbooklovers.com/2017/09/book-review-disorderly-conduct-by-tessa-bailey/.
It's a fun ONS that turns into a month and then turns into more. I really enjoyed all parts of it and if you're into sexy, funny with a good emotional core type of romance, you may enjoy this.
ETA: Did a full joint review withmy blogmate YaYa on After Dark Book Lovers, which you can read here - http://www.afterdarkbooklovers.com/2017/09/book-review-disorderly-conduct-by-tessa-bailey/.
It's a fun ONS that turns into a month and then turns into more. I really enjoyed all parts of it and if you're into sexy, funny with a good emotional core type of romance, you may enjoy this.