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jackiehorne's review
4.0
A heroine who really hit home for me -- yes, Olivia is not the only one to have been told by a former love that she was "not as much fun as I thought you were." Glad to see the "not fun" girl get to show her colors, and come into her own sense of her self worth.
avid_read's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
sparklingreader's review
4.0
This is a super hot, super sexy story about two people with a lot of problems. Jamie Dougal is a one-third onwer of a brewery. The other two people are his older brother, Eric, and younger sister Tessa. Jamie is handsome, sexy, funny, and the est thing that has ever happened to Oliva Bishop. But Jamie has issues. His brother, Eric, seees him as an unreformed screw up who can do no right. Jamie would like to expand their business, but Eric shoots him down at every opportunity.
Olivia is an uptight, divorced college instructor who knows a lot about setting up a restaurant business. What she doesn't know how to do is have fun. In a crazy moment of insanity, she offers Jamie a proposal. If he will teach her how to have fun, she will help him come up with a professional proposal for the business that he can present to Eric and Tessa.
Thus begins an intense affair that goes deeper than either Jamie or Olivia had planned on. There is hot sex, fun, work, trouble with Olivia's ex, and more. These two characters come with a lot of baggage, but fortunately, it all works out in the end, as all good romances should.
A definite must for all Victoria Dahl fans and a good read for anyone else who loves a good, hot romance.
Olivia is an uptight, divorced college instructor who knows a lot about setting up a restaurant business. What she doesn't know how to do is have fun. In a crazy moment of insanity, she offers Jamie a proposal. If he will teach her how to have fun, she will help him come up with a professional proposal for the business that he can present to Eric and Tessa.
Thus begins an intense affair that goes deeper than either Jamie or Olivia had planned on. There is hot sex, fun, work, trouble with Olivia's ex, and more. These two characters come with a lot of baggage, but fortunately, it all works out in the end, as all good romances should.
A definite must for all Victoria Dahl fans and a good read for anyone else who loves a good, hot romance.
meeks3's review
3.0
I actually enjoyed Bad Boys Do more than the first book in this series, Good Girls Don't. Although Tessa is more relatable to me personally, there the vulnerability that Jamie has just draws you in and keeps you invested. He's the guy that everybody thinks is carefree and fun with no responsibilities in the world, but he's much more than that. Reading his struggle of coming to terms with his own guilt over past mistakes and trying to find his footing in the brewery along with confronting his older brother Eric, well that is an emotional rollercoaster.
Add Olivia the uptight, no fun, studious divorcee and needless to say things get even more interesting. She is a woman who got married young, devoted her life to her husband, and was burned in the end. Now she's trying to figure out what exactly she wants out of her life and be her own person for the first time ever. Olivia's path of self discovery certainly mimics Jamie's and it's fun to read how they stumble through it together without ever realizing it. Plus, they have some serious chemistry which always makes life a little nice.
Add Olivia the uptight, no fun, studious divorcee and needless to say things get even more interesting. She is a woman who got married young, devoted her life to her husband, and was burned in the end. Now she's trying to figure out what exactly she wants out of her life and be her own person for the first time ever. Olivia's path of self discovery certainly mimics Jamie's and it's fun to read how they stumble through it together without ever realizing it. Plus, they have some serious chemistry which always makes life a little nice.
bookloverchelle's review
4.0
Jamie Donovan has always been the family slacker or at least according to his older brother, Eric. When he tries to move his dreams forward to expand at Donovan Brothers Brewery, he enrolls at a class at the local university where he meets Olivia, recent divorcee trying to find the spark in her life again. Olivia thinks that Jamie is the perfect man to help her learn how to have a little fun. Jamie is looking for more than fun and thinks he has found it in Olivia. Entertaining and sexy read as these two try to find what they want in life and how they can meet in the middle. Loved it and am so excited to see what comes next in the series!
caraheard's review
4.0
I like this one a lot more than my other Dahl books. As I had said in a previous review of her books, I feel like she tries too hard to make a book raunchy needlessly and without any authenticity. But this one felt more real and genuine. I loved Jaime and Olivia and their story. I really am not a fan of Eric so not sure how I'll like his book when I read it next.
tessisreading2's review
4.0
My favorite in this series; both Jamie and Olivia are interesting, well-rounded characters with understandable reasons for being the way they are. Bonus points for Olivia's relative indifference to having kids.
sara_2103's review
4.0
La vita di Olivia Bishop è scandita con ritmi ferrei: va a dormire mai dopo le nove di sera, si sveglia presto per andare a correre e soprattutto non arriva mai in ritardo.
Ha 35 anni, insegna all’università, divorziata da uno ed è una ragazza super precisa.
Olivia non ha molte amiche, per dire la verità non ne ha nessuna in quanto si è sposata a 25 anni con un uomo di 12 anni in più di lei e viveva la sua vita in funzione del marito.
Così quando Gwen, la sua collega, la invita a partecipare al club del libro si prepara in maniera quasi maniacale.
Presto si rende conto che la serata non avrà nulla a che fare con L’ultimo dei Mohicani: le amiche di Gwen e il resto della clientela di sesso femminile sta sbavando dietro l’affascinante Jamie, il barista.
Jamie ha l’imbarazzo della scelta ma chissà per quale assurdo motivo si ritrova a flirtare con la seria e compita Olivia.
Olivia è stanca di essere considerata noiosa e Jamie si propone di darle lezioni su come essere più spensierata.
Secondo libro sui fratelli Donovan. Per essere sincera il primo non mi ha fatto impazzire (Tessa, la sorellina minore era stupida quanto una scarpa) ma con questo l’autrice si è ripresa alla grande.
Jamie è sexy, spigliato e non perde mai il sorriso. Da fuori sembra solo un ragazzino che prende la vita così com’è senza impegnarsi mai sul serio ma in realtà vuole cambiare e ha un sacco di idee su come ampliare la birreria di famiglia ma quella spina nel culo del fratello Eric gli rema sempre contro.
Olivia con la sua totale inesperienza verso il genere maschile mi ha fatto sorridere! Finalmente non una Wonder Woman ma una donna con dubbi e insicurezze.
Poi ultima cosa… ma cosa c’entra il titolo con il romanzo? Ho passato tutto il libro ad arrovellarmi ma sono giunta ad un’unica conclusione: ennesimo titolo tradotto a caso!
(In originale era Bad Boys Do, che richiamava il titolo del primo romanzo della serie ovvero Good Girls Don’t. Ma non potevano tenerlo in inglese?)
Ha 35 anni, insegna all’università, divorziata da uno ed è una ragazza super precisa.
Olivia non ha molte amiche, per dire la verità non ne ha nessuna in quanto si è sposata a 25 anni con un uomo di 12 anni in più di lei e viveva la sua vita in funzione del marito.
Così quando Gwen, la sua collega, la invita a partecipare al club del libro si prepara in maniera quasi maniacale.
Presto si rende conto che la serata non avrà nulla a che fare con L’ultimo dei Mohicani: le amiche di Gwen e il resto della clientela di sesso femminile sta sbavando dietro l’affascinante Jamie, il barista.
Jamie ha l’imbarazzo della scelta ma chissà per quale assurdo motivo si ritrova a flirtare con la seria e compita Olivia.
Olivia è stanca di essere considerata noiosa e Jamie si propone di darle lezioni su come essere più spensierata.
Secondo libro sui fratelli Donovan. Per essere sincera il primo non mi ha fatto impazzire (Tessa, la sorellina minore era stupida quanto una scarpa) ma con questo l’autrice si è ripresa alla grande.
Jamie è sexy, spigliato e non perde mai il sorriso. Da fuori sembra solo un ragazzino che prende la vita così com’è senza impegnarsi mai sul serio ma in realtà vuole cambiare e ha un sacco di idee su come ampliare la birreria di famiglia ma quella spina nel culo del fratello Eric gli rema sempre contro.
Olivia con la sua totale inesperienza verso il genere maschile mi ha fatto sorridere! Finalmente non una Wonder Woman ma una donna con dubbi e insicurezze.
Poi ultima cosa… ma cosa c’entra il titolo con il romanzo? Ho passato tutto il libro ad arrovellarmi ma sono giunta ad un’unica conclusione: ennesimo titolo tradotto a caso!
(In originale era Bad Boys Do, che richiamava il titolo del primo romanzo della serie ovvero Good Girls Don’t. Ma non potevano tenerlo in inglese?)
birgit_at's review against another edition
3.0
It was ok, but it felt more like a stand-alone-book than part of a series.
Also, the characters didn't feel "real!" to me.
Also, the characters didn't feel "real!" to me.