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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Spencer Crow, the hardworking nerd of the story is the ecology major who just recently moved into one of the group houses on campus. Unfortunately for Spencer, Life Sciences Living and Learning (LaL) house in question is situated right next to the Delta Iota Kappa (DIK) frat house. Constant noise of the frat house parties and inconsiderate frat guys parking in Spencer's assigned parking spot are slowly starting to drive Spencer insane.
Cory Ingram, one of the rich privileged campus crowd, is studying communications/advertising/marketing (I am blanking out on his major) so he can continue in his parents' footsteps working in their highly successful advertising company, and just happens to be the latest frat guy who parked his flashy car in Spencer's spot.
Their first meeting is an argument over said spot, where Spencer is annoyed with Cory being an entitled jackass and Cory is intrigued by the hot guy he did not notice until that point and he did not sleep with yet. While Cory is all for correcting that fact, Spencer does not want anything to do with Cory. So in a typical frat guy move Cory makes a bet with his frat brothers and starts his campaign of annoying Spencer into sleeping with him.
Spencer for his part is not as unaffected with Cory as he pretends to be, after inadvertently discovering he has the perfect view into Cory's room from his window and witnessing Cory hooking up with another guy he starts spying on Cory's (solo) bedroom actives. Soon enough he starts feeling guilty about it and goes to apologize to Cory (without admitting his transgression) except Cory does not let him of the hook and instead ropes him into going on a double dateand having a mutual masturbation session in front of their windows . They start hooking up but just as they start developing feelings for each other Spencer learns about the bet and does not want anything to do with Cory ever again.
As much as I looked forward to the next installation in the FU series and I initially found the summary interesting enough I really just wasn't feeling either of the characters in this one. My first impressions of Spencer and Cory were pretentious and a horny asshole respectively. Not feeling even remotely invested in the main characters also did not make me particularly enamored with the overall plot. As I tried reading and quickly gave up on this author's books in the past I wasn't surprised when the whole voyeurism/subsequent exhibitionism set up did not work for me as it was overtly sexual while lacking in substance.
The only part that did work for me was the fall out after Spencer found out about the bet and Cory's subsequent grovelling. Even that plot point felt like it was resolved too quickly and I wasn't a fan of the big resolution sceneof Cory doing a Tom Holland Singing in the Rain/Umbrella act on stage for Spencer. While it made sense that Spencer being a part of fandom would be a fan of Tom Holland's act it did not leave such a lasting impression on me as it did on him. I had to go look for it on youtube in order to jog my memory of it even happening which kind of negated the whole premise of it being particularly memorable in the first place .
I did not have high expectations going into this story so I can't say I was surprised by the fact that it did not work for me. However, as we're halfway through this series I am starting to lose hope that I will find any of the stories genuinely enjoyable instead just being of another installment to simply cross out from the to read list for the sake of being a completionist.
Themes: dual POV, nerd/frat guy, animosity, voyeurism, exhibitionism, ill-advised bets
Cory Ingram, one of the rich privileged campus crowd, is studying communications/advertising/marketing (I am blanking out on his major) so he can continue in his parents' footsteps working in their highly successful advertising company, and just happens to be the latest frat guy who parked his flashy car in Spencer's spot.
Their first meeting is an argument over said spot, where Spencer is annoyed with Cory being an entitled jackass and Cory is intrigued by the hot guy he did not notice until that point and he did not sleep with yet. While Cory is all for correcting that fact, Spencer does not want anything to do with Cory. So in a typical frat guy move Cory makes a bet with his frat brothers and starts his campaign of annoying Spencer into sleeping with him.
Spencer for his part is not as unaffected with Cory as he pretends to be, after inadvertently discovering he has the perfect view into Cory's room from his window and witnessing Cory hooking up with another guy he starts spying on Cory's (solo) bedroom actives. Soon enough he starts feeling guilty about it and goes to apologize to Cory (without admitting his transgression) except Cory does not let him of the hook and instead ropes him into going on a double date
As much as I looked forward to the next installation in the FU series and I initially found the summary interesting enough I really just wasn't feeling either of the characters in this one. My first impressions of Spencer and Cory were pretentious and a horny asshole respectively. Not feeling even remotely invested in the main characters also did not make me particularly enamored with the overall plot. As I tried reading and quickly gave up on this author's books in the past I wasn't surprised when the whole voyeurism/subsequent exhibitionism set up did not work for me as it was overtly sexual while lacking in substance.
The only part that did work for me was the fall out after Spencer found out about the bet and Cory's subsequent grovelling. Even that plot point felt like it was resolved too quickly and I wasn't a fan of the big resolution scene
I did not have high expectations going into this story so I can't say I was surprised by the fact that it did not work for me. However, as we're halfway through this series I am starting to lose hope that I will find any of the stories genuinely enjoyable instead just being of another installment to simply cross out from the to read list for the sake of being a completionist.
Themes: dual POV, nerd/frat guy, animosity, voyeurism, exhibitionism, ill-advised bets
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
DNF ~67%
Man, I tried, but I just could not get into this one. Both of the characters rubbed me the wrong way and there were a number of things that just made me slightly uncomfortable and/or didn't really make much sense. Frankly, I didn't think Spencer over-reacted about the parking space, and then, after pulling a prank (which frat bros should be familiar with) somehow he ends up cleaning off the car he pranked?? That made absolutely no sense to me. The window voyeurism felt a bit creepy instead of hot, and I found Cory's cockiness and refusal to back the fuck off to actually me pretty uncomfortable. The bet concept is also tired and predictable, and not my favorite. I usually really enjoy this author's works, but this series has been really lacklustre for me so far. I'm honestly not excited about any of the rest of the books at this point.
Man, I tried, but I just could not get into this one. Both of the characters rubbed me the wrong way and there were a number of things that just made me slightly uncomfortable and/or didn't really make much sense. Frankly, I didn't think Spencer over-reacted about the parking space, and then, after pulling a prank (which frat bros should be familiar with) somehow he ends up cleaning off the car he pranked?? That made absolutely no sense to me. The window voyeurism felt a bit creepy instead of hot, and I found Cory's cockiness and refusal to back the fuck off to actually me pretty uncomfortable. The bet concept is also tired and predictable, and not my favorite. I usually really enjoy this author's works, but this series has been really lacklustre for me so far. I'm honestly not excited about any of the rest of the books at this point.
Okay, so yes, I liked this one, but it was predictable and some things just weren't my cup of tea (voyeurism).
I liked the characters though, but I didn't understand why Spencer had such a dislike for Cory over just parking the car in his spot, I mean isn't that a bit childish?
I loved the end with the big Tom Holland umbrella song part, laughed my lungs right out of my body right there.
Was it a great read? No, just good. It wasn't my favorite of the series. This was my first book of this author but she did make me curious for more.
3,5/5.
I liked the characters though, but I didn't understand why Spencer had such a dislike for Cory over just parking the car in his spot, I mean isn't that a bit childish?
I loved the end with the big Tom Holland umbrella song part, laughed my lungs right out of my body right there.
Was it a great read? No, just good. It wasn't my favorite of the series. This was my first book of this author but she did make me curious for more.
3,5/5.
Meh is the best word I have for this lmao. I didn't have a problem with the voyeurism (kinda fucked if it happened in real life, but didn't skeeve me out to read about it or anything) or the sex, but neither of these guys did anything for me. But I had a good enough time reading it, I was looking for something that would fill a few hours of my night, not something earth-shattering lmao
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Overall it was good but i had mixed feelings. Some parts were really fun and others felt out of place. But I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
Cory was fun and flirty, very charming. Doesn’t back down from a challenge. Total playboy.
Spencer immediately judged Cory based on the playboy thing and the money he seemed to have/flaunt occasionally.
After Cory parked in his spot and he blew up, the two kind of circled around each other from there. Cory was determined to win over Spencer. Spencer wasn’t interested in backing down.
I thought they had good chemistry and banter once Spencer got over himself and his prejudices
The book was called the bet but we heard very little about said bet.
10/10 grand gesture moment
Cory was fun and flirty, very charming. Doesn’t back down from a challenge. Total playboy.
Spencer immediately judged Cory based on the playboy thing and the money he seemed to have/flaunt occasionally.
After Cory parked in his spot and he blew up, the two kind of circled around each other from there. Cory was determined to win over Spencer. Spencer wasn’t interested in backing down.
I thought they had good chemistry and banter once Spencer got over himself and his prejudices
The book was called the bet but we heard very little about said bet.
10/10 grand gesture moment
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced