Roberts, Lisa Brown The Replacement Crush, 347 pgs.
Entangled Publishing, 2016. $9.99. Language: R (88 swears, 4 "f");
Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Vivian is looking forward to school starting, hopefully with a
boyfriend. She just spent the last few
weeks of summer with Jake, her long time crush.
She hasn't told anyone about Jake except her best friend, Jaz, who
insists that he is using her for a little last minute fun, but Vivian believes
they had a connection. So she prepares
carefully for the first day of school to look her best. Much to her dismay, it's as Jaz said it would
be, he completely ignores her and, when cornered, says it was just a bit of
kissing and didn't mean anything. Vivian
feels like such a fool. What she needs
is a replacement crush to get her mind off Jake, but isn't interested in
getting hurt again so she decides to channel her inner Vulcan and take the
"zing" out of finding someone by applying only logic. Of course, that means excluding the cute,
nerdy guy that her mom just hired to help out in the store. Jaz just shakes her head and tries to remind
Vivian that isn't how love works.
For those readers that like a contemporary romance, this
fits the bill. Vivian is kind, has good friends, and loves her romance mixed
with a little science fiction. While
there are a few overly dramatic moments, mostly it is a cute story with plenty
of swooning, longing looks, and a few surprises. Also, the characters do take time to get to
know one another which I appreciate.
There is nothing explicit on page but they are in high school so there
is some innuendo, passionate kissing, talk of sex and an attempted
assault. Near the end the author amps up
both the language and the violence which pushes the book to HS only.
HS -OPTIONAL. Reviewer: RB
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