This was a very quick read which made it seem so rushed. Pity though as I enjoyed the concept of the story. Alpha male, instant love with his goddess the broken and bullied college student. Her biggest bully is his younger sister causing all sorts of drama at school and home. She has scars from an accident as a toddler and as much as I can see kids bullying over that I found it hard to perceive college adults doing the same over scars! Though it certainly is an eye opener how a life time of bullying leaves a person broken and possibly suicidal.
I did love that she found her knight and her HEA but I do wish the story was longer giving it and the characters more depth. I love that the epilogue gave the reader an insight into her story a few years later.

This was a very quick read which made it seem so rushed. Pity though as I enjoyed the concept of the story. Alpha male, instant love with his goddess the broken and bullied college student. Her biggest bully is his younger sister causing all sorts of drama at school and home. She has scars from an accident as a toddler and as much as I can see kids bullying over that I found it hard to perceive college adults doing the same over scars! Though it certainly is an eye opener how a life time of bullying leaves a person broken and possibly suicidal.
I did love that she found her knight and her HEA but I do wish the story was longer giving it and the characters more depth. I love that the epilogue gave the reader an insight into her story a few years later.

So, any interest in a newish book site with an "about us" stating wants to keep all reviews positive with no bullying books?  (No, I'm not paraphrasing some site just asking everyone to keep it civil, respectful, inoffensive or clean language only -- they said books could be bullied and all reviews/content had to be positive.)

 

I'm not even naming or linking to that one because for crying out loud living breathing beings get bullied NOT inanimate products!

 

I'm not talking about someone being bullied; I realize that bullies are relentless both on and ofline and will attack any way they think they can harm their victims including through their business interests.

 

PEOPLE GET BULLIED.  NOT THINGS.

 

I'm continually sickened and outraged by how incredibly offensive and demeaning it is to anyone bullied -- and how detrimental to bully prevention efforts -- when that word gets overused or gets used for bullshit like calling a single star rating from a random internet stranger on a commercial product "bullying."

 

And let's face it, if I want to see 100% positive reviews, I can visit a thousand author run sites, buzzfeed, author review services requiring 4-star minimums, ... I don't need to be visiting or contributing to one that insults victims of bullying.

 

Sheesh, cannot believe someone asked me why I wouldn't join.  

This is one of those books that I REALLY REALLY liked, while at the same time REALLY REALLY didn't like. Let me explain...

Landon...LOVED him. Insta-alpha-love at it's best. I adored this dude. He was hot as fuck and sweet as hell. Although, we never did find out if he had tattoos or not. What was up with that??

Cecilia...I liked her. I got her. I was bullied horribly growing up and through school, so I empathize with her on that front. I didn't think the whole "insta-love" thing worked with her. She was FAR too damaged to do what she did with Logan a 32 year old billionaire public figure.

The above leads me to another issue I had. I think this would have worked far better if Logan had been a fellow college student. I just didn't find his infatuation with college student virgin Cecilia to be realistic AT ALL. Now, I am not saying I need realism, hell I read Jordan Silver and love this very scenario, but here it just didn't work for me. I think part of the problem was this book was just too short to really have a plot that supported the story the author wanted us to believe.

Lastly, Ashley and company were WAY too OTT with their bullying. It was so ridiculous that I thought at one point they may tie Cecilia to a railroad track and stand around twirling their mustaches. It simply was not believable in the slightest. I have a sneaking suspicion because of Ashley's apparent 180 degree turn around we hear about briefly in the epilogue that we are going to be subjected to her crazy psycho ass as a heroine in a future book.

So, as you can see I loved Logan and I loved the insta-love aspect, but the rest fell way short for me. If this had been longer and perhaps there was more time to develop feelings and plot, It would have probably garnered a higher rating from me.

The Quick Fix is a realistic fiction book and a sequel to The Big Splash.  Set mostly in “The Frank” (Franklin Middle School), Matt Stevens (private-eye) is hired by four interested parties (the school bully, the candy dealers, and two cheerleaders) to solve the mystery of a wooden decorative trinket. But who is the rightful owner, and why would they want to pay top dollar for its safe return?  What he is about to uncover will change his life! The book’s plot twists and turns will leave you wanting to decipher the mystery behind the contents of the wooden box. 

I found this book quite humorous and interesting quick read. You will enjoy reading this book because of its complex plot and variety of characters, including a male lead.