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review 2020-06-13 06:47

This is book #4, in the Briar U series. This can be read as a standalone novel. For reader understanding, and to avoid spoiler, I recommend reading this series in order.

Conor was a typical party guy who loved being a player. Lately he has found himself being played. Girls just want to get with him to brag that they caught a hockey player. He is doubting a lot of things lately.

Taylor is being dared yet again by the Sorority Sister who still hates her. She has just one plan - be honest with Conor on what is going on and hope for the best. What does she have to lose?

The attraction between the lead characters is obvious right from the start. I was eagerly reading each page, and not even wanting to stop to eat. This series has been sexy and fun from the first book! In my opinion, this is the best book yet. I loved the banter, so edgy and clever. I wish my college years had these two in it. I give this read a 5/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

***This ARC copy was given in exchange for an honest review only.

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review 2019-04-17 14:41

FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt

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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It took me only five days to read this book. There are two reasons I generally finish a book so quickly. I either loved it or absolutely hated it and wanted to get it over with. Sadly, in this case, it was the latter.

I knew from the first day I started reading that I wasn't going to like this book. It is so disjointed, confusing, and strangely boring. Despite the drugs, accidental pregnancy, and mysterious death, this book was dull. There were way too many characters, which I couldn't/didn't have the desire to keep straight. The timeline jumps around a bunch, adding to the confusion. The reader doesn't really get to know the characters, just sees little chunks of their messed up lives before they disappear into the periphery to make room for another vignette about another messed up sister.

Also, warning: this is one of those books where bad things happen to animals.

For me, Twyla was the only interesting character, not because of her personality or anything, but because of the ghost story ties. Honestly, the only interesting thing about this book is that there is a little bit of ghost stuff, although "this is not a ghost story", so it's not enough to redeem the book.

But I think the thing that got me the most about this book was that I couldn't quite pinpoint why it was written in the first place. I, myself, was part of a sorority for a hot minute, but eventually decided it just wasn't for me. I've always had a problem with conformity. Then to read a book written by a women who opens her author bio with the fact that she was in a sorority and in her acknowledgments has a little blurb about how wonderful her sorority sisters were/are... why did she write this book that paints sorority women as crazy, boy-obsessed, shallow, selfish, drug addicts who partake in horrible hazing rituals? Sororities are already stereotyped and it was just strange to me that a woman that was in an actual sorority (and presumably liked it) would write a book framing sororities in such a horrible way.

Demeaning and dull, this book just wasn't for me. Nothing really happens despite the fact that someone actually dies. The other characters just swirl around the event, too caught up in their own lives. Some books have a cast of horrible characters and pull it off, but this one was just too boring to have such irritating characters.

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review 2018-04-29 05:21

Stories within a story

Momma Says to Read

Sorority is more a collection of short stories than a full-length novel. The story starts with an introduction of sorts to each girl, or sister, in the the sorority, and from there we get a story from each of them. From the blurb, I expected a bit of suspense surrounding Margot's death and I suppose there is some question about whether or not it's suicide, but primarily, the book covers some part of each young lady's life, either right before, during, or after college. Having never been in a sorority, I would hope that this representation would be the extreme as every one of the sisters has some issue - some worse than others and some evoking more sympathy than others. I do have to say that I didn't find any of the characters particularly likable, which played a large part in the book being a middle of the road read for me. I did keep reading, thinking that maybe there would be some big revelation in the end, but this really isn't one of those books that gives the reader that type of closure. The author is talented and I would check out more of her work, but this one left me straddling the fence, so to speak.

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review 2017-04-29 03:35

RUSH WITH ME by Ava Sterling

Sheila's Reads

Rush With Me: A Sorority Story - Ava Ste...

Annie and Shelby are on the bus headed to sorority row for rush week. Both plan to pledge the same sorority. The initiation begins. But who makes it by the end of the initiation?

I enjoyed Annie and Shelby. The story is only a teaser. I want so much more. I want to see Annie and Shelby move on from the initiation. I want to know what happens to them. They are good characters who are ready for a longer story or a series of short vignettes.

Erotica

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www.ficgal.com/book-club/the-sorority

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Weird, funny, and a bit gross at times.