Review: Tame the Beast by Allison Smith
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Summary:
Clarabelle Wright doesn’t believe in someone else creating her happily ever after. In fact, she has spent her entire life ensuring a future for herself. When the family finances fall further in debt, her big college dreams are put on hold. Beaumont University has one thing to offer, a full ride, and Clara has no other choice but to accept. She’s the reliable daughter, the responsible one. But what she truly desires is adventure and passion, and she doesn’t expect to find either at the small town university. That is until she accidentally catches the alluring eye of the Adam Beaumont. He’s entitled, careless, and a shameless flirt. Clara knows a man of his beastly reputation is nothing but trouble…trouble wrapped in gorgeous, untamed trims.
But Adam has a tempting offer to make. One that will keep his mother off his back so he can continue his regularly scheduled life filled with big parties and beautiful women. It sounds like the perfect plan until a certain beauty proves to be a much bigger challenge than he ever expected. Worse, he can’t seem to get her off his mind.
Confident that she’s too smart to fall for his games, Clara accepts. But when two headstrong forces begin to clash, someone will have to fold or break all their rules.
Review:
TAME THE BEAST is an enjoyable college romance with all the drama and identity searching.
Adam is a typical hero--rich, privileged, spoiled, a manwhore. Although I have to say that he became the latter due to something in his past, so maybe he has a valid reason than most heroes. I feel for him; he shouldn't have had to experience that. Some people use tragedies/disappointments as stepping stones to growing up, however, Adam turned to drinking, whoring and generally becoming a disappointment to his mom. Maybe he felt lost. Clara became the catalyst to his wanting to become a better man, so I watched his growth with interest and cheered him on. I would've said that changing for someone else is a bad idea (you should change for yourself, because you want to be better), and this was brought home to me when something happened and Adam disappointed me with his behavior. This is toward the end--that moment when Luke saw his bare ass and we realized what was happening--and it shook my belief in their love. How could a man who's in love do something like that? It did appear Adam hasn't grown enough.
Clara on the other hand is a wonderful heroine--strong and brave and my kind of bookworm! I love how she didn't give in to Adam easily, that she made him work to win her. I also love Luke and his friendship with Adam, as well as his protectiveness toward his little nephew, Collin, who is such a darling.
That said, there are some typographical errors and word usage that I felt didn't make sense, and these would've been corrected by a good editor. Rating: 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 stars
Clarabelle Wright doesn’t believe in someone else creating her happily ever after. In fact, she has spent her entire life ensuring a future for herself. When the family finances fall further in debt, her big college dreams are put on hold. Beaumont University has one thing to offer, a full ride, and Clara has no other choice but to accept. She’s the reliable daughter, the responsible one. But what she truly desires is adventure and passion, and she doesn’t expect to find either at the small town university. That is until she accidentally catches the alluring eye of the Adam Beaumont. He’s entitled, careless, and a shameless flirt. Clara knows a man of his beastly reputation is nothing but trouble…trouble wrapped in gorgeous, untamed trims.
But Adam has a tempting offer to make. One that will keep his mother off his back so he can continue his regularly scheduled life filled with big parties and beautiful women. It sounds like the perfect plan until a certain beauty proves to be a much bigger challenge than he ever expected. Worse, he can’t seem to get her off his mind.
Confident that she’s too smart to fall for his games, Clara accepts. But when two headstrong forces begin to clash, someone will have to fold or break all their rules.
Review:
TAME THE BEAST is an enjoyable college romance with all the drama and identity searching.
Adam is a typical hero--rich, privileged, spoiled, a manwhore. Although I have to say that he became the latter due to something in his past, so maybe he has a valid reason than most heroes. I feel for him; he shouldn't have had to experience that. Some people use tragedies/disappointments as stepping stones to growing up, however, Adam turned to drinking, whoring and generally becoming a disappointment to his mom. Maybe he felt lost. Clara became the catalyst to his wanting to become a better man, so I watched his growth with interest and cheered him on. I would've said that changing for someone else is a bad idea (you should change for yourself, because you want to be better), and this was brought home to me when something happened and Adam disappointed me with his behavior. This is toward the end--that moment when Luke saw his bare ass and we realized what was happening--and it shook my belief in their love. How could a man who's in love do something like that? It did appear Adam hasn't grown enough.
Clara on the other hand is a wonderful heroine--strong and brave and my kind of bookworm! I love how she didn't give in to Adam easily, that she made him work to win her. I also love Luke and his friendship with Adam, as well as his protectiveness toward his little nephew, Collin, who is such a darling.
That said, there are some typographical errors and word usage that I felt didn't make sense, and these would've been corrected by a good editor. Rating: 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 stars
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