Monday, September 23, 2019

I Bet You by Ilsa Madden-Mills [Review]

I Bet You by Ilsa Madden-Mills
I Bet You (The Hook Up #2) by Isla Madden-Mills
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: October 31, 2018

The Hook Up
1. I Dare You
2. I Bet YouPaperback | Kindle
3. I Hate You

Ilsa Madden-Mills
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Sexy Athlete: I bet you…
Penelope Graham: Burn in hell, quarterback.

The text is random but Penelope figures out exactly who “Sexy Athlete” is. And why she shouldn't take his wager.

Ryker Voss.
Football star.
Walks on water and God's gift to women.
Just ask him.

His bet? He promises Penelope he’ll win her the heart of the guy she’s been crushing on. His plan—good old-fashioned jealousy. Once her crush sees her kissing Ryker, he'll realize what he's missing. Sounds legit, right? The only question is…why is Ryker being so nice to her?

Penelope Graham.
Virgin.
Lover of sparkly vampires and calculus.
His mortal enemy.

Penelope knows she shouldn’t trust a jock, but what’s a girl to do when she needs a date to Homecoming? And Ryker’s keeping a secret, another bet, one that could destroy Penelope’s heart forever.

Will the quarterback score the good girl or will his secrets mean everyone loses this game of love?
Thoughts on I Bet You: Helllllo there, Ryker. Poor Penelope was smitten before she even LIKED the guy. And once she did like him, all bets were off. No, wait. Let's not talk about bets. Those are relationship killers, amirite?!?!

So. Ryker and Penelope. He's the hottest QB on campus and she's the quiet bookworm he can't quite get out of his head. Except it turns out Penelope can't get Ryker out of HER head either. Which makes things complicated when a stupid bet starts their inevitable collision. I'm talking about the first bet, btw. The one that broke Pen up a little and made Ryker realize he didn't like making Penelope sad.

The rest, as they say, is history. Except when it wasn't.

Beyond Penelope and Ryker's relationship woes, I really dug Penelope stepping out of her comfort zone with both her stepsister and her father. She and Margo hadn't really made any attempt to get to know one another beyond the surface level, yet Penelope stepped up to be someone to lean on (sort of) when Margo needed her. Which, in turn, opened her eyes to her father's side of things.

Fast, flirty, and fun. With a side of sexy. I can't say I like all the athletes we've met thus far, but most of them seem like decent guys. You know, when they're not throwing around bets and stuff.

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