Smitten by Books

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A good girl goes fabulously bad in the final book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s sexy New Adult romance series, in which three Ivy League suite-mates seek higher knowledge of just how far they can go.

Months after her boyfriend dumped her, Georgia can still hear the insults he hurled at her. Boring. Predictable. Tame. Tired of feeling bad, she’s ready to change her image, and go a little wild. What better way to prove her ex wrong than a hot night of sexual adventure at the secret campus kink club?

In the shadowy den of the kink club, she unexpectedly runs into Logan Mulvaney, her friend’s little brother. A player extraordinaire too hot for his own good, he may be younger, but the guy is light years ahead when it comes to sexual experience. Now he’s telling her to go home—“good girls” don’t belong here!

Georgia is tired of having others define her. She’s going to teach Logan a lesson he won’t forget—one white hot, mind-wrecking kiss . . . that leads to another . . . and another . . . and. . . . Realizing she’s way in over her head, Georgia runs.

Only Logan won’t let her go. Everywhere she goes he’s there, making her want every inch of him. Making her forget who she is. Who he is. And just how wrong they are for each other.

Other books in the Ivy Chronicles:

I may have mentioned this before, but after I finished Wild by Sophie Jordan, I acquired a new book boyfriend. His name is Logan and he’s eighteen. Thank God he’s fictitious or else I’d have to officially classify myself as a cougar.

Now when I first heard that Ms. Jordan was branching out into new adult romances, I was euphoric. I gobbled up her first effort, Foreplay in one sitting. And it was a print book. Which is just to show you how much I wanted to read it. That was almost two years ago, and back then Reese, the hero in Foreplay, became my book boyfriend. His younger brother, Logan now has that role. See how I’m keeping it all in the family?

So in Wild we have the straight-laced Georgia, and Logan, the gorgeous high-school senior who gets around if you know what I mean. Wink wink. Determined to venture on the wilder side after her boyfriend dumps her, Georgia accompanies a not-so-good-friend to a ‘kink’ club.

Now before you go off tearing down the street screaming because you’re not ‘into’ kink, this is the least kinky book you’re ever going to read. Or maybe it’s just that my idea of kink is way different than theirs. Anyway, I came across no kink in the devouring of this book.

Okay, back to the book. Georgia sees Logan at the club. He knows she’s been pretty sheltered—her best friend, Pepper, is in a serious relationship with his older brother Reese. He tries to get her to leave and she lays one on him. A kiss. A memorable, toe-curling kiss. That’s when she starts looking at the younger man (18 months younger) different. From there, the attraction between them flares.

Ms. Jordan goes a fantastic job of keeping the sexual tension between them taut and high. It sizzles and literally jumps of the page it’s so well written.

“Let me go. They’re coming.” My heart hammered violently in my chest and I didn’t know if it was because we were about to get busted by my friends or because his body felt so unbelievable against mine. Okay, fine. It was both.

His mouth brushed my ear as he spoke, spiking sensation to every nerve in my body. “Are you embarrassed, Georgia? You don’t want them to see me with you? Don’t want Pepper and Reece to know about us?”

“There is no ‘us.’”

“Oh, but there will be. We both know why you came tonight.” His fingers flexed, each digit a burning imprint on my forearms.

“Yeah?” Was that breathy croak my voice? “Why?”

“Because you haven’t been able to forget what it felt like to kiss me, and you want to know if the rest of it will be that good, too.” He bit down on my earlobe and a whimper escaped my lips. “It will be.”

As you can tell by the snippet above, Logan is not your typical eighteen-year-old guy. I wouldn’t have fallen for him as hard if he was. I loved that he’s mature and—on the most part—conducted himself that way. He is charming and self-assured and irresistible. I love that he pursues Georgia and makes her feel desirable and that she can’t count on him. Georgia needs that. You’ll understand why when you see the family (mother) she has to deal with and her douchebag of an ex-boyfriend.

There were a couple times that I did want to smack her though. What she put poor Logan through made my heart hurt and stomach clench up in sympathy. All I have to say is the guy is a saint. And relentless. Which made me fall harder for him.

It was wonderful catching up with Pepper, Reece, Emerson and Shaw. It’s always nice to see the heroes and heroines of the prior books happily in their relationships. The story is in a college setting and Ms. Jordan did a good job of and weaving the romance so effortlessly into that environment and making it all feel real. It really did take me back to my college days.

The ending is great. I’ve told you before how much I love those epilogues. Well Wild gave me one that had me getting all misty-eyed. One because I didn’t want it to end, and two because it was just so good. So sweet. So appropriate for the three couples. As soon as I put my iPad down, I contacted Ms. Jordan and told her I needed more. I didn’t want the Ivy Chronicles to end. I’m still hoping she has a couple more in store for us. I’ll even take a novella. I’m not picky.

All in all, a strong and fantastic finish to great series and Wild ended up being my favorite of the three. It edged out Foreplay by a smidgeon. I highly recommend you go and get it now. It’s a steal at only $2.99. Currently, it resides high on my virtual ‘keeper’ shelf. And I can’t wait for Ms. Jordan’s next new adult romance.

Reviewed by Beverley
Heat Level: Hot