{"id":22775,"date":"2018-12-04T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=22775"},"modified":"2022-10-12T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T06:02:14","slug":"review-my-favorite-half-night-stand-by-christina-lauren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/04\/review-my-favorite-half-night-stand-by-christina-lauren\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-22775\" data-postid=\"22775\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-22775 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_s0cz100 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_6p5a021 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_iloq082 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/my-favorite-half-night-stand-christina-lauren.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_mo34011 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she\u2019s a female-serial-killer expert who\u2019s quick with a deflection joke and\u00a0<i>terrible<\/i>\u00a0at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they\u2019ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There\u2019s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But online dating isn\u2019t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie\u2019s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter \u201cCatherine\u201d\u2014Millie\u2019s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she\u2019s ever been in person. Soon \u201cCatherine\u201d<i>\u00a0<\/i>and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship&#8230;but Millie can\u2019t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear\u2014intimacy\u2014or risk losing her best friend, forever.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_l6dg811 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_d69b111  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16468 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg?resize=170%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec 4, 2018<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Gallery Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$8.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Millie Morris<\/strong> is really one of the guys. She lives for her guy friends, her career as a professor and the occasional true crime fiction. Yes, she loves a good serial killer! After getting slightly tipsy from celebrating with the guys, she makes the mistake of sleeping with her best friend, Reid.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reid<\/strong> is gorgeous and insanely smart. He is also a professor. He happens to be the closest to Millie out of all the guys. Once they cross the line that night, it is hard to not get everything confused.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The guys agree that everyone would create an online persona through a dating app and see how they all fair out in love. Millie strikes out and the guys suggest that she update her profile. She creates a new one as \u201cCatherine\u201d and when she is immediately matched with Reid, she decides to have a little fun.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reid and Millie struggle with their new developing feelings as Reid scores with Catherine and another female on the app. Millie wants to tell Reid the truth but she gets competitive and she loves that she feels able to share more with Reid in this way. She knows this may get ugly as her feelings start to grow and the guilt of keeping this away from her friends intensifies.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love a good friends-to-lovers trope and this one fit the bill. Reid is genuine good guy. He finds difficulty in balancing his feelings for Millie and the connection he feels with Catherine. I knew this would blow up but I kept reading thinking that it would be all good.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it all comes to light, the authors do a great job with the Reid and Millie\u2019s character development. I connected with Millie when she realized she shouldn\u2019t have to be afraid to share her feelings with anyone. Each one of the letters won me over and I waited with her for the conclusion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The silly goofy moments of the book is what took some of the tension away. I loved all of the guys and wanted to see how each of them would get a mate. Maybe the authors will think of that down the line. In the meantime, this is just a light-hearted, fun and ridiculously entertaining romantic comedy.<\/p><p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wdtu108 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pj3mvx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/my-favorite-half-night-stand\/id1375727920?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/my-favorite-half-night-stand-christina-lauren\/1127922881?ean=9781501197413#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/my-favorite-half-night-stand-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Christina_Lauren_My_Favorite_Half_Night_Stand?id=DzNXDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. 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A UC Santa Barbara professor, she\u2019s a female-serial-killer expert who\u2019s quick with a deflection joke and\u00a0<i>terrible<\/i>\u00a0at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.<br \/><br \/>So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they\u2019ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There\u2019s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.<br \/><br \/>But online dating isn\u2019t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie\u2019s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter \u201cCatherine\u201d\u2014Millie\u2019s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she\u2019s ever been in person. Soon \u201cCatherine\u201d<i>\u00a0<\/i>and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie can\u2019t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear\u2014intimacy\u2014or risk losing her best friend, forever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Dec 4, 2018<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Gallery Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$8.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Millie Morris<\/strong> is really one of the guys. She lives for her guy friends, her career as a professor and the occasional true crime fiction. Yes, she loves a good serial killer! After getting slightly tipsy from celebrating with the guys, she makes the mistake of sleeping with her best friend, Reid.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reid<\/strong> is gorgeous and insanely smart. He is also a professor. He happens to be the closest to Millie out of all the guys. Once they cross the line that night, it is hard to not get everything confused.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The guys agree that everyone would create an online persona through a dating app and see how they all fair out in love. Millie strikes out and the guys suggest that she update her profile. She creates a new one as \u201cCatherine\u201d and when she is immediately matched with Reid, she decides to have a little fun.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reid and Millie struggle with their new developing feelings as Reid scores with Catherine and another female on the app. Millie wants to tell Reid the truth but she gets competitive and she loves that she feels able to share more with Reid in this way. She knows this may get ugly as her feelings start to grow and the guilt of keeping this away from her friends intensifies.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love a good friends-to-lovers trope and this one fit the bill. Reid is genuine good guy. He finds difficulty in balancing his feelings for Millie and the connection he feels with Catherine. I knew this would blow up but I kept reading thinking that it would be all good.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it all comes to light, the authors do a great job with the Reid and Millie\u2019s character development. I connected with Millie when she realized she shouldn\u2019t have to be afraid to share her feelings with anyone. Each one of the letters won me over and I waited with her for the conclusion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The silly goofy moments of the book is what took some of the tension away. I loved all of the guys and wanted to see how each of them would get a mate. Maybe the authors will think of that down the line. In the meantime, this is just a light-hearted, fun and ridiculously entertaining romantic comedy.<\/p><p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pj3mvx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/my-favorite-half-night-stand\/id1375727920?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/my-favorite-half-night-stand-christina-lauren\/1127922881?ean=9781501197413#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/my-favorite-half-night-stand-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Christina_Lauren_My_Favorite_Half_Night_Stand?id=DzNXDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}