{"id":24634,"date":"2019-09-18T08:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=24634"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:59:40","slug":"review-anyone-but-rich-by-penelope-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/review-anyone-but-rich-by-penelope-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Anyone But Rich by Penelope Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-24634\" data-postid=\"24634\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-24634 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 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_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 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\/2019\/09\/anyone-but-rich-penelope-bloom.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Anyone But Rich by Penelope Bloom\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Anyone But Rich by Penelope Bloom\">\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_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\">Seven years ago, my best friends and I made a promise: No matter what, we would never date one of the King brothers. Even if they grew up to become megafamous, gorgeous, heart-stopping billionaires. Even if they crawled on their knees and begged for forgiveness.<\/span><\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\">But guess who just flew back into our lives in a private jet? And guess who just showed up to my job on my first day? Richard. King. Fortunately, it takes two seconds for Richard to reveal he hasn\u2019t changed. Conceited. Cocky. Rude.\u00a0<i>Un<\/i>fortunately, he\u2019s also the kind of gorgeous that\u2019s borderline offensive\u2014with a jawline to make statues self-conscious and a grin that short-circuits my brain.<\/span><\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #ffffff;\\\">He\u2019s spent years taking what he wants. I doubt he\u2019s hungry for anything else\u2014except me, apparently. There\u2019s no way I\u2019ll let him maneuver his way back into my life. My friends would never forgive me.\u00a0<i>I<\/i>\u00a0would never forgive me. But did I mention his jawline?<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-16471 aligncenter\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2_5-hearts.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"107\\\" height=\\\"44\\\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Sep 3, 2019<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anyone But&#8230;<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Amazon Publishing<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Montlake<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Kira\u2019s friendship with Miranda and Iris is the most important thing to her. When an incident during high school threatens to tear them all apart, Kira forces the girls to agree that they will never get involved with the King Brothers. They were all good until seven years later when the King Brothers are back and they want to make amends.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Kira is ready to start her new job as a teacher. She struggled to make something of her life but she is back on the right path. Richard King arrives in town just as her new life starts off and he wants to apologize for causing her to lose out on her scholarship. Kira tries hard to ward him off but he is determined to win her over.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">You ever get excited to read a book and something about it throws you off? Well that is exactly what happened to me with this book. It has all the bones to make a good story but it falls a bit flat. The characters are all juvenile. 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Even if they grew up to become megafamous, gorgeous, heart-stopping billionaires. Even if they crawled on their knees and begged for forgiveness.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">But guess who just flew back into our lives in a private jet? And guess who just showed up to my job on my first day? Richard. King. Fortunately, it takes two seconds for Richard to reveal he hasn\u2019t changed. Conceited. Cocky. Rude.\u00a0<i>Un<\/i>fortunately, he\u2019s also the kind of gorgeous that\u2019s borderline offensive\u2014with a jawline to make statues self-conscious and a grin that short-circuits my brain.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">He\u2019s spent years taking what he wants. I doubt he\u2019s hungry for anything else\u2014except me, apparently. There\u2019s no way I\u2019ll let him maneuver his way back into my life. My friends would never forgive me.\u00a0<i>I<\/i>\u00a0would never forgive me. But did I mention his jawline?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-16471 aligncenter\\\" src=\\\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2_5-hearts.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"107\\\" height=\\\"44\\\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Sep 3, 2019<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Anyone But...<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Amazon Publishing<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Montlake<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Kira\u2019s friendship with Miranda and Iris is the most important thing to her. When an incident during high school threatens to tear them all apart, Kira forces the girls to agree that they will never get involved with the King Brothers. They were all good until seven years later when the King Brothers are back and they want to make amends.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Kira is ready to start her new job as a teacher. She struggled to make something of her life but she is back on the right path. Richard King arrives in town just as her new life starts off and he wants to apologize for causing her to lose out on her scholarship. Kira tries hard to ward him off but he is determined to win her over.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">You ever get excited to read a book and something about it throws you off? Well that is exactly what happened to me with this book. It has all the bones to make a good story but it falls a bit flat. The characters are all juvenile. Everyone is holding onto pain from high school and they are all about to be 30 years old.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The guys are still catering to their parents and acting like young playboys. They are billionaires running their own company and the parents tell them what to do. The ladies are convening in every scene to remind each other of the pact. I wanted them to just speak about what happened and move on because it wasn\u2019t all the way clear on how this impacted all six characters.<\/p><p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">Overall, it all worked out and the author set it up for the other two couple to get their books.<\/p><p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"><strong><a href=\\\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ObxxIf\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634","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=24634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634\/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=24634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}