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Beautiful Disaster

By: Jamie McGuire
Narrated by: Emma Galvin
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The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

©2011 Jamie McGuire (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Romance Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

" Beautiful Disaster is insanely addictive. Beautifully sexy, beautifully intense, and beautifully perfect. Jamie McGuire has written a damn good book." (Jessica Park, author of the New York Times best seller Flat-Out Love)
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Where does Beautiful Disaster rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Honestly don't have an order but if i did it would be pretty high up there

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The two main characters Travis and Abby really balance each other out not just with there personalities but with their back stories as well one doesn't out shine the other and i honestly think they fit together perfectly from events like poker night with the brothers (hustlin) which openned up for more stories to thanks giving (which was adorable yet heart smashing) to Abby's trip to the Tattoo shop (Mrs Abby Maddox) the characters fit so perfectly dysfunctional it was like making a peanut butter sandwich stuffing it up and having your mum put it back together and cut the crust off bread for you.
weirdly put but emotions are weird and food is yum

Las Vegas with Pigeon

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Have you seen the bad boy around campus, the one with the tatts and drips sex appeal? Travis Maddox is your man for 1 night only if you let him, until that is he meet her, the girl who doesn't take his crap and stands her ground not giving in to his seduction. Abbie Abernathy refused to be drawn into the darkness again, she fought her feeling and his advances till she realised that together they were a beautiful disaster.

I have read this book cover to cover again and again so I was skeptical of listening to it but the narration was clear and comfortable to listen to. I will likely re-listen again and again.

Hopeless romantic

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I love a bad boy meets nice girl story. just got a little boring for 1/3 of it through the middle. I've re read some series but this one i wouldn't.

little overrated, had to finish it tthough

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Still my favourite book to date! Read this book for the first time in high school and fell in love with it! Re reading it I’m just as in love! Travis is definitely one of those “clingy” guys but for some reason it works in this case and you are just left wanting more and more.

Favourite book to date

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Look, it’s not a literary masterpiece but it’s a good trashy read. Captures the drama and intensity of young infatuation (Twilight / Fifty Shades of Grey fans will be sated). Humorously dated in terms of outfits, tattoo placement, and notions of consensual relationships / feminist discourse / political correctness on some issues. If you can look past the red flags for domestic violence/emotional manipulation it’s an enjoyable read! LOL

If You’re Partial to a Trashy Romance - You’ll Like It

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love this book it's great read keeps you wanting to keep reading highly recommend it.

love this book

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A little bit frustrating at times but overall was good to listen to. Looking forward to movie

A good read

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This was one of my favourite light weight reads. Unfortunately the poor choice of narrator has almost ruined the book for me. I couldn't finish because of the cringe worthy pre-pubescent voice the narrator uses for Travis, who, according to the author, has a deep voice. I can't unheard it.

Perhaps the narrarator should consider performing Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird, her childish voice would be perfect for those stories, but not for a 20 something sexy male voice!

No sure how the author approved the poor choice to perform her best selling book.

Pity about the narration

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I enjoyed parts of it as I love love. But wasn't fond of how controlling Travis was and the co-dependency. It's 2019 and we shouldn't be showing young people that this type of love is warranted and allowed.

Unsure

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Really enjoyed this book. Couldn't stop listening. Great narration. You think it's predictable then it's not then it is then it's not. Overall great if you want a young romance novel

Really great audiobook

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