Not obvious

I received this book for free on audible from a friend and saw a lot of negative reviews, but decided to listen anyways.
I really liked this book (so much in fact that I'm currently on book 3 in the series and ordered one of the spin-offs as well). Ivy Smoak is a great author and the story line is not typical. Penny is a little dramatic and annoying but she is 19 years old and going through a lot of crazy crap! I think it's unfair to judge her immaturity too harshly...she is immature.
Also, I've never read a romance novel where I was rooting for both male heros. Tyler and Professor Hunter are both amazing.

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No...just no

I really should never have started this series since it's totally out of my comfort zone but I was trying to be open-minded.. (I have never approved of men in positions of authority who take advantage of vulnerable girls-- but that's my opinion). Probably more "contemporary" than I am comfortable with but beyond that, there are other considerations. First of all, the narrator is so childish sounding that it's difficult to imagine that the heroine could actually make a mature decision---which she doesn't and continues to do throughout this book. This begs the question as to why an educated, "mature" man would choose such a shallow, vapid girl who can't make a decision and stick to it. There's not much to the story apart from her sexual escapades and that's hardly enough to continue to the next in series.

Needless to say, this one wasn't for me so I'll leave this series to the college age girls.

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Professor hunter

What did I dislike?

When penny continues calling James professor Hunter. It really drove my crazy and made the relationship seem Awkward

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Holy Freaking Cow I LOVED this book!

Holy cow! Wow! I can't believe I have only now just discovered this series. There were a few parts that could have used a bit of work technically, I do think that the narrator sounded far younger than 19 in her delivery, but again holy freaking cow I loved this story. I was hooked from page one and I believed it every step of the way.

I am a sucker for Alpha males and Professor Hunter ticked all my boxes. He was dominant, confident and strong, oh so strong! On top of that he was rich, yet modest, determined and knew exactly how to vocalize what he wanted in bed.

Speaking about bed... Ivy is a freaking genius when it comes to writing sex scenes that kept you flipping pages and feeling deliciously dirty with each one. I am looking forward to reading through all four books in this series. Definitely a steamy read!!!

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Narrator sounds too young

Good story, as far as college age gap romance, but it was difficult to ignore the tiny, girlish voice of the narrator, especially as the main focus of the relationship hinges on the professor’s mistaken presumption that Penny is older than her actual age. Narrator sounded early teens to me.

Authors: Please match your narrators with age-appropriate voices.

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Love this book!

I just love Penny and James! This series is irresistible ! On to the second book I go.

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Waste of time

The female narrator sounds like a child, which then adds to the annoyingness of the female lead. She makes such immature wishy-washy decisions. I get that she is young, but this could have been so much better. Also, there is a "cliffhanger" to finish the story in book 2. But< i could not care less about trying to get through that.

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Good read

I liked the whole book but it kinda reminded me of fifty shades ! Nothing wrong with that I liked it !

So not what I was expecting.

I can't believe I wasted so much time on this one. I stopped it several times to look for another book but decided it HAD to get better. Nope.

Girl goes to a frat party and Tyler nearly rapes her. She had to knee him in the junk to get him to stop. He later says jokingly that he won't take no for an answer to a date (I see a theme starting with this guy) and yet she continues to hang out with him. The writer even tries to make us like him, turns him all sweet and considerate. HE NEARLY RAPED HER!

The professor is every girls fantasy but I was already so sick of the book that he just annoyed the hell out of me too.

I've never listened to this narrator before. I hope she finds better books to read in the future. Her voice is very, shall we say, youthful. She would do well reading YA books. She also needs to work on different voices for her characters. They all sound the same.

Acting like a high school girl

Honestly, NO! She goes back & forth between 3 guys & acts like a 15 year old, not mature at all. And the guy.... Honestly it was annoying af. Will not finish the series.