Review & Giveaway: My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron

My Favorite Mistake by Chelsea M. Cameron

Published January 28, 2013

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About the book:

Two secrets. One bet. Who will break first?

Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.

On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, so she needs him gone before it's too late.

Hunter himself has been burned before, but Taylor's sexy laugh and refusal to let him get away with anything make her irresistible. Determined not to be kicked out of her life without a fight, Hunter proposes a bet: if she can convince him she either truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment—and leave her alone.

But when the man behind Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.

My Thoughts:

Another book that sucked me in immediately and made it impossible to put down. It's a very cute & romantic love story.

Hunter and Taylor have issues and secrets that neither are willing to talk about for the first half of the book. And they spend a lot of the book 'hating' each other (which is a little annoying). Normally I would be frustrated, but having known that ahead of time (by reading some other reviews), I wasn't as impatient for everything to come together. The build up of suspense was what kept me reading and wanting more. I like when books do that - as long as they aren't too long and it goes quickly. I felt like I flew through this book.

SPOILER:
My major issue with the book was Taylor. I understand that her past made her a bitter, angry girl who was scared to fall in love or be close to anyone. But she was just a bitch. Plain and simple. There were times that it was funny and understandable. But most of the time, I just felt bad for Hunter and thought he deserved better, no matter what Taylor went through to make her that way. Not saying what she went through wasn't bad or that I couldn't understand why she was so mean - just that she dealt with it badly a lot of the time and it pissed me off.

Hunter wasn't as much of a bad boy as he was portrayed. In fact, he was the sweetest guy ever. He was the only person with enough patience and persistence to stick around and break down Taylor's walls, lucky for her! He was a freakin saint. I have to say that Hunter really made this book for me...sexy, guitar-playing, singing, tattooed, not-so-bad boy. {End Spoiler}

What I loved most was that this book had an entire cast of friends/family that you fell in love with. Roommates, best friends, cousins, family - it was very heart-warming. I loved the feel of the book when they were all together and how much they supported one another.

Overall it was a sweet story that I enjoyed.

4 Suns

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