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Review: Take What You Want (adult)

March 28, 2013 by Jaime Leave a Comment

Take What You WantTake What You Want by Jeanette Grey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m so damn glad I picked this up. (thank you bff)

You guys know me by now… I’m picky about my romance and becoming pickier and picker about my new adult stuff. This story will renew your faith in the ‘new adult’ genre (assuming your like me and had lost your faith).

In Take What You Want, we meet Ellen Price. She’s spent the last years studying hard to get into med school and working to pay her way. When her friends take off for the beach over Spring Break and all Ellen has to look forward to is an empty apartment she decides to take matters into her own hands and spread her wings, doing things she wouldn’t have done as her ‘normal’ self.

This, she decides, includes approaching the hot guy she sees at the local bar and propositioning him.

Josh wasn’t expecting his classmate to approach him in the bar… Ellen is normally quiet and reserved. He should know, he’s quietly watched her from the first day of their Freshman year. (not in a creepy way I promise!) Ellen’s proposal of casual sex has Josh excited, but it quickly becomes clear that she has no clue who he really is… and he doesn’t tell her.

What is meant to be a one-night stand turns into much more in this wonderfully told story.

Let me tell you something that should not be a secret. Jeanette Grey can write some citrus… holy crap. The chemistry between these two couldn’t be hotter. My copy of Take What You Want just may be highlighted to death. *whistles innocently*

I actually really loved Ellen – I’ve had some luck lately with heroines in the romance genre. Normally they make me want to gouge my eyes out, but here we have a smart, beautiful girl who wants to push her own boundaries and when things come to a head does she act like a moron? NO… she acts like an adult would… willing to discuss and work out any issues that arise. I LOVE THAT. I get so tired of drama for drama’s sake and thankfully you will find NONE of that here!!

Josh… this boy/man holy swoons! Let me just say… french toast, smart, sexy, motorcycle …

“I’ll be so good to you,” … “I’ll make you feel so good, Ellen. Trust me.”

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At only 113 pages this is a quick read. Which makes it even more amazing that I connected with Ellen and Josh so well. I have Jeanette to thank for that – she develops these characters so well, I was completely invested in their story by the last page.

If you’re looking for something quick and light with lots of wonderful chemistry and steam you definitely need to pick up Take What You Want!

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