I started really looking forward to reading this book, but about 200 pages in I did feel like I was skimming paragraphs to find story. Cherri's innocence borderlined annoying. There is innocent and there is sheltered and oblivious. I understood her hang ups and insecurities (I have some of the same insecurities too) and the challenges of taking care of an elderly family member while trying to find yourself gave the story a human connection but her many insistences of being an adult and not a little girl made her seem like the little girl she argued about not being. Despite that I found her sense of humor really funny and enjoyable. Colin seemed great and interesting, I love a good character with a dreamy accent. He was flawed and also slightly insecure but loving and had a way with doggies. I'm not sure these two characters should have been together. Though they seemed compatible physically (height was mentioned throughout this book, and Cherri was really happy she was shorter it seemed) and their bantering and silly conversations were entertaining, they kind of trampled through each others feelings with mixed signals and slightly mean statements. I will admit I did not read the first book in this series, so I do not know if there was any character development for them. But this book did not give me warm content feelings. I have to start by saying I haven’t read the first book in this series but when I saw the synopsis for Thrown for a Curve on Netgalley I thought it would be an enjoyable read. And I was right.We meet Cherri; a witty, smart, six-foot-tall curvy young woman who was raised by her grandparents after her mother abandoned her as a baby. Now having to take care of her allying grandmother she’s trying to keep things afloat while trying to figure out her future and her attraction to Colin, her best friend’s husband’s best friend. Colin has always had an attraction to Cherri but feels like he is not right for her, well that is until they start working together.While there are some extremely hilarious moments, like Cherri’s birthday party, this story is also full of angst and some twist and turns as both Cherri and Colin work on their relationship and learn to work through their own personal issues. I found Thrown for a Curve and enjoyable read that I would recommend to readersI plan on reading the first book in the series, Dangerous Curves Ahead, and the upcoming third book Gentlemen Prefer Curves. I received an advanced copy from Netgalley for an honest review.
What do You think about Thrown For A Curve (2014)?
Loved Colin! Kind of annoying it took them so long to say I love you tho.
—ericaxo
