The Do-Over by TL Swan
Title: The Do-Over (Miles High Club #4)
Author: TL Swan
Publisher: Montlake 2022
Genre: Romance
Pages: 527
Rating: 2/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Library Love
Spice Rating: 5
I’m wealthy, powerful, and able to get any woman I want.
So why do I feel so empty inside?
In search of a deeper me, I take a sabbatical from my privileged life. One year of backpacking around Europe: a new identity, no contacts, and no money. Not a bad plan, I think.
Until I get there.
A crowded hostel room, body odor, and beer bongs—there are no words for the fresh hell I’ve landed in.
But amid the chaos, I meet my new roommate, Hayden Whitmore. She sleeps in the bed opposite me, and I openly admit to staring at her more than I sleep. Beautiful, innocent, and smart. Not my usual type but perhaps the perfect woman.
There’s just one small problem with the divine Miss Hayden. She’s totally unaffected by my charm. Nothing is working, and now, I’ve been friend zoned.
What?
But the good thing about me is that I’m an incredible problem solver, and I’ve come up with a diabolical plan. I’m going to slide right in under her friend zone. Be the best damn friend she ever had, hold her hand, make her laugh, and spoon with her in bed.
But now there’s another problem.
Hayden is the one who is sliding under my skin, and maybe friendship isn’t enough.
Another complete dud for me. Overall, this series has not been my cup of tea. But after loving the second one, I thought that I would power through and complete the series. I am a completionism after all. Now I’m regretting that I did. This is just some jealous alpha bullshit masquerading as romance. Christopher is not a good person. He lies, obscures, demands, and stalks Hayden throughout this book. The “advice” that his brothers give him borders on assault. I don’t always have to love the characters in a romance novel, but I do have to connect with them on some level. Christopher just repulsed me. Hayden should have just booted him off the plane. I am seriously so mad at this book in its portrayal of women. We’re supposed to fall in love with Christopher while he constantly refers to women has “hobags” and demeans them at every turn. Also, his repeated exclamations of “needing sex” just turned me all the way off. At every turn, Christopher acted like a little child who didn’t his his way. No thank you!
Miles High Club
#4 The Do-Over
#5 Miles Ever After
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