Can her love tame the Bad Boy?Catalina Garcia is a cancer survivor. With the threat of her annual check up looming over her head, she decides not to wait for the results. Instead, she is going to start checking as many things off her bucket list as she can. Until her resolve puts her face to face with the town bad boy. Westley York never cared about his bad boy reputation with the residents of …
Westley York never cared about his bad boy reputation with the residents of Hidden Hollows. After all, they made up their mind about him a long time ago—whether the facts were true or not. He has a week left before he’s off probation and moving on with his life.
Getting involved with the wide-eyed girl with a No. 2 pencil and a crazy to-do list? Not on his agenda.
But she’s trusting—probably a little too much, and Westley discovers that she’s determined to find her wild side, with or without him. Worried she might get herself hurt—or even killed—he reluctantly agrees to help.
It was only a week. One week until Cat finds out the results of her test and Westley is finally free of his past. Too bad all it takes is one week to fall in love.
If you like misunderstood bad boys and wild and free heroines, you’ll love the fourth book of Hidden Hollows, Loving the Bad Boy.
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Loving the Bad Boy by Shanae Johnson (3 stars)
A cute, clean romance. It was a fun read, not too much angst, but I didn’t feel like I connected with the characters. There’s insta-love and everything gets resolved quickly and easily, so it didn’t feel like I’d made any sort of connection with the characters.
*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special
So many emotions to feel throughout story. Real life issues for both Cat and West; illness, addiction, culture, family-so different backgrounds, rumor mill, consequences and so much more!
These 2 have gone through and go through so much and are now trying to live each day to the fullest, Cat with her over-protective but loving parents, West with the help and support and love from Zik his brother n the love able Dinck, his baby sister!
I volunteered to read and review an advanced readers copy of Loving The Badboy . I really enjoyed this heartwarming story . Catalina Garcia is a cancer survivor . While she waits for her annual checkup she decides she’s gonna check off stuff on her bucket list in case she receives bad news .
Westley York has the town of Hidden Hollows Badboy reputation . Soon he can move on in life when his probation ends .
He meets Catalina and agrees to help her with her bucket list because he’s afraid she might get hurt attempting the list herself .
They quickly develop feeling for each other in that one week before her checkup and he is off probation . This is a delightful and inspiring romance . I highly recommend reading .
The misunderstood bad boy, guilty by association
-‘“Is she the kind of girl you’d take your mask and hood off for?” asked Dinck. “You know, to stop pretending you’re the Dread Pirate Roberts and show her you’re the farm boy she fell in love with, like in the story.” West had no answer for that. He wasn’t pretending he was the pirate; he was. Wasn’t he?’ … They weren’t the only ones. Another person had believed he was good beneath his mask. Cat had seen the real West. And as a thank you, he’d crossed himself off her list.’-
Life has given West and his siblings a whole lot of unfair kicks. Born to addicts, they’ve spent their entire life being judged and unfairly treated. Their reputation follows them everywhere they go based on their parents’ bad choices, not allowing them any chances in life. When West meets Cat, very accidentally, she unwittingly becomes one of his few cheerleaders in life. Her sweet innocence and full acceptance of him, how she views him as her hero, slowly begin to melt his heart and he begins, for the first time in his life, to feel he has some worth. But Cat is keeping a life threatening secret from him. Will there be time to fall in love? Or will their budding friendship be cut short?
*If you’ve watched The Princess Bride before, you will instantly remember all of the characters and lines from the movie while reading this book. If you haven’t seen the best movie of all time, perhaps this will inspire you to do so.
This is a great story! I loved it! 5 stars
Really great book. West is known as the town bad boy. Cat has basically been kept indoors most of her life fighting her recurring cancer. She meets West in her desire to really live before the results of her current checkup calm back. Neither knows about the other’s background. Their story is so revealing, not immediately judging someone because of their past.
I received a free copy of this book and this is my voluntary, honest review.
My thoughts on this book:
• Catalina Garcia Is waiting for her final cancer test results. Will the results show she is finally cancer free?
• I liked that Catalina decides to find out what life is about. She takes control of it and lives life on the edge.
• Catalina made a bucket list of activities her parents did not allow her to participate in because of her health. What will she put on her list?
• West York was looking for a job. Is he the bad boy everyone says he is?
• This was a humorous read. I like this author’s sense of humor and writing style.
I was given an advance copy of this book. My review was voluntary and my opinions were my own. This is the first book I’ve read by Shanae Johnson and it won’t be my last. I really liked this book.
This is a story of good boy who fights against a bad boy label. West was given a rough hand and did his best to rise above and help. Cat was given a rough hand herself with the battle of a
Cancer. Together they try and see the best in themselves and each other.
A good story with good characters and many life lessons.
I enjoyed reading Loving the Bad Boy. This is a great sweet romance book. It is interesting and fun. I liked the characters. This is a cute story
Loving the Bad Boy is a wonderful sweet and clean romance. The characters are realistic and drew me in. The storyline caught and held my attention throughout the book. I love a HEA and this one didn’t disappoint!
I received an ARC and have chosen to give my honest opinion.
I enjoyed this sweet, bad boy book. At first I misjudged Westley York just like everyone else in his life. Appearances and circumstances can be deceiving. I liked Catalina Garcia, who had basically lived in a protective bubble for most of her life fighting cancer. Her bucket list was interesting and I was so glad she was able to cross a few things off with West’s help. I liked her second list more than the first one and I enjoyed how this story ended. This is a fun series which I am enjoying reading. I received an advance copy of this book and I willingly chose to write an honest review.
I’ve read all of the books in the Hidden Hollows series and I have to say this wasn’t my favorite. It was just an okay read for me because it didn’t grab my attention and make me want to read in one sitting. Thankfully, we can give our own opinions in reviews. I know some will agree with me, but others will disagree. I’ve read other books by Shanae Johnson and loved them, so grab your copy and form your own opinion about Cat and West’s story.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book and this is my voluntary and honest review.
I love the Princess Bride references in this book! This was a wonderful, clean, small town romance. It had amazing characters and an enticing storyline.
I received an ARC copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
Oh my gosh! Such a sweet, yet entertaining book! A quick read with well developed characters that will fill you with hope and make you ache for a hea.
Cat Garcia is waiting to hear the results of her recent cancer check up. But no matter what, at twenty years old, she has decided that she is going to LIVE the rest of her life. Protected in a bubble by her parents her entire life, Cat now has a bucket list and she is determined to fulfill as many items as she can, beginning with making a soccer goal. She just doesn’t expect the ball to contact with the face of a handsome man.
Westley York is the town bad boy but the town doesn’t know him at all. An event seven years ago left him on probation for something he gladly took the blame for, but now he needs a full time job to help care for his little sister. Meeting the sweet and innocent Cat turns his life upside down so quickly he hardly knows what happened. But will the town bad boy ever deserve someone like Cat?
This book is great for all ages, clean with some slightly heated kissing, and lots of The Princess Bride movie references.
I received an ARC and voluntarily offer this review
West is seen as the bad boy but is he really? Cat is seen as the sick girl but is she still? Loved how spunky Cat was and how she was not shy around West. Things are not always as they seem or as we hear them to be. Great bucket list and loved seeing them both checking off the items together. The angst was understandable and liked that is resolved quickly. A really sweet romance.
The storyline was wonderfully written and the characters were so well detailed that I was totally glued to my kindle until the turn of the very last page!
Enjoyed this small town romance book. And if you like The Princess Bride, you’ll love West and his family and the movie references! West has the reputation of a bad boy, even though he’s never done anything to merit the rumors going around about him. But when you have parents like he did, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt. Cat is a cancer survivor, and with over protective parents, she hasn’t gotten out much. Both West and Cat have been in figurative cages for most of their lives. But together, can they they break free and live their lives as they want to?
Book in the Hidden Hollows series. Can be read as a stand alone.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
A wonderful story about, surviving, hope and love. They both had challenges to over come. A chance meeting leads to so much more and they see Each other as who they are rather than how they are perceived. I received a free copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving