Tessa O’Connell is a girl with an unbreakable spirit and a strength that will get her through anything and this strength is one she needs now more than ever before. Through the two big chapters of her life, her goal remains to be fearless and make the best of all the opportunities that come her way. In college she must face the infamy and scrutiny that comes with dating Cole Stone as well as … dealing with the pressures of being an O’Connell. Just as she learns to find her way, life changing prospects for Cole force Tessa to steel herself and be there, body and soul for the one man for whom she’d just about do anything in the world. As Cole learns to find himself again, it’s Tessa who needs to stand by his side and keep his demons at bay this time around. Can she be enough for the person who has been her solid ground for so long, all the while, keeping whispers of her self-doubt and crippling insecurities away?
In Part Two, Tessa finds herself adjusting to life as a fresh graduate in New York. All alone, with an unexpected new job and desperately missing her boyfriend as he gets through law school, Tessa has certainly seen better days. But with Cole’s unwavering love on her side, she’s ready to conquer the world and build a life together with the man she’s going to marry, even if sometimes she’s got to do it all by herself. The insecurities and fears that plagued their relationship have now evolved into a love so strong, it can weather anything—even a long distance relationship. After five wonderful years together, there’s nothing that’s going to get in the way of their happily ever after…or is there? On their own for the first time in a long time, Cole and Tessa struggle to make sense of their changed reality which threatens to pull the two away from each other. The one thing they know is that they’re meant to be and they’ll do whatever it takes to stay together, despite the curveballs thrown their way. With old friends and new, one crazy Nana, stepbrothers and snarky co-workers, Cole and Tessa are ready to make the transition into their real life as a couple and this is the story of how two people fight the odds to create their forever.
Warning: This story comes with a delectable Cole Stone as you’ve never seen him before. Vulnerable, torn, brooding and protective in Part One, he’s suited up, and a lawyer in the making in the second. He’s still a little reckless at heart and rough around the edges though, still the bad boy you fell in love with but aging like the finest wine all the more in love with his Shortcake.
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The Bad Boy’s Forever is the third book in Bad boy series by Wattpad author Blair Holden. I am a big fan of this series. I have read the first two books (Bad Boy’s Girl and Bad Boy’s Heart). This cannot be read as a stand-alone book and you will need to read the first two books before reading a thin one. Tessa and Cole in their freshman year adjusting to the new surroundings and becoming stronger day by day. Once their college life is over, Tessa is a fresh graduate with a job in New York City and missing Cole who is a law student in Chicago. I love Colessa and there ups and downs. The author has crafted the story so beautifully. It is engaging and interesting. All the characters are relatable and wonderful.
I will definitely recommend this series. Go ahead read it and thank me later
This was an interesting story.
This, as I found out after starting to read it is part of a series of stories about these characters. Tessa and Cole. They are high school sweethearts, and in part one of this book are in their first year of college. In part one, they face some issues. And then part two, it’s three years later, and Tessa has taken a job in New York, whole Cole is going to law school in Chicago.
I feel like I might have enjoyed this story had I read the previous parts. There was a lot of talk about things that happened on the characters past, and it left me confused.
I feel like there are times when Tessa let’s Cole get away with a lot. And let’s him kiss his way out of a lot of things, as apposed to talking about them. She was naive about a lot of things.
It was a sweet story, about love, surviving hardships. The story was well written. And you could picture what was going on.
A little underwhelming, to be honest. The Bad Boy’s Forever is the third book in the Bad Boy’s Girl series by Blair Holden and follows Tessa (also known as ‘Shortcake’) and her bad-boy-turned-law-student boyfriend, Cole, and the ups and downs of their relationship. The book is broken down into two parts, the first of which follows Tessa and Cole in their first couple years of college. In the second part, we get to see Tessa and Cole embark on their new journeys – Tessa to the workforce in New York City and Chicago law school for Cole.
I wanted to like this more than I did. There were a lot of things I really struggled with, and only some of it can be attributed to having not read the previous two books in the series. I felt like there was a decent amount of the characters’ history/backgrounds discussed throughout the book to make up for whatever I missed in the first two. I think I struggled the most with the author’s particular writing style. Often times, Tessa or Cole would have a conversation or confrontation off-screen (off-page, I guess) and the reader would be treated to a brief recap of the incident rather than experiencing it in the moment as the character did.
I also felt that there was a lot of girl drama that wasn’t strictly necessary. For the most part, it felt like its only real purpose was to perpetuate the ‘my boyfriend is so hot that every girl wants him, so I’m always jealous’ stereotype and create a situation ripe for Tess to throw down. Despite the heaps of drama, there didn’t seem to really be an overarching plotline that took precedence and made the reader really invest in the success of Tessa and Cole’s relationship.
I also wasn’t in favor of the way that several important issues were introduced and then promptly dismissed rather than being used to further deepen or develop the plot. I’m talking borderline alcohol abuse, Cole keeping serious secrets from Tessa, Cole’s stepmother trying to make Tessa feel inferior because of her job (mind you, it’s her first job out of college and even Tessa admits it’s a stepping-stone to her dream job), etc.
I didn’t hate it, but I couldn’t love it either.