WILL SHE, OR WON’T SHE… Studious and (mostly) sensible, the only thing Molly Wakefield wants to do is get through Senior Year and graduate. Well, that and hit the beach in her spare time. Okay, fine – and go shopping every once in a while for a new dress… (and who could blame her?) And things are going according to plan – until the day she spies Weston McGrath, handsome star athlete and … handsome star athlete and scholar, spying on her in study hall.
A tad creepy? Maybe.
Thrilling? Absolutely.
Despite her best efforts to avoid it (because let’s face it – the guy isn’t exactly “boyfriend material”) Molly and Weston form a friendship. And more. Sort of. But it’s a friendship that comes with a price – because Weston just cannot seem to stop screwing things up. Or saying all the wrong things. And who has time for an 18 year old “fixer-upper” that should know better? Not Molly. Or does she?
NOTE — In this novel, sparks fly… and by sparks, I mean some serious chemistry. That’s why this story is intended for those readers 17+ and over. Contains: Swearing, foul language, cursing, innuendo, and sexual content.
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Sweet young love
This was a cute young adult high school romance. No sexy times here, unfortunately. But still very enjoyable. I liked both main characters. And the crazy annoying best friend, Jenna. HFN ending
This is an enchanting story. I don’t usually read high school romance stories, but I am so glad I did. This is a sweet and heartwarming story with entertaining characters. I was sad when the story ended and can’t wait to read more in this series.
Kissing in Cars is hilarious, heartbreaking and then puts it all back together in the end.
I honestly, loved this little book. Molly’s character was so different. She had this cool vibe to her. I would have totally been friends with her. Weston is the hockey player, who has girls falling at his feet. But of course, Molly isn’t one of them. She’s strong-willed and says exactly what she means.
I was trying to find something to read, going through a funk that had lasted way too long and I thought maybe I was broken. But when I found this gem, downloaded and read it within a couple of hours. I realized I was no longer broken! I don’t think I’ve read anything by Ney before. I did read one that was co-authored. But not one just by her. I’m so glad I did, It really did hit that spot.
I was surprised after I was done reading. That the rating scale was so low on this story. I usually give a five if it makes me feel some emotion. I did tear up, I laughed and was so into the story. I didn’t realize how late it was when I finally finished. I love when a book, takes you on this journey with characters that you get so connected with. I’m going to have to jump into the next one.
Overall, Five Boundless Stars.
Loved this great young adult book by Sara Ney. I listened to it on audiobook and just loved it all. Weston and Molly made me laugh, it was cute, sweet and real.
It’s really how the teenage brain works- that what Sara Ney takes the readers too. Weston is the jock with all the pressures. Molly is just being a teenage girl with her best friend Jenna. All the characters draw you in!
What a fun book. My first from Sara New, but not my last. This book brought me back to my teen years, which were so long ago. I felt like I was in a time warp at times, but in a good way. There are lots of hockey references, which is wonderful in my world. Some may not like sports in their romance, but that just makes it more fun! The banter between Wes and Molly is just great. I really liked the other characters as well, Kendall had me rolling, the parents are super and then there is Jenna… she is a bit of a can do without too much of her character, but she is fun too!
4.5 stars actually. I know a lot of people will probably complain about how this is written, but honestly it flows a lot like how I think. And to me, it sounded perfectly like the way I’d imagine a teenager thinks, or the way at least I thought as a teenager. So much about it cracked me up. I was laughing out loud sitting in public. There were a few things that were predictable, another thing people might have issues with. Personally though, I found that those really were done almost tongue-in-cheek, or they felt like they were done that way. Reminds me of how the scary things happened in the Scream movie franchise. Then there is the part where Weston does basically the same exact thing by telling people Molly is not his girlfriend, loudly, adamantly. She’d already told him once about doing something like that, not just told him, but gotten really mad at him about it. So for him to do it again, I basically called him a dumbass. He’d fit well into the future douchebag series. And as I am reading book 2 in the series right now, Weston is keeping up with that, although loving his girl now.
In a way this reminded me of my own writing. At least how I think I write, others who read my writing may not agree. But it gave me hope to keep writing, because I love this author, and so if I do, and I know others do, maybe I can do something with my writing as well.
Cute and sweet Kissing in Cars is an adorable YA read that will bring you back to your younger years if you’re officially an old lady like I am. The classic popular bad boy falls for less popular regular girl still manages to get me every time. Especially when delivered by Sara Ney’s fantastic writing. I don’t often read much YA at this point, but when it’s written by an author who’s books I can never get enough of you know I’m gonna read it and I’m so glad I did.
I couldn’t always relate Molly and Weston since I haven’t been in high school since pre-Britney head shaving but I still found myself connecting to these two. Their story is adorable and sweet little escape from my normal go to of dirty, dirty, filthy things.
***3 Stars***
I never know what to expect when I’ve found an author I really, really like and decide to go and read the books published before the one, or ones, that had me fall in love with their writing, but it’s something of a nerve racking experience for me because I want to be open minded, but having a point of reference tends to make being unbiased difficult and that’s what happened here. Overall, I liked the book. It was a quick read that felt very YA to me, which is a good thing, but it didn’t give me that gut punch I was looking for.
In general, I liked Molly and Weston. Both have their heads screwed on semi well and, in general, are good people. Molly is thoughtful. I’m not sure if it makes her more mature or just more aware, but she doesn’t want to do something just because everyone else is. Yes, she can get nudged into things and does a great job at the deer in headlights rambling thing, but there is also a maturity to her that I appreciated.
Weston is an enigma in that his reputation fits him and yet doesn’t. When it comes to hockey he’s got his shit together. He KNOWS who Weston the hockey player is. But in other aspects of his life, he’s definitely not as solid and while I loved seeing his much more vulnerable side, I didn’t really care for it when it had him morph into ‘foot in mouth asshat’ mode or, for lack of a better term, ‘douchebag’ because I just wanted to reach out and tell him to man up and stop being a little bitch.
As for their journey. It was a mix bag of sweet, funny and frustrating, which is the hallmark for most teenage romances but this one definitely had the frustrating part kicked up by Weston’s douchebag behavior and though I liked Wes and Molly together, I do wish she’d made him grovell more in the end.
All in all the writing was engaging ~ I was pulled in from the start with no issue ~ but I felt like it was missing something that would have made it more than just a likeable read. As for the characters that populated this world, I have to say that I really liked both sets of parents and Kendall was all kinds of awesome! The boys, were boys and then there is Jenna. I understood her role in things. How she was the yin to Molly’s yang but I could have done with a little less of her and her crazy. In the end this was a cute and enjoyable YA read.
~ Copy provided by InkSlinger PR & voluntarily reviewed ~
*3 Stars*
I really don’t know how to write my review for this one. I’ve read Sara’s Douchebag series previously, and I really love those books. This one though, it fell a little flat for me. I’m thinking its because I’m getting to that point where YA books are a little too young for me now, and all this high school drama just annoys me.
I don’t think I particularly liked any of the characters to be honest. I was keen to see what would happen and I read the book fairly fast, but it was way too high school for me. Friends I didn’t like, main characters who I didn’t connect with, and just, I don’t know.
It wasn’t a horrible storyline or horrible writing or anything like that, I just didn’t connect with it the way I normally like when reading, and I think thats to with my getting older as I mentioned. Really not sure what else to say. I’ll continue the series eventually, because I like Sara’s books, and I’d like to see if any in the rest of this series capture me, but not one of my faves.
Hmm, where to start with this one.
This is one of those books that I wanted to love but just kinda liked. I am wondering if it is because of the age of the characters and my age (old fart here), if that is a big part of my problems with it. Or the fact that I am also listening to a NA hockey book with characters only a few years older than this book and it is making the characters seem so much more immature.
I think we are supposed to love Molly, the girl that gets the hot guy everyone is after. I had mixed feeling about her. She is a kind of mix between Regina George and Cady Heron from Mean Girls to me.
I didn’t like that Molly took more notice of what her friends said than thinking for herself, doing what she wanted for herself. Her best friend Jenna is just a horrible person. What kind of girl a) talks about all the hot guys around her, right when her boyfriend is sitting next to her? Dude, dump her arse! and b) practically dry humps the leg of the guy her BFF is seeing? I just really, really disliked the girl.
I found that there were so many unlikable people in this book. Molly’s brother, Weston’s dad – both cut from the same cloth, and that fabric is ugly
It felt like that even at the end of the book, I had seen no real growth in the main characters, with the exception of a few ILY’s thrown in there.
Ugh , it has really thrown me this book. I will be going on to read the next books – maybe I am just a grump old woman with this one.
Good lord I loved Molly, “I take a chance and raise my eyes. Yup, there he is, staring at my face with his lips pulled into a smirk, the dark hair under his ball cap curling up slightly over his ears. The sleeves are cut off the bright blue A&F shirt he’s wearing, and as he leans back lazily with his arms crossed, it draws attention to his biceps, which look…insanely ripped. Tall at 6’2.” And Wes that boy is well such a damn boy, “under the brim of my ball cap, I continue watching as Molly Wakefield tries to scoot her a** out of her chair – in that short jean skirt, it’s pretty obvious she’s trying not to give me a crotch shot. I watch her anyways, just in case she does.” He’s so smooth when he’s with his girl, “babe, you’re so adorable when you’re pi**ed. Come here,” he repeats, grabbing my hand before I can protest, and drags me until I’m standing in between those gorgeous thighs.” He knows one way to shut up his lady love, “I grab her hand and pull her in for a quick peck on the lips to shut her up. “Sit down already, would you?” I mean his thoughts are so manly, “not gonna lie: in the year we’ve been dating, I’ve become one horny bast**d. Having a steady girlfriend is great because I get to have sex with my best friend. Like – all the time. And for a second there I almost give in to her hands roaming my bare chest. One thing is for sure – if she’s trying to manipulate the situation so we’ll stay home by getting me turned on.”