Love Lessons (Love Lessons, #1)

by Heidi Cullinan

[Angie]

Love Lessons is a super cute, opposites attract romance! The housing department at school has just screwed Walter over. Instead of continuing to live in an apartment off campus, he's back in an underclassman dorm. Worst of all, he's got a roommate in a single room! But once Walter meets Kelly, things actually start looking up. He's not the dweeby geek he expecting. Kelly is hot, but naive, and Walter enjoys taking care of him. But Kelly likes Walter, and Walter likes Kelly, but he doesn't do relationships, and Kelly doesn't do hookups.

What I loved best about Love Lessons was Kelly. He is just too freaking adorable! He wasn't out, except to his parents, before coming to Hope University, so he's excited to finally be himself in public. He's also holding on to hope that he'll find a nice boy to have a fairy tale romance with and that his first time will be special. Kelly quickly learns that life is not a Disney movie (which he is a huge fan of), but he never loses his optimism. He may need to reevaluate what he wants, but he's also not going to settle for less than he deserves. He also realizes that while his roommate may not be the typical Prince Charming, he does have all of the qualities that Kelly has been looking for.

It was really sweet how Walter took care of Kelly. Kelly has very severe allergies, so has to be careful about keeping their room dust free, and watching what he eats. As we learn more about Walter's home life, it becomes very clear why he immediately jumps in to take care of his new roommate. There are a few incidents, where Walter jumps in and saves Kelly. What could be more Disney romance than that?!

The only thing that I didn't like about Love Lessons was that it felt long in places. There is way too much going on. It's not that I didn't like what was happening, but all of it together was a bit much. Of course there's the adorable romance, Walter going from a player to a prince, and Kelly finding out who he is. On top of that, there's Walter's family problems, Kelly's family problems, Walter's friendship with Cara, and them trying to help out a favorite professor. I would have enjoyed any of these plot threads, but together they became jumbled and slowed down the pacing.

Other than that, Love Lessons was great. I'm always up for a sweet and sexy romance, and this was definitely that! All of the Disney references were also wonderful and make me want to have a movie marathon!

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