Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)

by Jamie McGuire

Suffering from Fifty Shades withdrawal symptoms? Then meet Travis...

GOOD GIRL. Abby Abernathy doesn't drink or swear and she works hard. Abby believes she has created enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college, her dreams of a new beginning are quickly challenged by the university's walking one-night stand.

BAD BOY. Travis Maddox, handsome, built, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs - and wants - to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight club, and his days as the notorious college Lothario.

A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN...
Intrigued by Abby's resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain celibate for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis' apartment for the same amount of time.

OR THE START OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL?
Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match. Or that this is the start of an obsessive, intense relationship that will lead them both into unimaginable territory...

Reviewed by Chelsea on

4 of 5 stars

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I’ve got some mixed opinions about this book. As I was reading it I liked it, but when I was finished and thought back on it I decided it was a little weird. I love a good romance book and that’s what this was. I loved Travis, the typical bad boy and I loved everything about Abby’s past. It added a twists to everything seeing she wasn’t the perfect good girl. I didn’t like how scary violent Travis was sometimes. I wouldn’t stay with a guy that crazy! And the whole we’re gonna be together forever thing was a little unrealistic.

The plot wasn’t bad. It keep you wanting to read but mostly because you wanted to find out more about Abby’s past and whether or not she was gonna die at some point during the book. Some parts were a little intense at times and you thought no way would that ever happen like that. Who goes back to the same guy 20 different times? Really though. But I give it more points for being different. You don’t see a lot of creativity in books these days.

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