Book Freak: Bad Girlfriend by Kirsten DeMuzio - Blog Tour, Book Review, Giveaway

18 March 2014

Bad Girlfriend by Kirsten DeMuzio - Blog Tour, Book Review, Giveaway

Title: Bad Girlfriend (First and Last #4)

Author: Kirsten DeMuzio

Genre: New Adult Romance

Cover by Kirsten DeMuzio

Published March 18, 2014

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Brooke Mills has only ever wanted to be loved. The product of a teenage pregnancy and raised by her grandmother, Brooke went looking for love in all the wrong places. She has been the other woman or someone’s dirty little secret more times than she cares to admit. When Brooke’s questionable judgment lands her in the bed of her new neighbor, it’s the wakeup call she needs to change her ways. With the help of her friends, Brooke is determined to find a nice guy.

Adam Branigan is new in town, and despite the way he and Brooke met, Adam knows there’s more to the beautiful redhead than meets the eye. He wants to be the guy to show Brooke that she deserves more than late night booty calls. But will outside pressures and past relationships conspire to keep them apart?

**This book is intended for a mature audience, age 18 and older, due to language and explicit content.

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The girl who is used to fast is going to get things slow.

I fell sad for Brooke – she only wanted to be loved like her friends have. She wanted that emotional connection, someone to take care of her, someone to be there for her when she needs the most, someone who will love her immensely. Instead, she was stuck with guys who were shortchanging her, and it’s heartbreaking to watch – a girl who could have done a lot more better to settle for something less.

UNTIL ADAM.

He was something she doesn’t usually go for. She likes to go for the bad boys, but Adam was the complete opposite. He was a principal in their elementary school, and an epitome of a great guy. So when she ends up in his bed (ahem), naked (double ahem), and it scared her. It was a big wake up call for her, she needed to change her ways, so she went to her friends, put some new rules with regards to dating and is finally determined to find a great guy. Question is, how strong is her determination to follow the rules?

I like Adam, he’s a nice guy. He didn’t judge Brooke base on her past, he has gotten to know the girl behind the sexy persona she portrays, and tried his best to follow the set of rules she imposes with dates. It takes a lot of control for him to follow it – but he was willing to wait. Then their past caught up with them, not to mention someone with a malicious intent wanted him out on his post. BUT, he was willing to fight for her, and show to the world how much he loved her. Despite her past, and all her imperfections – he loved her, a love that she truly deserved.

It was great to see some old characters coming from the previous books in the series, and some new ones that piqued my curiosity, Graham. Yay. I wonder if he will have his own book. There are some people whom you will love, and people whom you will hate, and people who will do something so surprising you didn’t see it coming. Ah yes, this book had an amazing set of characters that will keep you entertained throughout the duration of the story.

Just like the rest of the series, I enjoyed reading this and watching Brooke finally getting her HEA. It was a short, sexy, and a great read. It shows that even bad girls can have their happy endings with a great prince charming as well.

★Complimentary Copy was given in exchange for an honest review.★

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I was overwhelmed with the urge to show her that good guys did exist, and that I was one of them. But that’s not what she needed right now.

When we were done eating, I threw the pizza box in the fridge. Brooke poured another round of shots for us, and this time I did mine at the same time as her, with my eyes closed.

“So, you know my story. Now it’s your turn.”

Brooke shrugged one slender shoulder and picked at the blanket with her pale yellow fingernails. I looked to her toes and saw they were painted in a matching shade. At first glance, everything about this girl screamed high maintenance. Yet, here she sat on my bed, eating pizza out of a box, drinking tequila shots and seemed to be perfectly comfortable doing it.

“There’s not much to tell. I grew up here with Gram. My mom was only sixteen when I was born and was too young to handle raising a kid. She comes and goes, but mostly goes. I went to cosmetology school after high school, and I do hair at Loraine’s Luscious Locks.” She winced as she said that last part. “I hate that name. Luscious is such a weird word.”

I laughed. “Do you like what you do?”

“Yeah, I really do. I’m good at it. I like making people feel good about themselves. It’s not brain surgery, but I like it.”

“You don’t have to save lives to be doing something important. I’m sure a good haircut can do more for a woman’s self-esteem than twenty sessions with a psychiatrist.”

“That’s probably true,” Brooke said, tilting her head to the side as she studied me.

“What?” I asked, thinking I must have pizza sauce smeared on my face or something.

She narrowed her eyes. “Are you gay?”

“What?” I repeated. This conversation was not going where I thought it would.

“It’s just that you’re so…nice. And you seem to really understand women.”

I snorted. “I assure you, Brooke, I am not gay. And I absolutely do not understand women. Your species is a complex and unsolvable mystery to me.”

She giggled and reached for the tequila bottle again. When we both had our shots in hand, she held hers up. “To new friends.”

I clinked my glass against hers. “To new friends.”

That’s the last thing I have any clear memory of…

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I am an author of new adult and contemporary romance novels. My husband and I live in Columbus, Ohio with our two young daughters and happy golden retriever.

When I’m not spending time with my family, I can be found doing one of my other favorite activities – writing, reading and napping.

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