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FOOL ME TWICE by Carrie Aarons

Release Date: March 12th

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I love me a good new adult romantic comedy, especially when it’s written by an author I’ve been following for years, Carrie Aarons. Seriously though, I didn’t know what to expect out of this story. I mean you hear RomCom and think tons of laughs and a good time but reading the blurb, I was unsure. I mean, Henley’s bestie just died of cancer! That’s rough on any day but Catherine was a high schooler. It just instantly made me sad. And it is sad. A little bit. Just enough angst, in my opinion. Henley is fulfilling besties bucket list after she dies. Some of it is fun, a lot is fun really, but Lincoln is serious business and Henley is in it to do it all for her friend’s memory.

Never doubt Carrie Aarons though! She is an incredibly skilled author and new adult is just one of her many talents! Fool Me Twice walked a fine line between just what we want in a college romance… that sweet first love that makes your heart stutter and swell, with some angst and drama to remind us that we are dealing with the young and freshly in love with revenge on the mind, add in the heart-breaking reasons behind the bucket list and you get yourself a well-rounded story that pushes and pulls at your heart strings! Both Lincoln and Henley were fabulous characters! I really enjoyed Lincoln getting put in his place a bit more. He had himself on this pedestal in the beginning… we all know those cocky, arrogant jocks… this is Lincoln. Henley walks a fine line of love and hate and she trips up on the high wire multiple times! Aarons created such a great story! I know I definitely felt like a college student struggling with my thoughts and feelings!

I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.

Blurb:

When my best friend died of cancer just before her eighteenth birthday, she left her coveted bucket list to me.

The things she already crossed off? Skinny dipping, going to Paris, completing the local hot wing challenge, road tripping to the ocean, and sending out a message in a bottle.

So, it falls on me to finish it for her, to honor her memory. In the next year, it’s my mission to:

1. Dye my hair

2. Have sex

3. Camp out in a tent

4. Go bungee jumping

5. Get revenge on Lincoln Kolb

Most are doable, some terrify me, and then there is the last item on the list. When the raven-haired football god dumped my best friend during senior year of high school, she was devastated. The jerk with charm for days found out she was sick, and betrayed her in the worst way possible.

But he doesn’t know me, I went to school a town over. Now, to fulfill my promise, I’m the newest freshman on the campus where he is the big man. If there is one thing, aside from cheap beer, that a jock can’t pass up, it’s a shiny new girl.

So when I catch his eye, play hard to get, and then fall into his bed, I know my scheme is working to perfection. But what Lincoln can’t see coming is the beatdown I have planned for his ice-cold heart.

Unfortunately, what I never saw coming was the one he had planned for mine.

About the Author:

Author of romance novels such as The Tenth Girl and Privileged, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn't writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She’s a Jersey girl living in Texas with her husband, daughter and furry son.