Things Good Girls Don’t Do while not perfect is a satisfying story with a hero that is guaranteed to melt hearts, supporting characters you’ll want to know more about, and an enjoyable ending.~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
Good girls don’t steal.
Good girls don’t visit sex shops.
Good girls don’t have one-night stands.
For Katie Conners, being a good girl just isn’t worth it anymore. It used to mean getting the life she always wanted. But that was before she got dumped and her ex got engaged to his rebound. So, after a bad day and one too many mojitos, Katie starts making a list of things a girl like her would never do, not in a million years . . .
As a tattoo artist with a monster motorcycle, Chase Trepasso isn’t the kind of guy you bring home to mom and dad.
And when he finds Katie’s list in a bar, he’s more than happy to help her check off a few items. Especially the ones on the naughtier side . . .
Katie’s more than tempted by Chase’s offer, as long as they keep things uncomplicated. But as they spend more time together, she may just wind up breaking the most important rule of all: Good girls don’t fall in love with bad boys.
Review copy provided for an honest review
Sometimes you read a book and it brings back memories good and/or bad. Such is the case with Things Good Girls Don’t Do. Growing up as a middle child, my older sister was pretty wild and my younger brother wasn’t much better and because he was a boy he got away with a lot. I was the “good girl” stuck in the middle or so most people thought, thing was I was probably wilder than both of them but I was just smart enough to keep quiet and not get caught…not once, ever. So I did hear myself referred to often as the “good girl” which I’ll admit I secretly snickered about quietly to myself as did my partners in crime who held the same label. I respect my parents and rightfully so, but once I was an adult I no longer let them dictate how I should live my life. So, while I understand the plight of the heroine in this story I found it a little odd that at almost 30 she was still allowing herself to be cast in this role. Bad enough she let her mother continue it until her death but she allows the whole town and honestly, I had a hard time respecting her character because it took her so long to grow a backbone and she didn’t do it until the town’s bad boy looked her way. Thankfully our hero more than made up for my distaste of the heroine and the story was entertaining which salvaged this book.
It’s easy to feel the attraction between Katie and Chase early on in this book, but Katie is constantly reminding herself of her mother’s “teachings” and the fact that her last relationship blew up in her face. She refuses to see Chase as anything but a heart breaker and a tattoo artist and while she shows moments of admiration for him she turns around and tells herself he’s no good. She’s kind of all over the place which drove me somewhat nuts. Chase on the other hand shows there is way more to him than meets the eye, and most of all we come to realize that while everyone might judge him on sight, he chooses to judge people by their actions not their words.
Their relationship was complicated with the town constantly interfering including Katie’s best friend who should have had her back but instead was a judgmental bitch. Thankfully Katie had another friend in town that made her realize she has a right to do what makes her happy. After an incident with Katie’s ex, Chase has a family emergency that draws him away straining their already perilous relationship.
While there were a few aspects of this story that bothered me, there were many more that I enjoyed. Things Good Girls Don’t Do while not perfect is a satisfying story with a hero that is guaranteed to melt hearts, supporting characters you’ll want to know more about, and an enjoyable ending.
3.5 Stars
Thanks for the review!