Synopsis

Owen's story

Over. That about sums up everything in my life. Suspended from my college football team and forced to cut back my hours at The District bar because of my crappy grades, I can’t keep turning to my sister, Fable, and her pro-football playing husband, Drew, to bail me out. I just can’t seem to find my own way. Weed and sex are irresistible temptations—and it’s messed up that I secretly hand over money to our junkie mom. A tutor is the last thing I want right now—until I get a look at her.

Chelsea is not my type at all. She’s smart and totally shy. I’m pretty sure she’s even a virgin. But when she gives me the once over with those piercing blue eyes, I’m really over. But in a different way. I won’t deny her ass is killer, but it’s her brain and the way she seems to crave love—like no one’s ever given her any—that make me want her more than any girl I’ve ever met. But what would someone as seemingly together as her ever see in a screwed up guy like me?

My Review

This is the final book in the Drew and Fable series. It tells the story of Fable's younger brother Owen, whom we met first in One Week Girlfriend as a 14 year-old teenager. Four years later, he is in college, living on his own, paying football and working at the same place where Fable used to work. Things should be perfect for him, yet he is slowly going down - drinking, smoking pot and hooking up with random girls.

Enter, Chelsea, a prodigy, shy and innocent girl with family issues of her own, who is to tutor him to help him get on track with his college studies.
 

It's a sweet NA story of an innocent virgin heroine and gorgeous bad boy football player. Their tutoring sessions change their lives. I liked Owen a lot, he was still the same foul-mouthed boy we met at the beginning of the series but now he facing much bigger challenges. His frustration at the his life, is very realistic and believable. He is lost, alone, feeling left out now that Drew and Fable have a family of their own and his mother is playing with his emotions taking him with her to the bottom.

I wasn't a big fan of Chelsea. She was this super smart shy girl, but she kept acting very immature. Her insecurity and constant questioning of her choicees were annoyig.

They started a relationship but neither was honest with the other and they kept their biggest secrets to themselves. Naturally, when all things were reveled, Owen and Chelsea felt both guilty and betrayed.

Overall, it was an nice story, a bit simplistic and annoying at times, but still a good completion to the series.

My reviews of rest of the books in the One Week Girlfriend Quartet series:

One Week Girlfriend
Second Chance Boyfriends
Three Broken Promises
Drew + Fable Forever

Goodreads Blurb

Commitment. That’s what I really want from Colin. Ever since my brother, Danny, died in Iraq, Colin’s done so much to help me, including giving me a job at his popular restaurant so I can leave my crappy waitressing job at the strip joint. But lying in bed with him every night to comfort him from his horrible nightmares isn’t enough anymore. I know he feels guilty about Danny’s death, about not going to Iraq, but I can’t keep living this double life. 

I love him desperately, but he’s got so many demons, and if he can’t open up to me now, then he’ll never be the real partner I need him to be. I gave him a month, and now I’m out of here. If he truly loves me like he says, he knows where to find me.

I really enjoyed the first two books in series One Week Girlfriend (my review) and Second Chance Boyfriend (my review) which told Drew and Fable's story. Colin and Jen were introduced in them and I was curious to see how they will work as a couple. Unfortunately, I found their story disappointing.

Colin came off as alpha male when he was first introduced - confident, self-assured, successful businessman, protective of Fable, even though she was an employee of his. He seemed strong and mature for his age. In this book I felt like we met a completely different person. He was indecisive, held back by his sense of guilt and failed obligation. He was closed off in his head, attracted to Jen, yet feeling unworthy of actually being with her. His solution to go for a friends-with-benefits sort of relationship was a sing of of his weakness to risk being open about his feelings and to go for what he really wanted.

I didn't like Jen very much, either. She acted immature and made really poor decisions on numerous occasions. She got into one bad situation after another, both in the past and in the present and her total lack of common sense and poor judgement was frustrating. 

On the positive side, Jen and Colin had great chemistry as a couple and love scenes were hot. I was rather annoyed, though, with the constant going back and forth in their relationship. There was far too much negative thinking and introspection on both parts and not enough actual communication. 

What I liked most in this book was the presence of Fable and Drew. She was her sassy, out-spoken self and the episode when Drew gives Colin relationship advise was both funny and spot on. 

Despite my disappointment with Jen and Colin I plan to continue with this series. The conclusion of Drew and Fable's romance, Drew and Fable Forever comes out on Jan 14, and Owen's story, Four Years Later, will be released on Feb 25.