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Entangled Teen recently launched their new Crush imprint. What’s Crush all about? Here’s what their submission guidelines say:
Crush, one of Entangled’s first teen category romance imprints, is all about engaging, irresistible first-love stories set during the characters’ teen years. We specialize in heart-stopping feelings and never-ending drama, ranging from funny to emotional, flirty to dark.
Whether set in the halls of a high school, beach resort, or studying abroad, and whether it features a girl falling for her brother’s best friend next door, a forbidden summer camp romance, or a nerd pretending to date the star quarterback, our teen category romances will leave you grinning…and in love with your next book crush!
Well that sounds right up my alley! Entangled Crush had two books come out in April and I read them both. They were very different books but both totally fit the Crush vision!
Aimee and the Heartthrob:
Written By: Ophelia London
Pub. Date: April 14, 2015
Pages: 233
Summary: He never noticed her before, but now she’s all he can see…
Miles Carlisle is every teen girl’s fantasy. His rugged good looks and exotic British accent have helped catapult his boy band, Seconds to Juliet, to super-stardom. But after two disastrous and very public breakups, Miles isn’t interested in dating just any girl; he wants The One. And the only girl he’s interested in is not only his best friend’s little sister―and off-limits―but won’t even give him the time of day…
As a kid, Aimee Bingham had a huge thing for Miles…until he made fun of her for always tagging along. Now that she’s outgrown both him and her pigtails. the prospect of spending two weeks on tour with the childhood crush who broke her heart isn’t exactly enticing. Except now Miles seems interested. Very interested. And no matter how hard Aimee tries to resist him, her crush is definitely making a comeback.
But everyone knows that falling for a heartthrob is a backstage pass to heartbreak…
My Thoughts:
This one had two things I love… the band aspect and the friend-of-older-brother crush! Aimee vainly tries to convince herself that she is over her crush on Miles while Miles tries to pretend he isn’t falling for his best friends little sister. Of course neither one is very successful.
Aimee and the Heartthrob is a quick, flirty read. I enjoyed it despite the title (which I just cannot handle!) and the somewhat predictable storyline (Rockstar coming out of a bad breakup! Secret romance! Misunderstandings!)
The Truth About Jack:
Written By: Jody Gehrman
Pub. Date: April 14, 2015
Pages: 242
Summary:Dakota McCloud has just been accepted into a prestigious art school. Soon she’ll leave behind the artists’ colony where she grew up―hippie dad, tofu since birth, yurt―and join her boyfriend and best friend on the East Coast. It was the plan…until Dakota finds out her boyfriend and best friend hooked up behind her back.
Hurt and viciously betrayed, Dakota pours out her heart on a piece of paper, places it in a bottle, and hurls it into the ocean. But it doesn’t quite go where she expects…
Jack Sauvage finds the bottle washed up on the shore and responds to Dakota’s letter. Except what if his straight-laced life doesn’t jive with the free-spirited girl he’s only seen from afar? As Jack creates a persona he believes she’ll love, they slowly fall for each other with each new letter. Now Jack is trying to find a way to make this delicate, on-paper romance happen in real life…without revealing his deception.
My Thoughts:
Dakota has lived a really unique life and she’s okay with that. Jack’s life, while much more “standard” is unique for a completely different reason. Through circumstances, both random and contrived, they form a friendship.
Going into this one I knew that it was a bit of a Cyrano de Bergerac re-imagining. Therefore, the predictability didn’t bother me too much. I did find Jack’s deception a bit much. Personally, it would have taken me much longer to get over it (if I did at all!) However, I can see where teen me might have found it romantic.
If you’re looking for fun, swoony, summer read Entangled’s Crush titles fit the bill! They’re like candy, in all the best ways.
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