Re-read: 1/27/22...On a football romance re-read kick it seems... Re-read: 11/5/15Awwwww man, so sad it's over! LOVED this. Just football romance perfection.

Re-read on 4/12/2022Listening Length: 10 hours 20 minutes._______________❥GIVEAWAY: a kindle set of both books in this series.Play here-> http://wp.me/p4uAPW-1lc (ends Friday, May 8, 2015 at 5 pm PST)✻DISCLAIMER: My pre-review is a little misleading. Prior to reading this book I assumed it would be about wild college days. While it is about a college football player it isn't filled with partying. Since my pre-review makes me laugh...I'm leaving it up. Now, that I'm done with the book I don't wan...

4.25 Every Inch Stars* * * * 1/4 Spoiler Free-Warning, Long Ass ReviewI am fascinated by an author's ability to create people from scratch. To think about a person... give them the physical characteristics and then, more importantly, the inner makings of who they are. That to me is an art form.There are authors who give us these people; they are there...We see them in our mind...yet when push comes to shove... could we be there in their heads...deep down and see how they feel about the little th...

5 Stars You are the happiness I never realized I needed. Have you ever started a book and from just the first few pages known that you have a 5 star on your hands? You know what feeling I'm talking about. The permanent goofy smile, the warm and fuzzies in your stomach, the I'll-just-read-one-more-page-and-before-you-know-it-you're-done, book butterflies kind of feeling. That's exactly what happened to me. Now I loved The Hook Up and I was equal parts dying and dreading this book. Why?

5 Pink Stars. Gray and Ivy started an unlikely friendship when Ivy texts Gray about his using her car, that was lent to him by her father, since she is away. They start talking every day, about everything and soon become pretty close. It’s all good when she’s living far way, but when Ivy returns everything changes between them. Now they are best-friends attracted to each other and the feelings between them grow even faster. Neither of them wants to do anything about if afraid it’ll ruin their

5 **EVERY INCH** stars Grey Grayson is a football player and his soon to be agent gives him his daughter's car, a bright pink Fiat to use temporarily, since he has given his own car to his best friend. Ivy Mackenzie texts Grey because of the car and they become text buddies, since she's helping her mom with her bakeries, back in England. But Ivy is coming back at States and it's about time these buddies to meet each other. "I have the reflexes of a cat."I snort, totally enjoying myself n

5 "I Devoured This Book" StarsThe Friend Zone is the best "friends to lovers" trope I've read to date. It encompasses everything I want and love in a romance book. It had a solid and credible plot, excellent writing, engaging dialogue, multilayered characterizations, intense chemistry, steamy love scenes and a couple I could root for and fall in love with. The two main characters, Gray and Ivy, are why I fell in love with this story. Both were so richly developed and relatable that they breathed...

** 4,5-5 “The sum of my existence = U” STARS ** GrayG: I feel like I can tell you anything.IvyMac: You can. That's what friends do.GrayG: I've never been friends with a girl before.IvyMac: I'm honored to be your first. How could Gray Grayson have known that borrowing his agent's daughter's bubblegum pink car would have such a domino effect on his life? That the car which ended up being the reason for his ridiculous nickname "Glamour Gray" would also be how he meets his best fri

4.5 Shenanigans STARSLately,I’ve been in a whirlwind of wickedly wonderful NA reads and this has totally taken me by surprise!! This second book in the Game On series is just as brilliant as the first. The prologue sucked me in… I don’t know how Ms. Callihan does it…even though Ivy and Gray were just friends at the onset; from Ivy’s first text to Gray, the chemistry, the “click” between these two was so evident and so natural, perfect and beautiful.I’d fallen for Gray, the insanely gorgeous

Cupcake pushed his Ivy Mac out of her Zone and it was Game On...I am again burdened with guilt that I have maligned the genre of NA when books like The Friend Zone are out there. I now admit I'm a fan of NA...well Kristen Callihan NA. So far this series has filled me with emotions. I have laughed out loud at the characters shenanigans, teared up at the pain the characters felt, impressed with the hot and sexy scenes and content that we see this couple connect and communicate in and out of the be...

FIVE SOUP AND LOVE STARS. Gray doesn’t make friends with women. He has sex with them. Until Ivy. What can I say about this book without sounding like a complete loony. I fell in love with this book like most girls fall in love with chocolate; delighted, with a feeling of finding a new best friend. Ok, so maybe not everybody feels that way about chocolate, but I'm sure you get where I'm going with that? I was so delighted with this diamond of a book. I wanted to squeeze this author after every

Unknown: Mr. Grayson, my father tells me he lent you my car. I don’t really care if he’s going to sign you or not. As said agent’s daughter, I know football players and their ways. So let me be clear. There will be no shenanigans taking place in it or you’ll answer to me. You want to hook up with one of your women, do it in a bed and not in my car. Sincerely, Ivy Mackenzie. This book had me from that very first text exchange between Gray and Ivy. I knew it was going to be good when the bante

*****FIVE CUPCAKE & SPECIAL SAUCE STARS*****{BR with Mel, Dee, and Sharon} "The fact is, Ivy, for me, there is one absolute truth. The sum of my existence equals you." Well, I was literally blown away by how much I ended up loving this book. I had my doubts that this could top the first one. This was mainly because I didn't really warm up to Gray until the last 25% of "The Hook Up". I thought he was a shallow manwhore for the most part. But, hell if I wasn't 100% WRONG !!! I fell head o...

4.5 “Every Inch” Stars This story has one hot as hell football player who becomes texting friends (the texts were hilarious, sexy and very cute) with Ivy, his soon to be agent’s oldest daughter. “Truth? Had we met before the texts, I’d have tried something. She’s funny and smart and hot. Who wouldn’t want her? Shit, I don’t know, man. I just like her. I really like her. She’s the first person I want to talk to. Every day.” This story was friends to lovers trope that was extremely well done, b...

I floved this book!I adored Glamour Gray. I mean come on, this guy looked like freaking Thor, who wouldn't? He was confident and strong, yet tender and vulnerable. I was scared that he will be in his MO as in The Hook Up, but no, yay! he wasn't whoring around:)))) That's what I like in Kristen Callihan's heros, they are good people - good friends, good boyfriends, simply good. Ivy was not bad herself either. She was sweet, funny and caring and she was a wonderful friend to Gray. I liked how str

That’s it. It’s official. Kristen Callihan has now joined the ranks among Christina Lauren for one of my favorite authors of NA/Contemporary reads.I LOVE THIS WOMAN’S WRITING. If you know me, you know one of my favorite things to read is friends to lovers, and this book has joined Beautiful Player as one of my all-time favorite friends to lovers reads. I mentioned this in my review for The Hook Up, but as of late, 'light' reads have held zero interest from me. I was beginning to give up hope on

Title: The Friend ZoneSeries: Game On #2Author: Kristen CallihanRelease date: May 5, 2015Cliffhanger: NoHEA(view spoiler)[Yes (hide spoiler)]To say that I was excited to get my hands on this book would be a monumental understatement. But I was also a little unnerved about the follow up book to The Hook Up. We all know the danger of how much more cutting the disappointment can be when high expectations aren't met. I was ready for that magic that I felt before, the excitement and the butterflies

★★★★ 4.5 Stars ★★★★Now LIVE!Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1GF5YLnAmazon UK: http://amzn.to/1JSnzQv "You've owned me from 'Shenanigans,' Ivy Mac." Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray. Loveable and affable, he is both a heart and panty melter that's for sure.In book 1 The Hook Up, we learnt that Gray Grayson is not only a football player on the field but a bit of a player off the field. However, from the minute he texts Ivy Mackenzie he's smitten. Ivy is the daughter of his soon to be sports agent, and whe...

Title: The Friend Zone Series: Game On #2 Can be read as a standaloneAuthor: Kristen CallihanRelease Date: 5 May, 2015Rating: 5 starsCliffhanger:. No HEA: (view spoiler)[ Yes (hide spoiler)]I love friend to lovers themed stories when they are done just right. I adore the slow built up, characters discovering their true feelings, the push and pull between them, the unbelievable sexual tension. The sparks, the drama, the banter. I am very happy I can say I found it and more in the newest Kristen...

5 ***** Cupcake and Special Sauce starsOh My Gawdddd how I love this genre!! I have to say this is hands down my Favourite lordy be this was all finds of good fun times mixed with sexy moments and then the Feels oh the Feels. I would say to me this book was what a call a special treat made me dive in with both feet and quell the plot, the friendship the gradual love they shared, the sex but mostly the writing and how abundantly clear to how much these two characters were falling for each oth...