SYNOPSIS:
Kat Caruso wishes her
brain had a return policy, or at least a complaint hot-line. The
defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at statistics, and
absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her boyfriend’s
gorgeous best friend, Alec…who just so happens to be her brand new math
tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot?Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends—both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It’s safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm’s reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close.
Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She’s adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He’d never stab his best friend in the back…
But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blurred. To make it count, Alec must learn messy human emotions can’t be solved like a trigonometry function. And Kat has to trust Alec may be the first guy to want her for who she is, and not in spite of it.
MY THOUGHTS:
5 out of 5 stars
This book is ridiculously cute. I'm talking "couldn't wipe the smile off my face when I finished it" level cute. It made me happy and who doesn't love it when a book does that?
Kat is everything. Funny, sassy, witty, and though she has her insecurities, she is determined to graduate from college and make something of her life. She refuses to settle for working in the front office of her family's business. Nope.
And Cam. Holy nerdy hotness, Batman. I fully admit I'm a sucker for a ridiculously smart boy in glasses. But beyond the flutters, Cam believes in Kat and knows that she isn't as "stupid" as she is convinced she is. That she is more than just a pretty face and flirty girl that she projects when she gets defensive.
Which brings me to what I loved so much about this book. So many books in the New Adult genre focus on traumatic relationships, previous abuse, even current abuse -- and don't get me wrong, those topics are SO very important -- but Make it Count focuses on an issue that I don't see get nearly the attention it deserves. While my issues are not the same as Kat, I remember struggling a bit with my classes in college and thinking that maybe I wasn't cut out for it -- ok, and maybe part of that was the fact that 8:00 classes were so early and it was super easy to hit the snooze button. But when I met the man that would eventually become my husband, for whatever reason, he took it upon himself to make me realize that I wasn't as academically hopeless as I was starting to think I was. And to this day, that still means so much to me.
Cam truly cares about Kat. Sure there is physical attraction, and swoons, and more than a few moments where I needed to stop and fan myself, but there was also genuine care between characters. All the characters -- primary, secondary, even Kat's ex-boyfriend managed to redeem himself after a bit. There wasn't one single character that I felt was superfluous or a bit ridiculous. They all seemed real and I can't wait to see where Megan Erickson takes them in this series.
So...basically what I'm saying is that I loved every single thing about Make it Count. Thank you so much to Edelweiss and the lovely ladies at Bookslapped for allowing me a chance to read and review this fun book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Website: meganerickson.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Amazon buy link: http://amzn.to/1jxeZI8
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