Title: Beautiful Player (Beautiful #3)

Author: Christina Lauren

Publisher: Gallery Books 2013

Genre: Romance

Pages: 465

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges:

When Hanna Bergstrom receives a lecture from her overprotective brother about neglecting her social life and burying herself in grad school, she’s determined to tackle his implied assignment: get out, make friends, start dating. And who better to turn her into the sultry siren every man wants than her brother’s gorgeous best friend, Will Sumner, venture capitalist and unapologetic playboy?

Will takes risks for a living, but he’s skeptical about this challenge of Hanna’s…until the wild night his innocently seductive pupil tempts him into bed- and teaches him a thing or two about being with a woman he can’t forget. Now that Hanna’s discovered the power of her own sex appeal, it’s up to Will to prove he’s the only man she’ll ever need.

Hanna and Will were a great couple and I ended up enjoying their book. I’m still hung up on Max and Sara, but this volume does a decent job as getting me invested in these two characters. Hanna can be a bit naive at times and I was a bit annoyed by the whole “woman knows nothing when it comes to sex” trope, but Will was entertaining and a fun guy to be around. I flew through this one in just a few days. It had the right amount of steamy scenes and talky scenes. Plus we get some great cameos from our other characters and one big reveal at the end. I’m definitely going to keep reading the series as my fun light-hearted reads in between more serious fare.

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