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Sweet Home Sweet Home Series Book 1 eBook Tillie Cole

This is a sweetish book, I guess, if you like dom/sub relationships. But it's so over-the-top.

Let's start with the character's names -- Romeo Prince and Molly Juliet Shakespeare. I mean, come on.

And I genuinely don't think the author knows much about contact lenses (you don't sleep in them), football (the QB doesn't just run off the field into the stadium in the middle of the game--there would be so many penalties and the coach would freak the hell out), American colleges (classes last longer than 10 minutes and professors, and their assistants, don't give their personal opinions during philosophy when they're teaching utilitarianism), sorority houses (I don't know of ANY that have huge suites for every room, including a Shakespeare inspired balcony off of each), or Southern accents (they were so off-base...and if a star QB actually used the word "ain't," it would reflect so poorly on the college).

And I don't believe, for one single second, that parents would have that kind of control over a 22 year old man. Especially one who is a superstar QB. Give me a break.

Not my favorite.


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Sweet Home Sweet Home Series Book 1 eBook Tillie Cole Reviews

Reading Sweet Home was like driving past a bad car accident. It's not good but you keep looking anyway. When I rate books low, I usually say that it is likely me and that a lot of people will still probably like the book and to give it a try. Not this time. I don't think it was me and I do not recommend it at all.

Sweet Home was overly dramatic and beyond cheesy. The continuity of both story and character was poor. This book was all telling with hardly any showing. The author tried to force the readers feelings and thoughts by telling us what was happening and how it should be perceived. This book could have benefited from additional research into both college life and college sports. Another big issue was that the premise was even not reconciling so the entire foundation wasn't strong enough to carry this storyline. Too many holes.

This book is about Romeo "Rome" Prince, college superstar quarterback ranked number 1 in the country and Molly Juliet Shakespeare, graduate student about to go into a PhD program. The story is told in first person in Molly's POV. This is a spin of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the author does not take a chance that the reader might forget that. Romeo and Juliet (the tragedy) is brought up constantly by Rome and Molly.

There is nothing Alpha about Rome. He is misguided and traumatized from his home life and acts out because of it. He isn't alpha, he is insecure. If he was a dog, I would say he has fear-aggression and recommend a good canine behaviorist. Rome needs therapy yet no one ever suggests that to him. The author tried (and failed) to make it a situation where he likes control in the bedroom because it helps him to regain control in his life. Even though the author explained this ad nauseum, (she was all about telling with her writing not showing through the characters actions) it never came off as believable and it certainly wasn't successful for sexy-time behaviors. Honestly, some of his attempted “dominant” talk and behavior was laughable. I actually laughed out loud. But mostly I just saw it as an insecure boy pretending to be a dominant man.

There were a lot of OTT moments.
The bullying was over the top. Even from the first moment Molly met Shelly and Shelly intentionally ran into her and insulted her and then continued to publicly make fun of Molly in the classroom after learning that Molly was the class TA. This is college, not high school. It wasn’t believable. Besides, what senior in college hasn’t learned that you need to be on the TA’s good side because they are the one who is grading your work? Also, that is a quick way to get removed from the class when you behave like that.
Rome’s behavior was OTT. Star quarterback, Alabama golden-child, hometown hero or not, his behavior would not be allowed. Not only would he be removed from the football team, he would be kicked out of school and likely be facing legal consequences for the things he did. His fighting, instigating fights, destructive actions, and overall temper tantrums would not be excused.
It was OTT with the family drama. The parents were beyond awful and I find some of it hard to believe. Even the stuff with Shelly. Sure, she was the quintessential mean girl and was trying to break Rome and Molly up, but once she saw the full picture of how horrible Rome's parents are, you would think that she would have stopped scheming with the parents. It was just too much. And I won’t even get started on the two attacks from his mother.

There were so many cheesy parts. It was like a bad soap opera at times. There were issues with consistency and continuity.
Football was Rome’s passion and he says that he loves it but he sure spent a lot of time bagging on it .

There was a scene where two drunk guys in the stands fight over a football that was “somehow” (ie clearly contrived for what the author needed to happen) thrown into the stands. Molly ends up getting elbowed in the face by one of the guys. But then says that the impact of the ball snapped her glasses. Then she goes back to saying the two fighting guys landed on her face.

I noticed a few too many instances of either a plot line, scene, or character behavior not being accurate based on other information provided.
There were times when an entire conversation didn’t sound like either character. Then there were times when I didn’t have the slightest clue what the author was saying. I feel like now is a good time to mention that the correct saying is, “I couldn't care less.” NOT “I could care less.” That is my big pet peeve.

This book was almost completely telling. The author spent the entire book telling the readers what to think and feel about everything. I prefer to be allowed to form my own opinions and perceptions based on the characters actions. I don’t remember the last book I read that was this bad with telling vs. showing.

I had multiple quotes and examples from the book to back up each point but it wasn't allowed so I removed them. My GR review has all of it though.

Overall, this book didn’t work for me. I didn’t even get invested in the characters which is rare for me. It may have to do with the fact that Rome and Molly each had inconsistent personalities and it was hard to see them as authentic. Molly was from the UK and only in the USA for a few short months but was very Americanized. It just didn’t fit. There wasn’t even a good epilogue. The epilogue didn’t show anything in the future and was a HFN ending but I didn’t mind and I’m not even wondering what happens with them. I'm giving this book 1.5 stars. I will not be continuing on with the series. I will read this author again because I really liked the other book I read by her. It was book 1 in the Hades Hangmen series. I plan to read more of that series sometime. I have the books already purchased and sitting on my . I am a bit nervous now after reading this book. Hopefully I will like them.

Audible I added the whispersync audible narration to this kindle book. I do not recommend this as an audio book. It would be okay as whispersync probably since you can refer to the book whenever necessary to verify things that are said. I didn’t feel that the narrator was always easy to understand. I also didn’t care for her accents or voices.
I am giving this book 3.5 stars...I had wanted to start this series for quite some time, and I was eager with anticipation for a sweet, sports romance...I read the prologue and I was hooked...I absolutely loved how this book started out, and I was ready for more...the first few chapters held my attention with smart, sassy characters...heated chemistry between the h (Molly) and the H (Romeo)...witty banter that added humor and sexiness....and a cast of supporting characters that added that all important layer to the book...the characters were each given complex, layered backgrounds that certainly added to their relationship and character development...I think where this book fell apart for me was in the details...the over the top comments made by the jealous ex-girlfriend and the Romeo's parents were so extreme that I found myself rolling my eyes at their absurdity...a supporting character who was very present in the beginning of the book seemed to disappear only to reappear in the end...the element of dominance that was understandable given certain facts about the H, but also bordered on annoying in an NA novel (it almost would have been more applicable if the characters were well into adulthood)... in the moments of angst that were predictable and overly dramatized that they were ineffective...and finally in the instant connection between Molly and Romeo... I wanted more build up and moments of learning one another...it certainly wasn't insta - love but I just wanted more, especially with their backgrounds...I really liked the secondary characters and look forward to hearing their stories.
This is a sweetish book, I guess, if you like dom/sub relationships. But it's so over-the-top.

Let's start with the character's names -- Romeo Prince and Molly Juliet Shakespeare. I mean, come on.

And I genuinely don't think the author knows much about contact lenses (you don't sleep in them), football (the QB doesn't just run off the field into the stadium in the middle of the game--there would be so many penalties and the coach would freak the hell out), American colleges (classes last longer than 10 minutes and professors, and their assistants, don't give their personal opinions during philosophy when they're teaching utilitarianism), sorority houses (I don't know of ANY that have huge suites for every room, including a Shakespeare inspired balcony off of each), or Southern accents (they were so off-base...and if a star QB actually used the word "ain't," it would reflect so poorly on the college).

And I don't believe, for one single second, that parents would have that kind of control over a 22 year old man. Especially one who is a superstar QB. Give me a break.

Not my favorite.