smuttyaudiophile's Reviews > Mad Boys

4 ⭐️ 1.5 🌶️

KC and the douchebags three are back after KC’s shocking discovery at the end of Problem Child about who the boys really are to her. She’s hurt on multiple fronts but also understands some of the outright rudeness she dealt with from them early on. The guys realize that she didn’t actually know about this connection and that they misjudged her and regret their poor behavior.

Coming back for her senior year things start off with a bang when there is a catastrophic incident that leads to reorganization of room assignments. KC and Aubrey get assigned to KC’s arch nemesis, but Jonas (douchebag 1) happens to be right across the hall in a suite with an empty room and steps in to save the day. And so the detente between KC and Jonas begins. Lachlan has always been the most aggressive pursuer of our girl, and nothing has changed there. Ramsey has started to see her in a new light and is definitely trying to make up for past bad behavior but also has to be careful about that whole TA/student thing…

KC has a lot going on her senior year — classes seem to be going better, but family issues, stalker problems, secret society riddles, and boy drama keeps things plenty crazy. She has her girls in her corner but everyone else is a question mark as far as she is concerned, it takes a lot to gain her trust, especially once you’ve royally screwed it up.

Thoughts: I enjoyed that this was multi POV and we got into the heads of the d-bags! Jonas is such a sweetheart. I also can’t help but love Lachlan, he’s my early fav. This felt very plot driven, but parts felt a little bit slow to me (middle 1/3), like I was just waiting for something to happen. There were lots of scenes of them making coffee and having pizza, or doing homework and watching TV. There were parts of the Untouchable series that were like this before it really picked up. The last part of the book picked up again and I was cruising right along anxious to see what would happen next! I trust Heather’s process completely, there are probably reasons we are seeing KC’s downtime and getting a feel for her routine. And when things get going in a Heather Long book, they REALLY get going! I can’t wait for book 3! I’m ready for more spice and more uncovering of some secrets that are sitting out there!