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For Noah Sullivan being the best friend
to a douchebag and player like Jake Nelson has never been easy. It's been a
rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his chair before
recess. With just six weeks to high school graduation, Jake accidentally blows
his drunken ass up on his grandfather's tractor, and Noah finds himself
immersed not only in a whirlwind of grief, but on a quest to find a mystery
girl from Jake's past.
While cleaning out Jake's room, Noah and
Jake's dad make a startling discovery. Instead of the obligatory porn
collection or pot stash, they find a ring, but not just any ring. Its half a
carat of commitment in a platinum setting-proving even man whores have taste.
After Jake's mom pleads with Noah to find the girl who meant so much to Jake,
Noah begins a modern day Grail quest to track the girl down.
Since Jake was a notorious player with a
legendary collection of trophy panties, Noah finds himself in over his head.
There are the usual suspects like Avery, the Ice Princess Jake dated for
appearances, or Presley, the school mattress Jake dated for convenience. But
the trail begins to point to the most unlikely of suspects: Maddie, the
Valedictorian and choir girl who was trying to help the unmotivated jock
graduate--the girl who also has surprisingly caught Noah's eye and meddled with
his heart.
Hanging out with Maddie shows Noah a different
side of Jake--one that was deeply human and surprisingly douche-free. And the more he tries to solve the mystery of
the ring and of Jake, the more Noah starts to discover about himself and of
love.
Book Info
Title: Don't Hate the Player
Author:
Katie Ashley
Genre: Young Adult
Publication Date: April 30, 2013
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Toot's Review
Awwwwwwww young teen love.......Don't hate the player is
about a guy named Noah who is told that his long time BFF Jake has been killed
in a horrible accident. He is then asked to help clean out Jake's room as a
favor to the family and discovers an engagement ring along with a song. Jake's
parents decided that they want the ring to go to its rightful owner and
whomever the girl is that Jake intended it for and they want Noah to help find
her. Noah then begins a quest to figure out who the girl is, seeing his BFF
never told him about it. As the story goes on, Noah discovers a girl that Jake
never mentioned, Maddie. As Noah gets to know Maddie, he realizes she's the
girl the ring was intended for and he's fallen completely in love with her! Now
how does he honor Jake's memory without feeling like he's stealing his dead
friends' wannabe fiancé?
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it for fans
of teen love stories. It's written more like a CR but with teens. The book definitely
talks about teen issues but is focused mainly on the love story. There are no
actual love scenes, so don't freak out too much! If you can handle the teen
talk (i.e., everyone getting called douchbags) and you want a sweet boy meets
girl, boy looses girl, boy wins girl back, story....give this one a try.
Author Info
Katie Ashley is the New York Times, USA
Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of The Proposition. She lives outside of
Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled dogs and one outnumbered cat. She
has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Harry Potter,
Shakespeare, Supernatural, Designing Women, and Scooby-Doo.
She spent 11 1/2 years educating the
Youth of America aka teaching MS and HS English until she left to write full
time in December 2012.
She also writes Young Adult fiction under
the name Krista Ashe.
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