Losing It by Cora Carmack

Title: Losing It
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow
Source: Bought

Virginity.
Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible-- a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if that weren’t embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. 
She’d left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.

This is one of those Kindle $1.99 deals that got me. I have seen this title floating around in the wild for awhile, and it always looked interesting. The cover was always a bit out there for me, and I wasn't sure how I felt about carrying it around with me everywhere I went for days at a time - so when the kindle deal came about I snatched it up.

All in all it was okay, though I wasn't amazed by it. The character of Bliss really fell flat for me, I didn't feel very much life or vivacity from her at all. She was a theater major who was just kind of - blah. She had a bit of "Bella Swan syndrome" where she was just an ordinary girl but was secretly very special. At one point she wants to stage manage, but then lo and behold, she's a fantastic actress!

That rubbed me the wrong way, and there were some other moments where I felt some major insta-love. Once we realize who her professor is, there is obviously some crazy feelings, but I felt that the recovery from one emotion to the other was a bit fast and had my mind spinning. I'm in college... and I don't think that's how it works... at least not at my school.

There were a couple times when I felt her professor man should have acted more adult, and maybe that just means I'm secretly 86 and no longer in my prime. Who knows?

I almost put this one down a few times, but I kept powering through. I did read it in bits and pieces over the course of a couple months, so maybe that helped add to my overall feelings. However, if I was in love there would have been no putting it down.

I really enjoyed Cora Carmack's ALL LINED UP, and had high hopes for this one, but it didn't wow me like that one did. Guess I'll be sticking to the new series.

I know most people loved this one, and if you did, I would love to hear what you thought!

All Broke Down by Cora Carmack Cover Reveal!!

I am beyond ecstatic to be able to share with you all the cover for Cora Carmack's upcoming title ALL BROKE DOWN! 

This is the second in the Rusk University series following ALL LINED UP which I loved.

Before I show you the gorgeous cover though... here is some information to raise your excitement level even more! 

In this second book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack’s New Adult, Texas-set Rusk University series, which began with All Lined Up, a young woman discovers that you can’t only fight for what you believe in . . . sometimes you have to fight for what you love

Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one.

Environmental issues, civil rights, corrupt corporations, and politicians—you name it, she’s probably been involved in a protest. When her latest cause lands her in jail overnight, she meets Silas Moore. He’s in for a different kind of fighting. And though he’s arrogant and infuriating, she can’t help being fascinated with him. Yet another lost cause.

Football and trouble are the only things that have ever come naturally to Silas. And it’s trouble that lands him in a cell next to do-gooder Dylan. He’s met girls like her before—fixers, he calls them, desperate to heal the damage and make him into their ideal boyfriend. But he doesn’t think he’s broken, and he definitely doesn’t need a girlfriend trying to change him. Until, that is, his anger issues and rash decisions threaten the only thing he really cares about, his spot on the Rusk University football team. Dylan might just be the perfect girl to help.

Because Silas Moore needs some fixing after all.

Sounds amazing doesn't it?! 

Almost time for the cover reveal right?! 

Well... 

First, here is some information about the fabulous author who has given us this great gift! 

Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

I can hear you guys getting antsy and it is just about that time. 

Almost. 

Almost there.

A little closer. 

Warmer. 

Warmer... 

Hot.. 

Burning up... 

and 

SCORE! 

All Lined Up by Cora Carmack [Review]

 Title: All Lined Up
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN:  0062326201
Release Date: May 13, 2014


New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.

Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.

But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.

Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.

Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.

And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.

This title intrigued me because of the football aspect. I'll go ahead and say it - as a girl from the South football is a way of life, a religion, whatever you want to call it - but it is important.  Very important.

That is something that I loved about this book because it captured it very well.

Dallas (named after the Dallas Cowboys) has grown up around football, her father being the coach of numerous teams throughout her life. He seems to have a system, he works a team up, makes them good again, and then they move on somewhere else.

She thinks she is finally going to have a chance to be in a school and a place without her father... until he comes to her college as the head football coach.

Carson needs a scholarship and he is willing to do just about anything to make sure he gets one.

These two meet and... SPARKS. Major sparks.

I loved Dallas and Carson together and every scene made me giddy. This was the first New Adult book that I've had the pleasure to read, but I found it to hold the appeal of YA with more edgier subject matter (language, more graphic sexy time scenes, etc). They took things slow but even their friendship held major tension and I often found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for their relationship to take off.

They both have things going on that are more important than a romantic relationship and I am so glad that was a point. So often in romances I see: girl meets boy + boy sweeps girl off her fee = nothing else matters.

While this may make for a good love story - it isn't reality, but ALL LINED UP does bring attention to "the real world" and real world responsibilities that have to be acknowledged.

Carson needs every spare moment he has to ensure his future. That's a huge deal, and it isn't ignored and I loved that.

Dallas spends a lot of time overcoming her past and realizing who she is during this book.

One of the most important aspect of this book was the amount of respect that is given to various characters. Dallas and Carson are not stupid teenagers, or silly college kids. They are people with real issues who give great thought and real respect to various people in their life over what they want.

It felt extremely real.

Overall: If you want to read a realistic (and smexy) love story about two people who are intelligent and very well rounded - this is for you. It comes highly recommended.