CLICHES
She can't stand them.
Hates them.
Refuses to be one.
But...
Tessa Brooks is strong-willed, sassy, and determined, on the brink of dominating in the testosterone-fueled sport of horse racing. She’s spent her life avoiding the norm, staying true to herself to achieve her ultimate goals.
Her relationship with Jace Hitchen, her brother's best friend, just might be the biggest cliche of all. Over the years, he’s been her protector, her annoyance, her confidante, her crush. But giving in to what she's really wanted for the last ten years could be the very thing that destroys everything she's worked for and wanted. Can Tessa achieve her dreams for the future, but still hold on to the past?
She can't stand them.
Hates them.
Refuses to be one.
But...
Tessa Brooks is strong-willed, sassy, and determined, on the brink of dominating in the testosterone-fueled sport of horse racing. She’s spent her life avoiding the norm, staying true to herself to achieve her ultimate goals.
Her relationship with Jace Hitchen, her brother's best friend, just might be the biggest cliche of all. Over the years, he’s been her protector, her annoyance, her confidante, her crush. But giving in to what she's really wanted for the last ten years could be the very thing that destroys everything she's worked for and wanted. Can Tessa achieve her dreams for the future, but still hold on to the past?
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Rating: 4.5 of 5 Hearts
This is the first book I have read by C.M. Foss and it most certainly will not be my last. I love how she captivated me from the very being of this book and never let me down. I mean who doesn’t love a good brother’s best friend book? The best part was that this book was so much more. This book is about fighting for what you love and never giving up on that dream no matter what other may say or think.
One of my favorite things about this book is that we get to see Jace Hitchen the first part of the book growing up and taking care of Tessa. I loved how it would take us over the years on how Jace saw things playing out. His drive and ambitions and then it switched over to Tessa and we viewed the world through her eyes.
I would have loved more of the book to rotate between the two, but I understand why it didn’t.
Another thing I would have loved is a little more struggle over the conflict between loving your best friends little sister and how that went from protecting her to falling in love with her. Jace always teased Tessa and nicknamed her Midge which stuck throughout the story. Maybe that is when I knew their bond was something special. They needed each other even as children.
Tessa Brooks is one of those heroines you just have to love. She is strong, quick witted, and just wants to make her mark on the world in a field that many say is impossible to succeed in. Every time someone told Tessa she should not do something or she would not succeed she proved them wrong. The only kink in her plan was that her feeling for Jace grew every time she was around him.
I am not gonna lie, I swooned like a crazy girl numerous times over how Jace cared for Tessa. He did not care what anyone else thought; he loved her and wanted to take care of her.(even when Tessa wanted to run.) They were complete opposites that complemented each other perfectly. Jace was laid back, carefree and had a thing for wearing flip-flops which I adored, while Tessa was headstrong and wore her heart on her sleeve.
CM Foss is a hopeless romantic with a love for the written word. When she was little, her mom would ration her books so she wouldn’t go through them too quickly. It didn’t matter, she would just re-read. She’s always been an avid equestrian, competing in the top levels of Three Day Eventing by age seventeen. CM now resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and kids where they own and operate their own equestrian business, as well as raising grass-fed, sustainable meats. She doesn’t have this thing people call “free time”, but she does spend a weird amount of time writing, reading, playing with her kids, milking goats, and drinking wine, while avoiding bananas at all costs. Other books by CM Foss include Shiver, Swoon, and City Beautiful.
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