Book Review: Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover

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Better When He's Bad
Welcome to the Point #1
Author: Jay Crownover
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Romance | Thriller
Release Date: June 17th 2014
Review Source: William Morrow

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover returns with a heart-stopping new series… Welcome to the Point.

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, awakening feelings she never thought she’d have for a guy like him. But it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize . . . some boys are just better when they’re bad.

Jay Crownover is not new to this site but she was definitely a new author to me personally. Being a reviewer it's hard to read everything that comes your way, so you have a team and spread the books within your team. Well Crownover was Deitre's author, so anything Marked Men would go to her. I know from reading and seeing Deitre's delight when ever she would get the next book meant Crownover was an author to follow. So when Better When He's Bad arrived and saw it was part of a new series, I decided I wanted to see for myself if I would enjoy reading a book by Crownover as much as Deitre did. Guess what? HECK YEA I DID!!! 

Girlfriend can write a bad-boy alright. And when I say bad-boy I mean a real one, not just because of his looks but everything that makes him who he is. There was no sugar coating involved, he was a bad-boy that has been in trouble with the law. It's the 21st century, so screw Prince Charming, bring on Shane "BAX" Baxter. 

"I don't know how love works, Dovie. I don't know how to be anything other than this, but I know the only thing that gives me hope is the idea of you and me." - BAX

What I really enjoyed about this book besides the given (BAX) is the real life issues. Everything is believable or relatable to everyday life. It's not that kind of fiction you read sometimes that you say to yourself "Yeah right, like that would really happen". And also Crownover shows us that even though these people have been dealt a bad hand in life, they still (some) have good in them. They just need the right person to come along to break through that tough skin to get to the good side underneath. Crownover delivers all that and so much more with Better When He's Bad. 

"Some boys...they are just better when they're bad. Bax is one of them and I'm starting to think my brother might be one of them, too. I just have to be good enough for all of us to balance it out." - Dovie

You see what I'm talking about! Tell me that tiny excerpt doesn't grab your attention. Dovie is that awesome. I love her character and how she deals with all the hard times around her but still keeps her head high and positive even after some horrible circumstances that you will read about. Plus she has some major cojones, just saying!!! 

Be ready to sit and devour Better When He's Bad in one sitting, I dare you not too. Crownover has won me over and I am excited to read the next Welcome to The Point book that will follow Dovie's brother Race. If your a Crownover fan, I don't have to tell you to buy this book. It's a given that you will. If your new to Crownover like I was, I HIGHLY recommend that you get acquainted with Jay Crownover ASAP! 

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