Habit by Ginger Scott is live!
A mature YA opposites attract, friends-to-lovers, forbidden sports romance that you won’t want to miss!
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Blurb
Morgan Bentley is good at getting attention, except from those she wants it from most. The 18-year-old daughter of one of Boston’s wealthiest business moguls, she’s been trending and influencing since the day she was born. And for a while, the privilege and ease that came along with fame was enough. But as Morgan grew up, being thought of as the pretty face who told the masses what to wear and where to be seen wasn’t what she really wanted out of life. She wanted to be taken seriously. From the public, and more importantly, from her father.
James Fuentes might be the most talented quarterback to ever throw on the Welles Academy field. His dad, the new Welles head coach, is counting on it–both to shut up the inevitable critics accusing him of playing his son over the competition and to ensure James gets into one of the best business colleges in the country. While the gridiron comes easy to James, though, the classroom is another story. And his big business dreams are riding on his football talent to get his foot in an Ivy League door. All he needs is a winning season and grades that are good enough.
James has always had a problem with distractions, however, and Morgan Bently is the most tempting of all. Confident, beautiful, curvy and the literal object of every guy on campus’ fantasies, Morgan is impossible to ignore. What starts as innocent flirtation and a crush grows into the only meaningful relationship either of them has. And before they realize it, feelings are involved.
But being the center of attention–and gossip–comes with risk. Morgan knows this better than anyone. Reputation is everything at Welles Academy, and rumors have a way of taking people down. Even the truest of loves might not stand a chance when whispers start to circle. But what good is all that fame and power if you can’t use it to satisfy your own heart when it’s on the verge of breaking?
Review
4 stars!
The third and final book in the Boys of Welles series, this is a mature YA forbidden-ish, opposites-attract, sports romance, and a gorgeous story about figuring yourself out and fighting to be who and where you want to be.
James and Morgan have had something going on in the background of the last two books, and I was so excited to finally get their story. The timeline of this book is the same as the previous two books of the series, and I enjoyed the character crossover. And while you could read this as a standalone, be aware that there are some minor spoilers.
Like the majority of students at exclusive Welles Academy, Morgan is from a wealthy family, but her home life is not a happy one. Things got worse when she became a well-known influencer, and her father started using her fame for his own business purposes. But since the death of one of her best friends, Morgan has retreated from the spotlight while she tries to figure out who she really is and what she wants from her life.
James is new to Welles, starting at the school when his Dad took on the role of football coach. It’s a world away from pubic school, and James know he has to prove himself on the football field if he’s ever to be taken seriously. He’s a damn good quarterback, but the inevitable rumours about favouritism have him out to prove himself so that he can get the scholarship he so desperately wants. Football is his life. Until Morgan comes along.
James and Morgan are attracted to each other from the very beginning. It’s a crush at first, a fun flirtation, but it soon turns becomes so much more, they become each other’s ‘person’ – the one that they turn to, talk to, and lean on. And they need that so much.
“My Dad sees you as a distraction. I see you as a necessity.”
Two kids who seemingly have it all, actually don’t, and they’re struggling. Morgan’s life has been a constant battle for love and acceptance from her family. They have let her down so many times, and when she finally reached out to somebody for help, it ended horribly. And James is under tremendous pressure from his father to perform, and to focus on nothing but football, but he wants more. But they have each other, they open up to each other, they become close, and they understand each other in a way that they both crave.
The romance is really sweet, and a little bit steamy, and I loved how they are there for each other. Their relationship has some ups and downs, but they give each other strength that to stand up and fight for what they want, and I loved the character growth that we see for both of them as they fall hard for each other.
“I’m not just falling in love with you. I love you”. And I have learned that when you love someone you do things for that person, maybe irrational things.”
This book didn’t have the emotional punch that the first two books in the series had, but it’s a great read, and I loved seeing James and Morgan get their happy ending.
I’ve really enjoyed this series. Ginger Scott writes mature YA so well, and she really pulled out the dramatic feels with these books. I’ve loved them all.
4 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
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About the Author
Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count, Hold My Breath, A Boy Like You, A Girl Like Me, Memphis and Cry Baby.
A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.
When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).
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