Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Blog Tour for Fake Boobs by Ryan Ringbloom


 


New Adult
Date Published: February  2015


 Tori Albert is eighteen. Her confidence level is zero. A girl lost in the shuffle, hiding in the shadows craving attention, but no one ever seems to notice her. If only someone, anyone, would notice her, she’d be happy. 

Grant Donavan is Tori’s older brother’s best friend. Suddenly he can’t stop noticing Tori, but that is not a good thing. She’s young, inexperienced and naïve. The best thing he could do is walk away. So why the hell is he not walking away?

Tori’s small boost of confidence gets torn down and she makes changes to build it back up. But maybe her new confidence isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Unfortunately some things you just have to learn the hard way. 

*Contains Mature Content





Excerpt:


Prologue:
Grant

Look around the bar, Grant. Give us an idea of what your type is. We’ll help hook you up with the perfect girl.” My sister’s friend, Gabby, tossed a pretzel into her mouth, and chewed while talking.
I scanned a few of the girls seated closest to us. Fair skin, red hair, casually sipping a beer and chatting with her friends. She was pretty, but not for me. Moving along. Dark hair, exotic, confident, drinking a Martini. Her eyes connected with mine and she rolled them uninterestedly. Not a problem, the feeling was mutual. Next. Ponytail and glasses picking at the label on her bottle of beer. Cute, but once again, I wasn’t interested.
Doesn’t look like you see anyone,” Gabby said, exchanging glances with my sister, Julie.
I gave another glance around the room at the pretty faces surrounding us, but still no one held my attention. All of the girls were attractive. Just none of them seemed to do it for me.
Not like her.
The dull ache forming in my chest stopped me from going down that road again.
Crowds and drinking were never my scene. I was eager to leave even though we hadn’t been there very long. No matter what part of Jersey you were in, the bars were always mobbed. I’d almost forgotten how crowded it could get; it’d been so long since I was home. Not that Jersey was my home anymore. We paid the tab and the three stools we vacated were immediately snatched up in the packed bar.
As we made our way through the hoard of people, my eyes fell on a girl with the most unnatural looking blonde hair I’d ever seen. Platinum locks so light her hair actually bordered on white and eyes an odd shade of blue that just didn’t look right. Even in the poor lighting of the bar, I could see her make-up was piled on thick. Her jeans were tight and her blouse was low cut. The heels on her boots were high and her boobs were…ginormous. Way too large for her small frame. She stood in a circle of laughing girls, but there was something familiar about the sweet sound of her laugh that stood out.
After passing the group of girls, I turned my head to catch one last glimpse of the busty blonde before being tugged from the bar into the fresh night air.
What was it about that girl? Did I know her? What was on her wrist?
No. Way!” Julie and Gabby both stated dramatically in unison.
No way what?” I asked, turning to face them.
There is no way in hell we would ever let you go for a girl like that.” Julie laughed, patting me on the back.
Like what?” I questioned, lifting my brow.
Gabby shook her head giggling and Julie answered for both of them.
A desperate girl with big, fake boobs.”





Review by Tabitha
I am normally not a huge fan of NA books, but I was told by a friend that I really needed to read this one. I am so glad that I took that advice because this book was really good. I loved that we get to see parts in Tori's POV and then also in Grant's POV as well. It really puts you in the minds of the characters and lets us see how each are feeling. Grant being Tori's older brother's best friend is in her mind totally out of reach for her. She sees herself as a ugly plain jane with nothing really to offer, but nonetheless she falls for Grant. Now, Grant sees Tori, really sees her for a beautiful and intelligent woman, but knows she is off limits because of his BFF. I think every woman on the planet will relate to Tori in some fashion. We all have insecurities some worse than others. The author really brought to life what many young women especially, but woman in generally, have felt and had to go through. I think every woman (young, old, insecure or not) need to read this book. The storyline was great, the plot was great. Overall, the author did a fantastic job with writing this whole story and I really loved both main characters. My only downfall was that while I loved getting to see into both Tori and Grant's minds and see how they felt, I wish it was a little more what they were thinking at the same time. As it is it jumps from Tori graduating high school and thru college then when it changes to Grant's POV it takes you back to the beginning only in his not hers. And as I am typing that I am not sure that totally made sense, but once you read it you will understand what I mean. Again, while I wish that part was different that is only my opinion on it and I would still recommend this book highly to others to read. This was a 4 AMAZEBALLS stars read for me.



Ryan Ringbloom

Ryan Ringbloom is a YA/NA author who lives for anything Romance.  The passion, love, angst, awkwardness… she loves all of it.  When Ryan needs a break from reality she sneaks off to read a romantic story or write one of her own.   Drinking coffee, reading Tweets and hugs from her six year old are the best part of her day.
You can follow her on Twitter: @RyanRingbloom or visit her website at www.RyanRingbloom.com . Feel free to contact her, she would love it!



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