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While fashion design major Caroline Hunter may have been born economically unlucky, in college, she’s been lucky in love. Until her senior year at Southern University. She’s gone from a serious long term boyfriend to a string of crappy dates.
Then she meets mathematics grad student Reed Pendergraft.
Reed is everything she’s not looking for. Serious. Headed for a low paying university job. Boring. Caroline spent the first eighteen years of her life wondering where her next meal was coming from. She sure wasn’t getting trapped in that life again with a man living on a professor’s salary.
An encounter with Reed in a club proves she might have pegged him wrong. He brings out a lusty side she never knew she had. But just when she’s about to give in to her hormones, Reed makes a fool out of her.
When she shows up for the first committee meeting for Southern University’s Fall fashion show, a fundraiser for underprivileged kids, Caroline’s horrified to discover the insufferable Reed is the committee chairman. While she refuses to tolerate his totalitarian rule of the committee, she’s not sure she’ll survive the month with her heart—and her pride—intact. Just when she thinks she has everything figured out, she finds that her entire life has been redesigned, thanks to Reed Pendergraft.
My thoughts...
So while I was in the middle of reading this book, I found out that Redesigned was actually the second book in the Off the Subject series. I wasn't able to read the first book, but nevertheless, I was able to understand this one perfectly. I found it to be a very good read and loved each and every scene between Reed *drools* and Caroline.
Caroline is a fashion design major in Southern University who dreams of a future wherein she does not have to worry about money anymore. But when she meets Reed, she feels a desire for him that she tries to resist, well because he isn't exactly the man she is looking for. He plans to become a college professor, and she can't let herself be connected to someone like that, who earns only a meager salary. But when Caroline, who is a member of the Fall fashion show's committee, finds out that Reed is the committee head, she finds herself lusting over him and also, despising him for his attitude. Their relationship's up and downs are real fun read, and I kept wanting for more.
Reed and Caroline, for me, are perfect for each other. They have so much in common, and well, the mysteries behind these two kept the story going. I loved their hate-love connection, because it made the tension whenever they're together in a scene more exciting. The pace of this book was good and not too fast, and I loved all the romance happening.
This book triggered lots of emotion and reactions from me, with all the drama and anticipation I felt while reading it. Whenever Reed and Caroline would fight, I would get frustrated well because, I can't stand them NOT being lovey-dovey with each other. The author has written a beautiful romance story, and I absolutely LOVE this book. I just hoped that the author included a few more scenes wherein the two would really get to know each other more and not only focus their romance on lust and sex. But whatever, I consider this book to be one of the best of its kind.
To sum it up, I will give this book a well-deserved 5 stars! It has a very unique plot, interesting characters, and a good background. These are why Redesigned is such a good read, and a book that I finished very quickly. I recommend it to you all! Reed this book! Get it? :)
Sidney
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Author Bio:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.
You can find out more about Denise and her other books at: www.denisegroverswank.com.
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This book sounds great! I love the cover -- it looks so pretty and elegant, I guess. I like hate-to-love romance scenario and I'm glad that it's done nicely in this book. Great review!
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