Two people. A one-night stand. What could go wrong?
Javier Cruz definitely isn’t relationship material, but that suits Hazel Gellar just fine. She’s not a relationship girl and doesn’t plan on ever being one.
But after a mind-blowing, panty-ripping, bed-breaking night, she knows once isn’t going to be enough. Fortunately, Javi feels the same way. Soon, what started as just one night turns into a lot of nights, and Hazel doesn’t know what to do.
Will she and Javi make the choice to be together for longer than just right NOW?
Okay. Stop everything. Well, not everything.
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Javier...
I kinda had this vision of Javier from reading For Real (Rules of Love, #1).
I saw him as this big, beefy, cocky asshole. He was more concerned about
getting his jollies off than who was helping achieve said jollying. He was the
quintessential bad boy… Until For Now.
In For Now, Javier has grown a much
larger heart and conscience. When did this happen? I guess it started to expand
at the end of For Real… I just didn’t
think it had grown that much.
Javier has a thing for Hazel, and Hazel has a firm distaste for
relationships. She doesn’t do them. Then
again, neither did Javier…until he made like the Grinch and his heart quadrupled
in size. Most of the story involves Javier chasing Hazel around. Well,
maybe there wasn’t so much chasing… It was more like apartments/bed crashing (both
literally and figuratively.) It was sweet and made Javier exponentially more
likable.
“You like to make yourself at home, don’t you?” I say, dumping the dustpan in the trash and then putting the broom away.
“Your place is nicer than mine. And my place doesn’t have you in it. So.”
As you have probably already guess, Javier and Hazel start getting hot
and heavy. This scares Hazel to some extent, because, as I stated earlier, she
doesn’t do relationship. Ever. That brings about a little tension between the
two. But, for the most part, this book
is pretty light on the angst.
My main complaint has to do with the editing, in relation to dialog. I
found it hard to follow at times. By the time you read this novel, it may have
all been resolved. I just had a little trouble following along because of it.
Javier has a few secrets we’re made privy to that explain a great deal
about his demeanor. It’s a lot for Hazel to swallow. It would be a lot for
ANYONE to swallow.
Overall, For Now was a sweet, quick read. It didn’t
knock my socks off, but I also didn’t come away feeling like I wasted my time
by reading it. It’s cute. Plain and
simple. I wouldn’t recommend reading this one without first reading For Real. It gives a little more back
story into Javier and Hazel which can be beneficial to the reader.
Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.
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