Title: Flawless
Author: Elsie Silver
Publisher: Bloom Books
Genre: Romance
Pages: 400
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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Flawless
Rhett is a famous bull rider, but his reputation is not great. On television, he made the biggest mistake he could make for his career. One of his sponsors is not happy with him and stops sponsoring him. Kip Hamilton owns a company that helps famous people with sponsors and he decides it is time to fix his reputation and make sure he does not make more stupid decisions. He asks his daughter to babysit him for the next few months until the World Cup.
Summer works for her dad and now she has to babysit Rhett non-stop. She used to have a major crush on him when she was a teenager, but dealing with him in real life is hard especially because Rhett thinks he does not need a babysitter.
Review
I have never thought I would enjoy a book about someone who is a professional bull rider, but here I am. If the movie ‘The Longest Ride’ (based on Nicholas Sparks’ book) did not exist I would never have known bull riding was a real thing. I have never heard anyone talking about it. I guess it is an American thing.
But I am going to be honest and say that this book wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. But let’s start with the main characters Rhett and Summer, starting with Summer. Summer is the daughter of Kip Hamilton and Kip is also her boss. Summer’s mom ran away and her whole family situation is a little bit complicated. Kip cheated with someone and Summer is the result of that. Kip was married at that time and is still together with Summer’s stepmother and she makes Summer’s life a hell. She is never nice to Summer, I wanted to hit her face so hard. I get that the stepmother was angry with Kip because he cheated, but it wasn’t Summer’s fault. So I felt sorry for her. She also has a stepsister (named Winter), but they don’t get along very well and there is also a huge secret Summer has been keeping from her.
Rhett is a bull rider. His life is probably less complicated. He has the status of a playboy, but he tells everyone he isn’t anymore. He is 32 now and is more mature. There is one problem, Rhett has and that is that literally everything makes him horny. It was like he was more a teenager who couldn’t keep his hormones under control. It was insane. Also, the way he communicated with Kip was crazy. Those messages were definitely not professional. It felt very weird
I liked the story. I never thought I would ever read a book about bull riding. I have to admit, I liked the beginning more than the last part of the book. Mostly because they were like horny teenagers who couldn’t stop thinking dirty thoughts, and it got worse in the second half of the book. Yes, there is a lot of smut in this book. If you like that, this book might be the right book for you. For me personally, it was sometimes a little bit too much. Also, at one point Summer said, she wanted a man who smelled like leather. Do you really, Summer? Because leather does not smell great.
I also think Rhett quitting bull riding did not come as a surprise, but I was expecting him to quit his job after he had a good conversation with his family. He was only bull riding because he thought his family needed the money. I never really had the feeling they fixed their family issues around him bull riding. He just quit for a woman, which makes sense too, but I was expecting he would do it for his family.
Overall, I still liked this book. I liked the banter between the two, especially in the beginning. It was fast-paced and it never got boring. There were still certain things that made the main characters likable enough. This book still made me happy and in my opinion, that means it is a good book. This is only the first book in the Chestnut Springs book series by Elsie Silver, but I am definitely putting the next book on my wishlist.