Frat House Fling – Stephanie Brother

4 stars

Man, this book had me going for a while. I thought Hailey was going to end up with Bennett, and I was so upset about it. I spent half the book trying to figure out exactly how that was supposed to work. I should’ve known Stephanie wouldn’t do me dirty like that!

I have a lot of respect for Hailey. She’s doing her absolute best to make it on a scholarship at an expensive school. She has a run of bad luck and ends up agreeing to work at the school’s most notorious frat house as a maid and cook, so she’ll have a place to stay. But this frat house is full of entitled rich young men who come from a world vastly different to her own, and she struggles with Bennett’s expectations and sexism.

I was really proud of Grant for standing up to Bennett and doing right by Hailey. I do wish that their relationship was explored a little more. I was intrigued by the pole dancing scene, and I really wanted to see what would happen from there. And I loved their interactions as Wombat and Night Owl.

Stephanie also delivered what I think is the most impactful line I’ve read in a book in a long time. Ian told Hailey not to be so hard on herself because she’s living life on hard mode. I’m a person who tends to take a lot of blame on myself and push myself harder than I should, and this was something that I really needed to hear. Sometimes, the blame doesn’t lie with us; sometimes, life is throwing obstacles in your path. But a life full of obstacles doesn’t mean you’re less than, it just means you’re living life on hard mode.