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Dreaming the Chase
Bree Andrews' innocence is replaced by a quarter-life crisis when the most beautiful man she's ever seen is suddenly asking her for a small favor. She falls head-over-heels (with the rest of her body showing just as much enthusiasm) for this mysterious, but younger guy who becomes her summertime obsession. With the help of her best friend a stand-up comedian named Justin, she attempts to swing fate into her favor while sacrificing more than her pride. As her plans unfold, Bree is faced with continuous surprises including somehow ending up on stage behind a microphone telling jokes for an audience. With each improvement she attempts to make in herself, life somehow becomes even more complicated. This hilarious journey sweeps through every emotion a gal can fit into one summer and after all of the twists and turns, Bree finds herself Dreaming the Chase.
236 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2014
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Bobbi Patrick
4 booksBobbi Patrick was the girl who wrote poems to all of her crushes in first grade. By her freshman year of college she was venting about relationships from the stage. A true performer, Bobbi has settled down long enough to capture the raw emotions of the characters who keep the reader swooning and laughing from the very first page.
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January 4, 2015
Love this story! I am looking forward to the next book to see what happens to Justin and Bree!
December 25, 2014
Dreaming the Chase was an ARC provided by author Bobbi Patrick. I was expecting a bit of a romance, but it’s really more chick-lit than anything. The writing is good, the storytelling well-done. Unfortunately, it lost me at character likeability. I just couldn’t find anyone to root for.
Overall Rating: 2.5 stars- I wasted HOW many hours reading this crap?
Bree started out okay. I felt for her as a frumpy, awkward nerd-girl. She drools over a tenant in the complex she manages and it makes me smile. But just when I was prepared to identify with her, she broke out the claws. She meets the tenants girlfriend and tears her to shreds in her head. She’s ugly and awful and clearly Bree would be a better choice. As a woman, I hate that kind of cliché. Sure, there are bitchy women out there, but I just found everyone completely unlikeable.
I almost likes Bree's best friend Justin for a little while. But by the end of the book, he was, at best, annoying, too. Bree spent the whole book playing games with Justin, trying to break up a relationship, ripping apart every woman she saw and feeling sorry for herself. She was so bad at her job she got fired. Her boss was atrocious, but also, she was bad at her job. She spent more timing trying to stalk the hot tenant than she did printing forms for a new one.
There is some humor. I laughed. The scenes in the comedy club are good. Bree on stage is awesome. But the real Bree, offstage? I wouldn't want to be her friend. She seems to use people, not showing any loyalty to anyone and then wonders why she's alone.
Justin's an overgrown man child. He's likeable, but also not to be relied upon. I felt bad for him in a number of places in the book, but then he'd make another crappy decision and you start to think to yourself that you reap what you sow.
Then the book ends in a huge cliffhanger. Not like "duh duh duh...." scary cliffhanger. But a cliffhanger where you're confused that the book is over. It was almost Day-cliffhanger like. I tried to flip to the next page, only there wasn't one.
All in all, I think it was a good effort for our author, but in the end, the characters left me angry and depressed.
Smut Factor: 2 stars- Plain vanilla, no sprinkles
Character likability: 1 star - I’m considering writing my own epilogue to kill them off.
Storytelling: 4 stars- Totally bought it.
Writing and editing quality: 5 stars- Excellent!
Overall Rating: 2.5 stars- I wasted HOW many hours reading this crap?
Bree Andrews' innocence is replaced by a quarter-life crisis when the most beautiful man she's ever seen is suddenly asking her for a small favor. She falls head-over-heels (with the rest of her body showing just as much enthusiasm) for this mysterious, but younger guy who becomes her summertime obsession. With the help of her best friend a stand-up comedian named Justin, she attempts to swing fate into her favor while sacrificing more than her pride. As her plans unfold, Bree is faced with continuous surprises including somehow ending up on stage behind a microphone telling jokes for an audience. With each improvement she attempts to make in herself, life somehow becomes even more complicated. This hilarious journey sweeps through every emotion a gal can fit into one summer and after all of the twists and turns, Bree finds herself Dreaming the Chase.
Bree started out okay. I felt for her as a frumpy, awkward nerd-girl. She drools over a tenant in the complex she manages and it makes me smile. But just when I was prepared to identify with her, she broke out the claws. She meets the tenants girlfriend and tears her to shreds in her head. She’s ugly and awful and clearly Bree would be a better choice. As a woman, I hate that kind of cliché. Sure, there are bitchy women out there, but I just found everyone completely unlikeable.
"No, Jackass, she's butt ugly!"
I almost likes Bree's best friend Justin for a little while. But by the end of the book, he was, at best, annoying, too. Bree spent the whole book playing games with Justin, trying to break up a relationship, ripping apart every woman she saw and feeling sorry for herself. She was so bad at her job she got fired. Her boss was atrocious, but also, she was bad at her job. She spent more timing trying to stalk the hot tenant than she did printing forms for a new one.
"No, you're right. I'm fat, ugly and have fangs. A guy like Quinn would never leave his girlfriend for someone like me, I get it."
"Calm down there, eighties movie character, you're not ugly. Do you hae a better rack than her? You do, right?"
There is some humor. I laughed. The scenes in the comedy club are good. Bree on stage is awesome. But the real Bree, offstage? I wouldn't want to be her friend. She seems to use people, not showing any loyalty to anyone and then wonders why she's alone.
"I just saw his bitch-face, ugly-ass girlfriend."
Justin's an overgrown man child. He's likeable, but also not to be relied upon. I felt bad for him in a number of places in the book, but then he'd make another crappy decision and you start to think to yourself that you reap what you sow.
"Do you know how frustrating it is always being the hunter instead of the hunted? To always have to make the first move? To always have to buy the drinks? I've slept with ugly chicks just because they put in a great effort."
Then the book ends in a huge cliffhanger. Not like "duh duh duh...." scary cliffhanger. But a cliffhanger where you're confused that the book is over. It was almost Day-cliffhanger like. I tried to flip to the next page, only there wasn't one.
All in all, I think it was a good effort for our author, but in the end, the characters left me angry and depressed.
"I just want to be wanted."
Smut Factor: 2 stars- Plain vanilla, no sprinkles
Character likability: 1 star - I’m considering writing my own epilogue to kill them off.
Storytelling: 4 stars- Totally bought it.
Writing and editing quality: 5 stars- Excellent!
May 31, 2014
An entertaining, quick summer read. A good mix of humor and romance. There better be a sequel to this!
April 12, 2022
Chasing the Dream
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This book just wasn’t what I thought it would be. It was good, but I felt like it was just too dragged out for my liking.
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This book just wasn’t what I thought it would be. It was good, but I felt like it was just too dragged out for my liking.
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