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Three Daves #2
Dave: Junior Year
With solid sexual experience under her belt, Jennifer Whitney is determined to return to her good girl status until she meets the right guy. Sexy super-senior Dave is not the right guy. But his mesmerizing eyes and sensual swagger have a way of making up for that—especially when he gives Jen the kind of attention she never dreamed she’d get from someone like him.
Her roommate doesn’t like him. Her friend David isn’t his biggest fan, either. But neither of them understand the persuasive powers of Dave’s delicious tongue and his tiger-like growl. Jen’s proud of herself for resisting his many temptations, yet she knows Dave won’t stick around forever if she never gives him anything…
This is part two of a reboot of the novel Three Daves.
“Come on, good girl. Be bad.”
~Dave
Her roommate doesn’t like him. Her friend David isn’t his biggest fan, either. But neither of them understand the persuasive powers of Dave’s delicious tongue and his tiger-like growl. Jen’s proud of herself for resisting his many temptations, yet she knows Dave won’t stick around forever if she never gives him anything…
This is part two of a reboot of the novel Three Daves.
“Come on, good girl. Be bad.”
~Dave
- GenresNew Adult
76 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 26, 2016
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Nicki Elson
14 books140 followersNicki Elson writes spicy fiction with a sweet and dreamy center. She does other stuff, too...like obsess over reality TV (and she's not ashamed to admit it).
Writing fiction wasn't something Nicki set out to do; it just sort of happened when she realized writing reports was by far her favorite part of her investment consulting position. She traded stock allocation and diversification for story arcs and dialogue and now weaves creative writing into her life with her family in the Chicago suburbs.
Nicki writes with two goals in mind: #1 to keep the characters realistic, even when their circumstances are anything but, and #2 to make the reader feel.
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Writing fiction wasn't something Nicki set out to do; it just sort of happened when she realized writing reports was by far her favorite part of her investment consulting position. She traded stock allocation and diversification for story arcs and dialogue and now weaves creative writing into her life with her family in the Chicago suburbs.
Nicki writes with two goals in mind: #1 to keep the characters realistic, even when their circumstances are anything but, and #2 to make the reader feel.
Twitter: @NickiElson3D
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June 13, 2020
I have received this book for an honest review from the author.
It’s (Dave: Junior Year) the second story in the ‘Three Daves’ series. It is about the universal common story of every girl falling for the bad guy and regretting it later. Everyone close to Jen cautioned her about Dave but I guess the bad boy charm always works for girls. And it’s pretty realistic the way the author explained with her easy and facile language.
I have always liked the David and my admiration for him grew into this book. I liked how David protected Jen and how the writer left us with the imagination of David’s action on Dave’s last disappearance from Jane’s life. He is a real gentleman. I know this series is about Jen but still expected a bit more of what’s been happing on David’s life.
In a nutshell, the second book is shorter than the first one, but more slow yet intriguing. I was skeptical about reading the second book and although I might have guessed the ending (Big D: Senior Year) but I am excited to start the third novella as the second one left me wanting to know whether I am right about the ending or not?
It’s (Dave: Junior Year) the second story in the ‘Three Daves’ series. It is about the universal common story of every girl falling for the bad guy and regretting it later. Everyone close to Jen cautioned her about Dave but I guess the bad boy charm always works for girls. And it’s pretty realistic the way the author explained with her easy and facile language.
I have always liked the David and my admiration for him grew into this book. I liked how David protected Jen and how the writer left us with the imagination of David’s action on Dave’s last disappearance from Jane’s life. He is a real gentleman. I know this series is about Jen but still expected a bit more of what’s been happing on David’s life.
In a nutshell, the second book is shorter than the first one, but more slow yet intriguing. I was skeptical about reading the second book and although I might have guessed the ending (Big D: Senior Year) but I am excited to start the third novella as the second one left me wanting to know whether I am right about the ending or not?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 31, 2016
This was an interesting book following
. I'm not a huge fan of the main character Jen, mostly due to the fact she has preconceiving motions to be with David or try a new relationship. She had her chance with David and yet she feels their is a big hole in her heart for him. So she ends up going for David's leather-hot-body roommate? I was just getting a little annoyed, but I'm most certainly in love with David. He takes care of the girls he's around or connected. He's a real gentleman, and he treats women right. I wasn't sure about him in the first book but now that I know his intentions, he's definitely a good guy!
. I'm not a huge fan of the main character Jen, mostly due to the fact she has preconceiving motions to be with David or try a new relationship. She had her chance with David and yet she feels their is a big hole in her heart for him. So she ends up going for David's leather-hot-body roommate? I was just getting a little annoyed, but I'm most certainly in love with David. He takes care of the girls he's around or connected. He's a real gentleman, and he treats women right. I wasn't sure about him in the first book but now that I know his intentions, he's definitely a good guy!
August 25, 2016
This picks up where part 1 left us. Jen is still looking for the perfect one, while longing for Dave but not giving him any inkling of it. She meets another Dave and she thinks ,he might be it...However, he's flaky, evasive and they don't really connect and they don't know each other. Meanwhile, Dave is with Emmy, who's aloof and doesn't really care for Jen. This is a nice read and I am looking forward to part 3. We all has a Dave in our lives at some point, didn't we?
June 13, 2020
Jen and David meet again after the summer and she proposes to get involved again, but he rejects her since she is drunk and he doesn’t want to mess things up. He starts dating Ellie and Jen goes out with one of David’s roommates, Dave. The guy is sexy, a bit dark, fan of alcohol and drugs. His relationship with Jen is reduced rather to physical attraction, and after one night Jen gives him a BJ and he kicks her out of his room, she decides to move on from him. Jen continues to party with her friends, she gets drunk several times and puts her in compromised situations.
At the end of the first book and in this one we can read what happens through David POV , he does not want anything with Jen besides friendship bc he does not want to make her suffer again and although he is not happy with her dating Dave, he does not stop it either. His relationship with Ellie is not profound, it seems that he is only with her to cover his physical needs. Although from time to time he thinks about the great chemistry he and Jen had in sex and how well they get along.
Will they finally end up together in the last book?
Jen will find another Prince Charming?
At the end of the first book and in this one we can read what happens through David POV , he does not want anything with Jen besides friendship bc he does not want to make her suffer again and although he is not happy with her dating Dave, he does not stop it either. His relationship with Ellie is not profound, it seems that he is only with her to cover his physical needs. Although from time to time he thinks about the great chemistry he and Jen had in sex and how well they get along.
Will they finally end up together in the last book?
Jen will find another Prince Charming?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 1, 2020
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book is the second in a three part novella series that I am given to understand is a reboot of one previously published novel.
This is my least favourite of the novella triology.
The dialogue continues to be funny, and interesting; Jen continues to be caring, and naive. Dave is a jerk. He's a "bad boy" and I am sure exudes attraction, and they clearly have chemistry. But he's not a good guy, he's flighty, and selfish.
I get the appeal of a bad boy, and I get that Jen had to go through some stuff to make the story come full circle. But she just seemed unrealistic surprised by his behaviour. While she doesn't have much sexual experience, this is her third year of college, and she has gone out and partied regularly for the last couple years. So it seems to me like she would at least be aware of the risks involved in pursuing a relationship with the type of guy that Dave clearly is.
This book is the second in a three part novella series that I am given to understand is a reboot of one previously published novel.
This is my least favourite of the novella triology.
The dialogue continues to be funny, and interesting; Jen continues to be caring, and naive. Dave is a jerk. He's a "bad boy" and I am sure exudes attraction, and they clearly have chemistry. But he's not a good guy, he's flighty, and selfish.
I get the appeal of a bad boy, and I get that Jen had to go through some stuff to make the story come full circle. But she just seemed unrealistic surprised by his behaviour. While she doesn't have much sexual experience, this is her third year of college, and she has gone out and partied regularly for the last couple years. So it seems to me like she would at least be aware of the risks involved in pursuing a relationship with the type of guy that Dave clearly is.
June 23, 2020
***Copy was given in exchange for an honest review***
Maybe I'm just biased when it comes to David but I love him. Though he was a jerk at the begining of the first novella, I love him, and even though his and Jen's brief affair was a trial run and only meant to last five "sessions" they are still good friends. So now he's dating someone else and she has just met Dave (Dave #2). He's all cool and exciting and hot but he is a jerk and I cannot stand him or how insecure he makes Jen. Most of the time he leaves her hanging and spends most of their time together away doing other things. I'm glad when it ends and happy when David is there for her.
I'm anxious to start book #3 Hopefully Big D is a good guy but I hope she ends up with David in the end.
Maybe I'm just biased when it comes to David but I love him. Though he was a jerk at the begining of the first novella, I love him, and even though his and Jen's brief affair was a trial run and only meant to last five "sessions" they are still good friends. So now he's dating someone else and she has just met Dave (Dave #2). He's all cool and exciting and hot but he is a jerk and I cannot stand him or how insecure he makes Jen. Most of the time he leaves her hanging and spends most of their time together away doing other things. I'm glad when it ends and happy when David is there for her.
I'm anxious to start book #3 Hopefully Big D is a good guy but I hope she ends up with David in the end.
December 24, 2016
In the second instalment of Jen's college adventures, she falls for a BAD BOY. (!)
To this, at 10 % of the narrative I was saying to myself: "Aww";
at 15%: Good on you, girl! Way to go, Jen! ";
at 30%: "the jerk!";
at 55%: "bloody bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
and then: "good riddance".
As a summary, It tends to go like that with most bad boys, doesn't it?
But in the dating history of any college girl, this is an almost inevitable rite of passage. I liked it very much that the author took her character to this scenario. Because, let's face it, doing this kind of thing in your youth is almost compulsory. Also character-building. At least once in our lives, every woman has to allow herself to fall for a bad boy.
Even if you are a Gigi. I mean it.
I really think that some of them are well worth the tears. Honest. Jen's second Dave? Not so much. Second Dave was a user and a self-centred jerk that got what he deserved: ending up with nothing, not even a degree, because Karma is a bitch.
In the big scheme of things, Jen's experience with him was still probably worth it, simply in the sense that she could later put him as a down payment toward "training in life". Because the life-long lessons that come with bad boys can be invaluable for the future: just don't judge a book from the shiny cover or the bright packaging, even if those things are maddeningly alluring. He displayed a**hole-y behaviour so soon, that I was surprised Gigi Jen was prepared to give him the time of day for so long. But it was a given that she would fall for his charms.
Because let's take a look at the cover of this particular "book" , her second Dave, was an irresistibly tall, and beautiful senior, with captivating green eyes and skinny black jeans. He could command a room just by being in it (only when not drunk or stoned, that is).
Phew! Nicki Elson has instantly conjured my real-life high school "bad boy". I may be biased here, obviously, but come on, Jen's bad boy initially presented himself complete with obnoxious but still confusingly tempting attitude, studded leather jacket and a crucifix earring (a là Johnny Depp circa 21 Jump Street, only blond -please excuse me while I go and re-watch the entire series :-), so how could a 20 year old girl resist that? I know at her age I wouldn't! (-didn't).
The fact that he ended up being a dealer and a horrible non-boyfriend was really besides the point. Jen's first reaction to Dave? Like iron filings to a magnet. An electric current impossible to negate. She even admitted it: he had her drooling the instant she met him, while thinking he was way out of her league. I think this was precisely the crucial element in her succumbing to his charms, because him showing a little interest in her?
"Come on, good girl. Be bad. Invite me in."
Challenge . . . accepted!.
Even though I think her acceptance was not premeditated, but unconscious.
So this phase in Jen's college career towards fully fledged maturity, made the interlude with man number two completely necessary in my view, and not a waste of her time in the least. The outcome? Well, with the mandatory (for a good girl) rebellious streak firmly under her belt, and having scratched the itch, (unfortunately later turned ordeal), she is now ready to move on to "real life", and "real men", too, especially having secured a Summer internship.
In the wise words of her God-mother: "You have to kiss a lot of frogs. . . "
The only thing that I found rather unsettling was that I was rooting for first David for the most part of this book, but at the end I started feeling a genuine brother-sister vibe between them, and now I am not so confident in my prediction that regardless of how charming and decent Nicki Elson makes the third Dave, first David is going to be the orgasm-owner.
Bring it on, third Dave, I'm completely ready for you!
To this, at 10 % of the narrative I was saying to myself: "Aww";
at 15%: Good on you, girl! Way to go, Jen! ";
at 30%: "the jerk!";
at 55%: "bloody bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
and then: "good riddance".
As a summary, It tends to go like that with most bad boys, doesn't it?
But in the dating history of any college girl, this is an almost inevitable rite of passage. I liked it very much that the author took her character to this scenario. Because, let's face it, doing this kind of thing in your youth is almost compulsory. Also character-building. At least once in our lives, every woman has to allow herself to fall for a bad boy.
Even if you are a Gigi. I mean it.
I really think that some of them are well worth the tears. Honest. Jen's second Dave? Not so much. Second Dave was a user and a self-centred jerk that got what he deserved: ending up with nothing, not even a degree, because Karma is a bitch.
In the big scheme of things, Jen's experience with him was still probably worth it, simply in the sense that she could later put him as a down payment toward "training in life". Because the life-long lessons that come with bad boys can be invaluable for the future: just don't judge a book from the shiny cover or the bright packaging, even if those things are maddeningly alluring. He displayed a**hole-y behaviour so soon, that I was surprised Gigi Jen was prepared to give him the time of day for so long. But it was a given that she would fall for his charms.
Because let's take a look at the cover of this particular "book" , her second Dave, was an irresistibly tall, and beautiful senior, with captivating green eyes and skinny black jeans. He could command a room just by being in it (only when not drunk or stoned, that is).
Phew! Nicki Elson has instantly conjured my real-life high school "bad boy". I may be biased here, obviously, but come on, Jen's bad boy initially presented himself complete with obnoxious but still confusingly tempting attitude, studded leather jacket and a crucifix earring (a là Johnny Depp circa 21 Jump Street, only blond -please excuse me while I go and re-watch the entire series :-), so how could a 20 year old girl resist that? I know at her age I wouldn't! (-didn't).
The fact that he ended up being a dealer and a horrible non-boyfriend was really besides the point. Jen's first reaction to Dave? Like iron filings to a magnet. An electric current impossible to negate. She even admitted it: he had her drooling the instant she met him, while thinking he was way out of her league. I think this was precisely the crucial element in her succumbing to his charms, because him showing a little interest in her?
"Come on, good girl. Be bad. Invite me in."
Challenge . . . accepted!.
Even though I think her acceptance was not premeditated, but unconscious.
So this phase in Jen's college career towards fully fledged maturity, made the interlude with man number two completely necessary in my view, and not a waste of her time in the least. The outcome? Well, with the mandatory (for a good girl) rebellious streak firmly under her belt, and having scratched the itch, (unfortunately later turned ordeal), she is now ready to move on to "real life", and "real men", too, especially having secured a Summer internship.
In the wise words of her God-mother: "You have to kiss a lot of frogs. . . "
The only thing that I found rather unsettling was that I was rooting for first David for the most part of this book, but at the end I started feeling a genuine brother-sister vibe between them, and now I am not so confident in my prediction that regardless of how charming and decent Nicki Elson makes the third Dave, first David is going to be the orgasm-owner.
Bring it on, third Dave, I'm completely ready for you!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 11, 2016
This review is really a review of all three books since I can't seem to remember where one picks up and the others end. 1st let me start by saying that it was interesting reading it after I read Elson's preface about how she changed the era the book was written and how she changed the book to more showing than telling. I can tell almost where she made those changes and then switched back to the telling. I can't be sure but it seemed like one minute I am deep in dialogue and the next I am in 3rd person wondering how I was pushed out of this awesome little Elson world. There are some serious grammatical and spelling errors, but if she can re-edit these books one more time, I think this series could really take off. The books are still really good and I definitely recommend them because David 1 is a total idiot in book 1. I love seeing him grow through this series. By the very end of book 3, I was on the verge of my seat. Each book is better than the last ending with a huge bit of awesomeness. There are times when I was screaming in horror at things that occur and then laughing my butt off putting myself in Jen's shoes. Her friends are a riot, and she learns the lesson of finding her true self through just growing up and making mistakes. Such a good series.
I received this series from the author for an honest review.
I received this series from the author for an honest review.
August 20, 2016
When I first started reading this book, I wasn't sure what to think about it. I received this book to do an honest review of it. This book is written in third person pint of view. I don't usually read third person and had to make sure I was reading it the right way. I recommend reading the first book in the series before trying to read his one! The book has an awesome storyline, I loved it. I loved DaVID not dave(he was a jerk). I was sad for Jen because of Dave. The second book has a HUGE cliffhanger and leaves you wanting to know what happens with DaVID and Jen. I'm going to reread the book, but this time I'm going to read them all together instead so there is no confusion with the Daves and David's. This book was short and it was very fast paced, I wish it would of been slowed down a little. But if your looking for a quick fast paced read READ it but make sure you have read the first one and plan to read the third one!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 24, 2016
I received this book in exchanged for an honest review.
In this novella, following Dave: Sophomore year, Jen is still trying to figure her feelings out about David. While hanging out with her girlfriends one night, she meets this leather wearing, "super-senior" Dave. The worst part of the story is Dave, and how Jen is blinded by her infatuation for someone having interest in her that she cant see how badly he treats her. By having such a jerk in the story, it gives it such a real feeling since most people experience a jerk or two, in their life time. My favorite parts of course are when Jen and David (the first Dave) are together, and you know there is still something between them, and when Jen finally realizes that shes shouldn't be treated the way she had been by Dave. I also love the fact, that by the end of the novella she does something good for herself, that she probably wouldn't of done if she'd be dating anyone.
In this novella, following Dave: Sophomore year, Jen is still trying to figure her feelings out about David. While hanging out with her girlfriends one night, she meets this leather wearing, "super-senior" Dave. The worst part of the story is Dave, and how Jen is blinded by her infatuation for someone having interest in her that she cant see how badly he treats her. By having such a jerk in the story, it gives it such a real feeling since most people experience a jerk or two, in their life time. My favorite parts of course are when Jen and David (the first Dave) are together, and you know there is still something between them, and when Jen finally realizes that shes shouldn't be treated the way she had been by Dave. I also love the fact, that by the end of the novella she does something good for herself, that she probably wouldn't of done if she'd be dating anyone.
September 1, 2016
Oh Dave....why did you have to turn out to be such a jerk? Dave: Junior Year is the second story in the Three Daves series and I liked it for what it was worth...an easy read. It was entertaining and I'm glad I continued on with Jen's story. Dave is every single girl's nightmare. I felt like Jen became this weak character in this story. I really didn't get that vibe in the first part. She basically refused to acknowledge what everyone else could see and warned her about. My appreciation for David grew a bit more. What a great guy to have on your side! Now that we know he has feelings for Jen, I'm excited to see what happens between him and Jen in the final part!
*This book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review*
*This book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review*
August 20, 2016
In this part, our heroine Jen experienced young, raw and reckless crush on Dave the bad guy. He was really bad guy. More like jerk.
Dispite many hints, Jen fell for him. And I think this was pretty realistic. It was so understandable behavior from a woman who is not a little girl anymore but also does not have experiences enough for maturity. Of course I can't say it was smart but somewhere in this world it definitely happen.
I liked the fact that author enabled readers to only imagine how David was involved in this Jen-Dave situation. It was subtle and will be far more romantic if Jen-David end up together but Big D has potential too, I guess.
So, where is next one? :)
Dispite many hints, Jen fell for him. And I think this was pretty realistic. It was so understandable behavior from a woman who is not a little girl anymore but also does not have experiences enough for maturity. Of course I can't say it was smart but somewhere in this world it definitely happen.
I liked the fact that author enabled readers to only imagine how David was involved in this Jen-Dave situation. It was subtle and will be far more romantic if Jen-David end up together but Big D has potential too, I guess.
So, where is next one? :)
April 30, 2016
Dave is still a knob
Go on admit it. We've all had a Dave in our past. He was the guy that taught us to be better people to ourselves.
Same strong writing you can expect from an Ellison title in Dave, Junior Year, book two in the Three Daves series.
The Dave character will always be a pommie rocker to me - I wonder who you'll visualise (reminisce about)?
Book two is as strong as book one with different life sessions for Jen to learn/navigate. Still found her character to be ... very principled lol.
Go on admit it. We've all had a Dave in our past. He was the guy that taught us to be better people to ourselves.
Same strong writing you can expect from an Ellison title in Dave, Junior Year, book two in the Three Daves series.
The Dave character will always be a pommie rocker to me - I wonder who you'll visualise (reminisce about)?
Book two is as strong as book one with different life sessions for Jen to learn/navigate. Still found her character to be ... very principled lol.
January 30, 2017
He's every good girl's bad boy, but is he really the kind of guy for Jen?
I just simply love how this chapter showed the reality about women and every ass-grabbing bad boys they are dreaming of. This is not just a romance between opposite poles, but this is also about ourselves; to whether we would allow someone to change who we are or are we going to be ourselves, confidently.
Another great chapter from Miss Elson! I can't wait but review the third installment.
I just simply love how this chapter showed the reality about women and every ass-grabbing bad boys they are dreaming of. This is not just a romance between opposite poles, but this is also about ourselves; to whether we would allow someone to change who we are or are we going to be ourselves, confidently.
Another great chapter from Miss Elson! I can't wait but review the third installment.
September 1, 2016
This book was just okay, but I hated Dave!!!!!! What a arrogant jerk!! I hadn't notice Jen was such a pushover in the first book but, this one paints her in a weak light. I did enjoy David protecting her in his own way. With that said I will still read the last book and keep my fingers crossed that Jen & David will actually get together.
October 18, 2016
**Received book in exchange for honest review** I have encountered feelings about this book, loved the story but Dave the bad boy not a big fan he is a jerk but I think is basically because I really like David... or I was just waiting for something else to develop... anyway the book is really good
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