Worth the Wait

Oak Brook Academy #4

by Jillian Adams

A young girl who swears she won't give in to teen-age romance. A transfer student who is overly critical of his new home away from home. When the principal asks her to show him around, will his cute accent win out over his snide remarks?

Mabel Adams--who really only ever goes by her nickname, Maby--is one of the popular girls at Oak Brook Academy boarding school. She's always on top of everything when it comes to new students and she jumps at the chance to show the new kid around. Maybe the fact that he's from overseas will make him more interesting than the immature guys she's used to hanging around with.

Oliver Clarke doesn't hate being the new kid at school, but it does seem lacking in many ways from what he's used to back home in England. Plus who knows if the kids here will ever get his British sense of humor. He's heard stories about the cultural differences between them.

When Maby gets assigned to show Oliver around campus, she's expecting interesting conversation and a maturity level that's more like that of the older college guys she dreams of dating one day. Unlike most of her friends, Maby is not into high school dating. She is not into being distracted from her studies and is much too smart for that. But Oliver's accent catches her off guard from the moment he opens his mouth to tell one of his snarky jokes. His accent just might be too much for her to resist.

Worth the Wait is the fourth standalone book in the Oak Brook Academy teen sweet romance series. If you like stories about teenagers at boarding school, flirtatious mismatches and high school outsiders, then you'll love Jillian Adams’ clean story of love and romance for teens.

Buy Worth the Wait to lose yourself in a high school romance today!

Read all the books in the Oak Brook Academy series!

The New Girl (Sophie and Wes)
Falling for Him (Alana and Mick)
No More Hiding (Apple and Ty)
Worth the Wait (Maby and Oliver)
A Fresh Start (Jennifer and Gabriel)

Genres: Romance

220 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 24, 2019

Reviews

[Teya Teya]

First of all, Gaby is way too much in her head. UGH! Having said that I understand her freak out over not having a relationship with anyone especially boys. Drive me crazy when people push others away so much that the person does pull away and yet they change and then have to do something big back to get them back. I don't connect to this. It ends up all lovey-dovey, blah, blah, blah, but that particular conflict I do not get. However, again, I loved the romantic gesture at the end. Trusting and allowing oneself to experience life.

[Lizzie Warrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like Maby. I've liked her since the beginning. So, obviously I was really looking forward to her book. And this did not disappoint. It was charming, cute. Oliver was great. We really got to know Maby more. Why she's the way she is. And yeah, I loved it.

[mayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

not a lot of detail but it was good and i liked the short chapters.

[Vibliophile · Rating 3 out of 5]

(2.5 stars) - Angsty Melodrama

This is more geared to middle teen than YA. The story isn't bad, but the emotional melodrama is fairly heavy handed - a total soap opera - & I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes more than once.

At one point, Maby has a falling out with her very 2D mom - and we hear nothing more about her after that. Apparently she only existed to reveal some dramatic info & then disappeared into oblivion.

Younger teens might enjoy this, but longtime romance readers probably not so much. For me, this falls under "Not sorry I read it, exactly, but won't be rereading it".

*Clean romance level: sweet kisses, secular attitudes on sex outside of marriage, teen pregnancy causes a secondary character to leave the school
*Parental caveats: in addition to the above, story promotes the "listen to your heart and you can't go wrong" theme - may want to discuss with your teen how listening to your feelings is good, but following them is an invitation to disaster