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The Curvy Girls Club #3
Curvy Girls Can't Date Cowboys
The one thing my parents can’t shelter me from is my heart.
I nearly died the summer of my eighth grade year, and ever since then, my parents have done everything they could to keep me healthy. Now I’m a senior, and instead of feeling safe, I’m suffocating.
When my parents take my twin sisters out of town for an audition, I have my chance to show them that I’m responsible. That I can go to college on my own and start a life outside of their organic food store and Emerson Academy.
All I have to do is turn in all my assignments and have a few quiet nights at home. No problem.
That is, until my video project partner decides to be a total flake. Ray may be hot and fill out a pair of Wrangler jeans like nobody’s business, but he is not ruining my chance at freedom.
I go to his family’s ranch to get his help, but instead discover something else. Could everything my parents taught me be wrong?
Unless I act fast, my quiet weekend will ruin my chance at freedom and wreck my heart faster than the flash of my camera.
Hang on for a wild ride in the third book of The Curvy Girl Club! Curvy Girls Can’t Date Cowboys promises plenty of laughter, along with some tears, and the hottest cowboy at Emerson Academy. Start reading this sweet contemporary western romance today!
I nearly died the summer of my eighth grade year, and ever since then, my parents have done everything they could to keep me healthy. Now I’m a senior, and instead of feeling safe, I’m suffocating.
When my parents take my twin sisters out of town for an audition, I have my chance to show them that I’m responsible. That I can go to college on my own and start a life outside of their organic food store and Emerson Academy.
All I have to do is turn in all my assignments and have a few quiet nights at home. No problem.
That is, until my video project partner decides to be a total flake. Ray may be hot and fill out a pair of Wrangler jeans like nobody’s business, but he is not ruining my chance at freedom.
I go to his family’s ranch to get his help, but instead discover something else. Could everything my parents taught me be wrong?
Unless I act fast, my quiet weekend will ruin my chance at freedom and wreck my heart faster than the flash of my camera.
Hang on for a wild ride in the third book of The Curvy Girl Club! Curvy Girls Can’t Date Cowboys promises plenty of laughter, along with some tears, and the hottest cowboy at Emerson Academy. Start reading this sweet contemporary western romance today!
482 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 24, 2020
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Kelsie Stelting
48 books1,717 followersKelsie Stelting is a body positive romance author who writes love stories with strong characters, deep feelings, and happy endings.
She currently lives in Colorado. You can often find her writing, spending time with family, and soaking up too much sun wherever she can find it.
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She currently lives in Colorado. You can often find her writing, spending time with family, and soaking up too much sun wherever she can find it.
Visit www.kelsiestelting.com to get a free story and sign up for her readers' group!
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January 1, 2022
This was my least favorite of the Curvy Girls series, and I’ve loved Ginger from the beginning so that makes me really sad.
I preface this review with I am not into cowboys. Like, there is nothing wrong with them, but they just don’t do it for me. A bull rider? Come to mama, but a cowboy, eh…and yes, before you ask, there IS a difference.
What I liked about the book:
1. I still think the girls’ friendships are the best part of this series. Like, seriously, these are badass women being there for each other. They are the epitome of straightening-another-queens-crown and I’m HERE FOR IT!
2. The writing is always amazing. It's cute and quirky, it has the right amount of hint-hint, and it's just so full of heart.
3. Ok, but for real, her feeling she was going to be too heavy to sit on a horse and cringing while she had to tell him that? What about worrying about how large she looked next to Ryde Alexander in that selfie? Giiiiirl, same…Kelsie Stelting sees us, she knows us, she loves us!
4. Zara is a QUEEN and I've partially continued reading these so I can get to Callie's book! I cannot wait for their books because I just know they're going to be phenomenal!!!
What I didn't like about the book:
1. Ray did not do it for me at all. He is closed off and not redeemed in my eyes in any way. Like, the blanket fort scene was the cutest I saw him and it was like he was a completely different person for every other scene.
2. I felt like for books that are very feministic in nature, especially Jordan’s book which was right before this one, this book took a step back a bit. Having to ask a girl’s dad if you can take her on a date when she’s almost 18? Hmmmm….what about the fact that her parents are total gaslighters? Or they wanted to fire an innocent man for working at their store because he was a man and their daughter got into a relationship with a completely different, totally separate man? The only person I truly liked in this book was Cori because everyone else was d*mn awful.
3. EVERY.TIME.THAT.INHALER.WAS.MENTIONED!!!! OH MY GAWD!!! I just knew Ging was going to be dumb and prove those gaslighting parents of hers right. Like girl, I don’t care if your parents said you need to go to the doc in the box, go fill that sh*t at Walgreens and GET IT DONE!
3 stars!
I preface this review with I am not into cowboys. Like, there is nothing wrong with them, but they just don’t do it for me. A bull rider? Come to mama, but a cowboy, eh…and yes, before you ask, there IS a difference.
What I liked about the book:
1. I still think the girls’ friendships are the best part of this series. Like, seriously, these are badass women being there for each other. They are the epitome of straightening-another-queens-crown and I’m HERE FOR IT!
2. The writing is always amazing. It's cute and quirky, it has the right amount of hint-hint, and it's just so full of heart.
3. Ok, but for real, her feeling she was going to be too heavy to sit on a horse and cringing while she had to tell him that? What about worrying about how large she looked next to Ryde Alexander in that selfie? Giiiiirl, same…Kelsie Stelting sees us, she knows us, she loves us!
4. Zara is a QUEEN and I've partially continued reading these so I can get to Callie's book! I cannot wait for their books because I just know they're going to be phenomenal!!!
What I didn't like about the book:
1. Ray did not do it for me at all. He is closed off and not redeemed in my eyes in any way. Like, the blanket fort scene was the cutest I saw him and it was like he was a completely different person for every other scene.
2. I felt like for books that are very feministic in nature, especially Jordan’s book which was right before this one, this book took a step back a bit. Having to ask a girl’s dad if you can take her on a date when she’s almost 18? Hmmmm….what about the fact that her parents are total gaslighters? Or they wanted to fire an innocent man for working at their store because he was a man and their daughter got into a relationship with a completely different, totally separate man? The only person I truly liked in this book was Cori because everyone else was d*mn awful.
3. EVERY.TIME.THAT.INHALER.WAS.MENTIONED!!!! OH MY GAWD!!! I just knew Ging was going to be dumb and prove those gaslighting parents of hers right. Like girl, I don’t care if your parents said you need to go to the doc in the box, go fill that sh*t at Walgreens and GET IT DONE!
3 stars!
February 28, 2021
This was such a sweet and delightful novel. Ginger and Ray were absolutely gorgeous together and it was a delight to read every little moment they shared with one another.
I really liked that we got to see a relationship like this one, where Ginger is not able to explore or see the world or even live without being in the eyes of her parents. I am sure there are many people out there who lived just like Ginger and felt the same as she did. The story felt relatable, it felt like we were in Ginger’s shoes and feeling her emotions while she was working out how to live her life without disappointing her parents.
Her relationship with Ray was definitely not an easy one, her having to go through many lengths and trials to see and be with Ray, I was actually pretty scared for her as well. But Ray was such a gentleman, he was so sweet and patient and kind to her despite their assumptions of one another. I loved how they both grew up maturely together about their different views about farming life and how they worked it out together in the end.
I absolutely loved their romance and the life lessons it teaches us as well. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be happy to read it again.
I really liked that we got to see a relationship like this one, where Ginger is not able to explore or see the world or even live without being in the eyes of her parents. I am sure there are many people out there who lived just like Ginger and felt the same as she did. The story felt relatable, it felt like we were in Ginger’s shoes and feeling her emotions while she was working out how to live her life without disappointing her parents.
Her relationship with Ray was definitely not an easy one, her having to go through many lengths and trials to see and be with Ray, I was actually pretty scared for her as well. But Ray was such a gentleman, he was so sweet and patient and kind to her despite their assumptions of one another. I loved how they both grew up maturely together about their different views about farming life and how they worked it out together in the end.
I absolutely loved their romance and the life lessons it teaches us as well. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be happy to read it again.
April 26, 2022
I positively love this series, and this book is my favorite so far! I was hooked immediately, and I enjoyed Ginger and Ray's story, which highlighted that people can have different opinions but still be together. I loved how they learned from each other and how Ginger grew and found her own self-worth throughout this story. I highly recommend this series to anyone who has felt "less-than" others. The series is enjoyable and inspirational. I can't wait to read the next book!
October 27, 2020
Oh, man. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about a cowboy love interest, but this book was so amazing! This might even be my favorite out of the series so far!
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April 21, 2024
This book annoyed me . Maybe it was the way that the parents in the book treated the main character as if she was incompetent of doing anything on her own because she has asthma. As a Respiratory Therapist I am well aware that people who have asthma are capable of living full and fulfilling lives.
August 4, 2024
THIS MAN IS HUSBAND MATERIAL
January 6, 2021
“They should just change my name from Ginger to Rapunzel and call it good.”
I couldn’t help but feel like I was missing out on life and love and adventure.
I wanted that, to live each second and to experience it all.
I remembered I was still Rapunzel, locked away in the tower, while everyone else lived the life of their dreams.
I guessed it was pretty hard not to love the place where your love story started.
People who fell asleep that quickly had some kind of strange superpower.
Bad ideas are the best kind.
Just like the other books in the series, this was cute, adorable and sweet. It will have you swoon, laugh, cry and swoon some more. I’m really excited to read Zara’s story which will deal with a bad boy. I’m a sucker for the bad boy trope. Then, after Zara’s story is Callie’s and I’m so excited for that since it will deal with Carter. I have adored Carter and Callie since book one of this series. 4 stars.
I couldn’t help but feel like I was missing out on life and love and adventure.
I wanted that, to live each second and to experience it all.
I remembered I was still Rapunzel, locked away in the tower, while everyone else lived the life of their dreams.
I guessed it was pretty hard not to love the place where your love story started.
People who fell asleep that quickly had some kind of strange superpower.
Bad ideas are the best kind.
Just like the other books in the series, this was cute, adorable and sweet. It will have you swoon, laugh, cry and swoon some more. I’m really excited to read Zara’s story which will deal with a bad boy. I’m a sucker for the bad boy trope. Then, after Zara’s story is Callie’s and I’m so excited for that since it will deal with Carter. I have adored Carter and Callie since book one of this series. 4 stars.
October 25, 2020
I was so excited for Ginger's book! I love this whole series but I can say this one is my favorite so far! I loved the sweet humor
& support from all the girls in each story.
This author's writing will pull at your heart strings! It has sweet romance that you will swoon, laugh, cry, & swoon all over again!
I cannot wait for
Zara's book!
& support from all the girls in each story.
This author's writing will pull at your heart strings! It has sweet romance that you will swoon, laugh, cry, & swoon all over again!
I cannot wait for
Zara's book!
February 1, 2023
These are the best reads! I love how different the characters are. This is my 4th book to read by the author, and I’m hooked!!! Ray and his family hold a special place in my heart as someone from a farm town :).
March 28, 2021
3.5 Stars
Unfortunately I didn't like it as the other books. The beginning was a bit boring and it became predictable after the first half !
Unfortunately I didn't like it as the other books. The beginning was a bit boring and it became predictable after the first half !
April 25, 2024
Another 5 stars for this book in the series. I love how it's not the same recycled plot on repeat and that there's something different for each book.
July 7, 2023
It was so long, but it was fine. I actually REALly loved the main character growth in this one. It was nice to see the confidence build.
November 20, 2020
Cowboy 🤠 and the Redhead 👩🦰
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***Spoilers splash here and there throughout this review**
I’m going to say this I’m glad the author gave Ginger a perspective because I had some words for them. lol but even though I had a perspective I still going to point out things I didn’t like about her mom. I don’t have much to say about her dad but he went get it too. Lol!!!
But as I was saying, I felt like her parents were too hard on her. They weren’t too hard on the twins or Cori but with Ginger it likes couldn’t even breathe the same air as others.
Then learning that her mom used to sneak out of the house to see her father. I was like ain’t that the pot calling the kettle. Her parents knew they were teenagers before and done the same thing. I didn’t blame Ginger for keeping secrets because her mom was one annoying nagging woman. I think her dad only agree about things, because of his wife. You look at it. The mama wore the pants more than the dad. I felt he had opinions that were too harsh too.
Coming for Ray for something that wasn’t his fault was ridiculous. Yes, Ginger knew she should’ve just went and gotten her inhaler filled. She chose to lie and say she did. I knew something was going to happen where she ended up in the hospital. I just knew it.
But in the end, everything worked out for both Ray and Ginger because her parents got the stick out of their behinds and learned how nice of a person Ray was and how both Ginger and Ray cared for each other. Ray deserved that apology they gave him. Because they were mean to him at that time at their house during dinner.
I was just glad that they ended up together. Now I’m so read for Zara story because reading that epilogue has me curious now. ;/
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***Spoilers splash here and there throughout this review**
I’m going to say this I’m glad the author gave Ginger a perspective because I had some words for them. lol but even though I had a perspective I still going to point out things I didn’t like about her mom. I don’t have much to say about her dad but he went get it too. Lol!!!
But as I was saying, I felt like her parents were too hard on her. They weren’t too hard on the twins or Cori but with Ginger it likes couldn’t even breathe the same air as others.
Then learning that her mom used to sneak out of the house to see her father. I was like ain’t that the pot calling the kettle. Her parents knew they were teenagers before and done the same thing. I didn’t blame Ginger for keeping secrets because her mom was one annoying nagging woman. I think her dad only agree about things, because of his wife. You look at it. The mama wore the pants more than the dad. I felt he had opinions that were too harsh too.
Coming for Ray for something that wasn’t his fault was ridiculous. Yes, Ginger knew she should’ve just went and gotten her inhaler filled. She chose to lie and say she did. I knew something was going to happen where she ended up in the hospital. I just knew it.
But in the end, everything worked out for both Ray and Ginger because her parents got the stick out of their behinds and learned how nice of a person Ray was and how both Ginger and Ray cared for each other. Ray deserved that apology they gave him. Because they were mean to him at that time at their house during dinner.
I was just glad that they ended up together. Now I’m so read for Zara story because reading that epilogue has me curious now. ;/
June 22, 2021
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3.5 stars
Ginger had a freak accident that nearly killed her when she was in eighth grade. Now her parents are overbearing and treat her as if she can't take care of herself. They run an organic food store called Ripe. They are very against antibiotics thinking that may have been the cause.
Ginger is trying to let her parents into having her stay at the dorms in college instead of staying at home. She ends up getting partnered with the school's only cowboy, Ray. Her parents don't like Ray. Though they don't know him or how his ranch is run, they decide that they aren't going to like him.
While I liked Ray and Ginger to a point. Their story was cute. It wasn't as great. I didn't like Ginger's parents. They seemed very ignorant when it comes to an actual farm and how animals are raised. They were also way too overbearing and it was quite annoying.
Any who, on to Zara's book.
3.5 stars
Ginger had a freak accident that nearly killed her when she was in eighth grade. Now her parents are overbearing and treat her as if she can't take care of herself. They run an organic food store called Ripe. They are very against antibiotics thinking that may have been the cause.
Ginger is trying to let her parents into having her stay at the dorms in college instead of staying at home. She ends up getting partnered with the school's only cowboy, Ray. Her parents don't like Ray. Though they don't know him or how his ranch is run, they decide that they aren't going to like him.
While I liked Ray and Ginger to a point. Their story was cute. It wasn't as great. I didn't like Ginger's parents. They seemed very ignorant when it comes to an actual farm and how animals are raised. They were also way too overbearing and it was quite annoying.
Any who, on to Zara's book.
March 6, 2022
LOOOOVVVVED Ray and Ginger. Hated her parents. One thing I love seeing in these books, too is not just the love these curvy, beautiful women start to realize they deserve but the family dynamics for all of them. They're all so different. Ray and his family was a breath of fresh air compared to Ginger and hers. But I had a feeling I wouldn't be fans of theirs from previous books; how Ginger was constantly on house arrest, if you will. But the relationship between Ray and Ginger felt real. The gradual growth felt relatable. And c'mon - who doesn't love a cowboy?!
April 15, 2022
DNF! Not only was this booking boring but I couldn’t connect with any of the characters. I admit that I only made it through 1 hour of the 9 hour audiobook but it usually doesn’t take me too long to determine whether the story is interesting or not. Also, Ray was a complete jerk to Ginger. He was so rude and judgmental that I just couldn’t keep going.
July 13, 2022
I want a cowboy now😭😭
Guys when I tell you that I literally have despised any sort of romance book with a cowboy in it, I’m not lying. But THIS!!! God Ray is so sweet with his Wranglers and his cowboy hat and how he subliminally tells Ging that he misses her by saying his girls (THE FUCKING COWS😭😭) miss her is so freaking sweet. And he was just so scared of losing her like he lost his dad. I love them😭😭😭🤰🏻🤰🏻
Guys when I tell you that I literally have despised any sort of romance book with a cowboy in it, I’m not lying. But THIS!!! God Ray is so sweet with his Wranglers and his cowboy hat and how he subliminally tells Ging that he misses her by saying his girls (THE FUCKING COWS😭😭) miss her is so freaking sweet. And he was just so scared of losing her like he lost his dad. I love them😭😭😭🤰🏻🤰🏻
May 21, 2024
Very nicely written. Sweetly written but did miss out some details. They would have been nice to know and add to the story. Did have an issue with some misplaced names but that is a publisher issue.
July 26, 2024
Such a cute enemy’s to lovers story with so much fluffiness thrown in all the places. And a wonderful way to show how to be true to yourself and how to get through the bad times by believing in yourself and with the support of friends and loved ones. 💜
August 12, 2021
LOVE THIS SERIES
April 1, 2024
Don't ask.
March 22, 2025
It was such a cute read with a great circle of friends Roy♥️♥️♥️
December 5, 2025
Honestly my fave of this series so far. her parents deserve a stern talking to tho
October 23, 2024
I feel like I should be not allowed to read any more romance books due to my standards becoming too high. Cause RAY?!?!??! “some girls are worth fighting for.” I’m crying (had to physically set my phone down to momentarily drown in my loneliness)
November 3, 2022
Cute book. Her parents were a bit ridiculous but glad they came around. Wished there was a bit more depth to this relationship but like seeing the couples in future stories.
September 8, 2021
cuando saco la guitarra y la hizo escucharlo cantar me puse a cuestionar muchas cosas
September 25, 2024
Het verhaal van Ginger en de cowboy Ray.
Ze moeten samen een opdracht doen voor school, een typische day-in-a-life video. Door deze opdracht komen ze dichter bij elkaar. En springt de vonk over.
De ouders van Ginger zijn zeer beschermd en willen niet dat ze alleen maar organische voedsel.
Als Ginger een astma aanval krijgt bij Ray thuis en in het ziekenhuis belandt, krijgt ze huisarrest van haar ouders omdat ze vinden dat ze zich niet verantwoordelijk gedraagt.
Zal het nog goedkomen?
Ze moeten samen een opdracht doen voor school, een typische day-in-a-life video. Door deze opdracht komen ze dichter bij elkaar. En springt de vonk over.
De ouders van Ginger zijn zeer beschermd en willen niet dat ze alleen maar organische voedsel.
Als Ginger een astma aanval krijgt bij Ray thuis en in het ziekenhuis belandt, krijgt ze huisarrest van haar ouders omdat ze vinden dat ze zich niet verantwoordelijk gedraagt.
Zal het nog goedkomen?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 28, 2021
Yeah okay I'm quitting the series. This was the best of the 3 that I've read and I still didn't love it.
What was better about this installment was that both characters had a personality. With the first two books the leading man was very much there. And that was the extent of their personality. They were also really nice, which made the manipulations and meanness of Rory and Jordan respectively much more deplorable. With this installment, Ray felt more fleshed out and he was also a more proactive character in the book.
The very quick gist is that Ginger has two helicopter parents (as opposed to the one that Rory did in her mother). She was really ill when she was younger, and her asthma makes her parents feel justified to wrap her in layers of cotton wool. She understandably chafes at this. She's motivated to push back on this treatment for two things - wanting more freedom as she heads off for college and her developing feelings for Ray. This whole part of the book, Ginger coming into her own, was all fine. And for about the first 60% this was a solid 3 star read.
Where the wheels fell off was around that 60% mark. Around the time that Ginger and Ray got together. The main foundation of this book is that Ginger's parents don't trust her to be an adult. They micromanage and control every part of her life. Ginger for her part is trying to seize control of her life and demonstrate she can make her own decisions. How does she do this? And full spoilers. She doesn't fill her asthma medication prescription (for days), lies about it, goes to a remote location (Ray's house), where snow storm forces her to stay the night, doesn't mention she doesn't have her medication, and in fact downplays her asthma treatment, then of course proceeds to have an asthma attack and requires emergency hospitalization....very responsible.
Immediately this went from a cute fluffy to read to aggravating and frustrating (much like the first two books). And what made it even worse was the aftermath. Ginger thinks she's responsible and deserves to manage her own life. Up to this point she is 100% in the right and you are on her side. But as she mismanages her illness, she loses all of this ground. And her petulance around the justifiable consequences following this made her a villain of her own story. Her parents ground her, take away her car and say she needs to work more at the store to work down the $10 000 (!!) hospital bill she worked up. And Ginger complains that it's unfair. Is it? Is it unfair Ginger?
The worst icing on the cake is that Ray breaks up with her because he's terrified she might actually die on his watch, just like his father did (!) and Ginger gets it, that's she's responsible for this.....for all of ONE second, then rapidly goes back to feeling misunderstood and victimised. And that's when I was 100% off board with her. She literally had one sentence taking accountability for her actions then the very next paragraph was her not understanding the consequences of her actions.
So yeah, no, that's 3 for 3 and I'm off this train.
What was better about this installment was that both characters had a personality. With the first two books the leading man was very much there. And that was the extent of their personality. They were also really nice, which made the manipulations and meanness of Rory and Jordan respectively much more deplorable. With this installment, Ray felt more fleshed out and he was also a more proactive character in the book.
The very quick gist is that Ginger has two helicopter parents (as opposed to the one that Rory did in her mother). She was really ill when she was younger, and her asthma makes her parents feel justified to wrap her in layers of cotton wool. She understandably chafes at this. She's motivated to push back on this treatment for two things - wanting more freedom as she heads off for college and her developing feelings for Ray. This whole part of the book, Ginger coming into her own, was all fine. And for about the first 60% this was a solid 3 star read.
Where the wheels fell off was around that 60% mark. Around the time that Ginger and Ray got together. The main foundation of this book is that Ginger's parents don't trust her to be an adult. They micromanage and control every part of her life. Ginger for her part is trying to seize control of her life and demonstrate she can make her own decisions. How does she do this? And full spoilers. She doesn't fill her asthma medication prescription (for days), lies about it, goes to a remote location (Ray's house), where snow storm forces her to stay the night, doesn't mention she doesn't have her medication, and in fact downplays her asthma treatment, then of course proceeds to have an asthma attack and requires emergency hospitalization....very responsible.
Immediately this went from a cute fluffy to read to aggravating and frustrating (much like the first two books). And what made it even worse was the aftermath. Ginger thinks she's responsible and deserves to manage her own life. Up to this point she is 100% in the right and you are on her side. But as she mismanages her illness, she loses all of this ground. And her petulance around the justifiable consequences following this made her a villain of her own story. Her parents ground her, take away her car and say she needs to work more at the store to work down the $10 000 (!!) hospital bill she worked up. And Ginger complains that it's unfair. Is it? Is it unfair Ginger?
The worst icing on the cake is that Ray breaks up with her because he's terrified she might actually die on his watch, just like his father did (!) and Ginger gets it, that's she's responsible for this.....for all of ONE second, then rapidly goes back to feeling misunderstood and victimised. And that's when I was 100% off board with her. She literally had one sentence taking accountability for her actions then the very next paragraph was her not understanding the consequences of her actions.
So yeah, no, that's 3 for 3 and I'm off this train.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 20, 2023
*SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK*
With each book I read in this series I end up liking the plot and characters less and less. This is the third book now that has controlling and mean parents. Isn't there one main character in this series that doesn't have to have a butt face parent? Plus from the epilogue for the next book, it sounds like that will have a jerk parent in it as well.
Other thoughts about this series that I'm too lazy to write as other than bullet points:
- Ray is just as bad as Ginger's mom in that they're both very judgmental of different ways of life. (like Ray was nice to Ginger before he knew her parent's ran the grocery store and then he became a jerk for no reason. His whole excuse of "well your parent's way of doing things hurts my way of life therefore I shall hurt you" is just that, an excuse. Ginger was nice to him at first and he was rude so she only started disliking him when he started being mean to her first.) Also insulting someone's parents doesn't make you out to be a good guy, it makes you out to be a rude moron.
- If Ginger's parent's work with other farms to sell healthy meat (which they talk about at the end of the book), I have no idea why they would assume that Ray's farm wouldn't do the same. Most people know that it's the big farming companies that cause all this so I don't know why Ginger's parents wouldn't also know this except for the author to have an excuse for Ginger's parents being judgmental and rude.
- The group treated the famous guy that Zara was dating out to be a complete monster, sure he did have a few things that made him a jerk but a lot of the other stuff was just the group being butt hurt. An example was when the whole group treated him like a jerk just because he didn't want to get in trouble for drinking with minors (Sarcasm: gasp how terrible of him). There were other things too that they blew way out of proportion for but I'm too lazy to discuss those. Felt like the author was just trying to find an excuse as to why the group/Zara should hate him but it backfired and made me hate the group instead.
- I can't believe this book referenced the show 'Tall Girl' when there is a completely better show out there that inspired tall girl named lovely complex. The fact that they even referenced 'Tall Girl' and said they liked the show made me think about giving the book a one star (That's a joke but it's still a terrible show).
- More of a complaint about all the books so far but the entire series uses the word cement A LOT. You want to know how I know? It's because I was listening to the audiobook, and the person reading it was saying the word like 'sea-ment' with a VERY silent t. Which sounds like another very gross word and it keeps popping up in the book. WHAT IS YOUR WEIRD FASCINATION WITH THE WORD CEMENT??? I'm begging you, use any other word, "concrete", "sidewalk", "the floor". I can't keeping hearing the audiobook reader use this word. XD
With each book I read in this series I end up liking the plot and characters less and less. This is the third book now that has controlling and mean parents. Isn't there one main character in this series that doesn't have to have a butt face parent? Plus from the epilogue for the next book, it sounds like that will have a jerk parent in it as well.
Other thoughts about this series that I'm too lazy to write as other than bullet points:
- Ray is just as bad as Ginger's mom in that they're both very judgmental of different ways of life. (like Ray was nice to Ginger before he knew her parent's ran the grocery store and then he became a jerk for no reason. His whole excuse of "well your parent's way of doing things hurts my way of life therefore I shall hurt you" is just that, an excuse. Ginger was nice to him at first and he was rude so she only started disliking him when he started being mean to her first.) Also insulting someone's parents doesn't make you out to be a good guy, it makes you out to be a rude moron.
- If Ginger's parent's work with other farms to sell healthy meat (which they talk about at the end of the book), I have no idea why they would assume that Ray's farm wouldn't do the same. Most people know that it's the big farming companies that cause all this so I don't know why Ginger's parents wouldn't also know this except for the author to have an excuse for Ginger's parents being judgmental and rude.
- The group treated the famous guy that Zara was dating out to be a complete monster, sure he did have a few things that made him a jerk but a lot of the other stuff was just the group being butt hurt. An example was when the whole group treated him like a jerk just because he didn't want to get in trouble for drinking with minors (Sarcasm: gasp how terrible of him). There were other things too that they blew way out of proportion for but I'm too lazy to discuss those. Felt like the author was just trying to find an excuse as to why the group/Zara should hate him but it backfired and made me hate the group instead.
- I can't believe this book referenced the show 'Tall Girl' when there is a completely better show out there that inspired tall girl named lovely complex. The fact that they even referenced 'Tall Girl' and said they liked the show made me think about giving the book a one star (That's a joke but it's still a terrible show).
- More of a complaint about all the books so far but the entire series uses the word cement A LOT. You want to know how I know? It's because I was listening to the audiobook, and the person reading it was saying the word like 'sea-ment' with a VERY silent t. Which sounds like another very gross word and it keeps popping up in the book. WHAT IS YOUR WEIRD FASCINATION WITH THE WORD CEMENT??? I'm begging you, use any other word, "concrete", "sidewalk", "the floor". I can't keeping hearing the audiobook reader use this word. XD
October 10, 2020
So good. Enjoyed Ginger and Ray's story. Ginger an AV nerd is paired with Ray the cowboy, on a partner endeaver for her Audiovisual class. Ray, having to become the man of his household after his Father passed away, just wants nothing to do with Ginger or her organic nutty fami!y. I laughed, gasped and cried as the story unfolded. Not just for YA group, I'm a 57 year-old woman and truly enjoyed the book. If you like clean stories with heart, you can't go wrong with 'Curvy Girls Can't Date Cowboys '. I highly recommend. I received this book from the publisher. The thoughts and comments are my own.
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