Cody's Girl

by Jordan Silver

From his first sight of her, he knew she'd make him break all the rules. Cody is a college quarterback from a middle-class background with dreams of making it to the big league. Lisa is the daughter of an elite family with an overprotective mother who'd balk at the idea of these two being together. There's someone else lurking behind the scenes who would do anything to come between the two young lovers, but Cody's not about to let anyone stop them, neither is his girl.

Genres: College, Sports, New Adult, Romance, Young Adult, Slow Burn, Sports Romance

498 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2022

About the author

Jordan Silver is the author of more than 150 steamy romance novels and novellas featuring over the top alpha males and the women who love them.


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Reviews

[Beeg Panda · Rating 3 out of 5]

⚠️No wonder it’s so long and drawn out: it’s KINDLE VELLA❗️⚠️

He’s way way too patient with ow but when he does confront her it’s 🗡️magical💀- so worth the wait 🤡

“You’d think after letting off steam on my butt, he’d have calmed down, but nope, he still looked like puff the magic dragon. No, wait, Grandma Astor said that song is talking about drugs. What the hell am I thinking about? Cody just spanked me. Is that like a thing?”

[Flo₂₂ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dang this was a nightmare ! DNF At 50% and then skipped a bit , but even with that i couldn't bring my self to finish it after 65%.

This is so long for literary no reason, it's so freaking repetitive and full of inner monologues! Each thing they do or say it's pointed out so many times like we don't get it the first time. It reminded me of SFK books 😪🙄🙄🙄🙄

The worst thing is that even if it's this long all the good stuffs are off page, like their first time together or after that etc ..again what's the point... so annoying!!!

We even have OW pov multiple times , again NOT NEEDED...

IT Drags 0n and i0 and on and on.

Look it was all about how they are into each other really sweet but come on...

Don't even let me start of how naive and dumb this girl is 😂.

The author is better keep going with the old way, it was better.

[Melluvsbooks]

DNF @ 78% - I was hopeful on this one (well, as hopeful as you can be when dealing with Jordan Silver 😬) but holy crap there was no need for this book to be nearly 500 pages. I was willing to pretend I didn’t notice the misuse of words and misspellings and run-on sentences and just a complete lack of editing… but holy Jebus. There is not 500 pages of material here. At best she’s a got a novella. A really short novella. Maybe 150 pages. It reminded me of Talons Heart, which is one of my favorites by JS, but I just lost interest in this book.

[Bela]

Fade to black most scenes.no ott 13 inch anacondas


The OW is OBSESSED with the H, so much so that she drugs him & tries to drag him into her car (his teammates stop her). The h & H meet right after that. The OW has been trying to get the H for 3yrs!!! He is NOT interested. The OW is beautiful & rich, with a Senator daddy. The H is the school quarterback. The h is a sheltered 18yr old freshman with an insanely wealthy family (richer than the OW). The OW drama is insane, as is the OW.

[*CJ*]

After struggling for hours with confusion and boredom, I am dnfing this tale of young love between Cody and Lisa because this will put you into a coma. GOSH.

UNRATED.

[Raffaella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok reading, usual Uber obsessive hero who basically annihilates the heroine’s personality and she’s ok with it. It was insta love and insta lust, with some people getting to make mischief. The damage is not done to their relationship since they’re in love and united and the hero is not a dumb one, but some jealous people try to hurt them.
It’s usual JS, a loooot of sex and very weird also with some not very anatomically correct remarks that left me oh I just can’t, but it wasn’t bad. Uber safe, Uber controlling. If you’re not fond of heroes who control basically everything the heroine do and who she can meet or be friend with, this is not for you.
It was an easy reading.

[Raine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lisa and Cody

It's been a while since I've given a Jordan Silver book 5 stars. But this one was very entertaining - the story, the drama, the main characters, the secondary characters - they were all good! This is probably a book I'll read again. Also, it seems like there will be a tie-in with the Lyon series. I can't wait!!!

[Miki’s⚠️ Safety Reviews & Rants⚠️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this more then others
First 40% or more dragged and was very repetitive but once it picked up it was the usual JS read and I liked it.
It could have been way shorter.
Safe
H was a hoe in HS but was celibate for 2 1/2 years to focus on school and football
h was a V like never done anything V
Insta love
Alpha H but not as much as her usual


I’m disappointed we didn’t get their first time
But we do eventually get sex but not a lot which was fine I’m just glad it wasn’t all FTB

I’m t was sweet a your typical JS book but more drawn out
I could have used less info about how much sex he had and how many woman wanted him. It’s was OTT but that normal for JS

Overall I liked it but didn’t love it

Reminds me of a longer version of Talons heart

[Pinash]

DNF. I only read Jordan Silver for her smutty scenes n i just read a scene where they’re kissing one minute and then bam they r discussing how she lost her virginity. Where did the sex go??? I did not suffer through the boring ass chapters for 50% of the book to hear them discuss taking her virginity. Nah uh. So done

[Nana Pickrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one will go into my favorites list with Talons Heart, Passion, and Rebound. I loved the two of these characters together. The surprise at the end blew me away too.

[LaBlue · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m at 35% and so far I see two morons. One who thinks ignoring the bear will make it go away and the other who thinks poking the bear will make it go away. Smdh. I also see another sad excuse for a villain who I am forced to read POV’s from that make me want to throw my eyes away afterwards. I am not entertained.

UPDATE

This book was so crappy. It wandered and meandered and dragged out every little thing. It had next to no JS level of naughtiness. It went back and further in one scene explaining what’s happening, or never getting to the point. The villain was a dummy more than anything else really. The MMC was nice enough for a jock simp. The FMC was straight terrible. One minute she is smart and shy and driven and the next she is plotting and manipulating everyone around her like an expert while supposedly never having done that before. Then she turned into this juvenile spoiled brat who ran to mommy for everything but b!tch!ng how she wants her freedom but is all eager to get hitched.

The FMC was a “Sybil” as the MMC had described her as being. The author wrote her like she was ten people in one. It was mind boggling considering she cried and baby’s out for everything.

Then the story ended sorta on a cliffhanger. I’m not sure anyway.

I realized that this a published pay per chapter story so that can explain the dragging out of the story but seriously it could have been half as long and still would have been too long as next to NOTHING ever really happened. It was all near misses or easily handled. IT WAS BORING!! I was interested in reading this book because of the attempted dater@p€ of the MMC, but doesn’t even happen on page. It happens before this book even opens.

I will never read this again! Good luck.

[Carrie Gubish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun read

I loved the beginning and the end. The middle dragged on a bit. But towards the end, it get so funny in places that I laughed. Loved this author talking about Colton at the end because Lyon's books are my favorite. This book has lots of drama and more sex towards the end. In the beginning, the sex scenes were none existed and was shocked because this author sometimes writes too much.
Loved the Cybil chewing gum comment. Wasn't expecting that and laughed.

[VoraciousReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book badly needed editing. So many wrong words and so much incorrect punctuation.

[Vfc · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reminiscent of Talon’s Heart…a role reversal depicting Lisa as Talon, and Cody is Skylar. She’s über wealthy whereas Cody comes from humble beginnings.

This story was too long.

Susie Powell has had Cody Baxter in her crosshairs. When he wasn’t enticed by her ‘charms’ she decided to amplify her pursuit to the date rape route and drug him. The word around campus is she’s been pursuing him, trying to get into his bed since they’d both started at college. He rejected her as he’d done everyone else, but her dad’s a senator, and her mum’s a big shot lobbyist; in other words, they’re filthy rich and she’s not used to being told no.

According to his friends, he’d left the bar with Susie appearing incoherent after only three beers, which, everyone who knew him recognised to be a joke. He’s no alcoholic, but three beers have never put him out of commission. They thought she’d finally worn him down, but something about his movements alerted them that he didn’t look right, so they got a few of the guys to follow Cody.

“When we saw her trying to get you into her car, bro, the way you kept resisting, I knew we had to step in. If it was anyone else but her, I probably would’ve left it alone, but nah, that sh*t was off.”
According to Chad, after they confronted her, she put up a fight and had a b*tch fit, but they, knowing how he felt about her, didn’t let up and got him away from her and back to his dorm.

While he was trying to get his bearings after what sounded like a close call with date rape, Chad brought Steve up to date with the Susie situation. Susie, as Chad described, is a prime creeper-stalker. On his first day here, she kinda latched onto him and refused to let go. He was mildly interested because she was hot, but as much as he would’ve liked to give her what she was after, he passed. That didn’t stop her efforts. She friended him on Facebook, followed him on Instagram, and on every other social media network platform that he was on. He should’ve known when she went back three years to like all of his Facebook pictures.

Then she started materialising everywhere he was, her persistence bordering on annoying. That went on almost daily for the first year. But when she showed up in his bed uninvited, he told her in no uncertain terms that he wasn’t interested, and had he been, her actions would’ve killed any interest he had a long time ago.

Everything he said to discourage her failed, it got to the point where she’d run off any female who even showed the slightest interest in him.

Susie is one of those girls that refuses to accept rejection and amplifies her craziness, reduced to drugging him. He tries to remember where he might have left his drink unattended or where she could’ve gotten the means to his drink. There’s no other explanation for his memory loss and the reason he’d felt disoriented after a mere three beers. He remembers visiting the restroom once throughout the night, and he’d left his mug on the table with his buddies.
He knew without evidence that it was his word against hers. Vestiges may or may not be in his system, but no one saw her place it in his drink. He could just hear her saying she was only trying to help when she was shoving him into her car.

For some reason, the more he avoided the female population, the more they pursued him. Still, there was no lack of interested parties dogging him, every day. He hadn’t Interacted with any of the girls on campus unless it was the girlfriend of one of his teammates, never leading anyone on, no mixed signals that could lure him down a rabbit hole.

The focus of his energy has always been worrying about his dad and maintaining his GPA. The fact that she’d drugged him convinced him of her instability. His first year, she’d broken into his room and gotten into his bed because of a faulty lock on the door.

Annalisa Amelia Astor-Davenport, is pedigreed, American royalty, an heiress with unlimited access to old-money. When he meets her, he is immediately attracted to her; having almost forgotten about Susie’s existence …until she resurfaces, fixated on them.

Lisa is rather shy and timid, until she met Cody. Her first time away from her family, and although her mum was concerned about her little girl being far away from home, she’d been looking forward to this since her last year of high school.

She oftentimes wonders how her parents ever met, let alone fell in love and got married, being so utterly different…especially as her Dad is clever and easygoing, whereas her mum she believes to be shy.

Cody’s been sexually active since fourteen but he’s had his game plan in line a long time and despite dabbling in the love game a time or two, he’s never lost his heart to anyone and, quite frankly, wasn’t interested in anything that would get in the way of him fulfilling his dream. Until he is gobsmacked by a shy, retreating Lisa.

His reason for not dating anyone was because of the game, but the moment he laid eyes on her walking across the dining hall, there was no question that she was it for him.

The sweet, naïve, small-town virgin attracting the campus hot jock. There are moments when it feels like he’s ignoring the oath he made, concentrating on his football career. But when he thinks about pushing her out of his life, he gets sick to his stomach.

Jess snorted at Alexis’ recitation. “What?” Alexis asked her with a frown.
“A senator and a lobbyist, this one can probably buy them both ten times over with the interest from her trust fund.” I’m almost certain it’s nowhere near the Davenport’s obscene wealth. Her family has been buying and selling politicians for generations.

Somewhere between their first date and ringing her father seeking medical help for his father, she’d claimed Cody Baxter. His father, the man he loved and respected most in this world, was fighting a life-threatening disease. Her father has created a wonder drug and has been taking care of Cody’s dad, accepting him into his new experimental clinical trial.

Lisa’s disrupted Cody’s life in a short span of time, and he doesn’t think he can ever be without her.

Susie’s obsessed and fixated on Cody. Her plotting and conniving comes to a head as she deliberately vandalises Lisa’s luxury vehicle. Susie is entitled and self-destructive. One look at Lisa’s family, has Susie’s mother retreating in realisation of the power the family wields. Drama ensues, causing them to be embroiled in unnecessary drama with the entitled twit.

“If I count on my fingers, there are three men to three women in this family, including me, but from what I’ve seen and heard so far, each woman is like six different people, so the men are outnumbered any way you look at it. I consoled myself with the fact that I’m from the streets, unlike her father and grandfather, and there’s no way she’s going to run game on me, not now that I’ve got her number.

Lisa over time has programmed herself to oppose her family on principle, as Cody sat beside her, talking to her family reminiscing about her as if he’d known them all his life. He was enjoying the embarrassing conversations about things that she doesn’t even remember. The people in the room had spent their entire lives looking out for her best interests.

Both grandmas had held tea parties together with her in the back garden every third Sunday without fail. She attended her first Broadway play, the Nutcracker with both sets of grandparents at the age of three or four. They’ve gone every year since.

On every family holiday, they spend at least one full day doting entirely on her. Her Mum doesn’t go shopping unless she buys her something special; even if she knows Lisa might never wear it (it’s never happened). Her father taught her to tie her laces and make funny sounds when she reads. He rolled around with her in the grass, and her mum has a video of him crying after he put her first swing set together. He’d been so proud that he’d done it himself without any help.

In retrospect she realises her mum encouraged her to try new things, things that she swore over the years she never did, but now for whatever reason, the memories came flooding back. Her throwing a tantrum because she no longer wanted to do something after pleading and begging and being allowed to have it. Her mum standing firm because her little girl had told her how much she hated that thing, or how much it had hurt. Close to tears, she sees four older people, her grandparents, who have loved her to extreme since before leaving the womb, wanting so much to do everything they could for her.

Classic Jordan Silver laced with humour.
Cody’s on Lisa…
“Lisa, meanwhile, was chewing her gum like none of this had anything to do with her. Personality number three had entered the fray, I guess. If she had a doll, she’d have been playing with it.”

“Sybil was still chewing her gum and looking at the far wall as if she wasn’t even here, and it had nothing to do with her. Like she didn’t set this whole thing off. Firestarter.”

“I started to confront them again, but he shook his head slightly and turned back to the demented coven of elders who had forgotten to drag their carcasses into the twenty-first century.”

“He’s pulling my leg if he believes that’s what Hyacinth Bucket meant.”
(‘Keeping Up Appearances’ reference).

The grandparents upstaged and hijacked the storyline with their plotting and meting out justice whilst planning world domination.

[Ꭿຖᥲ·♡ ྀི · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5✯

°Virgin heroine
°Former manwhore (he was a hoe in his early teens)/he's been celibate for several years (3 I think) when he meets the h
°Multiple POVs (mainly H, h and psycho OW)
°He's 21, she's 18
°Insta love/lust
°No separation
°No cheating or scenes with OP
°Sometimes they used condoms sometimes they didn't
°No pushing away
°OTT OW:
--Susie was LITERALLY unhinged
--she was obsessed with Cody and had been trying to get his attention for 3 years (he was never interested in her)
--the day before Lisa (h) and Cody met, Susie drugged him (date rape) but his friends saved him
--she sent a picture of her kissing a guy to Lisa (the guy -OM- was wearing Cody's jersey so Lisa thought he was cheating on her)
--she drugged a guy -OM- who liked Lisa and made him believe that Lisa was cheating on him with Cody, when he was super high she took him to Lisa's apartment, she wanted him to rape Lisa but Cody saved her
--there's a sex scene between Susie and the OM

What I didn't like:
°Cody wasn't very alpha IMO, I mean he was but he wasn't the usual OTT caveman that JS writes
°He did absolutely nothing to stop Susie (he only ignored her) until he found out that she had sent the OM to rape Lisa
°This book was waaaay too fucking long, there were too many unnecessary details and too much internal monologue...
°Their first time was off page! TF!
°There were only a few detailed sex scenes and they were incredibly boring and short, there was no anal, no dirty talking, no 13-inch dick, I mean wtf JS?!
°I liked Lisa at first, she was sweet and meek (my favorite type of heroine) but after Susie tried to break her and Cody apart she had a personality transplant and became super annoying, I know she was trying to get revenge on Susie but I didn't like the way she started acting
---Epilogue: around a year later married with twins and she's pregnant again

[Jordan Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

nearly five stars

It’s nearly five stars… but I looked back at my notes…

“So, Lisa, tell me about yourself; where are you from?”
“A little place called Potomac Manors, it’s in Maryland.” Dumb, he didn’t ask for your address, just a general location.
“A southern girl, huh!”
“I guess, and you?”
“Me, I’m a good old Yankee from the state of New Jersey.”


This is insane … they’re both Yankees… who doesn’t know that Maryland is in the North?! If they had used Virginia, they would’ve been correct, BUT MARYLAND?!

I cannot imagine a young Lisa… Lisa should’ve been the mom’s name. Cody is fine and a young kid’s name … and should not be in a relationship with Lisa.

[TH👨 = MINE.] What do you think this means? It’s allegedly vanity plates - but you can’t use an emoji? You also can’t use special characters… I thought the boy is mine but the man makes more sense cause of the mustache. And like why not use E? It was so confusing and she spent a couple chapters talking about the vanity plate and I was like WILL I EVER KNOW?! For it to be that and I was confused

Annalisa, however is a Great name.

I just can’t get over saying Maryland is a southern state, though them not being at an east coast school like i originally thought makes sense.

I’m unclear about the ending. Or how Lisa is gonna end up a doctor but overall a decent read. I wish I understood the reference to the senator at the end. I wish we had seen Susie’s pov where she finally realized her goose was cooked. Where did Jeff go?

But it was a fun Jordan Silver. Even with its absurdity.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cody is the star quarterback working his way into the pros. He has derailed a bit lately due to his fathers illness and is trying to regain his footing when he sees Lisa for the first time. Lisa is a new student and although Cody has played the field, he never planned to settle down. Lisa is his game changer.

Lisa is thrilled to be starting college. She has led a sheltered life and this is the first time she can truly blossom on her own. She loves her parents but her moms overprotectiveness is stifling at times. She doesn't plan for Cody and when he makes it clear his feelings, she gives Cody a chance. Lisa has never been in a relationship and is learning to navigate even though Cody has a relentless stalker who wants to get her out of the picture.

This reminded me a bit of Talon's Heart but there is a lot more to this one. I really enjoyed this one, it had a little bit of everything I like in a book. Another wonderful story from this author.

[Alma Bendfeldt · Rating 5 out of 5]

So excited!!!!

Something different, in a good way. More story, more substance to the story. I loved, loved that the heroine came out of her shell at the right time, she had backbone and attitude. I laughed at the gum part, so funny. I like that the heroine was the one carrying the story most of the time, protective, possessive, funny, smart and innocent all in one. My heart stopped when Colton Lyon was mention, he's my ultimate alpha male. I can't wait.

[Misty Schott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cody may have interest in something other than football.

For years Cody Baxter has been focusing on football and getting drafted after college. The day Lisa walks into the cafeteria at his college all his plans of not dating fly right out the window because Cody knows she will be his for a lifetime. This is a great read and I loved it.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love Jordan Silver's writing.

The stories are always so engaging! I always look forward to when she drops new books.

I've read all her books and keep re-reading until a new one comes.
I love that most of her books are connected to Colton and can't wait to see how the Astors and Davenport relate to Colton.

[Ashley Mclagan Bonds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read

I love all of jordan silver books, I especially love that this one ties into the lyon trilogies. I absolutely adore this crazy family. I laugh so hard during my read that my family looks at me like I've lost my mind... I can't wait for the next chapter of this ongoing saga

[Dena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cody is a super star

This was a cute story and I admired the switch from a guy to a girl being rich. I also liked that Cody didn’t take umbrage with that. He seemed very mellow about everything except when it came to her. I love the heroes and I’m glad that she didn’t waste time with waiting and making the whole thing a cat and mouse game.

[Gretta Monster · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst JS

I didn't like this one. Slooowwwww. Boring. WAY too much inner monolog. Not enough character interaction. Not sweet and romantic nor spicy. Barely any romance, really. Not much action. Suzie the villan was more interesting than Cody and Lisa. Almost didn't finish, but skimmed the last quarter of the book to see what happened.

[Joyce Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

If you like a good plot,antagonist, and a macho protagonists this book is good reading.After you get pass the filler.Skipping thru the filler for convo was my only complaint but I understand. Love you Jordan. You have a god given talent keep using it.

[Lovesbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always, always good

I always look forward to a Jordan silver book! Especially when there's a crazy good villain! And if you've read any of her books, you know she's taken care of. Cody & Lisa are perfect and of course a HEA.

[Angel Rose · Rating 1 out of 5]

It started off as a sweet read but at a point it became like a checklist instead of descriptions. I am always excited to read one of jordan silver books. But this book made me sad. Loved the protagonists, though I couldn't finish the book, it lost it's charm after 400 pages

[Renee Kenward · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sneaky Sneaky

This should be a 10 out of 10!!! If you haven't read a Jordan Silver book then you need to start ASAP... This book was all kinds of fun and sexy. Cody & Lisa might be my new fave... And what a surprise ending. Woot woot

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book

This is definitely another Jordan Silver hit!! Cody's Girl is a great story from beginning to end. This book will have you laughing at parts and on the edge of your seat during others.

[romance_lover · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. I was looking for spice but instead I got a boring book. The plot had potential but it didn’t need to be THAT LONG. Plus, a few more heated scenes wouldn’t have hurt. I was expecting more from this author

[Sara Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Back to her classics!

I loved this book! Jordan Silver's books lately have changed and I dont even look for new releases for her anymore but this one brought me back to her writing that I love.