She's clumsy, her voice runs a mile a minute and I felt like banging my head against the wall, especially when watching her heated exchanges with Ryan. I could believe that Rachel knew nothing about the inside workings of the NFL, but even with bringing my own knowledge and interest in sports into this read, Rachel really just didn't have a single clue about the sport at all - not even for general/basic knowledge. When Rachel stumbles into the wrong party one night, she begins a tumultuous relationship with Ryan that involves crude assumptions about his profession. Rachel is a flighty bookworm-ish assistant at a publishing house, Ryan is a major NFL star whose name by mention alone draws a crowd. The biggest part of my annoyance came from the unapologetic and insufferable leading characters. I think Allison Parr carried the storyline well enough in the structure, but this felt like hearing nails on a chalkboard in spurts.

So if you're asking me whether or not I liked this book - I don't know on what side I fall definitively. Mercifully, it proved a quick read when all was said and done, but at the same time - I'll admit it held my attention from beginning to end. This book irritated the ever-loving crumb out of me, for about 95% of the time that I read it. It was just really generic and over-the-top in execution.

I wanted to mentally headsmack some sense into the leading characters several times, but the premise of the story wasn't terrible. Initial reaction: Yeah.I need to think about this one, but it's unapologetic chick-lit.

Rush Me by Allison Parr