Recommend A…(3)

…Book With A Bad Boy

Guys, I can’t tell you how ecstatic I was when Shanyn from Chick Loves Lit announced that she was starting this awesome meme.  Recommend A… is finally giving me the chance to cater to my inner nerd for specificity and randomness!! AND I LOVE IT. So props to Shanyn, who is fab for starting this up. I’m looking forward to giving some attention to books that might have missed everyone’s radar for one reason or another. Woo hoo!

I feel like we all know some books with bad boys in them, guys. But I’m trying to dig through the archives, friends. Maybe pick a few that I don’t see mentioned all the time. This is what I came up with. 

She’s So Dead to Us (He’s So/She’s So #1) by Kieran Scott. So guys, you probably know by now that I’m from New Jersey. You probably also know that I’m pretty psyched about it. Maybe you also know that my hometown pride pretty much prevents me from skipping over books set in my home state. I HAVE to read them otherwise I feel guilty. SHE’S SO DEAD TO US, the first book in Kieran Scott’s series not only takes place in Jersey, but it also has all the drama and excess and shenanigans that come with rich teenagers. One of whom happens to be a bad boy, and thus the reason for this book’s presence here. Jake Graydon is one of those rich, popular, hot boys who I don’t even need to describe any further. He hooks up, drinks, flunks out of class, and gets pissed when his dad takes away his new Range Rover. But he wants to reform, ladies, so that he can get with Ally Ryan, the “she” from the title. These are FUN books, guys, made even more so by Jake. 

Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu. Often when I’m reading this book I tell myself that Day,the street urchin/thief/minor criminal/general trouble-maker/now fugitive of the Republic, is really older than he’s supposed to be in the books–15–so that I don’t feel so gross having a little crush on him. But he’s got that swagger, guys. That bad-boy confidence. Plus he’s smart and sneaky and flirts like a pro. Not surprised that June both hated him for a little bit and then fell for him. Big fan. 

The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima. Han Alister, guys. He was an effing STREET LORD OF THIEVES. A criminal. Who also happens to be hot, smart, clever, confident, and MAGIC (literally). Han is the epitome of a bad boy to me.  There’s no question that he has that charm. The magnetism that gets people to follow him and do what he asks. He has exes who hate him and powerful people who hate him, but he also has Raisa, who couldn’t hate him if she tried (which she does). I LOVE HIM. A bad boy of the most excellent nature.