The Studying Hours by Sara Ney Pages: 307
Series: How to Date a Douchebag #1
Genres: New Adult, Sports Romance
Source: Amazon
Also in this series: The Failing Hours, The Learning Hours, The Coaching Hours, The Lying Hours
Also by this author: The Failing Hours, The Learning Hours, The Coaching Hours, Jock Row, The Lying Hours
Goodreads
CRUDE. ARROGANT. A**HOLE.No doubt about it, Sebastian ‘Oz’ Osborne is the university’s most celebrated student athlete—and possibly the biggest douchebag. A walking, talking cliché, he has a filthy mouth, a fantastic body, and doesn’t give a sh*t about what you or anyone else thinks. SMART. CLASSY. CONSERVATIVE.Make no mistake, Jameson Clarke may be the university’s most diligent student—but she is no prude. Spending most of her time in the hallowed halls of the library, James is wary of pervs, jocks, and douchebags—and Oz Osborne is all three.
She’s smart, sarcastic—and not what he expected. …EVERY DOUCHBAG HAS HIS WEAKNESS.
He wants to be friends.He wants to spend time with her.He wants to drive her crazy.
He wants…
Her.
The Studying Hours is book 1 in the How to Date a Douchebag series. Recently, I talked about tropes in romance books and one I mentioned being tired of is the man whore trope. This is the main trope used in The Studying Hours so I was a bit disappointed at first; however, in all fairness, the series is all about douchebags so its not like I was really expecting different. I guess I was just hoping maybe Oz, the hero, was misunderstood. Nope, he is a huge man whore.
My second comment on the hero is that he does have sex and engage in sexual behavior with other girls after meeting the heroine. I know there are lots of readers who are bothered by this behavior, so I wanted to make it clear up front!
Sebastian “Oz” is very arrogant. He is a D1 wrestler and thinks he is God’s gift. When Jameson won’t give him the time of day, the game is on! He is determined to figure her out. So, his motives start with nothing more than figuring out why she is immune. He wants to be an HR director after college so he can stand up for people (after a specific incident his sister endured). However, he treats women pretty poorly, so I struggled with his desire to be a good guy. It was like he realized his behavior and the way he treats women is wrong, but only when its in the workplace. At college, its fine apparently… This is typical of my struggle with Oz. You get a glimpse of a good person under the man whore ways, then it collides with his actions and the dichotomy isn’t painting a good picture of him.
Jameson is a bit more of your typical girl. She plays it cool, but when she finds out he is asking friends about her, she gets giddy. I wanted to punch her at the point. But, overall, I really liked her and loved that she pushed Oz to respect her.
Eventually, Oz won me over. I didn’t expect it, but I kind of did fall in love with these two. However, I am NOT in love with Zeke….I am not sure she can redeem him in the next book.
- POV: 1st (Oz and Jameson)
- Tears: no
- Trope: man whore
- Triggers: none
- Series/Standalone: stand alone within an interconnected series
- Cliffhanger: View Spoiler »
- HEA: View Spoiler »
#Nerd by Cambria Hebert, Fallen Crest by Tijan, Filthy English by Ilsa Madden Mills, The Goal by Elle Kennedy…then you will probably like The Studying Hours!
The Studying Hours
That title cracked me up. I usually avoid this type of book but I now wonder what I might be missing.
The title is totally what grabbed me! I am kind of over the man whore thing though. Like, I kind of want to read the next one, but I’m not sure how much man whore/ass hole I can handle, you know?
[…] like Amy Daws, Sara Ney, Aurora Rose Reynolds, Harper Sloan…then you will probably like Ask Me If I […]