Release Blitz + Review | xo, Zach by Kendall Ryan --> 5 Stars
TITLE: xo, Zach
AUTHOR: Kendall Ryan
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: January 23rd, 2018
The first time we met was at a party.
Your ex arrived to show off the person he'd left you for last month, and you asked me to pretend to be your date.
I was more than happy to help. You were attractive, smart and witty--and that kiss we shared? It left me wanting you for days.
The second time we met was in my office on campus where we were both surprised to discover you were the new master’s degree student in poetry that I would be working with. You promised to be professional. I did no such thing.
The late nights and intense study sessions spent alongside you majorly throw me off my game. I want you, and I fight with myself daily over this fact.
I know I'm crass, that my sexual innuendos and dirty mouth annoy you, but I live for those two bright spots of color in your cheeks. If that's the only reaction I can get out of you, I'll gladly take it.
You hate Mondays so every Monday I slip an anonymous poem into your bag and your smile gets me through the week.
I think I'm falling for you, and I know it's wrong. I know that I'm only supposed to be your adviser and nothing more, but here's the thing. I think you're falling for me too.
xo, Zach
Audible → Live release, narrated by Andi Arndt & Sebastian York
⭐️ 5 "Poems and Hearts" Stars ⭐️
xo, Zach might be my new favorite book by Kendall Ryan. It’s really beautiful and charming! It made me feel so good with all these lovely moments.
I loved Zach personality from the start! He’s sexy and sweet, but also confident and teasing. His relationship with Poppy, the heroine of this story, is delightful to witness. When they meet in a party and share a kiss, something shifts in them; they leave a mark on each other. When they realize he’s her new advisor for her graduate program, Poppy is even more confused about the attraction and developing feelings she has for him.
“Poppy, sweet Poppy. Dangerous Poppy. She was pure fire. And I could not have been any more willing to throw myself headlong into flames.”
Zach is simply irresistible. He’s the kind of dreamy hero I enjoy reading about. He likes to show a certain cockiness, without being too much. He knows there’s a certain chemistry between Poppy and him and uses it to make suggestive comments to make her blush. Swoon!!! But he’s also so much more than this, he wants something real with her.
Poppy has big responsibilities in her personal life, making her apprehensive of a relationship with Zach. Add to it the forbidden aspect of their romance and you have a girl who makes Zach works hard to finally get her affection. When they share some passionate moments, it’s explosive and charged with emotions too.
“I wanted to drop to my knees and pledge my allegiance to her, and I would have if I thought it would do any good.”
I enjoyed the supporting characters a lot. They are very present and bring something more to this story. The scenes between Zach and his mom or between Poppy and her friends Jodee and Kody are hilarious. I laughed at all their antics.
I highly recommend this read! It will make you swoon so hard for the sexy Zach and his beautiful relationship with Poppy.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
"This is serious, Poppy. Will you promise?"
"What am I promising?" This man had a way of getting me to say things, to feel things, to admit things that I might not have otherwise. I wasn't sure if it was because he was older and wiser and that much more cunning at these types of discussions, or if it was just because being near him seemed to physically lower my inhibitions. He was like a walking shot of tequila.
"I need you to promise me that if anything physical happens between us—that it will be very consensual, and very sex-positive. I need you to understand that I will worship you and make you come So. Many. Fucking Times."
He annunciated those words so clearly and slowly, I felt them with every beat of my heart, every pulse of heat between my legs.
Oblivious to my hammering heart, Zach continued. "But I also need you to know that if I do or say anything you don't like, all you have to do is say so and everything will stop. Just the word no, Poppy. Use it and I promise to leave you alone."
"Leave me alone as in stop mentoring me, stop helping me in the program?"
His face was serious and he shook his head without even considering it. "I will never stop mentoring you, as long as you want it. Giving in to our attraction—or not—will never be a condition for my help. I want you to succeed, and it has nothing to do with how much I want you in my bed. Do you understand that?"
I felt myself nodding my head.
I knew what he was saying. Despite how aggressively Zach put his feelings on the subject of us out there—I knew he'd never betray my wishes.
"Okay," I murmured.
He considered me for a long moment, neither of us blinking.
"Why did you approach me that night at the party, Poppy. Did you find me attractive?"
Was he fucking serious?
Of course I find him attractive. Actually, attractive was too weak a word. I found him mesmerizing. Addictive. Enchanting. Impossible.
"I'm not saying I do, but if I wanted something to happen ..." I swallowed a wave of nerves and took a shallow breath as Zach's mouth curved into a grin.
"Something as in finding out how many times in a row I can make you come using my mouth, my hands, and my ..."
I held up one hand. "Yes. That. How would it work, isn't it, like, forbidden?"
God, why did the word forbidden make me feel even hotter?
KENDALL RYAN
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 1.5 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world. She's a traditionally published author with Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as an independently published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she's appeared at #1 on Barnes & Noble and iBooks charts around the world. Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than three dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.
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