Release Blitz + Review | The Trouble With You (Rixon Raiders #1) by L.A. Cotton --> 4.5 Stars
TITLE: The Trouble With You
SERIES: Rixon Raiders #1 AUTHOR: L.A. Cotton
GENRE: YA / NA
RELEASE DATE: June 19th, 2019
From the author of the Wicked Bay series, comes an angsty YA/NA enemies-to-lovers romance. Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready... The Raiders are coming!
Hailee Raine only has to survive one more year.
One year of life in her football obsessed town.
One year of nauseating school spirit.
Just one more year of her cruel step-brother Jason; and his cocky, arrogant, football-playing friends.
She hates them. Especially, Cameron Chase, the guy she thought was different.
Cameron Chase has the world at his feet.
He has it all; good looks, talent, and the charm to go with it.
He has colleges lined up at the door, all wanting a piece of Rixon Raiders star wide receiver.
Until something threatens everything he's ever worked for, and only one person can quiet the war raging inside him.
But he's supposed to hate her; his best friend's sister.
She's off-limits.
Untouchable.
She's trouble with a capital T.
Then Hailee finds herself in the middle of a football prank gone wrong...
And suddenly hating each other never felt so good.
** The Trouble With You is the first book in The Rixon Raiders series. All books in this series can be read as standalones! **
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⭐️ 4.5 "I See You" Stars ⭐️
The Trouble with You was my introduction to L.A. Cotton books and it made an incredible impression on me. I loved everything about this high school romance with a strong football spirit! The Rixon Raiders are the stars of their town and it’s so apparent throughout this story. Hailee and Cameron's tumultuous relationship is incredible, but also the secondary characters are a huge part of why I enjoyed this book so much!
"You don't hate me. you hate yourself. I'm everything you loathe, but you want me anyway."
Cameron is best friend with Hailee’s step brother and takes part in the unending pranks toward her. But there’s also a sense of protectiveness coming from him. Every single time Cameron and Hailee are together there’s tension from the rivalry, but something more too. An attraction that is so palpable!
I enjoyed how Cam is flirty and sweet with Hailee. The chapters in his point of view are a very good opportunity to discover a different facet of him though; the real Cameron. There’s so much he doesn’t tell his friends about his hard choices concerning his future and his family’s struggles, but with Hailee he soon finds someone he can open up to. Their relationship evolves so beautifully!
Hailee is truly an interesting heroine too. While her step-brother makes her life difficult with all the hate and multiple jokes, she doesn’t back down and goes head to head with him. She’s not afraid to speak her mind. She’s conflicted by her attraction to Cameron, but there’s just something irresistible she can’t fight for long. She sees the real guy behind the bully.
"Each stroke of her tongue a patch on the hole in my heart; each touch of her lips a band aid for my grief."
The Trouble with You is the perfect new adult romance filled with great characters, intense chemistry and humour. I’m so excited for the upcoming novels in the Rixon Raiders Series, because I was so invested in the supporting characters’ storylines. It promises exciting moments I’m sure.
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
