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A fresh and fun repackage of Wild Cards, Better Than Perfectlaunches a romantic new series from NY Times bestselling authorSimone Elkeles.

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama.

Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants?A fresh and fun repackage of Wild Cards, Better Than Perfectlaunches a romantic new series from NY Times bestselling authorSimone Elkeles.

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama.

Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants?

MY REVIEW:

    I really enjoyed this book. I loved how Simone Elkeles came up with our female protagonist Ashtyn Parker. She Is so unique I loved her personality such as how even though she was made fun of and teased for liking to play football. Then the male protagonist Derek Fitzpatrick is super sweet and even cooler with this secret of his. I fell in love with his character with his wanting to help Ashtyn even though she does not want it.  I really enjoyed Derek's Grandmother because she did not do what I expected from her and her relationship with Derek evolved throughout the second half of the novel. I would love to have her as my Grandmother. Then there is Landon the quarterback for Ashtyn's team and also her jerk of a boyfriend who I found that as the story continued on I came to despise him.

Also I about cried at the end it was so romantic and sweet it totally showed how much Derek loves Ashtyn. I would definitely recommend this book and I can’t wait to read more books by Simone Elkeles.