Easy (Labeled #2) by Jordan S. Gray
Publication Date: January 26, 2017
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Evernight

Reviewed by Kini
Blurb: It’s been an entire month since Shayler Thompson has orgasmed from something not made out of silicone. If her sour mood is any indication, she needs to get laid like yesterday. So when she walks up to a sexy nerd at the bar and propositions him, it seems like a great idea. Until he rejects her and calls her easy.

Still reeling from his hurtful words, Shayler is surprised to find that the nerd, David, is a Teacher Assistant for the one college class she’s totally embarrassing herself in. When he offers to help her study, she accepts, thinking that maybe she’ll get laid after all. But David isn’t into casual sex, and Shayler refuses any sort of commitment. With enough chemistry to light his dumb Prius on fire, she’s sure one of them will eventually give in… She just really hopes it won’t be her.

I thought this book sounded cute when I read the blurb. I love it when tropes get changed up and the heroine takes on characteristics that we usually see from the hero. Shayler is a commitmentphobe and all about having fun and casual sex. I thought this would be a cute and quick read. It wasn’t as cute and fun as I wanted it to be. I felt like I was missing a lot of information. I never really connected with the characters.

What I felt was lacking was why Shayler acted the way she did. She comes from a two parent, relatively “normal” family. She’s also 20, so it is normal is want to be carefree and not tied down. Shayler wants to have this party lifestyle in college, she parties a lot, skips classes, hasn’t declared a major, is smart but hides it. That was something that bothered me a lot. I like my smart heroines to own their intelligence.

David was nice and kind hero. He rejects her in the very first chapter while he is studying at a bar. I never did find out exactly why he’d be at a bar studying. I felt like I didn’t get to know David all that well. The book is solely Shayler’s POV. I also never figured out why David would even like Shayler besides her outward beauty. Shayler wasn’t very likable as far as I was concerned and she had no “real” reason to act the way she did except her youth.

There is also a sub-plot with one of Shayler’s professors that I found gross and almost made me label the book DNF. It helped with the conflict, but was

This is part of a series, it can be read as a stand alone, but there are a ton of characters. Shayler has two best friends, three roommates, and a few guy friends/acquaintances thrown in there. All these people were too much for me. For me, there was too much attention put on the secondary characters and their partners and not enough time developing the main characters as well rounded characters that were worthy of each other and me believing in their story.

Grade: D

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