{"id":15570,"date":"2017-11-07T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=15570"},"modified":"2017-12-02T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T19:48:33","slug":"hooking-up-by-helena-hunting-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/hooking-up-by-helena-hunting-review\/","title":{"rendered":"HOOKING UP BY HELENA HUNTING | 4 Star Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can we talk about Helena Hunting\u2019s newest, Hooking Up<\/a>?\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes you just need a book that\u2019ll let you get away from it all. Hooking Up<\/a> was the escape I needed from more serious reads. It’s hot, hilarious fun, that leaves you happy with where things end up. 4 stars.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Amalie Whitfield’s story begins on her wedding day, and it\u2019s going nothing like the way she planned. Her new husband, Armstrong, is caught in a, shall we say, extremely compromising position with one of the wedding guests. It\u2019s bad decision-making all around, but of course, Armstrong gets off easy and somehow it\u2019s on the woman he was caught with to shoulder the shame, ridicule and media scrutiny. To stick it to Armstrong and avoid the gossip at home, Amie goes on their honeymoon trip with plans to find a Hookup Hottie on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boy, does she find one.\u00a0 <\/span>Their affair is torrid to say the least. Hooking Up<\/a> is h-o-t hot. If you’re a reader who likes romances on the racy side, Hooking Up is for you. If you’re a more demure reader,\u00a0 Amie will seem pretty scandalous, but that’s the fun. From the moment Amie steps foot in the airport, the old Anarchy Amie is back in full effect.\u00a0 The airport is also where one of the funniest scenes in the book takes place, I was cry-laughing (laugh-crying?) and cringing all at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thing I can\u2019t quite figure out about Amie is how she ended up with her cheating husband in the first place. The book tells you it\u2019s because she was a rebellious teenager and some of that bad behavior spilled over into her 20s. Marrying Armstrong was part of being less of a disappointment and a \u201cbetter, less rebellious version of myself.\u201d All I can tell you is, she had some serious blinders on not to notice this guy was a stereotypical, richy-rich douchebag. She never noticed his manipulative, competitive side? <\/span><\/p>\n

Hooking Up<\/a> is a standalone that exists in the same universe as Shacking Up<\/a>. Ruby and Bancroft (the names in the Mills family are something else, I kept hoping for a Huntington), make appearances but you don\u2019t need to have read it to follow what\u2019s happening. Ruby and Amie have a great friendship and you get a good dose of it in Hooking Up, which is awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hooking Up<\/a> is out now, you can read an excerpt here<\/a>.\u00a0 For more from Helena Hunting, check out her back catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fave line: Oh god, the airport scene. The whole thing.<\/p>\n

Get Hooking Up on Amazon<\/a> | iBooks<\/a>|<\/p>\n

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