Title & Series: REBOUND (Boomerang #2)
Author: Noelle August
Release date: February 10, 2015
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 288
Formats: Paperback, audio, eBook
Blurb:
At Boomerang, one night can change everything…
Noelle August has taken the New Adult genre by storm, and readers can’t wait to see what chaos, confusion, and connections arise at the Boomerang offices next.
Adam Blackwood has it all. At twenty-three, he’s fabulously wealthy, Ryan Gosling-hot and at the top of his game in the business world. His life is perfect, until a scandal from his past resurfaces and threatens to knock the tech wunderkind down and throw his company, Boomerang, a hook-up site for millennials, into chaos.
Alison Quick, the twenty-one-year-old daughter of a business tycoon—and the very ex-girlfriend of Boomerang’s former intern, Ethan—has a problem of her own. After nearly flunking out in her senior year of college, she has one chance to redeem herself to her father by proving that she deserves a place in his corporate empire. That means spearheading her father’s plan to sink big money into Adam’s company and launch it into the stratosphere—provided Adam has no skeletons in his closet.
When the two meet, their sizzling chemistry makes it tough to keep things strictly professional. But when Alison discovers Adam’s secret, she knows she should bring it right to her father, who’ll leverage it for his own gain and use it to ruin Adam. The only problem: she’s falling for Adam—hard.
Will earning her father’s approval come at the price of losing her first real love? Or can Adam and Alison leave behind past mistakes and conquer the world—together?
Brooke's Review:
I want to thank William Morrow for providing me with a copy of this book to read and give an honest review. Receiving this book for free has in now way altered my opinion or review.
I will tell you that I really adored the first book in this series, Boomerang. It was cute and pulled me right in. I loved the relationship of the main characters. So when I heard this would be a series, I was super excited. And when I heard who the main characters were in this book, I really lost it because I could not wait to see how it would all come together!
We start the book seeing the familiar face of Adam, owner of Boomerang. We met him in book one, though his role was gigantic, it was certainly there and I found him intriguing for sure. I wanted to know more about him and his secrets. I was not disappointed. August really threw us for a huge loop in this book with Adam's characters. He's damaged, almost beyond repair. And he's so complex, choosing to keep himself tied up inside himself and not allowing anyone to see what's really on his insides. But that all changes when he meets Alison.
Alison is Ethan's ex-girlfriend. I wasn't a fan of her in book #1, though we didn't see too much of her. But just from her background, I went into this book not loving her character. I thought for sure I wouldn't like her. But authors sure do have a way of turning things around when we're not so keen on a character, don't they? The one thing about Alison is she's career focused and wants to get the job done. But when faced with doing something she feels is wrong, will she try to please her father or will she give in to what she is feeling for Adam.
When it comes down to it, things get out of control, and turned upside down, forcing both Adam and Alison to re-evaluate what they may or may not have together. August throws in complications that cause both characters to become untrusting of each other. I actually found myself screaming at the book "NO!" when situations presented themselves and the characters didn't have all the facts straight.
I think what I loved most about this book was the couple was truly an unlikely pair. They are not a couple I would necessarily choose to be together. But they really do work. They are both smart, dedicated and driven. And while you might think this would make for stiff competition between them (and at times it does), that competition is what actually pushes them together and causes them to work harder to fight for what they want.
This is a book about family loyalty and how sometimes those we want to trust the most are not really who we think they are. And trying to please them can lead to heartbreak and guilt. Told from alternating points of view. you will get just the right amount of angst and swoon to love the characters and the story. It's well paced with just the bit of drama you need to make you root for the couple to come out winning on the other end. Fans of Cora Carmack and Jennifer L. Armentrout will love this series!
About the authors:
Question: What do you get when friends pen a story with heart, plenty of laughs, and toe-curling kissing scenes?
Answer: Noelle August, the pseudonym for renowned editor and award-winning writer Lorin Oberweger and New York Times bestselling YA author Veronica Rossi, the masterminds behind the Boomerang series.
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Gail Green lives with her husband the rocket scientist and their three junior
mad scientists in Southern California. She writes books so she can have an
excuse to live in the fantasy world in her head. She likes to share these with
readers so she's represented by the lovely Melissa Nasson of Rubin Pfeffer
Content. She has a parrot but would most definitely get a werewolf for a
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Author Bio:
About Sarah M. Ross:
Sarah started her obsession with reading at an early age, often sneaking BabySitter Club and Nancy Drew books into math class. She would read any book she could get her hands on. Her love of reading quickly evolved into a love of writing and stories began to pour out of her. 
Julie Kagawa, the New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Fey and Blood of Eden series was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel.
In the year 2051, Faith can move mountains…
I have been a lifelong writer and storyteller. Salem, Oregon is where I spent my formative years and I graduated from Willamette University. After college, I spent a decade living in Portland, Oregon where I worked in advertising, game design, and technology.
Born in 1981 to Australian and Maltese parents, Selina lives in Australia with her husband, her baby girl, an unnamed cat, and a lorikeet who's far too clever. 
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