Twenty-one year-old Jillian Nichols only has one rule when it comes to boys: catch and release. Boy-catching isn’t just a game for Jillian and her friends, it’s a lifestyle. After all, boys might be good for a dance or a drink and certainly a little under-cover action of the scandalous variety, but expect much else and you’re bound for heart ache.
So when her best friends and fellow boy catchers start dropping like flies junior year, Jillian is determined to keep boys in her bedroom and out of her heart. Until she meets Liam McAvoy, the kind of guy that sticks around to make waffles and who can’t—or perhaps won’t—take a hint.
Study abroad student Liam doesn’t want to be another notch on Jillian’s bedpost. Actually he has much more interesting ideas for Jillian and her bedposts, but his student visa’s set expiration date means he can’t promise her forever. That doesn’t mean he’s going to walk away from the challenge of discovering why Jillian is hell-bent at keeping people at a distance.
Before long, neither is sure who is catching who—or if they’re playing for keeps. Jillian knows one thing though: falling in love will not only break the only rule of boy-catching, it could also break her heart.
Back in 2013 when this book first came out I was so close to signing up for the blog tour. I was still unsure about new adult though so I decided to pass on it then. Now that I’m more into new adult books I decided to go back and give this one a shot and I am so glad I did. Catching Liam is a supremely cute new adult contemporary novel.
The start of the book totally hooked me. Liam and Jillian have this amazing sense of chemistry and it’s apparent from the very first page. They are so cute together! Jillian is not looking for a relationship with anyone and Liam isn’t looking for a relationship with anyone but Jillian. It makes for some fun times. The banter between the two of them was just so perfect. However, they don’t just have chemistry. They have a genuine friendship too. It’s sometimes a little odd since they slept together before becoming friends but it works for them.
Liam is totally swoon worthy. He’s Scottish and totally sexy. He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s kind, pretty much he’s just perfect. I honestly don’t know that I can think of anything that was bad about him. Jillian, on the other hand, had some flaws. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked her but she definitely had some issues. It’s hard to go into detail about her issues without spoiling part of the book though so I’m not sure how to describe them. Let’s just say she had some serious trust issues.
The story is super cute but there is a little more going on than I originally expected. Jillian’s trust issues center around something big that has to do with her life. It affects her as well as her family and it plays a big part in the problems with all of her relationships. I enjoyed seeing her work through these problems both with her roommates, Liam, and with her parents.
Oh and I have to mention that there are some serious sexytimes in Catching Liam. Holy crap, you guys. Some of the hottest scenes I’ve read.
Overall, Catching Liam is a great start to the Good Girls Don’t series and I can’t wait to read about Jillian’s roommates. I’m also hoping for some serious cameos from Jillian and Liam.
What others are saying about Catching Liam:
Ticket To Anywhere’s review: “Its a fast-paced contemporary that I really enjoyed reading and read it in just a few sittings.”
Steamy Guys After Dark’s review: “Even with the negative things I pointed out, I did like the story and I could have loved Liam.”
The Book Babe’s Reads’ review: “All in all, Catching Liam wasn’t awesome, but it wasn’t terrible either.”