Her first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything. Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father.
Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family, and emotions. Chase Grayson has never been interested in having a relationship that lasts longer than it takes for him and his date to get dressed again.
But then he stumbles into a gray-eyed girl whose innocence pours off her, and everything changes. From the minute Harper opens her mouth to let him know just how much he disgust her, he's hooked.
But a princess deserves a Prince Charming who can make her dreams come true. I will definitely recommend this book to romance, new adult lovers.
Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download. Great book, Taking Chances pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Deceiving Lies by Molly McAdams. When he saw my movements, his face fell, his anger quickly fading.
I can't say that enough Harper, I'm so, so sorry. Please don't end us though, I will earn your trust again somehow, just don't do this.
Let's give it a few days, and we'll see if we can start again as friends. No matter what happens to us Chase, I want you in his life. View all 97 comments.
Sep 07, Erin rated it did not like it. Let me see if I can scrape together the pieces that are left of my shattered heart and try to come up with a way to review this book.
I debated for a few days whether or not I wanted to bother, but I decided to go ahead for one reason, and that is to give the character I fell head-over-heels for the attention and remembrance that he didn't get in this story. I freely admit that I'm an emotional reader. I read as an escape, to immerse myself in the thrills, suspense, romance, and beautiful writin Let me see if I can scrape together the pieces that are left of my shattered heart and try to come up with a way to review this book.
I read as an escape, to immerse myself in the thrills, suspense, romance, and beautiful writing that can make that all seem real. For that reason, I don't want to get completely invested in a character only to have them unhappy in the end.
So, I didn't go into this book blind after I saw some very upset readers' comments, and I thought what I knew of the story prepared me for the heart-wrenching event I'd heard so much about.
In fact, I was completely engrossed in this book and loving every bit of it until that moment, which really just makes it that much worse. Knowing what I know now, though, I wish I had just never read this story ugh, Donna, if I had just read your review first!!! That's where I stopped.
That's where for me, this beautiful story was thrown away and turned into something I wanted no part of. I did end up skimming through to the end, just to reaffirm some of the comments other irate readers were making and so that I could say with confidence this book deserved the rating I'm giving it. I'm really not sure what part angers me most. I don't want to completely give away the plot here, but I definitely feel the need to share what I think was a huge mistake for a writer to make.
The heartbreaking moment in this story was something that could have been handled without a complete disregard for the emotional investment of the readers, but it wasn't. I honestly feel like McAdams had more concern about making this story shocking and dramatic so that it stands out in it's genre, instead of thinking about how upsetting it would be for her readers. I'm actually shocked that she was even okay with writing the story this way, because to me it shows a complete detachment from a beautiful, memorable character that she herself created.
And I think that's where she really lost me, because I want a writer to be just as emotionally invested as I am when I'm reading a story like this. Okay, so here's where the spoilers come in, so don't read on if you don't want to know specifics I was actually more a fan of Brandon for awhile, since Chase started out as a mega alpha-male that didn't seem emotionally invested in Harper. But as the story goes on and we see how their incredible spark turns into a deep, heartfelt relationship between them, I fell so hard for Chase.
McAdams made him such an incredible character, my heart just melted at the thought of the beautiful life he and Harper would have. She had tamed him, changed his life and made him a better person that made better decisions in his life. Hell, she was even practically a member of their family already, she'd been going to family Sundays over at the parent's house for months and was best friends with Chase's sister.
They were truly just perfect for each other, despite the pain it had caused Brandon. So when soon-to-be father Chase was killed off, I was done. After I made the decision to skim through the remainder of the book, I tried to detach myself from Chase's story and just take in whatever else happened.
But the more I read, the more it infuriated me. THe story post-Chase turns into this fairytale of "we're all so happy, come on, that's what Chase would have wanted", as if his life really didn't mean enough to cause a change in their lives in any way.
I was so disgusted that Chase's passing had no affect whatsoever on the rest of the story, unless you count Harper and Brandon taking Liam to his daddy's grave once a year and don't even get me started on Liam's name Why don't we just completely erase any memory of Chase at all Harper's reaction was probably the most difficult to stomach; when she tells Brandon she was "made to love him" as if Chase was never a factor, and has Liam refer to his deceased daddy as "Uncle Chase", it just made me ill.
Even with all of this, I think the biggest, most unforgivable mistake made with this plot for me was how Chase's death happened.
I could possibly have gone on with this story if Chase had died in a way that wasn't so cold, cut-off, and heartless. I still liked Brandon and could have seen them consoling each other in grief while they kept Chase's memory a pivotal part of Liam's life in honor of his dad.
But Chase's death comes immediately after a heart-wrenching scene where a jealous twit sets him up to look like he cheated. Harper breaks up with him and sends him away completely crushed, determined to prove to the mother of his child that he's innocent. So alone and shattered, he races through an intersection and slams into a semi.
Alone, in unbearable emotional and physical pain, with no one to say goodbye to as he passes on, he dies. I'm crying again just thinking about that god-awful scene, and I don't think I will ever be able to get that mental image out of my mind. It sickened me, ripped my heart out, and made me long to give Chase, the character I grew to love so very much, the love and remembrance he deserved. So, don't laugh, but I'm ending this review with a send-off for my beloved Chase.
I love you sweet Chase, and you will always have a special place in my heart!! View all 59 comments. Oct 19, Nora rated it did not like it. I'm blown away reading these reviews. Am I the only one who saw the picture-perfect characters and situations completely unrealistic? Why did I keep reading? Because I never start a book and don't finish, it's just a thing. Some tiny spoilers in this review but nothing major. Just general ranting. An I'm blown away reading these reviews. Anyway, the story is entertaining for sure love triangle, woohoo!
The characters are all soooo super gorgeous, which is referenced over. And over. God forbid Harper doesn't go back to looking perfect a day after having a baby. Everyone is completely in love with Harper, which I never understood because there is NO in-depth character development.
I finished the book and all I knew about Harper was that she falls in love incredibly fast and moves from guy to guy incredibly fast and everyone thinks she's just the bees knees. I have no idea who this girl is. When I read a novel as long as this one, I should feel some connection to the main character.
Nothing here. She spends a lot of time bemoaning her situation, which doesn't help me like her either. All of the other characters just struck me as so cliche.
This whole book was cliche. I won't ruin the "crazy plot twist", but I can tell you I saw it coming a mile away. Nothing in this book surprised me, which is a problem. I read this book after reading about 10 amazing books, so that also may be why I was so dissatisfied with this story. Every situation is just wrapped up with a neat little bow all too often throughout the book. It's ridiculously unrealistic.
And I feel like everyone is making speeches every other page. Brandon makes a speech about how much he loves Harper after having one date and making out constantly. Chase makes a speech about how much he loves Harper and how much he wants to be with her but he "just can't". Harper makes a speech about how confused her poor little heart is. Bree makes a speech about how awesome Harper is and everyone loves her just so much. Of course, everyone is super rich and no one faces any real struggles.
Harper has tons of money, Brandon has tons of money from his awesome totally rad underground fights, guys! Does no one else find this boring? Yay, we all have nice cars and homes and who cares about two babies before age 21 because we're super loaded, yeah! I took it as poor writing and zero creativity.
It's way more fun to read about perfect situations, right? The whole issue with her dad is weird to me. It was just solved waaaaay too easily at the end. I won't say how, but I was pretty much like, how convenient.
Was that part supposed to be funny? Maybe if it made any sense, she's 5'2" not a toddler. Nothing going on in the personality department with the chick, so I'm assuming it's physical. Lord knows that was made clear. So the sex scenes. There's a lot of sex, and making out, and touching, and heated glances, and "husky voices" in this book. They are actually written pretty well and are really hot if also unrealistic at times - of course Harper is amazing in bed when she has ZERO previous experience.
I can appreciate the romance. But even so, I would never recommend this book to anyone. If you want to read something amazing that will leave you breathless at the end and completely impressed with the author and wondering how your life can go back to normal after reading something so incredible, read anything else. View all 28 comments. Sep 07, Christy rated it it was amazing Shelves: audio. Audio re-read November Gah! I forgot how painful this book was I'm glad I did a re-read because I do love these characters and the story, but I'm not sure if I'll ever be crazy enough read it again.
Time will tell ; 5 stars! Okay what to say about this book? Well, that would be an understatement! All the characters were wonderful except Trish and it was just a great story. I really loved Brandon by the end of the book, which surprised me because I was Audio re-read November Gah! I really loved Brandon by the end of the book, which surprised me because I was team Chase all the way. Be prepared to pull an all nighter reading and be ready to bawl your eyes out.
One of the best books I have read this year! Oh boy! I think I found my new favorite book :' It was just.. I don't have words at the moment. Stayed up the whole night to finish the book, reach the end and damn was it worth loosing sleep over. Its like BAM! There has to be some error in my book. I wont give out much, because the suspense is mad. This book is so worth it and so very amazing. It is long, but not dragged. Beautifully written : Harper is just woah, mature, loving, sensible, adorable and just everything right Chase, AH..
Every girl's wet dream ; haha I love his possessiveness and his pure desire. I want to marry someone like him, Seriously, could the guy get any fucking cuter, sweeter and adorabler? I loved the whole college romance thingie, the summary of this book doesn't give it justice, its wayh more and its beautiful. View all 25 comments. Sep 03, Jennifer Kyle rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , cry-baby-books. I had to gather the strength to read on and finish.
How can it be that the main character is blissfully happy and I am utterly miserable to the very end of this amazing story? You're my new favorite. I found myself going through the "7 stages of Grief" one of which is Bargaining: wishing that the book would take a paranormal route so I could be happy again, trading characters out, etc.
The final step of grieving is Acceptance and Hope: I'll get there eventually! View all 22 comments. Sep 02, Limonessa rated it did not like it Shelves: 3-neurons-involved , new-adult , ebook , with-smut , chick-lit. That I subject myself to stuff like this over and over again can only be definitive proof of my masochistic tendencies.
I don't know what to say; I can't, in all honesty, find a redeeming quality in this book. The characterization is appalling: Harper is this absolutely amazing, incredibly beautiful girl who is of course completely unaware of her feminine powers and who goes to college after living with her unloving, completely absent father. He is in the military, a Marine, and she calls him "Sir" he should have sent her to war, not to college if you ask me and good riddance.
Once she gets there, she gets paired up in the dorm with a girl, Breanna, who loves her like crazy from day one and takes her shopping and makes her even more beautiful than she is.
Not only that, but she introduces Harper to her friends, who all fall in love with her immediately and who incidentally are these gorgeous, tattooed studs all six feet three at least. As soon as they see her, they all turn from manwhores to monks, obviously. But that's not all! Even her best friend's parents get so enamored with her that they practically adopt her and have her call them Mom and Dad.
Enter the love triangle, which at one point even becomes a square. From there on it's a downward spiral, believe me. I'd like to go more into detail and give you more of a hint of how much this book is messed up but I won't, not to spoil the story for you in the unfortunate case you decide to pick it up. This is a book that lovers of Beautiful Disaster or Thoughtless might appreciate. As for the author, I have just one piece of advice: you might want to look up the definition of consecutio temporum.
Oh, and apply it. View all 19 comments. Spoiler Free Review 3. This book hits sharp turns has high peaks and fast drops. Emotional Roller-Coaster does not even begin to describe this book.
My face leaked from every hole it has I'm talkin can't stop cryin nose blowin mouth drooling weeping. YES it is that intense. Don't say I didn't warn you. I felt like Elena from the Vampire Diaries. She has two insanely hot men who are in love with her and would do anything for her. One of which, she would give almost everything to be with, and the other she continues to push away, even though she can't ever actually stay away, so she won't have to admit she was in love with him too.
At least my guys weren't brothers. Thank God for that. She is now on her way to college clear across the country from North Carolina to the sunshine state. San Diego California. Harper is described by one character as being pure as the snow. She has never had a boyfriend and has never been kissed. After unpacking she takes a nap.
She is later woken up by her procacious roomate Breanna. She tells Harper that her brother is having a party at his house and they will be in attendance. After ruling out everything in Harper's wardrobe Breanna decides they need to hit the mall. The two girls bond quickly and Harper has a hidden crush on Chase; Breanna's brother. Chase is tall blonde with surfer boy hair and piercing blue eyes. He also has a few tattoos. But the guy is a player.
Everytime she sees him he is sporting a new chick on his arm lap or wherever else they can hang off him at. Then she meets Brandon one of Chase's many roomates. Brandon is tall with a buzzed cut and sports a cute dimple in his cheek when he smiles.
OH and he is also tatted up. When Brandon returns his interest in Harper Chase decides he is not feeling it so he tries to run interference. He knows he is not good for her and as far as he is concerned neither is Brandon. Unfortunately the choice is not his. Harper is not having it and she let's Chase know that she can do what she wants. Then she goes and does exactly that. After that you will be taken on an emotional ride as Harper becomes torn in between these two guys.
She experiences heartbreak and she hands out heartbreak to not one, not two, but three guys. Lose some to Win some, right?!? At times I could not stand her. Sorry correction most times I could not stand her.
The guys in this book allowed me to enjoy it their witty banter and alpha ways got me all hot and bothered in the best of ways. Also the author did an amazing job with showing the importance of family and friendship.
I loved the parts that showcased the family ties the most. If you loved Thoughtless by S. Just make sure you have the kleenex handy. But no worries twice out of the three times i cried they were happy tears.
Now go forth and Read. Then tell us all about it on Goodreads! Sep 03, Stacia the club rated it it was ok Shelves: new-adult-college , frustrating , contemporary-romance , drama-llama. I made it a goal before finishing Taking Chances to remain zen for the writing of this review, knowing full well that the last part of the book might set me on edge.
Well guess what? I'm perfectly okay. Look at me, I'm not raging! It's an early Christmas miracle! See, the thing is, the part of the book that was supposed to make me angry didn't. It just reminded me of a bad personal memory, so I did a real life frowny face and moved past it. If anything, it wasn't so much that I had a problem with "the incident," it was more that I had a problem with how the incident happened.
The incident would have felt more at place within the story without the extra helping of guilt. I can't talk about my feelings if I'm not allowed to express why I'm having these feelings. I can't talk about how the various different game changers were hit and miss if I can't list out what they are.
I felt the same way. The comparisons to Beautiful Disaster and Thoughtless are semi-warranted but any similarities would be on a much more toned-down scale. If you had a character like Travis who was in control of his feelings and a character like Kellan who was able to keep his eye on the prize, then perhaps we can squint and find a few things in common.
But please refer back to the 'toned-down' comment from earlier. One of my biggest complaints about Kiera from Thoughtless was that she let things drag on for far too long. I didn't feel the same way about this book. Eventually, decisions were made before we were stuck on a merry-go-round of bad behavior. I respected that. Honestly, even with "the incident," I still probably would have given this book a high score if three things would have been different.
The incident was a product of coincidence and not related to character behavior. Harper's decisions had been spread out over a longer period of time. I did not appreciate that she went from one decision to the next and then to the next with no real breathing room in-between.
There is this nifty little thing called a chapter heading There's a reason why most books end at the HEA. It's because most of the time people become boring as hell when you see them in their domestic lives.
I didn't care to see the majority of what happened after the decision that happened after the incident. I'm all for books about the subject of what happened to Harper I'll let you off the hook, she did not die in a fire I know that's what you were guessing , but if that's going to be what happens, then make that the actual book subject Random question for those who have read the book : Was there even a reason to have Carter as a character?
Love quad? Not really, right? So for my inability to write a review that is anything other than vague, I am awarding Taking Chances first place in the "spoiler difficulty" competition. I would definitely give something else by this author a shot. Molly McAdams can sure write extremely likable bad boys. I already touched on this a little bit earlier, but let me go back and clarify : Brandon's ability to hold himself back from turning into a controlling prick did impress me quite a bit.
Bravo to that. Between Chase and Brandon, who would I have picked? When I was Harper's age, I would have picked Chase, no question. At the age I'm at now, I'd pick Brandon. Just don't tell Brandon that I was probably swooning harder over Chase. View all 82 comments. Sep 24, Isamlq rated it did not like it. We suspend our disbelief, and not our intelligence in reading. So, know that plenty moments in this had me calling BS never been to a mall, my patootie. Frankly, I do see why it's well received by some, what with its tatted-up bad boy, secret fighter good boy, and the girl with zero experience The story's Drama's Progression: 1.
Cow eyes from one or two of them directed at her. Love is in the air, and their inner cavemen start coming ou We suspend our disbelief, and not our intelligence in reading. Love is in the air, and their inner cavemen start coming out. A text, a message and her jealousies cloud her judgment.
Beg for forgiveness from one of them. And, all is well. Back to 1 and continue from there. The drama just kept going on and on and on, the escalating sort because the girl was prone to overreacting and not thinking things through… and get this: running away!
Drinking Game! NO, really.. On the bright side, I did get some unintentional laughs out of this especially with her likening their life to Vampire Diaries she fancies herself an Elena! So, one must wonder: why keep at it if nothing was working for me? Sadly, no View all 20 comments. Sep 03, Gitte TotallyBookedBlog rated it really liked it Shelves: favourites , read-in My thoughts on Taking Chances I felt myself being pulled back and forth between Chase and Brandon, I couldn't decide at first but I decided on Brandon, and I have to say he was my choice throughout.
And yes, I know I am in the minority! So Harper's actions peeved me off no end!!!!! However, my thoughts on that is that here's this girl who has been like a bird locked in her cage throughout her life, starved from love with no Mum and a Dad who she respected but had a pretty cold and no affectio My thoughts on Taking Chances However, my thoughts on that is that here's this girl who has been like a bird locked in her cage throughout her life, starved from love with no Mum and a Dad who she respected but had a pretty cold and no affection relationship with.
She has never experienced the attraction, the longing, the lust or the love. So it hit her over the head when she met these 2 amazing blokes!
Brandon and Chase are 2 separate objects of affection and love. I think she falls in love with both because at the end of the day not only are they gorgeous, they both offer her what she has been lacking all her life. Chase just happened to come across her first. That initial meeting sparked something in her which if it hadn't been for his reputation possibly could have changed the whole story.
Her defense mechanism was to flee, however he was already in her heart. Harper is one intense and love starved young woman who craves to be loved and love in return. She has so much to give. With Chase however, throughout the story she wanted to protect herself. It is as if she was just waiting for the inevitable to occur, like repeating a mantra of 'he will cheat and leave me loveless'. Brandon on the other hand did not have this reputation, and he loves as hard as Chase, he is almost like the safer option emotionally.
I have no doubt though that Chase would have stayed faithful, I am so sure he would have given her everything and never strayed! My heart broke and I actually wanted to vomit when "the thing" happened. Worst scene EVER!! It still breaks my heart and I still now think WTF!!! I hate it, I really do!! Although at times I really hated Harper with a passion, I kind of understood her. I know this is fiction, but I also know that stuff like this happens in real life, it really does.
People grow up starved of love and they overcompensate subconsciously by loving too much. With sudden freedom comes sudden rebellion against the norm or what is deemed acceptable.
But who says it has to be so?! I hated Trish, I wanted to bitch slap her into tomorrow, however, the guilt she has to live with for the rest of her life, well that is enough punishment as well as what Harper dished out!! So yes, I both loved and hated this book but Molly's writing has to be applauded for evoking such extreme emotions!! View all 44 comments. Oct 25, Paula M rated it did not like it. First, I have nothing against the Author. All the reasons I have given this book a 1 star is really just because of the book.
I have never — EVER — been so disappointed on a book before! The only emotional response I had towards this book was absolute frustration! The first part of the book was great yes, I actually liked the first part. So when she decides to go to college at San Diego State University to escape her life, she immediately became a wild party girl with the help of her roommate, who is also the one who introduced Harper to her brother, Chase a fighter with tats.
Harper also got introduced to Brandon also a fighter. Harper was now suddenly torn between Chase and her boyfriend Brandon. Ladies and Gents? Anybody want to slap and laugh at her face? She was so efffing annoying! At any chapter, I was ready to jump inside the book and strangle her. Anyway, now that that part is done let us get through with this.
She even caught Chase with another women on bed and she was raging with anger!! The story continues after Chase death and guess where Harper ran to? Harper the harlot is on the move again and she ended up marrying Brandon. I just want to slap them all.
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