Review of "The Hazards of Skinny Dipping" by Alyssa Rose Ivy

The Hazards of Skinny Dipping by Alyssa Rose Ivy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If I could, I would give this book 4,5 stars. However, I rounded down, rather than up because of the things that bothered me.

  Warning: May contain spoilers.

What to do when you discover that your crush has extremely poor skills in the bedroom?

Innocent Julie is going away to college. Her cousin, Amy, gives her a list of challenges to do in order to prepare for the full college experience.

Her story starts as travels up to her family's beach house, to cross off the last challenge: skinny dipping. A little nervous, she jumps into the water, only to see that her neighbor is arriving while she's still naked.

Dylan is hot, preppy and a few years older than her. When he sees her, he promptly jumps in the pool with her, and things heat up from there. It doesn't take long before Julie is in his bed, incredibly unsatisfied, and finally, she skips out on him.

Unfortunately for Julie, Dylan thinks she rocked his world, and as she starts college, he quickly claims her as his girl. Julie, who has had an idol-crush on him for years agrees hoping his skills in bed could be improved. Only they don't, but as time goes on, it takes additionally months before she realizes that Dylan is a controlling ass. In the mean-time, she joins a sorority, get a job, and makes some new friends.

One of the things that bothered me about this book, was how Julie was described both as innocent. I kinda would have wished she was more awkward around Dylan, since that would explain her hesitating to dump his poor-skilled ass. Or maybe, if every guy didn't try to bang her, that could have been awesome as well.

I also think that Julie's reaction to Amy and Reed's friendship was waaay overdone. It almost seemed melodramatic compared to how she dealt with other issues throughout the book.

Nevertheless, it was a fun read. I laughed at some parts, and I can't say I'll never read it again. However, I didn't particularly find any of the side-characters interesting enough to want to continue the series.

Would recommend to anyone who likes a light-read about the college-experience.

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