REVIEW - Infatuated by Elle Jordan

When I took a job as a bartender at Hanson’s to help pay for my classes, the last thing I expected to find was Kale Wilder. He’s sexy, smart, and he makes me smile and laugh faster than anyone ever has. More importantly, he makes me believe in Mr. Right.

But Kale came to the wrong place at the wrong time, because someone else has his eyes on me. Someone who watches my every move.

Kale’s the only one I want, but the more I feel for him, the more I fear for my safety. Because the other guy is getting closer and doesn't want to share. He’s made it clear if he can’t have me, no one can.

Infatuated is unlike any other book I’ve ever read before. It’s a standalone, which is getting hard to find these days. It was definitely romance suspense. The suspense was intense though. I was getting thoroughly freaked out by the creepiness of the situation. The only thing that made it better was Kale *swoon*. Like Ally, I too felt safe whenever he was around. But, I had to keep reading until the end. I had to. It’s gripping and intense. It looks like a short read, but man does it take you for a ride.

“Are you always this persistent?”

“When it’s worth it? Always.”

“And after knowing me ten minutes, you think it’s worth it?”

“I think it’s worth finding out.”

The blurb pretty much says it all. Ally lives by herself in a small town where she is a college student and works at a bar. A dude named Earl stalks her. As in sits in the bar and watches her work while never saying anything, calls her making heavy breathing noises, sits in his truck outside of wherever she is, sometimes leaves pictures, and worst of all are the “mine” notes. This guy is old enough to be her dad, and she’s never talked to him. Even worse, apparently the whole town knows him and they all refuse to believe that he is a TOTAL CREEPER.

“Do you need the words? Is that it? You’re my friend, my girl, my lover. However you want to say it, you belong to me, Ally. Tell me you don’t love me. Tell me you’re not mine, that I’m not yours. Tell me you don’t want me.”

“I don’t know what you want.”

“You. Only you.”

Kale barges into her life, and things change even more. Both for the better and the worse. Worse, because Earl gets more aggressive in his creeper stalker-ness. Better, because, well it’s Kale. He seemed too good to be true in the beginning. He basically became her knight in shining armor, her safety blanket. And he’s gorgeous. Unbelievably gorgeous. Also, those sex scenes? Enough to make me melt. The things he says and does? Made me fall in love with him. Well, most of the time at least.

“I love you. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I love you. And If I’m being honest, I think I started falling in love with you the first day I met you…For the big things, the little things. Mostly the little things, because they’re the ones people take for granted. They’re the ones that add up and make the big picture.”

As her debut novel, I think Elle Jordan did a pretty good job. The plot was interesting and unique and the characters (especially Kale) were loveable. I did have some hang ups though. I still don’t really get why Earl was really stalking her in the first place. It kinda explains, but then again, not really. Also, there were times where I wanted to strangle slash punch Ally and Kale in the face. Ally was stubborn as hell, which I normally find endearing since it’s a trait that I have, but she was stubborn to the point of stupidity sometimes and it cost her. Also, I didn’t like that Kale didn’t know how to communicate his feelings. I mean, yeah he’s a guy, but ugh, there were so many times where Ally would give him the cold shoulder or kick him out because he withheld information. I wanted to junk-punch all the townspeople who didn’t believe Ally, but hey, that’s just life sometimes. Other than all that, I really enjoyed this form of torture. The writing was captivating. And I’ll just say that I fell for Kale and his leather jacket hard one more time. I would love to see what Elle Jordan can come up with the more that she writes.

“I don’t know where things will go between us, and I know it’s not going to be easy for either of us, but I love you, Ally. I love you. And I’ll prove it to you until you believe it. You have my heart, and I kind of need it to live, so I go where it goes.”

USA TODAY Bestselling Author. Elle Jordan is the mastermind behind all kinds of things that need masterminds. …okay, not really, but she IS the mastermind behind…something. Her name, maybe.

Elle lives in the south, about an hour from the Happiest Place on Earth (aka Disney), drinks enough Mtn. Dew to keep the company in business, and has four lovable (read: evil and conniving) pets. She’s also the secret, evil alter-ego of another name. She’d tell you that other name, but then it wouldn’t be a secret.

When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found on Facebook, Twitter, or with Photoshop open, making covers for books she doesn’t have enough time to write.

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