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I waited a long time for this book… and it was so worth the wait! If you haven’t read Slammed or Point of Retreat (WHY HAVEN’T YOU READ THOSE BOOKS YET??!) this is going to spoil those books for you, so you may want to quit reading this review now!

Still reading? This Girl was absolutely fantastic. I cried through dang near the entire book. It’s really hard to read through weepy eyes but I managed to do it. I fancied Will in Slammed and POR but now I am absolutely, 100%, unequivocally IN LOVE with Will Cooper. He is dreamy. He is thoughtful. He loves Lake so much it, makes my heart ache. The guy tortured himself to do the right thing by Lake. In this day and age, with jackass guys just taking what they want and not giving a crap about the people they hurt, he is what men should strive to be like.

This Girl starts off where Point of Retreat ended. Will and Lake are married and still on their honeymoon. We finally get to feel how Will was feeling, since this book is written from his point of view. Will and Lake reminisce about all the heartaches, traumas and uphill battles they had to go through to get to their current happy place. The way Colleen Hoover wrote This Girl was PERFECT for telling Will’s side of the story. We finally get to live in Wills brain when he first meets Lake, when he finds out he’s her teacher, and what goes through his conflicted heart as he’s forced to push her away – repeatedly.

What we thought we glimpsed in Slammed and POR is NOTHING in comparison to how Will was really feeling. I knew the man was having a hard time with his feelings for Lake, but what I didn’t fully realize, until This Girl, was how damned tortured he was by his feelings. How fully and completely he loved Lake. How Lake consumed his thoughts and made him crazy. I could feel his anguish and heartache in my bones. Ugh, it kills me how much these two went though, separate and together, to get to their happy place. If there were ever two people who deserved some peace and happiness, it is Will and Lake. It makes my heart happy to see them a few years into their future.

You know these two are going to be okay and their love is solid and real and unending. This book was a perfect ending to two outstand novels. It gives us some answers, insight and a fantastic happily ever after ending. I’m so sad to see these characters story end, but I am so glad that Colleen Hoover let us into their lives.

If you haven’t read Slammed or Point of Retreat yet, get your butt in gear and treat yourself to the heartbreakingly wonderful world of Will and Layken! Once you’ve done that, buy yourself a box of Kleenex and get ready to feel all the feels with This Girl. I promise, you won’t be sorry. And if you’re anything like me, you’ll become a lifetime fan of Colleen Hoover!

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Jen loves to read. She can’t stop herself. It’s become an obsession. She is in love with her husband, kids, iced coffee and books. Jen lives in beautiful Colorado but is originally from the West Coast.
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The internet has exploded with chatter over Friday’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares. To be truthful, I had never even heard of this show until yesterday. Kitchen Nightmares started in 2007 and is in its sixth season (how out of touch am I?).

Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. ~ Wikipedia

On Friday’s episode, restaurateur Amy Bouzaglo along with her husband Samy were featured on the show. They own Amy’s Baking Company, vegetarian Pizzeria/Bistro in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Gordon Ramsay and his production team scored big time when they chose this couple to feature on their show. The couple seem high-strung, argumentative, and appear to lack any self-awareness of how they come across. Just what the doctor ordered when it comes to making a Reality TV show appeal to the masses.

They also seem to be averse to taking any criticism, be it constructive or not, which is why Ramsay walked out of their restaurant and gave up trying to help them. I believe he said that was a first for him in the six years he has been doing this show. I would have walked out on them too. Besides not being able to take any direction, it also appeared that they take their waitstaff’s tips!

Anyway, the real story behind all of this is what happened after the show aired. I don’t think that Amy and Samy Bouzaglo had an opportunity to read Imperfect Women’s recent post titled The Link Between Social Media and Customer Service before yesterday and they really, really should have. They took to their Facebook page yesterday to defend themselves after reading what was being said on the internet. If you thought they didn’t handle Ramsay’s criticism well, wait until you read their responses on their Facebook page.

A number of their Facebook status updates have been removed as of last night but here is a little recap:

“I AM NOT STUPID ALL OF YOU ARE. YOU JUST DO NOT KNOW GOOD FOOD. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO RESELL THINGS WALMART DOES NOT MAKE THEIR ELECTRONICS OR TOYS SO LAY OFF!!!!”

“This is Samy. I am keeping note of all names here. We will be pursuing action against you legaly, and against reddit and yelp, for this plot you have come together on. you are all just punks.”

“GO TO SLEEP YOU LITTLE KIDS! DREAM ABOUT BEING SUCCESSFULL BECAUSE WE HAVE A MULTI MILLION BUISNESS WITH SUPPORTERS! YOU CANT BRING US DOWN”

“I AM WONDER WOMAN. I AM A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND A GREAT MOM TO MY KIDS. AND WE WILL BE PARENTS TO A HUMAN KID, ONE DAY TO. WE WILL SHOW ALL OF YOU.”

There is also a statement up claiming that their different accounts have been hacked:

As of last night, they have started a new Facebook page and the drama appears to continue on that page with everyone being directed to “Go Fuck A Duck.”

And let’s not forget Twitter. This is just a snippet of what is going on there:

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And to think this all could have been prevented if the Bouzaglos would have just had time to read Imperfect Women’s post about social media mentioned above where they would have read that:

“Social media lets a business “virtually” meet their customer and respond to their needs in a positive way. Businesses that neglect to address the customer’s concerns through various social media platforms, will most likely be left in the digital dust of others.”

Time will tell how this will all work out for this couple. Something tells me they will be making the media rounds fairly soon and will have their own Reality TV show within a few months.

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