All Played Out by Cora Carmack ~ Review, Giveaway & Swoon Thursday

All Played Out by Cora Carmack has now been released! It is the third book in the Rusk University series and a very entertaining installment, I tell you! Nell and Mateo are a fun couple and I am so excited for you all to meet them!  

Title: All Played Out

Author: Cora Carmack

Series: Rusk University #3

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Published: May 12th 2015

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First person in her family to go to college? CHECK.
Straight A’s? CHECK.
On track to graduate early? CHECK.
Social life? …..yeah, about that….

With just a few weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay... Scratch that. She knows she hasn't had the full college experience).

So Nell does what a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a "to do" list of normal college activities.

Item #1? Hook up with a jock.

Rusk University wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it's impossible to get hurt... again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help her complete it.

Torres is the definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell that she's never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting, normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field, he has to decide if he's willing to take the chance when it's more than just a game.

Together they will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a chance at something real.

I have loved both books in the Rusk University series so far, so it comes as no surprise that I loved All Played Out too! I have always liked Torres (Mateo) throughout the series, because he was the fun guy with the smart mouth, so it was going to be interesting to see who would steal his heart.

Nell is a smart and quiet girl who has been focused on school. That was until her roommate, Dallas, hooked up with Silas in the previous book. Dallas makes her see that she may be missing out on the whole college experience. This was when things took a turn and I was amused to see Nell make a list and completing the tasks on it. Dallas talks Nell into coming out and meeting her friends to play Ultimate Frisbee, which is where she meets Mateo, and the playful banter and flirting begins!

Nell and Mateo are total opposites – the nerd and the jock – so it was delightful to see them together! They quickly get under each other’s skin and Mateo pushes Nell into doing a lot of things on and off of her list, that are way out of her comfort zone. The chemistry between them was sizzling and Nell kept trying to keep the distance between them. Mateo was determined to win her over, because it was getting harder to stay away. I loved how they learned to trust one another, were comfortable together and were willing to protect each other.

Nell is actually pretty hilarious! She doesn’t have much of a filter; she tends to say exactly what she’s thinking so she seems to be quite blunt. She has been so focused on school work she finds it hard to interact with people. Mateo was quite forward with Nell, and there was no mistaking the fact that he wanted her. He never really chased a girl before, so all of his friends knew something was different.

Cora Carmack is such a fantastic story writer and I love each and every world she creates. The characters are easy to relate to, each have their flaws, but they also have kind hearts. The chemistry between Nell and Mateo built slowly and when they took that next step, it was explosive!! The characters from the previous books made appearances too, and I was able to see a bit more of Stella, who I look forward to reading about in the next book. If you haven’t read any of Cora’s books yet, you should do so now!!

Complimentary copy provided by the Publisher, via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

He punctuates the command with a swat to my bum, and I gape at him.
“You did not just do that.”
“I did. And I liked it.” He rubs his hands together like some cheesy movie villain and says, “In fact, I think I might want to do it again.”

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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something New York Times bestselling author who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She now splits her time between Austin, TX and New York City and spends her days writing, traveling, and spending way too much time on the internet. In her books, you can expect to find humor, heart, and a whole lot of awkward. Because let’s face it . . . awkward people need love, too.

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