Review: Cocky Bastard

Cocky Bastard by Penelope Ward
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 Stars

Overall Rating ★★★
Plot ★★★
Humor ★★★
Characters & Character Development ★★★
Narration ★★★

Story: Aubrey was pretty awesome in the beginning of the book. I liked her. Despite everything she'd been through she decided to move and start over after finding out that her boyfriend cheated on her. Chance is on a journey of his own and they happened to run into one another in a gas stop store. Originally, I thought that Chance was a huge jerk. He was pretty obnoxious but eventually he started to grow on me. It drove me crazy trying to figure out why he wouldn't just be with Aubrey given their mutual attraction. When Chance did leave Aubrey, I was super pissed off. But after I found out why he did what he did, I understood. He comes back into her life and she's understandably angry. After he explained his reasoning, she seemed to understand.

It was annoying that she led him on for so long in my opinion. Clearly when Chance came back into her life, it was apparent that she still had feelings for him. She should have taken a break from her boyfriend to figure things out rather than keep him her dirty little secret. It made things worse for everyone the way she handled the situation. Chance did so much for days then weeks but Aubrey wasn't really clear with him that he did have a chance with her. Even in the end Chance thought that she'd chosen the other guy over him. He almost slept with another woman because of it. I felt like he would have been justified if he had since he'd thought there was no hope.

In the end, I thought that this book was just okay. I didn't enjoy this one like I did with Stuck-Up Suit.

Narration: The narrators were okay. Michelle Ferguson, Aaron Abano. I would have preferred if each narrated gave bits of their perspectives throughout the whole story. The first half was all Aubrey and the second half was all Chance. I would have preferred 2 or 3 small chapters mixed in with the other's perspective in the first half and the second. I'm glad that the epilogue ended with Aubrey's perspective.

View all my reviews