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Waking Olivia by Elizabeth O'Roark
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**SPOILERS under Sexual History**

What a wishy-washy H!

I thought I wouldn't like 20yo college track-star h as much (due to her irascible & aggressive tough-talking exterior). But she was more mature and more responsible than her mid-20s coach H. H seemed like a nice guy but he was actually quite passive-aggressive. He swung between pleasing others (i.e., his dead father, his mom, his GF, his head coach, school officials) and resenting them for their expectations/demands on him. He couldn't make up his mind and made it sound like he was self-sacrificial in the choices he was considering. When really he was just a hot-looking wimp! He didn't want to make adult decisions so he ran away, backed away, lied, and deceived others instead. It took him a very long time to break up from his GF (who he wasn’t in love with and who he’d been clear about not marrying) for really no reason than resentfully following what his dead father wished for him. So, he lied to her re: h who he led on by acting jealous and possessive when he’d see her with another guy.

Meh romance/romance dev/emotions. Lacked angst that should've been there due to the story but H’s flip-flopping got in the way. Sex scenes were hot but didn’t like that h just let H smex her bareback without detailed info if he practiced safe sex with his recent ex-GF and when last he smexxed his ex.

Sexual History:
20yo h only had sex with guys when she wanted to “hook up”. She's never been on a date since she doesn’t think any guy would actually like her due to her tough irascible exterior and distant demeanor. No info on when she started having sex but she was pretty much on her own since she was a pre-teen due to her grandma’s increasing Alzheimers. She was on birth control but no info if she always uses condoms with her hookups or if H was her 1st bareback experience.

H had GFs since dating was a big thing for him. He’d been dating his GF of 1 year since his drunken bout of sex with her at a party 1 night soon after his father passed away. He wasn’t interested in his GF until the guilt of his father’s unexpected death coz his dad wished for him to date her. No info re: when H stopped refusing sex with his GF when he met h. He did spend the night at her place a few times during the 2-3 month period since meeting h and having her stay at his mom’s place.
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Reading Progress

March 14, 2023 – Started Reading
March 18, 2023 – Shelved
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: forbidden-secret-affair-taboo
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: internet-text-phone-mail
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: meh
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: no-virgins
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: teacher-professor-principal
March 18, 2023 – Shelved as: emotional-cheating
March 18, 2023 – Finished Reading

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