Girls Behind The Books: Blog Tour + Review - Bad Habit by Charleigh Rose

Title: Bad Habit

Author: Charleigh Rose

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: November 16, 2017

BRIAR

I was infatuated with Asher Kelley the moment he came tumbling through my brother’s window five years ago.
Even bruised and bloodied, he was the most beautiful boy I'd ever seen.

We couldn't ever be together.

I was too young, and he was too untouchable.

He was too troubled, and I was too naïve.

But the heart is rebellious, and mine decided it didn’t care about any of those things.
As I got older, harmless flirting turned to stolen moments in dark corners.

Until one day, he was gone without a trace.

Now, two years later, he’s back.

Callous and cruel.

He’s my brother’s best friend. My parents’ worst nightmare.

I should hate him.

But like a Bad Habit, I can’t quit him.

ASHER

I was drawn to Briar Vale from the first time she looked up at me with stars in her big, blue eyes.
She was just a kid, nothing but elbows and knees, but she was the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen.

We could never be together.

I was too old and she was too off limits.

She was too good and I was too fucked up.

Eventually, the temptation became too much to resist.

I risked everything for a kiss and she betrayed me.

Two years have passed and I’m forced to see her again, but now she's all grown up.

She’s my best friend’s baby sister. My downfall.

I hate her for what she did.

But she's always been my drug of choice.

The quiet snick of the front door closing alerts me to her arrival. About fucking time. I flatten myself against the wall behind her door right before she opens it then gently nudges it shut with the back of her foot. She kicks off her shoes and starts to pull her dress up to take it off. Standing with her back to me in front of the moonlit window, I can make out her brand-new curves. Her tight, round ass. The dimples on the small of her back. Her dress is just past her hips when I speak.

“Have fun tonight?”

Briar yelps and drops her dress back in place before spinning around.

“I was until I had some perv spy on me for the second time in as many days.”

“Oh, I’m the pervert?” I taunt, moving closer. She wants to back away, but she doesn’t. She stands her ground, and it only spurs me on. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it was you who watched me jack off this morning.”

I’m almost sad the lights aren’t on to see her inevitable blush. I’m standing over her tiny form, and she has to crane her neck to look up at me.

“Momentary lapse in sanity.” She shrugs. “It’s nothing I haven’t seen before.”

Those words kick around in my head for a second before I practically tackle her onto her bed. She lands on her back, mouth parted in shock, with her legs spread and her dress ridden up. My hips fill the spot between her thighs, and I pin her hands to the bed.

Fuck, this was a bad idea. She smells good—sweet, like her conditioner—and she feels even better. I have to fight the urge to grind into her.

“Nothing you haven’t seen before, huh?”

“No,” she says between clenched teeth.

“Who was it?” I demand. “Was it the little golden boy from tonight?”

“None of your business.”

“Tell me, Briar,” I whisper, getting closer to her ear. “Did he make you come from a kiss like I did? Does he know what you sound like as you do? Because I can still hear you. I can still see you.”

If her sharp intake of breath didn’t let me know she was affected, the way she rocked into my jean-covered cock does. I stay stock-still, still braced above her with my hands around her wrists.

“Does he know that I was the first one to make this little body come before you even knew how to do it yourself?” I bring her wrists closer together so I can grip them both with one hand, and I trail my index finger from her sternum all the way down to her underwear.

A moan slips free, and her hips chase the friction once more.

“No,” she whispers.

Holy unicorns! I am left speechless and with a BIG book hangover. Charleigh Rose has just ruined me in a sweet and twisted way. This is the first time I read something of her and I am amazed by her talent with words. Her writing is smooth, steamy and well built.

Bad Habit is a stunning and mind-blowing reading you MUST NOT miss. It is one of the best books I have the pleasure to read over the year. It has all the elements that make it a piece of taboo art. Carleigh did a great combination of those elements that blown my mind: the age difference of the characters, the prohibited feelings, the hurt, the damaged bad boy, the good girl with no regrets, the lust, the attraction, the hope and the love. All brilliantly put together to create a masterpiece. I can't find a greater enjoyment than reading this book.

I have left with a great smile on my face because this book was a good way to spend my day. The peace was fast and steady with a lot of curves that had me at the edge of a heart attack. The characters are complex and well developed. Carleigh gifted us a BAD BOY with a GOLDEN HEART.

This book is about a fierce and raw love story. The hero is a bad boy and the heroine is a good (young) girl. The age difference is an abyss between them but they will fall into temptation. The attraction is too intense and electrifying. A kiss, a mistake and a misunderstanding will seal their fate.

Briar knows what her young heart desires nevertheless she is still a teenager. She wants Asher, his brother's best friend. She never tough that he felt the same.

“Asher Kelley smile is rarer than a blue moon.”

Asher is a rare kind of bad boy. His life was raw since his mom died. He wasn't born with the same privileged life like his friends. He is the boy who was tempted by his best friend's little sister. They boy who has not future. The boy who left everything. A bad habit.

“The last thing an angel like you should be doing is worrying about a fuck-up like me.”

I love Asher, he is just himself. A hard boy with a tender heart. A fallen angel with dark wings who embrace the pain and endure his heart. He just have one weakness and/or strength: Briar.

“Don’t waste one fucking tear on me.”

He is the damaged boy with a strong heart that beats for only one little girl. He thinks he does not deserve to be loved. (That breaks my heart) Briar will teach him that he worth the fight.

“For once in my goddamn life, I’m trying to be the good guy, and you’re not making it easy.”

This book is NOT a cliché. It is a bookish delightful. You will be captivated by the way the story goes. So smooth and easy but with some peaks that will have you at the edge of the abyss.

"Someone should’ve warned me not to fall years ago."

I am glad that Asher was the who just popped my cherry. And from now on I won't miss a book of this talented lady. I extremely recommend you this book. This is a must read that will exceed your bookish expectations. Be prepared to blush like a virgin with the steamy scenes. This book will leave you wanting more.

(ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review)