• Beautiful Disaster

  • By: Jamie McGuire
  • Narrated by: Emma Galvin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (4,355 ratings)

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Beautiful Disaster

By: Jamie McGuire
Narrated by: Emma Galvin
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Publisher's summary

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University's Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

©2011 Jamie McGuire (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

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" Beautiful Disaster is insanely addictive. Beautifully sexy, beautifully intense, and beautifully perfect. Jamie McGuire has written a damn good book." (Jessica Park, author of the New York Times best seller Flat-Out Love)

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okay book

it was okay start off as very slow read , hard to finish but it Okay.

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Sooo...

I'm not usually overly critical on books, but this one has some yucky messaging for young girls. It was pretty much a volatile obsession story. These kids are 19 and when you are young relationships can get pretty intense but this was just silly- there were just so many red flags regarding relationships that I wouldn't want my daughter reading this and thinking a relationship like this would ever be ok. I'm all about reading all kind of ridiculousness so for a 30 something adult to read this it was just fine but for a late teen to read it that fantasizes about her dream relationship I would hope she wouldn't read this and think that this kind of love story is ok in real life.

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not what I expected, just more

Where does Beautiful Disaster rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was definitely one of the better ones.

What other book might you compare Beautiful Disaster to and why?

I have never came across one that compares in this genre.

Which character – as performed by Emma Galvin – was your favorite?

Travis

Who was the most memorable character of Beautiful Disaster and why?

Travis, he was not your typical college student, but he was so much better than expected.

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Great read

Such a wonderful surprise. I really love the book and will definitely be recommending this story to others.

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I've reread this so many times

I love this book. I've bought it on several apps and on audio so I can listen to it at work.

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Loved it!!

This story was so cute I loved every moment of the story and their love story

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The movie preview made me read it

And I am SOOOOOOO happy I did.
First the movie is stupid. Changes really large plot points, skips over important ones.
But the book.
It was incredible. So increíble I went one bought the entire series and consumed it within a weekend.
This story has a piece of my heart.

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Very cute characters and romance

I enjoyed reading this because I felt the characters were genuine and I’m a sucker for guys pining. Some of the story line was unrealistic, but it was written a few years back

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Omg !!Loved it

I read this book in paperback but listening was a whole knew level to it..

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This book is a personal favorite

Would you listen to Beautiful Disaster again? Why?

Yes, I would definitely listen to BEAUTIFUL DISASTER again. I've had this book in my kindle library and I fell in love with it the first time I read it. Now listening to it has brought it all back to life for me.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I'm like that with any book, listening or reading. I hate having to stop in the middle so yes, this is a book I wanted to devour in one sitting.

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