Bad Boys Break Hearts

The Boys

De: Micalea Smeltzer

Narrado por: Erin Mallon, Jacob Morgan

Mascen Wade, star pitcher of the Aldridge University baseball team, is a lot of things.

Rich. Hotter than sin. The campus’ reigning bad boy.

We knew each other once upon a time, but even if I’m named after a princess, it doesn’t mean my life is a fairy tale. My plan is to keep my head down, get my degree, and leave this town. But the moment Mascen Wade recognizes me, all my carefully laid plans come crumbling down. He’s decided he wants to make my life a living hell, but I’m not so easy to push around. I won’t put up with his bully playground antics.

It's just too bad that I’ve never been able to resist him.

©2020 Micalea Smeltzer (P)2020 Podium Audio

Great audio

This was a good childhood friends to enemies to lovers. The narrators did a great job with these characters.

I’ve found a new favorite!

When I started this book, I was thinking it would just be a book to read between novels. Nope. That’s not what happened. I fell. I fell hard. Micalea Smeltzer’s writing style is out of this world and her characters???? STOLE MY HEART!

Do NOT miss this one! You will fall hard for beautifully chiseled characters. You will be enveloped in an angst filled, page turning story line.

Erin Mallon & Jacob Morgan brought Rory & Mascen to life in a fantastic way. Their voices nailed the characters beautifully and I was not bored by their narrations.

Five stars and two thumbs up for this amazing read! I can not wait to dive into Cole’s story next!

So good!

New author for me. LOOOOVED THIS!! It's an "it's complicated" past friends to lovers college sports romance with a sassy h and a jerk H.

Super cute!

Got to love a college romance. Love this so much two characters who lose touch and find each other in college after she fools around with his friend. Loved the banter, loved how they found their way back to each other. I felt like I was back in college my self, lol Great narration by two of the best in the business.

Childhood friends to Lovers

Loved this journey of childhood friends to enemies to lovers. After a period of hate between the MCs they finally admit their attraction and rediscover their friendship.

Has enough steam 🔥🔥🔥 and plenty of one liners to keep the story rolling.

Great narration, as you always expect by Jacob Morgan and Erin Mallon!

Easy Listen

I really liked this book! Anything with Jacob Morgan & Erin Mallon grabs my attention & is going to get a Listen. This was a great story with twists and turns, but the perfect ending. Loved it & definitely recommend.

Loved it!🥰

I loved this one. It was easy to listen to but contained layers…depth. The character development was awesome & we get to enjoy more than just the main characters! I want to hear all of their stories! This was my first by this author but not my last.♥️

It's a spin off

of the Willow Creek books but this was my first one of this Author so its not a bad start but once I figured out the parents had a story I went to start that series before continuing on with this one. I wish there was a little more exploration of the relationship with his dad and roommate but overall it was a good listen and the narration was done well.

College, slow burn romance

3.5 stars. Bad Boys Break Hurts is the first book in the Boys series by Micalea Smeltzer. I grabbed the audio of this one and enjoyed it! This has a college setting, the heroine is just starting school and she runs into the hero who she knew growing up, she actually starts dating his roommate/friend first. This is slightly sports romance, the hero is the star pitcher for the school’s baseball team, but the sports part is super light/barely there (I actually wanted more sports time lol).

Rory is just stating her first year at Aldridge University on scholarship and she’s so ready for a new beginning where people don’t know her or her family’s history. She’s been the responsible one after a family tragedy when she was young and she was left to pick up the pieces. On her first night she ends up going to a bar with her new roommates/friends and wakes up the next morning in a guy’s room (the guy she was dancing and making out with at the bar). Nothing ended up happening but on her way out she runs into his roommate who happens to be Mascen, someone she grew up with! While it’s been 10 years since they’ve seen one another, Mascen definitely feels territorial about Rory and can’t keep away from her, even though he tries to since his roommate starts dating her.

This one was angsty, with Rory dating Mascen’s roommate for about the first half of the story. They are more friends though and do end up splitting which is when Mascen invites Rory home with him for Thanksgiving and winter break. Mascen has a complicated relationship with his dad which is explored in the book, his dad was a famous drummer in a band. I did think the relationship/romance part was slow and once they got together I wasn’t as invested as the buildup of the “are they/aren’t they” type setup we had in the first half when she was dating his roommate. I did like how he calls her “Princess”. And I’ll probably continue on in the series because the audios were good and I do want to see some of the other character’s stories, including his roommate she dumped. Lol

CW: suicide (loss of a parent)

Kind of the same College Story

Well written story but this is another college romance that I feel like I've read before. It was entertaining enough to keep me reading but also a typical friends to enemies to lovers. They started out as best friends as kids, separated during the childhood and come across each other in college. Star athlete who grew up rich felt abandoned by his best friend therefore hates her but not so much when he sees her again. Hates her but doesn't want her to be happy with anyone else. I don't mean to make lite of the storyline but that is the basic premise of the story.