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Review: Flat-Out Matt (Flat-Out Love #1.5) by Jessica Park


Flat-Out Matt (Flat-Out Love #1.5) by Jessica Park

Blurb from Goodreads:
Matt is a junior at MIT. He’s geeky, he's witty, he's brilliant.

And he’s also very, very stupid.

When beautiful, cool, insightful Julie moves in with Matt’s family, why (oh why!) does he pretend to be his absent brother Finn for her alleged benefit? 

It seems harmless enough until her short-term stay becomes permanent. And until it snowballs into heart-squeezing insanity. And until he falls in love with Julie, and Julie falls in love with Finn. 

But … Matt is the right one for her. If only he can make Julie see it. Without telling her the truth, without shattering them all. Particularly his fragile sister Celeste, who may need Julie the most.

You saw Matt through Julie’s eyes in FLAT-OUT LOVE. Now go deeper into Matt’s world in this FLAT-OUT MATT novella. Live his side of the story, break when his heart breaks, and fall for the unlikely hero all over again.

Take an emotional skydive for two prequel chapters and seven Flat-Out Love chapters retold from his perspective, and then land with a brand-new steamy finale chapter from Julie.
My Review:

Where do I begin?  This novella was PERFECT.  Not only were we able to get inside Matt's head but we had a true scene with Finn!  And, the bonus scene/chapter at the end?  Soul shattering and so, so right.  I loved every minute of this novella and as a companion to Flat-Out Love.  Julie and Matt belong to each other -- even reading the tense moments I knew were coming, from Matt's POV, scared me but also gave me perspective.  To be honest, I am generally not a fan of re-reading things just when they are from a different POV but this was just right because there were so many things I didn't know Matt was feeling or thinking and I got to read them all!  Jessica Park, I really really love you!

I highly recommend this to anyone that read Flat-Out Love!  It was even better than I imagined and I love Matt even more now!
"You are my everything,” Julie said. “You are challenging, and difficult, and guarded. I love those things about you. You are fascinating, and complex, and brilliant, and funny. I love those things about you, too. I am in love with your selflessness and your ability to sacrifice too much. I am in love with the parts of you that fear and that hurt and that push people away. I am love in with your vulnerability and your strength. I am in love with your capacity to love harder and with more loyalty than I ever imagined anyone could. I am in love with the choices you’ve made, even the mistakes, because they brought us to where we are right now. More than those things, I am very simply in love with you and everything that you are. Your past, your present, and your future.” She touched her fingers to him, tracing his lips and then moving across his jaw and over his cheek. “I think about you all the time, and I can’t get you out of my head. I am listening to my heart, finally, without doubting anything. And I will never stop.” And then she kissed him. Long and hard and endlessly, only eventually slowing. “Now open your eyes and look at me. I feel everything that you feel, Matt. I always have, and I know that now. And it is time to stop hurting."                       
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Comments

  1. I haven't read Flat Out Love, but your review of the novella has made me think I should give it a try! And then follow it with this one of course. :) Sounds good! Thanks for sharing! :)

    Eleanor @ La p'tite bibliothèque

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  2. wonderful review, I am so curious about this series and you have me adding this to my wishlist!

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  3. I want to read this so badly! I loved Flat-Out Love and fell in love with Matt so I can't wait to read his pov. Awesome review!

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