Name: The Failing Hours
ISBN: 9781386374404

Sara Ney

Zeke Daniels isn't just a douchebag; he's an asshole. A total and complete jerk, Zeke keeps people at a distance. He has no interest in relationships-most assholes don't. Dating? Being part of a couple? Nope. Not for him. He's never given any thought to what he wants in a girlfriend, because he's never had any intention of having one. Shit, he barely has a relationship with his family, and they're related; his own friends don't even like him. So why does he keep thinking about Violet DeLuca? Sweet, quiet Violet-his opposite in every sense of the word. The light to his dark, even her damn name sounds like rays of sunshine and happiness and shit. And that pisses him off, too.

How to Date a Douchebag

The Failing Hours

Annalissa Powner 

You know how most “mean” guy characters have the whole mean sense of humor? The typical “he’s an ass but I’m chuckling because it’s a little funny” that so many books do. Well Zeke wasn’t funny, in fact he was just straight up mean, cold and grumpy as hell, and yet I loved him. Slowly, so slowly, I see he wasn’t so damn furious at the world, so hell bent on hurting everyone and with every layer I loved him more. Violet was so sweet, so sure and so strong that I loved her too. I think the thing that put this one over the top for me was that it was mostly Zekes story and for once it wasn’t an asshole who met a cute girl and felt the need to change, instead it was a guy who met a “meh” girl and found a friend who taught him how to be a person, an imperfect person, but a person all the same. 
An added bonus was we got to see a good amount of Oz and James too!!

Davina 

Nouran Hazem

Nouran

celene

MY FRIENDS WANT ME TO GET LAID. So much so that they plastered my ugly mug all over campus, in bold printed letters: Are you the lucky lady who's going to break our roommate's cherry? Him: socially awkward man with average-sized penis looking for willing sexual partner... The morons can't even spell. And the texts I've been receiving are what wet dreams are made of. But I'm not like these douchebags, no matter how hard they try to turn me into one. THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF ATTENTION I WANT. One text stands out from hundreds. One number I can't bring myself to block. She seems different. Hotter, even in black and white. However, after seeing her in person, I know she's not the girl for me. But my friends won't let up-they just don't get it. Douchebags or not, there's one thing they'll never understand: GIRLS DON'T WANT ME. Especially her.

The Learning Hours

THERE ARE NO DOUCHEBAGS IN THIS STORY. Well, there are, but they're not who this story is about. This story is about me-the coach's daughter. When I moved to Iowa to live with my dad, the university's take-no-prisoners wrestling coach, I thought transferring would be easy as pie-living with my father would be temporary, and he'd make sure his douchebag wrestlers left me alone. Wrong on both counts. ASSHOLES ALWAYS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH. A bet is placed, and I'm on the table. After one humiliating night and too much alcohol, I find the last nice guy on campus. And when he offers to rent me his spare bedroom, I go all in. It's time for the nice guy to finish first. Midnight chats and spilling my problems turn to lingering touches. Lingering touches turn to more. And the ultimate good guy has the potential do more damage than any douchebags ever could.

The Coaching Hours

I Don’t Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber ~ "I don't like nobody but you, baby, I don't care
I don't like nobody but you, I hate everyone here"

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!! I WANT MORE VIOLET AND ZEKE AHHHHH !!!!! this was IT!! THE ASSHOLE GRUMP THAT HATES EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING BUT CHANGES FOR THE BETTER FOR HIS ADORABLE SUNSHINE AHHHHHHHH I CANT

cris 🫀

Sven Test

RHETT <3<3<3 TE AMO ERES UN ÁNGEL <3<3<3 (lo pongo en mayúsculas para que se entienda que me encantó ok?)

Everyone says Rex Gunderson isn't boyfriend material. Everyone says he isn't serious enough. Everyone says he's a joke. In fact, rumor has it--the disgraced ex-manager of the wrestling team left campus with his tail between his legs.But Rex is back, nowhere near the douchebag he used to be--and ready to prove everyone wrong.The leopard has changed his spots--and he's about to become my dating coach.Publishers Note: THE TEACHING HOURS is a short Novella, not a full length novel.

The Teaching Hours

una falta de todo que la autora no le haya escrito un libro como se debe a Rex

AAAAHHH Rex merecía su propia novela in love 💓

Nikki

guys who write letters to the love of their lives >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Caitlin Vanderheide

I liked the first 2 books of the series, but I am only a few chapters in and I can't stand the heroine. I also hate how much of an emphasis there is on how the hero is "not cute". Like, it's so bad that it's all anyone has droned on about for the first 12% and I just can't will myself to keep going. I am really disappointed in this one :(

ROZZO. ARROGANTE. STRONZO. Non c’è dubbio al riguardo, Sebastian Oz Osborne è il miglior atleta dell’università ma anche il più grande stronzo. Un cliché ambulante, sempre pronto a dire sconcezze, un corpo fantastico, uno a cui non frega un cazzo di ciò che pensa la gente. INTELLIGENTE. ELEGANTE. CONSERVATRICE. Non si cada in errore, Jameson Clarke può anche essere la studentessa più diligente della scuola, ma di certo non è una puritana. Trascorrendo la maggior parte del suo tempo tra le sacre mura della biblioteca, James diffida di guardoni, atleti e stronzi e Oz Osbourne ha tutte queste qualità. Lei è brillante, sarcastica e il contrario di ciò che lui immagina. Ogni stronzo ha le sue debolezze. Lui vuole esserle amico. Lui Vuole passare del tempo con lei. Lui Vuole farla impazzire. Lui Vuole lei.

The studying hours

Pauline J

Honestly I’d give this no stars if it would let me. There was NO point to this story. 
It was written in ridiculously short little blurbs with nothing else connecting it together. The characters were flat and unemotional, plus the fact that all the women were written as either play things or bimbos... god who thought this was publish worthy?

Megan Williams

The Coaching Hours by Sara Ney is about the coach's daughter, Annabelle, who moves from a very small private college to the one where her dad works. This book follows her journey as she tries to find herself in this new place and with some people who don't have the best intentions. You see, there's a couple of guys who have a bet going that they will be the first to "bed the coach's daughter". So while dealing with all of the weirdos Annabelle also deals with having to find a place to live, getting good grades, and making friends. 

So this book is included in the How to Date a Douchebag series, but I have to say that the douchebags of the novel/series don't take a leading role. Instead we see one of the nice guys get this role and I LOVED it. Elliot is the ultimate gentleman - except when he's not ;) - and really makes an impact on Annabelle. There are a lot of things that I loved about this book...

Elliot
Elliot was definitely one of my favorite characters in this novel because he really was a sweet guy. I feel like a lot of novels focus on turning the bad ones good, which isn't very realistic, and this novel was kind of the opposite. The Coaching Hours focused on finally having the good guy get his girl and I enjoyed this college romance more than the others in the series because of this. I'm tired of the douchebags in the novel and finally I'm reading one where they are actually the bad guy.

The Switching Perspectives
One of the aspects that I really appreciated about this novel was the switching perspectives between characters. Now to preface, I'm not always so excited when the character perspective is constantly switching because I lose some of my connection to the main characters. But in this book I thought that this writing decision really played out well because it created frustration for me the reader - which sounds bad, but isn't. I was seeing both Annabelle and Elliot's perspective which made me frustrated when there were miscommunications because I knew the intention behind what they were doing or saying. I thought this decision really developed the relationships for me and made me more excited to see where the book was headed. 

The Bet
Don't a lot of stories start off with a poorly planned bet? Well this one isn't like the others I've read because the bet isn't between the two main characters and instead is about Annabelle. While the bet definitely led to some drama in the book, I didn't think it played as big of a part to the plot that I thought it would from just reading the blurb. Instead the focus was more on the budding friendship between Annabelle and Elliot, but it does come into play with their relationship later in the novel. 

The Relationship
What surprised me the most about this novel was the relationships. I don't want to go to in depth because that might lead to spoilers but I will say this novel went a lot further into the relationship than I thought. There are a lot of levels to be discovered in this novel and a huge plot twist which is the reason that I previously stated that the bet didn't have too big of an impact on the novel. But the relationship was amazing and at some parts I definitely found myself crying. But I also cry for a lot of novels and fake relationships so...

Overall

This was a really great novel because it had the romance, the betrayal, the characters you root for. Basically everything people might want from a new adult college romance where the only douchebags are the appearances of old characters from the previous novels and some guys on the wrestling team. I definitely couldn't put this novel down and this might be my new favorite How to Date a Douchebag novel!

5 Laugh-Out-Loud Stars

How to Date a Douchebag...

From the title, I knew that this would be a book that would most definitely have me rolling on the floor laughing my butt off. It was definitely an attention grabber from me and I knew as soon as I saw the little advertisement on Facebook, I HAD TO HAVE IT! Reading definitely has its ups and downs and it's books like this one that add a little laughter to break up the seriousness of other novels.

This book is basically about misconceptions people make about other based on their appearances. Oz finds this out first hand when he makes some assumptions about the girl studying a couple tables away in the library. And yet the same could be said for James, although a lot of her misconceptions were pretty spot on about Oz, he just grew out of some of them throughout the novel. The phrase "don't judge a girl by her cardigan" definitely resonates through the characters and plot as they find out that not everyone behaves as they look and sometimes those that look like prudes might not be so inclined.

What was really great about this book was the relationships between the characters. Oz is the typical jock douchebag that everyone kind of expects, and no one more than himself. And yet once he starts to hang out with James, he finds that he doesn't quite fit the role he always has placed himself in. And the thing that drags Oz in is James's blunt yet witty humor as she finds herself in the path of Oz on several different occasions. These two come together with fireworks as their opposing personalities often end with one of the two upset or fired up.

This book was everything that it promised to be...

AND MORE!

I loved being able to sit down and just enjoy the witty comebacks and the interesting chapter dividers. Oh yes, a little extra special something is between every chapter ready to make you choke on the tea or coffee you are currently sipping (i know from experience, believe me).

Truly though, the author did a great job of writing a novel filled with hilarity and heart, a balance that doesn't always work but fit perfectly in How to Date a Douchebag. From the snippet at the end of the novel, I already am looking forward to the other books in the series and their own douchebags!!

Candyce Kirk

The Teaching Hours is everything I love in a novella. I wasn't left with a lot of questions, but I learned enough about Hannah and Rex to care about them. It was just enough humor and romance to make my bookworm heart happy. Even though I'm satisfied with how this ended, I would've loved a full book about these two.

Hannah is a character that I could really relate to. She's awkward, but means well. There is no filter to what she says and sometimes she talks out loud when talking to herself. In many ways, Hannah is just looking for love while being herself. A coach didn't seem like a bad idea to help her out.

Rex made some bad choices, but is getting his life back together. He used to be a player and is still known that way. Rex's life has changed in many ways, so he can't even think about being that way anymore. I really loved Rex. His sarcasm, sweetness, a soft side with his niece and just his personality. I think he's just looking for his happily ever after without realizing it.

The Teaching Hours is short, but has the perfect balance of humor, romance, steamy moments and happily ever after for now. After reading about her best friend, I think she would've been a great side character if this was a full length book. This reminds me why I really need to get to the rest of the books in this series ASAP!

Lily

3.5 stars. 
I loved their story but the thing I didn’t like was the ending was so abrupt and I would’ve loved to of seen a epilogue of their life.

Ciska van Bokhorst

Ik dacht even dat ik een boek las wat gelijk aan Elle Kennedy lag.... maar helaas. Halverwege neemt het boek een "rare" wending en zakte mijn leesplezier in. Nog steeds niet verkeerd, maar toch....

The Failing Hours How to Date a Douchebag