Rushed by Gina Robinson

   *i received this book from Netgalley in exchange for a review*

    Rating: 3/5
    Recommend: If you like new adult that the relationship moves fast in

    Synopsis: A girl who has everything. A guy who has everything to lose.
     Some things can't be…
    RUSHED
    Alexis
    Like there has ever been any doubt which sorority my family expects me to pledge. I'm a third-         generation legacy. On the first day of rush, I realize I'm in trouble. I'm not like the other girls in the house. But as long as my parents control my college funds, resisting is futile. Until Zach, the live-in houseboy, who's quite possibly the hottest guy I will ever meet, serves me a cupcake and flashes me a sympathetic look. With one enigmatic smile, he flips my heart and my world upside down. My parents will cut me off if they even suspect I'm interested in a house guy. But I can't stay away from him. And so I pledge the house for all the wrong reasons.

    Zach
    Living in a sorority? I get flipped a load of crap about being a live-in servant, the help. Easy access to the hottest girls on campus? Not with the unbreakable rule—get caught with one of the girls and you're fired. Immediately. Lose this job and I can't afford college. I sure as hell can't ask my parents for help. They wish I'd never been born. Considering what I did, I don't blame them. I've learned to think of the girls like sisters. Until Alexis pledges the house. Now sister is the last thing on my mind. 

    Review: Rushed follows Alexis and Zach in alternating duel perspective. Alexis is a college freshman who is forced into rushing the most popular and stuck up sorority on campus due to her status of the third generational legacy. Zach is the live-in houseboy for the girls, he treats the girls like sisters and is fiercely protective of them. Zach and Alexis feel a connection from the moment they first lock eyes, but they can't act on it because it is against the rules to date a sister. They can't seem to stay away from each other and the fact that they live in the same house isn't helping. Between dealing with Morgan, a delta that has a crush on Zach and Dakota, Zach's ex-best friend/president of a popular fraternity who is crushing on Alexis, these two lovebirds have some serious issues to deal with before they can reach their happily ever after. But even with everything against them, they find a way to make it work in their own special way. 

    The idea for this book was really good,  I've been wanting to read it since i first heard about it a few months ago so when i was it on Netgalley i got really excited, and even more so after i was approved to review it. As much as i loved the plot, i feel like it was very poorly executed in this novel and that much of the stuff that happened within the plot was just there for the sake of it being there and i hate when that happens in books, especially new adult romance ones. This was a disappointment to me, i tried so hard to love this book but there were just too many flaws for me to truly adore it like i know i could have. 

    What I Liked: I loved Zach, i thought with as much baggage as he had that he was a very well-rounded and caring person. Dakota also really grew on me near the end, his loyalty to Zach through everything was something i found refreshing. The fact that Zach and Alexis bonded through music was probably my favorite thing and that music is what saved his life, that's something that I related to on some levels and i really made my connection to Zach more strong. Oh, and wall sex.... that was good. The end of the book was also kinda full circle so that was interesting. 

    What I Didn't Like: The romance was (no pun intended) RUSHED, one minute they were like "we can't do this" then they sleep together then a page later they are saying "i love you" and that really threw me off, it was an unrealistic pacing for a relationship. They became a couple way too fast and that kind of ruined the book for me in some aspects. The decoy relationship between Dakota and Alexis made me uncomfortable, especially when Dakota kissed her... i know why they did it but i don't think that was the best thing they could do to fix this situation. The sisters in the sorority (with the exception of Kayla) annoyed me so much, they thought they were so cool and so popular and they treat people unlike them like they didn't even matter and that's just a really shitty thing to do if you ask me. Morgan's possessiveness over Zach was completely off the rails and pointless, and the fact that she got the satisfaction of catching them together, i hated that, i hated that so much. Both Zach and Alexis also had really shitty parents and that really sucked that it took Zach almost dying for his parents to care about him.