{"id":20538,"date":"2018-03-15T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20538"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:52:52","slug":"wotr18-review-newrelease-outcast-a-good-guys-novel-by-jamie-schossler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20538","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR18 #Review #NewRelease &#8211; Outcast, A Good Guys Novel by Jamie Schossler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19375\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=300%2C204\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/wotr-attending-author.png?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1519951581l\/38314723.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"OUTCAST\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAYLA<br \/>\nMy infatuation with Ezra Johnson started how all obsessions begin\u2014with a simple crush. Over the years I silently soaked up every shy smile and random act of kindness, wrestling them away to a secret place in my heart meant for unrequited love.<br \/>\nBecause if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that I tutor him once a week, I\u2019m pretty sure he wouldn\u2019t even know I exist.<br \/>\nThen I find his sketchbook.<br \/>\nAnd it changes everything.<\/p>\n<p>EZRA<br \/>\nThere are two certainties in my life: I\u2019ve been in love with Kayla Reynolds since I was fourteen, and I can\u2019t have her.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve spent years settling for a two-dimensional fantasy world, capturing her beauty with a pencil and paper. She\u2019s kind, smart, gorgeous\u2026<br \/>\nAnd she belongs to someone else.<br \/>\nOr so I thought.<br \/>\nAn interesting turn of events makes me realize things aren\u2019t always how they appear on the outside, and now I\u2019ve got my chance to be the man she deserves.<br \/>\nFor as long as I can remember, I\u2019ve been called a loser. The cripple. An outcast.<br \/>\nBut maybe\u2014just maybe\u2014this time the good guy won\u2019t finish last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/38314723-outcast?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jamie-Schlosser\/e\/B01HP0TV9S\/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520365165&amp;sr=8-2-ent\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received this book from the authors for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>OH MAN!!\u00a0 Ezra!!\u00a0 I gotta say it.\u00a0 This is my favorite book of the series. FAVORITE!!!\u00a0 Ezra and Kayla are such a great read!!<\/p>\n<p>Ezra and Kayla are both blind to the way the other feels about them.\u00a0 He thinks he is the gimp with the limp and the squishy belly guy so no way would this beautiful girl like him let alone LOOK at him THAT WAY.<\/p>\n<p>Sure Kayla is a popularish girl who is seen as another guys girlfriend but little does everyone know what is really happening between Gavin and Kayla.\u00a0 Side Note: Gavin needs a book.\u00a0 He needs some love Jamie!!!<\/p>\n<p>Ok back to the review.\u00a0 When Kayla discovers Ezra\u2019s secret she decided to go after what she wants buuuut is stunned he pushed her away.\u00a0 The couple spend the summer writing letters and forming an amazing bond that will help them when they go away to the same college in a few months.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra is such a great guy.\u00a0 He feels even though he has changed a bit physically he is still not enough for Kayla and makes a few stupid decisions\u2026but I mean even he says Guys do stupid things\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>Kayla is such a sensitive person.\u00a0 She really loves her people with her entire heart.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t let a lot of people in but when she does, you are set for life with her.\u00a0 Looking at all the people she helps in her life from Gavin to Paul shows the amazing character she has and strength to know when to do the right thing.\u00a0 Shauna is also a great person for her to connect with and she will help her grow in her charitable contributions.<\/p>\n<p>There is just so much about this story that I love and I wasn\u2019t able to put the book down because I needed to know what would happen\u2026.how would the first kiss go?\u00a0 How would the first of OTHER things go? *wink*\u00a0 But I loved seeing the two grow as a couple and as individuals in the story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Schlosser grew up on a farm in Illinois surrounded by cornfields. Although she no longer lives in the country, her dream is to return to rural living someday. As a stay-at-home mom, she spends most of her days running back and forth between her two wonderful kids and her laptop. She loves her family, iced coffee, and happily-everafters. You can find out more about Jamie and upcoming books by visiting her Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorjamieschlosser\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KAYLA My infatuation with Ezra Johnson started how all obsessions begin\u2014with a simple crush. Over the years I silently soaked up every shy smile and random act of kindness, wrestling them away to a secret place in my heart meant for unrequited love. Because if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that I tutor him once &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20538\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#WOTR18 #Review #NewRelease &#8211; Outcast, A Good Guys Novel by Jamie Schossler<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,16,590],"tags":[874],"class_list":["post-20538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-release","category-part-of-a-series","category-writers-on-the-river-attending-author","tag-jamie-schlosser"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-5lg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20557,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538\/revisions\/20557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}