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Review: Learning Curve (Dickson University #1) by Max Monroe


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WHAT IS Learning Curve ALL ABOUT?
📖New adult standalone romance
💕Dual POV
🫶Intense first love vibes
📣Cheerleader virgin meets the tortured bad boy
😅He FIGHTS for her. Literally.
🫢College DRAMAAAA
😂FUNNY
🔥ANGST & loads of tension
🫢Secrets
🫨Twists & turns (you will NOT see coming)
😳Emotional family drama
😍Winslow brothers (Sh*t is about to go down!)
😍OG Billionaires (Finn’s roommate Ace is THE Ace Kelly so you def see Thatch and Cassie, and Kline and Georgia, and Wes and Winnie)


She’s the virginal cheerleader, and he’s the tortured bad boy. Their worlds are different, but college life at Dickson University brings them together in a passionate, angsty, fiery collision.

Finn Hayes is what girls my age would call “stupid hot.” He’s handsome, has brown eyes that remind me of warm chocolate chip cookies, and a tall, muscular build that makes marble sculptures jealous.

Green flag, right?

Wrong.

He’s also broody, closed off, and so complex that it feels like I need a decoder to crack him.

He’s unlike anyone I’ve ever met and fights like he came out of the womb swinging, taking down both my ex-boyfriend and an ex-UFC fighter with ease.

But the underground society at our college known as Double C has nothing on him in the secrets department, and it’s that mysterious edge that keeps me coming back for more.

This is more than the story of how Finn and I fell in love.

This is proof that love has a learning curve. Sometimes you succeed, and sometimes…it destroys you.

Author Note: Learning Curve is a New Adult Romance standalone that is book one in the Dickson University Series. This highly-addictive series will follow the grown-up Billionaire Bad Boy kids and long-lost Winslow siblings as they navigate college life and relationships. Buckle up for all the college drama, romance, spice, angst, and humor. You do not need to have read the Billionaire Bad Boys Series or the Winslow Brothers Collection to read Learning Curve. It is a complete standalone.

MY REVIEW

Finn and Scottie meet one fateful day in college, but it's not insta anything, as she has a boyfriend, and he's got an agenda for being at this particular university. But, as things sometimes go, they do get together and everything is wonderful the way college romances tend to be. But don't go thinking this will be some lighthearted rom com, because it's not. Or at least it's not all fun and games, because Finn is a broken man, and Scottie has a rough path ahead of her.


Whew! I gotta say, this story took a journey I was not expecting. But I absolutely loved every word. Finn is indeed a broken soul, but he's also a fighter, physically and mentally and emotionally. So is Scottie, though, and it's for these reasons the two of them make it through. I hope I didn't give you the wrong idea though, because though this isn't Max's typical rom com, it is funny and snarky when the friend group gets together and when Finn's roommate's parents and crew (the og's!!!) get up to their usual shenanigans. So don't get scared off, because MM's signature wit and fun is here, but there are emotional subjects, too, and everything is handled with the right touch - not too heavy, but with tons of heart. The secondary cast is as stellar as Finn and Scottie, and have me very impatient to read all their stories eventually.

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