Book Review: The Jack*ss in Class

Title:  The Jack*ss in Class (ARC)

Author: Amy Award

Genre:  Sports Romance

Rating:  Love

Spice: Flamin Hot Cheeto

Synopsis: Flynn Kingman is less than a year away from seeing all his dreams come true. Like any Kingman he’s a sure thing in the upcoming NFL Draft, along with his twin. With his 2 week rule well established on campus, and his Draft prospects high, this year is set to be his best one yet with the ladies. Tempest Navarro is less than a year away from imploding. The three lives she’s been living these last few years are all converging into one future. If only she can manage to put her foot down and pick one. The LAST thing she needs is flirty Flynn Kingman adding to her increasing pile of stress.Last year of college is rarely what you expect. 

Thoughts: Okay, lots to discuss with this one mi gente. 

I love the Kingman family. I love this series. I love the messages of body positivity. I love the GREENness of their flags. 

This book is no different. It has all the classic makings of an Amy Award banger. Sexy football players, sassy plus size boss babes, spice, banter and the Kingman series trademark…an adorable animal companion. 

Burrito Petito is an easily startled, fast moving baby donkey who crashed his way into Flynn’s life and led him to his future. He is the eating machine responsible for the creation of the Donkey Sitters Club and became a viral sensation when he blew everyone away with his skill at avoiding some of the schools best defensemen. 

AbuelaNovela, who we meet in the novella The Lion in the Library (part of the To L.A with Love anthology) is wonderfully dramatica and sassy. The support she shows her familia, and Tempest especially, is beautiful and hilarious. 

My favorite part of the book was the representation. Seeing plus sized Latine folks in romance books is rare. Even more so when the series was all white until this book (and its prequel novella). Amy Award did a great job with Tempest, a plus size Latine fem. The Navarro familia shows the truth about Latine families. They are just like every other family. The Kingman family have always given me Latine familia vibes, as they remind me much of my own in some ways. However seeing the Navarro familia, that representation, it hit so close. 

Tempest is a plus size Latina trying to balance her familias expectations with her own “unrealistic” dreams for her future. She has a flamboyant abuela, ex futbol playing abuelo, type A older sisters, wilder little sisters and a familia that always comes around. Swap the sisters for brothers and you’ve basically got the Kingman family. 

Sometimes representation can be reminding us that we really aren’t all that different at our core. Representation can come in many ways, big and small and I think Amy Award did a great job reminding us all that the world is bigger and more diverse than what we may be shown on a regular basis. It’s also a lot smaller once you realize how similar we really are. 

We’re getting down to the last three Kingman “kids”, and I’m so excited to see them get their loves as well.

Quotes: 

Sweet baby Jesus, what was my name again? 

-Tempest

“Be a good girl and come hard on my cock.” 

-Flynn

“I won’t have them Hollywood white-washing or skinny-washing my heroines.”

-Tempest

“…the regret of playing it safe is far more painful than the grief of having loved fully.”

-Bridger Kingman

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Rating:

LOVED= 5 Stars. A new fav. Will be talking about every chance I get. 

ENJOYED= 4-3 Stars.  It wasn’t a life changer but I would recommend. 

0-2 Stars/ DNF= I will not post a review about a book I didn’t enjoy or did not finish. Good vibes only. I support anyone who’s brave enough to create their own work and put it out into the world for others. 

Spice: 

Puffy Cheeto- No Spice. 

Crunchy Cheeto- Closed Door/Fade to Black

Flamin Hot Cheeto- Spicy. A few detailed scenes. 

Takis- Erotica. With more mature themes.