This is a DNF for me. For the life of me I couldn't get myself to care about these characters enough to want to read more. It just wasn't the book for me.

I had a hard time getting into this book. I didn't connect with the characters and found them hard to like. I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't for me. I had to force myself to read it and it wasn't an enjoyable experience for me.

An interesting book! I greatly enjoyed this one from beginning to end. Full review coming soon on my blog.

A book about a dare that turns out to be more than what anyone expected. This was a good feel good book, not much crazy drama happening but I definitely recommend it for a quick summer read.

This isn't my typical genre but I loved this book. It was so much fun and incredibly playful, and it fit my mood just right! I was happily rooting for this awesome couple and since I don't read a lot of books on cheerleading, this book was something new and fun!

I ended up losing interest on this book and at this point I don't think I'll read it

Into Your Arms was a sweet story. It was an uplifting positive read.
I did almost feel like the story should have been a novella. I felt this way because I was hooked in the beginning, it was a little slow for me in the middle and I really like the end.
Overall, it was a sweet, 4 star read for me!

One of the main reasons I picked this story is the cover, for me the cover is so important as the story.And I'm glad that I picked it because it was great.This was a short story and I enjoyed most of the part but there were some things I didn't like.The heroine and her issues were a huge problem.

copy received for review
I have been pushing my way through this book for a couple of months. I was really interested in the blurb. The book didn't live up to my excitement. I could not get into the characters. The story did not keep my interest. I guess I was thinking something uplifting and fun. I had to give up a couple of times and read something else. Nothing against the author, I read other books by her and they were very good. This book is just not one of the better ones.

Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book. I chose to review it and this in no way impacts my opinion of it.

I accepted this novel on a whim due to the fact that it was written by Chelsea M. Cameron and I follow her on twitter. The story sounded cute enough and due to my obsessive love of Hellcats, a tv show about a university cheerleading squad, I figured I would enjoy this novel as well. Cameron did not let me down.

I was hooked the instant I started reading and didn’t put it down until I finished. Into Your Arms had everything I was looking for in a NA romance; laughs, drama and heart eyes galore.

Even with Rhett and Freya both hiding secrets from their friends and each other, they slowly become closer. After Rhett joins the squad and effectively places himself in Freya’s proximity a lot more often than she’d like, Rhett slowly begins to break down her walls. I loved all the sexual tension that was occurring between Freya and Rhett and the slow burn killed me through out the novel.

There was only one tiny thing that, not so much bothered me, as I just found kind of weird and it was that Rhett gave Freya a nickname that I found weird. This could be a personal issue though as the nickname is (possible tiny spoiler ahead) the same name as my dogs name, so that could have been the reason why I found it so weird or it may have been the timing of when Rhett decided to start using it. Possibly both.

Overall this novel was extremely cute and everything I could have hoped for. If you enjoy NA romance or novels about cheerleading or both, you will greatly enjoy this novel as I did.

This story was brilliant. It was a beautiful book. I loved the characters x

Freya has secrets that she isn't planning on sharing with anyone especially with her new friends on the cheerleading squad that she just transfered to Maine State University.
Rhett is the sexy guy who looks like a lumberjack, who knew looking like a lumberjack was hot! Sparks fly between these two but Freya is not really looking for a guy right now. But anyone one night she dares him to go to her cheerleading practice and practice with the cheerleaders. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to see him show up.

Rhett isn't going to turn down a dare that is just not him. But especially when the person daring him is the pixie-sized blonde he finds extremely hot. Sparks fly more when Rhett joins the squad and end up her stunt partner. Now he gets to touch her butt and it's a little to close for comfort for Freya. The closes Freya lets Rhett get the more chances he will discover her secret. But Rhett also has a secret, will what he did destroy any chance he has with Freya?

I really liked this book. It was a great YA book. I loved Rhett and Freya and their chemistry. Rhett is ready for more and Freya still harboring her secret and keeps putting that off and instead is focusing more on Rhett. I don't think her secret is something to be afraid of sharing but Freya is still dealing with it. I loved this heartfelt story that has so steamy moments but also heartfelt and emotional moments. The only thing I would of wanted was it to flow a little more effortlessly. But it was a good book about characters that I truly loved.
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I went into this book wanting to love it. Chelsea M. Cameron has been an author I have read in the past and loved... but this book was a little too young for me. It fell flat and kind of dragged. To be perfectly honest, I just couldn't imagine Rhett becoming a cheerleader for any girl, and from there it was a hard sell. My sister cheered for a long time, and this just didn't mesh for me...

Cute story, definitely different than past stories I have read about cheerleaders, it was nice to see them portrayed as normal girls with normal concerns rather than the mean girls. An enjoyable read.

I did like this one, but there were a lot of problems that I thought that perhaps an editor could have picked up. Those being repetition of the same passage to describe the way each of the characters were feeling and, my personal pet peeve, a bit of difficulty in figuring out exactly who was meant to be talking on the page.

Into Your Arms is a duel PoV story told between Freya, a girl who has left her parents after they cut her off financially for wanting to be a cheerleader, and Rhett, and attractive gentle guy who is too nice for his own good and also happens to join the cheerleading squad on a dare from Freya.

I felt that the secret that had driven Freya to move and study in Maine was kept for too long to be effective. When she kept on pushing Rhett aside at the start, it came across that there really just wasn't enough reason for her to be doing it. It wasn't until about a third into the book that I really got into it myself.

The interactions beyond those point between the two characters were incredibly sweet if a bit belaboured. Honestly, I feel as though words could have been made up in the end that seemed rushed if some of the repetition in the earlier part of the book had been taken out.

I'm pretty sure, though, that we're going to see Tobi and Jem being the main characters of the next novel, both of them being so inclined in this book to sleeping around casually on the sidelines.

*I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

I was so hyped when I got accepted for this one! I 've loved most of her previous books, especially My favourite mistake. Sadly, this book didn't fulfill my expectations. It wasn't that the male protagonist wasn't great, (he was obviously ;)

The problem was her and her 'issues'. Like c'mon girl! Do something about them! Fortunately, Rhett had enough charisma for the two of them. I seriously cannot explain how cute he was with everything.

This is a short, interesting book, peppered with flying chemistry and a very unstable MC.

I read a book written by Chelsea M. Cameron a few years ago and always wanted to read another one, because I really like her style, but never had the chance to. When I saw this title up on NetGalley, I finally decided now was the time to read a second book by the author. And while I didn't enjoy it as much as My Favourite Mistake, I still liked it.

It's refreshing to read about a cheerleader who's not a total bitch. Chelsea M. Cameron said so herself, so I can say it out loud too. And also, I liked the idea of a 'popular' guy joining the squad. Of course, his motives weren't the best ones, he was only after Freya, but Rhett's still a good guy, you can see that the further you read. He's a sweetheart. And Freya wasn't... So naturally, I liked him better than her.

I didn't like the way the two of them met, to be honest. In a bar. That's so chliché, but hey, the have to meet somehow, right? So I'm not judging here. Or not too hard, anyway. And then later I was just mad at Freya for being... Well, her. It's not the first time I'm reading about a girl character with trust issues and I totally see her point, but Rhett's literally being the best version of himself and she takes it all for granted. What kind of guy would keep up with that? Well, Rhett... Because he's such a good guy. Totally underrated in my opinion anyway. You'd think his name is an unusual one and he liked to go out with his best mate, but he's still super duper cute and hasn't got a single bad bone in his body. While Freya's basically built of bad bones. Gah. Obvious much that I didn't like her?! Sure, there have been worse characters than her and she needs to be the way she was in order for their story to work, but still... My complaining about this is just proof of how much that book actually got under my skin.

So, why the low rating? I don't even think it's that low. Compared to the other Chelsea M. Cameron book I have read, it didn't meet up my expectations. So, that's one reason. Freya is obviously reason number two (and three and four...). And I think that's about it. Everything else was... Sweet. It didn't sweep me off my feet, but I never wanted to quit on Into Your Arms or throw it aside and start another book. I was looking forward to reading about the change in Freya and about how she'd finally come to her senses. And... Before I forget it. I totally enjoyed reading about Mia. In my opinion, she isn't mentioned often enough. She's Freya's best friend and doesn't live in Maine, but I could tell I'd love her. And her parents, too. Can we get a story about her too, please?

Sure enough, I'm gonna read book two in this series, as well, although I don't think I'll like any of the female leads and Rhett can't be topped.

2.5 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

Well, this book was kind of a disappointment. I've enjoyed other books by this author, both YA paranormal and NA contemporary, so I was excited to see her book on NetGalley and immediately requested it! I was even more intrigued with a book that would show cheerleading in a good light (instead of the villainous light we usually see it in).

But. :( Then I started reading. And I guess the overarching theme of my feelings for this book is that it's flat. The characters are flat. The plot is flat. The chemistry is flat. Honestly, it's been a while since I've felt so ambivalent towards characters. Well, I guess I felt quite a bit of dislike for Freya, so that's more than ambivalence. But in all honesty, I really just didn't understand who either of these characters actually were. They had a lot of "paper traits" (which is a new term I'm going to coin). ie ON PAPER they could have been really interesting characters. But we never really got to understand them as individuals, so I felt nothing for either of them really. Well, except extreme annoyance towards Freya.

The book starts off with both characters having secrets, even from the reader, and that shit just annoys me. Luckily it didn't last very long, but I don't understand why the author chose to start it as a secret in the first place, b/c it wasn't that big a deal. And I guess that's the whole thing...we did not get enough backstory of either character to really understand what shaped them. The author tried, but it fell flat. Freya's personality and attitude was honest to goodness CONFOUNDING to me. Why did she have trust issues? Why did Mia's family's love not make up some of that? Why would her parents neglect make her less trusting? Why was she so mean and rude to Rhett? Why did she not want a relationship? WHY WHY WHY??? We're told some reasons, but I need to be shown them, and I never was. So I had no empathy for Freya whatsoever. And because we weren't given enough about Freya, I couldn't do anything but dislike her more and more for the way she treated Rhett. Like seriously, she was just a straight up jerk. For a book that was trying to show cheerleaders in a better light, Freya kind of failed inadvertently. Luckily the sport looked pretty cool, but she was even kind of mean and judgemental to her fellow cheerleaders. And the over the top hysterical way she reacted to things just had me raising my eyebrows and writing her off. I don't get it.

So how in the world did I end up rounding up on this book? Well, I guess Rhett. Though maybe even he's not a good enough reason. He was also flat, the same thing -- we were told so many things about him, but we weren't shown. I didn't feel enough for him, though I felt more for him than Freya. He started off in the book appearing like a TOTALLY different kind of guy, and honestly his personality felt like it did a 180 after the first chapter. I don't get that. But after the 180, he was kind of sweet, and intriguing, and he had a lot of paper qualities that I should have fallen in love with. And I did like him. I mean, he was patient, kind, funny, charming. But I don't understand why he was interested in Freya. Like not at all. And despite all those paper qualities, I still didn't *feel* anything for him.

I felt like the author took shortcuts in places to make the plot work. Particularly having Rhett be into break dancing and jiu jitsu. Why was he into those sports? Who got him into those sports? How could he afford that? It was convenient though, b/c then it made his proficiency at cheerleading make sense.

*sigh* After writing all this out, I think I'm going to have to round down. I just don't think there's enough to justify rounding up. Because I have another peeve. The writing around the dialogue was incorrect I think. And because of that, it was ridiculously hard to figure out who was speaking, and so it constantly took me out of the book. I had hoped it was just in the ARC version, but I glanced at the sample and it appears to still be the case. I'm not an editor or proofreader, but I know when something's wrong, and this was not done well in this book. (like he would speak, then she would laugh in the same paragraph, then there would be a new paragraph and more dialogue, and sometimes it would be her speaking and sometimes it would be him -- an exaggeratedly simple example).

So yeah. Bummer. Mega bummer. I might still round up. Rhett really did have so much potential. *sigh* I hate writing reviews for books like this... :(

Into Your Arms tells the story of Freya and Rhett. Its a sweet new adult romance with some angst and drama. I didn't feel this one was too deep like many new adult romance I read and would make a good holiday/beach read.

Without giving too much away as I don't do spoilers, Freya moves away from her family and friends to start a fresh while she works through some things and finds 'herself' (I think that's the best way to put it without giving a spoiler). She hasn't time for boyfriends and doesn't want to deepen her friendship by off loading what has happened, she's keeping a big secret and only her best friend at home knows. Then Rhett comes into her life and accepts a drunken dare from Freya on a night out. The story really unfolds from there I'd like to say. Rhett and first was the perfect book boyfriend for me. But as the story went on he came across a bit too much in touch with his feminine side. He felt like the 'gay best friend' at times (Take away the sexual chemistry). I guess I like a bad boy and although he seemed that in the initial chapters when Rhett and Freya meet he soon loses that edge. This was no way a fault on the book, he just wasn't my cup of tea if you like (Its like when you have to choose between Sam or Dean Winchester. Sam's nice and all but Dean just comes across as far more appealing - see Bad boy lover here LOL)!. Rhett also comes with his own baggage which I felt was handled and wrote to well in this book. In fact even Freya's 'issues' in the book were wrote in such a manor I felt that Chelsea had really researched (or knows someone who has gone through what Freya and Rhett had) the subjects.

I did find at times this was a little slow for me which is why I think this is more of a 3 star for me. The latter half of the book does pick up which is great but I would have rathered a more even flow. 3 stars, a sweet NA romance I'm sure many will love!

This was my first book by this author and I was really excited to sink into this yummy NA storyline. Unfortunately it fell completely flat for me. I felt like the set-up was forced and...cliche? The dialogue was so stiff for me and I have to say - I really, really did not like Freya. I felt like there was an agenda to paint cheerleaders in a different light, which I fully support. However every other character came off like a total stereotype and ultimately I was so distracted by all these things that I never connected to characters or storyline.

It was disappointing, but I think this is just not the series for me. I may try another of this author's work because I've heard fantastic things. This just felt way too immature and contrived angsty for me.