First Semester (Campus Tales #1) by Q.B. Tyler

First Semester (Campus Tales #1) Reviews

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  myo (myonna reads)

  i liked it but it was also superrrr corny, the smut was good though. skylar being obsessed with being italian was annoying as fuck. it sucks that the author is black but the main character is white :/
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  Manvi

  DNF at 60%
  This is the cringiest effing book I've read in my life, that is if we don't include Wattpad experiences.
  
  The insta lust/love was *bleugh*.
  Skyler (h) just seemed loud and annoying. Aidan (H), a 32 year old grown man, acts like a horny frat asshole.
  
  And spoiler alert: The words "from the confines of my ponytail holder" DO NOT make the book any better.
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  Marti

  Ok first of all, I’m Italian.
  The main character here is “Italian” as well, and it was laughable.
  Her Italian is mediocre at best (sometimes outright innacurate) and do’t get me started on her “expertise” on recipes.
  Parsely AND basil? Girl please, you’re killing me.🤣🤣
  
  RTC cause I’m walking, I just needed to get that off my chest NOW🤣
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  Jessica

  This was a fun, steamy time! Aiden and Skyler meet on a dating app and have a hot one night stand. The next Monday, Skylar realizes that Aiden is her professor. But the two just can't keep their hands off of each other. I really loved the beginning of this book and the angst of the two really wanting each other but knowing that it's completely off limits. I didn't love how picture perfect the epilogue was, but that's just personal preference. I wanted a fun taboo time and that's exactly what this book gave me!
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  Penny

  Just not in the mood for a read that's almost entirely about a sexual relationship. I'm over those stories.
  
  DNF @38%
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  Rayne

  3.5 stars!
  
  This is a student-teacher, age gap romance. The FMC is 19 and the MMC is 32. Skylar, the FMC was a little younger than I like for age gap romances but the student-teacher trope used to have such a chokehold on me that I didn’t mind too much. Although, everyone seemed a bit immature (Aiden even more so than Skylar), but even the side characters were immature. Like what 32 year old says “vibe” unironically? Since it was a novella there were some parts that felt a little rushed but overall I enjoyed this book! It was quick and fun with no OW/OM drama really so a great novella between books.
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  Jenn (The Book Refuge)

  I just... this one doesn't past the vibe check for me. Ugh...
  
  Hot sex but it's awkward and way too quick to everything.
  
  But if you're horny like Skyler... dive in!
  
  2.5 stars
  4 on the spice scale
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  Caitlin

  The way I’m obsessed with the teacher/student trope
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  M

  3.5 stars
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  ✿tane'a✿

  3.5⭐️ one thing about miss skyler, she wasn’t gonna let you forget she was italian😭
  
  quick, easy read from q.b
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  nikki

  Another brilliant taboo tale from QB Tyler. In FIRST SEMESTER, the first book in the Campus Tales series we meet Aidan who is a college professor, and Skyler who is his student. This is a fairly quick read, but it’s jam packed full of delicious forbidden moments between our two main characters. I have to give a shout out to the supporting characters too, (Chace, Peyton and Serena) I loved them and really hope they all get their own story at some point!!
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  becca ୨୧

  three stars! ･ﾟ✧
  
  pretty good forbidden novella. it was quite corny and there was too much horny aidan going on. he’s a thirty two year old who couldn’t keep it in his pants for even a day. skylar was a normal nineteen year old tbh. she didn’t stand out to me all that much since i couldn’t relate to her in any way. the sex was pretty good. i feel like things went way to fast, they met once and then skylar had attachment issues and fell in love with him from a one night stand. the plot was eh. buddy read with bff giada <3
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  Alison

  DNF @ 9%
  
  I WANTED to read this. I really did. I love the student teacher trope so I was excited.
  
  Unfortunately, the heroine was just sooooo awful. She was a spoiled, arrogant, brat. Those are the nicest things I could say about her. All she did was whine and complain. She was too smart to go to college! She wanted her parents to just pay for her to travel the world like she did the past year! All the colleges fought over having her! Why did the other students have to buy cheap liquor? gross!
  
  She was the worst. Still, since I had just DNFed two other books, I tried to push on. This is my favorite trope after all. Then she stumbles across the hero on a dating app. His profile came off as a total bro. This guy is supposed to be a professor. Nope. I'm done. Not doing it.
  
  If you can stand an awful heroine and a hero that goes against the trope, hey, maybe this is for you. I'd rather gouge out my eyes.
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  Denise ☾ Chatterbooks Book Blog ☾

  First Semester is a quick, hot, steamy, sweet read! Tyler has a way of sucking you into the world she created, and you never want to leave!
  
  I personally didn’t have a good college experience, so being able to see through Skyler’s eyes, even for a little while, was interesting and fun!
  
  I loved the attraction between Skyler and Aiden! It was undeniable!
  
  I personally really loved being able to read through Aiden’s POV! AIDEN IS TOTALLY SWOON WORTHY! Did I mention that he speaks Italian?! YUM!
  
  I love forbidden romances and this story doesn’t disappoint! I cannot wait for more Campus Tales! I’m officially obsessed!
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  Tori - Novel Life

  5 Stars
  
  I absolutely loved this professor/ student novella by QB Tyler!! I devoured this book in one sitting. It was sooo steamy and sexy. I couldn’t get enough.
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  Helen Power

  This is a quick and steamy read by QB Tyler. It’s not as angsty or deep as the other books I’ve read by her, Unconditional being my absolute favourite. This one is lighter and fluffier, even though the professor/student relationship is “forbidden”.
  The book is really quite short at only 180 pages, and it effectively introduces the couple from the next book in the series.
  
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  ☽ mira

  3.75⭐️
  “Il mio cuore batte solo per te.” My heart only beats for you.”
  
  i love this so much. the writing style is so easy to read and it's just so pure.
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  Leigh

  4.5 stars
  
  First Semester was an awesome read for me that I loved from beginning to end. Skylar is a young woman who just moved to DC for school and is getting over a broken heart. On her first night there she meets a neighbor who talks her into going out. Lets just say from this point on Skylar makes a dating site profile, says she's 22 and hooks up with the gorgeous Aidan. Little does Skylar know her little white lie has consequences and is in front of her class on Monday morning. Aida is shocked that the beautiful girl he can't stop think about is his student. So we have lots of sneaking around, delicious chemistry, a little heartbreak and a HEA. I'm looking forward to reading book 2.
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  nika

  girl was ready to drop the L word after getting fucked once like STAND UP!!!!
  
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  Aviva’s Library

  Before I physically had this book in my hands, I wasn’t aware that it was only 177 pages. I’ve never read a book that short (is it considered a novella? I have no idea) but basically… once I realized there was no possible way there was enough room for a full fledged, fully built up story… I lowered my expectations and decided to just see what can possibly happen in such a short amount of time and just enjoy the ride.
  
  So with that mindset, I really loved it. I didn’t expect the 🥵 scenes to intrigue me as much as they did since I usually need a solid build up relationship wise to make me care for those moments… but somehow I really vibed with the characters right off the bat and totally enjoyed this whole book.
  
  I would have for sure have been down for it to be closer to 300 pages and have more to it… but instead it gave me sexy student/teacher forbidden romance porno vibes and I enjoyed it for exactly what it was.
  
  I’m usually a big critiquer, and I can totally point out things here and there if I felt like over analyzing the crap out of this short story… but since I knew going into this that I had to keep my expectations low (considering I’m not generally a quick, spicy novella type of gal) I ended up being pleasantly surprised by this quick short story.
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  Angele | adominiquereads

  "La vita va avanti. Life goes on."
  
  Actual rating: 2.5/5 stars
  
  This is my first Q.B Tyler book, and I was expecting a lot from the premise of it being a forbidden age-gap romance between a student and her professor. I haven't read this type of romance trope in a very long time since I'm a fan of this trope, so I was excited to get my hands on it.
  
  To say that I struggled with the book is a bit of a stretch. At first, it was definitely promising, but eventually it just turned into a smut fest. I usually don't mind a lot of smut in books, but I always have a fine line wherein it's just mostly smut and no more plot - and it definitely crossed the line for me. I just found myself skipping through those parts (which is a lot), so I could get into the story more. The story itself is predictable and cliche-y, which I already expected, but it really had more potential to become something more if coaxed.
  
  This book just really had the potential to be a great one, but sadly, it just didn't work out for me.
  
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  Maya

  4.5 stars.
  
  I read this while on vacation with my family and definitely hid from them so I could devour this book. Sorry not sorry for prioritizing smut over eating a turkey club with my grandma. Anyway.
  
  After reading Love Unexpected and Unconditional last month and loving them, it should come as no surprise that I loved this one too. I always love a good forbidden student/professor dynamic and the inherent tension and buildup that comes with it—longing glances, dirty text messages, and office and stairwell trysts between classes. I eat that shit UP.
  
  The spice was chef's kiss. It's always nice when book boyfriends are passionate about going downtown on their lady, but I feel we don't get enough reciprocation of that passion. Skyler was just as eager to lick Adrian's lollipop as he was hers, and we truly love to see it.
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  Misha

  It was going fine at first, but I can’t stop cringing. Nothing is sexy to me and everything is annoying. DNF around 50%. I don’t think I mesh well with QB Tyler’s style, this was my second attempt with her after Love Unexpected, which was literally the cringiest, dumbest thing I’d ever read, and I think I’m just going to respectfully bow out. Glad other people enjoy her even though my opinion is the objective correct opinion ❤️
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  Steph's Romance Book Talk

  Fun and Forbidden
  
  4.25 Stars / 4.5 Fans
  
  I enjoyed this quick forbidden love story. I'm a lush for college-age student-teacher romances.
  
  CW: Age Gap, Professor/Student Relationship, Catfishing
  
  Video review available in Week 21: May 22 – May 28, 2022, total weekly book reviews on Steph's Romance Book Talk Patreon or coming soon for free.
  
  For other bookish content, check out my YouTube Channel: Steph's Romance Book Talk.
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  Milinas Library

  4'5 stars. This is a fantastic age gap novella! This is student/ teacher forbidden. Tbh since this is a shorter book i loved how things progressed without months of miscommunication. Aiden and Skylar meet at a bar before school starts and have insane chemistry right away, then they realize he's her teacher. This was hot and everything i would want from a novella like this!
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  wobilba

  3.5 stars
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  Kelly

  This was a delight - I’m obsessed!
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  Melissa {I’m All Booked Up Reviews}

  All hail QB!! She has done it again. As always, QB pulls you in with her lovable characters, her perfect storyline, and of course, her steamy scenes. Skyler and Aiden are two people who meet by chance, needing to forget their failed, past relationship and then have to conquer one another hearts in a taboo way.
  
  With certain and several circumstances standing in their way, can they make it work? Not be caught? Fall in love again?
  
  Aiden Reed is a man every girl wants. Looks, brains, and that perfect accent when he speaks Italian. Oh, and protective and dominant.
  
  Skyler is a woman every girl wants to be. Smart, out going, and knows what she wants.
  
  When these two collide, explosions occur and I loved it. Every. Single. Moment.
  
  Thank you, QB, for writing a story that is real, sexy, and leaving me wanting more!
  
  *ARC was received in agreement to write an honest review*
  
  
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  Alaina Thompson

  4⭐️ hot take i actually liked this book
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  Thushara

  2⭐ It was okay