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Campus Tales #1
First Semester
My rebound wasn’t supposed to be the best sex of my life.
He definitely wasn’t supposed to walk into class Monday morning on my first day of college.
He wasn’t supposed to be my teacher.
He did things to my body that no man had ever done before.
Things I wanted him to do again
And again.
And again.
But the man I had in my bed two days ago was now off limits.
He was my teacher.
I was his student.
I couldn’t have him...
I wanted him anyway.
First Semester is a 50,000 word standalone novel and the first in The Campus Tales series.
He definitely wasn’t supposed to walk into class Monday morning on my first day of college.
He wasn’t supposed to be my teacher.
He did things to my body that no man had ever done before.
Things I wanted him to do again
And again.
And again.
But the man I had in my bed two days ago was now off limits.
He was my teacher.
I was his student.
I couldn’t have him...
I wanted him anyway.
First Semester is a 50,000 word standalone novel and the first in The Campus Tales series.
184 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 12, 2018
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Q.B. Tyler
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December 5, 2022
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 :/
November 17, 2021
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.
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.
October 21, 2022
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🤣
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🤣
January 12, 2022
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!
February 6, 2023
3.25 stars
QB Tyler writes a great forbidden romance. This is between a professor and his student who meet and develop something before they realize that he is her prof. Skyler and Aidan can't stay away from each other, even though they know it's risky to be together. This was a little too short for me- I wanted more of their stories.
QB Tyler writes a great forbidden romance. This is between a professor and his student who meet and develop something before they realize that he is her prof. Skyler and Aidan can't stay away from each other, even though they know it's risky to be together. This was a little too short for me- I wanted more of their stories.
April 15, 2023
3 stars �
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
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
November 4, 2022
Just not in the mood for a read that's almost entirely about a sexual relationship. I'm over those stories.
DNF @38%
DNF @38%
December 10, 2022
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.
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.
August 1, 2022
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
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
November 15, 2021
The way I’m obsessed with the teacher/student trope
April 12, 2023
the first 15% of this was SO promising 😭 but then the spice began and it completely took me out of the story. dont get me wrong, im here for a taboo spicy novella, but the writing of those spicy scenes was� bad.
there is a very clear difference between good and bad smut in my own personal preferences, and “no one else gets to smell your c*** but me, Skyler� definitely falls into the bad category.
also, can we STOP using the word assault to describe *consensual* sex scenes? thats all, thank you, bye. �
there is a very clear difference between good and bad smut in my own personal preferences, and “no one else gets to smell your c*** but me, Skyler� definitely falls into the bad category.
also, can we STOP using the word assault to describe *consensual* sex scenes? thats all, thank you, bye. �
May 18, 2023
10/10. spice level? wow. cuteness? perfect. QB Tyler really knows how to write a GOOD romance story. I mean, I was enraptured since page one!
I love both characters, Skyler and Aidan, so much. They were easy to love. So, basically they both have an epic one-night stand before classes start, thinking they're not going to see each other in school. Skyler lies and tells him she's 22 and in grad school. But in reality, she's undergrad and 19 years old. And he's her new professor for the semester.
As always, I love how QB writes forbidden relationships. You are never in doubt how both of them feel which is very nice, because sometimes forbidden romances make you unsure from time to time. It was the same when I read What Was Meant to Be. Like you never doubted the love and them loving each other wasn't the issue in the story, it was all the problems around them. How are we going to be in this relationship when this is going on? And they just have to figure out how to work through this obstacle and do it together.
I so want to read the next books in this series because this one was so much fun. It's so easy to read, short, and super entertaining. There is not one boring moment and I feel like QB is incapable of writing a boring moment ngl.
I love both characters, Skyler and Aidan, so much. They were easy to love. So, basically they both have an epic one-night stand before classes start, thinking they're not going to see each other in school. Skyler lies and tells him she's 22 and in grad school. But in reality, she's undergrad and 19 years old. And he's her new professor for the semester.
As always, I love how QB writes forbidden relationships. You are never in doubt how both of them feel which is very nice, because sometimes forbidden romances make you unsure from time to time. It was the same when I read What Was Meant to Be. Like you never doubted the love and them loving each other wasn't the issue in the story, it was all the problems around them. How are we going to be in this relationship when this is going on? And they just have to figure out how to work through this obstacle and do it together.
I so want to read the next books in this series because this one was so much fun. It's so easy to read, short, and super entertaining. There is not one boring moment and I feel like QB is incapable of writing a boring moment ngl.
April 11, 2021
3.5 stars
September 23, 2022
girl was ready to drop the L word after getting fucked once like STAND UP!!!!
April 24, 2022
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.
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.
January 14, 2022
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.
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.
March 18, 2019
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!!
September 15, 2022
3.5⭐️ one thing about miss skyler, she wasn’t gonna let you forget she was italian😭
quick, easy read from q.b
quick, easy read from q.b
April 25, 2023
This gets intense quickly.
Insta love, lots of filth and an age gap are all packed into this 177 page book.
You would think this would feel rushed, but the pacing is actually quite well done.
Glad I have the next 2 books in the series, can't wait to see who's in them.
*fingers crossed for Peyton & Chase*
Insta love, lots of filth and an age gap are all packed into this 177 page book.
You would think this would feel rushed, but the pacing is actually quite well done.
Glad I have the next 2 books in the series, can't wait to see who's in them.
*fingers crossed for Peyton & Chase*
January 6, 2022
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.
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.
October 31, 2018
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!
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!
January 5, 2022
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.
The book is really quite short at only 180 pages, and it effectively introduces the couple from the next book in the series.
April 15, 2023
Hot! Hot!! Hot!!!
First Semester is the first book in Q. B. Tyler’s Campus Tales series. It’s a forbidden, teacher x student, college romance. Oh and the spice!! Very hot!
This was my first time reading one of Q. B. Tyler’s books and it will NOT be the last! I had a blast reading First Semester and I cannot wait to read the rest of the series!!!
First Semester is the first book in Q. B. Tyler’s Campus Tales series. It’s a forbidden, teacher x student, college romance. Oh and the spice!! Very hot!
This was my first time reading one of Q. B. Tyler’s books and it will NOT be the last! I had a blast reading First Semester and I cannot wait to read the rest of the series!!!
June 13, 2022
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.
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.
January 20, 2022
before i start this review, i want to share some of my favorite quotes from this:
"He lets out a guttural moan, from deep in his throat and comes with a roar." (animalistic)
"I tug on a patch of her pubic hair gently." (affectionate king!)
“Aidan, look at me.� (joey king?)
"Her cry makes my balls jump up, preparing to release my seed inside of her." (adorable)
"Fuck. I love when she squirts." (piss kink. yum)
this was some of the worst shit ive ever laid eyes on.
read this bc of a tiktok recommendation. wowie wow, short book with smut and an age gap? sign me up.
i remember around two years ago when i was in my prime wattpad phase. i was reading thirty chapters a day, neglecting all my school work just so i could finish a story i started. there was a point where i stumbled onto ddlg smut. since its wattpad, you can imagine the quality of that.
this book reminds me of that smut.
i felt like this was written by a sixteen year old who just had the birds and the bees talk with their parents. let me summarize it for you.
"hey,"
"hi,"
"soo... nice weather."
"yeah hahahahaha."
"sleep well last night?"
"yeah, you?"
"my chica my bella my italian dream i have loved you since we were eighteen please carry my children."
"ok"
boo-hoo, romance. everybody high five me for getting through this. never again.
"He lets out a guttural moan, from deep in his throat and comes with a roar." (animalistic)
"I tug on a patch of her pubic hair gently." (affectionate king!)
“Aidan, look at me.� (joey king?)
"Her cry makes my balls jump up, preparing to release my seed inside of her." (adorable)
"Fuck. I love when she squirts." (piss kink. yum)
this was some of the worst shit ive ever laid eyes on.
read this bc of a tiktok recommendation. wowie wow, short book with smut and an age gap? sign me up.
i remember around two years ago when i was in my prime wattpad phase. i was reading thirty chapters a day, neglecting all my school work just so i could finish a story i started. there was a point where i stumbled onto ddlg smut. since its wattpad, you can imagine the quality of that.
this book reminds me of that smut.
i felt like this was written by a sixteen year old who just had the birds and the bees talk with their parents. let me summarize it for you.
"hey,"
"hi,"
"soo... nice weather."
"yeah hahahahaha."
"sleep well last night?"
"yeah, you?"
"my chica my bella my italian dream i have loved you since we were eighteen please carry my children."
"ok"
boo-hoo, romance. everybody high five me for getting through this. never again.
February 1, 2021
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.
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.
September 12, 2021
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.
“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.
June 19, 2020
"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.
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.
October 20, 2022
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.
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.
October 2, 2021
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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