It has to be said -- I really didn't enjoy this book. In fact, I hated it. If I had a written copy, it would have gone straight into the garbage after I finished. I never throw books away - never. I always just donate or give away the ones I don't care for. That's how much I hated this. 
 Erotica is not my usual genre, however, I find that I enjoy well written erotica. 
 This did not meet that requirement for me. 
 I had problems with just about every aspect of this novel. The, protagonist, Natalie, and the narrative voice were both exceedingly irritating. I get that the writer was trying to write in the voice of a teenager, but it grated on my nerves. It came off as silly and juvenile. 
 Natalie is basically a Mary Sue. She's in a dreadful situation, needs to be taken care of, is an amazing dancer and so smart, she gets into Brown without really trying! She's eye roll inducing. 
 Additionally, the plot is just ridiculous. It's like, okay fine, she signs herself away to be a sex slave to pay for college. I can buy it. She's basically a prostitute and hey, it's really just an extreme form of how some young women actually do work as prostitutes / escorts to pay for college. But then the whole mob aspect comes in and it's seriously just ridiculous. 
 Also, all the characters in this book are underwritten and under formed. I also think the writer didn't do enough research to understand how the law or the mob actually work, which make the novel even more ridiculous. 
 There's insta-love which also had me going "REALLY?!?" It's two weeks and Natalie's in love with Gareth and Jamie. And they're in love with her. I cannot with this book. I just cannot. 
 The sex scenes were silly to me as well. Sometimes, with some erotica, the plot isn't there but at least the sex scenes are well written enough that you know that basically, that's where the author really took their time and spent their focus. College Bound was not one of those times and I have no clue where the hell the author's focus was because I didn't seen any focus in College Bound at all. 
 I hate not finishing books and I received this from NetGalley so I was determined to finish. It took me days because I found this such a slog to get through and there was nothing - NOTHING - in it that made it worthwhile to me. I rarely give one star reviews because I can damn near always find something in a book that I can admire. I absolutely hated reading "The Night Circus" but gave it two stars because the prose itself was gorgeous. 
 For me, there's nothing - NOTHING - to recommend College Bound. It's silly, both overstuffed and underwritten and the characters are vapid, stupid and cardboard cut outs. 
 There's really really good erotica and BDSM erotica out there. I know that there is. This is just not one of them. 
 I haven't disliked a book with this much intensity in a long, long time.