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Scaling Back from Triple to Double-Secret Probation

Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid

September 13, 2016 by Mrs. Julien 3 Comments

One of my romance compatriots and I have agreed that with this second entry into her Winston Brother contemporary romance series, Penny Reid has been moved back from triple secret probation to double secret probation, maybe even single overt probation. Baby steps. A family of seven children, the Winstons live in rural Tennessee. The lone sister, Ashley has found a partner in the novel I like best for the siblings so far, Beauty and the Mustache, and her brother Duane has had his time at bat […]

Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m helpless

August 23, 2016 by baxlala 3 Comments

YOU GUYS I can’t tell if I like this author or if she makes me want to stab my eyes out. I think it’s both? This is how I feel when I watch, I don’t know, True Blood. I’m simultaneously entertained but I also hate myself for watching it and I hate most of the characters. I didn’t hate everyone in Truth or Beard by I found myself confounded by many of their actions and thoughts and parts of this plot were just outright WHAAAAA. […]

Insane, your family brings out a different side of me

August 23, 2016 by baxlala Leave a Comment

First, let’s get this out of the way, the title and cover of this book are AWFUL. So awful that I almost didn’t read this. I also almost didn’t read this because I vaguely remembered reading Reid’s Neanderthal Seeks Human and there being something about the writing that irked me. I had the same issues with this novel and it all came crashing back, but I tried not to be too judgemental WHICH IS REALLY HARD FOR ME GUYS, but it helped, I guess, because […]

A bearded romance

June 24, 2016 by Beth Ellen Leave a Comment

The wonderful emmalita offered to share this one with me, but when kindle wouldn’t let her, she gifted it instead! Isn’t she the best!? I finally dipped my toe into Penny Reid’s library, and this one was a great place to start. Grin and Beard It is the story of Sienna, America’s Sweetheart and Oscar winning actress (think JLaw but Latina), and Jethro, National Park Ranger and a guy trying to turn his life around. They meet cute, and from that instant attraction the story […]

An Author on Triple Secret Probation Redeems Herself

June 8, 2016 by Emmalita 9 Comments

3.5 stars, but rounded down to 3 because of past bad behavior. It was with great trepidation and a whole lot of “this is a bad idea” that I purchased Penny Reid’s Grin and Beard It. I had read books of hers I liked, books I really disliked, and a series that took me hostage. Reid is good at witty banter and female friendships, but has written some dubious, or outright abusive, male protagonists and is overly fond of big misunderstandings and high drama fuckery. […]

Kaitlyn’s Pants and the Poor Little Rich Boy

March 29, 2016 by Emmalita 6 Comments

I may have been Stolkholmed by a book. Fine, it’s 3 books, but that’s just an excuse to get you to pay more money. It’s one book. It started out as a hate read, but by the end I was kind of ok with it. The first half or more of the book was so terrible I can’t recommend reading it. On that note, I’m not going to worry about spoilers, because you really shouldn’t read this book (series). Kaitlyn Parker is a nerd of […]

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