My reaction to Happily Ever Ninja is why Penny Reid continues to be on double-secret probation with me, a situation that started with The Hooker and the Hermit, deepened with Elements of Chemistry and was cemented by Truth or Beard. I wasn’t going to buy Happily Ever Ninja. I WASN’T. No matter what joo-joo a couple of earlier books in the Knitting in the City series possessed or how much I liked Beauty and the Mustache. Penny Reid’s status as an autobuy was over. Then […]
Minerva Highwood’s great-great-great granddaughter is free on Kindle, but her book could be better
Sometimes three stars are because a book was overall average, and sometimes it’s because of an actual mean — a combination of one-star and five-star moments that leave me confused and with whiplash. Here’s your Heroine: Not that she literally fights crime, but she’s described by her best friend like this: “… big boobs, small waist, big butt, long legs, amazon woman thing you have going on. Pair that package with your curly auburn hair and big hazel-green eyes.” So, naturally, she’s hideous. JOKES! She’s […]
“You Can’t Just Make a Unilateral Statement That the Sky Is Blue”
Truth or Beard is the first book in the Winston Brothers contemporary romance series, but the Winston sister already had her turn in a book I liked better, Beauty and the Mustache. Jessica: If I said the sky was blue you would say it was purple. Duane: Sometimes the sky is purple. Right now it’s indigo, almost black. You can’t just make a unilateral statement that the sky is blue. Ah, that’s the stuff. Banter gives me life. Penny Reid writes great banter, friendships, and […]
A Bearded Mess is Still a Mess
Uhhhhhnnnnnnn. I had such hopes for this book. I pre-ordered it and everything. It started out fine, but the problems quickly piled up. I can’t really get into the stuff that bothered me without spoilers, so there will be mild spoilers. Duane is one of Ashley Winston’s (Beauty and The Mustache) seven brothers. The brothers will be contributing names like Cletus and Jethro to Mrs. Julien’s Romance Novel Name Tally over the next couple of years. Jessica is the new math teacher in town. She […]