A
hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy
from the author of Undercover Bromance.
Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came
forward as a victim of a celebrity chef’s sexual harassment. When a new
customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the
woman to claim they’re sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man
she trusts—her best friend, Noah Logan.
Computer genius Noah left his rebellious teenage hacker past behind to become a
computer security expert. Now he only uses his old skills for the right cause.
But Noah’s got a secret: He’s madly in love with Alexis. When she asks for his
help, he wonders if the timing will ever be right to confess his crush.
Noah’s pals in The Bromance Book Club are more than willing to share their
beloved “manuals” to help him go from bud to boyfriend. But he must decide if
telling the truth is worth risking the best friendship he’s ever had.
Don’t miss our reviews of the rest of the Bromance Book Club series!
For book one, The Bromance Book Club, click HERE.
For book two, Undercover Bromance, click HERE.
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Veronica – ☆☆☆☆
Well this story had my emotions all over the place. Firstly, I loved that while
Noah is a rich, super smart, good looking guy, he really is pretty clueless
when it comes to his relationship with his best friend Alexia. Of course, the
guys from the Bromance Book Club drag him into their club to help him.
The scenes with the men were the highlight of the book for me. I love the way
they all interact; they are so funny, but they clearly care about each other.
And the scene where they are getting massages is hilarious and is one of
several that had me laughing out loud.
Now to Alexia. I was ambivalent when it came to her. She is a good woman and a
good match for Noah. The two of them together were hot and fun, which made me
happy. But everyone around her says how strong Alexia is, but when new people
enter her life making an extraordinary request, she just goes along with it,
almost like she is too scared to rock the boat and that really made me mad at
her. So much so that about halfway through the book I had to put it down and
walk away from it for a few hours.
But I came back to the story and pushed on because I was enjoying the romance
between Alexia and Noah. But the story isn’t just romance and laughs, there are
some serious issues, including both Noah and Alexia dealing with the grief of
having lost a parent at a young age. This led to some really emotional scenes
where I cried my eyes out.
By the end of the story I had sore eyes from crying, but I was smiling too
because you know, all's well that ends well. And I loved the hint in the
epilogue about what is going on in the Russian’s love life and I now can’t wait
to read the next book in this series to find out what that is all about.
Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the third book in the Bromance Book Club series, and I would highly
recommend that you read them in order, to just get the whole fun vibe that these
guys have going, thanks to their decision to use romance novels to guide them
in the ways of love. It is a fun concept and works really well – after all, not
all the friends are as keen as the others, but they do support each other and
give some very honest feedback when things aren’t going so well!
We start with the guys planning Mack’s wedding, as that seemed like a good idea
at the time, and it is certainly fun for us along for the adventure. Their
friend Noah has managed to stay on the sidelines as much as possible, but he
feels himself being sucked in – and his ‘only’ friends with Alexis is fuel for
their humour too.
Alexis spoke out about her boss sexually harassing her, and now runs her own
café and supports other women who are in the same situation – she also lets the
cat rehoming centre have cats there to entice new owners – a clever and
effective concept! She is becoming a magnet for the downtrodden, and recently
one woman in particular keeps coming in but clearly not taking the risk of speaking.
When she finally does, the issue is somewhat shocking to Alexis and threatens
her equilibrium.
It is a clever plot twist, which sets up the rest of the book on a family
issues front and gives Noah a chance to step up and move his friendship with
Alexis into more of a relationship status. But of course, he keeps making
mistakes, which the guys then tie into the current Bromance book choice. I
really do enjoy how they expect absolute honesty and then are so direct (shall
we be kind) in their reactions to the outcome of Noah’s actions.
I am not going to spoil anything by saying more, but it is a very satisfying
read, and is another success for the club. The hint that we get at the end of
the Russian getting his story has me wanting the next book already!
Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆
M/F Friends-to-Lovers Romance
Triggers: Click HERE to see Avid Reader’s review on Goodreads for trigger
warnings.
Alexis and Noah have been friends for a while now. Noah knows that he is
falling in love with Alexis, Alexis knows that she is falling for Noah, but
neither is willing to risk their friendship to see if their relationship could
be more.
When Alexis is found by her half-sister, her world is upended. She turns to
Noah for comfort. Noah isn’t sure about Alexis’ newfound family and when he
checks in to them, his past rears its ugly head too.
With feelings swirling around them, Noah finally caves to his friends and joins
their bromance book club. But even after joining, Noah’s love life isn’t going
as planned. With his friends not giving up on him, Alexis not sure with to do
with her new life, and their romance fizzling before even getting started,
maybe they were right to not risk their friendship.
These two have some real life issues to deal with. It made their story so much
more realistic. I wanted to swat at those around Alexis – it felt so unfair to
her. This book made me cry and laugh, all within the same chapter. I enjoyed
watching them figure out their story and their realization that nobody was
going to write their story for them.
LYSSA
KAY ADAMS read her first romance novel in eighth grade after swiping one from
her grandmother’s book shelf and was hooked forever. After a nearly 20-year
career as a journalist, her dreams of writing and publishing her own HEAs came
true in 2015 with the release of her first novel, Seventh Inning Heat,
followed by the RITA-nominated novella, Wild in Rio. Today, she writes
full-time from her home in Michigan with a pesky, fluffy K9 assistant named
Domino who spends most of his day snoring on her desk (that is, when he’s not
burying things around the house).
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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided
a free copy of Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club #3) by Lyssa Kay Adams
to read and review.
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