My Review: I've only read a few books in this series, but everytime I do, I am blown away by how deep and emotional they can get. You'd think, with these fun covers, that everything would be happy puppies and butterflies.. but Penny Reid can hit you right where it hurts, let me tell you. She's great at making you really feel the characters hurt, love, annoyances, etc.. and 99% of the time, that is absolutely perfect.
This book was unfortunately that 1%. But even that isn't totally accurate.. it's Simone that was that 1% of boo-hiss. Because Reid is so genuine with her characters and the emotional connection she makes you feel.. what could have just been mild annoyance turned into one giant eye roll (and the subsequent headache from the strain). Roscoe was beyond perfect. The family was amazing. The story was so good... but Simone, man. She was just so... nitpicky.
Cover Lovin': I love these covers! So original and cool.
Recommendation: The family is close knit, so there are a lot of recurring characters. But it can be read as a stand alone if you're willing.
Final Rating: FOUR out of FIVE stars (4/5)!!! It was so, so close to a five, but Simone irked me enough to drop it down. But man, Roscoe is worth a five at least.. maybe a ten, even?
Dr.
Strangebeard
Winston
Brothers Book 5
by
Penny Reid
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Hunches,
horse races, and heartbreak
Ten
years after Simone Payton broke his heart, all Roscoe Winston wants
is a doughnut. He’d also like to forget her entirely, but that’s
never going to happen. Roscoe Winston remembers everything—every
look, every word, every single unrequited second—and the last thing
he needs is another memory of Simone.
Unfortunately,
after one chance encounter, Simone keeps popping up everywhere he
happens to be . . .
Ten
years after Roscoe Winston dropped out of her life, all Simone Payton
wants is to exploit him. She’d also like some answers from her
former best friend about why he ghosted her, but if she never gets
those answers, that’s a-okay. Simone let go of the past a long time
ago. Seriously, she has. She totally, totally has. She is definitely
not still thinking about Roscoe.
Nope. She’s more than happy to forget he exists.
Dr.
Strange Beard is a full-length romantic comedy novel, can
be read as a stand-alone, and
is the fifth book in the USA TODAY bestselling Winston Brothers
series.
Penny
Reid is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling Author of
the Winston Brothers, Knitting in the City, Rugby, and Hypothesis
series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as
a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books. She’s also
a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter,
crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.
Please
feel free to drop her a line. She'd be happy to hijack your thoughts!
You can find her on her blog or email her: pennreid at gmail dot com
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1 comment:
Thanks for sharing and for the lovely review! -Janet @ Silver Dagger Book Tours
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