Man Hands
by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby
SUMMARY:
BRYNN
At thirty-four, I’m reeling from a divorce. I don’t want to party or try to move on. I just want to stay home, post a new recipe on my blog: Brynn’s Dips and Balls.
But my friends aren’t having it. Get out there again, they say. It will be fun, they say. I’m still taking a hard pass.
Free designer cocktails, they say. And that’s a game-changer.
Too bad my ex shows up with his new arm candy. That’s when I lose my mind. But when my besties dare me to leap on the first single man I see, they don't expect me to actually go through with it. Literally.
TOM
All I need right now is some peace and quiet while my home renovation TV show is on hiatus. But when a curvy woman in a red wrap dress charges me like she’s a gymnast about to mount my high bar, all I can do is brace myself and catch her. What follows is the hottest experience of my adult life.
I want a repeat, but my flying Cinderella disappears immediately afterward. She doesn’t leave a glass slipper, either—just a pair of panties with chocolate bunnies printed on them.
But I will find her.
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REVIEW:
3.25 stars
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I liked this book, but didn't love it. This is Brynn and Tom's story. Tom is a hot, famous carpenter/designer on HGTV. Brynn is getting over a divorce from a dull, passionless marriage. Her friends convince her she needs a one night stand to get back into the game. They take her to a party of a coworker and she sees her ex-husband with a much younger model. Brynn panics and decides to get back at him. She kisses the first hot guy she sees. That hot guy is Tom. They end up having sex in the boathouse at the party. They don't even know each others' names and Brynn has no idea he is famous. It was just a hot encounter that she thought was over. But Tom is able to track her down through the coworker. He is interested in her, but then something else happens to bring them together. A sex tape is leaked of their time in the boathouse. So Tom's publicist decides that the couple need to pretend to be in a relationship and engaged until the press dies down. So begins a fake engagement, leading to them falling for each other for real.
This book teeters between OTT cheeseball comedy and being actually funny. There are several eyeroll inducing moments that seemed to be trying way too hard. This book would be good for fans of Tara Sivec. But that is not really my type of comedy. I like more romance in my romantic comedy, but to me this is more comedy with romantic themes. The story was fun and interesting. The characters were fine, but there wasn't enough depth and emotion for me to fully connect to the story. I think if the book was longer and more developed it could have been better. I definitely never felt like they loved each other by the end. They were only together a handful of times and were able to go days between talking. I didn't get the sense of urgency to be together that a relationship provides. Still, this is an entertaining book. It would make a funny movie. I liked it, but I just didn't love it. I am still a fan of Sarina Bowen and I will give this series another try in the future!
This book teeters between OTT cheeseball comedy and being actually funny. There are several eyeroll inducing moments that seemed to be trying way too hard. This book would be good for fans of Tara Sivec. But that is not really my type of comedy. I like more romance in my romantic comedy, but to me this is more comedy with romantic themes. The story was fun and interesting. The characters were fine, but there wasn't enough depth and emotion for me to fully connect to the story. I think if the book was longer and more developed it could have been better. I definitely never felt like they loved each other by the end. They were only together a handful of times and were able to go days between talking. I didn't get the sense of urgency to be together that a relationship provides. Still, this is an entertaining book. It would make a funny movie. I liked it, but I just didn't love it. I am still a fan of Sarina Bowen and I will give this series another try in the future!
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