Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams – a Review

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Description:
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.

Review:

Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams is the 3^rd book in her fun Bromance Book Club series. I enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I thought Crazy Stupid Bromance was equally as much fun and possibly better.  This is always a fun series to read, as it centers around a male book club group of mostly athletes, and how they discuss romance novels and teach their buddies how to handle women with care and love.

Alexis Carlisle, our heroine, has opened a successful café, ToeBeans, which not only serves good food, but Alexis makes sure to offer help to people who need it, as well as having cats.  You will certainly fall in love with Beefcake, Alexis’s loving cat, except for when there is a man in the house.  No purring, but pure torture. Lol   When her friend, Noah is in Alexis place, playing games or watching tv, Beefcake always manages to torture him. 

Noah Logan, our hero, is Alexis’s best friend.  They both enjoy each other’s company, and their friendship; neither of them wants to ruin things with adding any benefits.  Noah gets pressured by his book club friends, who try to push him to read a book, to learn how to get Alexis to recognize their true feelings. 

This story centers on both Alexis and Noah, and a surprise shock, when Alexis gets a visitor to her café.  Turns out the visitor is an unknown half-sister, that Alexis did not know about, as well as learning that the sister has a father, who happens to be Alexis’s father, whom she never knew.  Alexis immediately learns the truth; her father is dying and needs a kidney transplant.  Can Alexis be a match?  If so, would she consider giving one of her kidneys to a man she never knew?

I loved Noah and Alexis together.  They were so good, as friends, and eventually as lovers.  The best part of the story is always the guys, who try to teach Noah how to seduce her and let her know his feelings.  The purpose is for each of them to keep their relationships with their wives/girlfriends strong and healthy. They are all a funny and great group of Hunks and the spa was a riot. With Mack and Liv’s (previous book couple) wedding upcoming, Mack pushes all the guys to learn how to dance and perform like the women do, but this time it will be the men.  Lots of laughs and fun.

What follows is a fun, as well as serious story line, with a great couple that we loved from the start.  Both Noah and Alexis have their own family issues from the past, but Alexis had it harder, having never heard about her father, and his family; though when her mother died a few years ago, she did try to use DNA to find him.  This was a good part of the serious story, with her father, and his family that was also shocked, as only the half-sister found Alexis and kept it a secret until she brought her to meet the family.  It was difficult for all, but Alexis rises up.

Crazy Stupid Bromance was humorous, fun, romantic, with a great couple and fabulous Alpha men that had me laughing often.  Lyssa Kay Adams did a wonderful job writing this fun story, which you need to read.  I know I will be waiting for the next book in this series. 

Reviewed by Barb

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