Crazy Stupid Bromance: Bromance Book Club, Book 3

I enjoyed Noah and Alexis as characters. The process of going from best friends to more is process rife with complications. I think it important you read the previous books otherwise some of the references aren't going to mean as much like the survivors group and some of the book club references. My problem was really with Alexis being found by a half sister through DNA match. Alexis had a very hard life with a single mother who died of cancer. Her half sister finds her and wants her to donate a kidney to her dying extremely wealthy father who made his money in sketchy military contracts. When she agrees to test and meet with the family and she is basically thrown out since half sister went against dads wishes and noone else in family knew about her. Dad comes to her cafe to apologize and she throws him out. She decides to go ahead with kidney transplant. Half sister Candi, yep that's her name, comes to hosp and brings an album of her family. That's where I tap out. I have a real problem with noone saying WTF Candi. Back Off. I get maybe going through with the kidney thing cause I probably maybe would knowing a someone would die. But I hate the whole redemption family trope. I'm not gonna read to see how it comes out. Noah and Alexis find each other I'm good. Dont care about excuses on why they didnt contact her 3 years ago before the kidney failure. Blood doesnt mean family and a fling years ago while you are "on a break" with your fiance that you didnt tell said fling about doesnt give any rights to a relationship later in life. I dont care if they all get together in the end cause I would tell the whole group to f off. Here is a kidney, glad you didnt die, get out of my life again. Like I said lots of triggers for me. The book club talks about reading books that you dont like because its the journey to redemption and the HEA that matters. For me life is too short and there is too much crap going on in the world to put up with self absorbed Candies of the world. I would like to find out about Alexis's problems with the antique shop across the street but not enough to continue the book.

I fell in love with The Bromance Book Club and I was really looking forward to this book with the geeky tech Noah. Unfortunately this one was my least favorite. I'm starting to feel like Lyssa Kay Adams only can write men with the same personality. From the previous book, Undercover Bromance, I imagined Noah to be a shy geek and honestly he was written just like Gavin and Mack from the two previous books. Alexis was a great female character and I was very involving with her emotions and feelings but this book was very lack luster for me.SPOILER ALERT - Once these two get together it's three chapters of them having sex and then Alexis's journey becoming a kidney donor for her newly found father. After they got together it was really hard for me to get through the rest of the book. Again I think this was mostly due to the few chapters between these two climax's that had me so bored.That being said, I heard the fourth book is going be based off the Russian (character in the series.) and I am really looking forward to that!

I absolutely loved the Bromance Book Club. I enjoyed Undercover Bromance. But this one was a chore to slog through. One thing that made the Bromance Book Club work for me was that it wasn't one-sided- Thea and Gavin both had their flaws and their good points. Then you get a little less realistic in the second one where Liv was kind of annoying and prickly, but Mack was a little too perfect. This book took that to the next level. Noah is portrayed as the world's greatest guy and his only real flaw is that he didn't express his feelings soon enough. They make sure to tell you this over and over- he can't believe more guys don't give oral sex, he wouldn't dream of having her have to throw out the condom after sex, etc. He's pretty much her doormat through the entire book. Also, they were "best friends" who spent every day and night talking and were both secretly attracted to each other but never acted on it at all? I didn't really like Alexis in Undercover Bromance, and she didn't improve much in this book. Also, there was not nearly enough of the Bromance Book Club- it as all "here is Mack being the most sensitive groom ever planning a wedding" and none of the fun of the first two.Additionally, I've noticed the author likes to re-use phrases during the sex scenes. In the first two books, it was "plundered her mouth with his tongue" that appeared 4 times in 2 books, I believe. This time it was describing Alexis' "swollen numb" twice in three pages. We get it, the sex was mindblowing because Noah and Alexis are perfect human beings.

Crazy Stupid Bromance is a sweet and satisfying friends-to-lovers romance. Once again, one of the book’s biggest highlights is Lyssa Kay Adams’ exposure of toxic masculinity and fragility. Her writing, while hilarious and light, is also an empowering combination of truths and values that are always enjoyable to read.I really like Alexis and Noah as characters. They’re both a little dorky, occasionally awkward, and the best kind of best friends. The comfortable dynamic between them is established from the beginning and is a wonderful foundation to their romance. I also love that both have grounding pasts. It adds a layers of realism to a book that could easily be all ‘rainbows and sunshine’. The book is a bit of a slow-burner, but it’s worth the wait. I just wish their journey developed into something a little deeper.The flow in Crazy Stupid Bromance is quite hit and miss. One minute, the plot is engaging. Then the next, it’s almost stagnant. I really like the friends-to-lovers narrative, but didn't care for the family-based storylines despite it playing a heavy role. In fact, it felt like this took centre stage over the love story. Alexis’ long-lost sister and family are unlikeable with no redeemable qualities! I’m a fan of the series, so there’s no way this would be a DNF. But this side of the plot let it down and it’s definitely my least favourite so far.I enjoyed this book, but it’s underwhelming in comparison to the first in the series, which is my favourite. Fortunately, Alexis and Noah are easy to root for and were my primary motivation for reading. Additionally, Lyssa Kay Adams’ contemporary style is always an uplifting treat. The Bromance Book Club didn’t feature as I would have liked, but it’s always nice to revisit this endearing group of friends.

Alexis who runs a cat cafe and recently came forward about being a survivor of sexual harassment by her ex employer because of this her cafe has become a place for others to come for support. A woman has been coming in and staring at Alexis for a while they eventually get to talking and Candi claims to be her sister. Shocked and upset she ring her best friend Noah who she also has romantic feelings toward for his help.Noah is a hacking genius who got caught as a teenager and has since turned his life around. He earns plenty of money, has great friends, owns his house and is in love with Alexis. Throughout the book he's her rock because what are friends for!Overall this was a 4.5 read for me, it could have been 5stars but honestly Lexas newfound family gave me bad vibes. The fact that she just believed these new people and let me reel her in after such a short period of time frustrated me because Noah never gave her a reason to doubt him.The friends to more aspect was done really well, no matter what neither of them wanted to ruin their friendship even though they both wanted more. The relationship was good once it got started and I love the protective cat beefcakeThe bromance aspect which I normally love I found a bit tiring this time because Noah was being sensitive and the guys gave him all the blame which was a bit much in my opinion. Sometimes the man isn't the one who messes up and responsibility needs to be taken by the woman as well, two-way street people.

This is the third instalment in the Bromance Bookclub series. Noah and Alexis have been secondary characters throughout the series but we definitely saw more of them in Undercover Bromance and the start of a spark between them. ⁣⁣Since we last saw them Noah and Alexis have became the best of friends, both harbouring secret feelings for the other, both too hesitant to do anything about them. Mack, Gavin and the gang pull Noah in to the Bromance Bookclub to help him understand and express his feelings for Alexis. However Noah needs more than just help with his feelings for Alexis, but that's what bookclub is for.⁣⁣I loved Alexis. She's definitely been my favourite female so far. Despite all the atrocities she's been through she still had such a kind and caring heart and that shines through in this book. As always the Bromance between the male characters is prevalent and it adds such a unique dynamic to these books. ⁣⁣I enjoyed this just as much as the others and can't wait to read The Russians story in Isn't it Bromantic, out next year!

I am loving the new series by Lyssa Kay Adams -her Bromance books are a breath of fresh air in Romancelandia. They are modern, fresh and without many misogynistic tropes that some novels perpetuate. Crazy Stupid Romance is a third in a series and it tells a story of Alexis and Noah. This is a lovely from friends to lovers trope but without any character forcing his feelings on the other person. Both of them fight their insecurities and a consent is always present in the book, which is one of my favourite things about the series.

I adore this entire series so much. With manly men getting in touch with their feelings and throwing off the shackles of toxic masculinity and women unafraid of going after what they want, this is perfect chick lit. I adore all of the characters and their interactions with each other and every pairing means we get to know more and more about each one.I love the subtle and not so subtle humour and the relationships between the men themselves. The Russian with his poor digestive system is definitely my favourite.