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Today's review is about Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie.
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My entire
life, I have been a hard-core category romance reader. But, this past month I
took a turn. Sure, I still love my Harlequin Super romance and Silhouette
Special Edition authors, but move over cute and sweet Home and Family novels, and
come to momma sassy and sexy contemporary romance! Jennifer Crusie has opened a
new page in my romance reading era.
Jennifer
Crusie has written contemporary romance for many years. In fact, I picked up Crazy for You in the past, but never kept reading (Why? I don't know.) After reading Bet Me over
the weekend, I have found a new love for this funny author.
Bet Me is full of outrageous, but realistic
characters. In fact, I’m not sure how Crusie keeps up with them all. No matter,
all the characters are fantastic and have their own quirks. The female MC,
Minerva, is an actuary who is known for being chubby. At first this threw me
off, because most romance books are about skinny, size 2, good looking people.
But, as I got to know Min, I learned that it was an even better reason to love
her. The best part about Minerva was her sassy and sarcastic banter with the
male MC, Cal. Cal is a good-looking player, who is not ready for commitment. He
soon learns that he can’t stay away from Min, even when they both try their
damndest to not see each other again.
Fate steps in and draws them together to form their own personal “fairytale.”
In the middle of all this destiny lays
quirky characters that make me laugh and want to make friends with them myself.
All in all,
I give Bet Me a 5*****, because there
is nothing better than a page-turner with amusing characters, and a can’t- hide
-from -love plot – even if Elvis Presley and Krispy Kreme is involved.
Have you read Bet Me or other Jennifer Crusie books? I'm looking for my next to take on vacation with me. Any suggestions?
