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ashleysumm's review against another edition
5.0
His brie melts in her mouth, and she melts for him...
Sexy and successful, Natalie Grayson is on top of the world. Curvy and confident, she owns every inch of her body, and loves flaunting it as she takes Manhattan by storm every day. But when she spots steamy farmer Oscar at the cheese stand of her favourite market, her usual cockiness deflates, and she finds herself wobbling in her fabulous heels, unable to utter more than just, "brie?" When the opportunity arises to launch a marketing campaign for the small town of Bailey Falls, Natalie jumps to head the project. Her best friend just so happens to live in Bailey Falls, and so does Oscar...
I absolutely loved this second installment of the Hudson Valley series! This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend reading Nuts first if you plan to read the entire series. I laughed out loud many times throughout this novel, appreciative as always of Alice Clayton's witty, sexy humour. I loved the characters in this novel, complete with a few familiar faces. I identified a lot with Natalie's character. I admired her sharp tongue, confidence, and no-holds-barred attitude. I enjoyed the audiobook version of this novel, and felt the narrators suited Natalie and Oscar perfectly. I recommend this hilarious romance novel to anyone who loves a good laugh and a sexy storyline!
Sexy and successful, Natalie Grayson is on top of the world. Curvy and confident, she owns every inch of her body, and loves flaunting it as she takes Manhattan by storm every day. But when she spots steamy farmer Oscar at the cheese stand of her favourite market, her usual cockiness deflates, and she finds herself wobbling in her fabulous heels, unable to utter more than just, "brie?" When the opportunity arises to launch a marketing campaign for the small town of Bailey Falls, Natalie jumps to head the project. Her best friend just so happens to live in Bailey Falls, and so does Oscar...
I absolutely loved this second installment of the Hudson Valley series! This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend reading Nuts first if you plan to read the entire series. I laughed out loud many times throughout this novel, appreciative as always of Alice Clayton's witty, sexy humour. I loved the characters in this novel, complete with a few familiar faces. I identified a lot with Natalie's character. I admired her sharp tongue, confidence, and no-holds-barred attitude. I enjoyed the audiobook version of this novel, and felt the narrators suited Natalie and Oscar perfectly. I recommend this hilarious romance novel to anyone who loves a good laugh and a sexy storyline!
syndi3's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Not as delicious as the first book, Nuts. What I like about this series is the feeling of the small town romance. In Cream of the Crop, Miss Clayton throws a kick ass heroine, Natalie. She is unapologetic about her body size and to be honest, I love her.
And Oscar is a big bonus. He is all about less talk and more action. A true alpha male. What makes me short awarding this book 5 stars is the part of Natalie has to get to know everything and everyone in Bailey Farm. I know the author needs to inject the small town feeling into the story, but it is too much. This book can be easily 2 hours shorten.
Overall I do enjoy this book very much.
And Oscar is a big bonus. He is all about less talk and more action. A true alpha male. What makes me short awarding this book 5 stars is the part of Natalie has to get to know everything and everyone in Bailey Farm. I know the author needs to inject the small town feeling into the story, but it is too much. This book can be easily 2 hours shorten.
Overall I do enjoy this book very much.
readbooks_fightpatriarchy's review against another edition
5.0
Love this book and always great as a re-read. Unpredictable yet comfortably familiar, if that makes sense
jackiestone's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the first one. I liked Oscar, but I didn't feel as much of a connection.
brokenrecord's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. Cute overall, but I never really got invested in the story.
lphr3ads's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. I couldn't stop grinning while listening to the audiobook. Review to come.
jstanothermillenial's review
4.0
Just love this series, very cosy and fluffy romance with nice spice.
kblincoln's review against another edition
4.0
I'm still digging the sexy farmers of Bailey Falls (small Hudson Valley town) as well as the s0-cute-it-makes-your-teeth-ache town itself.
This time its ad executive and New York party girl Natalie Grayson's turn to swoon over a tall, caveman-like dairy farmer who sells her Brie ("Oh, yes!") every Saturday at the farmer's market. She's city. He's country.
She's plus size, and he likes her "great (comma) big " posterior (only that's not the word they use in the book. The book has potty mouth. Seriously, everyone throws foul words left and right and there's an ongoing schtick with Nuts' hero, Leo's, daughter who runs around with a jam jar fining everyone for cursing that's cute). I love, love, love that Natalie is confident and sexy and busty. I love, love, love that she's had to pull herself up by the bootstraps emotionally after allowing an abusive relationship.
And while I feel like I should love Oscar the dairy farmer, he's too laconic. He's too close-mouthed. And when he finally pops 2/3's of the way through the book with his own emotional issues from his past coming out, he gets over it way too quickly. There's no fall out. There's like no emotional arc for me to love him for. He's either being a caveman or he's with his cows.
Mostly the book is about Natalie. Her shoes. Finding out that making Brie is far stinkier than she thought. And Natalie and her friends trash-talking. Which don't get me wrong, is fun, but the heavy meat of the story, so to speak, I wanted to be her and Oscar, and it was mostly just Natalie. Still, I'm up for the third book in the series.
Mostly because this series is unabashedly a load of bantery fun in a beautiful locale. And then there's the hankypanky Oscar and Natalie get up to. And the references to large milk cans. Fun.
This time its ad executive and New York party girl Natalie Grayson's turn to swoon over a tall, caveman-like dairy farmer who sells her Brie ("Oh, yes!") every Saturday at the farmer's market. She's city. He's country.
She's plus size, and he likes her "great (comma) big " posterior (only that's not the word they use in the book. The book has potty mouth. Seriously, everyone throws foul words left and right and there's an ongoing schtick with Nuts' hero, Leo's, daughter who runs around with a jam jar fining everyone for cursing that's cute). I love, love, love that Natalie is confident and sexy and busty. I love, love, love that she's had to pull herself up by the bootstraps emotionally after allowing an abusive relationship.
And while I feel like I should love Oscar the dairy farmer, he's too laconic. He's too close-mouthed. And when he finally pops 2/3's of the way through the book with his own emotional issues from his past coming out, he gets over it way too quickly. There's no fall out. There's like no emotional arc for me to love him for. He's either being a caveman or he's with his cows.
Mostly the book is about Natalie. Her shoes. Finding out that making Brie is far stinkier than she thought. And Natalie and her friends trash-talking. Which don't get me wrong, is fun, but the heavy meat of the story, so to speak, I wanted to be her and Oscar, and it was mostly just Natalie. Still, I'm up for the third book in the series.
Mostly because this series is unabashedly a load of bantery fun in a beautiful locale. And then there's the hankypanky Oscar and Natalie get up to. And the references to large milk cans. Fun.