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Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton

danicamidlil's review against another edition

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4.0

Mmmmmm, Oscar.

black_bird1291's review against another edition

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5.0

I pictured Jason Momoa as Oscar all throughout this book. It's so refreshing to have a curvy woman as the lead. Funny and cute book.

readingwithhippos's review against another edition

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4.0

I love a confident, sexy plus-size heroine! Natalie is the kind of person who says whatever she’s thinking, and she’s thinking some outrageous shit. She’s usually the one to leave the guys tongue-tied, but the hottie dairy farmer at the farmer’s market short-circuits her brain and renders her incapable of speech, much less flirtation. When a mutual friend introduces them, Natalie finally steels herself to go after what she wants. But if she wants a future with her farmer, she’s going to have to decide if that includes a whole herd of cows.

I was definitely picturing Jason Momoa as Oscar and I can recommend that wholeheartedly.

stacyjenson's review against another edition

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3.0

Fun read, but I was bothered that the hero was deliberately named/described as a POC but it did not seem to inform his character in any way. How did Grandpa Mendoza come to have a dairy farm next to Green Bay??

digitlchic's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5

diaryofthebookdragon's review against another edition

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3.0

Alice Clayton's book are hit-or-miss for me and sadly, Cream of the Crop had more marks in the miss then in a hit column...

HIT:
+ Nicely written. Easy to read.
+ Plus-size heroine that is confident and adores her body. This is how I envisioned [b:Dumplin'|18304322|Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)|Julie Murphy|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1424189465s/18304322.jpg|25795642] should be.
"I embraced my curves, my natural good looks, and realized that confidence went much further then a small ass in a tight jeans."


MISS:
- Grumpy heroes are usually my favorite kind, but something was missing in Oscar's moodiness to charm me.
- Humor missed me completely. Wasn't funny at all.
- It all developed/happened too quickly. I don't feel like they solved major problems, more forced them to be solved...

The only thing worth remembering for me in Cream of the Crop was Natalie and her awesome attitude and confidence. We need more heroines like her, no matter which size of the clothes they wear.

bipolar_bookbish's review against another edition

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5.0

Plus size heroine ➕ hot brooding cheese farmer = where do I sign!?

dgignac's review against another edition

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4.0

I enjoyed Natalie’s story. The author had mentioned that she wanted to write a story about a confident woman that was larger than the norm. I appreciated the sentiment, I just wish the topic wasn’t brought up so often in the book.

what_alice_saw's review against another edition

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4.0

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annanusbaum's review against another edition

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5.0

alice clayton is great writer and always has a few good funny parts