Reviews

Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid

illusie's review against another edition

3.0

Not as good as book 1, but still a nice read

bluereads99's review against another edition

5.0

again janie and me are the same down to freaking out about prion diseases i love this series sm already!!!!

londibie's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

This one is just a filler book.  I would love to tell you to skip it, however, there are a few things that happen that are scenes which SHOULD have been in other books in this series.  For example, another couple gets married during this book and I would have been annoyed at missing that scene, but it didn't feel worth slogging through this entire book for those random nuggets.

yodamom's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 The courtship was fabulous, they fell and here they go to the next step. Yes, they go there to wedding-ville in a round about, beat each other into the bushes, test, test, test, and make me want to scream "this is not worth it" in utter frustration. Janie, with her tests, ARGUH !!! It went too far for me in this book. I admit to having a bit of a hate relationship with weddings/planning them and sure that tainting my views. She made everything so hard, in such ridiculous ways. Luckily it didn't last that long and the story went on for some chuckles, snuggles and cuddles. The Vegas bachelorette party was hilarious, the outcome, well it was a LOL shock. The story moved on a touch for a few of future couples. It also opened a giant can of Family drama worms for Janie and Quinn.
I enjoyed this, not as much as the first book but it was fun and I'm glad I got to see their relationship go on. I'm just not a fan of game playing for testing someones love and commitment.

owlleeharris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

dnice51581's review

4.25

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cobaltbookshelf's review

4.0

"The key is to find a relationship, a virus, that encourages you to be stronger, a better person, but also be able to show weakness without fear of exploitation- a relationship that challenges you, but also makes you happy and lifts you up."

A very cute book I liked even better than the first one. I loved Shelly breadcrumbs and ending was great.

zaza_bdp's review

5.0

**4.5 review** (Arc kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review)

J'avais beaucoup aimé le 1er tome, le héros - McHotPants - m'ayant laissé une impression ... "miamesque" au possible. Dans ce tome 1.5 on retrouve Janie et Quinn à l'heure des grands engagements, pour un happy end dans les règles de l'art.

Le résumé offre un aperçu assez complet de l'intrigue, qui sera principalement consacrée aux péripéties qui accompagnent inévitablement la préparation d'un mariage. D'ailleurs, le livre est découpé en fonction de chacune de ces grandes étapes. Côté chronologie, l'action se situe en parallèle du tome 2, puisqu'on voit de l'extérieur l'avancée de la romance entre Elisabeth et Nico, on retrouve même la scène culte de la "panty party", tellement drôle.

Le récit est toujours à la 1ère personne, majoritairement assumé par Janie, mais pour plusieurs chapitres, c'est la voix de Quinn ... Et là, explosion de swoon en perspective car McHotPants est un homme si réservé qu'être dans ses pensées fait de nous des lectrices chanceuses. Entre déclarations à vous faire soupirer d'envie ou considérations internes sur son amour pour sa chérie, Quinn est une fois de plus à tomber.

"Giv­ing the woman you’re going to marry an out­ra­geously ex­pen­sive ring to mark her as your own was ge­nius. Women prob­a­bly thought they were the win­ners of tra­di­tion in this sce­nario. They were wrong.
Men were the win­ners, be­cause the prize wasn’t the ring. The prize was the woman."

"I’m not a good guy. I try to be, for her. I want to be wor­thy of her brain and heart. I want to de­serve her trust and ad­mi­ra­tion. (...) I be­longed to her and I was com­pletely screwed, be­cause I wanted her own­er­ship. I wanted her to use me. I wanted to give her every­thing. I wouldn’t have had a prob­lem get­ting a tat­too that read, Prop­erty of Janie Sul­li­van."

Ajoutons à cela que dans ce tome il va devoir affronter les démons du passé, renouer le dialogue avec ses parents qu'il n'a pas vu (encore moins parlé avec) depuis 10 ans.

Janie est toujours aussi attachante. Sa "diarrhée verbale" est présente plus que jamais, et j'aime beaucoup l'intérêt que Quinn porte à tous ces faits qu'elle énonce, il rentre dans son "jeu" et ne fait pas semblant de l'écouter dans ces moments-là (Quinn c'est un peu M. Perfect). J'aime la lucidité de Janie, c'est une fille pragmatique, un peu folle oui, avec de drôles d'idées parfois, mais c'est une nana pétillante, pleine de pep's, attentionnée et rigolote.

Cerise sur le gâteau, on retrouve toutes les copines du groupe de tricot, et une fois encore Penny Reid nous offre une scène d'anthologie à Vegas, incluant un pasteur déguisé en Elvis, du chocolat un peu spécial, et une brochette de filles en petite culotte, le tout sous les yeux de Quinn et ses amis, complètement scotchés par ce qu'ils découvrent.

Voilà donc un nouveau tome bourré d'humour et de romantisme, la pépite de ce début d'été à vous procurer illico presto !

cgibson05's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

pkayerich's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25