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A review by smutty_sully
Dude Magnet by Gregory Ashe
5.0
Cozy, my ass! Who spread that rumor that this was GA lite? Was it me? Did I completely make that up? Why would I believe such nonsense.
Here's me whistling along, telling myself to enjoy a cozy mystery (even though that's not my thing), and just appreciate the writing and story. Not everything needs to be painful... right?
Wrong!
I'm laughing at my naiveté here. It's only book two. It's going to be a very long year and a half.
Pain and agony aside, book two was better than book one. Millie is in fact toned down, now she's simply enthusiastic and vibrant, as opposed to "shut up, stop talking, I can't stand you" levels.
The Last Picks group is still getting themselves into trouble and sticking their noses where they think they belong.
The mystery was fun, Dash going on a date and getting some side-eye from Bobby was great, Bobby getting hammered and all that was...yes, and no, and yay, and ouch.
I don't want to talk about Hugo. Abusive people are often charismatic and charming with everyone, so that worked. I just had a hard time with Dash apologizing and being manipulated into feeling bad for Hugo. Meanwhile everyone else is fawning over the ex. Yuck. Can't wait until that issue comes popping back up. Sounds cozy, right?
I highlighted close to 1/3 of this book, Dash and Deputy Bobby were in top form. I could read about their not romantic adventures all day long.
Oh, that's right, we can't. Because Ashe won't let us. LOL. (Also, what does that say about me that I'm happy for some pain and suffering?)
Favorite moments:
• Ease up on the judgment, please. My internal thesaurus doesn’t work when I’m stressed.
• And Deputy Bobby was literally what every guy was looking for. Objectively, I mean. Like, objectively, he had a face. And arms. And a butt.
• He turned in his seat. He had a perfect, razor-sharp part in his hair. A perfect, razor-sharp jawline. Have I mentioned he had a perfect face?
• “You can’t get diabetes from syrup,” I said—although, to be fair, I had used a considerable amount of the jug over the last couple of months. “It’s from a tree. It’s basically a vegetable.” (This is true, BTW!
Here's me whistling along, telling myself to enjoy a cozy mystery (even though that's not my thing), and just appreciate the writing and story. Not everything needs to be painful... right?
Wrong!
I'm laughing at my naiveté here. It's only book two. It's going to be a very long year and a half.
Pain and agony aside, book two was better than book one. Millie is in fact toned down, now she's simply enthusiastic and vibrant, as opposed to "shut up, stop talking, I can't stand you" levels.
The Last Picks group is still getting themselves into trouble and sticking their noses where they think they belong.
The mystery was fun, Dash going on a date and getting some side-eye from Bobby was great, Bobby getting hammered and all that was...yes, and no, and yay, and ouch.
I don't want to talk about Hugo. Abusive people are often charismatic and charming with everyone, so that worked. I just had a hard time with Dash apologizing and being manipulated into feeling bad for Hugo. Meanwhile everyone else is fawning over the ex. Yuck. Can't wait until that issue comes popping back up. Sounds cozy, right?
I highlighted close to 1/3 of this book, Dash and Deputy Bobby were in top form. I could read about their not romantic adventures all day long.
Oh, that's right, we can't. Because Ashe won't let us. LOL. (Also, what does that say about me that I'm happy for some pain and suffering?)
Favorite moments:
• Ease up on the judgment, please. My internal thesaurus doesn’t work when I’m stressed.
• And Deputy Bobby was literally what every guy was looking for. Objectively, I mean. Like, objectively, he had a face. And arms. And a butt.
• He turned in his seat. He had a perfect, razor-sharp part in his hair. A perfect, razor-sharp jawline. Have I mentioned he had a perfect face?
• “You can’t get diabetes from syrup,” I said—although, to be fair, I had used a considerable amount of the jug over the last couple of months. “It’s from a tree. It’s basically a vegetable.” (This is true, BTW!