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chaptersofmay 's review for:
The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay Adams
I love this book. It was a 24-hour read, and delightfully cute. The Bromance Book Club is one of those books that became difficult to avoid. And in my opinion, its popularity is well-deserved. I’m glad I gave in!
The first thing I adored is the original and realistic concept. Gavin is an MLB player, and married to Thea, the mother of his twin girls and an aspiring artist. After a humiliating secret is revealed, both spouses react badly and their marriage is suddenly at breaking point. But Gavin is recruited into a secret book club by his best friend, Del. With the help of romance novels, the group of men help Gavin win Thea’s heart once again. Sounds perfect right?
I absolutely loved that the book was about men reading romance books to try and understand their partners and mend their relationships. There are way too many books are about break-ups, divorced and the burdens of broken homes. But this uplifting, light-hearted read highlights the reality of marriage and kept the focus on the couple reuniting.
The author’s writing style fortunately matches the interesting and engaging tone from the synopsis, so I was hooked from the first page. The pacing, length, and level of dialogue in this book is the perfect balance. It’s a short book, but doesn’t ever feel rushed. There isn’t a single page wasted, and each chapter was so charming, it was hard to put it down.
The conversations were mapped out brilliantly between the characters, and kept the story moving. I got a sense of the dynamic between a variety of the characters just from the way they spoke to each other, and the lengthy back-and-forth made some scenes so much more entertaining! To fix their marriage, it was essential for Gavin and Thea to actually communicate with one another, and their intimate moments were very sweet. The romance overall was adorable to read about, even if Gavin was gaining inspiration from a regency romance novel.
The relationship between the men in the book group made me really happy. Not all of them were baseball players, not all of them were married, but all of them had a mutual respect for one another that made it such a solid brotherhood. I also really appreciated how it tackled toxic masculinity and the pressures from patriarchal society without too much weight and finger-pointing. It educates in subtle ways, and the humour makes the lesson easier to digest.
The characters were brilliantly written and well-used throughout the book. I liked the protagonists, and thought Ava and Amelia (Gavin and Thea’s twins) were adorably realistic. Mack was easily one of my favourite characters, his one-liners and hilarious antics added a lot of levity to the story. There was a long list of secondary characters, and while they may have only had a few lines, they didn’t get lost in the throng of voices. It was easy for me to distinguish between the men in the book club, the baseball WAGs, and the family members with ease.
There are a lot of reviews that criticize the character of Thea, and while she definitely had her flaws, I understood a lot of her actions, and found her to be a relatable character. She’s a young mother of twins, her husband is travelling the country for half the year, and she didn’t have the luxury of a stable childhood. The same goes for Liv, Thea’s sister. She was fiercely protective of her older sister, and blinded by her own personal issues, but still a well-written character. I didn’t agree with every action she made, but her reasoning made total sense to me. I look forward to diving into her life in the second book.
This is my first Lyssa Kay Adams book but definitely not my last, I’d happily reread it. If you’re a rom-com fan, enjoy quick reads and adorable relationships, The Bromance Book Club is 100% the book for you. I enjoyed this story so much, I didn’t hesitate to move onto its sequel, Undercover Bromance.
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The first thing I adored is the original and realistic concept. Gavin is an MLB player, and married to Thea, the mother of his twin girls and an aspiring artist. After a humiliating secret is revealed, both spouses react badly and their marriage is suddenly at breaking point. But Gavin is recruited into a secret book club by his best friend, Del. With the help of romance novels, the group of men help Gavin win Thea’s heart once again. Sounds perfect right?
I absolutely loved that the book was about men reading romance books to try and understand their partners and mend their relationships. There are way too many books are about break-ups, divorced and the burdens of broken homes. But this uplifting, light-hearted read highlights the reality of marriage and kept the focus on the couple reuniting.
The author’s writing style fortunately matches the interesting and engaging tone from the synopsis, so I was hooked from the first page. The pacing, length, and level of dialogue in this book is the perfect balance. It’s a short book, but doesn’t ever feel rushed. There isn’t a single page wasted, and each chapter was so charming, it was hard to put it down.
The conversations were mapped out brilliantly between the characters, and kept the story moving. I got a sense of the dynamic between a variety of the characters just from the way they spoke to each other, and the lengthy back-and-forth made some scenes so much more entertaining! To fix their marriage, it was essential for Gavin and Thea to actually communicate with one another, and their intimate moments were very sweet. The romance overall was adorable to read about, even if Gavin was gaining inspiration from a regency romance novel.
The relationship between the men in the book group made me really happy. Not all of them were baseball players, not all of them were married, but all of them had a mutual respect for one another that made it such a solid brotherhood. I also really appreciated how it tackled toxic masculinity and the pressures from patriarchal society without too much weight and finger-pointing. It educates in subtle ways, and the humour makes the lesson easier to digest.
The characters were brilliantly written and well-used throughout the book. I liked the protagonists, and thought Ava and Amelia (Gavin and Thea’s twins) were adorably realistic. Mack was easily one of my favourite characters, his one-liners and hilarious antics added a lot of levity to the story. There was a long list of secondary characters, and while they may have only had a few lines, they didn’t get lost in the throng of voices. It was easy for me to distinguish between the men in the book club, the baseball WAGs, and the family members with ease.
There are a lot of reviews that criticize the character of Thea, and while she definitely had her flaws, I understood a lot of her actions, and found her to be a relatable character. She’s a young mother of twins, her husband is travelling the country for half the year, and she didn’t have the luxury of a stable childhood. The same goes for Liv, Thea’s sister. She was fiercely protective of her older sister, and blinded by her own personal issues, but still a well-written character. I didn’t agree with every action she made, but her reasoning made total sense to me. I look forward to diving into her life in the second book.
This is my first Lyssa Kay Adams book but definitely not my last, I’d happily reread it. If you’re a rom-com fan, enjoy quick reads and adorable relationships, The Bromance Book Club is 100% the book for you. I enjoyed this story so much, I didn’t hesitate to move onto its sequel, Undercover Bromance.
For more book reviews and blog posts check out https://chaptersofmay.com or follow along at instagram.com/chaptersofmay