BEAST by Pepper Pace

Description:When plus-size beauty, Ashleigh, meets Chris, a “beast” of a marine with a face disfigured from a cleft palate at the gym, sparks fly. But can she overcome her baggage and make an HEA happen with the best man she’s ever had the honor of dating? BEAST quite deservedly made it to the semi-final rounds of this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.

The Good: I’m so late on this, that I doubt anyone who reads this review hasn’t actually already read the book yet. But I’m going...