Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club, #3) in 2-3-4 Challenge

Mar 14, 2023 Jonetta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-comedy, 2023-library-love, group-read, contemporary-romance, publisher-review-request, 2023-audiobook-challenge, audiobook, 3500-2022, 2023-beat-the-backlist

the setup…
Alexis Carlisle owns a cat café called ToeBeans and it skyrocketed in popularity when she stepped forward six months ago and accused former celebrity chef Royce Preston of sexual harassment. She and her friends connected to The Bromance Book Club helped to expose him. Noah Logan, Braden Mack’s tech expert, also helped and became a trusted and best friend to Alexis over the next months during the fallout. Their friendship is sacred between the two but Noah is now struggling with feeling the setup…
Alexis Carlisle owns a cat café called ToeBeans and it skyrocketed in popularity when she stepped forward six months ago and accused former celebrity chef Royce Preston of sexual harassment. She and her friends connected to The Bromance Book Club helped to expose him. Noah Logan, Braden Mack’s tech expert, also helped and became a trusted and best friend to Alexis over the next months during the fallout. Their friendship is sacred between the two but Noah is now struggling with feelings far beyond the friend zone. Oh, and so is Alexis.

the heart of the story…
I was happy to see that Noah was at the center of this story as I found him intriguing in the last book, an air of mystery surrounding him. My instincts were right as he has a complicated past as a “hacktivist” dating back to his teenage years. He’s now reformed and owns a lucrative security company. I loved his friendship with Alexis as there was something endearing about it, treasured by both of them. Their concern about losing all of this by moving into an intimate relationship was well justified. Meanwhile, Alexis is facing another life changing challenge when she learns the identity of her father (she was raised by her now deceased single mother) and is faced with a host of family she never knew or wanted to know. This threatens to become a wedge between her and Noah as his suspicions and past become significant.

the narration…
I continue to love the narrator for this series as his female voices sound normal but he nails the men in The Bromance Book Club. You can hear all that wit and sarcasm and I’ve got strong images of them all.

the bottom line…
This is one of the best friends-to-lovers stories I’ve read in a long time. Alexis and Noah are well developed characters who you can’t help admiring and liking. Their journey to romance was compelling enough but the outside pressures from both of their families made it even more interesting. I’m not a fan of communication issues used as a device for conflict but here it was done well as both of them were committed to resolving them. And, The Bromance Book Club rises to the occasion again, bringing humor and “wisdom” to the mix. This story is special and my most favorite in the series to date.

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Nov 10, 2020 Anita rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, kindle-libby, contempoary-romance

I'm not at all happy with this book. It is a real downer and has very little of the laugh out loud humor of the first book. The second book was lacking too. "Crazy Stupid Bromance" is a friends to lovers trope with some very heavy overtones. It just wasn't a fun read and that is what I was looking for in this series.

Alexis Carlisle is no stranger to the media and bad publicity after coming forward as a victim of sexual harassment by America's favorite chef. She opened a café that caters to cats ...more

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Nov 12, 2020 Robin rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, 2020, contemporary-romance, 2020-utd

Shortly after opening a cat café, Alexis Carlisle became known for being one of many women to accuse a famous chef of sexual harassment. Many women who were in the same boat showed up at her café to talk about what happened to them. When a new woman named Candi shows up, Alexis expects her to talk about how she was harassed. Instead, Candi tells Alexis that she is her sister and their father needs a kidney transplant.

Alexis is shocked. She turns to her best friend, Noah Logan, for support. Noah ...more

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Dec 30, 2020 Carla added it

Shelves: audio, library

This is the third book in the Bromance Book Club and I continue to enjoy reading about this group of friends. This book begins shortly after the previous book. Alexis is running her Cat Café, and dealing with aftermath of her whistle blowing on the celebrity chef who had been sexually assaulting his employees, when she is approached by a young lady who claims to be her sister. She believes her as they have a lot of similarities, but the reason for this reveal causes more stress and uncertainty o ...more

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May 04, 2023 Sharon Kallenberger Marzola rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, friends-to-lovers, review-needed, buddy-read, love-hero, love-heroine

I think this is my favorite book in the series, and Noah and Alexis are my favorite couple.

Alexis is one of the women harassed by the celebrity chef in the previous book. I love how Alexis is portrayed as a strong woman who takes what life throws at her while keeping a kind and loving heart. Noah Logan entered Alexis' life when he used his computer skills to get the dirt on Royce Preston to bring him down. Noah and Alexis became good friends through their joint goal to help bring Royce down. It ...more

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Mar 24, 2023 Susan rated it really liked it

I am so in love with this whole series!!! I love each one of the guys so much but the one I love the most is the Russian. He sounds like he should be this badass man that will break every bone in your body but instead he's this big softy who loves these romance novels and this Bromance book club. His humor comes out of nowhere and is so funny.

This book is about Noah and Alexis or Lexa as Noah calls her. They are best friends and secretly in love with each other and I love them both.

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Mar 27, 2021 Elizabeth Nolly rated it liked it

I think this is my least favorite off all the series so far. I still enjoyed it a lot, but this one dragged in certain places more than the other ones. Listening to the audiobook made it much easier. I enjoyed the narrator. I love the friends to lovers trope. I still love the male romance book club concept in this series. It is very creative. I look forward to the next book in the series.

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