Grin and Beard It (Winston Brothers, #2) in Sharks of Awesome

Jul 17, 2017 Linds rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adorable, sexy-times, dual-pov

Guhhhhh, I just adore this series and these brothers! I liked Duane (brother from the first book) a bit better than Jethro, but I still really liked Jethro. I think I expected Jethro to have a bit more edge to him, based on his past, but he ended up being less edgy than all of his brothers. But, he was super sweet and I loved his adorable flirting with Sienna. And I LOVED Sienna! She was so great and their flirtatious banter was super cute. This book (like the first) was low on unnecessary drama ...more

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Sep 15, 2017 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, favorites

Update after 2nd read: the thing that bothered me the first time around, didn't bother me this time around. I actually understand it much better now and stand strong at 5 stars!

First read review: 4.5 stars! This book was great! It was better than the last one (Duane, 4 stars) but not quite as good as the prequel (Ashley, 5 stars).

I can tell you right now I liked Grin and Beard It better than Truth or Beard because of Jethro's personality. He's my favorite kind of hero. A bit of a tortured past, Update after 2nd read: the thing that bothered me the first time around, didn't bother me this time around. I actually understand it much better now and stand strong at 5 stars!

First read review: 4.5 stars! This book was great! It was better than the last one (Duane, 4 stars) but not quite as good as the prequel (Ashley, 5 stars).

I can tell you right now I liked Grin and Beard It better than Truth or Beard because of Jethro's personality. He's my favorite kind of hero. A bit of a tortured past, grown into a good man, making amends for past mistakes, honorable, reliable, loyal, loves his family, good job, not to mention handsome as all get out! But also funny and charming and the best flirt! The flirty banter in this book is AWESOME. Flirty banter is one of my favorite things to read and Penny Reid is the QUEEN of it! If a man was ever to flirt with me the way that Jethro flirted with Sienna, he'd have me hook, line and sinker! Lock me up and throw away the key!

Sienna is probably one of my favorite heroines EVER. I loved her wit, her use of words, charm, flair, and basic bad assery as a woman who doesn't give two $h!ts about what other people think of her, regardless of her status and fame. She's the plus sized (which is a stretch because size 14 is more average than plus), diverse heroine I always want to be! I'm so thankful when authors write women who are taller (I'm 5'11" myself, so I don't really consider 5'8" to be tall, but it's taller than most heroines I read about) and a more curvaceous woman AND when said tall, curvy heroine is COMFORTABLE with their body! I'm glad Sienna wasn't plagued with body issues. It was refreshing!

Once again, the rest of the Winston brothers steal every scene they're in! Ms. Reid created a wonderful family and I'm so excited to read about the rest of them!

My one issue with this book was Jethro's insistence that they not have sex til marriage. Or should I say his personal desicion not to sleep with anyone until he was sure she was going to be his wife. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for waiting til marriage. But what I had a problem with was that, even though they weren't doing it with their intimate parts, they were having oral and giving each other handies, and sleeping together in the nude (literally sleeping). If you're still giving each other orgasms every other possible way, what's the point of waiting to do it the original way? It just didn't make sense to me.

Other than that, this book was awesome and I recommend it! Especially if you're into tall, strapping bearded men with a heart of gold! ...more

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Sep 05, 2017 Briana rated it really liked it

Jethro is a close 2nd to Cletus in my book, and the banter between these two made me LOL a lot. I heartily disagreee w/ Sienna about Buster Keaton vs. Chaplin but enjoyed her sassiness and hidden insecurities. On to Beard Science!

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