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Vanessa Booked Up
My favorite of the series so far, and that's saying a lot!! I LOVED Truth or Beard. Who knew Cletus had such a soft center, gah! Melted my heart. So sweet and tender.

Absolutely PERFECT audio narrative too!!!!!!
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Paula
Nov 06, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I devoured this book. My favorite of the series and one of my favorite books of the year!
Catarina
I have to say, this is my favorite of the series so far. (I do have a soft spot for books with food and Jennifer is a pastry chef after all.)
So imagine how happy I was when I found out Cletus and Jennifer are getting their own spin-off series!! *insert awkward happy dance here*

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Rating: 5 Stars.
Steam: 5 out of 10.
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Kim Howard
Re-read October 2019
After reading Beard With Me, once again I find deeper meaning in another character than I did upon first reading. Cletus is driven by revenge and payback. It takes the goodness and intelligence of Jennifer to give his life new purpose and meaning. One of my favorites. My review below still stands.

Read October 2016
This is by far my favorite Penny Reid book. It's the story of two clever people who hide behind a flakey persona but are able to find each other through blackmail, h
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Shelly
Oct 22, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Avoiding the normal is beautiful

This is Penny Reid's "blue roses". She tells a tale with characters that make awkward and intelligence beautiful. Cletus and Jennifer are so divinely created that every emotion travels from the pages and into the reader's heart. The words are poetry. Heartbreak of Jennifer's acceptance of her life, her coping mechanisms against the bullies that are not capable truly seeing her, and the sheer joy of moments when she is brave enough to see herself...jeans, sneakers
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Jennifer
Oct 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing
I've been looking forward to Cletus' story since Beauty and the Mustache. I think he was most of our favorites, so I commend the author for not saving his story for last. So many other authors would have just to keep people coming for a hint to where their favorite guy's story might head to.

It was cute, sweet, and "smart" just as you expect from a Reid book.

My one and only complaint is that it was a little pricier that I'd prefer. I get why it is the price it is. However, normally I still would
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Julie
Jan 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS - The Banana Cake Queen has a reputation similar to Cletus' - quirky, quiet, maybe simple minded, strange. Jennifer may have been home schooled & trapped by her parents but she is a people watcher - and she knows Cletus has way more going on than people suspect, that he is actually a very dangerous man, in fact catching him the act & using the video for blackmail. What she wants in return from Cletus is a bit strange - she longs to have a husband & a family but she has no cl ...more
Laura
Oct 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing
ARC generously provided in exchange for an honest review.

Love. Love. Love this book. I was immersed in this book. All of the Penny Reid books that I have read so far are full of laugh out loud humour, and this was no exception. I've been looking forward to reading Cletus' story since we first met him in Duane's book Truth or Beard, and he did not disappoint. Cletus is a delightfully quirky character. He is a multifaceted character that reveals in manipulating everything and everyone. It was trul
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Annie Holm
Oct 13, 2016 rated it it was amazing
I have been looking forward to Cletus Winston and his famous sausage for a very...very...long time. And once again Penny Reid pulls it out of the hat with that quirky touch of humour that she is famous for.

A while ago she let us read a snippet from her work in progress and that had me thinking all sorts of wrong things about who would capture the attention of the sneaky sneak that is Cletus. Of all the Winston brothers he is probably the trickiest trick in the book and trust me...he will have yo
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KDW
Oct 13, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Loved it!

I didn't want this book to ever end. Can we please get another 200 pages of Cletus and Jennifer to read?!
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Becky Collins
Oct 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 15, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 03, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Brenda
Oct 15, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 05, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 28, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Jun 19, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 06, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Megan
May 15, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 27, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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