Baking Me Crazy

de Karla Sorensen (2019)

Résumé : I'm Levi Buchanan, and until five years ago, I thought the legend of my family's curse was a load of crazy, Southern nonsense. No curse can make you fall in love at first sight. No curse can force a true, deep, passionate, all-consuming love that will haunt you all the days of your life.

Then I met Jocelyn Abernathy and I realized how completely wrong I was.

The problem is, Jocelyn guards her feelings like well-armed soldier. She's the most beautiful, stubborn, infuriating woman I've ever met. Every time she talks, I want to kiss the living daylights out of her. But I can't. Because when we met, she didn't need true love. She needed a best friend. And that's what I've been to her... for five years.

But when Jocelyn meets a handsome stranger her first day working at Donner Bakery and she lets him buy her a dill pickle cupcake, I realize with ominous regret that I may have missed my window with my best friend. If I can't get her to see past our friendship, my new curse may be to watch the love of my life move on with someone else.


J’ai lu ce livre en ARC. Je ne connaissais pas cette auteur avant, le principe des Smartypants Romance est une série de romance qui se passage dans l’univers créé par Penny Reid, j’ai beaucoup aimé sa façon d’écrire et je pense me pencher sur elle (quand j’aurais le temps xD)

Ça doit être aussi la 2e fois que je lis une romance avec l’un des héros en situation de handicap (ici l’héroïne est en fauteuil). Pas que je cherche ce critère dans mes choix de lecture, mais ça n’arrive pas souvent de tomber sur ces perso quand on sélectionne des livres à lire au hasard.

La romance est toute mimi, c’est du « friends to lovers », les héros se connaissent depuis plusieurs années, ils sont les meilleurs amis. mais Levi est fou amoureux de Joss depuis le tout premier jour et il n’a jamais rien dit. Il va donc devoir se bouger un peu s’il ne veut pas que Joss lui échappe ^^

Joss n’est pas hyper sociable, elle a toujours eu du mal à s’ouvrir aux autres et compte sur une mains ses amis proches, Levi en number one. Cependant, commencer un nouveau job à la pâtisserie (de Jennifer !) va l’aider à sortir de sa zone de confort et à vouloir des choses jusque là enfouies... et bizarrement la place de Levi nécessite une upgrade xD

J’ai couiné, et pas seulement parce qu’on voit Cletus xD c’est une très belle découverte, Levi et Joss sont mignons, le traitement du handicap de Joss ne tombe jamais dans le cliché. On sent que l’auteur s’est bien entourée pour que la description du quotidien de Joss soit proche d’une réalité. Je recommande vivement !

I read this book in ARC. I didn’t know this author before, the idea with Smartypants Romance is a series of romance that take place in the universe created by Penny Reid, I loved her writing and I think I will look at her books (when I have the time xD)

It‘s also be the second time that I read a romance with one of the heroes with disabilities (here the heroine is in wheelchair). Not that I seek this in my reading choices, but it doesn’t happen often to meet these characters when I select books to read at random.

The romance is very cute, it's "friends to lovers", the heroes have known each other for several years, they are best friends. but Levi is crazy about Joss since the very first day he met her and he never said anything. So he'll have to make a move a bit faster if he does not want Joss to escape ^^

Joss is not hyper sociable, she has always had trouble opening up to others and relies on close friends, and Levi is the number one. However, starting a new job at the bakery shop (Jennifer’s !) will help her get out of her comfort zone and wanting things that were previously buried... and strangely Levi's place in her life requires an upgrade xD

I swooned, and not only because we see Cletus xD this book is a great discovery, Levi and Joss are cute, the treatment of Joss’s disability never falls into a cliché. We feel that the author has done her researchs so that the description of Joss's daily life is close to a reality. I highly recommand this book !

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Beard With Me

de Penny Reid (2019)

Résumé : No one is better at surviving than Scarlet St. Claire and making the best out of circumstances beyond her control is Scarlet’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, she’d be the last person on earth, hermitting like a pro, singing along to her CD Walkman, and dancing like no one is watching.

Scarlet is clever, Scarlet is careful, and Scarlet is smart . . . except when it comes to Billy Winston.

No one is better at fighting than Billy Winston and raging against his circumstances—because nothing is beyond his control—is Billy’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, he’d be the first person on earth to lead others to safety, overcome catastrophe, or die trying.

Billy is fearless, Billy is disciplined, and Billy is honorable . . . except when it comes to Scarlet St. Claire.


Ce roman est le préquel au tout dernier tome de la série des Winston Brothers qui sera sur Billy et Scarlett. Il raconte les quelques semaines qui ont changé la vie de deux ados très attachés l'un à l'autres et des circonstances malheureuses de leur séparation. Tout ce qui est raconté dans ce livre, on l'a déjà appris depuis le début de la série (mais bon si vous êtes comme moi et que vous oublié pas mal de détail, vous allez redécouvrir certains trucs).

Autant le dire d'emblée, ce livre est très émotionant xD si vous avez un petit coeur sensible comme moi, vous allez avoir des poussières plein les yeux assez souvent. En fait c'est simple dès qu'il se passe un truc, je pleure : revoir la fratrie Winston version ados/pré ados/enfant, pouf les yeux qui brillent xD ; première apparition de Bethany, pouf des larmes ; Billy et Scarlett qui se font des yeux doux, pouf des larmes etc... Je n'ai donc lu ce livre que lorsque j'étais chez moi, bien cachée sous mon plaid (même s'il faisait chaud). Je ne crois pas qu'un autre livre m'a fait autant pleurer, mais c'est peut-être parce que c'est une love story tragique et pas une romance, et qu'on sait déjà comment ça finit...

Encore une fois Penny Reid nous délivre un roman qui ne laisse pas indifférent, et il promet des retrouvailles dans Beard Necessities très chargées en émotion.

This novel is the prequel to the latest book of the Winston Brothers series, which will be about Billy and Scarlett. It tells the few weeks that changed the lives of two teenagers very attached to each other and the unfortunate circumstances of their separation. Everything told in this book is in the other books, from the beginning of the series (but if you are like me and you forgot a lot of details, you will rediscover some things).

Let me say it first : this book is very emotional xD if you have a touchy heart like me, you will have dust in your eyes quite often. It's simple, as soon as something happens, I cried : see the Winston siblings as teens/child, puffy eyes xD ; first appearance of Bethany, and I cried ; Billy and Scarlett looking at each other with feelings, and I cried... So I read this book when I was at home, well hidden under my plaid (even if it was summer hot). I don't think another book made me cry so much, but maybe it's because it's a tragic love story and not a romance, and we already know how it ends...

Once again Penny Reid give us a novel that doesn't leave us indifferent, and it promises a very emotional reunion in Beard Necessities .

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Time

de Penny Reid (2019)

Résumé : A (brokenhearted) physicist.
Now an infamous (who is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!! UGH!) musician.
The worst has already happened.

Mona has learned that she has nothing figured out and plans are meaningless. After leaving her in Aspen, Abram is now breaking sales-records, rising to rock star fame almost overnight. Mona can’t seem to escape him. He is literally everywhere, or at least images of him are.

Just when she thinks things can't get any more confusing, Abram returns . . . What happens next? Only TIME will tell.


3e et dernière partie de cette trilogie, Mona et Abram vivent enfin leur happy ending, non sans avoir quelques petites concessions à faire chacun de leur côté. Car qu'on soit une rock star en tournée où qu'on bosse au CERN de Genève, on pas beaucoup de temps pour se voir ^^.

Tous deux sont très motivés à faire en sorte que leur relation marche, ils parlent beaucoup et voient ensemble comment chacun peut s'arranger dans son emploi du temps chargé pour trouver des moments à passer ensemble. Non seulement, ils font des efforts pour être un couple, mais ils en font aussi pour ne pas oublier totalement leur entourage : Mona a toujours eu une relation compliquée avec sa soeur et son frère et tous trois vont avoir beaucoup de choses à se dire. Et de son côté Abram, essaie de ne pas trop délaisser ses amies et membres de son groupe.

A force de volonté, Mona et Abram trouvent un équilibre toujours en mouvement dans leur propre espace-temps.

(Oui je suis plutôt fière de ma phrase pourrie qui fait un jeu de mots sur les 3 titres de cette série)

Third and last part of this trilogy, Mona and Abram finally have their happy ending, but not without having a few concessions to do. Because wether being a rock star on tour or working at CERN in Geneva, they don't have much time to see each other ^^.

Both are very motivated to make their relationship work, they talk a lot and work together on how they can see each other with their busy schedules. Not only do they make the effort to be a couple, but they also try not to completely forget about their families and friends : Mona has always had a complicated relationship with her sister and her brother and all three of them are going to have a lot to talk about. And Abram tries not to leave behind his friends and members of his group.

Each with an iron-will, Mona and Abram find a balance, always in movement, in their own space-time.

(Yes I am rather proud of my word pun on the 3 titles of this series)


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