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Lucy Parker At It Again

Pretty Face by Lucy Parker

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First, a note: read this in as few sittings as possible. Lucy Parker’s writing is best in long drinks not short sips. I should NOT have read this before bed over a series of nights, but I just didn’t want to read Grunt by Mary Roach, nor can I do audio before I sleep. Next: If you are a contemporary romance reader, or someone who wants to flirt with reading the genre run out right now and get your hands on this, its predecessor Act Like It, or Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game. Now, for this actual book that I’m […]

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3/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:14 |

We’re all so much alike, and yet so utterly different.

Act Like It by Lucy Parker

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For the first 100 pages or so, this book was a literary Krispy Kreme doughnut: utterly devoid of nutritional value, but glazed in pure happiness. And then, like the best junk food, my joy immediately turned into regret, and my proverbial teeth felt like they were rotting out of my skull. Act Like It is about a man (Richard) and woman (Lainie) who star in stage production in London. He’s a celebrated actor (emphasis on the last syllable), she’s a budding young star. He’s a rogue with a devilish reputation, she’s squeaky clean and noble. To rehabilitate his image, his […]

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11/23/2016 's CBR8 Review No:96 |

Cute, but not my fave.

Act Like It by Lucy Parker

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Everybody here has been losing their minds over this book since it came out, so I knew I would read it eventually because I am a sheep and do what I’m told. BaaaAAAaaaAAAAaaAaAA. ANYWAYS. This book was great. Nothing earth-shattering or revolutionary, just straight up cute romance featuring hate-to-love protagonists. My only real complaint about it is that it wasn’t long enough. I needed at LEAST fifty more pages of them being in that stage right before actually falling in love with each other. This book didn’t even break 200 pages and that is unacceptable. I’m sure it also suffered because […]

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10/31/2016 's CBR8 Review No:140 |

Please don’t kick me out…

Act Like It by Lucy Parker

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So everyone loves this book. Everyone. It’s been all over CBR. And it popped up as $2.99 or something the other day on Amazon, so I downloaded it. And… I didn’t much care for it. Can I still be in CBR? I mean, it was okay. There were a few funny moments, and I laughed a few times, but I expected lots of snark and banter and wit and… I don’t know. It just didn’t blow my skirt up. Lainie is an actor in a West End theatre, and her role on stage has her smooching with her off-stage former […]

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10/20/2016 's CBR8 Review No:50 |

Jumping on the bandwagon here.

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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Can I just write that I agree with everyone else, and that this is the new Act Like It? Or do I need to say more? How about, if you like (or think you might like) Contemporary Romance, that picking this one up is a no-brainer? This book is witty, filled with delicious and snarky conversation, admirably romantic, and just the right amount of steamy. I mean, jeez. This book makes a night spent sitting on a couch and holding hands while watching ER and eating ice cream seem like a perfect date, and made me jealous that I wasn’t sitting […]

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9/12/2016 's CBR8 Review No:44 |

“He did not smile back, and somehow I feel like he’s been carrying my smile around in his breast pocket ever since.”

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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Earlier in the year the Cannonball Read Romance readers loved Act Like It by Lucy Parker. Parker is new on the Romance scene, and delivered a high wire act of a Contemporary. I rated it at 4.5 stars, and I might end up rounding it up to a 5 eventually, since I probably like it just as much as When a Scot Ties the Knot. When Malin, baxlala, and Beth Ellen sang the praises of The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and compared it favorably to Act Like It, it shot to the top of the ever growing to read […]

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9/4/2016 's CBR8 Review No:57 |

Luckily I gave in to peer pressure

Act Like It by Lucy Parker

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3.5 stars. After seeing all the positive reviews on CBR for this little romance book, I had to check it out to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out you all have great taste (this wasn’t a surprise). I hadn’t read much contemporary romance until this past year, but this is a good addition to my ever-growing shelf of fun, modern romance. Act Like It centers around Lainie Graham and Richard Troy. Lainie is a stage actress on the rise performing in the same play as Richard who is almost as well-known for his moodiness as his legendary […]

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5/11/2016 's CBR8 Review No:32 |

The Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day

Act Like It by Lucy Parker

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You Cannonballers know what you’re talking about!  I am the billionth person to read and enjoy Act Like It, but I’m a special snowflake.  I don’t like romances.  But I liked this one!  I really liked it, you guys! First, a housekeeping note: I checked Lucy Parker’s Twitter feed and see that Act Like It is set to be released as a paperback in July.  This is good news for the non-Kindled among us!  For the Kindled, this is currently $3.99, and well worth it. A brief synopsis for the uninitiated: Lainie and Richard are theatre actors in the same […]

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4/3/2016 's CBR8 Review No:10 |


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