America’s Geekheart by Pippa Grant

Contemporary Romance
Romantic Comedy

Publication date: 03/31/2019
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No
Rating: 3.5
Hotness rating: 3

OK, so this is the 3rd Pippa Grant book I’ve read. I ADORED the first one, Stud in the Stacks. Then I read Flirting with the Frenemy, and I mostly liked it. And as for America’s Geekheart...well, for me, it wasn’t as great as Stud in the Stacks, but I didn’t have as many problems with it as I did with Flirting with the Frenemy. So...progress, I guess?

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But, like usual, I’ll start with the good stuff:

1. The hero, Beck, is super cute. He’s upbeat and happy and a little geeky, but still totally sexy. I also LOVED that he’s not a manwhore or even a reformed manwhore. He was willing to admit to Sarah, the heroine, that maybe he wasn’t a sex God and she might just have more sexual experience than he does. (No worries, though...he was a total sex God. This is romance, after all. You can’t have a romance hero who is crap in the sack. It just doesn’t happen.) I was totally digging his honesty and how humble he was.
2. Sarah’s a pretty decent heroine, too. She’s smart and sassy and not at all hung up on appearances or superficial crap. She wants to save the giraffes and the bees, and I love a romance heroine who has convictions.   
3. Charlie, Beck’s assistant, is all kinds of awesome, and I will most likely read her story if the author chooses to tell it. (Hint: I really hope she does!)       

Now for the not-so-glowy stuff:

1. There’s a lot going on in this book. I mean A LOT. There’s all of Beck’s family and friends, Sarah’s family and friends, baseball games, fake dates, real dates, a romance between a pig and a cat (long story), interfering press and business managers...phew. It got to be a bit much for me after awhile.
2. If you’re going to enjoy this one, you have to suspend your disbelief a bit. I mean, if a super sexy underwear model made a stupid, sexist comment on Twitter, sure there would be outrage for awhile. But once he apologized sincerely and the person he offended accepted that apology, I think the public would move on. I really don’t think Beck said anything that the public wouldn’t be able to see was a joke and forgive him for. I also don’t think old ladies would throw things at him on the street. Him being “public enemy #1” after a stupid comment on Twitter seems highly unlikely.
3. The book is 364 pages long. I’ve read longer, but towards the middle of this one, it drags. And I mean it DRAGS. I found myself almost skipping over pages to get to the end, and that’s a shame. I’m no editor, but I think about a hundred pages could’ve been shaved off this one.       

But, as was the case with Flirting with the Frenemy, there was still some great stuff here that makes the book worth reading. I’d give it a try if I were you, y’all. The stuff that bothered me might not phase you at all, and the writing itself is on point. Happy reading!

Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
No rehab needed. This one’s clean and sober.

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