Her Cherry by Penelope Bloom

​ROMANTIC COMEDY

Publication date: 08/24/2018
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Cliffhanger: No

I did a dumb thing, y’all. I read this book, which is a follow-up to a book I thought was just a smidge above “meh” on my rating scale. So, I guess I got what I deserved when this book turned out to be a smidge below “meh” on my rating scale. Sigh.

Much like it’s predecesor, you’ll have to overlook a few things if you want to enjoy this book: ​

1. There are many, many childish, nudge-nudge-wink-wink “cherry” innuendos. Many, many, many…
2. William is a kleptomaniac. It’s played up for laughs, but in truth, this is an actual psychological disorder that isn’t terribly funny. I think it was supposed to make William cute and endearing, but it actually just made him kind of...sick and weird and in need of help. Don’t even get me started on his trophy room. That’s really only a hop-skip-and-a-jump away from digging a pit in your basement and keeping kidnapped women in it. Buffalo Bill had a trophy room. Remember?  
3. The heroine,  Hailey, is a virgin. Sigh. Again? 
4. Why is it that the friends and family of virgin romance heroines are so interested in helping said virgin lose her virginity? Even when the virgin has no real interest in doing so? I’d be pretty pissed if I was a virgin and my friends told complete strangers that I was a virgin, ripe for the taking.    
5. The first time Hailey shows up at William’s house for a job, William does something stupid and silly and immature that would get him sued in the real world. Again, I think it was supposed to be cute, but...it really wasn’t.
6. At one point, William finds a stray puppy and is perfectly willing to leave it in the street to fend for itself until Hailey forces him to keep it. A REAL romance hero would’ve taken that puppy in willingly and treated it like a little princess.  
7. I’m pretty sure sex in a lifeboat wouldn’t work out well. It’s logistically super complicated.
8. I kind of hate William’s parents and wanted them to karmically get what was coming to them. They didn’t. I was bummed.       

And if you can overlook all that, maybe you’ll love this book. That’d probably make you a better reader than me, and I can live with that. There’s no reason for all of us to be miserable, after all.  

Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
It’s fairly stigma neutral. It lives safely in “meh” land.  

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