Best Man with Benefits

3.5 stars — So, like, this is a book that I bet 2016 Lenore (when I bought it) would have enjoyed so much more than 2021 Lenore. I’m a sucker for the shy, awkward, low self esteem heroine. Or, at least I was. I still am to some extent, but certain things tweak me now, and I can’t unnotice them. In this case it was some subtle body stuff — you know, how Sophie had to lose weight in order to feel desirable. That actually wasn’t too bad…it was realistic for how society behaves. So I got it to an extent, but it still prevented me from falling completely in love with the book, because it was brought up in little subtle ways that I wasn’t a fan of. And while I love the insecure heroine, Sophie took it to an extreme. There was some fire underneath, but her insecurities were hard to read about over and over. I got where it stemmed from, and I don’t blame her, but I guess I wasn’t in the mood for this much of it. The funny thing is, it was the things that stemmed from her insecurities that really drove me batty. She was jealous, and then kind of mean about it. She jumped to conclusions over Logan time and time again, even though his actions showed who he really was. And she wasn’t that nice to Reagan either. Logan was actually pretty great. It was hard watching him take forever to figure out his work stuff, but he got there. And he balanced opening Sophie’s eyes with not taking too much of her insecurities. The steamy scenes were pretty solid, some better than others obviously. So yeah. I don’t think I’m an Entangled Brazen reader…I enjoy erotic romance, but maybe these are just too short? Or maybe I’ve gotten too used to alien erotic romance? *snort*

Logan seems lust-worthy. But the protagonist's EXCESSIVE insecurities distracts from wanting to take the quick leap into love. It was annoying that even after a few steamy encounters Sophie couldn't grasp his interest is genuine. And painting a 'size 8' as a few lbs from chubby wasn't cool, either.

Leaves you hot and bothered kinda story. ;)