Anger Bang

By Avery Flynn. 

5*s. Best enjoyed when you want a super funny and spicy contemporary romantic romp. 

Publisher’s Synopsis:

“Sometimes you just need to bang it out…

Shy paleontologist Thea Pope just wants to get through her sister’s ’80s-themed monstrosity of a TV reality-show wedding so she can get to her summer field work. The only problem? Her sister has turned into the ultimate bridezilla – as in pink parasols, organza hats, forcing people to shave and dye their hair levels of over-the-top, it’s-my-day antics – all while on location in a place literally called hell that reeks of sulfur and lost hopes. 

The only thing that can make it worse is when her sister declares that she never even wanted Thea in the wedding at all but that the producers insisted. Ouch doesn’t begin to express how much it hurts that her own sister didn’t even want her to be at her wedding. 

There’s only one thing Thea can do after her sister finally pushes her too far – she picks the one man at the wedding her sister cannot stand – the groom’s brother, Kade St. James – and has sex with him. 

Is it petty revenge that she’ll be rubbing in her sister’s face from now until eternity? Absolutely. Still, it seems like a great idea at the time, and really what could go wrong? 
Pretty much everything it turns out.”

Review:

I’ve been on a massive contemporary romance kick lately. I love smart, shy, thick MCs and dashingly dark, grumpy, bearded heroes that go from strangers to friends with benefits to fierce I-can’t-be-away-from-you-for-long love. It’s an itch that Anger Bang was definitely able to scratch. The cover is also super cute and the secret behind the be-tutu’d TRex covered in confetti is revealed early in the book. It was an intensely creative choice that I LOVED when I read it.

Should I also mention that Anger Bang  was ridiculously hilarious? There you go. I said it! I’ve read a few ‘reality show’ romances where the people involved really don’t want to be a part of it or just do because they want vengeance for some reason and end up falling in love with someone they never would have but is so perfect for them that nothing else matters. There’s just something about finding a bigger purpose in the middle of a shit show that really does something for me. 

Along with the hilarity of the circumstances, I can’t say enough about the spice. We’re talking ghost pepper levels of heat tumbling through the pages. Flynn can find her way around a visceral, spicey scene, let me tell you. That two people could collide this way and that Kade could find beauty in Thea’s perceived messiness is one of the biggest turn-ons for we academically inclined ladies. It touched something in my core and let in some heat in my chest cavity. 

The romance was sweet, the various conflicts amongst the characters (all well laid out) were somewhat short but very well written and heart breaking in those moments. The redemption arcs were like double rainbows all the way across the sky and I sincerely enjoyed reading—sorry, devouring—this page turner. 

The one problem I did have is the blurb for the next book, Walk of Shame, that was thrown in at the end, because damnit I was caught in those first two chapters and I have to wait a little while for my preorder to hit my Kindle. It was honestly just rude. I’m super excited to read the next book!