Review: The Bromance Bookclub by Lyssa Kay Adams

 

The Bromance Bookclub by Lyssa Kay Adams

My Rating: 4 out 5

Review: 

“Oh my gosh, baseball is my default favorite sport. Stepping out of my comfort zone, I actually played softball for a while. But even before that, for as long as I can remember, my entire family spent weekends cheering for the Atlanta Braves on local TV stations. I have fond memories of sharing in the fans’ joy of victory and the agony of defeat. And as a Braves fangirl, of course, I couldn’t help but admire how handsome players like Chipper Jones, David Justice, John Smoltz, and Javy López were. This made me a natural fit for sports romances like ‘The Bromance Book Club.’”


The synopsis reads:


"The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club.

Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he’s let his pride and fear get the better of him.

Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.

Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife."


At first, I thought this would make a fun movie—part buddy comedy, part romcom—starring go-to leading men like Sebastian Stan, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, or Luke Owens. But the plot didn’t feature the fun hijinks surrounding the secret book club that I had hoped for. Overall, I expected more focus on the ‘bro’ dynamics, baseball, and the book club, but instead, the story ended up centering around the hero and heroine going back and forth about divorce—a lot. The heroine’s mommy and daddy issues were portrayed realistically, but I was looking for a more lighthearted romcom, and at times, this felt a bit heavy. I would read another book by the author or in this series, but not when I’m in the mood for something light. It wasn’t what I expected, but it wasn’t bad either.

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