4.5 Stars

Noah and Alexis become fast friends after Noah helps nail the man who sexually harassed Alexis and a whole string of women. Now as best friends they confide and rely on each other, and secretly crush on each other. Both are afraid to ruin the special bond they have. Noah worries that Alexis has put him firmly in the friend zone and Alexis has no clue that he feels anything romantic for her.

However, a moment of emotional vulnerability lowers their defenses to the point where the desire they continuously feel for each other leaks out, exposed for the other to see. From that point on their relationship shifts, becomes passionate and heated, and I was oh-so-happy for these two! As this all unfolds, Alexis deals with a family situation that throws her for a loop. She has an important decision thrust at her and it shakes both her and Noah up.

Crazy Stupid Bromance was a truly multi-layered story with Noah and Alexis’ romance at the center. Unrequited love is a favorite troupe, and the pent-up longing from afar they each felt led to a passionate payoff!

I have to say that I liked the animals in the last book a little better, Randy the homicidal (and “randy”) rooster cracked me the heck up, whereas I found Beefcake, the murderous cat, less entertaining. Still, any animal hijinks is a win for me.

Crazy Stupid Bromance is my favorite of the three books, just by a hair, mainly because Alexis was very likeable and relatable while Liz and Thea tested my patience a few times in the last two books. All were fun, though. This series is fun and flirty, with lots of laugh-out-loud humor, but also deals with more weighty issues with just the right balance for a satisfying, feel-good read!

Given that I was distracted while giving it a listen during these days, this book was pretty okay. I’d definitely recommend it over the second book, but I think the first may still be the better one? (though that one still has its flaws, oof)

I have to admit that I wasn’t 100% invested in this relationship and it brings me back to the reason why I’m not such a big fan of the friends-to-lovers trope. Something was missing and then, of course, the conflict was resolved within seconds and I’d wished there was just more of a character arc.

This one also has its hilarious moments that I will look back at and laugh and while the Russian’s book is next, I’m trying not to hype myself up too much because that one just *has* to be good and I don’t want to be disappointed!!

So overall, MEH. Not bad, not the best. I wouldn’t discourage you from reading it, just brace yourself for a lot of back and forth and possibly a little less romance than the others...?


*CW: grief, loss of a parent (illness, military), mention of sexual assault

I'm really enjoying this series and I find with each book she writes Lyssa Kay Adams gets better! I really enjoyed Alexis and Noah's story as well as seeing more of the characters in this book as well. I liked that this book had a few more subplots as well which in my personal opinions adds depth to the story and flushes out the characters more. I also cannot wait to read Vlad's story!!
Thank you so much to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

Can you guys keep a secret? I haven't read the first two Bromance Book Club books. I've had them on my Kindle for a while but my TBR keep getting longer and longer...

Anyway, I won an ARC of CRAZY STUPID BROMANCE, the third book in the series by Alyssa Kay Adams, so I dove in and hoped for the best.

I'm a sucker for a good rom com and this one is GREAT! It's a friends-to-lovers story about cat cafe owner Alexis who becomes famous after she exposes a celebrity chef for sexual harassment and an unknown sister comes out of the woodwork with news that rocks her world. Alexis turns to Noah, her best friend and member of the Bromance Book Club who, unbeknownst to Alexis, is in love with her. His boys agree to help him go from bestie to boyfriend and lots of hilarity and some steamy stuff ensues.

I'm sure there are things in the book I would have enjoyed more had I read the whole series but this story totally works as a stand alone. I loved the relationship between Alexis and Noah, totally fell for her cat Beefcake (I mean that name alone....) and was all in on the group of guys who band together to help their friend win the girl. I'm determined to finish the other two books before the end of the year since book #4 is coming in 2021!

Thank you to NetGalley, Berkley Publishing and the author for an advanced e-copy of this novel to review.

The Bromance Book Club series is one of my favorites that I've read this year and Crazy Stupid Bromance solidified that! I absolutely adored this book. Alexis and Noah were perfect together and I loved watching them get there. I am currently counting down the days till the Russian's story!

I loved this book!

Thank you so much Berkley Pub and NetGalley for my advanced copy.

Lyssa Kay Adams is a new fave author of mine and her books are consistently good. I cannot wait for her fourth book coming out in 2021.

What I enjoyed about Crazy Stupid Bromance-

The Setting- all of the Bromance books take place in Nashville.

The Characters - All of the characters in this book were enjoyable and unique.

The Romance- Noah *insert heart eye emoji and swoon* I love Noah. So. Much. CSB is a friends to lovers romance and so well written. I loved the progression. The build up and the angst and then the steam. Yes. Yes. Yes. This romance had everything I wanted.

The Family Drama- Loved it. I was so invested. I don't want to give anything away. So that's all I'm saying.

Overall- highly recommend. This is one of my favorite romance's of the year.

Well, I am a sucker for this series. This book was no exception. I love that these guys are so in touch with their emotions and that they can support each other without being nasty macho jerks. It follows the same premise of if you just have the adult conversation, they could move on and figure it out and be happy. Instead we wait for the right moment and the grand gesture. It’s interesting to see this written about the #Metoo movement and the after effects of going public with your story. Alexis is an asset to her community and does not want to be in the spotlight, but she is able to help so many other women along the way.

I was given an advanced reader's copy via NetGalley and Berkley, thank you to them. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love this series so much, but if I’m being honest this one was my least favorite. Alexis and Noah were practically new characters, so I didn’t care about them as I wanted to but I absolutely enjoyed it.

I’m glad the Author gave us a lot of bromance moments because that’s what I enjoyed the most, and it was as hilarious and fun to read.
The bond this guys have is amazing.

I also loved Alexis and Noah friendship . Noah was so supportive and care so much for Alexis. He kind of stole my heart.

Alexis Carlisle has PTSD from being sexually harassed by a former boss, and instead of acting on her attraction to her friend Noah she has put him firmly in the friend zone. When a young woman approaches her in her coffee shop and claims she’s her half sister her life spins off it’s base and she turns to Noah to help her through, especially when she find out her father needs her kidney to live.

The premise for this series is that a group of men use romance novels to help them learn about themselves and the women they love. A fun premise that so far hadn’t lived up to its expectations, however Crazy Stupid Bromance comes the closest. Noah and Alexis are quite the pair. He is an ex hactivist who as a teen had angrily hacked into a government property after his father dies in Afghanistan with faulty equipment. Alexis came to fame because she charged a celebrity chef with sexual harassment and hasn’t trusted a man since. These two shouldn’t have been a likely couple but they somehow worked and I think it was because they had the basis of a solid friendship before moving on to anything heavier. Their story wasn’t rushed like a lot of romances are and the pace was pretty perfect.

Alexis was the catalyst to Liv and Mack’s romance in Undercover Bromance so I felt like I knew her a little bit, but Noah’s character hadn’t really been explored yet. He was the computer nerd of the group and that’s about it. I loved that he had this kind of rebel background and an anger that he still hadn’t overcome. It gave he and Alexis a little conflict that seemed more natural that sneaking around and spying on a Chef as the previous novel had done. So the story felt real and not fabricated.

Alexis’s newly found father (and his family) also created some conflict, so this story wasn’t all puppies and butterflies. In fact, I shed a couple of tears at her heart-wrenching decisions about her family and really enjoyed how this author wrapped up that story. All in all this has been my favorite of the three Bromance Book Club novels. I think the Russian may be up next and I’m not sure I’m ready to read his hairy, gross story, so this series may be put on pause on my TBR. We’ll see what that synopsis looks like. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for my honest review and it is honest!

Not a comedy like the first two books

This book is a melodrama rather than comedic like the first two books in this series. There is a primary emphasis throughout the book on the heroine's donating a kidney to the biological father she had never previously known, until she was approached out of the blue by her half-sister as a potential harvesting site for a genetically compatible organ.

In the author's note at the closing of the book, she informs her readers that apparently this is a book of the heart for her, because her husband donated a kidney to his beloved sister shortly after she married her husband. She also urges everyone in her audience to consider becoming a living donor of an organ themselves in order to save a life. Unfortunately, the circumstances portrayed in this melodrama are absolutely nothing like those that the author witnessed in her own life.

Perhaps this story may inspire some of her readers to go become a living organ donor, but I did not feel that sort of inspiration myself. I was mainly disappointed due to finding myself reading a soap opera when I was expecting this book to be a romantic comedy strongly centered around the Bromance Book Club.

I love this series!
It’s a wonderful premise! So nice to see men helping men and their ladies reaping the results.
I laughed out loud several times.
I can’t wait for the next book in the series!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was a fun read! I really like this series. While I think this book was a little on the wild side, I appreciated the balance of seriousness and lightness. I look forward to the next installment!

A coffee-shop owner with a cat named Beefcake and a nerd are BFFs. Only he likes her, she likes him, and the cat couldn’t care less…. Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams is the third book in the Bromance Book Club series.

Can a guy and girl be besties? Sure. But can besties cross over to more? How do you know if your bestie is feeling the same? Amid family reunions and big decisions, Alexis Carlisle (Lexa) owner of the cat café, ToeBeans, and computer genius Noah Logan are both secretly struggling with these thoughts.

For Logan, his friends offer him an invitation to the Bromance Book Club and it begins with offering him a romance book to read. Alexis talks things over in her head, with her antisocial cat Beefcake, and eventually her friends.

We’ve got daddy issues, family issues, and meddling friends. Awkward moments, misunderstandings and growth to get through, but along the way we are rewarded with tender moments, hilarious friends, and plenty of family drama.

Alexis may have issues, but this girl is all heart from saving cats to helping victims. There is a moment she feels rejected and assumes the wrong things. It caused some drama, and while Noah ends up taking the blame, it was delightful to see Alexis own her own baggage.

The Russian was pretty tame in this episode, but a development has me eager for his book… folks I need answers.

Humor, sensitive topics, heartfelt characters and friendship abound in Crazy Stupid Bromance. And while this story holds its own, I implore you to read the series in the order of their release.

I absolutely adore this series! The humor, especially the banter between the male characters, is so funny that I end up reading it out loud to my husband. The dialogue is witty and sarcastic while also being sweet at times and even a bit real. I could picture so many of these scenes taking place in any top-notch rom-com movie. If any producers are reading this: Give Lyssa Kay Adams a movie deal! I really enjoyed the friendship and romance between Alexa and Noah, and I also loved how real and raw each of their life stories were. Grief has its own timeline, so I appreciated that Adams didn't make this process a "tidy" plotline. I also really enjoyed the interplay between characters. I only wish there was even more! Can't wait for the next in the series...

Crazy Stupid Bromance was the light, fun read I needed! Ummm hello Noah.

I simply love the idea of The Bromance Book Club series: such a fresh take on the classic rom-com.

I thought Crazy Stupid Bromance was a much better follow-up to the second book in the series and I can't wait to read the Russian's story!!!

Thank you for offering a bit of reprieve during a stressful time. A steamy, sweet tooth read with a side of serious.

The recurring theme in all the books in this series so far is friendship. The men here bond over the romance books they read, the women they love and the woes they go through - together. What I loved most about CRAZY STUPID BROMANCE though is the friendship Noah has with Alexis. He is the rock in her life after it was turned upside down by an abusive predator and the whole sordid affair going public. These two gelled so well and I could see why both of them were so reluctant to move beyond it to something more, despite their strong sensual chemistry. Their connection was on the line and what if it didn't work out?
In a million ways, Alexis was the best thing that had ever happened to him. And he had no idea how to tell her that without ruining it.

Once they move forward the troubles start and I have to admit I didn't like how Noah was blamed for everything - by himself and the men. Yeah, I get it, they respect women and always put them first and that's OK but please, don't always assume that the guy is at fault. Alexis was as much to blame, in both incidences more than Noah so that annoyed me a little.

Lyssa Kay Adams's writing is lovely. She weaves some angst and humor into the story that makes it incredibly captivating. I laughed a little, I was outraged and angry and I swooned because Noah is wonderful.
“Talk to me.” He’d said those same words to her countless times, but tonight, she understood the simple gift of them. He never prodded, never pushed. He was just there, willing to listen, always. Expecting nothing in return.

The author portrayed him perfectly, a hurting man whose anger always bubbles under the surface but with so much reverence and love for his best friend, someone he would go through fire for.

The Russian provides some comic relief but I'm a little worried about his book. So far we've learned about him that he has some bowel issues and while he seems to have a big heart he never left the impression to be hero material. I don't know if I can past his gastrointestinal episodes but I'll give it a chance.

This book is a great reminder that we are all flawed, nobody's perfect and we all make mistakes. Even our parents. Forgiveness and understanding our mistakes are what makes us grow and turn into a better, kinder version of who we were before. I thought the author treated the family issues with respect and I liked how she wrapped them up. This installment was as enjoyable and entertaining as the previous ones, niggles notwithstanding.
Desire or restraint. Passion or friendship. Lexa or loneliness. His brain knew the right answers, but his brain wasn’t in charge. His heart was. With Alexis, it always would be.

First off, I need to give a bit of background because I know if it was me and I was reading someones review of a book three books into a series, I would be wondering why said “crazy” person was diving into a series at this point.

So here it is. During Lockdown back in May of this year (seriously, will 2020 ever end?), I was browsing the internet when I came across an article on new romance authors. Now at this point, I can’t remember if it was Buzzfeed or Entertainment Weekly. Regardless, The Bromance Book Club jumped out of the page and needing some light hearted goodness, I jumped online and bought the first book. Needless to say I devoured this book and loved it so much, I bought Book 2, Undercover Bromance. You could say that I had suddenly become a fan of this author and series. The downside was that I had to wait for book 3. I had instantly pre-ordered the book after finishing Undercover Bromance, but I noticed that the publisher had put up eARCs on Netgalley. As is the case in these strange times, the EARC sat languishing on my kindle as time marched on. Until, the lovely publishers asked me to be part of the blog tour, which I jumped at the chance to do.

So we have a cliff note version on my history with the series and now I can get on with reviewing this most excellent addition to one of my newest favourite Contemporary Romance Series.

Crazy Stupid Bromance is a straight up Friends turned Lovers romance book, with the book centred round Alexis and Noah, who were supporting characters in the previous book, undercover romance.

The book takes place about a year after the previous one, with Alexis’s café ToBeans Cat Café becoming the local support centre for women who have experienced sexual harassment or abuse, since Alexis had become well known for the part she played in holding her previous boss to account for sexual harassment.

Through this, Alexis and Noah had become friends since Noah helped by using his tech know how to help in justice being serviced. It is clear, at the start of the book that they are best friends, but underneath there is an attraction between them that neither really wants to pursue at the risk of jeopardising their friendship.

So, when a young woman drops into Alexis’s life with a bombshell about her past and a very big request to ask of her, the catalyst is set for these two to move to the more than friends level.

As is always the case with Romance novels, and some of the other members of the Bromance Book Club have commented, its not the ending but the journey to get there that is centre to this genre. However, you need characters that you can invest in to fully engage you as a reader. With Crazy Stupid Bromance, Adams once again creates characters that you can’t help but root for. Yes, at times you want to smack them over the head for reacting or doing something so stupid, but you want them to work it out.

At the start of the book, you can see the thin barrier that is in place with regards to Noah and Alexis’s relationship. They know each other so well from Alexis knowing Noahs favourite foods and buying him a Lego set for his birthday, to Noah knowing from Alexis body language or the way her voice will change pitch if something is affecting her. It rounds off these characters and shows how they know each other so well.

When a sister that Alexis never knew drops into her life with a request on Alexis to undergo testing to see if she could be a kidney donor for her estranged father, you see the protective side of Noah rear its head. It’s at this point their relationship morphs into more than friends and with it the complications that threaten the bond they share.

Noah and Alexis, as a leading couple, are two of my favourites in the series. Both have suffered loss and both don’t want to hurt the other by over stepping the boundaries, but in this very difficult and complex situation both make mistakes in the handling of the obstacles placed in their path.

What I really found interesting in the handling of this long lost family, huge request plot was how, from the books, shows and films I have seen, Adams steers away from not only completely vilifying Alexis’s father, but showing that the need to protect a loved one can have a lasting impact. No one is blameless but it shows how humans are flawed creatures.

As for Noahs own backstory, here we have a man who has had to live up to this impossible ideal of being the man he, and those around him, think his own father would have wanted. Coupled with anger at losing his father at such a young age, we have someone who feels that no matter what he does it won’t meet them and thus he will fail his father.

It is difficult to really convey what a joy this book really was to read. For me, this is an ideal and almost fairy tale type version of how I would love to see the world be. They are the best form of escapism in these uncertain times and I closed the book with a warm fuzzy feeling inside and huge grin on my face.

Oh, and Netflix, if you are looking for your next commission into Romance then I think you should look at these. I’m sure that Adams has plans for Colton and the Russian (two characters I really want to get their own books)

Friends to lovers can be such a tricky needle to thread in terms of romance tropes, but I feel like LKA really pulled it off here in the first installment of her Bromance Book Club series that I’ve loved since the initial book. Whereas the BBC seemed to take a little too much focus off the heroine’s story in the book prior, here they were just enough of a support system to offer much-needed humor and comic relief. Friendships in romance are an element I’m glad we’re seeing more of lately, but in most cases it tends to be the heroine who has a group of friends around her — so one thing I’ve always appreciated about this series is how the hero has a bunch of bros who will be there to listen and give him advice and perspective. Alexis and Noah were a delightful pair to follow with fun chemistry, and Beefcake the cat stole the show.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was really excited for this book (even after telling myself I wasn't going to bother with any more of the series because Lyssa Kay Adams' writing style just doesn't seem to be for me) because I was really intrigued by Noah in the previous books. Lyssa Kay Adams writes really quirky, interesting characters, but they just aren't at all REAL, despite having various flaws. The guys are too perfect, and it's kind of... gross... how they verbalize all these things that are true - like men being uncomfortable with talking about and showing their emotions because they've been raised to think that's unmanly but none of that toxic masculinity BS for us, thanks. It's just weird and kind of awkward, and repeatedly pulls me right out of the story. Other than that, it's a good book. Liv and Noah have a great, textbook friends to lovers story where both characters have some abandonment issues. Liv and Noah are basically TOO perfect, and that's my major beef with the book, haha. Seems silly when I write it out..

I *was* like "okay, maybe I can actually be done with this series now" until the end, where it seems like the next book will be about The Russian... so I'll probably end up picking that one too.

This is the third book in the Bromance Book Club series. While I could be read as a stand alone, a fair bit of Liv's backstory takes place in the second book, Undercover Bromance.

I think the series as a whole is a great premise, however, by this point it feels like a side element, and almost a crutch. In the previous books the book club was more of a focal point and added a lot to the book. At this point, instead of having men who are aware and fighting toxic masculinity it has to be because of the club, but they don't meet as the club, they're just friends?