Bet Me is our October pick for the FLICKS Book and Movie Club. This book was chosen as we were looking for a “trashy” romance and used Smart Bitches, Trashy Books fun site to help us chose a good read.This book did not disappoint. Bet Me is a nice, fluffy read. It is the story of Min, a slightly frumpy actuary with a biting sense of humor. Min is dumped at the start of the story by her boyfriend David as they have been dating for two months and she hasn’t slept with him. Bitter boyfriend David decides to bet the handsome and successful Cal that he can’t get Min to go out to dinner with him . . . and to sleep with him. Cal takes him up on the dinner offer and asks Min out to eat. The two spend the evening fighting and decide to never see each other again. Strangely they keep running into each other, and find that they are attracted to one another.
Both Min and Cal have interesting families that cause much heartache and are included in a trio of friends. Their friends are lively and entertaining. Perhaps the best part of the book though was the use of food. I’ve never read a book before that made eating donuts so sexy. And can that be a bad thing? Chicken Marsala was also featured and makes me wish that I lived near my favorite Italian restaurant in Milwaukee again. Overall, the book made me very hungry. And not to disappoint, there was one love scene toward the end to laugh about at book club.
If you are looking for a fun book to read with fantastic characters, a lot of humor, and good food, I highly recommend Bet Me.
Honey, donuts are always sexy! I see you're doing the Stephanie Plum Challenge. There's a whole lot of sweet donut lovin' in those delightful reads.
ReplyDeleteI have this one in my pile. Now I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks for the review!
Glad you enjoyed this one. I may need to get it and toss it on my TBRS (To Be Read Soon) pile. Thanks for your review!
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love trashy romance novels!!! But this one doesn't sound too trashy!
ReplyDeleteSometimes a nice, fluffy read is just the ticket!
ReplyDeleteI listened to this on audio a few years ago and really liked it. Fluffy fun. Great review.
ReplyDeleteI tell myself that I won't pick up trashy books in the airport, but I always fail. :) Airplanes are made for romances. The couple of times I've grabbed a Jennifer Crusie title, I've had such a good time that I couldn't feel guilty. This was one. I just laughed and snorted and let the old man sitting next to me read over my shoulder. Silly/awesome book!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun book, and not very "trashy." It should make for a lively book club discussion! I heard donuts are being served . . .
ReplyDeleteI was highly entertained by this book and couldn't put it down. I didn't want to let go of the story and found myself re-reading it instead of stopping. I read it 2 times in 3 days.
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