# The Bromance Book Club

By Lyssa Kay Adams · Bromance Book Club, book 1

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/the-bromance-book-club-67576f01/

Baseball player Gavin Scott discovers that his wife, Thea, has been faking her orgasms, and his reaction pushes their marriage toward divorce. His friends offer an unusual course of study: join their secret book club and learn about courtship from a Regency romance.

## What makes it funny?

Buying a sledgehammer, Thea tells the hardware-store clerk she plans to demolish “patriarchal power structures.” Then she clarifies: a wall. He meets her declaration with a practical warning to check whether it holds the house up.

### The comedy at work

The men take romance novels seriously enough to use them as marriage advice. Their conversations about feelings and relationships still leave room for crude jokes and teasing.

### Try this if…

This suits a taste for reconciliation stories about an established couple, with male friendships playing a large part in the courtship. The book club gives romance readers another pleasure: watching its members apply fictional love stories to their own lives.

### Good to know

There’s frank discussion of sexual satisfaction, strong profanity and bathroom humor. Gavin and Thea take turns as viewpoint characters, and passages from the fictional Regency romance appear within their contemporary story.

## What to expect

- Genre: Romance
- On the shelf: Contemporary romance · Romantic comedy
- Kind of humor: Banter · Situational comedy
- The atmosphere: Warmhearted
- Format: Novel
- Length: 352 pages
- Audiobook: 9 hr 9 min
- Published: 2019

## Sources & further reading

- Book information: [Unabridged audiobook details](https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-bromance-book-club-unabridged/id1483875426)
- Review: [Kirkus review](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lyssa-kay-adams/the-bromance-book-club)
- Author commentary: [Author’s book page](https://lyssakayadams.com/bromance-book-club)
- Publisher: [Publisher edition and opening chapters](https://www.penguinrandomhouseretail.com/book?isbn=9781984806093)