Review: NOT A SMURFF*CKER ANYMORE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
Series:  PERFECT #2Category /Genre:  Contemporary RomanceReceived from:  Alison G. Bailey (in exchange for an honest review)Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content and language.Grammar/editing:  A – near perfectThis is book two in the Perfect series.  Each could stand alone, but I recommend reading them in order.I absolutely loved the dedication: “To those who feel broken and alone.  You are neither.”Again, Ms. Bailey’s fantastic humor shines through in this story.  She also reveals her compassion and empathy for those in emotional pain.  I again laughed and cried in reading this compelling journey through depression and joy.I strongly identify with Mabry.  Though I was not a self-harmer, was anorexic, which is just another kind of self-harming.  Whether a cutter, anorexic, or bulimic, it all amounts to trying to find control in a confusing, at times over-whelming, world.Then there is the big old Smurff&kker;, Brad.  As Amanda said in PRESENT PERFECT, “I knew there was more to you than what you let people see.”  I’m really glad I got to truly meet and get to know the Brad that Amanda saw hiding under his cocky faade.  Brad and Mabry are beautiful together and deserve an HEA.The best line was from Brad, “I’m sorry, Mabry. If I had known you were going to be in my future, I would have been a better man in my past.”I am looking forward to reading more in this series.  I need to read more from Ms. Bailey.Oh – and Ms. Bailey – you earn extra points from me because of your alma mater (I lived just down the road when my son was little!  Thank you for evoking those happy memories for me with just a few words.)