Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

by Penny Reid

There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris:
1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved,
2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and
3) She doesn't know how to knit.

After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store.

To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan—aka Sir McHotpants—witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn to make her an offer she can't refuse.

Neanderthal Seeks Human is book #1 in the Knitting in the City series. Each book is a standalone, full length, contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the misadventures and exploits of seven friends in Chicago, all members of the same knitting group.

Reviewed by leelu92 on

4 of 5 stars

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4 it took me long enough to read it stars.

I've read several other books in this series and I've been meaning to work back around to books 1, 1.5, 2 and 3. Here I am catching up. What I notice most is the difference in the author's voice from this book to her later books. There is definitely a tightening up and sharpening of the voice and writing style.

I truly enjoy Ms. Reid's unique style and it's a welcome break in the midst of what I've been reading lately.

Quinn is my kind of male character, he's alpha without being a complete asshole and allows his vulnerability to creep in where Janie is concerned.

Janie is quite entertaining liberally sprinkled with being quite unsure of herself. Did I want to shake her a couple of times? Yes. Yes. Yes.

I also enjoyed the introduction to the knitting group and their shenanigans.

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