

The story revolves around Janie planning her wedding to Quinn, her grumpy, inscrutable, and protective boss/boyfriend. With her social awkwardness and verbal diarrhea of detailed random facts, she’s 100 percent endearing. She’s such an adorkable, brilliant, and amusing heroine. It’s been awhile since I read the first book, and I’d forgotten how much I love Janie. This book is meant to be read after reading Neanderthal Seeks Human. Neanderthal Marries Human is another notch in Penny Reid’s belt of winning smart romantic comedies. I had to keep a travel pack of tissues in the car because I had tears rolling all down my face and whatnot from laughing. I bought the Kindle version and then added on Audible for $1.99 (well worth the price, in my opinion) so I could listen while driving. I’m trying to remember the last time I laughed this hard while reading a book, and I’m coming up empty.

This book is written in first person, alternating POV (Janie Morris AND Quinn Sullivan but more Janie than Quinn) the unexpected) if he plans to have and keep Janie Morris as his wife.Īgain, you must read ‘Neanderthal Seeks Human’ first before reading this book. Regardless, one thing is for certain, Quinn Sullivan will have to learn to expect the Spanish Inquisition (i.e.

Will Quinn last until the wedding day? Or will he yield to his tyrant impulses?

But Janie, much to Quinn’s dismay, tosses a wrench in his efficacious endeavors and challenges him to prove his devotion by going through the matrimonial motions, no matter how minute and mundane. If it were up to Quinn, he would efficiently propose, marry, and beget Janie with child all in the same day-thereby avoiding the drama and angst that accompanies the four stages of pre-matrimony: engagement, meeting the parents, bachelor/bachelorette party, and overblown, superfluous wedding day traditions. There are three things you should know about Quinn Sullivan: 1) He is madly in love with Janie Morris, 2) He’s not above playing dirty to get what (or who) he wants, and 3) He doesn’t know how to knit.Īfter just five months of dating Janie, Quinn-former Wendell and unapologetic autocrat-is ready to propose marriage. It is the sequel to ‘Neanderthal Seeks Human,’ it is book #1.5 in the ‘Knitting in the City’ series, and it is a full length, 105k word novel. Published by Caped Publishing on June 14th 2014 Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance (Knitting in the City, #1.5) by Penny Reid
