Book Review: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Knitting in the City Book 1

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.

New York Times Bestselling Author Penny Reid’s debut novel! ★ AAR top 100 romances of all time ★

Neanderthal Seeks Human is book #1 in the Knitting in the City series. Each book is a standalone, full length (110k words), contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the misadventures and exploits of seven friends in Chicago, all members of the same knitting group.

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My Review:

I remember reading this and falling in love with the characters the first time around, but I had forgotten just how much fun the book was. Janie is my perfect kind of nerd-girl: she’s socially awkward and somewhat oblivious, but those things make me love her even more. She’s brilliant and refuses to dumb herself down for anyone or anything, making her my absolute hero. Quinn is just something special. He’s always lived his life as a confirmed bachelor and that’s what he’s always believed he would be. But Janie’s presence in his life makes him want to be better than he’s ever been. I want to read about every member of the knitting club.