Pretty Little Pages: Blog Tour (Review & Book Trailer): Beers, Hens, and Irishmen by Meghan Quinn

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Fiona O’Leary wants nothing more than to flee away from the small town she grew up in, her three extremely over protective brothers, and her Irish parents. But leaving Warblers Point is not that simple, especially when she is the bar maid at the local pub she owns with her three brothers. After a two year relationship with local Irishman, Murphy Ryan, sharing nothing but each other’s beds, she realizes she wants more out of a relationship besides sex. But somehow she keeps winding up in his arms wishing she could break away but finds the task impossible when her family is head over heels in love of the idea of Murphy and Fiona together.

Booker Hall, world re-known director, finds himself living an empty and unfulfilled life. The people around him are fake, narcissistic and only care about his money. In an act of desperation he decides to enlist his sister for some help, give himself a makeover and go to a place where no one would recognize him. Never did he think he was going to fall in love with an unsuspecting bar maid with whiskey colored eyes and an over-bearing family.

The minute Fiona lays eyes on Booker, she knows she is sunk. His devilish grin, movie star looks and charming heart are hard to avoid and she constantly finds herself gravitating toward him. The only bad thing about Booker is that he is a tourist and living in a touristy town she has learned that getting involved with a non-local only brings heartache. Instead of giving into Booker, she finds herself debating which relationship is safer; an empty relationship but fulfilling sex life with Murphy or a deep and meaningful relationship with Booker that could only bring heartache.

Beers, Hens and Irishmen dives into the complexity of Fiona’s love life, the crazy antics of her three brothers, as well as her two overbearing and heavily Irish speaking parents. Fists fly, hearts are broken, beer is guzzled and deceit is formed amongst comrades while the O’Leary’s take over Warblers Point in the search for love and what makes them happy.

The Irish elements are what originally got my interest about this book, but as I got farther through the story I found it distracting. The over inflection of Irish accents on the dialogue made this more difficult to read than it should have been. At first, it was an endearing addition to the story. It quickly tip-toed the line to become more annoying. I just want to get that out of the way before the rest of the review.

Meghan Quinn has a steady hand when it comes to crafting a world around her characters that adds to their story and the reader's experience. The world of Warblers Point was what drew me in and kept me turning pages. Reading about it was so much fun. I will continue the series if for nothing else but to revisit Warblers Point.

The characters all had a flair for dramatics. There was a host of characters threaded through the story, and at times I found it difficult to keep up with the who's who in this story. The brothers were my favorite, and I caught myself laughing at their antics numerous times. Fiona was more of a love her or hate her character, and I found myself switching sides with her actions. Ultimately, I was happy with how the ending played out. It left me waiting for my chance to breeze through book two in this series.

Any romance fans with a taste for dramatic Irish hi-jinks will fall in love with this book. It's a slow start, but you can quickly become lost in the world of Warblers Point and the crazy lives of its residents.

**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to Meghan Quinn and Book Enthusiast Promotions.

I grew up in Southern California where I was involved in sports my whole life. I was lucky to go to college in New York where I met the love of my life and got married. We currently have five, four-legged children and live in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO.

You can either find my head buried in my Kindle, listening to inspiring heart ripping music or typing away on the computer twisting and turning the lives of my characters while driving my readers crazy with anticipation.
My Website: http://authormeghanquinn.com/