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Beard With Me

By: Penny Reid
Narrated by: Chris Brinkley, Joy Nash
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Beard With Me is the origin story of Billy Winston and Scarlet St. Claire (aka Claire McClure) and is just the beginning of their epic love story.

No one is better at surviving than Scarlet St. Claire and making the best out of circumstances beyond her control is Scarlet’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, she’d be the last person on earth, hermitting like a pro, singing along to her CD Walkman, and dancing like no one is watching.

Scarlet is clever, Scarlet is careful, and Scarlet is smart...except when it comes to Billy Winston.

No one is better at fighting than Billy Winston and raging against his circumstances - because nothing is beyond his control - is Billy’s specialty.

In an apocalyptic situation, he’d be the first person on earth to lead others to safety, overcome catastrophe, or die trying.

Billy is fearless, Billy is disciplined, and Billy is honorable...except when it comes to Scarlet St. Claire.

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WARNING CLIFFHANGER AHEAD

I love Penny Reid and all her books, but be warned- this is her first cliffhanger. I hate cliffhangers. Why would she do this to us? Good story. But baaaad cliffhanger. I wish had waited to get it until the second part is available.

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Beard With Me

I am a little confused, I get why we needed the back story to piece together all the puzzle pieces but I kept waiting for the present to come. Did I miss something? Will we have to wait forever for the HEA?

I mean don’t get me wrong this was a romance (no sex) and that is ok because HELLO she was 14 and he was 16 so I get it. But it doesn’t really leave us with a HEA. Or any real closure.

Maybe we will get it in the next book. I don’t know sigh.

I loved the narration, but again these guys are in their teens so it was a little odd for us to have the same narrator who is supposed to be in their 30’s in the other books.

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My goodness

I never knew how much I needed this origin story til now. Penny Reid is an absolute genius at creating this Winston World. After all the Brothers books and falling for these characters, experiencing Billy as a teen struggling to support his family was so much more than I imagined. Seeing he and Scarlet connect. Seeing Scarlet work so hard to be invisible and survive, but Billy (and Ben) seeing her was so many feelings! I laughed (so much), was stunned at times and finally was brought to shock and sadness. I can’t wait to read the final installment of the series. And if you don’t recognize the amazeballs way Chris Brinkley and Joy Nash narrate these books, well we can’t be friend. Perfection!

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Background story - another hit

I truly enjoyed getting the background on Billy, Scarlett, Jethro and Cletus. It explained so many little details from other Winston Brother books. Sad that she had to be but loved how smart & self sufficient Scarlett was. Also loved listening to how Billy changed & fell in love with her. And as with many of Penny Reid's books this one too made me laugh (a lot) & cry. It did end in a cliffhanger, but thankfully the next story is available. Looking forward to seeing how Scarlett & Billy get back together.

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Unflinching and therefore heartbreaking

This gives so much backstory for all of the Winston siblings, some of their friends, and some future partners. This is the 3rd book in a row for this series that has hurt my heart with the sadness, the loss, as well as the unflinching look into some segments of society and the cost to families when it all falls apart. Well done Penny Reid - again.

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Loved all the background

I truly enjoyed getting the background on Billy, Scarlett,Jet and Cletus. It explained so many little details from other Winston Brother books.

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You can easily skip this one

I'm a huge Penny Reid fan, but this one didn't work for me. I think it could have been condensed into a prologue for the next book. It really drags and the pacing is off with the majority of the book taking place in the last 2 hours. There's also a real creepiness factor with both Ben and Billy being significantly older than Scarlett.

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Beautiful!! A romance for the ages!

The entire series is great! I keep reading and re-reading it and always find something new to love. Billy and Scarlett’s story is devastatingly beautiful and complicated. As with all the books in this series, Chris Brinkley was superb - GORGEOUS voice, full of feelings. His narration grips you by the soul and never lets you go (crushing you like only Billy Winston could)! Joy Nash is also an excellent narrator, full of emotions and with impeccable comedic timing! She has been a joy to listen to throughout the series. Penny Reid hit is out of the park with this series and it had quickly become my favorite series of books of all time!

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Never knew I needed something so much.

I've been waiting for Billy and Claire's back story. I had a feeling it was gonna be good. So worth the wait like fireworks. I needed that. Love how it ties so many things together and my brain just had explosions over and over. I could feel all the feels.

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Daryl must die!!

I have never reviewed a book in the way I'm about to:

I freaking HATE Daryl, Razor, the Iron Wraiths.. all of those bastards!! I want them to die slow painful horrific deaths. I have never cried this hard for imaginary people.

Joy and Chris are indescribable in their narration of this book, I am immediately listening to the next one so I can stop crying my eyes out. I need some Cletus happiness in my life after listening to this book

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