Greg Rodwell is in love with his best friend. The problem? Her husband.
Foul-mouthed, legendary screw-up, and in love with my best friend. It’s my fault she married the local douchebag, faux celebrity who hates my guts. Now she has his baby.
Or so she thinks.
Although we didn’t go there, that innocent night we had together wasn’t so virtuous on my part. The truth would not only blow her mind … truth would not only blow her mind but rock our world. Beyond twisted, I have wrongs to right, a woman to win, and vows to break. My heart be damned.
Unscrewed is the start of a new series, but you’ll achieve maximum shock and awe if the Wild Sparks Series and The Keys to Jericho are read first.
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Wow! This book took me on a roller coaster ride that kept me turning the pages until the very end! The plot was great and well planned with characters that were so detailed that I felt like I was sitting on the sidelines as the character’s story unraveled as each page was turned until the very end!
Intriguing but slow-moving…
Diving into this story, I realized it would be beneficial to have read other books in the series first, but in treating it as a standalone novel…I found myself torn between liking and disliking the protagonist and honestly not being very fond of most supporting characters either, aside from the one that SHOULD matter. The main character clearly has issues, which the author does not try to hide, but I feel they are dwelled on a little too much at times, keeping the storyline from moving forward. I was nearly halfway through the book before I felt it was actually making progress. But all of that aside, Unscrewed does have an intriguing plot, and I find myself wanting to know more and wishing more answers had already been given. If you’re looking for some steamy scenes, unfiltered conversations, and real-life drama, Unscrewed is definitely worth a read, but do check out the earlier books first.
Unscrewed was really really good. Greg Rodwell was wow. Greg’s sense of humor and wit as well s his loyalty is a really good character trait. As Greg comes to terms with how his life has turned out the emotional rollercoaster that is this book gets you from page 1.\
Mind blowing! The forbidden love, secret love,and loge triangles! Made me want to read the next book so bad!
Unscrewed should come with it’s own VIP parking pass and annual membership because it is a themepark-worthy rollercoaster. I had not read any of the prior books to get all of the background, but since this can be read without all that I dove in headfirst anyways. I have to say I was not prepared at all for the snark and the angst that was Greg Rodwell, yet behind the biting wit and broken layers there are more broken layers, and a man that you can’t help but feel for as the pain of the past and chaos of the present collide.
Keep in mind this is part of Ren’s Sparks series. You can follow the story, but it’s easier if you’ve read from the beginning. This book shows Rod’s obsession with Hadley, who is not only married but has a baby. And is his best friend. What ensues will have you at times yelling at him. Great book and story. Was happy to see Ren continue, and cannot wait for the next book.
This book was kinda confusing it starts out like it picks up in the middle of a story. This is the first one I have read by this author so I had to go back and double check what book I was reading and that I was at the beginning. Overall it is a good book, the main character Rod is hard to understand. He is really fake throughout most of the book. He goes off on a lot of tangents in his thought processes which gives the insight into how he thinks. Overall it has plenty of humor and romance and heartbreak in it to make the journey reading it worth it. I would recommend reading the first two books these characters are in before reading this one.
Greg Rodwell is a paralegal at Rhodes, Dryden, Charleton and Associates and he seems to have quite the reputation as a player. But he is in love with his married best friend and may or may not have one or two children by different women but he isn’t sure.
Hadley Wilder is Greg’s best friend and the woman he has been after for years but now she is married and keeps trying to set up Greg with different women.
But will Greg ever be able to get over Hadley and find someone he loves and when his shocking past is revealed will he be able to move on?
This was a book I really struggled with getting through. I felt like I was lost with certain characters and that I was put it into a series that had already been started.
I really didn’t like Greg right from the beginning which did not help at all. It wasn’t until the very end that I learned about his past and then I started to like him and feel sorry for him. Through the book he seemed like such a player and he possibly had two kids but was confused about how he could have had them which just threw me for a loop.
I wasn’t sure what Hadley was doing as she kept setting Greg up with different women but she would get mad if he was with certain other women. She seemed to want the best of each world and then would be upset at Greg for certain actions.
Initially I thought Simone and Greg would be great together but then when everything went down I was shocked but it all ended weird and I am not sure what is going on there now.
The stuff with the paternity test with Shasta and Birdy was odd and I couldn’t believe that Greg wouldn’t double check things if he couldn’t remember really completing other things.
The end was not surprising in a way but who knows what Hadley will do.
This was my first book by this author, consequently this story started out very confusing as I had no background knowledge of the characters. As the story unfolded I was able to get the gist of it, but it would have been better with prior knowledge. As this is a spin off from Wild Sparks series and The Keys to Jericho I highly recommend reading the other books first!!.
Ok so i was all prepared to write a bad review for this book but i kept reading and my heart started to break for Greg.
I was gonna complain on how whiny and indecisive he is but as you keep reading you find out why he has so many issues. Greg has a lot of issues in this book. He had something traumatic happen 10 yrs ago and hasn’t dealt with it at all. Its the stem behind his issues. He thinks he’s in love with his best friend but soon finds out that may not be. He doesn’t make good decisions which leads to even more issues in his life. Despite his whineness, i was seriously rooting for him to figure out his life. By the end, some of my suspicious were answered and for that i was happy. This book touches on so many issues but it’s handled very well. Kudos top the author!
Greg Rodwell had a lot going on with him. From the loss of his sister to the best friend who he can’t seem to get over and his evil baby momma glaring at him every chance she gets. This story is well written and has a lot of up and downs for Greg to overcome and figure out. This was a great and interesting book to read.
3.5 star
I really liked the idea of this book but felt i needed more from it, I am hoping as the cover on Amazon shows book 1 we will get to know the characters more and things get a bit more fleshed out. I liked everyone but felt they were all perhaps a bit immature at times for their age and this made me think well no wonder their lives are a bot of a mess. There is some good humor mixed in with struggles and frustrations they go through as well as a part where its pretty darn sad, the writing is good and a foundation laid to build some great books on so I hope we get a book 2!
The book will make you think you’re going in the right direction, but then Greg leads you another way. I am not into smut or dirty talking, but it takes a while to get into the book. Usually at the beginning of a book, if it don’t grab me, I’ll take my time reading the book. I skimmed over it, and found spots that hooked me so I started slowly reading it again. Then, I’d run into another part, that I skip over. I started reading it again, but taking in everything. Turmoil, sex, and trouble—get your copy. You’ll love it. I learned a long time ago, if something is hard to digest, then it must be worthy to read. Truly amazing way it turned out, not like what I expected. Hmmm, totally amazing the way it ends.
3.5
It was well written and kept me wanting to see what was going to happen. I would like to read more about these characters. I didn’t get the closure I was expecting at the end of this standalone.
I felt for what happened to Greg but man, these characters are all messed up. I don’t think there was anyone I liked at all. They all have major issues that no one even wants to deal with. It’s all a major 6 degrees of separation that is messed up to the extreme.
Favorite Quotes:
Do Jewish vampires avoid the Star of David? Does killing time damage eternity? Do you need a silencer if you shoot a mime? Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane? If a person dies and then rises from the dead, do they get a refund for the coffin?
…our new receptionist is denser than a lead coffin and no doubt couldn’t write dialogue for porn.
…her Legal Eagles shirt is knotted to the side, calling attention to her belly button. She also cut a V into the collar of her shirt, showcasing her tits. It’s low enough that you can almost see their price tag.
Gloria laughs, and I’m stunned. In all the years I’ve worked with her, I’ve never seen that humanoid crack a smile. It’s like witnessing an alien abduction or playing cards with a ghost. No one would *ing believe me.
You’re like fogged glass I can’t touch. A solar eclipse I can’t look at. Forbidden fruit I can’t eat.
My Review:
Ren Alexander is an evil minx and seems to have bewitched me. Her word voodoo is strong and quite bawdy. But, hmm, I am deeply and irrevocably conflicted about this one… I am not sure what genre to use to categorize it, what to rate it, or even how I honestly feel about it. I’m all over the place with this book. The storylines captivated yet also made me itch and annoyed me greatly – yet I remained intrigued and highly invested and couldn’t seem to put my Kindle down. Amazon listed Unscrewed as a Romantic Comedy, but I have to disagree. There was no romance other than a fantasized one, and while there was a considerable amount of clever well-honed humor, the overriding tone was one of tension and angst – sigh. I had enjoyed and admired the irreverent and razor-sharp wit as well as the overall enigmatic persona of Greg Rodwell in the author’s previous Wild Sparks Series, but I found him rather exhausting in this book. I don’t believe a new reader could fully appreciate Greg without first reading the previous series. Greg deserves the exalted title of the Sultan of Snark, as while his humor was rather juvenile it was also keenly clever and highly amusing. However, when his life took a spiky downturn with a series of highly unusual and unfortunate events, his rapier wit twisted into a more caustic and abrasive outlook and took on a cruel middle-school mean-girl quality, which broke my heart.
But I also had empathy and sympathy for the Gregster as his life was in a meteoric downward spiral, which had me bracing for a total meltdown. Poor Greg was circling the drain, in constant turmoil, and fronting on overblown bravado while drowning in angst. He was also as sexually frustrated and randy as a pubescent teen; his inner musings were consumed with his constant and painfully erect appendage and his secret obsession and unrequited love for a married woman. Yet a good portion of this mess was not of his making and I empathized with the obnoxious twit while I also want to administer a few swift slaps to the head. And then there is the thorny issue of a cliffhanger. ;( I am hooked, and appalling so. Yet my conflict remains firmly rooted…
I was lucky enough to beta read Unscrewed and let me just tell you …. you guys are going to LOVE Greg Rodwell. He is the most loyal man EVER!
Wish there were more Rodster’s out there like him in the real world.
Greg has been in love with Hadley since FOREVER, but his mistake was to get her back together with the love of her life, but that was a stupid thing to do because he didn’t know if maybe they could have become a couple. But I guess that’s something he’ll never know now!
Greg needs to move on just like Hadley did and he needs to find someone who will reciprocate the same feelings. But who could possibly be good enough for him?? Simone seems to be there for him at all costs, she helps him with his daughter and she likes spending time with him. Could there be something more there or is she just using him as bait to get with her brother’s best friend? Greg is a good looking guy and women seem to want to get with him, so what could possibly be in the way of him moving on?
There is so much going on in this book and let’s just say that the more you get into it the more things you find out and the more shocked you become.
I was honestly super surprised when I got to the end and found out things that I never imagined would have happened or thought anything of what some others were thinking throughout the whole story.
I absolutely loved everything about this book. It was extremely well written and the characters were phenomenal, all of them!
I can honestly say that I couldn’t get enough of Greg Rodwell <3 <3
I can't wait to get more because this was left off in a cliffy?? Or so I think it was!
Not sure where to start. This book is all over the place and at points can be harder to follow. The book is as titled Unscrewed. I would definitely say pay on this one and find another book.
Greg Rodwell – our tragic comedian of the Wild Sparks series, best friend and luster of Hadley, hater of Morgan, arch nemesis of Finn, and now father of Birdy???? While reading the Wild Sparks series, Ren Alexander always gave us little hints that there was more to Greg, more to his story, more to his humor, but now we are getting the in depth story, as only Ren can do it. By ripping our hearts out, tearing them apart, and slowly piecing them back together.
Ren’s ability to take a simple tale and make us such a part of it still amazes me. She has more talent in her little finger than most other writers I read. How else can she make us want to fight to the death for our favorite characters?? Whichever of her characters you love the most, you are convinced they are the BEST, no one else can do anything better than them, and they should have every little thing their heart desires. Why?? Because Ren has that ability – the ability to make you love these characters so much.
Don’t believe me?? Grab Chasing the Wild Sparks and read the entire series, then grab this book, Unscrewed, to begin the next series and see if you don’t agree with me. But don’t set your heart on Greg because….well, you’ll see
I had to wait for a day to review, the book hangover was immense and try as I might, there wasn’t enough wine to make the book continue on with more of the story. There are so many unanswered questions at the end of the book, but Unscrewed answered a lot of the questions that were raised in the Wild Sparks series.
Greg Rodwell has been one of my favorite characters and his wit and sarcasm are right up my alley.
Ms. Alexander gives Rod the best lines and the sharpest wit of the entire series. His “Rodisms” are laugh out loud, spit out your drink funny. However, his humor masks his pain, and Lord knows he’s seen a lot of that in his life, both self-inflicted and forced on him by circumstances. The more painful his situation the more he uses humor to make his way through his day. Clear lines become blurred as the story progresses and relationships are budding, tested, and some struggle to remain what they should be. Secrets abound in this book, while some are recent, the past rears its ugly head and causes pain and chaos in its wake.
Ms. Alexander’s writing style is crisp and witty and her characters are likable (most of the time) and realistic. There were a couple of twists I didn’t see coming, but that’s half the fun of reading, the sudden twist. The characters in this series are like old friends, but it seems that some friends aren’t what they appear to be. Here’s hoping the rest of the story comes out quickly.