Post-Traumatic Brazilian Wax Syndrome Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway!

Post-Traumatic Brazilian Wax Syndrome is the story of a 29 year old virgin. She’s a successful designer with a crazy, but lovable family, and after losing her father three years ago and suffering a horrible betrayal from her ex-boyfriend involving the media, she swears off having relationships until she meets the “right guy”, if ever. But meets him she does. Just before her 29th birthday, the gorgeous Jack Hoffmann enters her life and puts a spin to her oreo and Dexter binging nights. The problem is,somehow they end up being “just friends”, and to top it all off, suddenly her ex is back in town and things start going horribly, horribly wrong.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: great characters = great books, and this book nailed it with them, starting with Bristow. I’m typically a YA reader, so I often have a hard time connecting with older main characters because I’m so used to reading about teens and young adults, so it was a nice surprise that I instantly connected with Bristow.
She was a fun character to get to know and I loved her quirks that so many readers will instantly relate to. Cookie-eating + series binge-watching? Yup, I’m quite familiar with that. And not only that, she’s a really strong woman with great family values. She’s far from perfect but she tries to look out for her own, even give more than generous second chances to people who don’t deserve it all.

However, Bristow wasn’t my favorite character. Her great-grandmother, Gigi, was the real deal for me. What an awesome old lady! She had me laughing every time she would say something, and although she was quite old and had trouble with her memory, she was a dazzling, bright character that held her weight in this book. I loved her so, so much. Actually, the rest of Bristow’s family was crazy awesome and I adored their close relationship. The death of Bristow’s father was a hard thing for them, but I’m glad that this was not the case in which the family breaks apart.  

Jack was another amazing character. I admit I fell a little in love with him. He’s kind, smart, hard-working, sweet and overall, a perfect guy. His relationship with Bristow started out weird and highly embarrassing, but I loved that. Right from the get-go there were no secrets between them – except for their feelings for each other – so it was kind of awesome how their friendship developed. I should emphasize here a bit more how entertaining the embarrassing aspects were. Totally hilarious and mortifying!

I wouldn’t call this a fast-paced book, but neither a slow kind of read. It goes at a steady pace and it absorbs the reader as one goes about Bristow’s slightly traumatic life, her cousin Margarita’s messed up choice in men, and her highly demanding career as an interior designer. This book is a really great read and I’m glad I had the chance to read it. It’s not every day that one crosses a clean adult read as good as this one!

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