3.5

Real Men Knit

Kwana Jackson and K.M. Jackson
Book
August
2024

Review:

I am pretty sure this is my second time reading this book. I'm unsure if it could be more, but I don't like it as much as I did last time. Maybe it's because I read this when I was first getting into romance, or maybe the writing has just aged a bit, but it's not as good. I still adore the concept and really enjoy the story, but it does not live up to this idealized version of itself that I have in my head.

Trigger Warnings:
Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Synopsis From Book:

When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop, while dealing with life and love in Harlem. Jesse Strong is known for two things: his devotion to his adoptive mom, Mama Joy, and his reputation for breaking hearts in Harlem. When Mama Joy unexpectedly passes away, he and his brothers have different plans on what to do with Strong Knits, their neighborhood knitting store: Jesse wants to keep the store open; his brothers want to shut it down. Jesse makes an impassioned plea to Kerry Fuller, his childhood friend who has had a crush on him her entire life, to help him figure out how to run the business. Kerry agrees to help him reinvent the store and show him the knitty-gritty of the business, but the more time they spend together, the more the chemistry builds. Kerry, knowing Jesse’s history, doesn’t believe this relationship will exist longer than one can knit one, purl one. But Jesse is determined to prove to her that he can be the man for her—after all, real men knit.
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