As silly and outrageous as the plot is, the ending is very well done and will leave you cheering for the happy ending. You will laugh out loud and get an education at the same time. ( )

Robyn Peterman’s debut novel, How Hard Can It Be? is an outrageously funny novel that will keep you laughing out loud as Rena Gunderschlict discovers that writing a romance novel is nowhere near as easy as she thinks.

Accountant Rena Gunderschlict is looking for a career change. Her attempt to become a weather girl ended with a restraining order, a few hours in jail and a spot on the local news. When she decides to try her hand at penning a best-selling romance novel, Rena joins a romance writers group where she meets four porno writing grannies. When she discover that best-selling romance author Evangeline O'Hara has been blackmailing the octogenarians and stealing their ideas, Rena comes up an outlandish plot to derail Evageline's career and save her new friends from her evil clutches.

How Hard Can It Be? is an over the top and absolutely hilarious story. It is absurd and unrealistic but that is what makes it such a fun read. The dialogue is witty, delightfully raunchy and rather obscene. The situations Rena manages to find herself in are totally ridiculous but hysterically funny.

Rena is a charmingly flawed heroine and she has a heart of gold. The grannies are quirky but quite loveable. Rena's love interest, Jack, is definitely swoonworthy. He does not blink an eye at Rena's antics and he is so sexy! Evangeline, the villain of the story, is overblown, larger than life and I could not wait to see Rena take her down. She is the type of character that everyone loves to hate.

While How Hard Can It Be? is mainly a comedy, there is also some depth to the plot. It is a wonderful story about friendship and loyalty. There is an underlying theme of acceptance as some of the characters learn to embrace all aspects of their personalities. And of course, there is also a delectably steamy romance between Rena and Jack.

How Hard Can It Be? is one of those books you read for pure entertainment value. It is a fast-paced and zany romp that is as sweet as it is funny. I enjoyed every silly moment of it and I am very much looking forward to Robyn Peterman's next book. ( )

It took me forever to move this book to the top of my TBR. I am so glad I got around to reading it because it really made me laugh out loud and these days, I really need some laughs.

For a debut, this is extremely well written and plotted, but what you’ll love and appreciate the most is the humor, which is evident from page one. I also liked that the story was written in first person and it was a hoot seeing the story through Rena’s eyes.

Despite categorizing this as romantic comedy and a romp, I found the story believable and its characters complex. I highly recommend it and do advise you not to sip anything while you read. Heed me on that!

Melanie for b2b

Complimentary copy provided by the publisher
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"How Hard Can It Be" is romantic comedy at it's finest. Better than finest. I'd put off reading it because the synopsis didn't really draw me in, but holy crap do I wish I'd read it sooner! I can't remember the last book I read that made me laugh quite so much and so loudly. I didn't think anyone could use the f-bomb more than me, and I was pleasantly surprised (yes, this impresses me). Even with all the humor, profanity and multitude of names for a man's junk, there were still moments in the book that moved me to tears. I hope Ms. Peterman is as prolific in publishing as she is with her terms for the pork sword - can't wait for the next book! ( )

From Lilac Wolf and Stuff

Be prepared to laugh your a** off!

The main character decides to take a break from her CPA world and try writing a romance novel. How hard could it be, right? She meets a wonderful group of old ladies, and turns beet red as they talk about sex, s&m, and so on as if they were talking about their grocery list. Then enters the evil Evangeline, who has a huge career as a romance novelist. But it turns out she has stolen everything she has ever written. The only thing she's good at is digging up dirt and using it against people to get her way.

Later on meet the neighbor they name "Mr. Asstastic." See if she can actually take down Evangeline with her "pile of confusing, offensive, unreadable s**t." Can she save her new friends and still get the guy?

It's a silly book, and it won't be winning the Pulitzer, but god it was fun! I laughed so much.

The best part of this book was the absolutely horrible trashy novel the main character writes for the evil...ummm...woman. It's so horrible that all you can do is laugh, especially at all the words for penis she comes up with. "Skin flute, pork sword, love muscle..."

Truly a pick-me-up book. But the story, that is included, really is offensive and disgusting, but knowing why she was writing it made it that much funnier. ( )