I hate to be the person to brag but, I FREAKING KNEW THIS BOOK WOULD BE AMAZING!!! I feel like Roscoe has been the forgotten brother in this series. But from book one, he’s always been the one that intrigued me the most. I just had the feeling that there was so much more to him than what we originally knew. And while everyone has been excited for Billy’s book or letting the other Winston Brothers claim their hearts, I’ve just been sitting (not so) patiently, just waiting for Roscoe. And oh man. This book. THIS FREAKING BOOK!. I don’t even know what I expected from this book but it met every single one of those unknown expectations and surpassed everything my mind could have even conjured for it. I’m just going to give it to you straight: Dr. Strange Beard is my favorite book in this series. And possibly my favorite book that Penny Reid has written to date. I really didn’t think that was possible because I love Drew and Cletus’s books (not to mention her countless other amazing books outside of this series) something fierce but the way this book made me feel throughout reading, the way I’m feeling right now just tells me that I read something special. I know without a doubt in my mind I’ll be rereading this book asap. I’m already debating if I should go back after I get some rest and start all over again from the beginning. And as someone with a TBR pile taller than the Empire State Building, rereading is a freaking privilege and not something I do often. Heck, most books I'll read once and I’m ok with not reading again. But there’s no way I’m going too long without visiting Simone and Roscoe again. It’s so hard to talk about this book without spoiling anything! I want to explain the plot but then I also feel like telling you anything, even the smallest clues would be a huge spoiler and could possibly hinder your reading experience so I’m going to keep it as vague as possible. As we know from the previous books, Simone and Roscoe were childhood best friends but then one day when they were sixteen, they stopped talking and avoided each other at all cost. No one really knows what happened except that while you used to see them joint to the hip (there were never Simone without Roscoe, and vice versa) now you’d never seen them within 100 feet of each other. Now 10 years later, Roscoe and Simone are both 26 and because of…circumstances, they can no longer avoid each other. That’s all I’m going to say on the plot. But trust me, this book will surprise you in all the best ways. I kept thinking that I knew what had happened, and what would happen throughout this book and over and over this book surprised me. The amount of times I gasped out loud and was kept repeating, “OMG I CAN’T” (can’t what, you may ask? I have no idea lol. I can’t breathe, I can’t believe this, I can’t read anymore because my hurt is bursting from my chest, I can’t believe that the kind of love that Simone and Roscoe have actually exists and that I’m witnessing it, etc. honestly take your pick because I felt every single one of those emotions and more) is insane. I love Simone and Roscoe soooo much. If there is one thing that I kept thinking throughout reading this book, it was that. I love Simone and how strong, funny and amazing she is. I could relate to her in so many ways and she surprised me because the way she thought, or her feelings on certain things were so similar to my own unsaid thoughts (and often things I felt but never knew how to articulate) that it left me feeling shocked and connected to her in a way I don’t often feel to characters. And then there’s Roscoe. Sweet, amazing, soulful Roscoe who owns my heart and soul. I love EVERYTHING about him. But most importantly I love how he loves Simone. I want a guy like Roscoe so bad. To think that there is someone out there who could love and cherish me the way he love Simone, honestly my heart hurts just thinking about them. I’m really, really glad that this book was 100% focused on Simone and Roscoe because I was initially worried that the rest of the gang would take away from their book but that didn’t happen at all. We definitely got so many great scenes with the rest of the gang and I love catching up with them all and seeing where they were at now in life but I liked that their scenes didn't take away from the romance but rather worked perfectly into the book. There are only two things that are minor concerns about the book: 1. The fact that the book is over and now I won’t get to read more about Simone and Roscoe. (I’m not ready to move on from them. I am desperate for more of them. Please oh please let them get their own spin off series like Cletus and Jennifer or even a small novella, hell I’ll even take bonus scene. Ugh just anything!! Because I love them so much and I want to read about them forever and ever) 2. The time jump was a tad confusing at times. The way that random events were just dropped casually and then not really even explained was kind of jarring because I’d be SHOOK, jaw on the ground and then the dialogue just continued like nothing happened and I’m literally, like “?!?!?!?!”. And then I got confused because it felt like I was supposed to just know this stuff and I started wondering if this stuff had been mentioned in the previous books and I just forgot but the fact that some stuff was really shocking, like literal bomb drops, I feel there’s no way I’d forget them. I have a feeling these will be things that are clarified in future books but they definitely threw me for a loop when I first read it, considering how things were last left off in the previous books. I’m so happy that this book more than lived up to my expectations and I’m so happy that Penny wrote Roscoe and Simone’s story. Fans of this series, you will not be disappointed! In fact, I think Roscoe’s book is going to take quite a few of you by surprise and have you wondering how you could have ever brushed the youngest Winston brother to the side in the first place. Job well done by this author and a top favorite for the year for me!! EVERYONE READ THIS BOOK!!