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Summary: Bland romance, little mystery
Review: Major disappointment. This book is neither a good romance nor a good anything else. I'm a big fan of the Stephanie Plum books but cannot recommend this book. Wait for the next "plum" instead.
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Summary: ehhh...
Review: It was alright. Not great. It was a cute story, not in any way believable though. And whoever else said the editing was bad was dead on. The names kept changing on you. And just at a "critical" moment is when they changed Nick's name to Neil. VERY distracting! I'm wondering when in the world she hopped into bed with Neil, since Nick was just there a moment ago. And the whole Joel/Joey thing was bad. They also changed her minivan to a station wagon at one point. I've never read any of the Stephanie Plum series because mysteries aren't really my thing, but if this was any indication of her work I think I'd pass. I'm now reading "Full Tilt", the sequel to this story, and the editing is almost as bad in it.
I'm not giving a recap of the plot since I'm sure you've already determined what it's about, but I'll tell you to save your money on this one. If you INSIST on reading it though, pick it up at the library!
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Summary: I wanted to like it...but didn't
Review: I was really looking forward to reading this novel. I'm a huge Stephanie Plum fan and thought it would be very interesting to see how Janet tackled a non-Plum story. I'm sorry to say it,but it was just awful! I have this bad habit of finishing every book I start so I painstakingly plodded through this one for about 3 weeks. I kept hoping it would improve, but to no avail. All of the things I love about Stephanie's character, and Ms. Evanovich's wonderful, hilarious writing style are missing here. Instead of Stephanie's plucky, funny, tenacious character, the central character in Full House is way too perfect (a beautiful school teacher)and BORING!! Instead of Stephanie's wonderful cadre of outrageous friends and family (Grandma Mazur, Lula, Ranger), in Full House there's a lame ex-girlfriend, a "crazy" nephew, and an eccentric niece. All of the characters are underdeveloped, which is probably OK since I didn't care for any of them anyway. And since Nick and Billie meet and fall in love in the first section of the book, there is absolutely no tension or mystery to pull us along. This one is a big fat yawn! It was a weird mix of totally bland story, forgettable characters, with some x-rated sex scenes thrown in. What's up with that?
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Summary: Editing aside, this was fun!
Review: I couldn't disagree more with the Fans who did not like this. They seem to have two major complaints. One is the editing, and the other the fact that it's got a romance and the...tension that we love in Stephanie Plum isn't there. If these readers had bought this book cold they would have loved it, and enjoyed the humor and quirky characters. Charlotte Hughes can write d[ar]n good mysteries, and everyone knows Janet can as well, but this book is meant to be a fun adventure. Taken as that its a great read. The editing is a real problem but that's St Martins Press fault, isnt it?. If it were a hardcover I would let the editing get to me, but I am more forgiving when it comes to paperbacks.
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Summary: Stop whining
Review: ...I read Evanovich when I want to be entertained. And I was...no this was not a Plum novel - and I do not believe anyone said it would be...BUT it is a fun and easy read. I lov to laugh when I read a book - and it does not happen often - only when I read Evanovich.
THANKS Janet, for the fun!
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Summary: what a shame
Review: This is really sad...I adore the Plum series, but this book is trite and juvenile. If you don't believe me, read it. I think you'll find it a real disappointment.
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Summary: Dissapointment
Review: I couldn't wait for another book by this author but reading this book was a huge dissapointment. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. If I wanted to read a romance novel I would have bought one (which I never will). Her other books are funny and entertaining. Ms. Evanovich needs to skip the sex and go back to detective stories.
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Summary: if you are going to buy it, buy it used.
Review: everything bad said is the absolute truth i'm afraid. i love the plum series, but picked this up because i really enjoyed evanovich's writing style. I don't think it was all Evanovich's fault, i think her editing was poorly done as well. something i found funny, that no one else seemed to mention was that the main family's names are: billie, christy and joel. now, i like billy joel as well as the next person, but, i mean, why?. my advice is skip this one. this is a waste of time and a waste of money.
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Summary: I don't believe she wrote it
Review: I think Janet Evanovich didn't write this book. I think Charlotte Hughes wrote it and Janet Evanovich is trying to get her friend established (published!). This was one of the worst books I've ever read and I'm a devoted Stephanie Plum fan. I think Janet Evanovich should think twice about putting her name on these books by Charlotte Hughes. I note there's a new one out right now. I have no problem with romance novels, but they should at least be entertaining. This book was not worth the paper it was printed on.
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Summary: Not worth the trees they had to cut down....
Review: I really wanted to like this, because I liked her other books- alot. This was far fetched and at best just fluff and filler until the plot takes off. The big problem is that the plot never takes off.
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