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Summary: Janet Who??
Review: It is amazing that this book is by the same author of the Stephanie Plum series! This book was corny, predictable, and so unrealistic that the characters were not endearing at all to the reader. It was extremely hard for me to finish it at all. I kept thinking it would get better and I was wrong. The poor editing was my biggest complaint considering the main male characer is referred to as Neil instead of Nick right in the midst of a love scene! It doesn't get any worse than that. If you enjoy the Plum series, you will not enjoy this book.
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Summary: Boring, Predictable, and Disappointing
Review: I was very disappointed to say the least. The Stephanie Plum series are awesome and I do have to admit that I had the expectancy that this novel would rank among her others. I think that Janet Evanovich should stick to what works, not venture into something that is clearly not her expertise. I won't be buying her next novel in this new series, "Full Tilt". It will probably be "Full Wilt".
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Summary: It won't knock your socks off but it's still worth reading
Review: Billie Pearce, a divorced house wife, meets Nick Kaharchek, a... millionaire, and of course the two quickly fall in love. Not everything goes smoothly when Nick's kooky family members get involved in Billie's life. This is a cute book even though it's a bit too much of a romance novel for my tastes. I decided to pick it up because Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series amuses me greatly. Fans of that series will surely enjoy this book. There isn't as much action as the Stephanie Plum series but the same wacky humor is still there. Besides, Nick's mad genius cousin, Max, is so very adorable.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I have always loved Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series so much and was so disappointed with this book. I found the candy coated characters and plot so amateurish that I just skimmed through the last 100 pages to find out the ending -- which I never do but frankly just didn't want to waste my time. The plot was predictable and boring. The love interests were so unrealistic and they didn't seem to stay consistent. I even noticed on one page there was a typo -- the wrong name for the leading male character. Now how can you miss that. If you are compelled to read it, take it out of the library.
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Summary: Evanovich did the right thing moving to Bounty Hunting
Review: I wonder what this book was like before it was re-written? Its a bit too long, a bit too angsty and lot too unbelieveable (and I love the Plum series!)All about 38 year old single mother, Billie, who goes along to take Polo lessons from and falls for the teacher - well eventually. Who has all the advantages of being young, (well 36) handsome, millionaire, hard-working newspaper owner who teaches polo in his spare time. Hmmmm He lands his ditsy cousin Deedee on her so that she won't bein his house driving him mad and decorating it in French Provincial style, while she is waiting to marry Frankie who is a professional Wrestler. That way he can also conduct a discreet seduction of her and then walk away easily. Billie's kids are off with their father for a month. However all is not well. Max, Deedee's much younger cousin is blowing things up on his property, his glamorous ex-girlfriend is hanging around making trouble. And in Billie's life, there are burglarys in her neighbourhood, and an infestation of spiders in her house. It seems awfully long and yet I felt many of the characters and situations were introduced simply to get things to happen. Billie sits on a horse to learn to play polo - gets stepped on and her foot seems to miraculously heal. She gets given a horse by him and then only once more has a ride. Her children come hurtling back into the story becuase there father has an accident - yet they seem to come in and out of the story to suit circumstances. Billie seems to end up in bed and engaged to the hero with almost alarming ease - and the marriage just doesn't make sense. It is supposed to be a double wedding which Deedee has been planning for months - so why is she doing nothing about it? and why does it end up being in the backyard of Billie's house planned only a week before. Isuppose you have to suspend your disbelief - but I couldn'twith the ending sequence. You see part of the book is a mystery - who is trying to blow up the hero - is it Max gone to far, is it the slightly deranged ex-lover - and who is breaking in to Billie's neighbourhood all the time? I found the final sequence annoying to say the least - and it just seem to go on and on and on and on and on - page after page after page after page. There were lots of lovely characters - Deedee was a real joy to read - but it just wasnt' a book I would ever read again.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I couldn't wait to read a romance written by Evanovich. Better yet, getting to read her earlier work written as Stephanie Hall. I honestly don't know what I expected, but this book highly disappointed me. One thing for certain, after reading Full House,there could be no doubt about how far Janet has evolved from writing romance to mystery. For sure, she needs to stick to mystery because she obviously isn't a romance writer. She's still one of my favorites because of her humor, but this book shows undeveloped talent prior to the Stephanie Plum series. I can't/don't recommend this one.
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Summary: Full House
Review: I picked up this book at the airport, trusting it would be similar to her mysteries, although I understood it to be part of her earlier romance attempts. I was very surprised at the amateur level of the writing. The plots were very thin, and the characters had little of the endearing qualitites I love in her mysteries. Stick with the mysteries!
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Summary: Wait
Review: Wait for the next Stephanie Plum book. Do not waste your money on this unless you're looking for insight into Evanovich's evolution as a writer. This is not the worst book I've ever read, but if you're expecting the brilliance she's evolved to and we've come to expect from her you'll be sorely disappointed.
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Summary: Don't Bother - really, just don't bother
Review: You know, warning bells were going off in my head when I bought this book and I should have listened. This is a revamped, recycled early effort of this popular author, done in conjunction with another writer. In other words, she's a money maker, the publisher wanted to milk her for all she's worth, but she's too busy/not interested in bringing the old stuff up to date. About all I can say that's good about this book is that the characters are promising and in the hands of another author (think Jennifer Crusie) they could have really come to life. As it is, this book is a complete waste of time and I have only myself to blame (always listen to those inner voices). The irony is that I have not read any other of Ms Evanovich's wildly popular books - and I'm so disgruntled over this rip off, I probably won't.
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Summary: Sophmoric!
Review: I am a big fan of Evanovich books; I love the Stephanie Plum novels. However, this novel was very sophomoric and quite predictable. I felt very let down by this effort with Charlotte Hughes. I would have rated this 0 stars if given that option!
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