Ooh, La La!

Rating:
Summary: GREAT READ
Review: Director Zack Jackson wants to do a movie set in a brothel in historical New Orleans, but his last few films came in late, over budget, and flopped at the box office. He explains his idea to the caustic CEO of Parapet Pictures Goldman that he found an article in the Historical Research Quarterly written by New Orleans University Professor Kate Matthews on a true story that Zack believes will make quite a film. Goldman agrees to finance the movie, but insists that Professor Matthews be hired as a consultant.

Kate is thrilled to be on the team until she realizes that Zack is ignoring authenticity. She informs the director that she can supply him with exciting real historical happenings that will bring action to his movie. As they work together, the professor and the filmmaker fall in love, but will this be a Hollywood type ending?

OOH, LA, LA! lives up to its title as an exciting contemporary romance that enhances the plot with incite into the historical red light district of New Orleans. The story line engages the audience from the moment Kate and Zack meet and never lets up until the film is finished. Kate is a wonderful protagonist who believes in what she is doing; Zack is a talented individual trying to make a film his way while satisfying Goldman, a throwback to the big studio days with a lot of time on his hands. Robin Wells provides fans with an entertaining novel that is fun to read.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: exciting contemporary romance
Review: Director Zack Jackson wants to do a movie set in a brothel in historical New Orleans, but his last few films came in late, over budget, and flopped at the box office. He explains his idea to the caustic CEO of Parapet Pictures Goldman that he found an article in the Historical Research Quarterly written by New Orleans University Professor Kate Matthews on a true story that Zack believes will make quite a film. Goldman agrees to finance the movie, but insists that Professor Matthews be hired as a consultant.

Kate is thrilled to be on the team until she realizes that Zack is ignoring authenticity. She informs the director that she can supply him with exciting real historical happenings that will bring action to his movie. As they work together, the professor and the filmmaker fall in love, but will this be a Hollywood type ending?

OOH, LA, LA! lives up to its title as an exciting contemporary romance that enhances the plot with incite into the historical red light district of New Orleans. The story line engages the audience from the moment Kate and Zack meet and never lets up until the film is finished. Kate is a wonderful protagonist who believes in what she is doing; Zack is a talented individual trying to make a film his way while satisfying Goldman, a throwback to the big studio days with a lot of time on his hands. Robin Wells provides fans with an entertaining novel that is fun to read.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: GREAT READ
Review: I found this book to be excellent. It contained humor, love, as well as some serious topics. It was very entertaining and I would highly recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: A page-turner of a barn burner
Review: I loved this book. It held my interest page after page. Kate and Zack make a great romantic pair. Their odd-couple relationship makes sparks fly at first, but once their mutual attraction becomes overwelming, the sparks turn into flames. This book succeeds on a lot of levels. It is a hot romantic read, but it balences that with other themes, including sections that are laugh-out-loud funny. Anyone who has ever had a child can relate to Kate's concerns over her 13 year-old daughter. I also really liked the other charactors that Robin Wells throws into the mix. I have read Ms. Wells last three books and think her writing just gets better and better. This is one author to watch!!

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing. Not funny.
Review: The book started out disappointing - I do not find references to the male anatomy funny. (I prefer well written amusing dialogue).

I found the heroine (Kate) to be a totally unsympathetic character. I could not feel anything for a character who thinks it is OK to lie to her mother and daughter (and re-write her own personal history), but had too much "integrity" to allow any artistic-license in a film script. When the "ex-husband" was introduced I lost interest in the book and threw it away.

Rating:
Summary: A page-turner of a barn burner
Review: This is a typical "unattractive, brainy chick isn't noticed or cared about by attractive, insensitive man, until she becomes an attractive, brainy chick." Why can't a brainy woman be beautiful without a make-over? The book was in the trash before the 100th page.

Rating:
Summary: Is this the 21st Century?
Review: This is a typical "unattractive, brainy chick isn't noticed or cared about by attractive, insensitive man, until she becomes an attractive, brainy chick." Why can't a brainy woman be beautiful without a make-over? The book was in the trash before the 100th page.