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Summary: Boring, Unrealistic
Review: I rushed out the day this book was released to purchase and read. Don't bother rushing. The story is lacking from the first few pages.Ms. Phillips had a great story line, but did not use it wisely. The hero and heroine, for both being supposedly smart do all things stupid. The only interesting character is the teenager.
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Summary: Not Beliveable
Review: I'm a big fan of Ms. Phillips, and looked forward to this book, only to be greatly disappointed. I thought the premise was great, but you can't take a smart savy lady, make her dumb and then smart and savy agian, all within a 2 week period. The other problem with believability was the heroine kept talking about how she hated politics and wanted away from it, and then turns around and goes right back into it.
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Summary: Definitely not her best
Review: I couldn't wait to get this book. I began reading it right away. I kept reading hoping it would pick up. It didn't. I usually love SEP's work. The characters are usually so compelling that you can picture them,laugh, and cry with them. Not so in First lady. SEP has another book coming out in 2000 hopefully that one will be much better. I just found this book flat. Definitely not a book that I would reread unless I was stuck in an airport with nothing else to do.
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Summary: Disappointing, buy something else
Review: I was happy to start in on a new Phillips but was very disappointed, very soon. The book starts out good but fizzles soon thereafter. Nealy/Nell, the lead character just isn't believable a third of the way through. The teenage character got on my nerves. If you like fine dialogue like "I'm gonna hurl" or "This blows" maybe you'll disagree. It seems like there was a good outline for the book but the pressures of a deadline or maybe just plain apathy resulted in shortcuts in character development and plot. I wouldn't spend any money on this one. Reread "Lady Be Good" or "Heaven, Texas".
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Summary: Lacklustre Lite
Review: I know I am going to get a million "Not helpful" clicks for saying this, but "First Lady" is a bore. Mat Jorik is a big baby trapped in a caveman's body and his girlfriend is a wimp. Sure, the conversation is fun, the kids are fun, but the two main characters are just plain boring. I have no idea how they could fall for each other, unless, of course, one believes in babies being reason enough for a happily ever after. Likewise, Mat's behaviour is boorish and immature for too long in the story, I can't help but to pity the heroine who, undoubtedly, would have to babysit babies all her life here onwards. And the epilogue makes me cringe, because since dear Cornelia shows little authority or charisma in the story... the epilogue makes me wince on behalf of the rest of USA in FL. The author has the knack for making endearing bad boy heroes - Kenny Traveler in "Lady Be Good" (which I recommend wholeheartedly) for one. But Mat just doesn't end up right, the whole romance lacks color or life, and most of FL is reminiscent of everything cliched about contemporary romances. Definitely not the best SEP romance out there.
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Summary: First Lady
Review: Another one of the same. Except for "Honey Moon" and "Hot Shot" if you've read one Susan Elizabeth Phillips novel you've read them all. "First Lady" is no different. Sexually repressed woman meets macho man, and macho man liberates repressed woman fulfilling all her sexual fantasies. Please! I will say that Ms Phillips is a very polished writer, but like the man says "she's got her story and she's sticking to it". And we're informed on the inside cover that she's writing another macho football player versus repressed young woman in her next novel. This will be the fourth time she's told this story. Give us a break Ms. Phillips. You're fans deserve more than the same trite story over and over.
Rating: 
Summary: Not her best...
Review: it didn't meet expectations for an SEP read. While she strings words together beautifully, I never felt the energy I've come to expect in her characters. I can suspend belief about a lot of things in a romance novel, but American politics is not one of them. I think that backdrop and Nealy's naivete made it impossible for me to connect with this book.
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Summary: Farfetched!
Review: I enjoy SEP's books greatly, but this one was a little too farfetched for my taste. The ending is completely at odds with the main character's motivations and feelings in the remainder of the book. I could not identify with Nealy and her situation at all. Matt, on the other hand....yum!
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Summary: not one of her best
Review: Having enjoyed most of SEP's book, I was disapointed in this latest book. While the plot was original, the book failed to interest me on the whole...
Rating: 
Summary: A keeper!
Review: This book delivers everything you'd excpect in a keeper, a story that you've never seen before told in a special way that makes you laugh and cry. I've never read about a hero like Mat, or a heroine like Nealy. In the end, they are meant for each other and you'll cheer for them as they overcome obstacles along the way. As always this author uses secondary characters who enrich the story. A joy of a book!
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