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Summary: Very Very Disappointing
Review: Okay, I had high hopes for this book because almost all the reviews were totally glowing. But this is one of my least favorite books. For me, this was a book that I had to hurry up and read because I wanted it to be over. The book was terribly dissapointing to me because it committed the worst book sin of all...I hated the main character. I did not like her at all. I didn't think she deserved to be happy, and I was actually disappointed with the happy ending. I don't see how anyone could love this book so much, I think the main character is a total witch, and I wasn't pulling for her at all, which totally ruins a book no matter how good it may otherwise be, not that this book has anything else going for it. Having said that, please dont waste your time with this awful book. I seriously did not like the book and I can't be the only one...so please take a chance on another book, just don't waste your time with this one.
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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: Although this isn't a book that will really make you think, it is very intertaining and funny. If you like authors such as Jane Green, I think you would like this too. A cute book, read it in less than a day :)
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Summary: This was not for me.
Review: Of all the books I have read in the past year this was by far the most stupid of them all. It is based upon a lie in which gets everything spiraling out of control. This books is not like the Brigdeet Jones or Becky Bloomwoods. It is just not great, actually it is not even good.
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Summary: Very funny!
Review: While the book was somewhat difficult to get into initially- I found myself unable to put it down half way through. Young's description of Sophy's mother is absolutely perfect and is as clear and real as listening to my own mother over the phone. The ending was unexpected- yet she seemed to gloss over the details a bit. There was some real potential for certain events mentioned earlier in the book (i.e. Maggie's married daughter's marital issues) to progress into a more complex story line- this never happened to my dismay... I would have to say A Promising Man was more gripping- but the mother made this book come alive. Definately worth a read.
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Summary: Hard to believe
Review: Asking for Trouble is a novel about Sophy, a 30 year old who is so worried about what her mother thinks and so tired of being bothered about the men in her life that she makes up a very extensive list of lies to make it seem she has a dream boyfriend who is the perfect "son-in-law material." When her sister announces her engagement, Sophy doesn't know how she's going to make her non-existant boyfriend Dominic materialize for the wedding. So she goes to an escort service, and finds Josh Carmichael. From there, Sophy just spins more and more lies. She lies to pretty much everyone she knows. And as she does so, she reveals herself as one of the most neurotic and less likeable main characters in the current batch of British "chick lit." Eventually the truth comes out, and you'd think Sophy would learn her lesson and come clean. But instead she tries to cover things up with more lies. Yet somehow, even though he sees all her lies and is even a victim of a few of them himself, Sophy gets her man in the end. It's predictable, but irritatingly unrealistic. What self respecting man would want to be with someone who's been nothing but dishonest since square one?All that being said, I must admit that I enjoyed reading this book. Sophy is funny and sarcastic, even though you wish you could smack her. Josh is dreamy. I wish there had been a bit more romance and tension between them. Overall, the book isn't an unpleasant read. Perfect for a weekend, a long flight, or a trip to the beach.
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Summary: The trouble with spilling the beans....
Review: Cute book, will be looking for other books by this author. Nice, easy, quick, hilarious read. Quirky British slang throughout. V. Bridget Jones Diaryesque.
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Summary: Ask for Trouble, this book is great!
Review: Ask for this one by name! It's a witty romp of a tale revolving around the main character, Sophy. Sophy's a 30year old singleton who makes up a boyfriend to please her mother. Her foibles and wacky antics from that point on will keep you captivated til the last page. One lie leads to another in a domino effect and after a while even Sophy can't keep track of her lies. This tale is a quick, predictable read, but it's enjoyable. It's the perfect 'vacation/going to the beach' book.
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Summary: A Wonderful Plot
Review: "Asking for Trouble" is a very entertaining book. I loved the main plot idea, i.e., Sophy needs a date for her sister's wedding, so she hires an escort. Hasn't every single woman at some time wished that she could show up at a big event with a gorgeous, adoring man on her arms? Sophy's people are suitably impressed, to the point where she needs to bring the hunk back again and again: one white lie breeds another. However, the novel is predictable. I suppose that novels of this genre will never end with unrequited love. That fantasy is probably part of the reason we like them so much.
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Summary: Oops
Review: I just wanted to correct part of a review that I submitted for Asking for Trouble. The other excellent book by Elizabeth Young is "Fair Game", soon to be released under a revised title of "A Promising Man and About Time Too". Asking for Trouble is by Victoria Corby (and very good too!)
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Summary: 5 stars all the way!
Review: I'm so glad that Elizabeth Young is finally published here in the US. She's a wonderful and witty writer, writing romantic comedy with the best of them. It's NOT Bridget Jones all over (not that I didn't love BJ). This is pure Lombard/Gable stuff, with witty dialog and funky plot twists.... Sophy is every woman - she just wants to make her family happy and keep herself on track with her career and just happens to need a date for her Perfect Sister's wedding. (OK, I am getting a bit tired of the perfect sister cliché, but at least Sophy does love her sister and doesn't hate her mother.) Josh is just wonderfully written as a guy who seems too normal to be an escort (he is!) and the auxiliary characters really move the story along. ...
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