Such is the power of a brand name: bestselling Kinsella dumbs down to moron level and still gets to laugh all the way to the...
News flash: the Shopaholic’s sister hates shopping!
Back from an around-the-world honeymoon with perfect husband Luke, Rebecca Bloomwood Brandon (Bex to her friends but not to her creditors) suddenly finds she has a half-sister named Jessica—and she never even knew! Neither did Dad nor Mum! Apparently, it happened simply eons ago in the past, when there were no credit cards or DNA—whatever that is—and when banks didn’t charge interest for overdrafts and dinosaurs ruled the earth. Gosh! Rebecca can’t imagine her dull dad in an ugly, 1970s-style suit actually trying to flirt, let alone conceiving a child, with a British railway stewardess, but evidently he did. Fiercely intelligent, self-sufficient Jessica doesn’t care about important things like designer brands, just activist politics. Can they really be sisters? For some trivial reason, Luke gets mad at Bex and stomps out of the plot long enough for the sisters to figure out what they don’t like about each other. Fearing abandonment, Bex tries to make peace with Jessica and volunteers for a protest against a big-meanie corporation that has been terribly naughty about the environment and things. Oh, no! The big-meanie corporation has something to do with Luke’s business, whatever that is. What will happen next? Caught in a raging storm out in the environment they’re trying to save, the sisters paint each other’s toenails with pink sparkly polish to keep their spirits up. Will the scary thunder and lightning ever stop? Will Luke forgive Bex? Meanwhile, conspicuously lacking here are the wit and intelligence of the first titles in the Shopaholic series, with an increasingly infantile heroine, cutesy prose, heaps of exclamation points, and a contrived plot.
Such is the power of a brand name: bestselling Kinsella dumbs down to moron level and still gets to laugh all the way to the bank.Pub Date: Sept. 28, 2004
ISBN: 0-385-33809-0
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Dial Books
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 2004
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With frank language and patient plotting, this gangly teen crush grows into a confident adult love affair.
Eleven years ago, he broke her heart. But he doesn’t know why she never forgave him.
Toggling between past and present, two love stories unfold simultaneously. In the first, Macy Sorensen meets and falls in love with the boy next door, Elliot Petropoulos, in the closet of her dad’s vacation home, where they hide out to discuss their favorite books. In the second, Macy is working as a doctor and engaged to a single father, and she hasn’t spoken to Elliot since their breakup. But a chance encounter forces her to confront the truth: what happened to make Macy stop speaking to Elliot? Ultimately, they’re separated not by time or physical remoteness but by emotional distance—Elliot and Macy always kept their relationship casual because they went to different schools. And as a teen, Macy has more to worry about than which girl Elliot is taking to the prom. After losing her mother at a young age, Macy is navigating her teenage years without a female role model, relying on the time-stamped notes her mother left in her father’s care for guidance. In the present day, Macy’s father is dead as well. She throws herself into her work and rarely comes up for air, not even to plan her upcoming wedding. Since Macy is still living with her fiance while grappling with her feelings for Elliot, the flashbacks offer steamy moments, tender revelations, and sweetly awkward confessions while Macy makes peace with her past and decides her future.
With frank language and patient plotting, this gangly teen crush grows into a confident adult love affair.Pub Date: April 10, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5011-2801-1
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2018
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 2018
A little slower-paced than the typical Roberts romantic mystery (Black Hills, 2009, etc.) but every bit as steamy. It may...
A dog trainer and a wood craftsman dance around love and danger in the Pacific Northwest.
Fiona Bristow is the only victim who got away from serial killer George Perry. Now a copycat, inspired and perhaps guided by the jailed Perry, is on her trail. After Perry murdered her fiancé, Fiona rebuilt her life as a dog trainer and search-and-rescue expert on lovely Orcas Island. She’s recently met talented woodworker Simon Doyle and his misbehaving puppy Jaws, and her dormant love life is about to revive as she and the reluctant Simon slowly build a complicated relationship. Though she’s done her best to overcome her fears and make herself whole again, this new series of killings, with herself as the ultimate target, can’t help but strain her nerves. As the police and FBI track the killer, a persistent reporter makes Fiona’s life more difficult by printing information about her life and location. Through it all, Fiona keeps working. As she continues to go on rescue missions with a team that may soon include Simon and Jaws, her friends help to keep her balanced. But ultimately it will be the trust she has built up with Simon and the talents of her dogs that will change her life forever.
A little slower-paced than the typical Roberts romantic mystery (Black Hills, 2009, etc.) but every bit as steamy. It may well add dog lovers to her legion of fans.Pub Date: July 7, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-399-15657-1
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Putnam
Review Posted Online: March 6, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 2010
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