Scan barcode
katyanaish's review
3.0
This is a tough one to rate, because there was stuff I really enjoyed about it, and stuff I really didn't.
Firstly, Lucy is a freaking fantastic heroine. She's tough, smart, loyal, capable, funny, and exactly the kind of woman I'd like to be. This book is filled with lines comparing her to Wonder Woman, and it wasn't cheesy, because that's really who she is. But not in an annoying way - not like, I'm a badass and you should all worship me - but in a quiet, strong way. Her only flaw was Wilder.
And that brings me to the primary problem in this book. I won't say that I entirely disliked him, but I definitely disliked lots about him. And I don't feel like he deserves Lucy. Or even necessarily particularly wants her. I mean, I bought that he had some affection for her by the end, but I think that he was surprised by how fast she jumped in, and never got to that level himself. Which is hard to accept, because Lucy deserves that. That said, the fact that this all happens over 4 days makes his level of attachment the more sane one. Which is why I said that he is Lucy's flaw - she went way above and beyond with him.
Wilder has plenty of his own flaws. It's frankly hard to get excited about a hero who, in the first like 20% of the book, has sex with the plastic actress just because, hey, well, big boobs and she was right there, why would I say no? Ugh.
There were some other points of criticism, which I'm going to put in spoiler tags:
Look, I'm pretty good about suspension of disbelief in my books, but at the end of the day, I need even the bad guys stuff to be grounded in some kind of plausibility. I feel like everyone except Lucy's team was evil in this book. And not just a little evil, they were like ... cackling-to-my-cat-and-twirling-my-mustache-evil. Nash was utterly batshit crazy evil. And I'd like to know why. I mean, he can't always have been this guy. A womanizer, sure, and that's the implied reason for why his marriage to Lucy lasted a short 6 months. But he clearly had some good qualities, given that Daisy cared a lot about him - like a brother - as did Pepper, even going so far as to want Lucy to get back together with him. But this is a dude who was drugging this woman he thought of like a kid sister, while getting her involved with terrorists. A dude who then got the woman he supposedly loved - and the narrative tried hard to sell that he did in fact love Lucy, and just wanted to get back together with her and get his life on track - involved with the terrorists as well, extorting her to pull off this stupid scheme. He also nearly blows her up in the end. And then in the pinnacle of evil, he kidnaps a 5-year old child he pretty much helped raise, hands her to a psychopath to use as a hostage to complete his evil scheme. What the fuck? I needed an explanation as to how, exactly, he became this guy in the 12 years that Lucy has known him (and Daisy has been close to him). Because his behavior, by the end of the book, became ludicrously over-the-top evil.
And the evil wasn't limited to him. Oh no. We had the psychopath in the swamp ... and who was that guy even working for? Was it always Nash? But why? The whole stunt team was Nash's team in this bullshit scheme. Did he just expect them to betray him, and the psycho was his backup? Given that this guy is so fucking nuts that he regularly puts a child in the scope of his sniper rifle, how does Nash even trust him? Seriously?
And then we have the CIA. Who, I'm sorry, was not just evil but also STUPID, and I hate that they got away with their shit. They have no power to operate in the U.S., no authority over this movie set, and the fact that Crawford never gave Wilder info... it was just stupid. Not justifiable. Lucy should make a movie out of this whole experience just to end that shitbag's career.
2. Daisy was a worthless piece of shit.
She just seems to stupid her way through life, and, you know, when that gets too hard, pop pills. I hate that she is still in Lucy's life. I hate that Lucy even allows her to be in her life, given Daisy's attachment to the womanizing bag of evil that is Nash. I was honestly hoping that Daisy was going to end up dead, so that Lucy gets Pepper and everyone gets to be happy. And I hate that Lucy is willing to give up her life to move and start from scratch with a user like Daisy. Because that's what she is - someone who has always USED Lucy, and will always use Lucy.
3. I literally have no idea what was going on with Blake and Althea
So ... was Blake taken hostage? How? Like ... are we supposed to believe that these two bumbling boobs dropped down from their rope to the speedboat. And then knocked out Doc - an ex-Special Forces guy - threw him over the side, and stole his boat? How did Althea get him to do anything? And why would she even be working with Nash after he nearly blew her up? What the actual fuck? And what is going to happen to her? It seems like she's just ... I don't know, going to fuck LaFavre and go back to her life. How is this bitch not going to jail? How is Mary Vanity not going to jail, for working with a money-launderer?
4. Why were people abandoning set?
Okay, yeah, the director died and the script changed. That's not THAT unusual, and at the end of the day quitting means breaking contract and not getting paid. I just don't buy that 3/4 of the crew did that, not without a really compelling reason. Most people would just suck it the fuck up and finish the 4 days of shooting. I mean, we're not talking weeks here. It is FOUR DAYS. The only way this could make sense is if they knew about the mob stuff. But did they? Like, was that a known thing? It can't have been, right?
5. What the fuck was Stephanie's problem?
No really, what? I get that she didn't like the changes to the script, but we're supposed to believe these people are professionals, and I have news for you folks: this is the way movie sets work. There's a reason scripts regularly have a string of writers, and dispute with the union over who should get writing credit for the film. No script stays untouched from draft to release. And furthermore, who the fuck is Stephanie to pitch a fit like this? And why in actual fuck didn't Lucy fire her? She wasn't doing her job - she wasn't doing any job, unless being a bitchy asshole is now a paid position on a film set. This all aside from the fact that she knew none of this was Lucy's responsibility, but still blamed her. I mean, this bitch firstly knows that Nash wrote these new scenes, and secondly, didn't even want to give Lucy a fucking script, so how is it Lucy's problem that the story was being "ruined"?? Honestly, this just gets chalked up under item 1 - batshit crazy evil shit in this book that was over-the-top and not justified by the story.
As always, with Crusie and Meyer, I love the banter. But I think this book just required way too much suspension of disbelief... both in terms of the action/suspense plot and the romance plot. It needed more time to play out. And less over-the-top evil or crazy,
***2,5***
Firstly, Lucy is a freaking fantastic heroine. She's tough, smart, loyal, capable, funny, and exactly the kind of woman I'd like to be. This book is filled with lines comparing her to Wonder Woman, and it wasn't cheesy, because that's really who she is. But not in an annoying way - not like, I'm a badass and you should all worship me - but in a quiet, strong way. Her only flaw was Wilder.
And that brings me to the primary problem in this book. I won't say that I entirely disliked him, but I definitely disliked lots about him. And I don't feel like he deserves Lucy. Or even necessarily particularly wants her. I mean, I bought that he had some affection for her by the end, but I think that he was surprised by how fast she jumped in, and never got to that level himself. Which is hard to accept, because Lucy deserves that. That said, the fact that this all happens over 4 days makes his level of attachment the more sane one. Which is why I said that he is Lucy's flaw - she went way above and beyond with him.
Wilder has plenty of his own flaws. It's frankly hard to get excited about a hero who, in the first like 20% of the book, has sex with the plastic actress just because, hey, well, big boobs and she was right there, why would I say no? Ugh.
There were some other points of criticism, which I'm going to put in spoiler tags:
Spoiler
1. Too much over-the-top evil.Look, I'm pretty good about suspension of disbelief in my books, but at the end of the day, I need even the bad guys stuff to be grounded in some kind of plausibility. I feel like everyone except Lucy's team was evil in this book. And not just a little evil, they were like ... cackling-to-my-cat-and-twirling-my-mustache-evil. Nash was utterly batshit crazy evil. And I'd like to know why. I mean, he can't always have been this guy. A womanizer, sure, and that's the implied reason for why his marriage to Lucy lasted a short 6 months. But he clearly had some good qualities, given that Daisy cared a lot about him - like a brother - as did Pepper, even going so far as to want Lucy to get back together with him. But this is a dude who was drugging this woman he thought of like a kid sister, while getting her involved with terrorists. A dude who then got the woman he supposedly loved - and the narrative tried hard to sell that he did in fact love Lucy, and just wanted to get back together with her and get his life on track - involved with the terrorists as well, extorting her to pull off this stupid scheme. He also nearly blows her up in the end. And then in the pinnacle of evil, he kidnaps a 5-year old child he pretty much helped raise, hands her to a psychopath to use as a hostage to complete his evil scheme. What the fuck? I needed an explanation as to how, exactly, he became this guy in the 12 years that Lucy has known him (and Daisy has been close to him). Because his behavior, by the end of the book, became ludicrously over-the-top evil.
And the evil wasn't limited to him. Oh no. We had the psychopath in the swamp ... and who was that guy even working for? Was it always Nash? But why? The whole stunt team was Nash's team in this bullshit scheme. Did he just expect them to betray him, and the psycho was his backup? Given that this guy is so fucking nuts that he regularly puts a child in the scope of his sniper rifle, how does Nash even trust him? Seriously?
And then we have the CIA. Who, I'm sorry, was not just evil but also STUPID, and I hate that they got away with their shit. They have no power to operate in the U.S., no authority over this movie set, and the fact that Crawford never gave Wilder info... it was just stupid. Not justifiable. Lucy should make a movie out of this whole experience just to end that shitbag's career.
2. Daisy was a worthless piece of shit.
She just seems to stupid her way through life, and, you know, when that gets too hard, pop pills. I hate that she is still in Lucy's life. I hate that Lucy even allows her to be in her life, given Daisy's attachment to the womanizing bag of evil that is Nash. I was honestly hoping that Daisy was going to end up dead, so that Lucy gets Pepper and everyone gets to be happy. And I hate that Lucy is willing to give up her life to move and start from scratch with a user like Daisy. Because that's what she is - someone who has always USED Lucy, and will always use Lucy.
3. I literally have no idea what was going on with Blake and Althea
So ... was Blake taken hostage? How? Like ... are we supposed to believe that these two bumbling boobs dropped down from their rope to the speedboat. And then knocked out Doc - an ex-Special Forces guy - threw him over the side, and stole his boat? How did Althea get him to do anything? And why would she even be working with Nash after he nearly blew her up? What the actual fuck? And what is going to happen to her? It seems like she's just ... I don't know, going to fuck LaFavre and go back to her life. How is this bitch not going to jail? How is Mary Vanity not going to jail, for working with a money-launderer?
4. Why were people abandoning set?
Okay, yeah, the director died and the script changed. That's not THAT unusual, and at the end of the day quitting means breaking contract and not getting paid. I just don't buy that 3/4 of the crew did that, not without a really compelling reason. Most people would just suck it the fuck up and finish the 4 days of shooting. I mean, we're not talking weeks here. It is FOUR DAYS. The only way this could make sense is if they knew about the mob stuff. But did they? Like, was that a known thing? It can't have been, right?
5. What the fuck was Stephanie's problem?
No really, what? I get that she didn't like the changes to the script, but we're supposed to believe these people are professionals, and I have news for you folks: this is the way movie sets work. There's a reason scripts regularly have a string of writers, and dispute with the union over who should get writing credit for the film. No script stays untouched from draft to release. And furthermore, who the fuck is Stephanie to pitch a fit like this? And why in actual fuck didn't Lucy fire her? She wasn't doing her job - she wasn't doing any job, unless being a bitchy asshole is now a paid position on a film set. This all aside from the fact that she knew none of this was Lucy's responsibility, but still blamed her. I mean, this bitch firstly knows that Nash wrote these new scenes, and secondly, didn't even want to give Lucy a fucking script, so how is it Lucy's problem that the story was being "ruined"?? Honestly, this just gets chalked up under item 1 - batshit crazy evil shit in this book that was over-the-top and not justified by the story.
As always, with Crusie and Meyer, I love the banter. But I think this book just required way too much suspension of disbelief... both in terms of the action/suspense plot and the romance plot. It needed more time to play out. And less over-the-top evil or crazy,
***2,5***
ruthiemacgregor's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lilith_elinor's review
3.0
This is the first book Crusie wrote in collaboration with Mayer. Consequently it was quite different in vibe, with much more action and suspense going on. I liked that you could tell Mayer was bringing his expertise on the subject to the table, and that it's likely that all those little details added to the story are authentic.
Lucy divorced her Australian special forces husband, Connor, 12 years ago. Now she directs dog food commercials in New York while he is a stunt coordinator down south (I think ? USA geography is not my forte). When her sister calls her, offering a directing job with Connor, Lucy wants to turn it down, but her niece sounds so miserable that she decides something is wrong and comes down to Georgia to take charge. And indeed when she arrives, the shoot is disorganised, some ridiculous action sequences with a helicopter have been tacked on to the end, her sister is completely out of it, her niece Pepper is lonely, and no one wants to tell her what's going on.
T.J. Wilder was in the USA special forces too. He is hired out of the blue by a clueless actor to be his stunt consultant and his body double. But when he arrives on set, he is not impressed by the way things are run, although he does take a liking to the director. Soon he is asked to meet up with a handler and told what his mission here really is.
Everyone has an agenda and conflicting goals in this story. We see a lot of helicopters and various guns, some risky stunts, temperamental actors, as well as a one-eyed alligator, lots of Wonder Woman merch, and a very observant little girl.
Lucy is determined and capable, and I liked that she didn't cave and become a pushover when these very dominant macho men tried to assert their authority. She held her own. She did lack that spark of warmth and personality that Crusie at her best manages to give her characters, but she was a decent lead.
Wilder was also a good person, he tries to help and protect these people. I imagine Mayer had more of a hand in writing him and it showed because he wasn't as warm and endearing as Crusie's heroes usually are. She has written some brilliant heroes in the past and I wasn't really seeing it here. Don't get me wrong, he's a decent person and seems to care about Lucy, but he lacked personality and seemed rather one note, I wanted to see more from him.On a rational level I am ok with Wilder sleeping with Althea in the beginning, he is not a monk after all and is allowed to have fun, but seriously... It didn't reflect very well on him and he didn't seem to be aware enough that it would make things awkward for Lucy. I don't necessarily think he shouldn't have slept with Althea, but it should have been made clearer how in retrospect it wasn't a satisfying encounter and he wouldn't make that choice again if he had a redo.
I am not sure that a 5 year old like Pepper would be quite so observant and able to understand everything around her. She sounded more 6 or 7 to me, but what do I know. Having the kid inexplicably pressure all the adult females in her family to wear Wonder Woman underwear when it is precisely the fantasy of the hero felt more than a little contrived, I wasn't buying that.
The beginning was a little hard to get into because it was mostly a lot of conversations introducing a large cast of characters, I had to concentrate to try to keep track. Then the first half in general felt like a lot of setting up and waiting for shit to hit the fan. The second half though takes off and you are taken on a roller coaster of events that comes to a rather abrupt stop at the end. I would have wanted to see a glimpse of their romance some time later in calmer times, especially since they came together so very fast, 4 days is lightning speed and already hard to believe, a small epilogue would have grounded the story for me. I also wanted more closure on the other characters. How do things work out with Daisy and Pepper, Gloom, do the conspirators get their just deserts or weasel out of it.. They are just left in the lurch. This is especially the case for Althea, who we find out pages before the end is a devious conspirator (I'd been having suspicions). And then bam : ending and we have no idea what the fallout is of that. It dulled the impact of that twist.
The ending was quite bloody for Tyler ! I get that he was a monster but I thought that since this is a romance it would happen off-screen, I really wasn't expecting that to be the last note of the book, it was a little jarring for me.
It might seem like I have a lot of quibbles, but really all of this is minor and none of it was big enough to spoil my enjoyment of the book. Overall this was a fun, lively read that definitely kept me entertained. What an interesting partnership. I think after this first effort, with all the kinks ironed out, these two could write great books, so I'm looking forward to reading about Agnes.
Lucy divorced her Australian special forces husband, Connor, 12 years ago. Now she directs dog food commercials in New York while he is a stunt coordinator down south (I think ? USA geography is not my forte). When her sister calls her, offering a directing job with Connor, Lucy wants to turn it down, but her niece sounds so miserable that she decides something is wrong and comes down to Georgia to take charge. And indeed when she arrives, the shoot is disorganised, some ridiculous action sequences with a helicopter have been tacked on to the end, her sister is completely out of it, her niece Pepper is lonely, and no one wants to tell her what's going on.
T.J. Wilder was in the USA special forces too. He is hired out of the blue by a clueless actor to be his stunt consultant and his body double. But when he arrives on set, he is not impressed by the way things are run, although he does take a liking to the director. Soon he is asked to meet up with a handler and told what his mission here really is.
Everyone has an agenda and conflicting goals in this story. We see a lot of helicopters and various guns, some risky stunts, temperamental actors, as well as a one-eyed alligator, lots of Wonder Woman merch, and a very observant little girl.
Lucy is determined and capable, and I liked that she didn't cave and become a pushover when these very dominant macho men tried to assert their authority. She held her own. She did lack that spark of warmth and personality that Crusie at her best manages to give her characters, but she was a decent lead.
Wilder was also a good person, he tries to help and protect these people. I imagine Mayer had more of a hand in writing him and it showed because he wasn't as warm and endearing as Crusie's heroes usually are. She has written some brilliant heroes in the past and I wasn't really seeing it here. Don't get me wrong, he's a decent person and seems to care about Lucy, but he lacked personality and seemed rather one note, I wanted to see more from him.
I am not sure that a 5 year old like Pepper would be quite so observant and able to understand everything around her. She sounded more 6 or 7 to me, but what do I know. Having the kid inexplicably pressure all the adult females in her family to wear Wonder Woman underwear when it is precisely the fantasy of the hero felt more than a little contrived, I wasn't buying that.
The beginning was a little hard to get into because it was mostly a lot of conversations introducing a large cast of characters, I had to concentrate to try to keep track. Then the first half in general felt like a lot of setting up and waiting for shit to hit the fan. The second half though takes off and you are taken on a roller coaster of events that comes to a rather abrupt stop at the end. I would have wanted to see a glimpse of their romance some time later in calmer times, especially since they came together so very fast, 4 days is lightning speed and already hard to believe, a small epilogue would have grounded the story for me. I also wanted more closure on the other characters. How do things work out with Daisy and Pepper, Gloom, do the conspirators get their just deserts or weasel out of it.. They are just left in the lurch. This is especially the case for
It might seem like I have a lot of quibbles, but really all of this is minor and none of it was big enough to spoil my enjoyment of the book. Overall this was a fun, lively read that definitely kept me entertained. What an interesting partnership. I think after this first effort, with all the kinks ironed out, these two could write great books, so I'm looking forward to reading about Agnes.
londonmabel's review
4.0
Really enjoyed the audio. Not perfect, but pretty good voices by both actors.
I thought the romance was well constructed, the likable characters, and funny side characters.
I thought the romance was well constructed, the likable characters, and funny side characters.
sophie_cale's review
3.0
I had fun with this one, but I have to admit that it can be described pithily by a word that is very over-used in its pages: clusterfuck.
There is ALOT going on in this book all the time. It's kinda hard to pay attention to what's happening and suspension of disbelief is very necessary to enjoy this book, much like the Die Hard movies. I just went along for the ride, which was fun once I stopped trying to make sense of it.
Aside from the abundant humour, Crusie's draw for me is her characters. Funnily enough, the character I liked best, next to René the horn-dog Cajun, was the psychotic Tyler. I like villains, especially Crusie's, but this book shortchanged its bad guys. If the craziness of the plot could have been whittled down to dealing with...well, just whittled down, I think this book might have been a little less schizophrenic.
The romance is sweet, if a bit awkward (and rushed - whole thing happens in three days). It is somewhat spoiler-ish, but it must be said that
This is absolute brain candy, maybe not a Ferrero Rocher, but a Twizzler or something along those lines. A Ding Dong, maybe.
Context Free Quote:
“It’s my backup gun. You can have my primary if you want. Anything for you.”
“That’s really sweet, J.T.” Lucy looked at the gun as if it were going to bite her. “Next time, try jewelry.”
-and one more, because I loved René that much-
“She an actress?” LaFavre said.
“No, she’s the Angel of Death,” Wilder said.
“I’ve done one or two of those,” LaFavre said, unfazed. “Got to use the dark swamp voodoo on them.”
mrz_owenz's review
5.0
I have loved (or really liked) just about all of Jennifer Crusie's books. Her collaboration with Bob Mayer has been gold. Bob adds an excitement and male perspective that really enhances the story. Through the characters' back-and-forth exchanges you can almost hear the back-and-forth that probably goes on between Jenny & Bob.
malin12ccf's review
2.0
Lucy Armstrong is regretting letting her sleazeball of an ex-husband talk her into flying to Savannah to finish the last four days of filming some movie he's stunt coordinator on. She wanted to see her sister and five-year-old niece, but so far her sister Daisy seems worn-down and strung-out, and her niece Pepper is manically pretending that nothing is wrong with the grown-ups around her. The movie set is a mess, the previous director died, most of the crew have quit, the stunts Lucy is supposed to film don't seem to fit into the rest of the narrative at all, her ex seems to think this a good time to get back in her good graces, and the star has hired some ex-Green Beret, who no one else wants on set, to be his stuntman.
Captain J.T. Wilder thought being a stunt-man and a military consultant for a clumsy movie star would be easy money, after all, there's only four days of shooting left on set. Instead, he is recruited by the C.I.A to spy on the movie set, as the movie is apparently funded by an ex-I.R.A terrorist, who wants to launder money through it. Bryce, the comedian who wants to turn action star, seems to idolize him and wants to learn as much as he can. The stunt coordinator obviously hates his guts, the female star wants to get in his pants, the director's niece keeps ending up in life-threatening situations, and the director herself, while stressed and bossy, looks rather amazing in a Wonder Woman outfit.
Jennifer Crusie is the author of several best-selling contemporary romance novels. Bob Mayer has written a number of action-adventure, and sci-fi novels under his own and various pen-names. The two met during a writers' conference and became friends. This is the first of their collaborative novels (they've written two more - Agnes and the Hitman and Wild Ride), and it is, very fittingly, a mix between action-adventure and romance. According to an interview with the authors, most of the book was written via e-mail, where Crusie wrote Lucy Armstrong's scenes, and Mayer wrote J.T. Wilder's, then they cleaned up the manuscript together. Crusie also imagined Lucy Lawless as a model for Lucy Armstrong (which I did not know when I read the book, but which fits wonderfully, especially with all the Wonder Woman comparisons), while Mayer saw Wilder pretty much like Kurt Russell from Soldier.
The book starts very abruptly, and I would possibly have liked to spend a bit more time getting to know J.T. I definitely would have liked to know what his actual name was. The book is a lot more action-packed than Crusie's contemporary romances, and this is not a problem. My niggles with the book is more with the lack of characterization with some of the characters, as mentioned, the hero himself is fairly loosely sketched out. The pair's second collaboration, Agnes and the Hitman was both funnier and more satisfying, so I will be giving Wild Ride a chance. No writer (and certainly no two writers) write perfect books every time.
Captain J.T. Wilder thought being a stunt-man and a military consultant for a clumsy movie star would be easy money, after all, there's only four days of shooting left on set. Instead, he is recruited by the C.I.A to spy on the movie set, as the movie is apparently funded by an ex-I.R.A terrorist, who wants to launder money through it. Bryce, the comedian who wants to turn action star, seems to idolize him and wants to learn as much as he can. The stunt coordinator obviously hates his guts, the female star wants to get in his pants, the director's niece keeps ending up in life-threatening situations, and the director herself, while stressed and bossy, looks rather amazing in a Wonder Woman outfit.
Jennifer Crusie is the author of several best-selling contemporary romance novels. Bob Mayer has written a number of action-adventure, and sci-fi novels under his own and various pen-names. The two met during a writers' conference and became friends. This is the first of their collaborative novels (they've written two more - Agnes and the Hitman and Wild Ride), and it is, very fittingly, a mix between action-adventure and romance. According to an interview with the authors, most of the book was written via e-mail, where Crusie wrote Lucy Armstrong's scenes, and Mayer wrote J.T. Wilder's, then they cleaned up the manuscript together. Crusie also imagined Lucy Lawless as a model for Lucy Armstrong (which I did not know when I read the book, but which fits wonderfully, especially with all the Wonder Woman comparisons), while Mayer saw Wilder pretty much like Kurt Russell from Soldier.
The book starts very abruptly, and I would possibly have liked to spend a bit more time getting to know J.T. I definitely would have liked to know what his actual name was. The book is a lot more action-packed than Crusie's contemporary romances, and this is not a problem. My niggles with the book is more with the lack of characterization with some of the characters, as mentioned, the hero himself is fairly loosely sketched out. The pair's second collaboration, Agnes and the Hitman was both funnier and more satisfying, so I will be giving Wild Ride a chance. No writer (and certainly no two writers) write perfect books every time.
sevenebulas's review
2.0
This book was sort of laborious. For an action/adventure novel, it didn't have much action/adventure for a lot of the book. I think this is the first time these two authors tried to write a book together. I have read a later combined effort and enjoyed it, so I think they are improving.
jamiereadthis's review
3.0
This falls short of the bar set by Agnes, but who’s complaining? Not me. There’s a ton going on, and not all of it works, but I’ve had a stressful few weeks and this made for a good escape hatch. And having spent lots of time now with a five-year-old niece, I just have to say, ‘P.L.’-aka-Pepper is about as accurate as fictional five-year-olds get.
“We’re not any brighter than you guys, when you get right down to it. Sex makes us all stupid. Love’s even worse.”