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tessisreading2's review against another edition
3.0
Fun, light contemporary romance, although you're getting exactly what you're getting - despite the heroine's professed concerns about the ethics of her mother's psychic business, she has no compunctions about taking over for her to keep her in business while she's in the hospital. How convenient that she doesn't actually exploit/lie to anyone while she's doing it, right? I get it, that's not what this novel wants to deal with, but it's a little shady.
inmyhumbleopinion's review against another edition
4.0
Tawna Fenske is a new to me author. I won this book in a sweepstakes and I am glad I did.
As a Mother who often embarrassed her offspring I can entirely relate to this story. Violet reacted to being raised by her mother (aka Moonbeam the psychic) by leaving Portland, OR and moving to Portland, ME and becoming an accountant. More than anything she wants to be normal. When Moonbeam has an accident Violet has to come home and help out. While taking care of Mom’s business she encounters Drew the owner of the bar next door that features male exotic dancers.
If you like Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery you should enjoy this offering by Tawna Fenske
As a Mother who often embarrassed her offspring I can entirely relate to this story. Violet reacted to being raised by her mother (aka Moonbeam the psychic) by leaving Portland, OR and moving to Portland, ME and becoming an accountant. More than anything she wants to be normal. When Moonbeam has an accident Violet has to come home and help out. While taking care of Mom’s business she encounters Drew the owner of the bar next door that features male exotic dancers.
If you like Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery you should enjoy this offering by Tawna Fenske
scoutmomskf's review against another edition
5.0
What a fun book. Violet came home to Portland to help her mom who has ended up in the hospital. Mom is a somewhat flaky psychic who provided Violet with an unconventional childhood. Violet countered that upbringing by becoming a straitlaced accountant and moving across the country. All she wants is a normal life with a normal husband, etc. Now, mom has more or less blackmailed Violet into running the psychic business until mom can get back to it. Violet doesn't even believe in psychics, so she has no idea how she's going to do it. Drew is the owner of the bar next door who has been involved in a low level running feud with Violet's mom. She doesn't approve of his business and lifestyle and he thinks she's a flaky con artist. When Violet and Drew meet, there's an attraction, but as neither is anything like what they want they try to just ignore it. Violet is afraid of ruining her mom's business, so she tries to figure out what people are looking for by talking to them. Strangely enough, she finds that music playing from next door seems to answer her needs with each reading she does. She starts to wonder if maybe there's something to the psychic business after all. I love the way that the interactions between Drew and Violet go. They have some great conversations, frequently full of innuendo, nearly always dealing with their rivalry. I loved the zany characters - mom's friends, Drew's coworkers, Violet's clients all have their moments of hilarity. There is a great scene with Violet, Drew, the doctor she's dating and one of mom's friends that is hilarious. There are some great almost sex scenes where something always happens to stop Drew and Violet from going all the way. I loved the way everything came together at the end.
jscarpa14's review against another edition
3.0
Freaking Hilarious
Okay the likelihood of any of this is fairly low, but sometimes that really doesn't matter because you're laughing so hard that you can't help but enjoy a ridiculous story for what it is.
Okay the likelihood of any of this is fairly low, but sometimes that really doesn't matter because you're laughing so hard that you can't help but enjoy a ridiculous story for what it is.
mcipher's review against another edition
4.0
So. Much. Fun. Exactly what I needed! Light-hearted, full of bad puns and quirky characters and weird scenarios, and totally sweet.
mcipher's review
4.0
So. Much. Fun. Exactly what I needed! Light-hearted, full of bad puns and quirky characters and weird scenarios, and totally sweet.
jayvall's review
3.0
Cute, just like Fenske's last book. It took a while to get into the quirks of the book, as Fenkse creates some marginally unbelievable characters, and the dialogue was a little cheesy in the beginning, but as the book progressed, I got more into it.
I will say that I found the romance a little unconvincing, given that Violet and Drew didn't have their omg ilu moment until 10 pages before the book ended. Obviously the reader knew they were in love, but they both fought it right up until the very last minute, which doesn't really make for a satisfying love story. That said, Fenske is one of the few writers out there writing funny romantic comedy contemporaries, so I'll continue reading her.
I will say that I found the romance a little unconvincing, given that
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