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iceangel32's review against another edition
4.0
Loved it....Molly you can write a good book. I could not put this book down. It was a great chick lit book, something easy to read and dragged me in and did not let go.
marieintheraw's review against another edition
3.0
This is my first standalone Molly Harper. This was also Molly Harper's first standalone and first contemporary. A bit of each show, but it's different from her other works and a delight to read.
dajoyofit's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic and Fun!
The Beginning left me impassioned; the Ending left me wishing for just a little bit more.
I enjoyed the author’s book “How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf” so much that when I saw this book at my local bookstore, I picked it up and started reading. Two chapters later I bought the book and kept reading and reading and reading. I finished it in 9 hours. It’s snappy, funny, and reads fast without feeling like a mad dash to the finish line.
Lacey, the main character is real and she’s funny, which she doesn’t necessarily mean to be. Within the first two chapters, I was ready to rally together a mob to go and burn down Mike’s (her scum bag of a husband’s) office, house, and his mistress’s home as well. This is a credit to Ms Harper for writing a character that is so believable.
When it comes to cute-meets, which I’d clump this story as (though the romance is just a subplot), I like my endings to be wrapped up in a neat and clean bow. Ms Harper definitely gives us a bow, but it’s not so neatly tied and it left me wanting…more…more…closure. I’m sorry, I like my bows neatly tied.
The cast of supporting characters were amazing. Mike’s mother was “crazy” and Lacey’s brother “Emmett” though there were times he came across a little cliché, was enjoyable and a nice balance to Lacey’s character.
The Beginning left me impassioned; the Ending left me wishing for just a little bit more.
I enjoyed the author’s book “How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf” so much that when I saw this book at my local bookstore, I picked it up and started reading. Two chapters later I bought the book and kept reading and reading and reading. I finished it in 9 hours. It’s snappy, funny, and reads fast without feeling like a mad dash to the finish line.
Lacey, the main character is real and she’s funny, which she doesn’t necessarily mean to be. Within the first two chapters, I was ready to rally together a mob to go and burn down Mike’s (her scum bag of a husband’s) office, house, and his mistress’s home as well. This is a credit to Ms Harper for writing a character that is so believable.
When it comes to cute-meets, which I’d clump this story as (though the romance is just a subplot), I like my endings to be wrapped up in a neat and clean bow. Ms Harper definitely gives us a bow, but it’s not so neatly tied and it left me wanting…more…more…closure. I’m sorry, I like my bows neatly tied.
The cast of supporting characters were amazing. Mike’s mother was “crazy” and Lacey’s brother “Emmett” though there were times he came across a little cliché, was enjoyable and a nice balance to Lacey’s character.
trudyd's review
4.0
Listened to this over the weekend on a drive through California. So many great laughs. Made the drive bearable.
kk7's review against another edition
4.0
It was funny and I enjoyed it for the most part. For some reason, the ending was just lackluster for me.
rachelellyn's review against another edition
5.0
Love! Love! Love! Molly Harper writes the best damn dialogue, and characters, and humor, and...
Just read it and enjoy!
Just read it and enjoy!
pilotwaifu's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
amym84's review against another edition
5.0
This is the first book by Molly Harper that I've read. I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a nice, light, fun read. I thought that it could've been longer. There were some characters that I didn't feel got enough time for us to learn more about them, like Lacey's parents. For me, they didn't really come off as sympathetic towards what happened to Lacey. Her father seemed like she was more of a burden than his daughter who needed her family to help her through this rough time in her life. I feel that there was a reason he acted this way, but we didn't really get a chance to find out why. Lacey does talk about the little things her dad does that speaks to how much he loves her mother, so we can presume he's a good guy, but why treat Lacey like she's an inconvenience when she has to stay with them for a little while after she's left her husband?
I thought that passage of time in the book was very fast too. I mean we start out in June I believe and by the end it seems like we should be entering November. It seemed like weeks had passed from one page to the next without any indication until a character brings up the cold weather, a holiday, or something along those lines. I can't really tell if this is a good thing, a bad thing, or if it really makes no difference, but I remember feeling like "if we are so far away from when the events initially happened, then why do the characters still feel like they are in the same place?"
I did like Lacey as a character. Sometimes it's difficult to like characters who have gone through a dramatic event because they almost become defined by that event, and usually it will shape what they say and do as a character. For example, Lacey, in becoming divorced, could have become bitter, angry, and revengful towards Mike which would have been fine for a little while, but would have gotten old pretty quickly in a book. And while Lacey was hurting and did have her moments of being angry and wanting revenge against Mike, Molly Harper wrote the character with so much snark and wit that those moments never once dragged the book down into desolation. It was nice to see a comedic exchange instead of pure anger and sadness and past events. Even though Lacey did take a little bit to move on, I wasn't bothered by it. I think that the right amount of time was spent (both in page length and in the fictional world) getting Lacey to the point where she was ready to move on.
Monroe's character was a good opposition to Lacey. A good character to wake Lacey up from her comfortable resting period for the past eight years and remind her that there is more out there for her in the world. Just because her marriage is over, doesn't mean her life is over. While we did learn a lot about him throughout the story, I still felt there was more I wanted to learn. I think that we learned all that Lacey learned and where we leave off is what they will come to know of each other as their relationship grows. I thought that their friendship started out a little awkward. I think it was never either of their intentions to be just friends yet they were both scared to start something serious so they began with friendship and let it propell them into a couple which is why it was so awkward to begin with because they never had just friendship feelings. They were interested in each other from the beginning.
Overall I thought this book was a good read. By the end I felt hopeful for our characters and the possibiliies ahead of them. I would read it again, and I do intend to read other books by Molly Harper. From everything I've heard, humor and lightness is a common factor in her stories and I think it's better than brooding.
I thought that passage of time in the book was very fast too. I mean we start out in June I believe and by the end it seems like we should be entering November. It seemed like weeks had passed from one page to the next without any indication until a character brings up the cold weather, a holiday, or something along those lines. I can't really tell if this is a good thing, a bad thing, or if it really makes no difference, but I remember feeling like "if we are so far away from when the events initially happened, then why do the characters still feel like they are in the same place?"
I did like Lacey as a character. Sometimes it's difficult to like characters who have gone through a dramatic event because they almost become defined by that event, and usually it will shape what they say and do as a character. For example, Lacey, in becoming divorced, could have become bitter, angry, and revengful towards Mike which would have been fine for a little while, but would have gotten old pretty quickly in a book. And while Lacey was hurting and did have her moments of being angry and wanting revenge against Mike, Molly Harper wrote the character with so much snark and wit that those moments never once dragged the book down into desolation. It was nice to see a comedic exchange instead of pure anger and sadness and past events. Even though Lacey did take a little bit to move on, I wasn't bothered by it. I think that the right amount of time was spent (both in page length and in the fictional world) getting Lacey to the point where she was ready to move on.
Monroe's character was a good opposition to Lacey. A good character to wake Lacey up from her comfortable resting period for the past eight years and remind her that there is more out there for her in the world. Just because her marriage is over, doesn't mean her life is over. While we did learn a lot about him throughout the story, I still felt there was more I wanted to learn. I think that we learned all that Lacey learned and where we leave off is what they will come to know of each other as their relationship grows. I thought that their friendship started out a little awkward. I think it was never either of their intentions to be just friends yet they were both scared to start something serious so they began with friendship and let it propell them into a couple which is why it was so awkward to begin with because they never had just friendship feelings. They were interested in each other from the beginning.
Overall I thought this book was a good read. By the end I felt hopeful for our characters and the possibiliies ahead of them. I would read it again, and I do intend to read other books by Molly Harper. From everything I've heard, humor and lightness is a common factor in her stories and I think it's better than brooding.
beastreader's review against another edition
4.0
Lacey Terwilliger probably never would have known her husband was having an affair with his receptionist, if it hadn’t been for Cherry Glick delivering Lacey a bouquet of flowers with a signed card that says “To my Bumblebee, Happy Anniversary, with all my love, The Stinger. Lacey decided the best way to get even was to send a slanderous email to every one in Lacey’s email address book about her cheating husband, Mike. Unfortunately for Lacey, she forgot to remove Mike’s parents, Lacey’s parents and her pastor from the email before she sent it. Now everyone is putting in their two cents. Lacey needs to get away from it all for a while. She heads to her family’s cabin. Lacey quickly realizes that she is not alone.
Monroe is renting the next door cabin. Monroe never expected his first meeting with Lacey to be a disaster. Soon, Monroe and Lacey become fast friends and maybe a little more then friends. Will Lacey give love a second chance?
And One Last Thing…by Molly Harper is a fun, light-hearted, summer, chick-lit novel. Molly Harper is the author of the Nice Girls Don’t series. And One Last Thing is Mrs. Harper’s first book that is not part of her Nice Girls Don’t series. I truly enjoyed this book. Right from the get go, I was laughing. Lacey won my heart with her take no prisoners’ attitude. If I has been as scorned as she was, I might have done the same thing. Lacey and Morgan’s on again, off again friendship/relationship was very entertaining, especially Lacey and Morgan’s first meet and greet. Morgan got more then an eye full of Lacey, he even copped a feel. Some other people I found funny were Lacey’s brother, Emmett and his friends. They told Lacey how it was and held nothing back. If you like Molly Harper, then you are going to love her new look with And One Last Thing. There is one last thing…make sure you pick up a copy of this book today.
Monroe is renting the next door cabin. Monroe never expected his first meeting with Lacey to be a disaster. Soon, Monroe and Lacey become fast friends and maybe a little more then friends. Will Lacey give love a second chance?
And One Last Thing…by Molly Harper is a fun, light-hearted, summer, chick-lit novel. Molly Harper is the author of the Nice Girls Don’t series. And One Last Thing is Mrs. Harper’s first book that is not part of her Nice Girls Don’t series. I truly enjoyed this book. Right from the get go, I was laughing. Lacey won my heart with her take no prisoners’ attitude. If I has been as scorned as she was, I might have done the same thing. Lacey and Morgan’s on again, off again friendship/relationship was very entertaining, especially Lacey and Morgan’s first meet and greet. Morgan got more then an eye full of Lacey, he even copped a feel. Some other people I found funny were Lacey’s brother, Emmett and his friends. They told Lacey how it was and held nothing back. If you like Molly Harper, then you are going to love her new look with And One Last Thing. There is one last thing…make sure you pick up a copy of this book today.