Helpful Score: 8
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters are a little far fetched, but it is easy to care for them and what happens to them. From the opening sequence when we meet the football player and the Beav- well, it just gets better and better. Dialogue is snappy and fresh and the characters are delightful. If you want a great read, this is it. I read it on the beach and had some people looking strangely at me as I laughed out loud.
I am noticing that I either love an SEP book, or am a little annoyed. This book, had me a little annoyed. I felt the h/h had almost ZERO chemistry, the things that each of them did would never happen in real life and it left me wanting to hurry up and finish the dang audio book and start another one. Even Kate Fleming/Anna Fields, the fabulous reader she is, couldn't make this one any better. In fact, if I would have read it, it may have ventured in the 2's. I felt Dean deserved a much better story and this was mediocre. It seems SEP has this formula to write a story, separation, some universal complication, a secondary romance, heroine quirky. Is it just me? I don't know. With her hits like Ain't She Sweet and Match Me If You Can, I can't shelf her. But some of her books, like this one, I'd like to.
Julie P. (cindersatin) reviewed Natural Born Charmer (Chicago Stars, Bk 7) on + 265 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I have gotten to where I do not write reviews very often- but this book was so much fun to read that I had to let people know. Just a really great read...enjoy!
Helpful Score: 4
It was cute and humorous, but I thought the ending was a bit anti-climactic. Not the best SEP book I've read, definitely!
Helpful Score: 3
You will love how this book starts out, and the heroine is a hoot. Another winner from Susan Elizabeth Phillips!