What do You think about Full House (2002)?
I can't believe this is a Janet Evanovich book... what happened??This is one one stupid book, the timeframe for the whole book is 2 weeks during which Nick and Billie (awful name!) meet and fall in love.If Billie was Deedie, that would be ok but she was presented to me as a sensible, almost boring, divorced mom of two. But then she met Nick and 5 days later they had sex and got engaged in one of the weirdest scenes I've read... and then it all went to hell.Nick was a jerk who kept repeating he lusted after Billie and if he had to marry her to keep her, so be it!, he'll sacrifice... and that's exactly how he said it.Now, I would have expected Billie to be super skittish about marriage, but noooooo... she got engaged after less than a week to a super handsome and loaded man and then she kept saying things like "I've never seen him this angry" or "I didn't recognize this side of him, the business man in a suit"... well, of course she didn't!!, she didn't know him, period!And if I were a mom, I would've dumped his ass after the scene where he came up to Billie's house and yelled at Max, he was a kid!, what's he gonna do when Billie's kids screw up?, is she gonna let him treat them like that?
—Lili
I've actually read book 5 & 6 in this series but that was years ago when I worked a night job & I don't think that I even read them in order as they were random thrift store finds that were a 25 cent way to pass 8 hours in a locked building. When I grabbed this book out of a free bin, I didn't even realize that it was book 1 of that series and after starting it, I didn't even recognize Max's name from the other books.I'm not a die hard Evanovich fan. I've never read anything of hers that wasn't given to me, free or a 25 cent paperback. Checking my GR shows me that I have read more of her novels than thought but that goes to show you how forgettable they are after I finish them and I doubt that "Full House" will be any different.I see everyone complaining about Evanovich teaming up with Hughes but I can't really spot the difference in this novel and the Stephanie Plum book that I zipped through in 2014. This books are filler-fluff for me, things I read to pass the time but not worth keeping or revisiting. They all smack of wacky, over-the-top characters set in crazy situations and are as far from realistic fiction as you can get with out adding dragons and trolls to the mix.Evanovich (& Hughes) are pretty decent writers or I wouldn't even bother reading a free book by them. And I'm sure that I'll read another by them, together and separate in the future. Just don't ask me to recall the plot line in a few months after finishing it.
—Ashley
This is total fluff from start to finish. Yes, it's completely and utterly predictable - 38 year old single mother meets gorgeous millionaire and they fall for each other instantly - and yes, it's utterly implausible. I mean, falling in love and getting married within two weeks of meeting? That's crazy talk. But sometimes? Sometimes you need utterly implausible fluff that doesn't require any brain power to read, especially when it's filled with a hilarious cast of characters and an over-abundance of horses, cats, and dogs (in case you're worried, nothing bad happens to any of them, unless you count Buffy the dog puking up a fake eyelash). The crime side of things is pretty rushed and comes with a side of domestic violence-y slut shaming that I could easily have done without. But I really like the vast majority of the characters, which kind of makes up for that. Or something. Basically, this book is essentially the equivalent of an ice cream sundae. You know it's bad for you and that you'll probably get an ice cream headache as a result of eating it, but while you're eating it, it's pretty much everything you want.
—Kirsti (Melbourne on my mind)
