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Summary: "She Lived With Her Mother ..."
Review: Meet Tilda Goodnight, Columbus, Ohio's famous painter. Except that it is her forgeries that are famous. Tilda's been working like mad to keep her life afloat, along with the gallery that her family is running. The Goodnights have an even longer family history as forgers, but, after her brief stint in that wing of the business, Tilda would much rather go the legitimate route.Even if she's not exactly living with the torments of Christ, Tilda is living with her mother, her sister, and a few other off-kilter sorts. A mix-up threatens to expose her past, and when she mixes it up with con-man Davey Dempsey, well, you get more mix-ups. Crusie plays this out like a classic farce. Juggling an insane amount of oddball characters (and a dog with a romance-hero name), author Crusie manages to hold it all together, only letting the whole thing slip a few times. Still, the confusion is worth it as Crusie continues her crusade to subvert the romance genre from within. Her target this time: the fabulous sex that protagonists often within minutes after they first set eyes on each other. Davey and Tilda are both wary individuals well-practiced in arts of deception. "Faking It" maybe be the obvious meta-metaphor for the emotional problems of the characters in this book, but if Crusie hits you over the head with an idea, at least she uses a pillow instead of Jayne Anne Krentz' aluminum baseball bat. Crusie makes this all work with little dreams of donuts, muffins, drinks with little umbrellas, Aruba, and Poor Babies. These little bits give the sprawling cast enough to flesh out the farce. The only thing missing is German Village, an apparently interesting community that is, here, reduced to just another urban neighborhood.
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Summary: 3 1/2 stars
Review: Theres gotta be something wrong when you find yourself more interested in secondary characters than in the main characters. Such was the case with this book, I often found myself more interested in Gwen's life than Tilda's. Also, I realized that I liked Clea more than I actually like Tilda or Matilda Veronica/Scarlet. I've read some of the reviews that said that there were too many characters in this book that were out of place but I think that those characters kind of saved the book from a downfall. Yet, indeed there were so many things going on that sometimes I lost track of Davy and Tilda. Not that Tilda is not hard to forget because she has to be one of the blandest females Crusie has ever written about. All in all this book did not make a 4 in my list because it fell short on the love story and there were just some things hard to follow like Nadine's mom Eve/ Louise. I did not find that funny at all and I actually felt sorry for her.
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Summary: Drove an extra 20 minutes
Review: I recently drove acress the country and spludged on the unabridged version of this book on tape. I have loved Crusie for a while but Welcome to Temptation was always my favorite. Faking It far surpassed my expectations as hilarious and well developed. Crusie really knows how to make you not want a book to end. Far better than your avaergae romance and more realistic by the end you feel as if you've made a ton of new friends. I drove 20 minutes out of my way just to hear the end!
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Summary: perfect
Review: This book is perfect. If you've ever wondered about your life, if you've ever wanted true love, if you've ever done something and had to hide it - this book is great for you. Jennifer Crusie weaves a very romantic yet realistic tale about two families that are just trying to live their lives. One is a family of art forgers, the other a family of confidence men. There's sex, romance, love, family relationships and the Dempsey women from Welcome to Temptation. I expected a sequel to Welcome to Temptation and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it isn't. It's a wonderful story all on its own. Read it.
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Summary: For a fun, light read...
Review: ...look to Jennifer Cruise. Hers is a voice that sparks up the reader's interest in an instant. Her dialogue is crisp, funny and insightful. I loved Fast Women and I love this one! The fine mess the protagonist gets herself into when she decides to assume the identity of a famous artist's daughter in order to maintain her family's art gallery is one of suspense, romance and thrill rides. I shall continue to look to this author for a fine reading experience. Ms. Cruise, I applaud this marvelous effort...
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Summary: Silly
Review: Ms. Crusie is known for her wit and quirky characters, but she carried it too far in this book. Instead, it comes across as irritating and confusing to the reader. Too many characters, too many plot lines, and not enough thought given to the story. I hope she goes back to her earlier style, and sees that given in small doses, quirky characters are a joy to read.
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Summary: Wonderfully Diverting!
Review: This is a thoroughly enjoyable book. The author writes brilliant and witty dialogue, the characters are highly amusing, and the plot is mildly intriguing. Admittedly, sometimes the plot and the motivations are a little thin, but the interaction between the characters (and what interesting characters they are!) more than makes up for this. I like very much that these people are different; having known quite a few artists in my life, I find the quirkiness of the characters to be very true to life. These people are not plain vanilla, and that's what makes them so much fun. The absolute best thing about this book is the witty repartee. Crusie really knows how to write humor, and in more than a few places, I laughed out loud. I especially liked her take on how to con people in five easy steps, but that is just one of many hilarious passages. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Crusie's best so far!!
Review: I like Jennifer Crusie because she has a unique writing style, writes the cleverest witty banter of any romance novels I've ever read, creates unique characters that go beyond romance novel stereotypes, and creates realistic relationships that still manage to be romantic. She's never been better doing all of this than she is in Faking It. Prior to this, my favorite novel of hers was Crazy for You. REading the reviews for FAking It, I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. The banter between character was so hilarious I was laughing out loud on nearly every other page. She is funny, but not silly. I can't stand when an author tries to make a romance novel funny with stupid, slapstick humor that usually involves making the virgin heroine look silly. There's not a trace of that in Crusie's novel; it's just keen, clear wit all the way. I love bad boys and Davy (the hero) is a bad boy with a heart. He's a reformed con who still gets a thrill from the excitement of the con. He's clever and shrewd but, ultimately, a good guy at heart. The fact that he is so clever and shrewd makes his confession of love to Tilda all the more heartfelt. I really fell in love with this hero and found myself envying Tilda! The other characters are great and as quirky as regular readers of Jennifer Crusie have come to expect. She truly is a master at creating these eccentric, memorable characters. Another Crusie trademark manifests itself in the initially decidedly non-romance-novel-type sex between the two protagonists. I love this about Crusie because she makes you believe that the characters must really be interested in each other beyond bed partners since on the first try there's usually something that doesn't go quite right. In this novel, the title says it all and it really fits with the heroine's life and personality. Nevertheless, Davy and Tilda finally do get it right and when they do . . . well let's just say there's nothing fake about it (boy, I really envied Tilda at that point!). I found myself wanting to reread this novel as soon as I finished it--it was that good! I didn't want to leave the characters, almost like I would miss them. I'm definitely a harsh romance novel critic. I've read hundreds and read them regularly. I can no longer stand the standard bodice-ripping, glowering, too-perfect hero. Thank goodness Crusie always gives us something more interesting! Get this one. It's worth buying and keeping!
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Summary: A really great story!
Review: This is a really good read, fast and entertaining through and through! I also recommend "A Lost Innocence," by: Rod L. Griffin
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Summary: Certainly No Temptation
Review: As a HUGE lover of "Welcome To Temptation" I was thrilled to see that "Faking It," Jennifer Crusie's latest offering was going to pick up right where "Temptation" left off. WRONG! It was NO whereas smart, funny, charming, SEXY and wonderful. I was really let down. It was full of characters I couldn't have cared less about (except Davey, who I always thought was charming in Temptation and his young niece Dilly (again from Temptation) and the entire plot was confusing and boring. I really wanted to give up on the whole thing --- but thought I needed to give Crusie the benefit of the doubt. Sadly, it never got better and never got sexier. The characters from "Temptation" meant a lot more to me and I think I was hoping for more from them, and an expanded story from the first offering. I was bummed and let down.
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