Review: Not what I expected
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
I love off-beat and quirky humor so this story was right up my alley. Not to mention that Caesar is hilarious and he really knows how to get himself caught in a situation. The supporting characters are all very strong and written extremely well. The whole story sort of reminded me of Fawlty Towers, the British television show, in it's characters, dialogue and strange happenings.Caesar Romano is a lowly art gallery assistant who gets paid peanuts while basically running the entire show for his boss, Peter. His best friend is Poppy, a wealthy debutante who turned her back on society life to be a caterer. His ex is Shep, Poppy's brother and an actor, that is completely in the closet. Seeing the likeness to a comedy on television, now? The morning after a debacle of a gallery showing filled with drunken, half-naked people and a determined detective, Caesar comes to work to discover his ex naked and passed out in the upstairs bathroom and the bust of Justin Timberlake missing. Caesar wasn't the last person to leave the gallery the night before, but with his boss gone out of state, the entire disaster lands in his lap to investigate.Dan Albright is a former police detective turned private investigator who has been hired to follow Caesar on suspicion of blackmail. He's also cocky, arrogant and has a few secrets of his own. Someone stole a painting of clowns from his client, but once he and Caesar start talking, they discover quite a few people are all being blackmailed and it's up to them to figure out who the culprit is. Of course, it doesn't hurt for Caesar that Dan is smoking hot in that macho, manly man way.I absolutely loved this romance filled with humor, eccentric characters and a very interesting plot. If you like quirky, then this is the story for you. It is filled with half-naked people, a couple of homeless guys in an alley, a scary room filled with clowns, a slightly kooky grandmother, family members that may or may not be mob affiliated, an oompa-loompa, a large Italian family, and two sexy men. What more could you ask for?