Review: A Good Read that delivers the Laughs
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
Marika Christian's Emily is a generally sweet, self-deprecating, but spunky young woman who gets embroiled in solving the murder of one if her phone sex clients.  The author kept the plot simple and uncluttered, the characterizations were reasonably well developed and the action was fairly well written. So why only three stars?I found my self getting really annoyed with Emily's near constant referrals to her weight and general appearance.  She'd recently lost weight and still has a few pounds to go, but it seemed like the "chubby girl" was the ruler all of her actions and attitudes related to her personal relationships.  I found her constant self-examination a bit tiresome and distracting.  In one moment she was a plucky dame using her wiles to track down a murderer and in the next she was the fat girl worrying about her granny panties and spilling something on herself.  Perhaps that was the author's intent, but I found it excessive.  But for that it would have rated a solid four stars with me.