Review: Stephanie Plum who?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
Hilarious! Summer Rains is better than Stephanie Plum! Love her! Love Detective Ronin! Like Will. Funniest book I've read this year! Love it!It starts with Summer being in a music video. She's just trying to earn money and find something she enjoys doing. Unfortunately for her, the singer sees her, wants her, stalks her via his manager, and is not a nice guy. To end the harassment she decides to meet the pop star. Oops. When the singer is murdered, she tries to discover who killed him before going to jail. LOLSummer is gorgeous, honest to a fault, smart, too trusting, funny, outgoing, young, very refreshing, and simply adorable. She's very easy to root for and laugh with. :) I love her. It's interesting to have a character that's in her early twenties, trying to find her place, and learning as she goes. Summer comes from a very unique background which is funny and intriguing in itself. No abuse, though. :) She's just young. :) I've invested in watching her grow, wondering what decisions she'll make and mistakes she'll overcome. Also, Summer Rains! How adorable is a name like that? So cute! It fits her perfectly!Her childhood friend, Will, is an enigma. I never could figure him out. Is Will in love with Summer? Or his ex sometimes girlfriend Audrey? Does he and Audrey have a strong relationship or does he wish she'd leave him alone? Just when I thought I understood, Will would do or say something stupid to confuse me. Poor Summer! He was her childhood crush! Now he's acting like he doesn't know what he wants! He is a long time friend, though, so bravo to Summer for tolerating his behavior. It'll be fascinating to see how their relationship turns out.Personally, I love Detecitve Ronin. He's in charge of finding who murdered the superstar. He also has to endure Summer's constant nagging as Summer tries to investigate on her own. Their chemistry is HOT! I love their interactions! Very funny and, yes, hot!The female characters surrounding Summer are typical actress/model wannabes and hilarious! Some of Summer's jobs are downright LOL, tears falling funny.No Experience Required is a very fast paced, quick, light, beach book of the summer.  Well worth the money and two-three hours it takes to read it!