Review: Ain't Nuthin' Like The Real Thang
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
I knew there would be a problem when I saw this book was co-authored. People read Ms. Monroe for a reason. I even read the reviews before purchasing it ... good and bad. Still, I decided to give it a chance. It didn't take long to see what might be the problem. So, here's my opinion on what may have happened here ...This is either a re-write or something Ms. Monroe wrote a long time ago, and Ms. Cachitorie decided to embellish it with Ms. Monroe's permission. There is a famous mystery writer who co-authors books with people who are not as well known. Sometimes these stories are so bad they appear to have been edited by the more famous-named author, but the lesser-known author did most of the writing. Publishers have been known to do this in order to help the lesser-known author get his/her name out there and read. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I don't know for sure if this is what has happened here, but I suspect it has.Even the editing errors are unlike those you can expect from Ms. Monroe. Ms. Cachitorie may need some help, but this was not the way to get it. In her more latest works, Ms. Monroe would never leave the spaces in time left in this story. Four years with little fill-in? Come on! Why? She doesn't have to anymore. She has learned to fill in the spaces with a more interesting storyline that has better detail than what we see here. This attempt has been a real disappointment to read.Ms. Cachitorie needs to keep trying until she finds her own style and value. Ms. Monroe needs to keep doing what she does best.NEWS FLASH!!! Readers of romantic fiction are not airheads. We know what we like and why. My advice to the writers and publishers of this mess? Please don't insult us like this again.