Review: Breezy, Boring
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2012
I abandon few books.  Halfway through the second book in this set, I'm about to do so.  Maddie is a heroine only her mother can possibly love. I don't know what Ramirez sees in her. She is ditzy, self-involved, and never gains a real ounce despite her daily over-eating fast-food binges.  A REAL woman would put on pounds by the end of one of these stories!  She interferes in police business, stays loyal to people who don't deserve her loyalty, has an inflated sense of her importance to solving the 'crimes' and drives me nuts. There's no real depth to her character that I can discern.  Granted, these books are supposed to be goofy, but the focus on shoes, make-up, clothes, and food is ridiculous.  I hadn't made the connection to the Stephanie Plum books, but there is a slight resemblance, and not a well-done one.  As other reviewers have pointed out, Maddie doesn't learn from her mistakes.  I have.  I won't be finishing this boxed set, or buying anymore High Heels mysteries.