Review: Good trashy fun!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
How can you not love a book with a title like this? I downloaded the book when it was offered free, and it sat on my Kindle for a bit, but when I finally began to read it, I finished it in two days!The author seems to have a really good handle on the ways of a small town in bayou country and how everyone knows everyone else's business. There really are no secrets.A few things struck me odd. Jane is described as twenty-four years old, but she seemed a lot more mature than that.  And why was Merlin, a decorated war hero, intimidated by a gay florist? And though Nadia was a delightfully hateful "bad guy", why make an issue of her sexuality?That said, I loved Merlin and Jane. Their romance was funny, sweet and touching. Jane's problems at work were compelling, too. I laughed at the extremes poor Jane was forced to take in trying to recycle. And chasing  the garbage men, begging them to take her garbage! Merlin and Jane often butted heads and the way he liked to get her dander up. But she had no problem standing up to him. His troubles with PTSD and survivor's guilt were heart wrenching.