Review: Hmmmm...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2013
It's hard to believe that this was written by someone with extensive experience producing documents for public consumption. The lead characters are sufficiently developed as quirky eccentrics, and the author adds a few twists to a careworn plot (stagnant wife of doctor for whom she delayed her education "finds herself" after catching him en flagrante with his receptionist on an exam room table). The scorned wife even acquires a job and burgeoning love interest with the gadget seller from whom she bought spy equipment after friends alerted her to hubbie's roving eye. I just find it hard to praise an author whose biography touts her successes as a screenwriter and novelist when this work shows such disregard for the craft of writing. The book has glaring spelling errors throughout (not the autocorrect type but the kind produced by making it up - such as "douce" instead of "douse"). Words are also left out of sentences, as if the author was using cut and paste without rereading to make sure the text made sense. Beyond the technical, it's also odd that no effort is made to explore the husband's character or the dynamics of their marriage. Perhaps the series will improve, but only if the author starts to take her work seriously. This book left me with the impression that it was a first or second draft rushed to publication far too soon.