Review: Random Acts of Hilarity!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
If you are not a Julia Kent fan, you are really missing out! In this, follow up novel her sense of humor and wit are laugh out loud, tears down your cheeks funny!Her characters are wonderfully written and developed. Some of the characters from her previous work make guest appearances, giving readers and fans a welcome update on them. She captures the spirit of a generation, mid-twenty year olds, post college and waiting for what life brings next.Sam is a very intriguing and interesting character. The drummer from ‘Random Acts of Crazy’ is all about the beat. He uses his drumming to comfort, understand and survive. He has a lot to overcome to feel worthy of the relationships he has forged. It’s just a beat away.‘Drummers are mysterious creatures who seek the erratic microbeats of the authentic life that are layered between the macrobeats of society.’  ~Sam on drummers.Amy has had her share of things to overcome. Her escape has always been books. Moving to Boston to go to graduate school was getting one-step closer to her dream.Being a bookish girl, people make assumptions, none of them good or right especially where Amy is concerned.‘Here’s the thing about bookish girls…we know a lot more about sex than you would ever imagine. We READ.’‘Which brings me to the next thing that you really need to know about bookish girls, and it’s this - librarians are HOT. Really hot.’  ~Amy on being a book lover and future librarian.Going to see Sam play a gig with ‘Random Acts of Crazy’ brings here face to face with her past. Amy sees the boy next door who she gave her virginity to, the boy she detested debating against and Sam…the boy who stood her up for prom and broke her heart.Sam sees her and all his desires flood back, as if no time has past. He wants her, but she has to forgive him first. He has to forgive himself for things that were out of his control.‘I stood up. I put one foot in front of the other, and I decide that I was going to walk toward my future because it was the only way I could escape my mistakes from the past.’‘Could a kiss say “I’m sorry”? Could the nest one say, “Let’s try again”? and the third ask, “May I make it up to you”?  ~Sam approaching Amy and kissing her after four years of heartache.These two have to deal with their demons from the past and present. Not an easy chore when you have so much going on and against you. In addition, random acts of crazy are happening constantly!‘Ben & Jerry’s should be tax deductible. No one with a soul would disagree.’  ~Amy on her threesome buddies, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.Some of the hilarity will have you laughing so hard tears will fall, sides will ache and people will stop and ask, ‘What are you reading?’ Just tell them one of the funniest most real books ever written, (aside from Ms. Kent’s other works) at least until her next novel is published.The Ratings*:Hero: 5Heroine: 5Story/Plot/HEA: 5*The rating system is based on 1-5, 5 being the best and 1 the worst.Hero - The main male character of the story. Heroine - The main female character of the story. Story/Plot/HEA (Happy Ever After) - The over all story line and culmination of the main plot or theme.