Review: Delightfully funny with a sexy genie
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2012
Very funny; lies, lies and more lies; hot chemistry just leaking out all over the place the place with good looking men; and a genie.Story begins with a cautionary plea not to clean. "It started out so innocently--with a chamois cloth, some silver polish, and a bottle of Brasso. Okay, if she were honest, Amber would have to say it really started with her irrational need to clean the house for her mother's impending visit."Poor Amber, her mother is a new age flake (no offense to new agers), her mom's new temporary boyfriend is "Boyd, the boy toy" and she has been burdened with a genie--a gorgeous hunk of a genie in her apartment refusing to leave until she makes a wish, or two, or however many fate decides she needs. Amber pretty much likes her life the way it is and doesn't want a wish granted.She gives in and that one little wish, one she tried very hard not to make, turns her life into a study of the ridiculous.Amber is firmly rooted in pop culture. Yes, Amber, Joe Lando was very hot before he cut his hair. Has a great reference to one of the Twilight Zone episodes--To Serve Man. Another fun reference to Weebles...you remember them, "Weebles wobble but they won't fall down." More funnies from the book: "That's a ferret in my pocket," Tom said. Then gave her a wolfish grin. "But I am happy to see you."Naked aging hippies dancing around a fire, strip poker on the third shift, happy puppies to the rescue, you'll be howling with laughter. My only concern is those under thirty might not get a lot of the references unless they watch TV Land and This! TV. But then again, little kids think Shrek is hysterical and it is written mostly toward grown folks.There is no sex in the story, just flirting and off the charts chemistry and a little atypical romance.I'm glad the author requested a review for this because otherwise I may not have known it was out there nor is it likely I would have picked it up. This is a very fun and fast-paced read.I recommend it for anyone needing a good laugh to go along with flirting and a little change from the usual fare. Molly Harper fans will appreciate this book.