Review: A whole lot of not much
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
I think this book could be really entertaining, I just kept finding myself wishing the author had put a little more thought into what her characters were doing.A phone sex operator with a baby?  That's awesome, with lots of potential for hilarity (omg a call in the produce section?!)A freelance reporter raising a toddler who gets hired for an exposé on phone sex operators?Okay, who can tell me where this is going?I wanted to be entertained by this book, but I wasn't.  There were too many misunderstandings, too many lies, and quite frankly too much of an undertone of "let the men handle this, sweetie."  It didn't come across overtly, but I never really got the impression that Maxine was so super capable.  Without getting into too many spoilers, I think too many of the problems in the book got solved by men for the women, vs with them, or even by the women themselves.Maybe it's because all of them are *described* as capable, but where we join the story their lives are starting to fall apart?  I don't know.  I just know I was irritated with them.  A lot.I can't even get into my thoughts on the "hero" because of all the spoilers it would involve.Lies, betrayal, and forgiveness that comes way too easily.  For all the talk about Maxine having a spine, I don't think she spoke her mind nearly enough.