What do you think?
Rate this book
Swan
From the beginning Madeline’s life was a narrative of disappointment and broken dreams. Plump, plain and past her sell by date, happiness and hope were no longer part of her vocabulary. But one day like a bolt from the blue, destiny delivers a massive dose of compensation in the form of David Powell, her strange and elusive neighbour. From the moment they meet, Madeline is plunged into a world of excitement and intrigue where nothing is what it seems. This classic reversal of fortune tale reminds us that ultimately life is a mystery, perfectly able to demolish and reconfigurate even the most hopeless situations.
237 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 17, 2013
81 people are currently reading
1245 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 105 reviews
January 25, 2013
OK, I hate plot re-hashes but this one is too much fun not to.
At the beginning, Madeline Smith is a sad 41-year old Londoner with no social life, no relationships, hasn’t had sex in…well, a long time, her totally dead-end job could go away at any second, and has a self-involved sister with the “perfect” life. Plus the American superstar actor Chet Vincent, who she has had a crush on,…OK, is madly in love with…since they were teens (they’re the same age) has fallen off a yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean and is presumed dead. Not such an auspicious start, huh? So the only place it can go is up, right?
Hell yeah!!
See, David Powell moves across the way from her apartment. He has a potbelly. He wears clothes from the 70’s. He has a large red nose, a messy beard, and may just be wearing a toupee. To top it off, he has really bad teeth and very smelly feet. Maddie is instantly revolted by him. Until…she finds herself staring into his beautiful and oddly familiar eyes and begins to fall for him. And he for her.
And then the story takes off. Because David has secrets. Big secrets.
This book is a quick, but amazingly fun read. You have to love Maddie. She’s everyone who’s ever felt dissatisfied with their life. And Ms. Hole brings her to life brilliantly (plus, I learned a lot of new Britishisms). I loved David. I thought Beth was great (once she got her nose out of the air). And then there is another character that shall not be named (SPOILER!) that is pretty awesome too.
And the ending? Too cool for word – but Ms. Hole found them really well.
Drop everything you’re doing. Drop your other books. Drop your kids (but on the bed, please) and grab this book.
Sorry but I don't know how to post pictures but for the role of...
Maddy - Christina Hendricks (she's even compared to her in the book)
David - Jon Hamm (OK, I have a serious "Mad Men" thing going on) or Jeremy Renner
At the beginning, Madeline Smith is a sad 41-year old Londoner with no social life, no relationships, hasn’t had sex in…well, a long time, her totally dead-end job could go away at any second, and has a self-involved sister with the “perfect” life. Plus the American superstar actor Chet Vincent, who she has had a crush on,…OK, is madly in love with…since they were teens (they’re the same age) has fallen off a yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean and is presumed dead. Not such an auspicious start, huh? So the only place it can go is up, right?
Hell yeah!!
See, David Powell moves across the way from her apartment. He has a potbelly. He wears clothes from the 70’s. He has a large red nose, a messy beard, and may just be wearing a toupee. To top it off, he has really bad teeth and very smelly feet. Maddie is instantly revolted by him. Until…she finds herself staring into his beautiful and oddly familiar eyes and begins to fall for him. And he for her.
And then the story takes off. Because David has secrets. Big secrets.
This book is a quick, but amazingly fun read. You have to love Maddie. She’s everyone who’s ever felt dissatisfied with their life. And Ms. Hole brings her to life brilliantly (plus, I learned a lot of new Britishisms). I loved David. I thought Beth was great (once she got her nose out of the air). And then there is another character that shall not be named (SPOILER!) that is pretty awesome too.
And the ending? Too cool for word – but Ms. Hole found them really well.
Drop everything you’re doing. Drop your other books. Drop your kids (but on the bed, please) and grab this book.
Sorry but I don't know how to post pictures but for the role of...
Maddy - Christina Hendricks (she's even compared to her in the book)
David - Jon Hamm (OK, I have a serious "Mad Men" thing going on) or Jeremy Renner
January 20, 2013
Let's face it, you never know what you are going to get when you get a free book on Kindle. I've found a few gems, but more often than not, they turn out to be lemons. I'm happy to report that Swan is no lemon. In fact, Katherine Hole took the frequently used "famous person falls in love with a "nobody" theme (which so often turns sour) and made it into a refreshing read with a Notting HIll/Bridget Jones feel. My favorite movie star meets average person story is still Perfect, but if you want to escape for a couple of hours, pour yourself a glass of lemonade and enjoy Swan.
May 28, 2014
I was enjoying this story until I discovered
However, I thought the epilogue was a very clever way to tie up the loose threads, and the writing itself was flowing and easy.
However, I thought the epilogue was a very clever way to tie up the loose threads, and the writing itself was flowing and easy.
January 28, 2013
I am just not sure, I looked the book in beginning, but then is lost it luster for me , did not feel that consuming love
May 28, 2013
So this book started off and I thought do I really want to read this? This lady is crazy. I mean she is WAY too obsessed with this actor guy. Sure I like actors, but she is the next level, or a few levels, past just liking them. As the story progressed though I started to like her.
September 14, 2013
I initially thought 'Swan' sounds like a great book and it was free ,so okay. Overall the author did give it the happy ending she promised but at what cost. Madeline's character of course is overweight, desperate and past her prime when she meets and falls for David ,who turns out to be a huge movie star. 'Swan' is supposed to be the ultimate fantasy (dreams come true) type of thing but the author spent way to much time in Madeline's head. And her life was depressing but did that really warrant a story? When it was time for the story to progress and the plot to thicken it dug in its heels to milk Madeline's mundane existence for all it was worth. I feel the author made a mistake here because she harped on how much of a loser Madeline was instead of tightening up the David character. As a result the story was flat and lackluster. Despite a few funny or exiting bits here and there it just became long on setup and slow on plot. In the end I failed to love this book but I didn't hate it.
April 30, 2013
If allowed, I'd give this 3.5 stars. It was a fun read, with an older heroine and hero, which is refreshing. I liked Maddy, and I wanted her to have her happy ending. I would have given it a full four stars, but I felt the ending was too abrupt.
June 10, 2022
Bit of a strange book, I wasn't totally sure I liked it, neither was I totally sure I disliked it.
It starts off introducing us to Madeleine Smith, a 41yr old who is a little on the plump side and hasn't had sex since she was 26 which was when she moved in with her mother to look after her and Maddy's life ended. Her mum died and she moved to live in a small 1 bed flat at the top of a large house. Maddy had no friends to speak of, just her older sister, and she worked in a call centre dealing with parking charges for the council, she was trying to write a book but getting nowhere with it.
She led a lonely, uninspiring boring existence, but she had another hobby which consumed her. She was in love with an american actor Chet Vincent, she had all his films and knew them backwards, as well as everything there was to know about him. One day she arrived at work to hear the staff speaking of Chet Vincent's death, he had fell off a yacht. She was devastated and over the coming days began to make mistakes at work, and then heard that parking services was to be downsized and her job was on the line, her boring job.
The flat opposite her was empty. Then one day she met a scruffy man on the steps outside who jumped in after she opened the front door. He said his name was David Powell and he had just moved in but had lost his key and had got in touch with the landlord but it was going to be a long wait before he could get in. He sat down on the floor outside his door. Maddy who was already wrinkling her nose as he smelt a bit whiffy, made an unexpected decision, even to her, and invited him for a cup of tea while he waited. He took off his shoes and his socks were holey and his feet stank. She really wanted rid of him very quickly. He got his key and she didn't see him for days.
I think you can guess what's coming here, and she begins to like him, really like him, and enjoys his company. Then he announces he has to go away to Paris for work, he is a freelance photographer and has already taken her photo and make her look gorgeous. David would be away for 6wks. Maddy finds she misses him and his conversations. Then David reappears and tells her who he really is behind the wig, dirty clothes, bad teeth and face make-up. I think you can see who this is, but really you could see who this was from the moment he went into her flat. He is a remarkably good actor.
I won't say much more except to say that the bedroom scenes went on a bit too long and became boring. And they eventually parted before Maddy realised she was pregnant. David, obviously not his real name, turns up on the night of the Oscars in Hollywood and unmasks revealing his real self and makes some disparaging remarks about the Oscars, Hollywood and most of all his fiancee Maria Esposito. He wins an Oscar but is ostracised.
Then we come to the very last page or two in the book where Chet is living in his californian mansion with his screenwriter wife Maddy and his little son David. And that was that. I'm still really not sure whether I liked this book, but on the plus side it wasn't that long a read.
It starts off introducing us to Madeleine Smith, a 41yr old who is a little on the plump side and hasn't had sex since she was 26 which was when she moved in with her mother to look after her and Maddy's life ended. Her mum died and she moved to live in a small 1 bed flat at the top of a large house. Maddy had no friends to speak of, just her older sister, and she worked in a call centre dealing with parking charges for the council, she was trying to write a book but getting nowhere with it.
She led a lonely, uninspiring boring existence, but she had another hobby which consumed her. She was in love with an american actor Chet Vincent, she had all his films and knew them backwards, as well as everything there was to know about him. One day she arrived at work to hear the staff speaking of Chet Vincent's death, he had fell off a yacht. She was devastated and over the coming days began to make mistakes at work, and then heard that parking services was to be downsized and her job was on the line, her boring job.
The flat opposite her was empty. Then one day she met a scruffy man on the steps outside who jumped in after she opened the front door. He said his name was David Powell and he had just moved in but had lost his key and had got in touch with the landlord but it was going to be a long wait before he could get in. He sat down on the floor outside his door. Maddy who was already wrinkling her nose as he smelt a bit whiffy, made an unexpected decision, even to her, and invited him for a cup of tea while he waited. He took off his shoes and his socks were holey and his feet stank. She really wanted rid of him very quickly. He got his key and she didn't see him for days.
I think you can guess what's coming here, and she begins to like him, really like him, and enjoys his company. Then he announces he has to go away to Paris for work, he is a freelance photographer and has already taken her photo and make her look gorgeous. David would be away for 6wks. Maddy finds she misses him and his conversations. Then David reappears and tells her who he really is behind the wig, dirty clothes, bad teeth and face make-up. I think you can see who this is, but really you could see who this was from the moment he went into her flat. He is a remarkably good actor.
I won't say much more except to say that the bedroom scenes went on a bit too long and became boring. And they eventually parted before Maddy realised she was pregnant. David, obviously not his real name, turns up on the night of the Oscars in Hollywood and unmasks revealing his real self and makes some disparaging remarks about the Oscars, Hollywood and most of all his fiancee Maria Esposito. He wins an Oscar but is ostracised.
Then we come to the very last page or two in the book where Chet is living in his californian mansion with his screenwriter wife Maddy and his little son David. And that was that. I'm still really not sure whether I liked this book, but on the plus side it wasn't that long a read.
May 14, 2022
Madeline is a plump, plain and past her sell by date, happiness and hope were no longer part of her vocabulary. But one day like a bolt from the blue, destiny delivers a massive dose of compensation in the form of David Powell, her strange and elusive neighbor. He has stinky feet and awful clothing but it turns out he has a heart of gold. The more time they spend together the more she comes to care for him. Then one day she finds out he is not who he says he is. It turns out he is an actor that she has crushed on for years and was declared dead due to a boating accident. The more time they spend together the more they begin to admit feelings and so much other stuff falls into place. I am not here to give plot but to say that this was a fun story. Has it's ups and downs and you wind up rooting for a number of characters in the book. Not perfect but really a good read!
August 5, 2017
Good book
You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Shelley MA
You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Shelley MA
January 9, 2020
While reading this book, I was struck with the idea of what an amazing difference just one person can make in a miserable life—be the change!
May 2, 2020
Loved it. A modern day fairy tale.
June 9, 2020
Another Love Story
Good read all in all for a fictional love story. It kept my attention all through and I do like happy...
Good read all in all for a fictional love story. It kept my attention all through and I do like happy...
February 14, 2022
Ridiculous premise -- movie star in disguise; starts as a cute meet book -- gets very inappropriate.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2023
Awesome book
This book was great. It kept my attention and I couldn't stop reading it because there were so many twists. And of course it had a happily ever after ending. Loved it!
This book was great. It kept my attention and I couldn't stop reading it because there were so many twists. And of course it had a happily ever after ending. Loved it!
July 29, 2013
Okay first I want to say that I truly do not enjoy giving bad ratings and reviews but in this case I felt I needed to in order to counteract all of the seemingly undeserved glowing reviews this book had received. This is definitely a situation where I was seriously lyrics wondering if I was really reading the same book as these people.
I hated every single character in this book, not just the ones the that the reader is obviously supposed to dislike. I must admit the plot sounded interesting although some of it was rather cliché. Madeline our herione is middle aged, over weight, lonely, hates her job, chronically broke basically Au least to her, her life sucks. To make matters worse her favorite actor, who she has crushed on for 25 years is lost at sea and presumed dead. Then suddenly David moves in next door. David is described by Maddy as a horrible dresser, having bad teeth and body oder yet she somehow managed to fall madly in love with him after only two meetings.
In the beginning I actually liked Maddy but through the course of the books things began to make less and less sense and nothing is believable. Mysterious David is revealed to actually be Chet Vincent, Maddy's favorite actor that the rest of the world believes to be dead. I have to say in all of the romance novels I've read (and I've read a lot) I've never come across a character less deserving of a happily ever after than Chet Vincent. For a while I thought that the author was intentionally making me hate him because he would eventually be outed as a bad guy, but no he actually gets to be the hero in the end. A lot of the problem is in the fact that the author never really gives us any background or insight into Chet and what she does give us makes him seem like a self centered, shallow douche bag. that was not ever reconciled for me. I didn't find any redeeming qualities in Chet once he took off the David mask. And Maddy turned into the typical too stupid too live romance heroine. I mean seriously contemplating suicide over that guy. I kinda wanted her to do it. And I'm still trying to figure out Alice's purpose.
I just didn't find this book funny or romantic. I don't know what it is about it that so many others loved but I guess I missed it.
I hated every single character in this book, not just the ones the that the reader is obviously supposed to dislike. I must admit the plot sounded interesting although some of it was rather cliché. Madeline our herione is middle aged, over weight, lonely, hates her job, chronically broke basically Au least to her, her life sucks. To make matters worse her favorite actor, who she has crushed on for 25 years is lost at sea and presumed dead. Then suddenly David moves in next door. David is described by Maddy as a horrible dresser, having bad teeth and body oder yet she somehow managed to fall madly in love with him after only two meetings.
In the beginning I actually liked Maddy but through the course of the books things began to make less and less sense and nothing is believable. Mysterious David is revealed to actually be Chet Vincent, Maddy's favorite actor that the rest of the world believes to be dead. I have to say in all of the romance novels I've read (and I've read a lot) I've never come across a character less deserving of a happily ever after than Chet Vincent. For a while I thought that the author was intentionally making me hate him because he would eventually be outed as a bad guy, but no he actually gets to be the hero in the end. A lot of the problem is in the fact that the author never really gives us any background or insight into Chet and what she does give us makes him seem like a self centered, shallow douche bag. that was not ever reconciled for me. I didn't find any redeeming qualities in Chet once he took off the David mask. And Maddy turned into the typical too stupid too live romance heroine. I mean seriously contemplating suicide over that guy. I kinda wanted her to do it. And I'm still trying to figure out Alice's purpose.
I just didn't find this book funny or romantic. I don't know what it is about it that so many others loved but I guess I missed it.
July 13, 2015
I've read to 65% and I'm probably going to stop. I'm not invested in the story. I don't care for the heroine, Maddy. She isn't presented as a very nice person, although she's probably more true-to-life than most book characters. She has self-worth issues and she's judgemental. She's also lacking in common sense. She's in major debt and applies for another credit card so she can afford to get a makeover. I feel like I still don't know the hero, David. The reader knows him as well as Maddy does at this point and she thinks she's in love with him. And she tells him, even though he's hiding things and she knows he's hiding things.
Her sister's behavior was over the top. Who gets away with threatening and then slapping a receptionist and attacking a parking officer (I guess - this is London-based and I'm American, so I'm unfamiliar with some of the terminology used) without any repercussions at all?
So, at this point, Maddy just told David that she loves him after coming clean about her age, her debt, etc. David then proceeded to get Maddy drunk and told her his real identity. I should be eager to find out what happens next. But, I'm not. Instead, I'm wondering what crazy stupid decision one of them is going to make that's going to make me want to throw my Kindle. I think it's better to just not continue.
7/13/15:
I did finish this. I was so close to the end and I hate to not finish books, even if I'm not enjoying them. It didn't get any better, unfortunately. I saw this tagged as "satire" somewhere. It did sort of have every crazy scenario you read about celebrities in the gossip rags. But, it really wasn't funny. The characters weren't nice. Chet has an anger and/or ego problem (seems like the anger shows when his ego is dented). Maddy is a doormat who immediately apologizes at the first hint of Chet's anger. The only somewhat "nice" person in the book is Alice and she "snogged" the boss to get a job. So...
Her sister's behavior was over the top. Who gets away with threatening and then slapping a receptionist and attacking a parking officer (I guess - this is London-based and I'm American, so I'm unfamiliar with some of the terminology used) without any repercussions at all?
So, at this point, Maddy just told David that she loves him after coming clean about her age, her debt, etc. David then proceeded to get Maddy drunk and told her his real identity. I should be eager to find out what happens next. But, I'm not. Instead, I'm wondering what crazy stupid decision one of them is going to make that's going to make me want to throw my Kindle. I think it's better to just not continue.
7/13/15:
I did finish this. I was so close to the end and I hate to not finish books, even if I'm not enjoying them. It didn't get any better, unfortunately. I saw this tagged as "satire" somewhere. It did sort of have every crazy scenario you read about celebrities in the gossip rags. But, it really wasn't funny. The characters weren't nice. Chet has an anger and/or ego problem (seems like the anger shows when his ego is dented). Maddy is a doormat who immediately apologizes at the first hint of Chet's anger. The only somewhat "nice" person in the book is Alice and she "snogged" the boss to get a job. So...
August 4, 2013
I thought the premise of the book sounded promising. It was free so I went for it. It just fell a bit flat to me. Although I loved the idea. Famous actor fakes his death to live out of the spotlight as an everyday Joe. He then falls in love with the lonely girl next door. She falls in love with everyday Joe. A classic cinderella story. So what was my problem. Madeline Was pretty pathetic. I like the main female character to not be such a doormat. Her obsession with Chet the actor was excessive and certifiably crazy. I didn't see much of a transformation by the end of the book. Chet/David didn't end up very likable to me in either persona. As David, I'm still not sure how Maddie fell in love with him. Other than he was the only one who was marginally nice to her. He still left her hanging- no calls no follow up running hot and cold. Chet the actor came off calculating shallow and cold but then he wasn't o.O. Maybe he was bipolar or suffering from multiple personalities. His actions just didn't seem consistent. In the end I was left feeling a bit dissatisfied. If you can overlook those items and like a contemporary romance where the everyday girl next door wins the celebrity hot guy then you might try this out.
September 20, 2013
Oiy! What a pickle! SWAN is marketed as the next BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY but unfortunately it falls well short of the mark. Madeline, our heroine, is experiencing a mid life crisis when we meet her. Single, stuck in a dead end job and terribly lonely, Madeline is comforted by her obsession with a famous American film star. Determined to make a change, Madeline reaches out to her new neighbor, David, and so begins a relationship of the most demeaning sort. Madeline is encouraged to put up with David's frequent unannounced disappearances, mysterious lack of funds or work, and overall lack of intimacy. The book strongly stresses the idea that a relationship with any man is better than being single. A plot twist towards the end of the book provides a happily ever after of such ridiculous proportions it was difficult to resist throwing the book against the wall.
The writing is conversational, contemporary and utterly depressing. The characters are cartoonish and self obsessed. The novel's "funnier" moments are disturbingly off key. Even offered as a free read, I would pass on this one.
The writing is conversational, contemporary and utterly depressing. The characters are cartoonish and self obsessed. The novel's "funnier" moments are disturbingly off key. Even offered as a free read, I would pass on this one.
June 8, 2013
Picked this up for free on the kindle. I liked the characters and enjoyed getting to know them. I appreciated the plot development and it felt as though everyone had a solid past and background. I liked the slow build up of getting to know the main character's new neighbors and their increasing interactions. As for the secondary characters, they did a fine job of weaving in and out of the main characters life. I even grew to appreciate and like the main character's sister, who was a little rough at first.
I will say however, the jump in the relationship when the clothes come off really surprised me. The book was moving at a slow and steady pace, and then once naked time starts it kicked it into overdrive with little warning. It wasn't bad, just not expected and caught me off guard.
I liked how things concluded, but would have prefered a bit more detail. While the epilogue was nice, it felt like it was lacking a personal touch.
I will say however, the jump in the relationship when the clothes come off really surprised me. The book was moving at a slow and steady pace, and then once naked time starts it kicked it into overdrive with little warning. It wasn't bad, just not expected and caught me off guard.
I liked how things concluded, but would have prefered a bit more detail. While the epilogue was nice, it felt like it was lacking a personal touch.
February 28, 2016
took me a while to finish because when i started I was too busy to read. Once I picked it up again it was do easy to read. I wasn't sure about David in the beginning and thought he was a bit strange but then madeline was in her 40s single and it made me think that maybe she can only settle for this so why not. As the story progressed and u quickly figure out David's story before he reveals it but u still want to continue reading. the first love scene was quite detailed and then u kind of thing yeah I go maddie :) The guy that helped David along the way pani was a bit of am idiot but that was going to be expected. The story was very lighy hearted even though there were some tough issues tackled especially with madelines sister it was an wasy read. when you finish the book and u read the Wikipedia bit at the end it makes u question whether u have just read a true story or not amd I liked that because it was believable and made u think that it was a true story. Nice easy read
August 28, 2013
2.5star is more accurate.
Some good points: central character is a larger woman and finds her confidence just by getting a haircut and some flattering clothes, not by losing a ton of weight....kudos for keeping her real. She's not a doormat but is trapped in a dead end, lonely existence seemingly without any hope of change and is too insecure to instigate change herself for fear of making things worse.
David is interesting and mysterious...but Chet is 'incredible', as in I couldn't believe his motivation for any of his actions or the bizarre hold his 'friend' had over him or that he allowed anything to prevent him from doing exactly what he wanted or that he immediately fell in love with the first pity case he clapped eyes on. The whole fairytale situation feels too implausible and synthetic, like a teenage girl's fantasy.
Not terrible but could have been better considering the starting materials....
Some good points: central character is a larger woman and finds her confidence just by getting a haircut and some flattering clothes, not by losing a ton of weight....kudos for keeping her real. She's not a doormat but is trapped in a dead end, lonely existence seemingly without any hope of change and is too insecure to instigate change herself for fear of making things worse.
David is interesting and mysterious...but Chet is 'incredible', as in I couldn't believe his motivation for any of his actions or the bizarre hold his 'friend' had over him or that he allowed anything to prevent him from doing exactly what he wanted or that he immediately fell in love with the first pity case he clapped eyes on. The whole fairytale situation feels too implausible and synthetic, like a teenage girl's fantasy.
Not terrible but could have been better considering the starting materials....
May 12, 2013
This book was a free download on Amazon and, though the plot sounded a little far-fetched, I'm all into reading as an escape, so I thought, 'what the heck'? I'm so glad I took the chance. 'Swan' was such a good story, with a heroine who thinks she's not worthy of love, and a hero who's looking for something 'real', how could you lose?
A bit of a spoiler...
I have to admit, I did think the whole 'disguise' thing, was going to be a little much for me, but it worked, and I also admired David for waiting to 'be' with Madeleine until she knew the truth. Although sex would've been a little difficult without taking their clothes off. LOL!!
Romantic, funny and a little mysterious, Swan is a definite 'good read'.
A bit of a spoiler...
I have to admit, I did think the whole 'disguise' thing, was going to be a little much for me, but it worked, and I also admired David for waiting to 'be' with Madeleine until she knew the truth. Although sex would've been a little difficult without taking their clothes off. LOL!!
Romantic, funny and a little mysterious, Swan is a definite 'good read'.
June 1, 2014
I gathered from some of the reviews that this book was marketed as a "Bridget Jones's Diary" type story. The only thing this has in common with Bridget Jones is that the main character Maddy and Bridget are the same demographic: British, over 30, curvy and single - otherwise they're really nothing alike. Maddy is a melancholic character who's sweetness gives the story a charming air.
This was a sweet and charming read that although predictable, clucked along at a nice even pace till about the 80% mark, where it then went off the rails a bit with some sinister diabolical plotting that really didn't serve the story much, and then it slammed headlong at terminal velocity towards its HEA.
A light likeable story that didn't quite execute to its full potential.
This was a sweet and charming read that although predictable, clucked along at a nice even pace till about the 80% mark, where it then went off the rails a bit with some sinister diabolical plotting that really didn't serve the story much, and then it slammed headlong at terminal velocity towards its HEA.
A light likeable story that didn't quite execute to its full potential.
March 31, 2017
This is one of those books that has been on my TBR pile for so long that I had actually forgotten what it was about. The story is about a girl called Maddy who is in a dead end job. She has no money and nobody to share her life with. She has an obsession with an actor called Chet Vincent. Then David moves into the flat opposite hers. David is mysterious and seems to be keeping a secret. At first Maddy does not like David but she changes her mind very quickly.
I enjoyed this book a lot more than I ever thought that I would but I guessed David's secret almost straight away. I also had a pretty good idea of how it would end.
I enjoyed this book a lot more than I ever thought that I would but I guessed David's secret almost straight away. I also had a pretty good idea of how it would end.
August 6, 2013
free book so read it and hmmmmm its getting 2 stars simply it was an easy read and parts where a bit funny. Yes majority of women's fantasies are a sexy celebrity finding us and whisking us off to a desert island and treating us like gods but its not reality we all know this so when I read this kind of book I expect it to make me believe that anythings possible. sorry this did none of that for me. characters were too sketchy didnt get a feel for them nothing about this drew me in. I had read alot of books and just needed an easy read and thats what this book is
August 1, 2013
This was a free Kindle book, described as "a very funny romantic novel." It wasn't funny, but was an interesting story, pretty well written, until I got 70% through with it and there were several extremely explicit sex scenes. Dadgum! If I don't finish it, I can't mark it as read and add to my statistics, but I do not appreciate the stupid sex scenes!
* * * * *
Arrgh! I'm sorry I read this book, which had a pretty stupid premise and ending, in addition to the yucky sex scenes. The story started out pretty good, then seemed as if it were written by a different person.
* * * * *
Arrgh! I'm sorry I read this book, which had a pretty stupid premise and ending, in addition to the yucky sex scenes. The story started out pretty good, then seemed as if it were written by a different person.
August 12, 2013
I really wanted to like this book. I tried and tried! I finally just decided that I didn't care enough to finish and I gave it a good effort, too. I "bought" this book because it was free on Amazon and I really liked the description. I even bumped it up past the 300+ other books on my TBR list. I don't like giving poor reviews, I even usually give an extra star higher than necessary just to make everyone happy. But this one couldn't be helped. The profanity finally became so bad I had to quit. Sorry. Save yourself.
June 22, 2014
ONE THING THAT THIS STORY SHOWS, EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS SURE AIN'T GOLD. PEOPLE SHOW THE WORLD A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SIDE OF THEIR TRUE SELVES. I LOVE THIS BOOK IT WAS A MODERN DAY FAIRY TALE WITH A FEW NEW TWIST. AFTER READING THE FIRST FEW PAGES I NEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GONNA END. I THOUGHT, FAIRY TALES ALWAYS END RIGHT. RIGHT? IT WAS A VERY ENTERTAINING READ, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT MOVIE. LOVE IT! VERY-HOT-N-SEXY TOO. ;D
July 22, 2014
I got this book for free in Kindle. I never thought this would be so good.
This is not a great book. But this is a good one. I never got bored, throughout the book. I liked the plot and the way its narrated. After completing the book I checked in google for Chet Vincent if this is a true story!!!
I won't say its a must read book, but I would say this is a good read. A good time pass book.
I won't reveal the plot. Read this and enjoy.
This is not a great book. But this is a good one. I never got bored, throughout the book. I liked the plot and the way its narrated. After completing the book I checked in google for Chet Vincent if this is a true story!!!
I won't say its a must read book, but I would say this is a good read. A good time pass book.
I won't reveal the plot. Read this and enjoy.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 105 reviews