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As You Wish #2
When Good Wishes Go Bad
Rebecca Morris is suffering from an excess of magic!
Things that have her boyfriend; her life savings; three-and-a-half million dollars from the theater company that pays both their salaries. (Coincidence? Um, no.) Also, the groundbreaking play she's been slaving over has vanished in a puff of copyright-colored smoke.
Other, weirder things that have a magic lamp complete with genie wishes. A fully furnished (and paid-for) Manhattan condo and fabulous designer wardrobe. (The last two courtesy of the first one, obvs.)
So Becca's putting that last wish on hold. What with discovering a mesmerizing new play, getting it onstage and falling hard for the adorably awkward guy who wrote it, Becca is swamped. And that's without factoring in the guerrilla gardener, popcorn magnate and the gender-bending genie with an agenda of his/her own.
Now Becca's hoping that her good wishes don't go oh, so wrong….
Things that have her boyfriend; her life savings; three-and-a-half million dollars from the theater company that pays both their salaries. (Coincidence? Um, no.) Also, the groundbreaking play she's been slaving over has vanished in a puff of copyright-colored smoke.
Other, weirder things that have a magic lamp complete with genie wishes. A fully furnished (and paid-for) Manhattan condo and fabulous designer wardrobe. (The last two courtesy of the first one, obvs.)
So Becca's putting that last wish on hold. What with discovering a mesmerizing new play, getting it onstage and falling hard for the adorably awkward guy who wrote it, Becca is swamped. And that's without factoring in the guerrilla gardener, popcorn magnate and the gender-bending genie with an agenda of his/her own.
Now Becca's hoping that her good wishes don't go oh, so wrong….
341 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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Mindy Klasky
111 books541 followersMindy Klasky learned to read when her parents shoved a book in her hands and told her that she could travel anywhere in the world through stories. She never forgot that advice.
Mindy's travels took her through multiple careers, including copyright lawyer and law librarian. Mindy now writes full time. Her books fall in a number of genres -- including romantic comedies, paranormal romance, and traditional fantasy.
In her spare time, Mindy knits, quilts, and tries to tame the endless to-be-read shelf in her home library. Her husband and two cats do their best to fill the left-over minutes in her days.
Mindy's travels took her through multiple careers, including copyright lawyer and law librarian. Mindy now writes full time. Her books fall in a number of genres -- including romantic comedies, paranormal romance, and traditional fantasy.
In her spare time, Mindy knits, quilts, and tries to tame the endless to-be-read shelf in her home library. Her husband and two cats do their best to fill the left-over minutes in her days.
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February 4, 2017
Good follow-up
This book could be read as a stand alone, but the heroine of book one does appear in this book so reading them in order is of benefit, and is certainly more fun. I do a lot of Kindle Unlimited, but I bought these books, which tells you how much I like Mindy Klasky. With thousands of free books to choose from, I bought these. I was not disappointed. They are among the best light reading available with professional stories and professional editing. There are several appealing characters in this book and the plot is interesting and sometimes surprising. It is the standard genie/wishes scenario but the application is fresh, sometimes funny, often poignant. Bottom line? Ms. Klasky writes them, then I'll keep buying them!
This book could be read as a stand alone, but the heroine of book one does appear in this book so reading them in order is of benefit, and is certainly more fun. I do a lot of Kindle Unlimited, but I bought these books, which tells you how much I like Mindy Klasky. With thousands of free books to choose from, I bought these. I was not disappointed. They are among the best light reading available with professional stories and professional editing. There are several appealing characters in this book and the plot is interesting and sometimes surprising. It is the standard genie/wishes scenario but the application is fresh, sometimes funny, often poignant. Bottom line? Ms. Klasky writes them, then I'll keep buying them!
August 12, 2016
Things are going pretty well for Becca. She has a good job at the theatre, the new play they're about to put on has created a lot of buzz, and her three-year relationship is as strong as it ever was. In one morning, though, everything falls apart. Her boyfriend (who also worked at the theatre) seems to have disappeared overnight, along with 3.5 million in money from the theatre and all the money Becca's ever managed to save in her bank account. The police are doing an investigation, which means she can't go back to the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, and on top of it all, there are legal complications with the play everyone's been so excited to put on, which means they have to find another play to put on immediately. Preferrably something with no budget, since the theatre is now short a few million dollars.
In the midst of all this, a friend of Becca's reaches out to help her. Along with a box of serviceable clothes, since Becca has no access to her own wardrobe, there's a weird metal lamp, out of which pops a gender-bending genie named Teel. Teel owes Becca four wishes, but the genie has a x all its own, and getting the wishes she wants while keeping the genie happy proves quite the challenge for Becca.
Even more challenging, the amazing script that landed in Becca's lap is without question the story the theatre needs to tell next, which means she needs to work pretty closely with the author. Ryan seems a bit geeky but earnest, and just happens to live across the hallway in the new condo Becca wished for herself. The more time they spend together, the less geeky Becca finds him, and when her skin tingles from the heat every time they brush up against each other, she realizes just how difficult it's going to be to keep the relationship strictly business. After all, her last relationship proved pretty heartily why it's never a good idea to date someone she has to work with. Of course, Ryan could be different... or perhaps that's just wishful thinking.
When Good Wishes Go Bad is a fun, light read with hidden depths. At several times, Becca questions her ethics, whether she's letting outside influences affect her work. Then there's the subject matter of Ryan's play, which goes into some detail about the plight of women living in poverty in Africa. This actually becomes a major element, and an unexpected one in a book otherwise light enough to finish within an afternoon.
With touches of humour, magic, and plenty of romance, this is absolutely the kind of book to pick up on a rainy Sunday, when you have a little time to curl up with your escapism. And perhaps a little time afterwards, so you can figure out what your four wishes would be.
In the midst of all this, a friend of Becca's reaches out to help her. Along with a box of serviceable clothes, since Becca has no access to her own wardrobe, there's a weird metal lamp, out of which pops a gender-bending genie named Teel. Teel owes Becca four wishes, but the genie has a x all its own, and getting the wishes she wants while keeping the genie happy proves quite the challenge for Becca.
Even more challenging, the amazing script that landed in Becca's lap is without question the story the theatre needs to tell next, which means she needs to work pretty closely with the author. Ryan seems a bit geeky but earnest, and just happens to live across the hallway in the new condo Becca wished for herself. The more time they spend together, the less geeky Becca finds him, and when her skin tingles from the heat every time they brush up against each other, she realizes just how difficult it's going to be to keep the relationship strictly business. After all, her last relationship proved pretty heartily why it's never a good idea to date someone she has to work with. Of course, Ryan could be different... or perhaps that's just wishful thinking.
When Good Wishes Go Bad is a fun, light read with hidden depths. At several times, Becca questions her ethics, whether she's letting outside influences affect her work. Then there's the subject matter of Ryan's play, which goes into some detail about the plight of women living in poverty in Africa. This actually becomes a major element, and an unexpected one in a book otherwise light enough to finish within an afternoon.
With touches of humour, magic, and plenty of romance, this is absolutely the kind of book to pick up on a rainy Sunday, when you have a little time to curl up with your escapism. And perhaps a little time afterwards, so you can figure out what your four wishes would be.
January 20, 2010
Rebecca Morrison woke up one morning with a note from her boyfriend of 3 years Dean Thompson.
B- GOTTA RUN, Don't wait up. She always get this kind of note from him. He works late and especially at that time since tax month is coming up. Who would have thought that a simple note have a lot of meanings?
She tossed and turn all night waiting for him until early morning came rolling by. She decided an early start would be best. She found the lights inside Dean's office only he wasn't there. Maybe he stepped out for a minute. Hours went by and still no Dean she finally called her assistant Jen and ask if she saw him anywhere. Becca was summoned to an emergency conference with the CEO and Board of Trustees of the Theather company that she's working at. Everybody seems to be looking for her boyfriend and nobody has seen him. The realization that her boyfriend who seems so perfect has embezzeled the company's $3 Million and her six figure cash savings. Now Becca has nowhere to live and broke and on top of that there is some legal issue on the current play that they have line up, she had yet to break it down to her boss and find a new one soon. In the middle of all this disaster Kira Franklin, the stage manager of the company, handed her a gift. Clothes, well ok customes and a lamp? Kira said the lamp helped her fulfill her wishes. Beccas was looking at it at first them all of a sudden a woman dressed like a lawyer pops out and proclaims herself as the genie of the lamp. Like all other heroine, she thought it was all just a joke until she made her first wish... Wonderful, weird and stressful situtations began to happened.
I like Becca and I like her career. A Dramaturg, I am not familiar with the term but I do know that there is that someone who plays like a psychologist with the acts, the playwrights and even to the directors. I am impressed on how well Becca does her job but I am not too sure about her personal life. When Dean, her boyfriend of 3 years embezzeled that money, I thought really? no clue at all? How can she not recognize the signs? Maybe love is really blinding for some people. The genie(s) in this story is not something that you imagined, they don't do magic carpets, they are neither male or female and they do not have a set look, they can be whatever they want. They are quite entertaining. Now about Ryan, I am not smitten, I was only impressed because he wrote that wonderful play but then towards the ending that kind of kill it for me. The book is average, entertaining but lacks the fun factor and lack personality among its characters.
B- GOTTA RUN, Don't wait up. She always get this kind of note from him. He works late and especially at that time since tax month is coming up. Who would have thought that a simple note have a lot of meanings?
She tossed and turn all night waiting for him until early morning came rolling by. She decided an early start would be best. She found the lights inside Dean's office only he wasn't there. Maybe he stepped out for a minute. Hours went by and still no Dean she finally called her assistant Jen and ask if she saw him anywhere. Becca was summoned to an emergency conference with the CEO and Board of Trustees of the Theather company that she's working at. Everybody seems to be looking for her boyfriend and nobody has seen him. The realization that her boyfriend who seems so perfect has embezzeled the company's $3 Million and her six figure cash savings. Now Becca has nowhere to live and broke and on top of that there is some legal issue on the current play that they have line up, she had yet to break it down to her boss and find a new one soon. In the middle of all this disaster Kira Franklin, the stage manager of the company, handed her a gift. Clothes, well ok customes and a lamp? Kira said the lamp helped her fulfill her wishes. Beccas was looking at it at first them all of a sudden a woman dressed like a lawyer pops out and proclaims herself as the genie of the lamp. Like all other heroine, she thought it was all just a joke until she made her first wish... Wonderful, weird and stressful situtations began to happened.
I like Becca and I like her career. A Dramaturg, I am not familiar with the term but I do know that there is that someone who plays like a psychologist with the acts, the playwrights and even to the directors. I am impressed on how well Becca does her job but I am not too sure about her personal life. When Dean, her boyfriend of 3 years embezzeled that money, I thought really? no clue at all? How can she not recognize the signs? Maybe love is really blinding for some people. The genie(s) in this story is not something that you imagined, they don't do magic carpets, they are neither male or female and they do not have a set look, they can be whatever they want. They are quite entertaining. Now about Ryan, I am not smitten, I was only impressed because he wrote that wonderful play but then towards the ending that kind of kill it for me. The book is average, entertaining but lacks the fun factor and lack personality among its characters.
March 25, 2014
This is the second book in a series. I read and reviewed the first book about a month and a half ago and was pleased to see many of the issues that I had noted in the first book were either entirely gone or reasonably present in this novel.
This novel isn't nearly so cliché as the first. And the main character, Becca, has a dazzlingly healthy self-image. Her lack of self-confidence is a completely and totally reasonable response to the situation she was in, thanks to a police investigation probing her personal and professional life.
Again, Teel is a great character. Ze is still up to zir old tricks (which, really, ze should know it doesn't make things go any faster by now) and is still treated respectfully. I am happy to have a gender-swapping genie any time it's dealt with well. I really enjoyed the glimpses into the genie's life we got this time, and has a lot of fun with the genie-related twist towards the end.
The theatre portrayal is still accurate to the point of painful, which I like. It's not all sunshine and roses and, frankly, there's always a mess to be cleaned up. I was pleasantly surprised to see Kira (the last novel's MC) show up, older and a bit wiser. The fact that this book focused on yet another aspect, the technical and financial sides of theatre, made me happy. The only thing I might point out is that there are still some people missing in the theatre staff. Costuming, props, design teams - these are all vital roles in the creative processes and we really don't see them in those roles. It's a frustrating oversight.
Last of all, the romance. It was refreshing to see the romance build differently from the last book. It gives me great hope for the next book. This romance was paced well, it had its own problems (and solutions), and it wasn't self-contained. The lovers didn't exist in a vacuum. I really enjoyed that. I also appreciated Becca's self-examination. She is aware of her faults and earnestly tries to overcome them. It's a relief.
There's still room for improvement in the novel, as the plots devices are still a little cliché and convenient, but I think this one was better than the last. I look forward to seeing the next one!
A (solid characters, writing improvement; convenient plot devices, cliché)
This novel isn't nearly so cliché as the first. And the main character, Becca, has a dazzlingly healthy self-image. Her lack of self-confidence is a completely and totally reasonable response to the situation she was in, thanks to a police investigation probing her personal and professional life.
Again, Teel is a great character. Ze is still up to zir old tricks (which, really, ze should know it doesn't make things go any faster by now) and is still treated respectfully. I am happy to have a gender-swapping genie any time it's dealt with well. I really enjoyed the glimpses into the genie's life we got this time, and has a lot of fun with the genie-related twist towards the end.
The theatre portrayal is still accurate to the point of painful, which I like. It's not all sunshine and roses and, frankly, there's always a mess to be cleaned up. I was pleasantly surprised to see Kira (the last novel's MC) show up, older and a bit wiser. The fact that this book focused on yet another aspect, the technical and financial sides of theatre, made me happy. The only thing I might point out is that there are still some people missing in the theatre staff. Costuming, props, design teams - these are all vital roles in the creative processes and we really don't see them in those roles. It's a frustrating oversight.
Last of all, the romance. It was refreshing to see the romance build differently from the last book. It gives me great hope for the next book. This romance was paced well, it had its own problems (and solutions), and it wasn't self-contained. The lovers didn't exist in a vacuum. I really enjoyed that. I also appreciated Becca's self-examination. She is aware of her faults and earnestly tries to overcome them. It's a relief.
There's still room for improvement in the novel, as the plots devices are still a little cliché and convenient, but I think this one was better than the last. I look forward to seeing the next one!
A (solid characters, writing improvement; convenient plot devices, cliché)
July 1, 2012
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"Une fois de plus, c'est grâce à Babelio que je fais de nouvelles découvertes."
Dites-nous en un peu plus sur son histoire...
"Becca se réveille un jour dans sa vie tout à fait normale quand tout va commencer à dégringoler! Son petit ami est parti avec l'argent du théâtre où ils travaillent, ainsi que ses économies, la pièce qu'elle avait programmé ne pourra pas être jouée... Quand l'une de ses collègues la voit au bout du rouleau, elle va lui faire un cadeau plus qu'innatendu: une lampe et le génie qui va avec..."
Mais que s'est-il exactement passé entre vous?
"Je trouve qu'aussi bien le titre, que la couverture et le résumé nous induisent en erreur. On s'attend à de la chick-lit très axée sur le shopping, un genre de nouvel "Accro du Shopping" en quelques sortes. Pourtant, après quelques pages seulement, on se rend compte facilement que ce n'est pas le cas, et lorsqu'on en arrive au passage du génie, on prend sans conteste un tournant bien différend! En fait, pour moi, c'est plutôt une bonne surprise, cette petite touche de magie ajoute un peu de nouveauté dans le genre. L'héroïne est attachante et son génie très amusant! Bon, j'ai bien ri quand il nous dit que 98% de ses clients commencent par vouloir sauver le monde avant de formuler des voeux pour eux-mêmes! A qui veulent-ils faire croire ça?"
Et comment cela s'est-il fini?
"Si on met le génie de côté, on se retrouve avec de la chick-lit assez classique, une histoire d'amour, des problèmes en cascade qui finissent tous par se résoudre, une happy end et peu de suspense... Mais c'est pour ça qu'on aime la chick-lit non? Et puis ici, en bonus, vous avez droit à un soupçon de magie."
http://booksaremywonderland.hautetfor...
"Une fois de plus, c'est grâce à Babelio que je fais de nouvelles découvertes."
Dites-nous en un peu plus sur son histoire...
"Becca se réveille un jour dans sa vie tout à fait normale quand tout va commencer à dégringoler! Son petit ami est parti avec l'argent du théâtre où ils travaillent, ainsi que ses économies, la pièce qu'elle avait programmé ne pourra pas être jouée... Quand l'une de ses collègues la voit au bout du rouleau, elle va lui faire un cadeau plus qu'innatendu: une lampe et le génie qui va avec..."
Mais que s'est-il exactement passé entre vous?
"Je trouve qu'aussi bien le titre, que la couverture et le résumé nous induisent en erreur. On s'attend à de la chick-lit très axée sur le shopping, un genre de nouvel "Accro du Shopping" en quelques sortes. Pourtant, après quelques pages seulement, on se rend compte facilement que ce n'est pas le cas, et lorsqu'on en arrive au passage du génie, on prend sans conteste un tournant bien différend! En fait, pour moi, c'est plutôt une bonne surprise, cette petite touche de magie ajoute un peu de nouveauté dans le genre. L'héroïne est attachante et son génie très amusant! Bon, j'ai bien ri quand il nous dit que 98% de ses clients commencent par vouloir sauver le monde avant de formuler des voeux pour eux-mêmes! A qui veulent-ils faire croire ça?"
Et comment cela s'est-il fini?
"Si on met le génie de côté, on se retrouve avec de la chick-lit assez classique, une histoire d'amour, des problèmes en cascade qui finissent tous par se résoudre, une happy end et peu de suspense... Mais c'est pour ça qu'on aime la chick-lit non? Et puis ici, en bonus, vous avez droit à un soupçon de magie."
http://booksaremywonderland.hautetfor...
October 22, 2010
I really wanted to love this book but I just found it difficult to relate to anyone or to the setting.
It has everything going for it in the premise. Becca’s boyfriend of several years leaves a note: “Gotta run – don’t wait up” and then is never seen again. It turns out he is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the theatre that they both work for. Enter a gender bending genie granting four wishes and a sexy playwright neighbor with a quirky mom and you should have a great story. Somehow it fell flat.
I’m not sure if it was the setting. Becca is a dramaturge. (defined in Wikipedia as: dramaturge is a professional position within a theatre company that deals mainly with research and development of plays.) She seems to believe this makes her a licensed psychologist and while I loved how seriously she took her job, it seemed a little over the top. She refers to her experience as a dramaturge helping her through almost every situation she comes upon – theatre related or not. It somehow felt unnatural in normal conversation to me.
To be honest, I don’t know much about the theater world so maybe that was my problem.
Her neighbor, Ryan is a cute, shy playwright love interest and Teel is funny as her Genie rushing her to complete her four wishes so he can hurry back to his own life.
I think my biggest problem was that When Good Wishes Go Bad TELLS you the story, rather than immersing the reader into the story, so I always felt like I was reading a diary rather than going through these experiences with the characters. The big events took place off the page.
It was cute enough and there was a neat twist to the story with Ryan at the end but all in all I was left wanting more..
It has everything going for it in the premise. Becca’s boyfriend of several years leaves a note: “Gotta run – don’t wait up” and then is never seen again. It turns out he is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the theatre that they both work for. Enter a gender bending genie granting four wishes and a sexy playwright neighbor with a quirky mom and you should have a great story. Somehow it fell flat.
I’m not sure if it was the setting. Becca is a dramaturge. (defined in Wikipedia as: dramaturge is a professional position within a theatre company that deals mainly with research and development of plays.) She seems to believe this makes her a licensed psychologist and while I loved how seriously she took her job, it seemed a little over the top. She refers to her experience as a dramaturge helping her through almost every situation she comes upon – theatre related or not. It somehow felt unnatural in normal conversation to me.
To be honest, I don’t know much about the theater world so maybe that was my problem.
Her neighbor, Ryan is a cute, shy playwright love interest and Teel is funny as her Genie rushing her to complete her four wishes so he can hurry back to his own life.
I think my biggest problem was that When Good Wishes Go Bad TELLS you the story, rather than immersing the reader into the story, so I always felt like I was reading a diary rather than going through these experiences with the characters. The big events took place off the page.
It was cute enough and there was a neat twist to the story with Ryan at the end but all in all I was left wanting more..
June 15, 2010
This is my fifth Mindy Klasky book, and I think it may be my favourite thus far. Or at least it's a tossup between this one and the last of the Jane Madison series.
I love the theatrical setting. I love that I learned a ton about what non-acting theatrical people - especially dramaturgs - do. How many other fictional heroines have been dramaturgs? Anyone? Anyone. Bueller? No, I didn't think so. Full points for originality.
The characters really drive this story, and it unfolds in a way that feels organic and natural and inevitable. The characters are wonderfully drawn and memorable, even the minor ones like Detective Ambrose. And I still get flashes of Popcorn King Ronald J. Barton's booming voice, braying laugh, and annoying ringtone. (I shudder, then move on.)
Teel, the genie, is a bit more layered in this one, too. Which seems an odd thing to say about a magical creature who can take any form he/she wishes. He comes across as less annoying and mischievous in this book, and my impression is that he gets a bit less face time in this one, because the ball, once it gets rolling, needs only minor input from him to correct its course.
There are twists and surprises that I never foresaw, and which delighted me. In all, a really fun read. (And it's not just because I read this one hot on the heels of the truly truly horrible DNF Big Girl.
I love the theatrical setting. I love that I learned a ton about what non-acting theatrical people - especially dramaturgs - do. How many other fictional heroines have been dramaturgs? Anyone? Anyone. Bueller? No, I didn't think so. Full points for originality.
The characters really drive this story, and it unfolds in a way that feels organic and natural and inevitable. The characters are wonderfully drawn and memorable, even the minor ones like Detective Ambrose. And I still get flashes of Popcorn King Ronald J. Barton's booming voice, braying laugh, and annoying ringtone. (I shudder, then move on.)
Teel, the genie, is a bit more layered in this one, too. Which seems an odd thing to say about a magical creature who can take any form he/she wishes. He comes across as less annoying and mischievous in this book, and my impression is that he gets a bit less face time in this one, because the ball, once it gets rolling, needs only minor input from him to correct its course.
There are twists and surprises that I never foresaw, and which delighted me. In all, a really fun read. (And it's not just because I read this one hot on the heels of the truly truly horrible DNF Big Girl.
December 3, 2010
There's something about this book that doesn't quite hit the mark. Reading the blurb, I went into this read looking for something funny, quirky magic, something a little like 'Charmed' maybe. I'm sad to say this was lacking in the book.
The read flows. Ms. Klasky writes well - there's nothing wrong with flow or prose. It's just that the book doesn't 'grab'. For me what did it in was Teel. The genie struck me as too over-the-top to be believable. You might say she/he (Teel shifts genders too) is entitled to be over-the-top as a genie. But Teel was too, annoying? Grating? I found myself unnerved at her most of the time. Like when Rebecca takes Teel along when going to secure a sponsor - adding Teel and the frankly unnerving behaviour of the genie in that scene was not redeemable! The author could've found another way to make the deal go kaput.
That being said, there are shades of absolute mastery in there. Like the popcorn maker sponsor. How did Ms. Klasky come up with him? Hats off there - there isn't a more 'disgusting' character than this guy. And those popcorn flavours! Makes you want to go off popcorn for life - they're that traumatizing.
All in all, this is not a bad read. There were just aspects that can grate and unnerve (Teel the genie! And her/his relentless harassment of Rebecca to make her wish once and for all.) It just didn't really work for me.
The read flows. Ms. Klasky writes well - there's nothing wrong with flow or prose. It's just that the book doesn't 'grab'. For me what did it in was Teel. The genie struck me as too over-the-top to be believable. You might say she/he (Teel shifts genders too) is entitled to be over-the-top as a genie. But Teel was too, annoying? Grating? I found myself unnerved at her most of the time. Like when Rebecca takes Teel along when going to secure a sponsor - adding Teel and the frankly unnerving behaviour of the genie in that scene was not redeemable! The author could've found another way to make the deal go kaput.
That being said, there are shades of absolute mastery in there. Like the popcorn maker sponsor. How did Ms. Klasky come up with him? Hats off there - there isn't a more 'disgusting' character than this guy. And those popcorn flavours! Makes you want to go off popcorn for life - they're that traumatizing.
All in all, this is not a bad read. There were just aspects that can grate and unnerve (Teel the genie! And her/his relentless harassment of Rebecca to make her wish once and for all.) It just didn't really work for me.
June 2, 2010
This is another entertaining book by Mindy Klasky. When we left Kira, in How Not to Make a Wish, she was on her way to NY with the man of her dreams and a lamp she needed to pass on to another wisher.
Enter Becca, a young woman with a future. She has her dream job, her dream man, and her dream apartment. She and Kira are co-workers at a trendy theater. When the dream man goes missing along with over 3 million dollars of the theater company's money and everything in Becca's checking account, Kira steps in with the lamp. What would you wish for if you had just lost your home, all your clothes, all your money, and the next play in the roster just got pulled out due to legal wrangling so you might lose your job too?
The ever-inventive genie of the lamp finds new ways to keep everyone in turmoil as Becca learns that getting what you wish for can land you in more trouble than you started with.
Enter Becca, a young woman with a future. She has her dream job, her dream man, and her dream apartment. She and Kira are co-workers at a trendy theater. When the dream man goes missing along with over 3 million dollars of the theater company's money and everything in Becca's checking account, Kira steps in with the lamp. What would you wish for if you had just lost your home, all your clothes, all your money, and the next play in the roster just got pulled out due to legal wrangling so you might lose your job too?
The ever-inventive genie of the lamp finds new ways to keep everyone in turmoil as Becca learns that getting what you wish for can land you in more trouble than you started with.
April 19, 2010
I really enjoyed Klasky's Jane Madsen series, that's why I was so disappointed with this one. In the Jane series there are quirky characters, a very empathetic main character and hot manness popping up here and there. What can you not love about it? This Wish Series, not so much. The main character well was just flat, the genie who was supposed to be the quirky one...just odd, the love interest, just not so hot...and the plot was uninteresting. I heard the first Wish book was not so great, and this one was better...well don't even send the first one my way, because this one was not good.
January 17, 2012
This was a much better book. I definitely think the protagonist this time was a true-to-life person. Sure, she made some mistakes, but they were all in earnestness. Very quick read, and actually makes me eager to read the next book in the series. Also, I LOVED the tie-in to the first book - very subtle, but a nice connection. If you were like me and read the first but weren't sure to continue in the series, take a chance. It'll be worth it.
April 4, 2010
Everything Mindy Klasky writes is funny, smart and entertaining, and this book is no exception. The second in a series that involves a genter-changing genie and various live theater settings, this is a truly original addition to the paranormal romance genre.
February 5, 2011
This was an easy read. A bit silly, but I WAS looking for something light to read. It fulfilled that requirement, but by the end I was not impressed. The middle to end of the book was too predictable and a bit ridiculous.
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July 27, 2011A wonderfully delightful and entertaining book. The plot wasn't as complicated as How Not to Make a Wish. However, the genii was not as annoying in this book as in the last, so that's a big plus. Over all a quick read that I'd recommend to friends.
June 3, 2013
Entertaining book. Enlightens readers about the world of theater. Second book in trilogy. Like the authors style of writing. Good characters. Will read the third book and recommend to others that like this genre.
March 31, 2010
Much better than the first book in this series.
May 12, 2010
If I only cared half as much as I suspect I was supposed to care about the theater and what was going on there...
July 4, 2010
loved the theatre premise. Wish I had a genie!
July 16, 2010
Fairies, ghosts, imaginary friends...and now genies! Fun.
July 21, 2010
You absolutely cannot go wrong with Mindy Klasky! Leave it to her to take a genie in a bottle and turn it on it's ear! Lots of fun to read.
August 6, 2011
Not as good as her 2nd book "to wish or not to wish".
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July 25, 2011What would wish for if you had a genie? This enjoyable book makes you think "what if?"
April 18, 2012
This was more like it. I felt like the characters were better develoed and the plot more involved with the story.This was closer to what I was expecting. I am looking forward to the next book.
May 2, 2012
The best book in this series. :)
November 25, 2012
Pretty stupid book. Not sure why I kept reading, other than the fact that I needed something lighthearted to read
August 12, 2013
Quick enjoyable summer read on what one woman does with 4 wishes from a genie and what happens when she encounters a man who also has a genie.
June 19, 2014
funny and brave and awesome
June 22, 2014
Second in the series, under the title Wishing in the Wings. Found this on the digital library and read it in a day.
March 7, 2015
Even though I didn't read book one of this series, I dint think I will. This book stupid on it's own and was a hot to read. I will read book three to see how that progresses...
June 11, 2015
Nice little twist near the end there caught me off guard. Really is what granted this novel three stars instead of two.
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