2008 Woodie Awards
Full House is Nothing Beyond Brain Candy
Maureen Stemmle
Issue date: 11/24/04 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Every once in a while you read a book that is pure fluff. These books provide the mental equivalent of cotton candy. It is a good, sweet, not particularly complex or fulfilling book but a nice treat every once in a while. In a book this means pure entertainment. This type of novel is the forte of Janet Evanovich, author of Full House.
So, basic story line, Prince Charming flirts with an injured, Betty Crocker, gets her injured and the two get way to involved with each other when he unloads his family on her and she ends up sparking up all kinds of trouble for him.
Full House has a simple plot line for a relatively simple book. A mix of romance novel, comedy and mystery is combined in the book. It is the comedic element that keeps the readers interest. Full House is well written for what it is.
Nick Kaharachek (a.k.a Prince Charming) is a rich playboy with too many crazy family members in one place, and a riding school as a hobby. He is completely thrown when he finds himself attracted to someone who is totally not his type, little miss happy home maker/ housewife, Billie Pierce.
Why is it that writers of this genre so often pick the world's oddest names for their lead characters? Granted Nick is a nice, common name. And Billie, while not currently common, is not so uncommon that I have not encountered this name anywhere else. For example the famous jazz singer Ms. Billie Holiday. But names like Hunter, Axia, Niema, Shadrak. It is impressive that one can get so desperate for a name that they would wade into obscure corners of the Old Testament for it
Ms. Pierce is a divorcee with two youngish children, and the sixth grade teacher at the local elementary school, in a rather small town. It is the middle of the summer and she is on break. Her kids are off at famous amusement park with her ex, and she is lonely and bored. So she decides to take up polo lessons and promptly lands on the rather attractive polo instructor, and gets a horse to stomp on her foot. Getting out of the house is also a way to get her mind off the rather eerie feeling that she is being watched in her empty house all alone at night. So, when she and Nick arrive back at her house after the hospital visit and she is all doped up on painkillers, he comes in for the kill and unloads his cousin, Deedee on her for a few weeks. This is when the fun begins.
So, basic story line, Prince Charming flirts with an injured, Betty Crocker, gets her injured and the two get way to involved with each other when he unloads his family on her and she ends up sparking up all kinds of trouble for him.
Full House has a simple plot line for a relatively simple book. A mix of romance novel, comedy and mystery is combined in the book. It is the comedic element that keeps the readers interest. Full House is well written for what it is.
Nick Kaharachek (a.k.a Prince Charming) is a rich playboy with too many crazy family members in one place, and a riding school as a hobby. He is completely thrown when he finds himself attracted to someone who is totally not his type, little miss happy home maker/ housewife, Billie Pierce.
Why is it that writers of this genre so often pick the world's oddest names for their lead characters? Granted Nick is a nice, common name. And Billie, while not currently common, is not so uncommon that I have not encountered this name anywhere else. For example the famous jazz singer Ms. Billie Holiday. But names like Hunter, Axia, Niema, Shadrak. It is impressive that one can get so desperate for a name that they would wade into obscure corners of the Old Testament for it
Ms. Pierce is a divorcee with two youngish children, and the sixth grade teacher at the local elementary school, in a rather small town. It is the middle of the summer and she is on break. Her kids are off at famous amusement park with her ex, and she is lonely and bored. So she decides to take up polo lessons and promptly lands on the rather attractive polo instructor, and gets a horse to stomp on her foot. Getting out of the house is also a way to get her mind off the rather eerie feeling that she is being watched in her empty house all alone at night. So, when she and Nick arrive back at her house after the hospital visit and she is all doped up on painkillers, he comes in for the kill and unloads his cousin, Deedee on her for a few weeks. This is when the fun begins.