I thought this would be a *good* trashy novel.  Wrong!
590385
This is one of the few books I have actually thrown out after 50 or 100 pages.  I kept reading for a while, thinking it would get better, but no....  Utterly improbable plot and poor, stereotypical characters.  Not  even as good as Grisham's books (as opposed to the movies based on them,  which aren't bad), and that says a lot.
2277368
I read Pagan, liked it, and thought this would be a worthy follow-up.  It's not even close.  I frankly detested this "novel."  The vast and ongoing saga of John and Marie's sex-life might be appropriate in a romance, but I was thinking perhaps this novel would deal extensively with the ongoing war against the vampires.  Not so.  The entire novel:  John and Marie have sex.  I am far from opposed from sex IN a novel; this novel was however unable to build atmospheric tension because of the constant intrusion of the romance.

Marie is, as a character, flat, static.  She is constantly jealous of John and we are treated to their "make-up sex" in most chapters.  The characters in general act silly and totally out of mind of what one would expect a pseudo-military/spec-ops team of vampire hunters.

Lots of small errors escaped the editor:  At the beginning it's broad daylight, then suddenly it's night.  The author frequently uses words from foreign languages---and misspells them.  Hint:  It's "Sprechen Sie Deutsch" not "Sprekenze"---small things like that separate a good book and a great book, and this book wasn't good.

Without reverting to profanity, let me simply say:  I detested this book so much I will never read anything else written by this author.  I wish I had my 2.99 back.  Yes, it's so bad I begrudge the loss of 2.99.
1789926
I was disappointed in this book.  I loved the setting and history so I thought I would love the book.  It is nothing more than a trashy novel.  Heavy on the trash, short on the novel.  If you are into that sort of thing, I guess it would be fine, but I was hoping for more of a storyline.  It was a free Kindle book, so you get what you pay for I guess.
4389554
You were a VERY BAD book to waste an hour of my time in
the hopes of finding some really good inside dirt on
the filthy rich. Instead I get a lame-o half-baked
novel filled with over-the-top caricatures, unbelievably
stilted dialogue, and all topped off with a snotty, self-
righteous main character who needs a good spanking more
than her charge. *WHOOOSHH!* Into the Vortex of Vile
Volumes you go!
2959675
I read this after a friend threw her copy in the garbage after a few chapters. She is a book snob but was intrigued by what a child of Ann Landers could do with pen and paper. Well, we know what my friend thought. I foolishly said I would try my hand at reading it. Though even the title is not original and they sell it in wood plaque form to hang above one's "Wet Bar" or bathroom or on little cocktail napkins one would get at bridal shower or a divorce party, I STILL said I wanted to give it a try.  My friend gave me a bow and said to go for it. Oy, what a waste of precious reading time. These are the type of women I avoid at all costs at parties. Self-centered and full of inane thoughts on life. But what really made me toss it in the trash as well was her lack of honest self-reflection. There is no learning anything from this woman. But you can learn how to spot someone this spoiled and avoid them at all costs. Such a waste of time. If only I could get that afternoon back I would gladly watch something silly on TV or take a nice walk in the neighborhood for the millionth time. Don't make the same mistake I did. Point your finger away from "Buy Now" and save yourself!
1853326
I have a hard time enjoying stories that are built around adultery.  Why is this okay?  Yes, Catherine's husband is a sleazebag, but that's cause he was written that way.  I have a problem with writer's glorifying what's morally abhorrant.  No wonder we're in a moral crisis in this country...our entertainment makes this trash appealing.  I'm appalled!
4904658
This is the most unsatisfying and unpleasant novel I've read in a long time, with absurd and idiotic behavior by the main character.  In fact, all the men are sinister while the women are pathetic and stupid.  All three women are obsessed with babies and utterly duped by men.  One woman is selfish and superficial, one takes insanely stupid risks, and the protagonist is so compulsive and pitiful that she has no idea what is going on right under her nose.  Unfortunately, the reader figures it out long before she does - I guessed the culprit about halfway through.

This book attempts to be like "Gone Girl" but that novel was far superior, a much more clever and complex story about a dysfunctional relationship.  Whereas "Gone Girl" was sharp as a tack, this book is just dreary and awful, a slog about repulsive people behaving moronically.  The author wanted to build a mystery around disturbed women, but instead merely created a misogynist depiction of flat, dumb b*tches.  When I finally completed the book, I wanted to take a shower.

Also, a warning:  Don't read this book if you have very young children.  My daughter was 3 months old when I read it, and there is a scene involving an infant which literally made me hyperventilate with horror.
519309
I am genuinely puzzled on how there is SO many 5 star reviews. Like, I am seriously stumped right now. I am pretty young and have read thousands, I mean THOUSANDS of books, and have never, not once, actually hated a book. But "That boy" is THAT BAD.

I loved the blurb concept of this novel and was really intruiged by the piece. And I did slightly enjoy the first 3 or so chapters but promptly decided against that original judgement. The characters had absolutely no depth whatsoever. Everything is unrealistic and I couldn't help but perceive the main character as really shallow.

One huge problem I have with the book is which guy she chooses. SPOILER ALERT SKIP PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW. Throughout the book, Jadyn is care free, sly, munipulitive, and very strong willed.  She always takes on the challenges in life, so I really thought her and Danny should have been together. Their chemistry is one of the only things I enjoyed about this book. They challenge each other. So I was utterly disappointed when he marries another girl.

Another big problem is how unrealistic the parents were.  Jadyns parents are kinda strict. So when in one part of the novel, they are in a hot tub with Phillip and Danny's parents smoking a joint and drinking beer in front of her, THEN let her take some shots and beer to Phillips house, AND make her drive danny to the hospital since he ended up breaking his arm and they didn't want to i was dumbfounded. Not to metion when phillips mom is telling her to have sex with him and get married later one before he marries someone else. UGH!

The last thing I want to bring up is that the time continued to change with like every other paragraph. The main character goes from the age of 10 to 22 in 200 pages. The book would go from a chapter when they are in there freshmen year of college, jadyn kissed a guy and the next chapter comes and she is in her junior year of college, that guy broke up with her and got engaged and she was dating 3 more guys by the next week. I found myself repeating the words "did i miss something?" A lot. The character had no depth and situations only lasted 2 seconds before it skipped a few years and things happen. My explanation for this; the author is just lazy. She gives no details on anything and I find myself thoroughly disappointed. I also feel like the three best friends , phillip, danny, and jadyn, just didn't have that connection that i thought they would.

I know now to stay away from this author. She could have possibly made this my favorite book, but I find myself devastatingly disappointed.
1587587
In the margins of the novel, I wrote "blah blah blah" several times! It's a ridiculous novel that starts out with an interesting mother/daughter premise but suddenly...oh, quell surprise...what fixes it? The guys! Love! Sex! Well, yeah, men and sex with them can fix just about anything. What a cheap fantasy. I was very disappointed. In full disclosure, I came to this book after reading a Pulitzer prize winner that was so beautiful and so poetic that coming to what was in reality a trashy "women's book" - and probably supposed to be a fun read - came to me with a thudding realization that there was no poetry here. No richness, no quality to the writing. Just a lot of false emotions with what could have been an interesting story. It's awful to see "brand" authors churn them out and cheat readers and publishers. I appreciated her attempt with Caroline, but it didn't work  When I think of the good writers trying to break in and the crap that poses as fiction...okay, it's a fun book, lots of fantasy, and are those men perfect (except for Brad, but he has no dimension whatsover and isn't supposed to) - in a story that could have been cut by a third of the "blahs." I will never buy another book of Delinsky's again. Even for fun. Two stars were (A) overgenerous and (B) an overstatement.
4908556
This book is over the top with action sequences that are so unbelievable, it leaves you scratching your head what the author was thinking.  Generally, the storyline was ok and of interest, but the things that happen were written so pathetically predictable yet unbelievable, I was tempted to abandon.

Also, in trying to be cute the author writes to such a level it's insulting, e.g. the quote about 'this is the sort of thing from a trashy novel' -- yeah, real cute, but I don't want to be reminded while reading a trashy novel that I'm reading a trashy novel, much less by the author.

Best thing about this book is it's a quick read...I will admit to having finished it.

I recommend you keep searching...
2286507
I can't read this book.  It is filled with descriptive trash like "punked-out client", "treelike gravy gutter", "zombies stalking a heartbeat", plus "mission control of a boogling heartbeat".  What the heck is a "boogling hearbeat" anyway?  It is wordy beyond belief about mundane nothingness.  I cannot believe that this woman won awards for any of her books.  Amazon named this as one of their top 100.  YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!  I'll definitely be more careful next time.

I sense that this author tries to be funny, but isn't.  The way she describes things in this book gets really old in a hurry.  Based on the way this woman writes she must be an extremely sarcastic person in real life.  Some Hollywood movies depict people who live in the country is country bumpkins and she does the same with a cupful of arrogance thrown in for good measure.

After 78 pages I threw this book in the trash where it belongs.  I'm sure there is a story in there somewhere, but I have no tolerance for the way she writes.
4763711
What are the other reviewers thinking?  This is bad. Bad. The plot premise is paper thin, the characters are so broadly stereotypical it's almost parody. She giggles and weeps. He grins and is "a player".  Meanwhile, they constantly can't BELIEVE that [fill in the character here] SAID that!

This story is awful unless you are a teenager who's easily titillated by poorly described sex...and probably even then.

Gak.
4143841
This book is not the tell-all I was hoping for.  Similar other trashy novels were at the very least humorous.  This work was very poorly written and boring.  I always make several attempts push through books, especially debuts.  The one good thing I can say is that I was able to get a full refund.
726131
Other women I know liked this book. We are no longer friends.
I, in fact, was sucked in my the "chick lit" friendly cover, thinking I was about to read something of the caliber of Laurie Notaro or Amy Sohn. I was sorely wrong. It was awful, horrible, disgusting. The worst piece of trash I've read EVER. The only reason why I read about 60% of the stupid book is because I would toss it away in disgust, follow it up with disbelief, which led me to pick the freaking thing up again, read more, then repeat the process all over again. What I have left is a worthless, terribly battered copy of this book and an extremely bad taste in my mouth.
573244
I can't say enough bad things about this terrible excuse for a novel. Unrealistic, boring, contrived, unrealistic, stupid, inaccurate....for a start.  I bought it based on all the cheerleader-type reviews, and really wished I hadn't.

I ended up returning the book for a refund.

This author needs a lot of work to refine his writing, and I'm going to just leave it at that.
34257
I'm disappointed I wasted my money on this book. I won't even be giving it to the secondhand bookstore, it will be going in the bin where it belongs in my opinion. I thought I was purchasing something thought provoking to give to my teen daughters. Thankfully, it appears my daughters are becoming discerning readers because my 17yo soon handed the book back to me and said 'Um...you might want to read this first'.

And WOWZA! Think of the crudest language you can and you'll find that abundantly in this book. Think of the most rotten, repulsive things humans can do to one another and you'll also find abundant descriptions of that in this book. Think of places where even art should tread carefully, and this book doesn't hesitate to go there.

I knew this was a dystopian novel but personally, I don't think unlimited F-bombs and graphic descriptions of incest and gang rapes and murders and drugs and violence on nearly every page is needful to be thought provoking. Additionally, Alderman herself is in this book - most of the characters have a similar tone and I could hear Alderman's own life history in her choice and manipulation of certain devices she uses to advance the story line. Sure enough, when I googled her name and read an interview she gave, I wasn't surprised at what her real life history was or the tone of her answers. It had all been right there in the book.

If nothing is sacred to you and 'whatever-goes in the name of art' is your perspective, then you might enjoy this book...but if you like your art tempered with a little decency, then I suggest you pass. By all means...don't hand this book to your kids without reading it first!
2459486
Wow, where do I start. This was touted as a 'romantic comedy'; it was neither romantic nor comedic. I had to come here to see if it was actually written by a woman because I couldn't believe a female would say some of the things in this horrid book. The main character, I refuse to say 'hero', calls another woman a skank and a slut. Let me be clear - this is NEVER acceptable, NEVER. I nearly stopped reading the book right there. Then I thought, 'No, the author is probably making the main character with bad traits deliberately so that later, when she becomes a nice person, you can see the difference.' Yea, that isn't it at all. The main character never turns into a good person. She is consistently horrible throughout the book; sexist, homophobic, whiny, self-involved, spoiled, narcissistic, entitled and stupid. Then when she doesn't get her own way, or rather what she thinks she is entitled to, she decides to commit suicide. I guess this is where the comedy is supposed to come in, or is it the adventure? Still, the writing was fairly solid, very few grammatical errors, and I probably would have given it 2 or 3 stars if it wasn't for the ending - or rather non-ending. See, the book ends in the middle of the story. This was the last straw; a book is a book. Part of a book is part of a book. Don't sell something and say it is a book if it is half a book just so you can force people to buy the rest of the book from you. Fortunately, the book was so awful that I feel no desire whatsoever to know what happens next. I recommend you skip this.